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Natalie Boeyink, Jon Bagnato, Brad Linde, Deric Dickens, Peter Kienle, Pedro Segundo, and "more"
Thursday, January 8. The Broadside (600 N. Broad Street). 7PM-10PM. $10.
SCATTERJAZZ, night 1: "Join us in The Pavilion for Night One of a great line up of artists for an evening of musical exploration. Three sets of music with great musicians from around the country and some of the best artists that New Orleans has to offer." With any luck, Andy Scatterjazz will be hawking his delicious olive-based condiments outside like he was at the Instigation Fest here in February. Set 1: Natalie Boeyink (IN), Jon Bagnato (PA), Brent Rose. Set 2: Brad Linde (DC), Byron Asher, Deric Dickens (GA/NYC). Set 3: Larry Sieberth, Pedro Segundo.

The Gentlemen Commoners
Friday, January 9. Gasa Gasa. 9PM. $15 (advance).
"Unhappy New Year: An Evening of The Smiths and Morrissey."

My Beloved | Kate Baxter | Chris Welch
Friday, January 9. Okay Bar (1700 Port Street). 7PM.
Kate Baxter of My Neptune.

Fatplastik | Walmart 2 | Cornhusk Doll | Dark Elevator | Delerium Tremens | Hal Lambert & Mitchell Mobley
Friday, January 9. Siberia. 8PM. $10.
TWILIGHT, the greatest love story of our time, will be projected on a loop with a live score from Fatplastik, walmart2, Cornhusk Doll, Dark Elevator, Delerium Tremens, and Hal Lambert & Mitchell Mobley.

Monika Herzig, Peter Kienle, Jason Mingledorff, Doug Garrison, and Jesse Morrow | Dave Stryker, Julian Lee, Doug Garrison, and Jesse Morrow | Steve Masakowski & Phil Degruy
Friday, January 9. The Broadside (600 N. Broad Street). 7PM. Scatterjazz
Scatterjazz X Jazz. Ed. Network Night #2. An evening curated by scatterjazz, tangling various world-class players and educators in town for the Jazz Education Network Conference with top-notch locals in three unique sets... Old friends and new... Three never-before & never-again collaborations...

Totem | Brethren Hogg | Gatsu | Fen Magus
Friday, January 9. The Crypt (1301 St. Bernard Avenue). 9PM. $10.
Local metal showcase hoedown. Totem album release funeral. 21+. This club was The Goat, whose owner is said to have burnt many local bridges and scurried back to New York. Ask a local goth for more dirt. Flyer: https://facebook.com/thecryptneworleans/photos/friday-jan-9totem504-album-release-party-with-brethrenhogg-gatsuband-fen_magus/122111624517108287

The Black Jacket Symphony
Saturday, January 10. Baton Rouge River Center Theater (220 St. Louis Street, Baton Rouge). 7:30PM. $45+.
The Black Jacket Symphony performs Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon.

Kinetic Canopy: Suspended Sculptures
Saturday, January 10. Chemical 14 Gallery (4315 Royal Street). 6PM-10PM. FREE.
This gallery (which is only open on Saturday & Sunday afternoons) recently had a "Happy Birthday Philip K. Dick" cake, so it's very cool. 15 local artists. youtube.com/chemical14. Artists listed at https://facebook.com/events/1360099468645995

The Glue | Maddy Kirgo
Saturday, January 10. Okay Bar (1700 Port Street). 9PM. $10.
Local folk-pop gal gangs. Flyer by MK: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSd6fCSjE9V

Wooden Wisdom
Saturday, January 10. Republic. 10PM. $25 (general) - $50 (VIP).
Yes, this is the actor Elijah Wood. "Straight from the Shire to our stage, Elijah Wood & Zach Cowie are bringing you Wooden Wisdom. An all Vinyl Music Experience! The legendary Frodo Baggins, and his trusted companion, Zach Cowie, have left the shire in favor of our stage in New Orleans, and they are looking to take you on a musical adventure like no other! Costumes encouraged." Wikipedia: "Wood is a disc jockey, and has toured globally with his friend Zach Cowie as the duo Wooden Wisdom." Not to be confused with Jada Pinkett's nü-metal band Wicked Wisdom. Flyer: https://republicnola.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/REP_WOOD_1200X1500.png

The Ballad of Flip Fitch | Chesticle | Walkingonsunshine | Age of Ouroboros
Saturday, January 10. Siberia. 8PM. $10.
Everyone is so weird.

