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New Orleans Area DIY Events and Shows

Last Updated March 28, 3:38 PM :: This list is an events calendar of [loosely] DIY activities in New Orleans.  This calendar includes music shows, independent theater, activist and other types of meetings, etc. You will not find a listing for the House of Blues.  The only way we can keep this list accurate and up-to-date is if you keep us informed.  We can't spend every waking hour searching the internet and looking for flyers.  Tell us what's going on! Submit your show to get it listed.

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Friday, March 29
Phantum Sun | Ultrasound | Sick At Heart
Friday, March 29. Artmosphere. 9PM. $10.
Craving “great music” and have a tenner burning a hole in your JNCOs? This club vaguely sez: “Welcome to a night of alt-rock. It will feature great music from Phantum Sun, Ultrasound, and Sick At Heart. Be Sure to come check it out and come out.” Flyer: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=122105087222223457
Immaterial Possession | Steef | Yam
Friday, March 29. Saturn Bar. 9PM.
Immaterial Possession is Athens, GA steampunk-y oddball but subtle carnival pop, like a more dynamic Khruangbin meets Macha or Prince Rama. On hip U.K. label Fire Records. “A theatrical soundscape littered with subconscious flashbacks, retro keyboard flurries, wandering Morricone-esque guitar and dreamy Sumac-like harmonies. Featuring the ethereal eerie dream pop of former artist commune residents Cooper Holmes and Madeline Polites, with drummer John Spiegel and Elephant 6 descendant Kiran Fernandes (keyboards, clarinets, flutes). It’s a haunting and immersive trip into the inner psyche of these nomadic soothsayers; a psychedelic dance party from a half-lit underground world; breathlessly eerie and all consuming; a salubrious sojourn that sounds like nothing else. Filled with a kind of peculiar optimistic uncertainty.” immaterialpossession.com. facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=956600912644628
Dungeon | Dremm | Tortuous
Friday, March 29. Toulouse Theatre (615 Toulouse Street). 7PM. $10. Booking
In the front lobby bar, presented by Belly Up
Saturday, March 30
Lisbon Girls | Marina Orchestra | Milk & The Honeys
Saturday, March 30. Carrollton Station. 9PM.
Myra Melford's Fire & Water Quintet
Saturday, March 30. Dixon Recital Hall (Tulane University). 8PM. $20. Booking
“The pianist and composer Myra Melford’s five-piece band of all-star creative improvisers is aptly named: There is something volatile and elemental about the music she makes with Ingrid Laubrock, the saxophonist; Mary Halvorson, the guitarist; Tomeka Reid, the cellist; and Lesley Mok, the percussionist. On “Hear the Light Singing,” the group’s second LP, Halvorson’s effects-laden guitar comes in splashes and jolts, and Reid’s cello moves in hurrying steps or generous waves.”
Umezi | T. Mason and The Bricklayers | Chew | The Dead Spies | Subliminal Landmines | Grace Sarre
Saturday, March 30. Intracoastal Club (8448 Main Street, Houma). 8:30PM. $15.
“SPRING FLING" Framed photos by 1ShotPhotos. Flyer: facebook.com/events/338318385779616
Swamp Stank | Wild Fire | Pyrate
Saturday, March 30. Midcity Ballroom. 8:45PM. $10.
Pulpy Bandcamp review of an EP by B.R.’s SS: “Pungent wafts of swamp-gas meet the sludged mires of Stoner Metal to create a corrosive and thrilling 7-track smasher!” WF = Biloxi nü-metal-y heavy rock posturing. Flyer: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=894969879295929
Crowbar | Nita Strauss | Horns N’ Halos | 610 Split
Saturday, March 30. Southport Hall. 7:30PM. $30.
“Come see Crowbar rip the stage!! Special Guest Horns n Halos 8:45-9:45. Crowbar hits stage 10:15!!!” Two openers, one of whom has almost half a million Fb followers (Nita Strauss) have been added to the bill. The other is locals 610 Split. See updated flyer w/ links - https://facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=991083562383865
MYRRS | Criminal Class USA | Champion Club | Baak Gwai | Crush Diamond
Saturday, March 30. The Drifter Hotel (3522 Tulane Avenue). 4PM. $20.
