Darren's Shows Around Town: 12/3/08

This week I am giving away one pair of tickets to the Deerhunter show One Eyed Jacks!!! The first person to respond back to me with their name will win. I will notify the winner by email.

There are a number of great shows this week with Deerhunter and Will Oldham playing. We are spoiled in New Orleans in the amount of times Will Oldham has played here. Since I moved here in 2003 I have seen him four times and missed one. I had never had a chance to see him for ten years before I moved here. He rarely tours and his show at Tips is the only show he has till March. Go see him, this city is about the only place you can.

Also a friend of mine is hosting a site for my show list so you don't have to dig through your email to find this message if you want to access it that way. Thanks Allen.

http://showsaroundtown.blogspot.com


Please note these new shows: Andrew Bird, Los Campesinos, RA RA RIOT
*=recommended
**=recommend and I will try to attend
Wed 12/03/08 **Zydepunks (ACOUSTIC show) Mimi's 9pm or 10pm
Thu 12/04/08 **Musicians Bringing Musicians Home IV With With Will Oldham (Bonnie "Prince" Billy), Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), Nicole Atkins, Hank Shocklee (Bomb Squad, Future Frequency), Alec Ounsworth (Clap Your Hands Say Yeah), Jonny 5 and Brer Rabbit (Flobots), Waterflow (of Senegalese Hip-Hop Band Wageble), John Boutte, J. Tillman, and members of Bonerama $12 Tips 9PM start
Fri 12/05/08 **Deerhunter, Nite Jewel, Times New Viking One Eyed Jacks Doors at 9 Tix $8 adv/$10 door
Deerhunter is a five-piece from Atlanta, Georgia. The band, self-described as "ambient punk," incorporates a wide range of genres, those including noise rock, art rock, ambient, and post-punk.
Lead singer Bradford Cox has cited many musical influences that contribute to Deerhunter's sound, some of which include The Clean, The Fall, The Flying Lizards, Kompakt records, The Birthday Party, The Bad Seeds, and Liars. However, if their influences had to be "narrowed down," Cox would note their "defining influences" as Echo & The Bunnymen, Brian Eno, David Bowie and My Bloody Valentine.

Nite Jewel turns out utterly charming, narcotic, bedroom-disco jams. Imagine Calling Out of Context-era Arthur Russell eating opium with a black rubber-bangled Madonna and Mark Hollis huddling in the corner while the 4-track tape is rolling. What's cool is how the stuff conjures thoughts of OM posterchild Russell without making the mistake of just "sounding like" him.There's just something in the lazy, hazy, listless, romantic atmosphere of Nite Jewel that puts you in the same '80s prom-dream, dance-in-the-living room, evening-cuddle vibe. Add to that the dubby, single-note, acid house melodies and beats, plus songs that are ever so distantly related to some memory of a Bangles/Cyndi Lauper/Book of Love hit.

Mon 12/08/08 GWAR House Of Blues
Mon 12/08/08 Kingdom Of Sorrow House Of Blues
Mon 12/08/08 Toxic Holocaust House Of Blues
Wed 12/10/08 Ice Cube House Of Blues $40
Mon 12/15/08 OHGR PLUS AMERICAN MEMORY PROJECT HOB $20 (Ogre from Skinny Puppy & Mark Walk)
Wed 12/17/08 *Christmas on Mars: A Fantastical Film Freakout featuring The Flaming Lips movie showing Free 9:30 movivei start One Eyed Jacks
Fri 12/19/08 Garage A Trois One Eyed Jacks
Sat 12/20/08 Marcia Ball Tipitina's Uptown
Sat 12/20/08 **BeauSoleil Avec Michael Doucet Tipitina's Uptown
Sat 12/20/08 Judith Owen & Harry Shearer's Holiday Sing-A-Long CAC
Fri 12/26/08 **Dr. John House Of Blues $31
Sat 12/27/08 *Dr. John House Of Blues $31
Sat 12/27/08 *The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Tipitina's Uptown
Tue 12/30/08 Better Than Ezra House Of Blues
Wed 12/31/08 **Kidd Jordan - Brian Quezerque duo | Cambre & Cappello First local performance by free jazz legend Kidd Jordan since last year, and first since his recent lifetime achievment honors at NYC's Vision Festival. Also a reunion of the duo Cambre & Cappello, who first brought their uniquely high energy rocking/noisy improvised music to New Orleans back in 1996. Zeitgeist. 8PM. $7 general, $6 students/seniors, $5 members
Wed 12/31/08 *Morning 40 Federation | Bobby Adams One Eyed Jack's.
Wed 12/31/08 Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk Howlin' Wolf
Wed 12/31/08 Papa Grows Funk Howlin' Wolf
Wed 12/31/08 Galactic Tipitina's Uptown
Wed 12/31/08 Preservation Hall Jazz Band Tipitina's Uptown
Wed 01/14/09 The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Mahalia Jackson Theatre
Sat 01/24/09 *Wayne "The Train" Hancock--Alternative country favorite Wayne Hancock is that rare breed of traditionalist, one who imbues his retro obsessions with such high energy and passion that his songs never feel like museum pieces he's trying desperately to preserve. Hancock is most often compared to Hank Williams, and he can indeed be a hardcore honky tonker, but there's more to him than that: he also displays a genuine affinity for stomping rockabilly, Western swing, blues, and old-timey country à la Jimmie Rodgers. Plus, he also throws in the occasional pop standard in the manner of Willie Nelson's classic Stardust album. Hancock's devotion to classic country sounds, coupled with his strong aversion to the Nashville hit-making machine, earned him an ardent following among alternative country fans (from both the country and rock sides of the movement), as well as a fair amount of critical acclaim. One Eyed Jacks
Tue 01/27/09 **Los Campesinos One Eyed Jacks
Tue 01/27/09 **Titus Andronicus One Eyed Jacks $12
Fri 01/23/09 *BeauSoleil Avec Michael Doucet Maple Leaf
Fri 01/23/09 Eagles New Orleans Arena
Thu 01/29/09 **F*cked Up, Iron Age, Haarp, Necro Hippies 2728 N. Derbigny / 1616 St. Ferdinand
7PM. $5
Sat 01/31/09 Johnny Winter Harrah's New Orleans
Sat 02/07/09 **Andrew Bird with Loney Dear HOB
Sun 02/08/09 American Aquarium Circle Bar
BR Thu 02/26/09 **"Blue Note Records 70th Anniversary Tour" Manship Theatre
BR Thu 02/26/09 Bill Charlap Manship Theatre
BR Thu 02/26/09 Lewis Nash Manship Theatre
BR Thu 02/26/09 Nicholas Payton Manship Theatre
BR Thu 02/26/09 Peter Bernstein Manship Theatre
BR Thu 02/26/09 Peter Washington Manship Theatre
BR Thu 02/26/09 Ravi Coltrane Manship Theatre
BR Thu 02/26/09 Steve Wilson Manship Theatre
Tue 03/10/09 **TOKYO POLICE CLUB PLUS RA RA RIOT HOB $12
Fri 04/24/09 Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra / Wynton Marsalis TBA
Sat 04/25/09 Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra / Wynton Marsalis TBA
Fri 04/24/09 "Festival International De Louisiane" Lafayette, LA
Sat 04/25/09 "Festival International De Louisiane" Lafayette, LA
Sun 04/26/09 "Festival International De Louisiane" Lafayette, LA
Thu 04/30/09 Solomon Burke TBA