February 3, 9:21 PM
NOLADIY.ORG - New Orleans Punk, Hardcore, Indie, and DIY Events
New Orleans Area DIY Events and Shows
Last Updated February 3, 5:47 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.
Friday, February 3
Philosophy Cafe Friday, February 3. 1412 Euterpe Street. 7:30PM. FREE. Booking The Trickster. Can truths be taught through lies and deceptions? Does the ends justify the means in spiritual growth. What should be the constraints on gurus and shamans who might deceive in order to enlighten. We’ll look at the mad wisdom of people like Gurdieff and Don Juan in the Carlos Castaneda books.
New Orleans: A Cultural Tapestry Friday, February 3. The Big Top. 6PM-9PM. FREE. Three Ring Circus Group show featuring: Darrin Butler, D. Lammie-Hanson, Lionel Milton, Alice Redmann, Sharon Downey Varner. Show on view through February 25th. Gallery hours are Thursday - Saturday 2-6pm.
Stooges Brass Band | Big Chief Monk Boudreaux Friday, February 3. The Blue Nile. 10PM. Booking Mardi Gras Pre-Vieux with Stooges Brass Band featuring special guest Big Chief Monk Boudreaux.
New Orleans Comedy Arts Festival Friday, February 3. La Nuit Theater. 7:30PM and 9:30PM. $15 ($13 in advance). La Nuit Theater hosts its 5th Annual New Orleans Comedy and Arts Festival. NOCAF is the longest running festival in the Gulf South dedicated to the comedic arts. We’re celebrating our fifth anniversary with 3 nights and 6 shows of some of the best comedic acts in the country. The festival hosts over 40 comedians from around the state, from seasoned veterans to the countries best up and coming comics.
This year we’re happy to have Brody Stevens headlining the festival on two separate nights. Brody Stevens has appeared multiple times on The Late Late Show, made appearances in Sara Silverman’s Jesus is Magic, and just recently appeared in The Hangover and its sequel, he’s performed as a comedian for Chelsea Lately’s audiences as well as The Man Show and and The Best Damn Sports show on Fox. He performs with regularity on multiple festivals across the country including South by Southwest and San Francisco Sketch Festival. We’re happy to welcome Brody as our headlining comedian of 2012′s NOCAF. You’ll not only see Brody Stevens but you’ll see some of the countries best and brightest up and coming stand up comedians such as Kelly Stone, Lonny Bruhl, Kevin Prockup, Caroline Bassett and some of the best comedians New Orleans has such as Bill Dykes and Jonah Bascle.
Two shows each night! Complimentary Beer with Ticket Purchase Courtesy of Nola Brewing, Purchase presale tickets.
Take Art to Heart Fundraiser for KIDsmART Friday, February 3. One Eyed Jack's. 10PM. Aquarium Drunkard Hosted by Tulane School of Medicine.
The Lushingtons | The Dieners | Kay Swiss and the Keddz Friday, February 3. Saturn Bar. 10 p.m.. Free show!.
Blowfly | DJ Soul Sister | Super Nice Bros. Friday, February 3. Siberia. 10PM. $15 ($12 in advance). 86'd Productions Clarence Reid, aka BLOWFLY, Live in New Orleans!!
The ORIGINAL Dirty rapper, Blowfly will be backed by
an all-star band featuring his longtime accomplice/drummer
Tom Bowker, Bill Davis (Dash Rip Rock), Pete "Wet Dog" Gordon
(Mojo Nixon & The Toad Liquors), and Brian "Bruiser" Broussard
(House Of Surf, Christian Serpas And Ghost Town,
formerly with Dash Rip Rock and Supagroup). Mobile, AL bred but
NOLA based funksters Super Nice Bros. open up the show and
DJ SOUL SISTER will be spinning all night long!!
Mia Borders Friday, February 3. The Rusty Nail (1102 Constance Street). 10PM.