Come assess most of the biggest rock acts from the Gulf dead zone. MYRRS and Criminal Class USA are both lo-fi indie from Mississippi. Baak Gwai (“White Ghost”) is Tuscaloosa rock since ‘04. “Influences included Built to Spill, Trans Am, Brainiac, Cursive, Wilco, Elvis Costello and Archers of Loaf.” Crush Diamond is Houma synthpunkpop. 4-10. Flyer: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10228164722601080 BG tour poster: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=852047533598838
Sunday, March 31
Maddy Kirgo | Little Death | Clementine Was Right
Sunday, March 31. Saturn Bar. 9PM. $10.
Touching lo-fi sounds in the spring. Flyer: dice.fm/event/qdgaa
Monday, April 1
BrechtFest
Monday, April 1. Allways Lounge and Theatre. 8:30PM. $30.
“BrechtFest V, the fifth annual New Orleans celebration of the writings of German poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht, will take place on Monday April 1 and Tuesday April 2 at the Allways Lounge Twilight Room. Both shows are at 8:30pm. Each year features new arrangements of the music of Brecht collaborators such as Kurt Weill and Hanns Eisler, as well as original musical settings of Brecht’s poetry, sung by an ever changing cast of local performers. Better known as one of the most important dramatists of the 20th century, Brecht’s vast and magnificent corpus of poetry and songs would place him among the greats of modern literature had he never written a single play. Every year, the cast of BrechtFest brings this work to life in a small theater in the sordid underbelly of New Orleans St. Claude Avenue. The performance of music, spoken word, and puppetry features Chris Beroes-Haigis, Sarah Brecht, David Buchbinder, Bremner Duthie, Gabrielle Fischler, Karen Kunkel, Rebecca Leigh, Donald Lewis, Harry Mayronne, Stoo Odom, Susanne Ortner, Anna Laura Quinn, Stephanie Reed, David Symons, and Chris Wecklein. New performers this year include Mark Bingham, Yusa, and Julie Lake.” Even more (boy, these literary types love to write lots of words) at brechtfest.com.
Artillery | Vapor | Potential Threat | Herakleion
Monday, April 1. Siberia. 9PM. $22.
Tuesday, April 2
Alejandro Escovedo
Tuesday, April 2. Chelsea’s Live (1010 Nicholson Drive, Baton Rouge). 8PM. $35.
If you missed his two sold-out shows at NOLA’s tiny Chickie Wah Wah last year, see the Latin cowpunk godfather at this mid-sized venue. No opening act mentioned yet.
Bob Dylan
Tuesday, April 2. Heymann Performing Arts Center (1373 South College Road, Lafayette). 8PM.
His “Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour,” to show the punx & zydecoers how it’s done. No phones / devices allowed.
Thursday, April 4
The Hangmen | The Oxys | The Pallbearers
Thursday, April 4. Santos Bar. 9PM.
Friday, April 5
Four Way Stop
Friday, April 5. Les Bon Toups Roule. 9PM. $10.
Hirsute young South Mississippi classic / alt rock enthusiasts who “deliver a unique rock sound that is both fresh and familiar, delighting audiences.”
Hotline TNT | Symbiote | Cashier
Friday, April 5. Siberia. 9PM. $15.
Hotline TNT is Brooklyn noisy shoegaze / indie rock (not unlike that offered by Lafayette opener Cashier), possibly named after Drake’s song “Hotline Bling,” whose video spawned a million memes. One was dragged by a younger Miami friend to see him at Jazz Fest on 4/24/10, two months before(!) his debut LP dropped. The ground was a muddy slop, and people were sliding around in it for fun, passively taking in the Canadian Disney star’s tedious ghostwritten raps. This was on the same day that a gargantuan crowd saw Simon & Garfunkel’s shaky set of stately classics. (Art’s failing pipes nixed their ambitions for a full comeback tour.) Now 14 years later, Drake somehow has notched the most Top 20 hits in Billboard history… more than the Beatles, albeit in a career twice as long as theirs, and based on vague streaming data criteria. After enduring several songs by him, one trekked to a nearby stage and heard jam rock purveyors My Morning Jacket imitate their ‘70s heroes with great sincerity & gusto. I’ll always remember this day of impressive jazz. Flyer: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=944630263841693
Bangarang Peter | Night Revival | Planet of the Little Green Men
Friday, April 5. The Loose Caboose (201 McKinley Street, Lafayette). 7PM. $5.
