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Live Review: The Flaming Lips at Voodoo November 1, 2009
You could definitely tell it was the last day of a packed Voodoo weekend. No matter how hard Wayne Coyne tried, the rarely worn-out New Orleans crowd was tired. As […]
Movie Review: “This Is It”
When Michael Jackson died, the world was speechless. A legend was taken right as he was about to mount a comeback, 50 sold out shows in a row in London. This was to […]
Dan Auerbach
The Black Keys’ Attack & Release suggests that the blues-rock duo was finding its guitar-and-drums lineup constraining as they and producer Danger Mouse gave their songs a full-band treatment. The […]
Neko Case
Neko Case sings as if she has a secret. Whether on record or live, she’s beguilingly enigmatic, whether she’s onstage laughing at private jokes with backing vocalist/foil Kelly Hogan or […]
Camera Obscura
“I spent a week in a dusty library” is how “French Navy,” the opening single from Scottish group Camera Obscura’s My Maudlin Career, starts. It sounds like the perfect place […]
Live Review: Star Wars: In Concert October 27, 2009
For a girl who geeks out regularly, the night of October 27 was one to remember—the “Star Wars: Live in Concert” tour made its stop in New Orleans, complete with […]
Nearly the Best?
Da Capo Books’ Best Music Writing 2009, edited by Greil Marcus, just came out and OffBeat found itself mentioned if not featured in the book. In the list of “Other […]
Live Review: N.E.R.D. and Mickey Facts
Over the past decade, Pharrell Williams and the Neptunes have helped to craft the sound of modern music, working with artists such as Jay-Z and Gwen Stefani, but some may still […]
Sneak Preview: Chops
OffBeat is pleased to offer this clip from Chops, a documentary by Bruce Broder that debuted at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. The movie follows high school jazz students as they prepare for […]
What is a CD?
I’ve often busted local bands for making albums that are too long, often treating the CD as place to store a bunch of songs instead of creating a coherent statement. […]