Snow Blind Friday, February 3. The Tavern on Airline. 10PM. FREE. Booking Snow Blind Rocks The Tavern On Airline. All Your Favorite Classic And Metal Tunes!
Saturday, February 4
The Bills | Nick Name & The Valmont | The Rotten Cores Saturday, February 4. Checkpoint Charlie's. 8PM. FREE. Booking After the Krewe DuVieux parade passes Checkpoints the gig begins. Up first The Rotten Cores dish up a cool breeze of country punk. The catch The Valmonts with a mix of 50's and 60's party classics including The Sonics, The Trashmen and Eddie Cochran. Then, stay tuned for The Bills, a blast of new orleans surf punk. free show!!!
Warehouse Night Saturday, February 4. Parasol's Bar. 10:30 PM. Free. House music and Black music for the people of New Orleans debut night with DJ Perpetrator [Berlin/ NYC/ N.O.] and guests.
Guitar Lightnin' Lee and the Thunder Band | Natural Child | Bipolaroid | The Jonesbirds | DJ Pasta Saturday, February 4. Siberia. 9PM. $7. 86'd Productions Krewe de Vieux / Krewe deLusion after-party with Nola's own prince of blues Guitar Lightnin' Lee and the Thunder Band and Natural Child (Nashville garage.) Delta psych from Bipolaroid and The Jonesbirds open up. Pasta spins rare vinyl all night long!!
Probably some Punk Band, some other music too, and a DJ Saturday, February 4. The Peach Orchard. Noon. $5-$10 to enter the contest. Concrete fundraiser for your local grass roots skate park. The contest gets started at noon. Best trick(s) in the street section, a bowl jam, and ladies only skate sesh. come prepared as if you were going on a picnic! Please don't bring glass if you can avoid it. Come spectate, bring the whole family, and the dog too!
Sunday, February 5
Two Simons from Two Nations Sunday, February 5. The Big Top. 10:30PM. $5. Three Ring Circus Simon Lott from New Orleans and Simon Berz from Switzerland. Converge for a night of otherworldly percussive landscapes!
The Unnaturals Sunday, February 5. Kool Kat's. As soon as the Superbowl ends. Free. Aysia 999 Promotions It's a Superbowl afterparty!!!
Books 2 Prisoners Sunday, February 5. Nowe Miasto. 4PM-7PM. FREE. Booking Come by and help us fulfill requests, wrap packages, answer letters from inmates, and database. All are welcome regardless of their level of commitment.
Mobile Deathcamp | Synapse Defect | Crotchbreaker | Chaos Aeon Sunday, February 5. Siberia. 10PM. $7. 86'd Productions Don't give a fuck about the superbowl?
Like metal? well you're in luck! MOBILE DEATHCAMP (Ohio Thrash Metal...Ex-GWAR!!!)
SYNAPSE DEFECT (Atlanta death metal)
with DONKEYPUNCHER and CHAOS AEON!!
The New Orleans History Group
Sunday, February 5. The Corner Muse Café (1381 Magazine Street). 3PM. FREE. Booking We will continue our discussion of Dr. Mary’s Monkey. Karen will share with us the possibility that Ed Haslam, the author might join us at some point. We will focus this session on Dr. Mary Sherman and the medical research.
Monday, February 6
World Inferno Friendship Society | My Graveyard Jaw | Ratty Scurvics Trio Monday, February 6. Siberia. 10PM. $12 ($10 in advance). 86'd Productions WORLD INFERNO FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY
(Brooklyn, NY circus punk back in NOLA!!!)
with MY GRAVEYARD JAW and RATTY SCURVICS TRIO. Tickets are available in advance for $10 at the bar or online at http://holdmyticket.com/event/36320. They are $12 day of show. This is gonna be packed so get yours now while you can!!
