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Hobo Gadget Junk Band | Genuine Mustard | The Tangle
Saturday, March 15. Okay Bar (1700 Port Street). 9 PM.
Hobo Gadget Junk Band are NOLA "Put da boudin in da bag" busk pop with 4-8 members. Genuine Mustard are Lafayette "internet folk punk."

Freak Slug | Huron John
Saturday, March 15. Siberia. 9PM.

Undertow
Saturday, March 15. Southport Hall. 8PM. $12 (advance).
A NOLA Tribute to TOOL

The Unknown | Severed Faith | Ether9 | Catch These Hands
Saturday, March 15. Wolf Den (at the Howlin Wolf). 8PM. $10.
A dadgum heap of underground Georgia metal bands for you rockers willing to take a gamble. “Georgia Invasion” flyer & (if you click the “Info” tab) band bios at https://www.ticketweb.com/event/the-unknown-severed-faith-ether9-the-den-at-howlin-wolf-tickets/13580354

Robyn Hitchcock
Sunday, March 16. Chickie Wah Wah. 8PM. $38 (advance).
Yes, the quirky Syd Barrett acolyte who fronted the Soft Boys & penned their 1980 college rock / jangle punk anthem "I Wanna Destroy You.” According to a YouTube comment, it was used in a Subway commercial.

Crashing Wayward | The Almas | First Street Hooligans | Double Knockout
Sunday, March 16. The Feed & Seed. 6PM. $10.
The two top-billed rock bands, from NV & WI respectively, bring forth their Social Divide Tour. Two local bands open. https://facebook.com/events/2381688218882050

Antagonizor | Teratoma | Pyrate
Sunday, March 16. Holy Diver (1200 St. Bernard Avenue). 8PM. $10. Sheer Terror
Antagonizor (punk/metal from Gainesville FL), Teratoma (metal/horror from Ocean Springs MS), Pyrate (nola metal).

JW Francis | Sunscape. | Doggish | The Bloomies
Sunday, March 16. Midcity Ballroom. 8PM. $10 (advance), $15 (door).
The headliner is a Mac DeMarco / Kurt Vile / Beck type of pitch-challenged slacker crooner, probably with a backstory claiming he's from a trailer or overcame something that we've all faced. The openers are evidently local indie rock / pop bands of varying stripes. Flyer: https://s3.amazonaws.com/geotix-production-uploads/uploads/a8d2a43a-2fa6-4466-8536-4f6a24e0a1ab.jpg

The Flying Buttresses | Been Around Band
Sunday, March 16. The Broadside (600 North Broad Street). 3PM-5:30PM.
"CIRCUS THRILLS! LIVE MUSIC! The Flying Buttresses and Been Around Band invite you to enjoy an all new, fanciful portrait of New Orleans culture featuring live music, stunning aerial performances and other dazzling and delightful circus acts."

Marley Hale | Cactus Thief
Monday, March 17. St. Roch Taverne. 9PM.
"Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Marley Hale delivers a captivating country/folk sound rooted in her refined yet adventurous musicality. Naming Loretta Lynn and Gillian Welch among her inspirations, the Texas-born artist serves up songs that merge raw truth with mesmerizing storytelling." Feeling mesmerized, punk? CT = NOLA "modern folk music that leans to the side of Rock n Roll with strong elements of traditional Cajun, Gospel and country music" since 2015.

Bird and Byron | Kenny Sharp
Tuesday, March 18. No Dice (2339 St. Claude Avenue). 9PM.

Paige Hender | Kate Lacour | Luke Howard
Wednesday, March 19. Sisters in Christ (5206 Magazine Street). 6PM-7:30PM. FREE.
Release party for Paige's new graphic novel THE CONFESSIONAL published by Silver Sprocket. With support from local artists and cartoonists Kate Lacour and Luke Howard.

Too Soon Jokes | Rare Seed | Low Hanging Fruit
Wednesday, March 19. Wolf Den (at the Howlin Wolf). 8PM. $10 (advance).

Kate Chopin & Friends | JiREH | The Seymours | NeoSoul500
Thursday, March 20. Chelsea's Live (1010 Nicholson Drive, Baton Rouge). 8PM. $10 (advance), $15 (door).
The Stew: Local Music Showcase. Chopin is in the Baton Rouge band Speak Easy. Flyer w/ artist linx: instagram.com/p/DG3RzPxxp6D

Burning Shore | N.E.R.F. the World
Friday, March 21. Café Istanbul (2372 Saint Claude Avenue). 10PM.

Lily Unless | The If Onlys
Friday, March 21. Les Bon Toups Roule. 11PM. $10.

