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GZA & The Phunky Nomads | Morning 40 Federation | Naughty Professor with Chali 2na | Suplecs | Pollo Asadon | Isaac Eady (of Tedeschi Trucks Band) & Third Moon | Raw Deal feat. Anjelika “Jelly” Joseph | Marina Orchestra | Sierra Green & The Giants
Saturday, May 18. Bayou St. John (at Orleans Avenue).
Bayou Boogaloo. “An analysis of GZA's lyrics found that he has the second largest vocabulary in popular hip hop music.” - Wikipedia. thebayouboogaloo.com/lineup

D. Sablu | STGMA | Trigger Therapy | Badzy
Saturday, May 18. Fred Hampton Free Store (5523 St Claude Avenue). $10.
D. Sablu record release. Badzy first show.

HKFY | Snagg | The Pallbearers | Slab | Coffinwolf Ultra
Saturday, May 18. Poor Boys. 7PM. $15.

Afroman | Lez Zeppelin | Big Sam’s Funky Nation | Rumpelsteelskin | ÌFÉ | Eric Johanson | Buckwheat Zydeco Jr. | Tiny Dinosaur | Los Guiros | The St. Claude Serenaders | Joshua Starkman’s Variety Hour
Sunday, May 19. Bayou St. John @ Orleans Avenue.
Bayou Boogaloo. “Founded in 2004 by New York guitarist Steph Paynes, the all-girl quartet Lez Zeppelin has since gained unanimous critical acclaim as one of the most exciting live acts around, becoming the first female rock act to pay homage to Led Zeppelin and to garner rave reviews across the board. Lez Zeppelin stays true to the musically audacious spirit of the original, delivering the legendary rock band’s blistering arrangements and monstrous sound note-for-note at sold-out frenzied shows around the world. In June 2013, [Metairie’s own] Jimmy Page attended their show in London and said of the group, ‘they played the Led Zeppelin music with an extraordinary sensuality and an energy and passion that highlighted their superb musicianship.’” Poster: thebayouboogaloo.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Daily-poster.png

War Bunnies
Sunday, May 19. Holy Diver (1200 St. Bernard Avenue). 8PM. $10.
War Bunnies record release show.

Punk Brunch
Sunday, May 19. Siberia. 1pm. FREE.
Free monthly. Sundays. Brunch by Que Pasta.

Taking Back Sunday | Citizen
Sunday, May 19. The Fillmore (6 Canal Street). 8PM. $53+.

Fountainbleau short film screening
Sunday, May 19. The Temple House. 7PM. Booking
A screening of the short film Fountainbleau, set in the Midcity practice rooms of the same name, feat. an all musician cast of punks and musicians representing over 20 local bands. This'll be the last screening for a while, in the ballroom of a beautiful house in the Bywater that used to be the headquarters of the New Orleans chapter of the OTO. Ask a hunk for the address. May include a screening of the still unreleased debut music video of Avery Island BCE, star of Fountainbleau. Both shot on 16mm film.

Scamp Walkers | Sarah Ristaino
Monday, May 20. St. Roch Taverne. 9PM.

Sari Jordan | Femme Fatal
Thursday, May 23. Carrollton Station. 8PM-11PM. $10.

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.

Baby in the 90’s | Big Garden | Beat Up
Friday, May 24. Fred Hampton Free Store (5523 St Claude Avenue). $10.

Maintenance | Beach Novels | Doggish
Saturday, May 25. Blue Moon Saloon (215 East Convent Street, Lafayette). 8PM.
Indie rock / punk. Doggish at 8, Beach Novels at 9, Maintenance at 10. Band linx at https://bluemoonpresents.com/web/calendar/2024-05-25

Narcotics Division | Solvent | Nien | Trigger Therapy | T.A.C.K.
Saturday, May 25. Fred Hampton Free Store (5523 St Claude Avenue). $10.

Wolfe Johns Band | The Quickening
Saturday, May 25. Port Orleans Brewing Co. (4124 Tchoupitoulas Street). 12PM.
The brewery’s 7-year anniversary party. Apparently free. Flyer: https://www.instagram.com/p/C6Jpja8sqhC

New Junk City | Popperz | The Bomb Pulse | Dana Ives
Sunday, May 26. Fred Hampton Free Store (5523 St Claude Avenue).

Dana Ives | New Junk City | Popperz | The Bomb Pulse
Sunday, May 26. Fred Hampton Free Store (5523 St. Claude Avenue). 7PM. $10.

Sky Choice Band | Mars & Other Planets | Paul Faith and The Barstool Prophets
Wednesday, May 29. Wolf Den (at the Howlin Wolf). 8PM. $10.
Flyer: ticketweb.com/event/tickets/13558153

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.

