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John Oates
Wednesday, October 23. Acadiana Center For the Arts (101 West Vermilion Street, Lafayette). 7:30PM. $78 - $128.
Robin… Costello… Barney (Rubble & Fife)… Garfunkel… Ono… Shirley… Teller… Pippen… Costanza… Garth… Willow… Klay… Oates. The Onion named his 2002 effort Punk Shui the year’s “least essential album,” further relegating him to scrappy sidekick status. Does he play a leading role in your life?

Degenerate Picnik
Wednesday, October 23. Old Point Bar (545 Patterson Street). 9PM.
Bywater “Psychedelic Blues Rock band with heavy soul, snakey rhythms and blazing guitars.” Tom Waits fans may be interested in the vocals.

Basher | Precious Cargo
Wednesday, October 23. Saturn Bar. 9PM.

This Will Destroy You | Glassing | Fauns
Wednesday, October 23. Siberia. 9PM. ~$25.
The Destroyas are a veteran post-rock outfit with oft-tedious but usually engaging meanderings leading to post-metallic climaxes. You know the drill. This scribe was impressed by them at the claustrophobic Spanish Moon in ‘11, but not so much by their longer set at One Eyed Jacks in ‘14. Perhaps their most intriguing tour was opening (along w/ Emma Ruth Rundle) for Deafheaven in ‘17. Austin’s Glassing “is a sonic mirror of our era and nothing short of immense… ranging from grim to hopeful to destructive to cathartic, oftentimes all within a single song,” using “elements of post-hardcore, black metal, noise rock, ambient, shoegaze, and doom.” NOLA troublemakers Fauns are classified as Sludge / Doom / Post-Metal by Encyclopædia Metallum. IG: faunsdoom. Flyer sez TWDY shall perform their self-titled LP in its entirety, n’ other faves: https://dice-media.imgix.net/attachments/2024-09-18/84e4663a-c1d7-4e81-bc2c-c3f322764215.jpg

Opeth | Tribulation
Wednesday, October 23. The Fillmore (6 Canal Street). 7:30PM. $71+.
Two Swedish metal acts. The headliners went from standard growly death metal to more pretentious & proggy fare a few decades ago, as one witnessed at their debut Louisiana gig a few blocks away in May ‘03. They boast none of their original members, but their singer has been with them since ‘92. To put that in perspective, that’s when MTV’s The Real World debuted and (the next day) Johnny Carson retired. The openers began as the usual Swedish death / black metal, but now incorporate a more groove-oriented gothic metal thing.

Superchunk | Quivers [Melbourne]
Wednesday, October 23. Toulouse Theatre (615 Toulouse Street). 8PM. $30 - $35.
Throwback indie rock / pop punk / jangle pop night for the slack motherfuckers. <— This last part is a reference to a famous early Superchunk single (named the 19th best single of the ‘90s by SPIN); pls do not delete.

Impossible Planets | Rare Seed | Ethos of Izba
Thursday, October 24. Carrollton Station. 8PM. $10.

Gold Connections record release show
Thursday, October 24. Chickie Wah Wah. 8PM. $18 (advance).
NOLA roots poppers GC were initially on Fat Possum, but this new LP is on NOLA indie Well Kept Secret. No opening act listed. Gone must be the daze of ~FREE~ record release shows whose point was to reward & energize yr local fanbase whilst packing the house… Presented by Groovemaster.

Crush Diamond | Malevitus
Friday, October 25. BJ’s (4301 Burgundy St). 9PM. $10.
Houma electropunque / spacewave & NOLA artsy melodic proto-punk. IGs: crush.diamond, malevitus. Flyer: https://www.instagram.com/p/DA9XOKPRA7t

Dehd
Saturday, October 26. Chickie Wah Wah. 8PM. $21 (advance).
Chicago trio with oft-shouty naïf coed vox over retro cowpop / jangle pop, like the K Records aesthetic meets Violent Femmes or Girlpool. No opening act mentioned after 2 months of waiting. Call club. (Be sure and tell ‘em LARGE MARGE sent ya.)

Acid Mothers Temple | Spirit Mother | Vorhex Angel
Saturday, October 26. Siberia. 9PM. $25.