Flyer: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1015334743933364
Saturday, April 6
Them Guys | SevVven | Drab
Saturday, April 6. Midcity Ballroom. 9PM. $10.
Well-meaning but derivative local ’90s-style hard rock / nu- / grungy metal acts. Biologists studying their belated evolution often refer to bands like these with terms like “Metairie metal” and “River Parishes rock.” Better than the emo & dubstep revivals, I guess, but not as good as the shoegaze & post-hardcore ones. Drab has a Soundgarden-y / Sabbath-y thing going which elevates them from the pack, though their new single “Open Wound” is on the glam metal side. Presented by Massive Media & Full Circle Entertainment. Flyer: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1858284681292827
Anna Laura Quinn | Emily Mikesell | Zahria Sims | Andy Page & Tanner Guss | DJ sets
Saturday, April 6. Music Box Village (4557 N. Rampart Street). 10AM-8PM. $15, $7 (kids).
Spring Opening Day. After what was, if one were to hazard a guess, a possible ownership shakeup last fall (reports were hazy), this thing is back. Likely more DJing after the jazzy and/or chamber music-y quartet finishes. Because if there’s one thing punx crave, it’s jazz and DJs amidst avant-garde jungle gym structures.
Band of Horses | Drayton Farley | The Record Company | Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country | Cole Chaney | Grace Bowers (“artist at large”) | Briscoe | Yasmin Williams | Myron Elkins | New Breed Brass Band | Deltaphonic | Crowe Boys
Saturday, April 6. UNO Lakefront Arena grounds (6801 Franklin Avenue). 12:15PM. $60 (kids <10 free).
Probably the only time a former Sub Pop band (BOH) will headline this thing, though they had their final dad-rock aesthetic even back in those mid-Augties days. They’ve since bounced around on three major labels with no radio success, usually garnishing lukewarm 3 to 3.5 star reviews, yet they are somehow able to maintain their career momentum in that curious way that these types of shaggy, apathetic, milquetoast festival-rockin’ bands tend to manage. How? In this band’s case, it’s due to the cultural cachet of their 2006 debut single, the yelpy college radio staple “The Funeral” (380 million Spotify plays). It’s been in dozens of TV shows & films. Wikipedia tells us it failed to chart anywhere on earth, yet has allegedly sold 2 million copies. You can catch Grateful Dead wannabes (they even cover “Fire On The Mountain”) DDCC at four Louisiana shows from 4/26 to 5/1. Teen jazz-blues guitar phenom & Jodie Foster clone GB mellowly shreds as a guest during various sets on both days. Jodie’s most obvious clone is actress Emma Corrin; they were born 33 years, 3 weeks, 3 days apart. See https://twitter.com/extracapsa/status/1489821664212774915. That Twitter account is mind-blowing. Check out the post showing Marilyn Monroe & Britney Spears were born 666 months apart, look almost the same, & have similar middle names. hogsfest.org/schedule
Sunday, April 7
Fountainbleau | Avery Island BCE film & music video premiere
Sunday, April 7. The Broad Theater. 7PM. FREE. Booking
The premiere of the locally shot short film Fountainbleau (shot on location at the infamous Fountainbleau building and featuring many punks in their acting debuts) + a yet-to-be-released music video from Avery Island BCE. Event details here: http://www.thebroadtheater.com/event/fountainbleau-premiere-7-april-2024-7pm-free/
Bakey's Brew | Whisper Party! | Two-Tone Merigold | DJ Uncle Dan
Sunday, April 7. The Drifter Hotel (3522 Tulane Avenue). Noon. $20.
“Psych Sundays are officially back! Come join us for our maiden voyage as we kick off our monthly party at the Drifter Hotel! Psych Sundays feature some of the dopest local talent with a wide range of musical genres. This first Sunday will feature Bakey's Brew (Pysch Rock), Whisper Party! (Dream Rock), and Two-Tone Merigold (EDM, Rock). DJ Uncle Dan will be spinning in between acts and keeping the party lit. Food will be provided by the one and only Que Pasta! So grab your suit and meet us poolside ready to rock!” Could DJ Uncle Dan be Uncle Danny Tanner from Full House? No… He’s dead. Noon - 7. Flyer: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=420678977141933
Thursday, April 11
Nest | Blooddrunk | Noze
Thursday, April 11. Bear’s (1401 Fairfield Avenue, Shreveport). 9PM. $10.
