This past November, Record Raid threw down at the Peoples Health New Orleans Jazz Market on Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. Countless vendors showed off their wares: one guy had a large...
On a sleepy Saturday in 2008, tables were moved around at the now- defunct Sound Cafe to make way for the Panorama Jazz Band, who were scheduled to play a program intended for...
Earlier this year, Bryan Funck from Thou approached my band, Heat Dust, about doing a West Coast tour with them and The Body playing as a collaborative band. Needless to say, we...
Ritual Killer is one of those bands I thought I’d never see live. They were always an ominous whisper among the underground scene as a band that was somehow a relic,yet...
If you were in the French Quarter the last weekend of November, you may have noticed something different about the statues and monuments in the area. On that Saturday (November...
2015 has been the deadliest year nationally and internationally in the trans* community. In the United States alone, at least 21 trans women of color and gender nonconforming...
ANTIGRAVITY reached out to our good friend Casey McAllister to share his thoughts on the passing last month of legendary producer, musician, and all-around exemplary citizen of...
Avoid the consumerist hellscape of traditional gift giving this year, and ring in the holiday season with these budget-friendly alternatives: Jedi Master Toy Lightsaber™ The...
New Orleans is in the middle of a housing crisis. Home prices and rents are skyrocketing in many neighborhoods. For my 2015 year in review, I decided to spotlight some exciting...
5. SHE’S THE COMEBACK QUEEN She unearthed herself from her “Rimshot” era relevancy coffin and is all of a sudden, out of nowhere, all over the blogs, doing interviews,...
5. BAYOU ALLIGATOR Various news outlets reported sightings of a few 3 to 4 foot-long gators in Bayou St. John over the summer. One news outlet said they had reports of a man...
It’s been a particularly side eye- inducing year, due to an epidemic my friends and I have dubbed WWF (White Women’s Fuckery). WWF is a very particular way in which white...
One of my ex-classmates recently paid a visit to New Orleans. He’s from Sri Lanka and is not only an avid hunter, but is also a competitive shooter—a real pistol marksman. He...
5. CARRIE BROWNSTEIN, HUNGER MAKES ME A MODERN GIRL I could hardly resist humming the Sleater-Kinney song from which the title of Brownstein’s memoir is taken, because it is...
5. JAMES MCMURTRY “COPPER CANTEEN” Only McMurtry can whip up the kind of lyrics that you recognize both cognitively and emotionally. With a line that says, “Then your breath...
5. RACHEL DOLEZAL As a life-long social justice advocate, the white NAACP Spokane Chapter President squandered her status as a civil rights leader on a series of bizarre and...
5. KAKAFONI “DEATH IN MIND” LP (MANGEL) This “side project” consists of the four guys from Gasmiasma and two veteran Swedish musicians adding to the cacophony (pun...
“I mix my own for fifteen cents a quart, and it’s great!” No it’s not. You’re a scrub, get away. Strictly. Premium. Vapes. That’s the credo...
As 2015 winds down, perhaps you can’t help but wonder—what fresh new hell will this next year bring? Using the most modern technology and divination tools at my disposal,...
