Issue Articles
Belong, October Language (Carpark)
Dive into the ocean. Let just enough air from your lungs that you can lie on the bottom, on your back, listening to the New Age music someone on the […]
Various Artists, New Orleans Underground: Sounds Below Sea Level (Independent)
How can a CD created to generate money for our (un)fair city’s plight be criticized? It would be safer to just give you reasons to purchase the Sounds Below Sea […]
Deadboy and the Elephantmen, We Are Night Sky (Fat Possum)
For a former heavy metal dude, Dax Riggs sings his richly evocative lyrics in a husky, soulful, exceedingly listenable voice. He’s a true singer of rock – think Nick Cave […]
The Other Planets, Discreet Manipulations (Independent)
I’ve yet to enjoy Anthony Cuccia’s jazzy, experimental Other Planets as much live as on this, their excellent first album. Live, the band sounds talented, but not as engaging, unique […]
Enjoying Depression
While here in purgatory, a.k.a. Houston, Texas, sleeping on strange futons, waiting to be let back into New Orleans, I’ve had the chance to really enjoy depression. And depression sometimes […]
Crystallizing Jhelisa
While this “alternative music” exists mainly to expose fops to truly original music—as opposed to New Orleans’ glut of blueprint-reading throwbacks—there are also cases where progressive-minded fans might need to […]
No-Man-Band
One-man-bands have always really impressed me. Until I met a man with no band: IMAGINE “the” BAND. The name perfectly describes the concept: wearing a too-tight wetsuit and headphones with […]
