October 5, 2017

RADICAL HUMANS: AN INTERVIEW WITH MARISSA PATERNOSTER OF SCREAMING FEMALES

Punk music nowadays has moved away from the humanism that made the genre so necessary in the 1970s and ’80s. Gone are the days of Iggy Pop singing “we been separated” or...

Joey Laura

October 5, 2017

PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION: ANTIGRAVITY PICKS FOR THE 2017 VOODOO MUSIC + ARTS EXPERIENCE

Now in its 18th year, The Voodoo Music + Arts Experience is one of the major draws of Halloween weekend in New Orleans. Taking place under the stately oaks of City Park, it has...

Brandon Lattimore, Erin Hall, Holly Hobbs, Joey Laura, Morgan Lawrence

September 10, 2017

PONDEROSA STOMP MIX TAPE

The Ponderosa Stomp seeks to preserve the memories of influential, magnificent performers of the past by reintroducing them to today’s audiences. “Artists who could nail vocal...

Joey Laura

June 12, 2017

ANTIGRAVITY VS. BALSAC THE JAWS OF DEATH FROM GWAR

In the grand theatrical tradition of Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Lord Sutch, and Alice Cooper, GWAR has been wreaking havoc since 1984. Like a combination of KISS and Gallagher, GWAR...

Joey Laura

May 7, 2017

CONSIDERABLY OLDER, MARGINALLY WISER: CAPTAIN SENSIBLE OF THE DAMNED

-Photo Dod Morrison The Sex Pistols. The Clash. Wire. Despite the prominence of these bands in the annals of punk rock history, none of them were the first British punk band to...

Joey Laura

April 9, 2017

STEP TO THE EDGE WITH RICHARD THOMPSON

John Peel once described him as “the best-kept secret in music.” More than five decades later, Richard Thompson is still a legend. At 67 years-old and 25 records to his name...

Joey Laura

October 9, 2016

REVIEWS

13 DREAMS POST GOSPEL DISCO (BROTHERS SOMETHING) New Orleans’ 13 Dreams, Justin Batiste and Jesse Zenon, have debuted with a fantastically lush album. While its title Post...

Alan Singleton, Ben Miotke, Brandon Lattimore, Carl Elvers, Dan McCoy, Joey Laura, Kelly McClure, Leigh Checkman, William Archambeault

May 9, 2016

Red Light Fever: Pheasants

“It’s all about communication,” says Robert Randow, the vocalist and guitarist of Pheasants. Randow and the other musicians that make up the band communicate a...

Joey Laura

April 8, 2016

Red Light Fever: de lune déluge

I tell Vanessa Degrassi, the singer-songwriter behind the band de lune déluge, that their debut album Honeycomb dabbles in the flirtatious and dreamy sound of Van Morrison’s...

Joey Laura

April 8, 2016

Reviews, April 2016

Music – Books – Art Music DANIEL ASH STRIPPED (MAIN MAN) Anyone who has ever darkened the doors of Hot Topic or coughed from dancing too long next to a smoke machine...

Andrew Mullins III, Brooke Schueller, Corey Cruse, Dan Fox, Dan McCoy, Joey Laura, Kelly McClure, Leigh Checkman

February 3, 2016

Reviews, February 2016

Art CUBS THE POET RE-READ MSANIART GALLERY In a city that celebrates pageantry and performance, how do we experience the written word? Cubs the Poet, a constantly clacking fixture...

Andrew Mullins III, Bill Heintz, Brooke Schueller, Dan McCoy, Jenn Attaway, Joey Laura, Kelly McClure, Nathan Tucker

January 15, 2016

Reviews, January 2016

ADELE 25 (XL) Look, I get it. I’m being played. I’m being pandered to. I am fully aware of it. But I also don’t give a shit. I’m all in on this one: Adele is a magical...

Alex Taylor, Dan Fox, Dan McCoy, Erin Hall, Jenn Attaway, Joey Laura, Kelly McClure, Kevin Comarda, Leigh Checkman, Nathan Tucker