NEST are on Phil Anselmo’s Housecore Records. They do some leftfield covers, such as Thin Lizzy’s “Jailbreak,” and ZZ Top’s “Cheap Sunglasses,” the latter at or near the end of each show on this tour. ZZ’s Billy Gibbons (whose axe skills Jimi Hendrix admired) joined them on stage for it at one show. “NEST comes thru Bear's after getting off of a run with PANTERA and LAMB OF GOD to bring the heavy to our stage. Joining them will be local favorites BLOODDRUNK with NOZE kicking the night off 'round 9pm.” Flyer: facebook.com/events/253129534537025
Friday, April 12
Holy Worm | Foilsick | Radians
Friday, April 12. Intracoastal Club (8448 Main Street, Houma). 10PM. $10.
Holy Worm is Houston solo (someone named Jordan) weird, slicey-dicey mid-‘90s-style electronic à la Photek, Aphex Twin, & NOLA’s own Squab Teen / Neutral (both a.k.a. Nicole Elmer). Foilsick is Reno screamo trio in lowercase; “emotional music from the biggest little city.” They apparently only have a 10-minute demo EP out – thoughtfully released for lovers mere months ago on Valentine’s Day! – but it smokes fools. Radians are NOLA (formerly Houma?) synthwave power jams. In the conversation for the best electronic music ever from this state. Instaz: holyworm, notfoilsick, radi.anz. Nice flyer: facebook.com/events/329903573000666 (click image if you can’t see it full size).
The Velcro Pygmies
Friday, April 12. Mid-City Lanes Rock 'n' Bowl (3016 S. Carrollton Avenue). 8:30PM.
“This is the Rock you’ve been looking for,” their Facebook page announces. That is, if you’ve been seeking parodic ‘80s hair rock with a side of wholesome semi-sleaze. velcropygmies.com more specifically states “The Velcro Pygmies are the greatest rock n roll force for freedom ever assembled in the history of the world.”
Saturday, April 13
Lisbon Girls | Aubrey Jane | Autumn Dominguez
Saturday, April 13. DMac’s (542 Norman C. Francis Parkway). 8PM-11PM. $10.
Lisbon Girls is NOLA Spanish-language synth pop / chillwave / dream pop. Aubrey Jane is “Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, Aubrey Jane knows a thing or two about a broken heart. In a harmonic convergence of bewitching vocals and visceral lyricism, Jane refuses to be defined, experimenting in everything from dream pop to indie folk to hard rock.”
RUBARB Community Bike Shop Annual Fundraiser
Saturday, April 13. Happyland Theater (3126 Burgundy Street). 7PM. $10 adults. Kids FREE.
Puppet show, live and silent auction, music!
The Electric Nature | Shining Fields | Hal Lambert & Mitchell Mobley
Saturday, April 13. Midcity Ballroom. 8PM. $10.
Puzzling darque ambient / post-shoegaze / drone / noizescape type bands for the restless youth who reject every single other genre. TEN are on the prolific experimental label Illuminated Paths. See their jarring “Alienation 1” music vid @ vimeo.com/134213551 if Aube’s “Low Spin Drift” vid (‘93) didn’t do it for you. Flyer: s3.amazonaws.com/geotix-production-uploads/uploads/4a89e56d-3a74-4c26-aa93-4797523105a8.jpg
Friday, April 19
The Light Set | Ellie Talks Too Much
Friday, April 19. Okay Bar (1700 Port Street). 8PM.
The Light Set are NOLA chamber pop.
Adam Ant | The English Beat
Friday, April 19. The Fillmore (6 Canal Street). 8PM. $53 - $294.
Saturday, April 20
Pepperwood | Magic Crawfish | The Debtors
Saturday, April 20. Blue Moon Saloon (215 East Convent Street).
Sunday, April 21
Swans | Kristof Hahn
Sunday, April 21. Civic Theatre. 8PM. $30 (general), $75.
