Issue Articles
New Orleans Best-Kept Secret: Producer and hip-hop artist Kr3wcial has a powerful influence
New Orleans hip hop artist Kr3wcial performed a headlining show at Gasa Gasa on May 19. Over 200 people were there, some sipping DBJ (“dumb bitch juice”), some singing along […]
Hey Thanks!, Start/Living (Iodine Recordings)
Through the backing of legacy punk label Iodine Recordings, Hey Thanks! has released their most complete and well-produced album to date with Start/Living. Capturing the band’s vitality and potential, Hey […]
The Fruit Machines, Goodbye, Lost City (Strange Daisy Records)
Indie rock band The Fruit Machines has developed their electronic sound into something more nostalgic, fusing ’80s synth-pop with ’90s grunge. The band is in a different mental space from […]
Shawn Williams, Wallowin’ in the Night (Independent)
Wallowin’ in the Night is what it says on the box—sad songs about love and the back and forth between devotion and loss. It’s a fitting album for someone who […]
Tiny Dinosaur, Songs for the Mass Extinction Event (Independent)
Tiny Dinosaur parallels another contemporary indie/folk band, Big Thief. And not just for the apparent genre similarities and dinosaur iconography, but for their lyrical and eccentric approach to songwriting. Similar […]
Where Nothing Burns, Where Nothing Burns (Independent)
The debut LP for the alternative rock five-piece band Where Nothing Burns is full of lush instrumentation and high-caliber production, but it’s hard to measure where it fits in the […]
Mia Berrin of Pom Pom Squad talks back
OffBeat caught up with Mia Berrin of Pom Pom Squad before her show at Gasa Gasa on April 20. It’s part of her “Death of a Cheerleader’ tour supporting her […]
Fest Focus: Ginger Kelly
Ginger Kelly, Jazz Fest Vendor, Louisiana Marketplace, Second Weekend With more than 30 years of experience designing glass, Ginger Kelly has become a master of the craft, and for nearly […]
‘I’m legit, the best’: An interview with Alfred Banks
Alfred Banks has always been an underdog. He started rapping as a teenager before working his way to performing with acts like Tank and the Bangas, Big Freedia, Lupe Fiasco, […]
André Bohren and Electric Yat Quartet bring classical music to the streets
“St. James Infirmary Blues,” a song deeply connected to New Orleans, ends with just a touch of Chopin’s “Funeral March,” the third movement of his Piano Sonata No. 2. At […]