Woorms | Umezi
Saturday, June 1. Intracoastal Club (8448 Main Street, Houma).
NOLA / BR sludgy, misanthropic noise rock. Tour poster: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=959103139551529

Dana Ives | Midriff | The Macks
Saturday, June 1. Saturn Bar. 9PM. $10.

Thou | Slowhole
Saturday, June 1. Zeitgeist (6621 St Claude Avenue). 7PM. $5.
ALL AGES record release show for Thou's new Umbilical LP. "Life begins May 31."

Dana Ives | Glimmers | Thomas Nicholas Band | The Dude Ranch
Tuesday, June 4. Siberia. 8:30PM. $10.
NIVA showcase.

Daikaiju | Whisper Party! | The Quadroholics
Thursday, June 6. Blue Moon Saloon (215 E. Convent Street, Lafayette). 9PM. $12 (advance), $15 (door).
Flyer: https://facebook.com/events/383924911305711

Wonder Kid | Baby in the 90s | The Nocturnal Broadcast | Doggish
Friday, June 14. Chelsea’s Live (1010 Nicholson Drive, Baton Rouge). 8:30PM. $10 (advance), $15 (door).
Hammond’s chill mopevvavers rocked softly for ten years. facebook.com/events/814286683906984

Magnitude | Combust | Balmora | 610 Split
Tuesday, June 18. Midcity Ballroom. 8PM. $20.
Your headliners are no-frills, shouty, old-ish school NYC / L.A.-style hardcore w/ bleak lyrics like: “I scream in silence, another faceless form. No identity remains, set up for failure from the start.” Hmm. Folks, let’s give them a Cajun welcome and turn their frowns upside down with our https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joie_de_vivre. Presented by Louisiana Hardcore. Flyer: https://s3.amazonaws.com/geotix-production-uploads/uploads/33786b1c-edbc-4813-a6cb-fe8b1fd40f15.jpg

Emo Philips
Thursday, June 20. Acadiana Center for the Arts (101 West Vermilion Street, Lafayette). 7:30PM. $20-30.
“With his quirky comedic timing and offbeat on-stage antics, Emo Philips was omnipresent in the ’80s. His syncopated banter often left folks laughing and scratching their heads at the same time.” Yep, that Emo Philips, from the offbeat ‘89 “Weird Al” Yankovic cringey but kinda-cult-classic flick UHF. The movie with Spatula City, a cavernous department store that sells only spatulas. “The word spatula has been used in English since 1525.” - Wikipedia. How will you celebrate its big 5-0-0 next year? “His stand-up comedy persona makes use of paraprosdokians spoken in a wandering falsetto tone of voice. The confused, childlike delivery of his material produces the intended comic timing in a manner invoking the ‘wisdom of children’ or the idiot savant.” - Wikipedia. On a cooler note, he appeared – with Phil Collins! – in one strange episode of the best TV show ever, Miami Vice: https://youtu.be/jci5ZjJpdnU. 7:30 - 9:30.

Quintron and Miss Pussycat | Crush Diamond | Spllit
Saturday, June 29. Intracoastal Club (8448 Main Street, Houma). 9:30PM. $12.
So freakin psyched for thizzzz swamp boogie banger. Can’t wait to let our spirit animals dance erratically into the night. SPLLiT followed by Crush Diamond followed by Quintron and Miss Pussycat.” SPLiTT’s new LP got a 7.7 from Pitchfork, subtitled / summarized “With tangled riffs and lyrics that read like fridge-magnet poetry, the Baton Rouge duo makes mischievous art punk with a gleefully absurdist spirit.” It seems they’ve been giving everything a lukewarm rating of between 7-8 this last half decade or so, after gaining their fame in the late ‘90s - mid ‘00s by giving outrageously high or low ratings that led to spirited discussions in the blogosphere. Flyer: facebook.com/events/738656058255838

Holy Animals by Paige Barnett Kulbeth | Sick Ride | Sasha Massey | Omar Zubair | Gina Aswell
Thursday, July 11. Acadiana Center for the Arts (101 West Vermilion Street, Lafayette). 7:30PM. $20.
“Homegrown from Lafayette and living in NYC, Paige Barnett Kulbeth is an artist acclaimed for her innovative integration of dance, music and video technology. Her new one-woman-show, Holy Animals, consists of larger-than-life projections, live music, and a combination of modern and classical choreography. Loosely based on Dante's The Divine Comedy, the musical score mirrors the circles of Hell, the terraces of Purgatory, and the celestial spheres of Heaven. Featured artists include rock duo Sick Ride (Trent Turnley, Matt Breaux), opera songstress Sasha Massey, electronic musician Omar Zubair, and dancer Gina Aswell.” This also takes place here at the same time the following day. http://simpletix.com/e/148496

Naughty Professor | Whisper Party!
Friday, July 12. Tipitina's. 9PM. FREE.
NOLA jazz-funk (Naughty Professor) & NOLA dream pop / synth rock (Whisper Party!). Part of the Free Fridays series, resented by NOLA & Company and Crystal Hot Sauce.

