Dredging up music from the bottom of the underground, New Releases in New Orleans keeps a record of new music coming out of the city and in Louisiana. If you are an artist releasing new music, submit to [email protected] AND to [email protected].
LPs/EPs
Guts Club: Cliffs/Walls (Independent)
Guts Club pivots from weird county to gay doom with a meditative post-metal album overcoming grief and trauma.
Missing Teeth: Agoraphobia (Independent)
Outsider anti-folk comprised of acoustic ballads and tender reflections.
Pale Shelter: Persona Non Grata (Independent)
Alternative rock with chugging guitars, thick bass and post-hardcore influence.
Shipwrecked: On My Own (Friend Club Records)
As the band puts it, Shipwrecked writes “sad songs from Baton Rouge” with twinkly, snotty emo rock.
Ernie Vincent: Original Dap King (Cornelius Chapel Records)
Funky soul and R&B from a master songwriter and guitarist who has spent decades working as a sideman to local classics.
Michelle Welchons: Flickering Lights (Independent)
Rich chamber pop and neo-jazz with near-orchestral instrumentation and high-caliber arrangements.
Singles – New Releases in New Orleans (1/16/23)
Ari Carter: Luck 4 Beginners
Carter redefines swamp rock with indie folk and pop.
Eighty6 Chris: Sweet Baby
Bass-drenched piano and snare help Chris tell a prodigal son story of hedonism, self-destruction and the guilt of still being Grandmama’s sweet baby.
Cigar Box Serenaders: Weatherbird Rag
Traditional ragtime performed with 100% homemade, handmade instruments.
Galactic featuring Cimafunk and Anjelika “Jelly” Joseph: Ready For Me
Galactic brings their danceable funk and hip-hop sound, while Afro-Cuban rockstar Cimafunk leads the track, dropping Spanish bars.
Haruka Kikuchi featuring Takuto Asano: Japan: New Orleans Collection Series Vol.11
Takuto Asano, a young blues guitar player from Sapporo, Japan, shows off his talent and love for New Orleans music with a full band including Andrew Baham, Matt Perrine, Washboard Chaz and Haruka Kikuchi.
LLC: Company Fun Run
Corporate-packaged indie rock instrumentals created using patented ShortSong™ technology.
SAMBO featuring Flagboy Giz: French Quarter
SAMBO delivers hardcore and fast flows about Louisiana street life with a Mardi Gras Indian chorus and bars from Flagboy Giz.
$leazy EZ: Air It Out
Floating synths and bumping bass creating psychedelic, feel-good hip-hop best heard blasting out the whip.
Kay Weathers: Molly’s Boyfriend
“Sad-girl-dream-pop-turned-hopeful,” Kay Weathers delivers an infectious chorus suggesting molly and raves on a Monday night might not be the best way to have fun.
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