Malevitus | Greg Schatz & The Friggin' Geniuses
Sunday, January 11. Saturn Bar. 7PM sharp. $10.
Malevitus are NOLA jangly beatnik proto-punk. Flyer: https://dice-media.imgix.net/attachments/2025-12-24/2ff43455-de2b-4967-8c91-10adaa0481b6.jpg

Lesser Man
Monday, January 12. St. Roch Taverne. 9PM.

Hard Fun | The Hard Nos | Sally Baby
Wednesday, January 14. Siberia. 8:30PM. $10 advance, $15 door.
Benefit for Poppet Theater's "Parade Route," a show by D. G. W. Hedges. All local bands. Hard Fun is a power trio playing kind of a noisy psych punk metal thing. The Hard Nos is garage punk rock n roll. "Sally Baby is a local gem of the New Orleans Music Scene. Seamlessly blending the sounds of the early Creole Jazz Bands with New Orleans RnB, Second Line music, Calypso, and their ethereal, mystical, magical original music...it is a show that leaves audiences deeply touched with a renewed hope for the future of art and transcendence through music."

Oh Dang | The Bomb Pulse | Mediocre Flying Dreams
Thursday, January 15. Saturn Bar. 9PM. $10.

Juno Dunes | The Get | Paul Faith & The Barstool Prophets
Thursday, January 15. Siberia. 7PM. $10.

The Band Melrose | Oversight | Doggish
Saturday, January 17. Carrollton Station. 8PM.

Chef Menteur | Caldwell | Get Dressed
Saturday, January 17. Holy Diver (1200 St. Bernard Avenue). 9PM. $10 (door).
Chef Menteur are NOLA post- kraut- psych-rock since 1999.

Nonlethal Weapons | Selma Oxor | Nail Club | Oscillation Communications | Gabriela
Saturday, January 17. Mudlark Theatre. 7PM. $10-15 NOTAFLOF. Booking
NOPE: New Orleans Proletarian Electronica. Find each other. https://www.instagram.com/proletarian_electronica/

Scutii | Acath | Fish Band!
Saturday, January 17. Okay Bar (1700 Port Street). 9PM. $10.
Scutii are a grungy emo band on Troubled Network. Acath are a Lafayette dream pop, shoegaze, darkwave quartet. Fish Band! are a NOLA shoegaze, slowgrunge band. Presented by AltScene. 18+ or 21+. They call us problem child. We are the youth gone wild. Flyer with links: https://www.instagram.com/p/DS2nF5pAJf8/?img_index=2

Hattiesburg Renaissance Fest
Saturday, January 17. SwitchYard (309 Mobile Street, Hattiesburg, MS). 12PM. $10 (early bird), $15 (advance), $20 (door).
Hark! "Whether you arrive as a peasant, pirate, princess, or powerful sorcerer, you’ll find your place among fellow travelers of the Realm! COSTUMES ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED!" Noon - midnight: "Family friendly by day, legendary by night." Performers will be announced any moment at facebook.com/SwitchyardClub. Poster: https://facebook.com/SwitchyardClub/photos/%EF%B8%8F-hear-ye-hear-ye-%EF%B8%8Fthe-hattiesburg-renaissance-fest-brings-knights-magic-fantasy/860477113450140

Hijack the Float | S.W.A.R.M. | Drive, Doctor! Drive! | Evie Richard
Saturday, January 17. The Loose Caboose (201 McKinley Street, Lafayette). 8PM. $10.
Hijack the Float are not your grandparents' "south louisiana art rock." Flyer: https://www.instagram.com/p/DS1IHexDhmb

Left of West | Sunscape | Pope | NeoSeoul500
Saturday, January 17. Wolf Den (at the Howlin Wolf). $10.
Left of West is Houston emo. "sunscape." is Baton Rouge jazzy rock. Opening act info: Rare Seed & New Holland apparently dropped off this 4-band show; Pope [solo] & NeoSeoul500 were apparently added. (See instagram.com/p/DTJjG31Dq8Z for more.) Presented by Past Life Mgmt.

