Hotchkiss, Hotchkiss (Turducken/Root Beer Extract Records)

Veloka, Demo Tape (Independent)

The Buzz of Jesus, The Joy of Rubber

Louis Prima and Keely Smith, Wild, Cool and Swingin’: The Artist Collection (Capitol)

Just when you thought Capitol had exhausted every imaginable format for marketing its back catalog of ‘50s swing, lounge and exotica, along comes a new entry in the label’s popular […]

Egg Yolk Jubilee Music Band, The Champions of Breakfast (Independent)

The Egg Yolk Jubilee Music Band burst onto the New Orleans scene two years ago with a concept so perfectly sensible you wonder why no one had thought of it […]

Urbosleeks, Near the Water (8th Street Records)

Motorway, Motorway (Independent)

Motorway Cruising

The local artists formerly known as Tin Star got an unexpected boost when a British band with the same name started getting airplay on local modern rock juggernaut 106.7 The […]

Bobby Adams Rules!

Who is the enigmatic Bobby Adams? Judging from lyrics on the recently released CD Bobby Adams, he’s a jet-setting degenerate, an unctuous cross between Bryan Ferry and Gene Simmons who […]

New Leviathan Oriental Fox-Trot Orchestra

From the Orient to New Orleans: Over the last 27 years, the 18-piece New Leviathan Oriental Fox-Trot Orchestra has become one of the most dedicated and provocative champions of traditional […]