Tuesday, February 7
Anvil | Mountain of Wizard | DJ Penetrol Tuesday, February 7. Siberia. 9PM. $15 ($12 in advance). 86'd Productions Canadian Heavy Metal Gods ANVIL live in NOLA!! Mountain of Wizard opens and HADES NIGHT DJ Penetrol spins all things heavy...since it's a Tuesday ANVIL will be on stage around 11PM and will be playing a 90 minute set so get there early!! Advance tickets are available at the bar for $12 or on line at: http://holdmyticket.com/event/36173
Wednesday, February 8
Vox and the Hound | Slaughterhouse Chorus | Henry's Rifle Wednesday, February 8. The Saint. 9PM. FREE. Community Records Grab your shitkickin' boots. Our friends from Albany, NY, Slaughterhouse Chorus and Henry's Rifle are coming through town, so we're throwin' ourselves a party. This is gonna be a regular ole hoe down, ya hurd. Country western tinged loud jamz.
Riotgod | Sunrise: Sunset: | Dinola Wednesday, February 8. Siberia. 10PM. $7. 86'd Productions RIOTGOD (hard rock from Red Bank, NJ with members of MONSTER MAGNET), Sunrise: Sunset: (NOLA rock, formerly War Amps, with Zach Smith on drums!), and DiNOLA
(new UPTOWN NOLA rawk band!).
Thursday, February 9
Open Mic | Before Sunrise Thursday, February 9. Alamo Underground. 6PM. FREE. Open Mic- Bring your instrument, poetry, or your ears - followed by a free flick.
Sphynx | Noir Fonce | Rhodes!! Thursday, February 9. Siberia. 10PM. $6. 86'd Productions SPHYNX is electro-pop from Austin, TX
with NOIR FONCE (dark electro from members of Jean-Eric) and RHODES!! one man ipod rapping nutbag.
Friday, February 10
John Lefler of Dashboard Confessional | Hazy Ray Friday, February 10. Alamo Underground. 6PM. $5 (buy in advance on website).
Yob | Thou Friday, February 10. The Big Top. 8PM. $5. An Idea Like No Other This show is going to start after the parade ends, but no later than 9pm. We should have this sucker done before the Eyehategod show even starts! If you don't know about Yob, they're an extremely heavy, extremely epic doom/metal band from the Pacific Northwest. They're hitting New Orleans on a day off from their tour with TOOL (not joking). Will from Yob went on to be in Wolves in the Throne Room for a bit; Mike has a solo record coming out on Thrill Jockey; blah blah blah. This is going to be THE LAST THOU SHOW until June at the earliest but more likely August or September (and that'll be the last one for an even longer time or forever).
Big Chief Monk Boudreaux | Papa Mali | Friends Friday, February 10. The Blue Nile. 10PM. Booking Big Chief Monk Boudreaux's Mardi Gras Party. It's Carnival time and nobody knows how to celebrate the holiday better than Big Chief Monk Boudreaux! Come out to the Blue Nile on Fri, Feb 10th and dance the night away with Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Papa Mali and friends!
Ten Questions for the Dalai Lama
Friday, February 10. Parker Church (1130 Nashville). 7:30PM. FREE. Booking This fascinating documentary blends an interview with the Dalai Lama with a look back at the history of the spiritual leader and an exploration of the culture of the small city of Dharamsala, India, where His Holiness was exiled 50 years ago. After emailing the Dalai Lama to set up an interview, filmmaker Rick Ray spent the three months until the meeting getting a firsthand view of living conditions in Dharamsala and capturing it all on camera.
Eyehategod | Black Witch God Friday, February 10. Siberia. 10PM. $12 ($10 in advance). 86'd Productions Annual EYEHATEGOD Mardi Gras Bash!! This only happens twice a year and WILL sellout so don't miss your chance to get a ticket early! Advance tickets available for sale at the bar or online at: http://holdmyticket.com/event/35692
Saturday, February 11
Set your Phasers To Stunning: A Sci Fi Fashion Show Saturday, February 11. The Big Top. 8PM. $10. Three Ring Circus Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus Presents..