Open Mic Night with Guest Host Amity Rose
Sunday, January 18. Old Arabi Lighthouse Records & Books (234 Mehle Street, Arabi). 6PM. FREE.
amityrosemusic.com

Joe Adragna | Natasha Sanchez | Shawn Bourg | Shawn Gwin
Monday, January 19. Wolf Den (at the Howlin Wolf). 7PM. FREE.
SubTeRRaNeAn SoNgWriTer NiGhT. "The night will feature 4 amazing singer-songwriters local to New Orleans!" Joe Adragna of The Junior League. Flyer: https://i.ticketweb.com/i/00/12/78/11/64_Edp.jpg

Jim White | Dusty Santamaria
Tuesday, January 20. NOLA 'Nacular Studio & Gallery (1172 Magazine St.). 7PM. $15. Turducken Productions
Jim's that erstwhile druggie, drifting, storytelling, taxi-driving, recovering Pentecostal maverick talent from Pensacola, Florida who took sadcore outer-space alt.country by storm. Advance tix at https://www.handstamp.com/e/jim-white-and-dusty-santamaria-7fogaxv7

Sparrow Smith & the Resonant Rogues | Meredith Moon
Tuesday, January 20. Saturn Bar. 9PM.

Barkley Cove | Olivia Barnes | Redd & The Paper Flowers | Quinn Pilgrim
Wednesday, January 21. Wolf Den (at the Howlin Wolf). 9PM. $10.
"Barkley Cove is coming to The Howlin' Wolf! This is the band to watch in the new folk scene. Founded on collaborative songwriting, strong vocal harmony, and improvisation, the four members of the band fearlessly mix genres of folk, rock, country, and bluegrass to create a distinctively original musical style. Joining the night is Olivia Barnes, bringing us some Americana with a New Orleans flair! Coming in with a mix of Rock, Folk and Blues, Quinn Pilgrim will be rounding out the evening!" 18+.

Friendship | Little Mazarn | Thomas Dollbaum
Thursday, January 22. Siberia. 8PM. $15/$18.
We at Siberia are desperately hoping Friendship plays the song, "Resident Evil" at this show. Please, Friendship, play that song for us please, please, please!!!!!!!!!!!

Antonia & The Scum Band | Lexi Weege
Friday, January 23. Carrollton Station. 9PM.
Your headliners are "The sleaziest band in New Orleans." And from Northampton, MA: "Miss Weege is a blend of traditional blues roots, jazzy melodies and sassy lyrics." 21+ as always.

Across Phoenix | Vienna Notarianni | Noa & The Hand Grenades | Makena'Aloha
Friday, January 23. Jimmy's Club. 8PM. $10.
Two flyers & set times: https://www.instagram.com/p/DTK_xeCjhgJ

Blue Widow | The Bloomies | Zoomst
Friday, January 23. The Rabbit Hole (1228 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard). 7PM. $10.
Blue Widow are a Baton Rouge "alternative psychedelic punk" band who believe "much can be learned from the life of a spider." With NOLA opening bands possibly of a similar disposition, if not as arachnophilic. Cue Flipper's cover of "The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly." I guess she'll die.

Still Life for Humans | Swamp Diesel
Saturday, January 24. Blue Moon Saloon (215 East Convent Street, Lafayette). 8PM.

