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The Bear Creek Music & Art Festival has announced their initial lineup including two nights of Umphrey's, Soulive , Lotus , Budos and Lettuce x 2. The festival has a lot of big commits already and there'll be a whole lot more acts to come. Bear Creek's full 2012 web site and VIP tickets launch on June 15th. Continue below for the initial lineup and a video montage from 20112s festival. 2012 Bear Creek Music & Art Festival Lineup [...]

SBTRKT @ 2012 BUKU Music & Arts Project || Photo © Jimmy GrottingWords by Wesley Hodges || Photo Gallery by Jimmy Grotting Festival's like the 1st Annual Buku Music & Arts festival that went down at Mardi Gras World this weekend are the face of new modern American music festival, a landscape of beats-heavy multi-day [...]

Sunday, March 18th @ The inaugural Buku Music & Arts ProjectWe'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 [...]

Lafayette, LA's GIVERS added to Hangout Music Fest lineupThe Hangout Music Fest organizers have just announced the addition of Kaskade, Umphrey's McGee, Delta Spirit, Heartless Bastards, Greyboy All-Stars, and Lafayette, LA's own GIVERS to the lineup. Some solid late additions to the festival's initial lineup with one of our favorite live bands on the planet [...]

Of Montreal @ The Howlin' Wolf NOLA - 3/10/12 || Photo by Joshua BrastedReview by Brendan Twist || Photos by Joshua Brasted Hipsters packed The Howlin’ Wolf on Saturday night to see Of Montreal, the prolific, Georgia-based indie rock group of songwriter and provocateur Kevin Barnes. They didn’t appear to mind that Pitchfork had crapped [...]

Built To Spill @ One Eyed Jacks - 3/9/12 || Photo by Steven HatleyReview and photos by Steven Hatley Being an opening band always has its troubles. “Will anyone show up?” Or, if the room fills out by the time the act takes the stage, will they pay attention? The one thing garage rock band [...]

Good Enough For Good Times @ d.b.a. New Orleans - 3/9/12 || Photo © Jeffrey DupuisAll photos by Jeffrey Dupuis Continue below for a photo gallery from Friday night's Good Enough For Good Times show at d.b.a..

Big Chief Bo Dollis @ Tipitina's, New Orleans - 4/24/09 || Photo © Dino PerrucciReview by Scott Kushner New Orleans is easily distracted. While eating at world-class restaurants, we talk about our next meal. During cherished celebrations like Jazz Fest and Mardi Gras, we continuously compare it to past years’ events to display our keen [...]

George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic @ House of Blues NOLA - 3/8/2012 || Photo © Jimmy GrottingContinue to the bottom for a photo gallery from DJ Soul Sister and P-Funk || All photos by Jimmy Grotting To kick off a rather huge weekend at the House of Blues (Snoop Dogg will grace the Decatur Street [...]

Anders Osborne Black Eye Galaxy Out May 1st, 2012 on Alligator RecordsSwedish expatriate and favorite son of New Orleans Anders Osborne will release Black Eye Galaxy, on May 1 via Alligator Records. This record follows the critically-acclaimed American Patchwork, an album bringing Osborne as a solo act to a considerably broader national audience. Recorded at [...]

George Porter Jr. and the Runnin' Pardners To Play 2 Shows During Backbeat's 2012 Jazz Fest SeriesBACKBEAT Jazzfest Series 2012 April 26th - May 6th, 2012 CAROLINA CHOCOLATE DROPS ** GEORGE PORTER JR. & RUNNIN PARDNERS ** SOULIVE ** BIG SAM'S FUNKY NATION ** TAB BENOIT ** THERESA ANDERSSON ** ROYAL SOUTHERN BROTHERHOOD ** IVAN [...]

Band of Heathens @ Maple Leaf Bar - 3/3/12 || Photo by J.M. BarrazaAfter last night, it is now apparent that Austin's Band of Heathens are one of the better kept secrets touring the country today. Although I'd heard good things, this was my first opportunity to see the band and I got the feeling [...]

Puscifer @ Baton Rouge River Center Theater - 2/25/12 || Photo © Paul KieuPuscifer recently made a tour stop at the Baton Rouge River Center Theater on February 25th as part of the band's tour in support of their 2011 LP Conditions of my Parole. Puscifer is led by Maynard James Keenan, better known as [...]

Janelle Monae @ Voodoo Experience 2010 || Photo by Wesley HodgesAfter 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 [...]

Galactic @ Tipitina's Uptown - Lundi Gras 2012 || Photo © Ali & Mike KerrSaturday photos by Wesley Hodges || Lundi Gras photos by Ali & Mike Kerr @ Southern Exposure Photography. Continue on for a review, videos, photos and the setlist from the evening (including all the special guests)! Galactic's annual tradition of playing [...]

Moon Taxi plays the Maison on Saturday, March 31st with Brass-a-HolicsAfter a quick breather following Mardi Gras, the concert calendar heats back up in a big way with three major events including Foburg Fest, The Buku Music & Arts Project and Hogs for the Cause going down over three consecutive weekends. Throw in St. Patrick's [...]

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra @ One Eyed Jacks - 2/14/12 || Photo by Joshua BrastedMe: “So it starts as it begins.” Efrim: “It usually does.” Speaking to Efrim in front of One Eyed Jacks after the show, I got a good sense he was pretty keen on the venue, in part due to [...]

FISHBONE @ Blue Nile New Orleans - 2/19/12 || Photo © Marc PaganiClick photos below to expand to full size As luck would have it for loyal FISHBONE fans celebrating Mardi Gras 2012 around Louisiana, the legendary L.A. ska-funk-n-punk rock band couldn't stay away from the bayou for long (they lit up Voodoo Experience 2011 [...]

Jam In The Van is a new live music video platform site based out of Venice, CA. JITV roducers turned a 1980s Winnebago into a mobile recording studio and invite bands from all genres and backgrounds to record sessions in the "Jam Van", filming the sessions on three HD cameras as traffic zooms by. Before [...]

Relive Carnival 2012 in the clubs and out in the streets. Continue on below for videos of Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, Galactic, the Southern University Marching Band, Khris Royal and Dark Matter and more. Dig in and relive the glory that was Mardi Gras 2012. Treme Brass Band Parades Down St. Charles Avenue Trombone [...]