No more Norman, Parsons, Jarboe, Rieflin, Thor, etc., but Michael Gira soldiers on as Swans, still one of the bleakest & most alarming words in underground anti-rock after 4 decades. “Swans is now comprised of a revolving cast of musicians, selected for both their musical and personal character, chosen according to what I intuit best suits the atmosphere in which I’d like to see the songs I’ve written presented.” A good introduction to their music up to ‘95: trouserpress.com/reviews/swans. “Swans trudge through dragging tempos, 2/2 meters and low frequency mush, all the while howling about alienation and despair. Listening to their records isn’t like banging your head against a wall; it’s like banging your head against the side of a swimming pool — underwater.” Local metal band A Hanging was presumably named after the early Swans dirge. Gira & co. no longer play hits like “Raping A Slave” & “Money Is Flesh.” In fact, they apparently only play very recent stuff, from the meditative neofolk-y LPs The Beggar and Leaving Meaning, so check out some recent Swans gigs on setlist.fm to make sure you’re okay with this. KH has done time in Legendary Golden Vampires, Swans, Koolkings (w/ former Tremé resident Alex Chilton), Angels Of Light (w/ Gira), Les Hommes Sauvages, Pere Ubu, etc.
Wednesday, April 24
The Flaming Lips
Wednesday, April 24. Saenger Theatre (1111 Canal Street). 8PM. $39.50 - $89.50.
30 years ago (4/19/94), while “She Don’t Use Jelly” was a leftfield MTV hit, the Lips opened for mysterious upstart grunge-metallers Tool across this intersection at the now-scuttled State Palace Theater. Though the other, heavier, more angsty n’ atmospheric opener, Failure, sorta stole the show from the goofy Lips. At their Saenger debut they’ll be performing the LP Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, which polarized longtime fans with its poppy, slick, electronic-tinged sound. They streamed the album for free on their website when it came out, an unusual thing to do at the time, so everyone heard it & had hot takes about it. “Released in July 2002, Yoshimi remains the commercial high-water mark in The Flaming Lips’ wild four-decade journey, giving the GRAMMY® award-winners their first RIAA certified Gold Record. As the eagerly awaited follow-up to 1999’s masterwork, The Soft Bulletin, Yoshimi proved that singer/guitarist Wayne Coyne and multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd had yet another masterpiece in them. Yoshimi is a sci-fi-themed quasi-concept album that cast The Flaming Lips’ most playful and profound songs to date in a wondrous swirl of ambient electronics, digital beats, and psychedelic splendor. The record yielded the band’s top-streamed track, ‘Do You Realize??’ (a timeless stargazing anthem that, in 2009, was named the Official Rock Song of the band’s native Oklahoma) and also landed the Lips their first-ever Grammy Award® win for the cosmic album-closing instrumental ‘Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia).’” When the Lips performed the Yoshimi LP in Austin (11/8/23), they followed it with almost 2 more hours of songs, sans opening act. (See review at thecosmicclash.com). No opener has been announced for this NOLA show as of December. Flyer: twimg.com/media/F_8iFXEWAAAJBJi.jpg
Maylene and The Sons of Disaster | Limbs | Wasted | Shores of Acheron
Wednesday, April 24. The Varsity. 6PM. $25 (advance).
“Hotter than Florida Asphalt but twice as dirty. Cattywampus audacities delivered sonically by feral humans. Maylene and the Sons of Disaster are back from the dead. Maylene and the Sons of Disaster: stealing catalytic converters since before it was cool.” “LIMBS is a post-hardcore [make that metalcore - ed.] band from Tampa Bay. whoislimbs.com.” “Shores Of Acheron, an independent progressive deathcore band from Baton Rouge, LA, formed in 2012 and released their debut EP End Of Reign in 2013, exploring themes of governmental tyranny with intense instrumentation and guttural vocals. They gained exposure by playing on the Sumerian Records Stage at Mayhem Festival in 2013.” “Wasted is a group of musicians from South Louisiana that bring together a love for all things heavy, fast, melodic, and brutal. Together, our different influences mesh the subgenres of Deathcore, Technical Death Metal, Progressive Metal and much more to bring a mixed bag of catchy riffs, pummeling vocal flows, and intricate drumming.” Flyer: blocktickets-development.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/bc6cdfc3b61bb9b6151c35b0417b158a.png
Thursday, April 25
The Black Jacket Symphony performs Prince's Purple Rain
Thursday, April 25. Jefferson Performing Arts Center (6400 Airline Drive, Metairie). 8PM. $42.