Peli Con
Saturday, January 24. Dugas Recreation Center (30372 Eden Church Road, Denham Springs). 10AM-6PM. $15 (age 11-59), $10 (60+), free (0-10).
4th annual. "Comics, gaming, art, cards, collectibles, cosplay contest, panels, food..." https://facebook.com/events/1123171289184389

Acath | Hijack The Float | Ollie Oxen Free | Cashier
Saturday, January 24. The Feed & Seed. 7PM. $10.
Any questions? The Smiths once asked "How Soon Is Now?" (In '99, this song notched the #1 spot on 106.7 The End KKND's listener-voted countdown of best songs of the '80s.) Four decades later, your attendance is requested as ethereal Lafayette dreamgazers Acath drop début LP How Long Is Forever?. They will play the reverberation-doused album in full while barely moving onstage. Fellow Lafayette entities will perform before them: "south louisiana art rock" (Hijack); "roly poly songs [indie pop] by Ian & Olive" (OOF); bleak, grungy noisegaze (Cashier). All ages as always. Flyer w/ links: https://www.instagram.com/p/DTA5ZAHgGfY

Savage Wrath | Phantum Sun | Grey Areas | Transmit Dysphoria
Saturday, January 24. Huckleberry Brewing Co. (4724 Sterkx Road, Alexandria). 7 \PM.
Hard rock, (nu-?)metal. Transmit Dysphoria's début show. Presented by Kavity Kollective. https://facebook.com/events/891281946912983

Dead Media Market
Saturday, January 24. Rally Cap Brewing Co. (11212 Pennywood Avenue, Baton Rouge). 12PM-4PM. FREE.
Records, tapes, CDs, VHS, video games, etc.

Lamplight | Léna Bartlels | Hemlock | Honey The Fool
Sunday, January 25. Saturn Bar. 9PM. $12.
Lamplight is the songwriting project of Brooklynite Ian Hatcher-Williams: "Folk that comes creek-steeped." lamplightband.net. LB, also from the Empire State, and Chicago's hemlock, will share acoustic musings prior. But will any of them throw back brewskis and sign autographs at Metairie dive bar the Lamplighter Lounge? 21+. Flyer: https://dice-media.imgix.net/attachments/2025-12-02/300fee17-4eb0-4260-97dc-96da530ec96b.jpg

Lauren Ruth Ward
Tuesday, January 27. NOLA 'Nacular Studio & Gallery (1172 Magazine St.). 7PM. $20. Turducken Productions
Lauren Ruth Ward is a Baltimore born multidisciplinary artist, whose lyrics and stage expression are based on the exploration of the human condition. Must purchase advance tickets at https://www.tickettailor.com/events/laurenruthward/1874605

Amy Rigby | Hex Windham | Shawn Gwin
Thursday, January 29. NOLA 'Nacular Studio & Gallery (1172 Magazine St.). 7PM. $20. Turducken Productions
Amy Rigby has established herself as one of America’s enduring underground/cult/indie artists, combining the insight and humor of country and folk songwriting with classic rock craftsmanship and punk DIY spirit. Raised in Pittsburgh, schooled in late 70s lower Manhattan, she formed pre-Americana country band Last Roundup and Richard Hell’s favorite girl group the Shams in NYC's East Village before launching a solo career with 90s classic album Diary Of A Mod Housewife. https://www.amyrigby.com/ Advance tickets at https://www.handstamp.com/e/amy-rigby-reading-performance-with-hex-windham-and-shawn-gwin-8dollgtv

Daffodyl | Autumn Dominguez & Friends
Friday, January 30. Carrollton Station. 8PM.

Atoll | Truckstop Dickpill | Squelching
Friday, January 30. Checkpoint Charlie's. 9PM. $15. Booking
The Big Boss returns once again to announce another killer show for his beloved followers and supporters!! The Big Boss is bringing three top quality Brutal Death Metal bands at his new base of operations Checkpoint Charlie's Coming all the way from Oklahoma, we have mind breaking Brutal Death Metal, Squelching, followed by Appalachian Boner Slam from Knoxville, Tennessee, Truckstop Dickpill and leading the pack we have Arizona based Brutal DeathMetal ready to bring the face melting desert heat, Atoll

Gavino Loche | Adrian Raso | Layla Musselwhite | Jimmy Robinson | Phil deGruy
Friday, January 30. Hartley/Vey Theatre at Shaw Center For the Arts (100 Lafayette Street, Baton Rouge). 7:30PM. $31.
Across The Pond Guitar Festival. "Experience a captivating blend of international and local guitar talent. Featuring renowned musicians in individual performances, dynamic collaborations, and a spectacular grand finale with all artists. Gavino Loche's YouTube performances have millions of hits, and he has won numerous awards, including Best Up-and-Coming Italian Guitar Player. Gavino’s solo performances blend tapping, percussive sounds, and incredible fingerstyle arrangements." Presented by Manship Theatre. All ages.