Marty Christian & Charlie Paycheck
Friday, March 21. NOLA 'Nacular Studio & Gallery (1172 Magazine Street at Erato). 7PM. FREE. Turducken Productions
COLORIAGE by LOLO closing reception. Large colorings from LOLO in the main gallery https://www.artbylolo504.com/ "Gulch" a large painting by Mahoney Perkins in the auxillary gallery space also with walnut-ink drawings https://jwlk.com/ music by Marty Christian & Charlie Paycheck at 7pm https://www.martychristian.com/ https://www.instagram.com/charlie.paycheck/

Coroner | Deceased | Herakleion
Friday, March 21. Siberia. 9PM.

Kraftwerk
Monday, March 24. The Orpheum. 8PM.
They have only 1 original member. But dehumanization / reliance on robots is sort of the point of the band, & longtime fan Tony Hawk is aight with it: https://www.stereogum.com/2289737/tony-hawk-announces-kraftwerks-2025-north-american-tour/news

MSSV | Bozo Red | Gratitude Jar
Tuesday, March 25. Midcity Ballroom. 8PM. $15 (advance), $20 (door).
MSSV is Mike Watt, Mike Baggetta, Stephen Hodges. “…aka Main Steam Stop Valve, the recent project from this trio of underground heros [sic].” For you youths, MW is the influential bassist from funk-punx Minutemen and fIREHOSE, & briefly Ciccone Youth. Click flyer for links to the local opening bands: instagram.com/p/DDhrtFLxp3F

Pom Pom Squad
Wednesday, March 26. Siberia. 9PM.

Weeping Hour | Life on Mars | Threnody | Obsidian Soul | Human Instinct
Thursday, March 27. The Feed & Seed. 7PM. $10.
Flyer: https://facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1161086612691658

Badzy | 610 Split | We Dreamt of Being Ghosts Among the Stars
Thursday, March 27. Holy Diver (1200 St. Bernard Avenue). 9PM.
Badzy are a NOLA garage swamp punk quartet wearing plenty of black leather.

Saxsquatch
Thursday, March 27. Siberia. 9PM.

My Neptune | Night Medicine | Dusty Santamaria | Hex Windham
Friday, March 28. Okay Bar (1700 Port Street). 9PM SHARP. $10.

Exhorder | Pale Devil Sun | Kamikaze Zombie | Herakleion | Flesh Parade
Friday, March 28. Southport Hall. 7:45PM. $22 (advance), $25 (door).

Feral Daughters | Blanket of M | Jim Reed
Saturday, March 29. Bear's (1401 Fairfield Avenue, Shreveport). 9PM. $10.
Local sludgy metallic grungesters w/ Orange amps headline. https://facebook.com/events/1358293858751680

Puricon 2
Saturday, March 29. Midcity Ballroom. 5PM. $15 for GA, $25 for VIP.
Puricon 2: a DIY anime convention featuring music performances, vendors and maid dancers!Mini-convention put together and hosted by Purikura Panic!! Performers and vendors TBA. If you're interested in vending please fill out this form https://forms.gle/NbJCQHQBmrbMDs2y9 Advance tickets available via https://bontempstix.com/events/329-puricon-2-an-anime-mini-con-3-29-2025

Matron | Steef | Spllit
Thursday, April 3. Saturn Bar. 8PM. $10.
Matron’s final show ever and record release for ‘Sunken State’ a new record put out by Strange Daisy Records. Steef and Spllit open.

Ziwe's America
Friday, April 4. Civic Theatre. 7PM. $32 - $65. Booking
Buy tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/ziwes-america-new-orleans-louisiana-04-04-2025/event/1B006182D64C4B28

Old Punks Gone Acoustic, Vol. 1
Friday, April 4. NOLA 'Nacular Studio & Gallery (1172 Magazine Street at Erato). 7PM. FREE. Turducken Productions
Free show on the eve of the Red Rockers reunion at Tipitina’s! Come gather with some old friends from the old scene! -- music starts at 730pm - don't be late! -- Paul Sanchez, Shawn Gwin, Hex Windham will perform “in the round,” swapping songs and stories throughout the evening.

Hidden Truths and Enlightened Pirates: The David Graeber Book Club
Saturday, April 5. Jefferson Parish Library, Rosedale Branch. 12:30PM-2PM. FREE.
This is a four-month book club dedicated to works by the late anthropologist and activist David Gaeber. Book to be discussed: The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World...Essays 4036 Jefferson Hwy. in Jefferson, LA 70121

Cryogeyser
Monday, April 7. Siberia. 9PM.

