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REVIEW / PHOTOS / VIDEO: Sleigh Bells @ House of Blues, NOLA 10/15/12
Without a second breath, they lit up the House of Blues with ‘Demons‘, an explosive anthem of power chords, electronic hand claps and absolutely painted the faces of the crowd in high intensity strobes. The Sleigh Bells experience is total auditory and visual overload, and it’s as intense as it... more
REVIEW / PHOTOS / VIDEO: Antibalas @ Tipitina’s 10/9/12
The animated horn-section ruthlessly twists the floor into a frenzy of flailing arms and swaying hips, while the hypnotizing keyboard work keeps the cadenced groove from breaking it’s trance. Easy comparisons to the afro-beat deity Fela Kuti and his groups are first to come to mind, but it’s the music’s... more
Concert Recap: Orgone @ One Eyed Jacks, NOLA 6/5/12
"It took them about 5 seconds to launch into their razor-sharp afrobeat-meets-P-Funk grooves and start swinging bodies around the room. Their sound is a potent layering of aggressive harpsichord swells and fiery horn runs, throw in explosive percussion fireworks of Stewart Killen and you have the backbone of one of... more
CONCERT RECAP: Umphrey’s McGee @ House of Blues, NOLA 4/14/12
Words by Lon Marchand || All Photos by Jimmy Grotting For the last 10 years, the Umphrey’s McGee Jazz Fest late nights have been heavyweight contenders for some of the craziest shows of the Festival marathon – filled with the sort of shenanigans somehow atypical for Jazz Fest but perfect for... more
Concert Recap: Yonder Mountain String Band @ House of Blues – 4/5/12
It has been a nice month for bluegrass in New Orleans, as we had Greensky Bluegrass stop into Chickie Wah Wah in March and last night brought Colorado’s Yonder Mountain String Band to the House of Blues for a packed Maundy Thursday gig in the French Quarter. Judging by the... more
PREVIEW: Galactic / Earphunk @ Varsity Theatre (Baton Rouge) 10/20/11
Galactic heads down to the Capital City tomorrow for their annual fall blowout at the Varsity Theatre in Baton Rouge. Not sure if the veteran rhythm section will be joined on the road with any of the usual suspects of the past few years (Corey Henry, Cyril Neville, Corey Glover,... more
PREVIEW: 7 Walkers @ Tipitina’s 10/18/11
7 Walkers make their first stop at Tipitina’s tomorrow night for what will sure be a fun evening on Napoleon Ave. The still new supergroup have popped up a few times in the city since forming last year (including a few songs at JoJo Hermann’s Down On The Bayou III,... more
VIDEOS: Railroad Earth @ House of Blues 10/16/11
Railroad Earth unleashed a saucy Saturday night show at House of Blues this weekend – laying down their signature mix of boot stompin’ string music with the cavernous space-grass freakout that has made them favorites of the genre.
DRAGON SMOKE: December Shows Announced, Jazz Fest 2011 SBD
The all-New Orleans collaboration known as Dragon Smoke (Robert Mercurio, Stanton Moore, Ivan Neville & Eric Lindell) announced this week a December West Coast tour of a few of California’s NOLA music hotspots. But before they set out on the run, they will be hunkering down in Tipitina’s for a... more
PREVIEW @LMBNOLA: The 2011 Gretna Heritage Festival – Oct. 7th-9th
Full schedule and set times can be found here. A great weekend of music on the Westbank is now only a couple weeks away. Gretna Fest has long flown under the radar of New Orleans’ bigger festivals, but they continue to book great local acts year after year. Tickets... more
@LMBNOLA: VIDEOS from Chromeo @ House of Blues 9/18/11
Somehow still standing from our late Saturday night -> Saints game -> Royal Street bender, we hopped down to The House of Blues to see Dave 1 and P-Thugg’s first visit to the Big Easy. Their fiery ball of 80′s/electronic party music brought out a pretty solid Sunday night crowd,... more
REVIEW / PHOTOS / VIDEOS: The Chris Robinson Brotherhood @ Tipitina’s – 8/30/11
The Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson and his new psychedelic western-rock outfit stopped in this week at Tipitina’s for a Tuesday night gig, only a few shows into their massive 50 date national tour. First and foremost, the band is great – George Sluppick (formerly of MOFRO, Robert Walter’s 20th... more
Save Porter Batiste Stoltz: A Throwdown at The Howlin’ Wolf
And so the folks at SavePBS.org and The Howlin’ Wolf have put together a serious evening of music to help with the cause, this Friday May 27th. On the bill is a who’s who of local guys (including John Gros, Ivan Neville, Johnny Vidacovich, Tony Hall and Billy Iuso…), as... more
Late Night Spotlight: The Boom Boom Room Presents! Boogalooin’ at Jazz Fest 2011
The good folks over there at The Boom Boom Room have done it again. 2011′s edition of Boogalooin’ at Jazz Fest (in it’s 11th year) is a prime example of the collaborative spirit that brings together so many world class musicians, to late night gigs that can only been seen... more
The 28th Annual French Quarter Fest
With 19 Stages and over 20 special events over the weekend, this year’s French Quarter Festival is shaping up to be yet another impressive production by FQF Incorporated. The free festival stretches from The Woldenburg Riverfront Park all the way back to the Old US Mint and everywhere in between.... more
Galactic @ Tipitina’s Uptown – 3/7/2011 (Free SBD Download)
The mystic of Mardi Gras runs strong around the Galactic experience, take for example the fact that I bought and listened to a NOLA funk compilation featuring Chuck Carbo’s “Can I Be Your Squeeze” just hours before heading down to Tip’s – and lo and behold, at the exact moment... more
Jazz Fest Late Night Schedule [LMB NOLA]
Our newest addition to the LMB team, Lon Marchand, rounds up all of the Jazz Fest Late Nights that have been announced so far. We'll be adding links and more resources to that page, so bookmark this link right now so you can be ready for the festival.