Reverend Horton Heat | The Bills
Friday, January 30. Tipitina's. 9PM. $10 (advance).
Low price ($10 Ticket Tour of North America), lower brow. "Listening to the REVEREND HORTON HEAT is tantamount to injecting pure musical nitrous into the hot-rod engine of your heart." The Bills are "New Orleans surf, punk, and garage!"

Louisiana Surf Department
Saturday, January 31. Blue Moon Saloon (215 East Convent Street, Lafayette). 8PM-11PM.
"The Louisiana Surf Department is a swampadelic-country-rock band founded January 1, 2024 in Austin, Texas. On lead vocals and electric guitar, John Core of Crowley, Louisiana is truly the core of this music. He has carried most all of these songs for a long time on his journey to now – and has courageously brought this band together to help bring his songs to the world." louisianasurfdepartment.com.

The Sadies | Rubber Chicken
Monday, February 2. Santos Bar. 8PM. $15 (advance).
Toronto trio "The Sadies have played all over the world where, for the last 30 years, they have astonished audiences with their earthy arsenal of roots music, country, spaghetti western, surf, garage rock, psychedelia, and the slippery beast known as alt rock, all with uncanny precision and passion." They've done collaborative albums with Andre Williams, John Doe (of X), Neko Case, John Langford (of Mekons), etc. Extremely cheap ticket price for a band with >20 albums. NOLA's "Rubber Chicken is a momentary distraction from the lives of 4 friends who are actively avoiding their varying levels of alcoholism." 21+.

Nine Inch Nails | Boys Noize
Thursday, February 5. Smoothie King Center (1500 Dave Dixon Drive). 8PM.
Michael Moss' favorite band Boys Noize.

Gonzales Retro Con
Saturday, February 7. Lamar Dixon Expo Center (9039 South St Landry Avenue, Gonzales). 10AM-6PM.
This year's theme is the 30th anniversary of Pokémon. Mere furlongs away from the Tanger Outlet Mall & Cabela's! CONSUME. Also open the next day from 11 - 5. https://facebook.com/events/1189035643049464

Oinkliteration | Rotting Carcass | Chesticle
Sunday, February 8. Siberia. 8PM. $10. Booking
The Big Boss returns once again to deliver another killer and insane show for his beloved followers and supporters at one his favorite hubs of degeneracy, @siberianeworleans Starting things off we have Psychedelic Slam Lords from the infernal cesspool of Baton Rouge, Chesticle , followed by supreme top quality young blood Goregrinders from Houston, Rotting Carcass and finally capping off the night we have insane Panama City Slam here to hog the spolight (pun intended), Oinkliteration.

The Mismiths | Death Church
Friday, February 13. Holy Diver (1200 St. Bernard Avenue). 9PM. $10.
The Los Angeles jangly horror punk headliners are evidently NOT a dual Smiths / Misfits cover band, at least based on their sardonic Dead To Me EP. But they sure play it up. "Melancholy crooning from Manchester meets hardcore horror punk from New Jersey. Even though most days may feel silent and grey, with The Mismiths, every night is like Halloween..." Their ensuing two shows are also in the Pelican State. linktr.ee/mismiths. Death Church are extremely loud NOLA deathrock / goth metal to weed out – and/or initiate – the mall goths. Tour poster: https://www.instagram.com/p/DSS-zNzkp8v

Brilliant Behemoth | Mormon Mincers | Shunt | Resin Cough | Chop X 7 | Teratoma | Plunge |Pat Minotaur
Friday, February 13. No Dice. 8PM. $35 day of show, $30 in advance. Booking
Mardi Grind Fest: Day 1. Happening again, the Big Boss is bringing Mardi Grind Fest again for a 3rd edition. So big it got too large for just one venue, so we have SEVENTEEN bands on day one alone between No Dice and Siberia.