Purple Rain is one of the biggest-selling albums ever, and all four of its creator’s grandparents were born in Louisiana, so let’s do a brief dive into some of its shadowy aspects. Remember in this album’s opening track, the #1 hit “Let’s Go Crazy,” when Prince sang about not letting the elevator (or more specifically the “de-elevator”) bring us down? He revealed “the elevator” referred to the Devil, and “down” of course was Hell. He was allegedly found dead in, of all places, an elevator. Make sure not to take the elevator or de-elevator at this venue, especially during that song! And funnily enough, another smash from this album was about death, and was titled “I Would Die 4 U.” U is the 21st letter, and the font on the single’s cover art even makes it look like a 2 touching a 1. So the song’s title revealed in two ways “I Would Die 4 21.” The Purple One did indeed perish on 4/21. And his death happened 33 (the elites’ favorite #) years after recording it. The album itself stayed on the Billboard chart for 86 weeks; “86” is of course slang for “kill” or “eliminate.” That’s Entertainment! Still want 2 B famous, anyone? Actually, the biggest crime is that this costs more than Prince’s concert headlining the Superdome on an appropriately rainy 2/1/85. Tickets to that were $17.50. Flyer: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/api/rest/ClientFile(510837)
Trout Fishing in America | Patrick Cooper
Thursday, April 25. Red Dragon Listening Room (2401 Florida Street, Baton Rouge).
Trout Fishing in America is Long-running humorous Houston folk duo (heights: 6’9” & 5’4”) named after the strange Richard Brautigan novel. They’ve played at Jazz Fest several times. Sort of a less- (or more-) corny version of They Might Be Giants. Both duos have many songs for kids, but are not exactly in Raffi territory in that regard.
Silver Synthetic | Esther Rose | The Whip Appeal
Thursday, April 25. Siberia. 8PM. $15.
Saturday, April 27
Shipwrecked | Better Late Than Never | Cloak & Dagger
Saturday, April 27. Midcity Ballroom. 8PM. $15.
Flyer: https://s3.amazonaws.com/geotix-production-uploads/uploads/163306cc-a82e-4138-82cc-768fd8316c84.jpg
Tuesday, April 30
Dragon Smoke | Sir Woman
Tuesday, April 30. Tipitina's. 9PM. $35.
Wednesday, May 1
And Then Came Humans | Helen Gillet + Brian Haas | Very Cherry
Wednesday, May 1. The Rabbit Hole (1228 Oretha Castle Haley). 9PM. $22 (advance).
“AN EVENING OF DUOS ft. And Then Came Humans | @andthencamehumanz. Helen Gillet + Brian Haas | @helengillet + @brianroyhaas. Very Cherry | @verycherryband.” Bring a double dose of swagger to this one, folks… in addition to two $10 bills and two $1 bills. Fun Fact: The U.S. dollar is worth about 2% of what it was worth when the Federal Reserve was founded in 1913. Jackson Square’s namesake Andrew Jackson once said his proudest accomplishment was blocking the formation of this central bank, which is neither federal nor a reserve. The famous book The Creature From Jekyll Island is probably the best source to learn about its strange & corrupt founding. (Several of its key opponents were sent down to fishworld on the Titanic! Though many believe the Titanic’s near-twin ship, the Olympic, is the one that was actually downed, in an insurance scam. An interesting rabbit hole to explore.)
Thursday, May 2
Night Club | Rosegarden Funeral Party | DJ Jpeg
Thursday, May 2. Santos Bar. 10PM. $25.
“Night Club is a dark electronic music duo from Los Angeles featuring Emily Kavanaugh and Mark Brooks. Rising from the inferno of heartbreak with a determination towards gentility, humility, graciousness, and kindness, Rosegarden Funeral Party takes influence from life’s tragedies and spins chaos into beauty. Leah Lane fronts the band with a voice like that of the lovechild between Morrissey and Siouxsie Sioux and her guitar playing has been compared to that of Daniel Ash.”
Bad Operation | Catbite
Thursday, May 2. The Broadside (600 N Broad Avenue). 9PM. $20. Community Records
Hopefully by the time this show hits, Broadside will be back to all ages, double check the listing before coming by. Catbite is on tour from Philadephia. This is a tour kick off show for BAD OP Check out catbite: https://catbite.bandcamp.com/music Also we may add one more local before this happens. It's the same night that the rolling stones play jazz festival.
Monday, May 6
Narrow Head | Wishy | Dazy
Monday, May 6. Siberia. 9PM. $20.
