AltWeeklies Wire
New Orleans artists to watchnew
There's no shortage of interesting personalities and sounds in New Orleans. We've had our eyes and ears on a few emerging artists — from cutthroat MCs and bluegrass young guns to heavy metal beasts. [image-1]
Who: 3D Na'TeeWhat: quick-witted, take-no-prisoners MC with storytelling chops...
Tags: New Orleans Music
Truth Universal discusses his new album and politics in hip-hopnew
After Truth Universal watched a b-boy competition at the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, he grabbed cardboard from supermarket Dumpsters and rummaged through music store bins for 12-inch records. His family couldn't afford a set of turntables, so he learned
to rap...
Tags: Truth Universal
New Orleans Music Lawsnew
A new coalition of musicians, club owners and lawyers are working with the city to keep live music going in New Orleans.
New Music, Coming Soonnew
Local releases of note heading your way this fall
Tags: fall, fall music preview
Pandora and Music Royaltiesnew
Pandora and other internet radio companies are paying Louisiana musicians more than conventional radio ever has.
Carolina Chocolate Dropsnew
In this age of beats, electronic manipulation and Auto-Tune, there is a refreshing quality to the Carolina Chocolate Drops. Its old-timey fiddle and banjo music has lively energy and bright musicality...
Janelle Monaenew
"Are we walking dead now?" Monae asked Voodoo Music Experience audiences two years ago before crescendoing into an operatic wail and a zombie-like gyration...
Latin Flairnew
Carnaval Latino festival celebrates growing Hispanic cultures in New Orleans with a festival of food and music.
Future Islands: 'In Evening Air'new
Future Islands returns with a compelling record of its progress. It's dance music with a dark muse, New Wave with new weight.
Tags: In Evening Air, Future Islands
A Legendary New Orleans Rock Club Stars in a Locally Produced Documentarynew
Before the members of the Grateful Dead were so famously arrested by New Orleans police on January 30, 1970, the band — along with Fleetwood Mac and The Flock — christened the opening night of The Warehouse, a bare-bones, 30,000-square-foot music venue on Tchoupitoulas Street.
Spoon: What's Left Behind After the Layers Are Peelednew
The Austin, Texas quartet Spoon engineers its music with laser-focused precision, and no sound is wasted. Spoon's sixth album Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga adds another installment to the band's repertoire of hollowed-out and ultra-slim post-punk.
Glen David Andrews is Preaching to the Choirnew
The brass band stalwart's new Walking Through Heavern's Gate is gospel music infused with New Orleans street style.
Gay Rappers Carry the Torch for Bounce, but Not Everyone's Comfortable with Thatnew
At the end of the day, the sissies enjoy an uneasy acceptance, both for carrying bounce's torch and, of course, for keeping the dance floor jumping with women. But in the working-class African-American South, male homosexuality can be a difficult identity to maintain.
Ernie K-Doe Rocks From His Gravenew
Ernie K-Doe's eponymous album is being re-released posthumously as Here Come the Girls after the title song gained popularity because of an English cosmetics ad.
Tags: Ernie K-Doe, Here Come the Girls