Fermented Mess | Torture Pig | Imminent End | Sniping Pigs | Happy Society | Hammered | Fupa Goddess | MysteryXMeat | Shitload
Saturday, February 14. Holy Diver (1200 St. Bernard Avenue). 8PM. $35 day of show $30 in advance. Booking
The Big Boss is back to bring part two of Mardi Grind Fest 3 live at Holy Diver and The Crypt!! Too big for just one venue with EIGHTEEN insane Grind and Gore acts you do not want to miss!! Holy Diver Fermented Mess 9:00 Shitload 9:40 MysteryXMeat 10:20 Fupa Goddess 11:00 Hammered 11:40 Happy Society 12:20 Sniping Pigs 1:00 Imminent End 1:40 Torture Pig 2:20 Crypt Snagg 9:20 Apocalyptic Noise Syndicate 10:00 Secretion 10:40 Nyctophagia 11:20 Bob Plant 12:00 Triage 12:40 Shitbrains 1:20 Laughing Dog 2:00 Sulfuric Cautery 2:40

Lovesong | First Wave
Saturday, February 14. Southport Hall. 8PM. $20 (advance).
Lovesong is a The Cure tribute band. "You say I know it's a waste of time, there's no use trying. So scared that life's gonna pass you by, your spirit dying. Not long ago I could feel your strength and your devotion. What was so clear is now overcast with mixed emotions. Deep in your heart is the answer. Find it, I know it will pull you through. I think it's true that we've all been through some nasty weather. Let's understand that we're here to handle things together. You gotta keep looking on to tomorrow. There's so much in life that's meant for you. Get on your feet! Get up and make it happen. Get on your feet! Stand up and take some action. Gotta get on your feet." - Gloria Estefan, "Get On Your Feet" (1989). Coincidentally, Estefan was paralyzed in a bus crash six months later. She then returned to her feet to mount a triumphant 1991 world tour. Evidently feeling inspired by the line "make it happen," Mariah Carey released her huge motivational hit of that name the ensuing year.

Sulfuric Cautery | Laughing Dog | Shitbrains | Triage | Bob Plant | Nyctophagia | Secretion | Apocalyptic Noise Syndicate | Snagg
Saturday, February 14. The Crypt (1301 St. Bernard Avenue). 8PM. $35 day of show $30 in advance. Booking
The Big Boss is back to bring part two of Mardi Grind Fest 3 live at Holy Diver and The Crypt!! Too big for just one venue with EIGHTEEN insane Grind and Gore acts you do not want to miss!!

Blackwater Holylight | Glassing | Guts Club
Thursday, February 19. Siberia. 8PM. $20/$25.
Across three full-length albums and their latest EP, 'If You Only Knew,' the Portland now LA - based band has become synonymous with a heavy-lidded intensity, channeling grief, grace, and grandeur in equal measure. Doom, deathgaze, hard rock, shoegaze—genre signifiers swirl around their work, but none can quite pin down the ache and bloom at its core.

Friendship Commanders | Temptress | Pyrate
Friday, February 20. Siberia. 8PM. $15.

Mars | Other Planets | Angie Marias | The Mystery | Lisbon Girls
Friday, February 27. Carrollton Station.
Mars and Other Planets album release show.

Heart | Lucinda Williams
Sunday, March 1. Brookshire Grocery Arena (2000 Brookshire Arena Drive, Bossier City). 7:30PM. $70.50.
Is it cloak and dagger? Could it be spring or fall? I walk without a cut through a stained glass wall.

Howling Giant | Insomniac | Fen Magus | Totem
Thursday, March 12. Siberia. 8PM. $15.

