October 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

September 2016

GETTING ALONG WITH COME TO GRIEF

Grief practically invented the style known as sludge metal when three members from Disrupt (aggressive political punk from Boston) decided to start playing slow, angry, bleak...

Carl Elvers

September 2016

Reviews

APHEX TWIN CHEETAH (WARP) Richard D. James has certainly been prolific these past few years. Between 2014’s triumphant Syro (the vast archive of previously-unreleased tracks put...

Ben Miotke, Brandon Lattimore, Carl Elvers, Corey Cruse, Holly Mohon, Kelly McClure, Leigh Checkman, Maeve Holler, Robert Landry, William Archambeault

December 2015

Top 5 Local Releases Not Reviewed by Antigravity

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...

Carl Elvers

November 2015

Reviews, November 2015

Books   KRISTIN HERSH DON’T SUCK, DON’T DIE: GIVING UP VIC CHESNUTT (UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS) In the mid-1990s, Throwing Muses’ founder Kristin Hersh embarked on what...

Alex Taylor, Carl Elvers, Kelly McClure, Leigh Checkman, Nathan Tucker, Robert Landry

October 2015

Reviews, October 2015

ANN PEEBLES GREATEST HITS (HI RECORDS/FAT POSSUM) With the Hi Rhythm Section backing her up, Ann Peebles released seven albums for Hi Records over the course of the 1970s. While...

Andrew Mullins III, Bill Heintz, Carl Elvers, Holly Devon, Kelly McClure, Leigh Checkman, Robert Landry

May 2015

Sei Hexe: Cats on Dope

Sei Hexe are a four piece from Portland, Oregon who are finally making waves in the underground music scene after years of playing shows. After several shifts in their lineup, the...

Carl Elvers

May 2015

Reviews, May 2015

ALABAMA SHAKES SOUND & COLOR (ATO) Alabama Shakes’ 2012 debut Boys & Girls heralded an auspicious beginning for these blues rockers, bringing the raw force of Brittany...

Brandon Lattimore, Carl Elvers, Dan Fox, Joey Laura, Leigh Checkman

April 2015

Reviews, April 2015

CHEF MENTEUR III (SUNRISE OCEAN BENDER) The sheer size and scope of Chef Menteur’s III may seem daunting to new listeners at first, but these New Orleans-based instrumentalists...

Carl Elvers, Joey Laura, Leigh Checkman, Robert Landry

March 2015

Reviews, March ’15

Books P. CURRAN THE BREATHTAKING CHRISTA P. (CADIZ & CADIZN’T) New Orleans in the ‘90s: a great place for an escaped fugitive to hide in plain sight… or it would be...

Carl Elvers, Dan Fox, Leigh Checkman, Robert Landry

February 2015

Reviews, February 2015

Books JEFF CHANG WHO WE BE: THE COLORIZATION OF AMERICA (ST. MARTIN’S  PRESS) Best known for the landmark hip-hop history Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, Stanford University...

Alex Taylor, Carl Elvers, Leigh Checkman

January 2015

Reviews, January ’15

Books   THE NEW ORLEANS JAZZ SCENE 1970-2000: A PERSONAL RETROSPECTIVE THOMAS W. JACOBSEN (LSU PRESS) Jazz music is New Orleans’ artistic tributary that runs into the...

Alex Taylor, Andrew Mullins III, Carl Elvers, Dan Fox, Kevin Comarda, Leigh Checkman, Robert Landry