Set your Phasers To Stunning... A Sci Fi Fashion Show. Raffle with awesome prizes as well as a silent alien - art - fact auction. Music by DJ Razor of Simple Complexity: Altered Super Ego DJS and performance by the musical genius band C.O.G. (Consortium of Genius).
Mia Borders Saturday, February 11. Chickie Wah Wah. 10PM. $10.
Philosophy Cafe
Saturday, February 11. Fair Grinds Coffee House. 10:30AM-12PM. FREE. Booking The Ethics of Belief: Is There a Place For Belief? Is one in bad faith to believe in something not supported by evidence? Does knowledge have to be subject to some kind of empirical test? Is faith based religion nothing more than an "adaptive delusional system" (Metzinger's phrase)?
Yumi J. Roth | Jacki Apple | Lynn Book | Paul Bright | Michael Burns | Thomas Edison | Philippe Landry | Lou Mallozzi | Filippo Tammaso Marinetti | Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville | David Moss | Senga Nengudi | Luigi Russolo | Kurt Schwitters | Helen Thorington | David Webber | Hildegard Westerkamp | Gregory Whitehead | Michael Winter | Jill Reynolds Saturday, February 11. The Front. 6PM. FREE. Open 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Solo exhibitions of sculpture by Jill Reynolds and Yumi Janairo Roth while group sound exhibition Headphones: Listen Up! comes in loud and clear this month at The Front. Opening Saturday February 11th, 6-10 pm. Through March 4th.
Boys No Good | Dead Icons | Thirtyseven | Wake Into the Nightmare | Death of Juliet | Charge the Mound Saturday, February 11. Here Today Gone Tomorrow. 7:30PM. $8. Colin McArdle Boys No Good, Dead Icons, and Thirtyseven all on tour, with local support from Wake Into the Nightmare, Death of Juliet, and Charge the Mound.
Kermit Ruffins and The BBQ Swingers | Hot 8 Brass Band | Partners N Crime featuring the Big Easy Bounce Band Saturday, February 11. One Eyed Jack's. 10PM. Aquarium Drunkard
Sunday, February 12
Love is [not] in the Air Art Market Sunday, February 12. Alamo Underground. Noon. FREE. Come by funky goods from local artists. Get something for a loved one--or better yet--yourself!
King Rey | The Unnaturals Sunday, February 12. The Circle Bar. 10pm.
Books 2 Prisoners Sunday, February 12. Nowe Miasto. 4PM-7PM. FREE. Booking Come by and help us fulfill requests, wrap packages, answer letters from inmates, and database. All are welcome regardless of their level of commitment.
Tuesday, February 14
Valentine's Day cover show Tuesday, February 14. Allways Lounge and Marigny Theatre. 8PM. $5. Blatz! Descendents! The Germs! Gang of Four! Jawbreaker! Kate Bush! Minor Threat! The Ramones! and speed dating! Proceeds will go to benefit the New Orleans Community Printshop!
For Your Lungs Only | I'm Fine | Controller Tuesday, February 14. Banks Street Bar. 10PM. FREE. For Your Lungs Only - An Alkaline Trio tribute featuring members of I'm Fine, Controller, and Angry Banana. I'm Fine - Nola crab-core. Controller - Ex-members of Fatter Than Albert, Samurai Deli, and A Billion Ernies. This will be their FIRST SHOW!!
Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra (a.k.a. A Silver Mt. Zion) Tuesday, February 14. One Eyed Jack's. 10PM. $12. Aquarium Drunkard The experimental Canadian chamber music / folk collective (a Godspeed You Black Emperor side project) makes its first-ever visit to N.O. Opening act(s) currently unknown.
Wednesday, February 15
Native America | Benjamin Jones | Buntum
Wednesday, February 15. The Circle Bar.
