Posts Tagged ‘videos’
Beach Boys Unveil New Single, Set to Headline Jazz Fest Friday
Today, The Beach Boys announced their first new single in ages with “That’s Why God Made The Radio”. In a little over 48 hours Jazz Fest, the legendary California band is set for their first major festival appearance and 2nd stop of their lengthy 50th Anniversary Reunion Tour (The Beach... more
VIDEO: Dragon Smoke “Injuns, Here Dey Come” @ Tipitina’s – 4/21/12
The rare Dragon Smoke headlined Tipitina’s Uptown on Saturday night (after opening band Sol Driven Train with George Porter Jr.), making their 2nd appearance since Jazz Fest last year (the band also played in mid-December). All involved players happened to be giggin’ on Saturday afternoon at Tulane’s annual Crawfest (Eric... more
VIDEO: Visualize Da Vibez at BUKU 2012
Chicago-based video production site Da Vibez put together a killer audiovisual montage of last month’s 1st Annual BUKU Music & Art Project down at Mardi Gras World. The video features scenes from both days and glimpses of performances by Wiz Khalifa, SKRILLEX, Diplo, Gramatik, Avicii, Porter Robinson and more. Paints... 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
Set Recap: Jimmy Buffett and Fireworks @ Woldenberg Park – 4/1/12
After KISS headlined Friday night and The Black Keys closed it down with a midday set on Saturday afternoon, former French Quarter busker Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefers closed out the 2012 NCAA Big Dance Concert Series with a 100-minute set in Woldenberg Park that included guest spots by... 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
Set Recap: Dr. John @ NCAA Big Dance Concert Series – Woldenberg Park – 4/1/12
After making his trademark strut out to the stage, the one-and-only Dr. John, just two days before the anticipated release of his phenomenal new LP Locked Down, ran through an hour set before a sizeable daytime crowd in Woldenberg Park. In the light of a perfect Sunday, accompanied by seven-piece... more
Dr. John and Dan Auerbach Perform “Revolution” on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Dr. John stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night to perform “Revolution,” the lead single from the legendary New Orleans artist’s new LP Locked Down, an album many are hailing as his best studio work in decades. Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, who produced the record last... more
Photos and Videos: Ben Folds @ Tulane University’s McAlister Auditorium – 3/27/12
Nashville-based singer-songwriter (and celebrity judge on NBC’s The Sing-Off) Ben Folds was in town for a TUCP-produced concert in Tulane’s McAlister Auditorium and was joined by Minus The Bear. Photographer Joshua Brasted captured some of the action which can be seen in the photo gallery below. Also, a couple of... more
Toubab Krewe Set For 2 Shows @ Maison Frenchmen During Jazz Fest
WHO: Toubab Krewe (with Freakbass Trio 5/1, Alan Evans Trio 5/2) WHERE: Maison Frenchmen WHEN: May 1st & 2nd, 2012 @ Doors 8 p.m. / Show @ 10 p.m. AGES: 18 + TICKETS: $11 Advance / $15 Day of Show (BUY 5/1 / BUY 5/2) As they did this past Halloween during Voodoo,... more
WATCH: Pres Hall, Shorty, Shamarr, Mayor Landrieu do “Bourbon Street Parade”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynBxVEOAzyY New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu appears as a special guest on tambourine with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Trombone Shorty and Shamarr Allen on “Bourbon Street Parade” at the 2012 Jazz Fest Cubes Release Press Party at the New Orleans Fairgrounds.