The Body & Dis Fig | Cel Genesis
Saturday, July 27. Chelsea’s Live (1010 Nicholson Drive, Baton Rouge). 8PM. $15 (advance).
Flyer & description: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=763536492553176

The Body & Dis Fig | Cel Genesis | Thou | Nail Club
Sunday, July 28. The Broadside (600 N. Broad Street). 7PM. $20.
A night of experimental electronic music plus some ding dongs from Baton Rouge/Metairie/Nashville. Small room, so this will probably be packed! Get your cheaper, advance tickets here.

Iron And Wine | Rosali
Wednesday, July 31. The Orpheum. 8PM. $39 - $105.75.
Flyer: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=927766125808015

Zao | Capra | Frail Body | Decoy
Friday, August 2. Midcity Ballroom. 7:30PM. $15.
Metal? In MY hardcore? Founded in ’93, Z has no original members, but its core duo has been intact since ‘99. Z toured with C as an opening act last September, incl. a scheduled show in NOLA on 9/29/23, but that leg fell through for unknown reasons, so C ended up headlining the NOLA date. I guess this show is sort of a make-up for that. Tour poster: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=978670473616367

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.”

Whitney Willis Hebert & Reid Willis: Sediment
Thursday, August 29. Acadiana Center for the Arts (101 West Vermilion Street, Lafayette). 7:30PM. $25-35.
“‘Sediment’ is a multimedia spectacle by Whitney Willis Hebert, featuring abstract videography and live music from Reid Willis. This new performance expands on their previous collaboration ‘Mother Of - Piano Reworks.’” 7:30 - 9:30. This show also takes place here at the same time the following day. simpletix.com/e/147775

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

Cat Power
Sunday, September 22. Civic Theatre. 8PM. $55 - $225.
"Cat Power sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert." All Bob covers; 7 acoustic songs followed by 8 electric ones. Make sure to shout “Judas!” at her at just the right moment. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Power_Sings_Dylan:_The_1966_Royal_Albert_Hall_Concert A rare chance to see the mercurial, honey-voiced Chan “Cat Power” Marshall in the Pelican State. Her previous known gigs have been: Ca. June ‘97 @ the Mermaid Lounge (now The Rusty Nail). Apparently the opening act, Two Dollar Guitar (feat. Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley) doubled as her backing band on this tour. She reportedly had one of her then-frequent nervous breakdowns, at one point reading the newspaper aloud to the paltry crowd in this non-air-conditioned dive club with her back turned to them. She covered Dylan’s “Moonshiner” back in these days. Sep. ‘98 @ The Bayou in Baton Rouge (which burned down in ‘03 & is now City Slice Pizza). Apparently the Georgia band Smoke opened; she’s from that state. March ‘03 @ The Howlin’ Wolf (now Republic). Her highest-profile era, around the time she played on Letterman (introduced by Paul Shaffer as “Cat Powers!”) & was on the cover of three or four major music mags simultaneously. Reports were that this was just as disastrous as her ‘97 show blocks away at the Mermaid. Local indie pop singer Blair opened. Sep. ‘04 @ HOB Parish. Read about her alarmingly bizarre antics at https://odetochan.forumgratuit.org/t203-9-20-04-new-orleans-la-the-parish-at-the-house-of-blues. Entrance (Guy Blakeslee of psych rockers The Convocation Of…) opened, solo, & played some guitar for her. But she mostly played solo on guitar & piano, stopping & restarting various songs, apologizing, saying she wanted someone to kill her, etc. Dec. ‘13 @ HOB. She seemed more comfortable playing live (in her R&B era), & wore a black Wu-Tang Clan tee. But her strange issues persisted: http://afteriwasdead.blogspot.com/2013/12/are-you-mad-at-me.html. Nico Turner opened. The moral is: You never know what to expect at a Cat Power concert, even at one like this with a pre-planned setlist. Flyer: https://facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1007569244271722

Johnny Marr | James
Friday, October 4. Fillmore (6 Canal Street). 8PM. $79.50 - $234.80.
Some concert prices are bigger than others… This will evidently only be the jangle guitar maestro’s third time setting black boot in Louisiana since https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-smiths/1986/mcalister-auditorium-tulane-university-new-orleans-la-2bd7d42e.html, along with two appearances as a member of Modest Mouse at HØB in ‘07. Actually, he might’ve played here as a member of The The from ‘88-‘94, but it’s impossible to look up that band’s name on that setlist site. James, also hard to look up online, are best known for their cheeky ‘93 hit “Laid.”

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