October is my favorite month of the year for a few reasons: (1) It's autumn! (if we're lucky in Louisiana, the temperature drops below eighty!) (2) Venues around Baton Rouge and New Orleans are packed...

Glass Animals, the indie electronic group from Oxford, England, returned to the United States for a four-month tour highlighting their second album, How To Be A Human Being.  I fell in love with...

On the night of Thursday, September 28th, the Joy Theater was filled to the brim with fans of the cult-favorite outsider artist Daniel Johnston to see the first date of the Daniel Johnston & Friends:...

Boyfriend is a girl-positive singer, songwriter, rapper, and performance artist hailing from the South. She’s best known for her absurd lyrics and captivating performances known as “rap cabarets,”...

What do you get when you strip out the metal and infuse bluegrass, acoustic, and funk elements into Mastodon?  Mastodon’s peculiar and alluring musical journey takes another distinct, albeit...

Zomboy started his “Rott n’ Roll”, 45-date tour across the United States in early July and I was thrilled to see he would be in New Orleans towards the end of his tour. Zomboy passes...

The infamous noise-punk trio out of Toronto arrives with another turbulent body of work on its third full-length, “Strange Peace.”The new album, backed by none other than Sub Pop Records, harnesses...

Mutemath, a New Orleans native electronic rock band, achieved a very “feel-good" sound on the new album.  They always previously leaned a bit more in the dance music direction, but EDM does...

Two Door Cinema Club (TDCC) began their second U.S. tour in September with New Orleans as their fourth stop. The band is known for their indie-rock and indie-pop sounds, and certainly lived up to their...

Country music is not what it used to be.  Looking at its progression over time, it might not feel the same way now as it did long ago.  However, Jake Bugg is one special young guy who brings...

Dead Leaf Echo just launched a U.S. tour on the back of their album Beyond.Desire, via Papercup Music, which will be released October 13, 2017.  New Orleans was the first stop on their three-month...

A Deeper Understanding is The War on Drugs’ first album on the major label Atlantic Records, and in my opinion, their most affecting record yet. And by “their,” I mean “his.”...