Well, here we are. Another Tuesday, another batch of records. Let's not waste any more time, shall we?
Lotus Plaza, Spooky Action at a Distance: More eerie, filmy, jangly pop music from Deerhunter's Lockett Pundt. I never fully connected with his main gig, but this sounds great - spooky and lo-fi, the kind of thing that might have come out on Captured Tracks if it wasn't for the high-wattage indie personality behind it. RECOMMENDED
Dr. John, Locked… more »
Robert Charles Guidry was leaving a diner in his native Louisiana when he heard the words that would forever make him Bobby Charles. "See you later, alligator," the 17-year-old jive-talked to a friend, only to hear, like a gospel call-and-response, "In a while, crocodile" from a neighboring patron.
He had been playing teen soirees with a combo called the Cardinals (no relation to the r&b vocal group of the same name) in the small town of… more »
New Orleans 'most recent round of hurricane scares - and interview clips of evacuees declaring this time they're really not coming back - make you fear anew for its future. Many of the musicians who carry the city's heartbeat never really returned after Katrina. The diaspora of émigrés (including a few musicians reviewed here) stretches from Texas into Georgia. Still, returnees and exiles alike continue to preserve and extend the city's musical traditions. And they… more »
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05.01.12http://t.co/md9BAPyy what a busy week. Picture with Bruce Springsteen from jazzfest. Anyone catch that? Let the good times roll!
04.27.12
Ya never too hot, never too cold, never too young, never too old, never too skinny, never too fat. Just where ya are and thats where its at.
04.25.12
Got a busy weekend ahead in Nu Awlinz. whose ready?
04.14.12
Ask me anything for the next 10 minutes! Lets go! Make sho it's off the hook!
04.14.12
RT @Rdusenbery Useful phrase I just learned from reading @RollingStone feature on @akadrjohn - "stupidosity of the highest order".
04.13.12
hanging out with @IvanNeville & @TheBonnieRaitt before the show @BAM_Brooklyn ! yeah you rite!!! http://t.co/2qObBWJR