Slothrust | Weakened Friends
Friday, April 11. Gasa Gasa. 9PM. $20.
Eclectic L.A. trio Slothrust "pick at the locks of guitar rock, moving it forward with an expansive and unconventional lean." They morph from stoner rock to R&B to slowcore, sometimes in the same song. But does their name mean Sloth Rust or Slo Thrust? RIYL: Silkworm, Helium, Hole, '90s Sub Pop. WF = Portland, ME / Boston yelpy post-grunge power trio à la Sleater-Kinney, Throwing Muses, White Lung, with big hooks & star potential. Tour poster: https://facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1132196928280790

Hovvdy | Video Age
Friday, April 11. Siberia. 9PM.

Cheekface | Pacing
Saturday, April 12. Chickie Wah Wah. 8PM. $18 (advance), $22 (door).
Cheekface, "America's Local Band," are kooky indie pop à la They Might Be Giants, Cake, early Pavement, King Missile, with cool post-punk-y basslines. Listen to "I Am Continuing to Do My Thing" & "There Were Changes in the Hardcore Scene." linktr.ee/cheekface. Pacing (Katie McTigue) makes frail, awkwardly-humorous bedroom folk, on Asian Man Records. She has covered John Mayer's "Your Body Is A Wonderland" (which he allegedly wrote about his own body). Presented by Big Spring Entertainment. Flyer: https://i.ticketweb.com/i/00/12/69/33/93_Original.jpg

Dreamstereo | Zegovia | Wesley Dox | sunscape.
Monday, April 14. Midcity Ballroom. 8PM. $10 (advance), $15 (door).
Dreamstereo are post-punk meets new wave from Victoria, TX. Zegovia are free-spirited Houston indie jam rockers. Flyer: https://s3.amazonaws.com/geotix-production-uploads/uploads/59b0cbd1-609c-46d2-a55c-bb8774f5425a.jpg

Loolowningen | Slowhole | Spllit
Saturday, April 19. Mudlark Theatre. 6:30PM. $10.
Early show! Ends by 10PM. Welcoming Loolowningen, avant-punk from Tokyo, Japan. Slowhole and Spllit open.

The Naked Truth
Sunday, April 20. . 6:30PM. $35 - $125+. Booking
John Waters - The Naked Truth - An Easter Celebration. Important Event Info: Some show content may not be appropriate for minors. Buy tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/john-waters-the-naked-truth-an-new-orleans-louisiana-04-20-2025/event/1B00623BE02D8CE5

Napalm Death | Melvins | Weedeater | Dark Sky Burial
Sunday, April 20. Chelsea’s Live (1010 Nicholson Dr., Baton Rouge). 8PM. $25 (advance).
You suffer! …But why? (https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/5575)

Yo La Tengo
Friday, April 25. Chelsea's Live (1010 Nicholson Drive, Baton Rouge). 8PM. $30 (advance).
The erstwhile Velvet Underground acolytes (who were even tapped to play the V.U. in a movie) make evidently their 1st Baton Rouge appearance. You may hear some indie radio perennials ("Autumn Sweater," "Center Of Gravity," "Sugarcube," "From A Motel 6," "Cherry Chapstick") & the usual obscure covers. It's "An Evening With...," so expect no opening act. Ira played guitar behind his back during one noisy song at their '97 Howlin' Wolf (now Republic) show, but I forgot which one.

Acid Bath | Eyehategod
Friday, April 25. The Fillmore (6 Canal Street). 9PM.
Yes, the original band lineup is back, sans late bassist Audie Pitre. All 1800+ tickets sold out the day this show went on sale (1/17), so another date was added.

Samantha Fish & Tab Benoit
Saturday, April 26. Civic Theatre. 8PM. $45 - $95+. Booking
Buy tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/samantha-fish-tab-benoit-new-orleans-louisiana-04-26-2025/event/1B006189F28F5AA6

Fontaines D.C.
Monday, April 28. Civic Theatre. 8PM. Booking
https://www.ticketmaster.com/fontaines-dc-usa-tour-2025-new-orleans-louisiana-04-28-2025/event/1B00615CADC820A5

Shakey Graves
Tuesday, April 29. Civic Theatre. 7PM. $37.50. Booking
Shakey Graves: And The War Came - 10th Anniversary Tour. Buy tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/shakey-graves-and-the-war-came-new-orleans-louisiana-04-29-2025/event/1B00618BDF2188AF

The Radiators
Wednesday, April 30. Civic Theatre. 9PM. $60 - $73. Booking
Buy tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/the-radiators-new-orleans-louisiana-04-30-2025/event/1B00622D30EB5B7B

Daniel Donato's Cosmic NOLA
Thursday, May 1. Civic Theatre. 9PM. $32 - $120. Booking
Buy tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/daniel-donatos-cosmic-nola-new-orleans-louisiana-05-01-2025/event/1B006183B45F2F93

Low Cut Connie | Roselit Bone
Thursday, May 1. Siberia. 9PM.

