Weedeater

“Were you anti-laser or pro-laser?” Jason Portera asks me over a cocktail in the non-revolving bar high atop the Landmark Hotel in Metairie. Suddenly, the shimmering skyline in the distance […]

New Recordings by Nut, Of Human Bondage; the Faubourg Center Hosts Underground Music

Nut’s demo cassette does the boys proud. With wierdo keyboard effects high in the mix, they sound less like a thrash band and more like, uh, Devo gone hardcore or […]

Meet Becky Sharp, En Route from Baton Rouge to the Big Time; Whither Punk?

AGB Not Planning to Rrriot; Local Rock Bands Flood the Net

$2 Shoes’ Cool Musical Miscegenation; Notes on the Royal Pendletons, Dulac Swade

Alex Chilton, A Man Called Destruction (Ardent)

The Emotional Catharsis of Glyn Styler; Europeans Go Gaga for James Hall

The Gospel According to Evil Nurse Sheila!

“I don’t want to criticize the dead and all,” Lloyd Boisdore says, with just a trace of exasperation, “but it pisses me off.” Boisdore, bassist, vocalist and visionary for Evil […]

WTUL Marathon Takes to the Quad; A Raw 7-Inch from Dash Rip Rock

Evil Nurse Sheila!, Evil Nurse Sheila! (Spinning Toe-Hold)