Narrow Head is Houston heavy, metal-adjacent alt-shoegaze / punky post-grunge à la Failure, Swervedriver, Deftones, Nothing, Dino Jr, Superheaven, on Run For Cover Records. Their “Moments Of Clarity” music video is closing in on half a million views in only 1.5 years. “Traversing the depths of massive, churning riffs, often distorted to the point of violence, bouncing, lock-grooved rhythms, and crystalline, gorgeously constructed hooks, the Houston-based outfit puts on a masterclass in the art of writing songs that match the pain, pleasure, and confusion of modern living.” Thanks to heshers getting hip to their heaviness, they’ve been tapped to play at the massive Aftershock metal fest this fall. Wishy is Indianapolis dream pop / jangle rock w/ coed harmonizing. They grew up idolizing the likes of the Sundays & MBV, as one does. Check out the “Spinning” music vid. Dazy is Richmond somewhat irritating indie anxiety / slacker rock. They have a split single with Militarie Gun. Flyer: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=950534429917943
Friday, May 10
Sebastian Bach
Friday, May 10. Southport Hall. 7:30PM. $35 (advance), $280 (VIP meet & greet).
Is it all just wasted time? First show of U.S. tour. No opening act mentioned as of two months beforehand. Check out Seb’s laughably bad new single “What Do I Got To Lose?,” then revel in the heavy glam grunge majesty of Skid Row’s Slave To The Grind LP. Can you live with yourself when you think of what you’ve left behind? mpwelch.medium.com/76-i-met-sebastian-bach-of-skid-row-new-orleans-2002-61a8d7f7b56a Flyer: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=933104328177510
Saturday, May 11
Echo And the Bunnymen
Saturday, May 11. The Joy Theater. 7PM.
The mop-topped core duo of Ian & Will plus hired guns do a show of strength on the “Songs To Learn And Sing Tour.” Yes, this tour is kinda pathetically named after the best-of compilation LP they put out in 1985. Evidently only their 3rd Louisiana concert ever (8/28/84 on Riverboat President during the World’s Fair; 5/15/88 at Tulane’s McAlister Auditorium). Ticketmaster’s brilliantly sadistic new “dynamic pricing” algorithm has already jacked up general floor tickets to $125 in mid-December, so this is evidently close to selling out. Word has it they’ll also be playing at Blue Bayou water park so they can break on through to the other slide. (Context: Comparisons to American rock act the Doors have dogged these Liverpudlians for their whole career.)
Sunday, May 19
Taking Back Sunday | Citizen
Sunday, May 19. The Fillmore (6 Canal Street). 8PM. $53+.
Thursday, May 23
Ghosts: Do You Believe?
Thursday, May 23. The Fillmore (6 Canal Street). 8PM. $41.75 - $98.
Live seminar with Dustin Pari of Ghost Hunters International.
Friday, May 31
Noble Apes | Fith | The Bomb Pulse | The Excellent Man From Minneapolis
Friday, May 31. Wolf Den (at the Howlin Wolf). 10PM-1AM. $5.
Bluesy rock, garage punk, and perhaps other heavy musics.
Friday, August 23
Black Flag
Friday, August 23. Southport Hall. 7:30PM. $35.
“Black Flag performs the First Four Years of their Catalog, Live at Southport Hall. The First Four Years is a compilation album by the American hardcore punk band.”
Wednesday, September 18
Buzz “King Buzzo” Osborne | Trevor Dunn | Jeff “JD” Pinkus
Wednesday, September 18. The Varsity. 8PM. $29.50.
KB: Melvins, Fecal Matter, Fantômas, etc. TD: Mr. Bungle, John Zorn groups, Fantômas, Secret Chiefs 3, Trio-Convulsant, Melvins Lite, Tomahawk, etc. JDP: Butthole Surfers, Daddy Longhead, Honky, Areola 51, Melvins, etc. Experience bits and pieces of all the bands you once warned yourself about! Reminiscent of the mind-boggling Fantômas (Buzzo, Mike Patton, Dave Lombardo, Dunn) + Trio-Convulsant (Dunn, Mary Halvorson, Ches Smith) concert at HøB on 4/5/05. But this one will likely be less conceptually brutal and more sludgy / grungy / metallic. There will almost surely be Melvins chestnuts bandied about, just like our ancestors did with John Denver & Joni songs around the campfire. No opening act mentioned as of early Feb., unless it’s Pinkus doing his banjocore thing solo. Flyer: blocktickets-development.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/448824e1bd3199b58f5106e70631d833.png