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» the bastard sons of tom waits: a 9th ward aesthetic
I fell in love with Tom Waits in my junior year of college in New Orleans while living with four other guys in a house that should have fallen over years before. We all liked music: a few of us played; we could get into - and win - any argument about early bluesmen, Her Satanic Majesties Request, or the relevance of Leon Redbone; and had a constant soundtrack behind our lives. A large part of that soundtrack was Tom Waits...  »read it now
-- a 02-21-09 sin city south feature by APC

» silent cinema -- fins and feathers
Haunting and swaying, its hard to reconcile the musical mash-up in my head. Is this a typically hip-yet-grungy (maybe grungy-because-hip) 9th Ward band? A barroom chorale, with Micah McKee as the drunken chorus leader? A fun funeral where everyone is dancing yet also knows they'll be a little sadder for the rest of their lives?  »read it now
-- a 02-21-09 sin city south review by APC

» hurray for the riff raff -- it don't mean i don't love you
With a banjo, upright bass, accordion, barely audible percussion, steel guitar, and various other instruments (toy piano, saw, fiddle, autoharp), Hurray For The Riff Raff creates a beautiful and eclectic setting for Alynda Lee's sultry and revealing voice to paint pictures of desire, love, and loss...  »read it now
-- a 02-21-09 sin city south review by APC

» theresa andersson: hummingbird, go!
Truth be told, I was a little skeptical of Theresa Andersson. I've held a contempt for the New Orleans "roots rock/funk" scene since I moved here almost a decade ago, mainly because it just seemed so boring and old. I know, I know...  »read it now
-- a 03-01-09 sin city south review by APC