Emily Hingle, April Seise, Georgia Braun McBride, Dean Shapiro, Greg Roques
Meet Me At Mardi GrasCollection: Various ArtistsRounderIt’s officially Mardi Gras season, and no festivities are complete without the perfect Mardi Gras mix! And that’s exactly what you’ll find

Greg Roques, April Seise, Emily Hingle, Brian Serpas, Anne Berry, Dean Shapiro
The Breton SoundEudaemoniaIndieThis four-track debut from The Breton Sound (led by veteran guitarists Jonathan Pretus and Stephen Turner) flies under the banner of longing: how we express ambition, or

Dean Shapiro, April Seise, Greg Roques, Kyle Grelle, Dionne Charlet
Ellis Marsalis A New Orleans Christmas Carol ELM Records Nobody during this time of year wants to come across as being Grinch-like. So we grit our teeth and suffer in silence to the umpteenth repla

Emily Hingle, Brian Serpas, Dean Shapiro, Sheri McKee, Kyle Grelle, Elizabeth Tran
TorgoDivinity, Transmissions, Phase One: Salvation for the DeadExperiencetorgo.wordpress.comOne of the more original bands based out of Loyola University, Torgo is quietly gaining notoriety on the loc

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The Mohegan Colony musical collective My Brothers Banned are known for their rather happy-go-lucky style. The band has a standing gig

Sheri McKee
Smooth lounge remixes of high-energy, funkheavy hip hop—can it be done? jealous monk knew so, and thus enlisted the production expertise of Californiabased Theory Productions for lounge/downtempo remixes of tracks from their recording debut, Sun Up to Moon Down.

Greg Roques, Carolyn Heneghan, Emily Hingle, April Seise
With the countless variety of music instantaneously available to listeners today, it is rare to discover anything that sounds new; it’s even rarer to discover something new that sounds good. Thankfully, Luke Starkiller’s recipe for blending contrasting rock flavors (pop-punk and speed metal) delivers a delectable alt.

Carolyn Heneghan, Emily Hingle
Royal TeethAct NaturallyIndependentNow here’s an album you can blast from your car stereo—windows down, naturally. In true summer release fashion, the debut EP from New Orleans/Lafayette group Roy

Sheri McKee
My Graveyard Jaw is an eclectic mix of people who make a beautiful mix of music together. Coming Winds has elements of country, gypsy,

Sheri McKee
Rebirth Brass BandRebirth of New OrleansBasin Street RecordsRebirth Brass Band’s Rebirth of New Orleans is classic funk and captures the joie de vivre of the Maple Leaf music scene. The first track

Sheri McKee
DJ TrashyDirty DozenSanitary Soundz Inc.Here we go again, the twelfth recording by none other than DJ Trashy. On tour to promote his new record, Trashy has put together another collection of electroni

Sheri McKee
“Even though all of us try to soar to greater heights/we’ll proabbly all die trying twice” sings lead vocalist Vincent Ebeier on the opening track “Leia is not your sister.” Fortunately for The Scorseses, they deliver a solid debut on their first EP Presenting…The Scorseses.