Candlebox
Saturday, March 14. Paradise Theater at Margaritaville Resort Casino (777 Margaritaville Way, Bossier City). 7PM. $41+.
"Formed in Seattle in 1991, Candlebox went quadruple platinum with their 1993 self-titled debut and released two more acclaimed and top-selling albums (1995’s Lucy & 1998’s Happy Pills) before going on a hiatus in 2000." "Acclaimed" may be a *slight* stretch, as the 'Box were gleefully ravaged by every music publication in the competitive grunge decade. See Entertainment Weekly's "F" review of their sophomore effort: https://web.archive.org/web/20090425193719/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,299068,00.html. It concludes: "It's every bit as appalling and derivative as their first, with the foursome once again hacking out the kind of generic grunge that works like some Hydrox knockoff of Pearl Jam's genuine Oreo. [Fact Check: Hydrox actually preceded Oreo by 3 years. Wikipedia states "Compared to Oreos, Hydrox cookies have a less sweet filling and a crunchier cookie shell that is less soggy when dipped in milk."] With its dense guitars, blurry bass, and clunky drums, Lucy couldn't be more fat-bottomed and lifeless. In fact, it's encyclopedically bad. You won't find a single melody, the singer can't convey an ounce of emotion, and the lyrics make no sense at all. At least Candlebox's unadulterated terribleness offers the public a sad, necessary lesson. For those who believed the human race would never again endure anything as awful as Journey and Foreigner, Candlebox prove it can happen here." Were they the Nickelback of the '90s? "Some would say your life was sad, but you lived it anyway. And so maybe your friends, they stand around, they watch you crumble, as you falter to the ground. You left me far behind. I didn't mean to treat you oh so bad. Oh, but I did it anyway." DARKEST lyrics of any song ever to be performed at a Jimmy Buffett-related property? The ONLY Jimmy Buffett-adjacent show to ever appear on NOLADIY? (Fun Fact: JB was a regular at Cochon, where he got the mac n' cheese. 50 Cent has also grubbed there.) Dig into this POST-GRUNGE feast – or famine? – on PI DAY. 21+.

Adventure Club | Jessica Audiffred
Saturday, March 14. The Metropolitan (310 Andrew Higgins Boulevard). 10PM-4AM. $25 (advance).
The Montréal-based headlining duo blends EBM, dubstep, & frequent female dream pop vocals. 18+. Presented by Disco Donnie & Amps Events. (This was rescheduled from October 4 to March 7, & now to March 14.) Flyer: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/306b3c2662ab96eeae0a7b06e46c031dc673366ae1e040e282413b6aa52922ee-rimg-w1200-h675-dc030204-gmir.jpg

Chris Cohen | Avery Island B.C.E.
Sunday, March 15. Siberia. 8PM. $18/$22.
Chris Cohen’s songs initially sound easy. They’re each tiny jewels that unfurl at a leisurely pace, but dig a little deeper and you’ll reach a melancholy core. His previous albums — 2012’s Overgrown Path, 2016’s As If Apart and 2019’s Self Titled — were built from lush, blurry tracks that embedded themselves in your subconscious, like they’d always been there. Paint a Room (out July 12, 2024) is his first album in five years and his debut for Hardly Art. If Cohen’s meanings have previously lurked inside the tessellated musical layers he built alone, they are newly clear and resonant here, animated and underscored for the first time by a band playing in real time. This is Cohen communicating with friends not only through his deep understanding of groove, harmony, and hook but also with his listeners through songs that croon of our uneasy little era. Chris was a member of Deerhoof, The Curtains, Cryptacize and Natural Dreamers before releasing music under his own name. He’s toured and/or recorded with Kurt Vile, White Magic, Maher Shalal Hash Baz, Danielson, Cass McCombs, as well as produced and engineered records by Weyes Blood, Fievel Is Glauque, Gun Outfit, Sam Evian, Marina Allen, Le Ren, and many more.