Michael Hurley | Kassi Valazza | The Lostines
Sunday, October 27. Saturn Bar. 7PM. $18 (advance).
Yes, this is the cult underground Pennsylvania singer / songwriter / guitarist, born two weeks after Pearl Harbor in ‘41. (9/11 contained an aspect of clever false flag homage to the semi-false flag of Pearl Harbor, b/c Buildings 1, 2 & 7 fell, matching the earlier incident’s 12/7 date.) His unpretentious songs have been covered by the kool post-Americana likes of Violent Femmes, Cat Power, Espers, Vetiver, etc. He will be accompanied with vocals by Kassi Valazza and Merle Law, and guitar by Lewi Longmire. Valazza’s own set will provide “a spellbinding collection of songs that dangle like protective magic talismans, catching dreams and glinting light.” Local folk duo The Lostines are heavily programmed into WTUL’s automated TULbot “DJ,” so you’ve heard them. It goes without saying that this will quickly sell out, probably with ppl coming in from nearby states. 240 is the capacity.

Miranda & The Beat | Lord Friday the 13th | The Nancies | Reddix-Young | DJ Kushtrim | DJ Vanta Vega | DJ Scythe
Tuesday, October 29. Santos Bar. 8PM. $12 adv/$15 door. Booking
This is the First Annual Fatal Fete as well as Miranda & The Beat's Release Party for their newest album "Can't Take It". There will be 4 bands playing on the downstairs stage and 3 DJs blasting beats upstairs. There is also a costume contest with the winner being announced at Midnight for a $100 cash prize!

Zoomst | She Might Be a Beast | Rare Seed | The Bomb Pulse
Wednesday, October 30. Santos Bar. 9PM. $10 (advance).
Four local rabble-rousing acts with amplified guitars. Zoomst: “These earthlings blend ideas from symphonic rock, swamp funk, trip-hop, and more, enrobed in textured electronic-inspired sound design.” That sounds like either the dumbest crap ever, or something pretty kool in moderate doses. Hey, you could be catching one of the top 5 post-punk bands ever (the Chameleons) a few blocks away this same night, but this is a good consolation prize and it supports local homies. Flyer: https://i.ticketweb.com/i/00/12/38/09/24_Original.jpg

The Temple of Mercy | Sub-Division | DJs
Friday, November 1. The Goat (1301 St. Bernard Avenue). 9PM. $10 (advance).
A Sisters Of Mercy tribute band (billed as America’s only touring one) from Houston, + a Joy Division tribute band from NOLA, on the Day Of The Dead. S-D’s name & hyphen also hint at the early New Order song “Sub-Culture,” so maybe they tackle the New Order œuvre too. DJs (TBA) afterwards. Is it too late to ditch the DJs and add NOLA Smiths / Morrissey cover band The Gentlemen Commoners? Or The Smithsfits, the NOLA cover band that covers the Misfits in the style of the Smiths & vice versa. (Hang the DJ, as the Smiths’ “Panic” lyric instructs.) Presented by Attrition.

Trio Castus
Thursday, November 7. Performing Arts Center Recital Hall (UNO, 2000 Lakeshore Drive). 7:30PM. FREE (seat reservations encouraged).
Part of the Musical Excursions series. Seungkyu Oh, Seokhwan Choi, Seungyeon Oh.

Local Natives | Krooked Kings
Saturday, November 9. The Joy Theater. 8PM. $30 (general) - $115 (VIP “Soundcheck Party”).
Anxious, R&B-influenced existential indie pop / rock w/ some falsetto emo vox. This will probably sell out. They opened for Kings Of Leon at the Blender a decade ago, six months after a rousing headlining show at Tip’s w/ Wild Nothing.