Helen Gillet
Thursday, May 1. Tigermen Den (3113 Royal Street). 8PM.

Cimafunk | La Tribu
Friday, May 2. Civic Theatre. 8PM. $55 - $200. Booking
Hep Cat Entertainment presents the 3rd Annual CimaFest featuring Cimafunk and La Tribu + Very Special Guests. Buy tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/cimafest-nola-new-orleans-louisiana-05-02-2025/event/1B00619025AB6506

Anders Osborne's Birthday Bash
Saturday, May 3. Civic Theatre. 8PM. $45 - $225. Booking
12th Annual Nolafunk Series During Jazz Fest & the Civic Present Anders Osborne's Birthday Bash With Special Guests Dave Malone, Jackie Greene, Jennifer Hartswick, & Hans Williams Plus Dragon Smoke: Ivan Neville, Eric Lindell, Stanton Moore & Rob Mercurio Buy tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.com/anders-osbornes-birthday-bash-new-orleans-louisiana-05-03-2025/event/1B006189E2EB5445

Turnover | Balance and Composure | Horse Jumper of Love
Thursday, May 8. The Fillmore (6 Canal Street). 7PM.
The concert of the year for enthusiasts of artsy, atmospheric emotion. Virginia Beach soft punx Turnover play their iconic existential LP Peripheral Vision in its entirety for its 10th anniv. (Their singer & drummer are brothers born in a top-secret bunker in Jefferson Parish.) Perhaps the muted / perplexed / irate responses to their last few lite-pop albums, incl. a remix album, spurred them into getting back to basics. Their live band evidently now features rhythm guitarist Shane Moran of hiatusing Title Fight. BAC = Doylestown, PA shoegazey post-emo / mope rock, with some haunting Alice In Chains-esque vocal harmonizing, on the comeback trail w/ a rather stunning new LP. HJOL = Boston sensitive slowcore / ethereal stoner rock à la Duster, Hum, Codeine. Flyer: instagram.com/p/DEz2w0mtsEn

Hidden Truths and Enlightened Pirates: The David Graeber Book Club
Saturday, May 10. Jefferson Parish Library, Rosedale Branch. 12:30PM-2PM. FREE.
This is a four-month book club dedicated to works by the late anthropologist and activist David Gaeber. Book to be discussed: The Democracy Project: A History, A Crisis, A Movement 4036 Jefferson Hwy. in Jefferson, LA 70121

The Damned | The Adverts
Friday, May 16. Civic Theatre. 7PM. $45 - $100. Booking
The Damned with their original 80s lineup and support from TV Smith's The Adverts. https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B00616FDADE7019

The Revered Horton Heat | Dwayne Dopsie and The Zydeco Hellraisers
Tuesday, May 27. Midcity Ballroom. 9PM. $30 (advance), $40 (door).

The Reverend Horton Heat | Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas
Wednesday, May 28. Tipitina's. 8:30PM.
New drummer, same psychobilly shtick: "Loaded guns, space heaters, and big skies. Welcome to the lethal littered landscape of Jim Heath’s imagination."

Hidden Truths and Enlightened Pirates: The David Graeber Book Club
Saturday, June 7. Jefferson Parish Library, Rosedale Branch (4036 Jefferson Highway). 12:30PM-2PM. FREE.
This is a four-month book club dedicated to works by the late anthropologist and activist David Gaeber. Book to be discussed: The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy

Hidden Truths and Enlightened Pirates: The David Graeber Book Club
Saturday, July 5. Jefferson Parish Library, Rosedale Branch (4036 Jefferson Highway). 12:30PM-2PM. FREE.
This is a four-month book club dedicated to works by the late anthropologist and activist David Gaeber. Book to be discussed: Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia

“Weird Al” Yankovic | Puddles Pity Party
Tuesday, July 29. Saenger Theatre (1111 Canal Street). 8PM. $59 - $129; VIP meet & greet upgrade $239 extra.
The curiously-maned comedy rocker “brings his legendary full-production multimedia comedy rock show back to the concert stage with the BIGGER & WEIRDER 2025 Tour, playing his iconic hits as well as some never-performed-live-before fan favorites.” This will likely sell out ~half a year in advance, so true punx should act fast.

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