Robert Lester Folsom | Rambler Kane
Monday, March 16. Siberia. 8PM. $25/$30.
Robert Lester Folsom is a Georgia-born singer-songwriter and guitarist whose music blends soft psych, Americana, and sun-faded AM gold into a sound unmistakably his own. First self-released in 1976, his cult-classic LP Music and Dreams quietly circulated in the Southeast before slipping into obscurity—until crate diggers and reissue labels revived his recordings in the 2010s. The album was re-released in 2014 by Anthology Recordings (a Mexican Summer imprint), bringing Folsom’s homegrown vision to a new generation of listeners. Following that rediscovery, Folsom’s previously unheard material was brought to light through Ode to a Rainy Day: Archives 1972–1975 and Sunshine Only Sometimes: Archives Vol. 2—two acclaimed compilations of heartfelt demos that deepened his reputation as a lost master of homespun pop. A wave of younger fans has discovered Folsom’s music through Instagram, TikTok, and sync placements in hit shows like Outer Banks and Gossip Girl. After only a handful of rare appearances over the years, he’s now riding that resurgence—actively touring and performing to packed rooms nationwide, including a sold-out night at The Troubadour and a celebrated set at Newport Folk Festival. Folsom’s latest archival single, “Sitting on the Moon,” is out now as part of Mexican Summer’s latest eponymous compilation, offering yet another lost gem from this storied vault. A third full-length collection of archival material, Archives Vol. 3, is slated for release in 2026.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP Legacy)
Tuesday, April 28. Manship Theatre (100 Lafayette Street, Baton Rouge). 7:30PM. $60 - $80.
We've all nodded our heads to Brain Salad Surgery, but this is an advisory to AVOID this show, prog rocker. "Created by Carl Palmer and his management, the show will be presented with the full cooperation of the Estates of Keith Emerson and Greg Lake. THIS IS NOT A TRIBUTE ACT - THIS IS THE REAL THING. Through modern technology they will reunite the band: Carl with his two bandmates, playing together along with Keith Emerson & Greg Lake, who both passed away in 2016. The show combines video performance of Emerson and Lake from a legendary sold out ROYAL ALBERT HALL ELP show from 1992 with live on stage performances of Carl Palmer with his own ELP Legacy band (Paul Bielatowicz and Simon Fitzpatrick). All the musicians play together in sync to present a complete and authentic Emerson, Lake & Palmer show." Imagine if established rock acts like SUGAR RAY, THOU, or BANANARAMA try to pull this crap on their fans in like 30 years after 67% of their members croak. "ELP was an English progressive rock supergroup formed in London in 1970. The band consisted of Keith Emerson of the Nice (keyboards), Greg Lake of King Crimson (vocals, bass, guitar, producer), and Carl Palmer of Atomic Rooster (drums, percussion). With nine RIAA-certified gold record albums in the US and an estimated 48 million records sold worldwide, they are one of the most popular and commercially successful progressive rock groups of the 1970s."

Master Boot Record
Saturday, May 23. Siberia. 8PM. $25/$30.
MASTER BOOT RECORD (aka MBR) is a project founded in 2016 by producer Vittorio D’amore mixing together heavy metal and synthesized electronic music. Starting in 2016 releasing albums under the indie label Data Airlines has moved in 2018 to synthwave iconic label Blood Music to expand its audience to the electronic community. In 2019 MASTER BOOT RECORD settled with Metal Blade Records, the historic metal label based in Los Angeles to release the latest two albums “Floppy Disk Overdrive (2020)” and “Personal Computer (2022)” helping the project to gain increased popularity worldwide. MBR has also produced the video game “VirtuaVerse” as well as its original soundtrack. VirtuaVerse was released in 2020 on all gaming platforms as well as Nintendo Switch, Xbox and Playstation. The project as a live band increased their live activity in 2022 including live performing artists such as the guitar virtuoso and Ibanez endorser Edoardo Taddei at lead guitars and technical death metal drummer Giulio Galati.

The Debtors
Friday, July 24. Acadiana Center for the Arts (Moncus Theater) (101 West Vermilion Street, Lafayette). 7:30PM. $30.
"Hailing from Lafayette, The Debtors bring a distinctly Southern charm to their shimmering blend of indie rock, nostalgia, and storytelling. With their 2024 album Everyone Is Alright, the five-piece band delivers a dreamy, heartfelt soundtrack for uncertain times — equal parts escapism and reflection. Their music drifts effortlessly from beachy grooves to waltzing ballads, anchored by poetic lyrics and melodies that linger like memory." All ages. 7:30 - 9:30.

New Orleans Area DIY Events and Shows