Cashier | Seventh Cloud | Sleep Habits | Panama Papers
Friday, November 15. The Goat (1301 St. Bernard Avenue). 9PM. $10.
Respectively: Lafayette heavy shoegaze / noise rock; Fort Wayne, IN ethereal shoegaze / dream pop; NOLA chill bedroom folk; NOLA splatter / noise rock chaos. Funnily enough, both Louisiana and Indiana boast a major city named Lafayette. Come see the best rock band from Louisiana’s 4th-largest city and the best one from Indiana’s 2nd-largest city. Demographics = destiny. linktr.ee/seventhcloud (this band is amazing). instagram.com/cashier.band. https://facebook.com/events/1225240945269487

Record Raid
Saturday, November 16. The Howlin Wolf. 10AM. $10 early bird (10-11), FREE (11-5).
The first Raid in two years; they used to happen 2x per year. “We'll have over 25 vendors from across the gulf region and beyond selling LPs, 45s, CDs, 78's, cassettes, turntables and more. New and especially used, valuable rarities to cheapo classics of any age or genre.” (Why is there never live music at these things?) To sell, email Hunter King (recordraid@recordraid.com) or just call him at WTUL (865-5885) on any Monday from 4-6 PM when he hosts the surf show. Details & flyer: ticketweb.com/event/record-raid-howlin-wolf-tickets/13583164

The Iceman Special | Movie Club
Sunday, November 17. Tipitina's. 10:30PM. $20.
“The Iceman Special is a 4 piece outfit transplanted from the swamps of Louisiana to the big city of New Orleans. Screeching yet smooth guitars, wandering yet punchy bass lines, electronic synth samples, driving drum beats and powerful vocals form one a kind soundscapes. Who is the Iceman?” “Formed in October 2018, Movie Club is a minimalist instrumental duo out of Venice Beach, CA. They believe in the power of a strong and simple union between two instruments to cut through the oversaturated, overproduced music of today. Movie Club is Jessamyn Violet on drums and Vince Cuneo on guitar.” Check their surfy stoner rock “Bones” music vid. Flyer: instagram.com/p/C-p5q2bRchG

Bryan Bielanski | Tashi Delay
Tuesday, November 19. Wolf Den (at the Howlin Wolf). 10PM. $5.
Quirky (to put it mildly) singer-songwriters duel in a rare all-ages show here. facebook.com/bryanssuperhappyfuntime / instagram.com/tashi_delay.

Total Hell | Kill the Hippies | M.O.T.O. | Schizos | Secret 5th thing
Thursday, November 21. Santos Bar. 8:30PM. $15-20. Clickem Youth
THE ROCKENING night 1. I’ll just let Bryan write something. Tix = $20 month of show; $15 now. SANTOSBAR.COM then click on their calendur. Or! instygram @b8bot__the_rockening_ for GOLDEN PASSES ($60 now; $80 later) to all three main shows + afterparties/day party . Updates there too. Or write circlebarbooking@gmail.com if you’re very confused.

Evil Tree | Glue Man | Dummy Dumpster
Friday, November 22. Holy Diver (1200 St. Bernard Avenue). 11:59PM. $10. Clickem Youth
Afterparty to the ZEROS / HEAD / SICK THOUGHTS show. This is at Holy Diver (formerly Sidney’s). Free entry if you have a wrockening wristband.

Zeroes 77 | Head | Sick Thoughts | Fat Savage | Luxurious Faux Furs
Friday, November 22. Santos Bar. 8:30PM. $20-25. Clickem Youth
THE ROCKENING night 2. Tix = $25 month of show; $20 now. SANTOSBAR.COM then click on their calendur. Or! instygram @b8bot__the_rockening_ for GOLDEN PASSES ($60 now; $80 later) to all three main shows + afterparties/day party.

The Nancies | D. Sablu | Nail Club
Saturday, November 23. Checkpoint Charlie's. 11:59PM. FREE. Clickem Youth
Afterparty to the 100 Flowers / Nots / Gary Wrong show a couple bloxx away. No cover!

100 Flowers | Nots | Gary Wrong Group | Hibachi Stranglers | Doom 3
Saturday, November 23. Santos Bar. 8:30PM. $25-30. Clickem Youth
THE ROCKENING night 3. Far out man what year is it anyway and why is everyone from Mobile?? Tix = $30 month of show; $25 now. SANTOSBAR.COM then click on their calendur. Or! instygram @b8bot__the_rockening_ for GOLDEN PASSES ($60 now; $80 later) to all three main shows + afterparties/day party tba

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