Traveling | Big Eyes | The Rooks Wednesday, February 15. Hey Cafe. 7:30PM (ish). $5. Community Records After Mardi Gras Parade Show! (this will start after the parades pass by on napoleon ave. this night) 7:00 / 7:30 round about. TRAVELING is on tour from Bloomington, IN (members of good luck / one reason) BIG EYES is from NY/NJ area garage punk rock (don giovanni records) THE ROOKS are local 3 piece positive minded pop-punk. Throw beads at the bands, throw coffee on the floor, please don't do the reverse. Fun! Traveling: http://thebandtraveling.bandcamp.com/ Big Eyes: http://bigeyes.bandcamp.com/ The Rooks: http://therooks.bandcamp.com/
The Lemonheads | Lovey Dovies | KG Accidental Wednesday, February 15. One Eyed Jack's. 9PM. Aquarium Drunkard The Lemonheads performing It's A Shame About Ray in its entirety plus more.
Jucifer | Solid Giant | Pony Killer Wednesday, February 15. Siberia. 10PM. 86'd Productions Jucifer is a doom duo with a wall of sound! Solid Giant is a doom duo from NOLA. Pony Killer is a trippy adventure into the drugs and rock n roll.
Thursday, February 16
Easy Rider Thursday, February 16. Alamo Underground. 6PM. FREE. Mardi Gras Movie Night and Open Mic.
Debauche Thursday, February 16. The Big Top. 9PM. $7 ($5 for members). Three Ring Circus Thursday February 16th Doors open 1 hour before Parades Roll..show 9pm(after parades)
Muses afterparty with your favorite Local Russian Mafia Band... Debauche for 2 sets!!! (Russian Folk Punk).
Flow Tribe | Naughty Professor | Saltwater Grass Thursday, February 16. Cafe Prytania. 9PM. WTUL presents.
Cape of the Matador | Red Shield | Solid Giant |
Mars Thursday, February 16. Dragon's Den. 10PM. FREE. Booking This is the last show that Solid Giant will be playing until they come back from tour in 2013!
The Pallbearers | Toxic Rott | Split()Lips | Classhole | Die Rotzz Thursday, February 16. Siberia. 10pm. Free; $3 suggested donation. 86'd Productions It's a punk rock Mardi Gras blowout!
Friday, February 17
Hazy Ray Friday, February 17. Alamo Underground. 8PM. FREE. Free live music!
Sun Hotel | Country Club | Vox and the Hound Friday, February 17. Cafe Prytania. 9PM. $5. Booking Chinquapin Records presents CHINDIG 04: NIGHT 1 of 2.
This Will Destroy You | Amen Dunes | Mountains | England in 1819 Friday, February 17. Siberia. 9PM. $12 ($10 in advance). 86'd Productions Post rock - psych rock- igneous rock - wrok rock.
Advance tickets at holdmyticket.com. An Entheosound/Siberia joint.
The Mystic Krewe of Clearlight | Suplecs | Solid Giant Friday, February 17. The Hanger. 9PM. Who knows when the krewe will ever play again ? Be there!
Saturday, February 18
Big Sam's Masquerade Ball | Flow Tribe Saturday, February 18. The Blue Nile. 10PM. Booking Big Sam's having a Masquerade Ball and he has invited some bery special guests along with Flow Tribe
Caddywhompus | Big Rock Candy Mountain | Young Mammals | Donovan Wolfington Saturday, February 18. Cafe Prytania. 9PM. WTUL presents.
Mad Conductor Mardi Gras Party Saturday, February 18. Dragon's Den. 10PM. $5. Booking
Eating Disorder | The Melters | Strugglebear Saturday, February 18. The War Room (645 University Walk, Baton Rouge). 2PM. $5. MARDI GRAS SHANKFEST: SAILING AND SHANKING US ALL INTO OBLIVION.
Come and meet true obliteration, real catholic mardi gras style in Spanish Town, before/during/after the parade. Be an honorary shanksman for a day. Be forewarned. You will not survive.
