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DJs to battle for Voodoo tickets

By Joshua Naquin October 17, 2012

Sixteen warriors will enter a battle royale tonight armed with nothing but an arsenal of music. Red Bull Play & Destroy challenges DJs to compete in a one-on-one music-playing competition. The event...

Beats Antique

Beats Antique to perform at Howlin’ Wolf in New Orleans

By Austen Krantz October 17, 2012

Worldly acoustics wrapped in layers of electronic reverberations will echo down South Peters Street in New Orleans on Friday night when Beats Antique performs at the Howlin’ Wolf. If listeners...

Melvins

Punk band Melvins to play Spanish Moon tonight

By Joey Groner October 17, 2012

Since forming in 1983, The Melvins, a cult punk band from Washington, has stayed decidedly out of the spotlight. The band is best known for its early links to rock icon Nirvana — Melvins drummer...

Folk-rock hybrid band Bad Books to play New Orleans tonight

Folk-rock hybrid band Bad Books to play New Orleans tonight

By Taylor Schoen October 15, 2012

New Orleans will welcome Bad Books, the love child of indie darlings Manchester Orchestra and solo artist Kevin Devine, for the first time at 9 p.m. tonight at the Parish at the House of Blues. Andy...

Henry Rollins performed on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012 at the Manship Theatre for his "Capitalism" tour.

Henry Rollins hits Baton Rouge in pre-election capital city tour

By Taylor Schoen October 15, 2012

Henry Rollins is best known for being the former frontman of the influential rock band Black Flag. Though the music may have stopped, that hasn’t silenced one of the founding fathers of punk. Through...

Better Than Ezra to perform at L’Auberge Hotel on Friday

Better Than Ezra to perform at L’Auberge Hotel on Friday

By David Jones October 10, 2012

Since circulating its first demo cassette tape to preparing for an eighth studio album, rock trio Better Than Ezra has clung to its University roots through the years. The New Orleans-based band will...

Singer Taylor Swift attends the TIME 100 gala celebrating the 100 most influential people, at the Time Warner Center, Tuesday, May 4, 2010 in New York. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Swift’s dubstep turn reflects pop music problems

By Brian Sibille October 10, 2012

The Mayans were right. The world is ending. It’s 2012, and Dec. 21 is quickly approaching. How can we be sure? Because Taylor Swift released a dubstep song. You read that right — there’s...

Washed Out performs Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, at the Spanish Moon.

Washed Out closes out tour at Spanish Moon

By Austen Krantz October 9, 2012

Ernest Greene’s chilled out keyboard vibes turned into rockus dance anthems at Washed Out’s final tour stop at the Spanish Moon Monday night. And the Monday night showing proved impressive....

Lead singer Alex Ebert and guitarist Jade Castrinos, of Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, twirl arm-in-arm Oct.3 at the Mahalia Jackson Theatre in New Orleans.

Review: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

By Kaitlyn Mercer, Staff Writer October 7, 2012

A shimmery, palpable joy rippled through a sea of bodies as the lights in New Orleans' Mahalia Jackson Theatre dimmed. In one ephemeral moment, a rosy glow lit an oversized lantern hanging above the...

Victor Wooten sings into his microphone Wednesday night at the Howlin' Wolf music venue in New Orleans.

5-time Grammy winning bassist performed at Howlin’ Wolf New Orleans

By Austen Krantz October 4, 2012

The day four Wooten brothers placed a bass guitar in their youngest sibling’s tiny 2-year-old hands, they invoked the calling that would guide him to critical acclaim as a musician and allow him...

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros growing as artists, performers

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros growing as artists, performers

By Morgan Searles October 4, 2012

The success Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros has achieved proves more can be merrier, but a live performance is the only way to fully grasp the symphony the 10-plus members orchestrate. Every note...

Victor Wooten

Grammy-winning bassist performs in New Orleans

By Austen Krantz October 3, 2012

The day four Wooten brothers placed a bass guitar in their youngest sibling’s tiny, 2-year-old hands, they invoked the calling that guided him to become a critically acclaimed musician. Victor...