September 2014

Reviews, September 2014

CORY BRANAN NO-HIT WONDER (BLOODSHOT) Cory Branan’s latest effort, No-Hit Wonder, is a simultaneously summery and sullen showcase of Branan’s immense talent as a writer and...

Anna Gaca, Bill Arceneaux, Dominique LeJeune, Kevin Comarda, Rev. Dan Jackson

July 2014

The Bonnaroo 2014 Comardawards

In this life we live, our worlds are made up of our definitions—limited triggers about what we love, hate, and learn based on experience and stubbornness. The trick is to...

Kevin Comarda

June 2014

A Decade of Deadlines : Celebrating and Commiserating with 10 Years of Anti-friends

To put into perspective what life was like in 2004, when Antigravity was launched, here are a few realities the people of New Orleans knew: TwiRoPa was a live and functioning club...

Adrienne Battistella, Alex Woodward, Alison Fensterstock, Bernard Pearce, Brett Schwaner, Dan Fox, Derek, Dirk Fontenot, Erin Hall, Gary LoVerde, Jason Songe, Jenn Attaway, Joshua Brasted, Jules Bentley, Kevin Barrios, Kevin Comarda, Leigh Checkman, Leo McGovern, M. Bevis, Mike Rodgers, Musa Alves, Noah Bonaparte, Patrick Strange, Robert Offner, Sara Pic, Skwirl, Zack Smith

May 2014

Kids in a Candy Store: AG Writers at Record Store Day 2014

As a print publication, it’s easy to find solidarity with an event that celebrates another outdated but beloved medium, the vinyl record. Every year, Record Store Day promises...

Anna Gaca, Bill Heintz, Kevin Comarda, Robert Offner

April 2014

Reviews, April 2014

Books RICHARD CAMPANELLA BOURBON STREET: A HISTORY (LSU PRESS) Better known locally and in academic circles for his work on New Orleans’ geographies, Tulane School of...

Carl Elvers, Kevin Barrios, Kevin Comarda, Leigh Checkman

December 2013

Reviews, December 2013

Books P. CURRAN NAUGHT  BUT A SHADOW: A NOVEL OF THE OCCULT (CADIZ & CADIZN’T) Written before author P. Curran’s sublime Stay Out Of New Orleans, yet published after that...

Kevin Comarda, Leigh Checkman, Mike Rodgers

November 2013

Reviews, November 2013

Books RAY DAVIES AMERICANA:  THE KINKS,  THE RIFF, THE ROAD: THE STORY (STERLING) Ray Davies has made a career out of a vaudevillian sensibility for mining the lives of various...

Anna Gaca, Kevin Comarda, Leigh Checkman, Mike Rodgers

October 2013

Reviews, October 2013

BANTAM  FOXES TRIUMPH (INDEPENDENT) To pigeonhole the music of Bantam Foxes into a niche known as ‘90s rock is to miss how far brothers Sam and Collin McCabe, in league with...

Anna Gaca, Christie Sentner, Jenn Attaway, Kevin Comarda, Leigh Checkman, Mike Rodgers

September 2013

Reviews, September 2013

  ALEX CHILTON ELECTRICITY BY CANDLELIGHT/ NYC 2/13/97 (BAR/NONE) One February night at New York City’s Knitting Factory, the power went out. An Alex Chilton solo...

Anna Gaca, Jenn Attaway, Kevin Comarda, Leigh Checkman, Mike Rodgers

August 2013

Photo by Kevin Comarda

“I don’t yet consider myself a photographer, but rather an artist who enjoys taking photographs. Like any creative facet I might dabble in, I like my expressions to...

Kevin Comarda

July 2013

Reviews, July 2013

Books CURTIS HARRINGTON NICE GUYS DON’T  WORK  IN HOLLYWOOD: THE ADVENTURES OF AN  AESTHETE IN THE MOVIE  BUSINESS (DRAG CITY) Curtis Harrington’s autobiography is a...

Carl Elvers, Dan Fox, Graham Greenleaf, Kate Russell, Kevin Comarda, Leigh Checkman

July 2013

Third Wind’s the Charm: 2013 ‘Roo in Review

  Well folks, we did it again… and we had a blast! While the sensory overload that goes into conquering an entire weekend of the best music, food, art and education in...

Kevin Comarda