Sunday, February 19
Fishbone | Khris Royal & Dark Matter | Corey Glover Sunday, February 19. The Blue Nile. 10PM. Booking
The Revivalists | Star & Micey | The Blue Party Sunday, February 19. Cafe Prytania. 9PM. WTUL presents.
Books 2 Prisoners Sunday, February 19. Nowe Miasto. 4PM-7PM. FREE. Booking Come by and help us fulfill requests, wrap packages, answer letters from inmates, and database. All are welcome regardless of their level of commitment.
Quintron and Miss Pussycat | Bass Drum of Death | Har Mar Superstar | Marijuana Deathsquads | KG Accidental Monday, February 20. One Eyed Jack's. 9PM. Aquarium Drunkard
Tuesday, February 21
Voodoo Glow Skulls | Authority Zero | Skyfox | The Vapo-Rats | The Switchers Tuesday, February 21. The Cypress. 7PM. $10. You read that right. Voodoo Glow Skulls and Authority Zero will be in town on Mardi Gras this year! This show is ALL AGES and will start at 7pm on the dot. Come on down to The Cypress and close out Mardi Gras with some punk rock and Ska. Voodoo Glow Skulls will headline this particular show. Tickets are $10. Yea, you read that right. Voodoo Glow Skulls (Riverside, CA), Authority Zero (Mesa, AZ), Skyfox (Denver, CO), The Vapo-Rats (New Orleans, LA), The Switchers (New Orleans, LA). Doors 6:30 pm Showtime 7:00 pm.
Thursday, February 23
Harold and Maude Thursday, February 23. Alamo Underground. 6PM. FREE. Movie Night and Open Mic.
Elitist | Erra | ManVsMachine | No Need for Armor Saturday, February 25. Here Today Gone Tomorrow. 8PM. $8. Colin McArdle Elitist and Erra on tour, both bands are metal, with some very intricate playing styles that set them apart from the long list of mediocre metal on the touring circuit. Local support from ManVsMachine & No Need for Armor
Sunday, February 26
The 3rd Annual Mardi Gras Recovery Party Sunday, February 26. Checkpoint Charlie's. 5pm-2am. Free, $5 suggested donation. Aysia 999 Promotions This year's party is a benefit for MALCOLM WESTON, a local independent mechanic who's struggling with hospital bills from numerous stomach surgeries.
The line-up this year includes: CROTCHBREAKER, DEMONICC DESTRUCTION, SPLIT()LIPS, A HANGING, The UNNATURALS, NORCO LAPALCO, FAT CAMP, BRUISER'S HOUSE OF SURF, and more tba.
Books 2 Prisoners Sunday, February 26. Nowe Miasto. 4PM-7PM. FREE. Booking Come by and help us fulfill requests, wrap packages, answer letters from inmates, and database. All are welcome regardless of their level of commitment.
Poo | Squirt Gun Warriors | Vapo-Rats | Pee Friday, March 2. Dragon's Den. 10PM. FREE. Booking Poo is NOLA hardcore/punk featuring - brian pretus (the lollies/the rookes) on guitar, jason meserole (solid giant/donkey puncher) on drums, and mason tucker (killin werewolves/i'm fine) on vocals! squirt gun warriors is baton rouge ska/punk! vapo-rats is nola punk! pee is nola sweet release feat - richelle "roach leg" ringer on drums, shelly simmons on bass, lauren kathryn on guitar, and kelley quigley on vocals! this will prove to be a killer night come and check out the show!
Grimes | Born Gold Friday, March 2. Pocket Park (Tulane Univ.). Free. Outdoor afternoon concert
Sunday, March 4
Rivulets Sunday, March 4. Mudlark Theatre. 8PM. $5. Special Nathan Amundson solo, acoustic show. New album We're Fucked out now on Important Records.