PHOTOS and VIDEOS: Hogs for the Cause 2012
>Despite muddy conditions, yesterday was yet another massively successful Hogs for the Cause. Festival goers were greeted with a sunny day in City Park and turned out in droves to soak up the food, NOLA Brewing beer and every variation of pig-based feed imaginable (bacon ice cream?). Hogs has a... more
Concert Recap: Alcest and Deafheaven @ Big Top – 3/20/12
Review by Brendan Twist So in 2011 the indie music community got really excited about black metal. There were think pieces, and much-ballyhooed buzz bands, and the inevitable hey-we-were-here-first backlash from the tr00 kvlt fans. It was fun, for a while, to see this potent subgenre, long relegated to the margins... more
Photos / Videos: Big Gigantic @ 2012 BUKU Music & Art Project
Big Gigantic played to a huge crowd after dusk on Sunday at BUKU in the Bassik Ballroom and Dom and Jeremy threw down an absolute scorcher of a set. All photos below by Jimmy Grotting. For total coverage of Sunday at the 2012 BUKU Music & Art Project, go here.... more
Concert Recap: Greensky Bluegrass @ Chickie Wah Wah 3/20/12
Check out 5 Greensky Bluegrass tunes here The hard-touring Kalamazoo Greensky Bluegrass quintet made their long overdue initial appearance in the New Orleans on Tuesday night at Chickie Wah Wah, kicking off a busy two-week run through the south. Early in the show, GSBG described The Big Easy as “the world’s... more
VIDEOS: Sunday @ The 2012 Buku Music and Arts Project
We’ve got a whole lot more photos and thoughts to share from a rather glorious Sunday at the 2012 BUKU Music & Arts Project. For now, check out some videos from Gravity A, G-Eazy, A-Trak, SBTRKT, Big Gigantic and SKRILLEX. Stay tuned and enjoy. Gravity A G-Eazy G-Eazy – Make... more
Video of the Day: Preservation Hall Jazz Band – Complicated Life (The Kinks)
Cool video from 2007 of Preservation Hall Jazz Band playing The Kinks “Complicated Life” complete with a bicycle tour of New Orleans led by Clint Maedgen of PHJB and New Orleans Bingo! Show.
Concert Recap: Girls @ One Eyed Jacks – 3/12/12
On Monday night, the Bay Area band Girls (an almost utterly un-Googleable band name), played to a packed house at One Eyed Jacks. The momentous indie band is made up of five members, but it’s the main project of front man and lead singer, Christopher Owens, and bassist/producer JR White.... more
WATCH: Billy Iuso and The Restless Natives with Anders Osborne @ d.b.a. – 3/11/12
On Sunday night at the d.b.a. down on Frenchmen Street, Billy Iuso and the Restless Natives were joined by a very special guest when Anders Osborne stopped in for a few tunes. Lucky for us, their powerful cover of the Grateful Dead’s “Dark Star” and the Anders original “Burning On... more
VIDEO: The Barr Brothers Live from the Grand Canyon
Per the now-standard band promo video, we've seen bands play in all sorts of random places...from the insides of cabs, in boiler rooms, on odd-colored couches, on the tops of buildings, and so on and so forth. But I've personally never seen a band play at the edge of... more
Concert Recap: George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic @ House of Blues 3/8/12
To kick off a rather huge weekend at the House of Blues (Snoop Dogg will grace the Decatur Street stage tonight), masters of otherworldly funk George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic toasted up a flavorful scene last night after local WWOZ DJ Soul Sister set the tone for the right on... more
VIDEO ROUNDUP: Jazz Fest Fab Five Rookie Squad
After the lineup was unveiled, the first theme that struck us was the unprecedented caliber of the female artists in this year’s lineup. But also, a noteworthy attribute of the lineup that struck us was the admirable job festival organizers did tapping into not only (a) some great young artists... more
CONCERT RECAP: Galactic Mardi Gras 2012 Run at Tipitina’s Uptown
The Lundi Gras show, in keeping with tradition, didn’t get under way until 1:30 a.m. as the drum-heavy samba funk of “Magalenha” introduced a new facet of Galactic right out the gate. Three joy-filled sets would follow, going until the break of a sun-filled Mardi Gras Day until the appropriate... more
VIDEO: Soulive @ Brooklyn Bowl, Night One of Bowlive III
One of our fav amateur concert videographers (mkdevo) was on hand for night one of Bowlive III and pieced together a nice playlist of Soulive with guests John Scofield and Luther Dickinson. Check it out: In case you missed it, the entire 10-night Bowlive III residency is being livestreamed... more
NOLA 2012: Recent Live and Studio Recordings From Local Artists
We’re already a month into 2012 and therefore it’s time to take a quick look back at what local artists were up to in January. With such big events as Jam Cruise, Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s 50th Anniversary blowout at Carnegie Hall, the Best of the Beat Awards last weekend,... more