Old Soul | Small Bones Friday, March 9. The Mushroom (1037 Broadway, uptowne). 7PM. FREE ($5 "suggested" donation for the touring band). An Idea Like No Other Old Soul is screamy Michigan hardcore with Adrian from Cloud Rat. This is maybe a little more melodic, possibly in the 90s screamo direction. But still awesome. Check out the songs on their website. This might be the first Small Bones show without Breonne. What will it be like? The show is "free," but bring some cash for the touring band, please.
Saturday, March 10
Of Montreal | Kishi Bashi Saturday, March 10. The Howlin Wolf. 9PM. $15.
Monday, March 12
Junius | Steve Eck and The Midnight Still Monday, March 12. The Circle Bar.
Foundation | Charge the Mound | Ill Ways Thursday, March 15. Here Today Gone Tomorrow. 8PM. $8. Colin McArdle Foundation is undoubtedly the most anticipated up and coming straight edge band on the road. If you're into 90's crossover bands such as Turmoil, you will be into Foundation. Local support from Charge the Mound and Ill Ways with one TBA
Full of Hell | Young and in the Way | Impressionable Youth Thursday, March 15. NOLA venue TBA. $5. An Idea Like No Other Hardcore lives.
Saturday, March 17
Hardside | Wake Into the Nightmare | Charge the Mound Saturday, March 17. Here Today Gone Tomorrow. 8PM. $7. Colin McArdle Hardside returns to Baton Rouge, with aggressive old school metal and thrash riffs mixed with a clean vocal that has a groovy feel, they bring something very different to current hardcore. Local support from Wake Into the Nightmare and Charge the Mound
Alcest | Deafheaven Tuesday, March 20. The Big Top. 7PM. $5. An Idea Like No Other Alcest is black metal-influenced shoe gaze from FRANCE with members of PESTE NOIRE. Deafheaven is "hipster black metal" from San Francisco, California. They have a record out on DEATHWISH.
Tineke Potsma Friday, March 23. Manship Theatre (Baton Rouge). 7PM & 9PM. $10. TP is a somewhat adventurous sax player from Holland who has won almost every jazz award over there. Two separate shows: one at 7PM, another at 9PM, each $10. (Apparently no opening acts.) Part of the Listening Room Series presented by the Arts Council.
Thursday, March 29
Sun Hotel | Caddywhompus | Boyfrndz Thursday, March 29. The Circle Bar.
Wednesday, April 4
Merchandise | Rough Sleep | Heat Dust Wednesday, April 4. NOLA venue TBA. $5. An Idea Like No Other Merchandise is one of the best new bands around! Lo-fi, goth-y, garagey, Joy Division ish noisey POP from Tampa, Florida with folks from Cult Ritual, Nazi Dust, etc. Their LP on Katorga Works and Drugged Conscience is AMAZING. Rough Sleep is Andy from Thou's other grunge band. Heat Dust is 90s worship for Jasper, Shawn, and Clayton--some Northshore turkeys that you might know from their other bands.
Bicycle Second Line Tuesday, May 22. From Jeff Davis Pkwy by Bayou Boogaloo. 10AM. 10 miles, 1 hour, tons of fun. Our third annual 2nd line will be about 10 miles long and incorporate many parts of the city. From Jefferson Davis Parkway near the Bayou Boogaloo! RSVP your spot and get discounts, free offers and updates as we approach the event. Bring your friends and we'll have the best time
in town.
Whitehorse | Batillus | Haarp Friday, June 22. NOLA venue TBA. $5. An Idea Like No Other Whitehorse is noisey, doomy, sludge from AUSTRALIA. These guys are loud and weird as hell. Great, great music. If you caught them at Siberia with The Body, you know what I'm talking about. You might've seen Batillus at that same show or maybe a few months earlier at the Koenji House with Kowloon Walled City and Thou. New York doom, slow and painful. Haarp are local doom warriors on Philthy Phil Philanthropist Anselmo's Housecore Records. You know these guys: It's Shawn and Keith from Rat in a Bucket; Grant from Da Capa Preta; Pomez from your Sweetest Dreams and your Worst Nightmares.