June 2010
2 posts
i also do graphic design ;)
I don’t really update this old guy anymore. The work is less in the writing and more in the booking shows aspect, which so far, with the Zorche/Hat Talk/Come & Conquer show a couple of weeks back, as well as last night’s A Living Soundtrack/Junglenoize/Villain Heirs/Japan Four show, everything seems to be getting off on a good foot. Both shows have had awesome turnouts, and...
May 2010
1 post
April 2010
3 posts
first official DTB event.
ZORCH is an awesome two piece from Austin, Tx. The first band I thought of upon hearing them was Health, due to the low-fi, vocoder-sounding vocals. As I ventured further and further into their myspace tracks, several different sounds and influences came to mind. They range from long instrumental jam textures not dissimilar to Tortoise, and sometimes get straight poppy on a mother fucker, looping...
awake from your state of one upping
opinions, opinions, opinions. everyone has them, some of us wear them on our sleeve. some peoples’ opinions are more biased than others, some peoples’ opinions are unfounded. and then some peoples’ opinions are established simply to make themselves feel better about the fact that all the people that they judge and speak down on are out doing things and breaking molds and pushing...
DTB was started for you, the underground music obsessor, as a blog to let you know what is going on locally in the name of artful entertainment. Unfortunately, big ol’ one upping mouths couldn’t keep themselves shut, people couldn’t help but crack jokes and make parody blogs, and people helping me out don’t have the extra cash, or free time to make as many shows as I have...
March 2010
8 posts
a quote by a musician i admire
“Some people get too far inside their own heads and forget about whats really going on, and about teamwork. Thats why there is NO local scene where we are.”
-Tim Ladner (Guitar/Vocals, Moose)
Download Qualms for free!
Wildfires - Qualms
http://www.mediafire.com/?zzwv0wtdzjg
If you appreciate what you hear, pick up a copy at a show. we paid good money for them and can definitely use the gas money to stay on the road as much as possible.
rant.
anyone who knows me knows that i think austin, texas is an overly dramatized fashion show full of trust punks with crust funds, friends that we/i used to have who’ve “moved on” to “bigger and better” “things”, one uppers, fart huffers, and the like.
granted, i have some long time friends who live in austin. like always, there are the exceptions.
but...
AMIRIGHT?
aside from the sadie's show tonight
mission vs madness and the chatty cathies. upbeat, heavy, raw punk rock from lafayette. do it.
tonight!
besides the before mentioned birthday house show featuring blast motherfucking rag, there is also jazz night at bisbano’s featuring a good friend of mine named ed cousson on bass (fucking incredible musician), and a benefit for another buddy of mine, chase dugas at sadie’s. here is a copy/pasted description of the benefit from it’s facebook event page:
Back in september, the day...
this week.
review and pictures of show last friday at sadie’s coming soon.
tonight at sadie’s
thursday night! chrysi’s 26th b-day party! watch a slimmed down version of blast rag as well as several touring bands. watch her voyage into the drunken joyous depths of the birthday world! cake and 80’s dance party follow the show as well! bring donations for the touring bands!
...
ok, here's the deal...
supporting the local scene does not mean telling someone their band is good and then just never going to see them. it is not booking the same lineup show after show after show. it is not segregating genres according to venues.
it’s about SUPPORT. pay those measly $5. book different bands every time you book a show. go to see bands that you don’t even care for. offer to help out with...
February 2010
9 posts
we’ve recently been experiencing the wrath of a couple of minor obstacles. our apologies. we’ll be back in action with the pictures and reviews and listings quite shortly. in the mean time, check out this amazingly diverse lineup this friday at sadie’s niteclub. if you get there before 10 pm, it’s only $3!
mardi gras spirited shows
TONIGHT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH @ ARTMOSPHERE: Fights (featuring members of Dire Wood, Frames of Reference, The Board, etc) and Dude Vs. Bruh. Post-parade party. 9:30 pm.
TOMORROW, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH @ CAFFE COTTAGE: The melodic female-fronted punk rock’n’roll of Blast Rag, along with Really Really. Caffe cottage always has really cheap covers, so swing by and check out one...
Moose/Wildfires/Survive the Musical/Jupiter Death...
Sorry for the stretchiness. If you want to download them for any kind of use, they should look fine. Tumblr just resizes shit all weird.
SURVIVE THE MUSICAL (Lake Charles, LA)
JUPITER DEATH BRIGADE (Morgan City, LA)
MOOSE (Gulfport, MS)
WILDFIRES (Lafayette, LA)
3 shows tomorrow. pick one.
moose, wildfires, jupiter death brigade, survive the musical.
free show @ bisbano’s.
blast rag, the blessed, the obellisk, black feratu.
@ sadie’s.
brother dege, jason and the punknecks.
@ artmosphere.
pictures of giant cloud & bird city @ frankie's...
(I, nor Tyler were present for this show, therefore there is no review. But the pictures are here nonetheless. Pardon the stretchiness. -MB)
GIANT CLOUD:
BIRD CITY:
(by: Alexandra Fischer)
caddy-smiley-honey
Honeypillow kicked off the night and showed everyone in the room just what amazing sounds like. Weird glances, sweet riffs, bomb-dropping drum loops and I think I heard The Battle Hymn of the Republic tossed around somewhere.
Once again, Smiley with a Knife (NOLA) came to Lafayette and laid down a solid set filled with new tracks such as “Bewilderbeast,” and...
great job, hickville USA.
My opinion on this situation is that if cops payed more attention to crime going on downtown as opposed to hitting on trashy females and targeting harmless underage drinking that has taken place in south Louisiana for as long as I or anyone else could remember, then we wouldn’t be having a problem. It’s not the bar owners or the bar goers’ faults that people are robbing other...
Sadie's 1.28.10
I’m going to go out on a limb here, no exaggerations. Change Today has made one of the most abrupt and drastic improvements of any heavy band around the area. The Change Today that initially formed was “four on the floor”, straight forward, 2 minutes a song, group chants and strictly power chords, but that formula is long gone. Since the recent lineup rotation of Tyler Guidry...
January 2010
22 posts
Honey Pillow Interview
Honey Pillow started as a side project of Magic Legs not too long after the conception of said band, and since their indefinite break has blossomed into one of the most eclectic and shamelessly experimental local acts in the area, especially for a two piece. The band incorporates inexpensive casio keyboard beats with more inexpensive casio keyboard synth leads, intentionally cheese ball guitar...
MOOSE will be playing at Bisbano’s on Friday...
metal/hardcore show 1.28.10 @ sadie's niteclub
Acadiana - Southern fried southern pride metal with modern hardcore and blues (yes, blues) influences. Dissonant and technical breakdowns galore, and David Prados’ endless supply of hair slapping everyone in their faces.
Change Today - A modern take on old school four on the floor hardcore, equipped with gang vocals, dual power chorded guitar lines, the works.
Funk/ soul DJ set tonight
Andre Broussard of the overtly successful monday soul night along with DJ Andino will be hosting a funk and soul night IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK HOLYSHITDUDE tonight, Wednesday the 27th. You don’t need a password to get in free to Sadie’s for this one, just walk on in. $2 abita amber draft & $2 vodka.
Thou
***It’s important everyone initially understands that I had to shoot out for my DJ sesh at Sadie’s immediately following Thou’s set. Iskra was several hours behind schedule due to van issues, from what I understand, and Blast Rag waited courteously for the BR bros to arrive before starting the show. This resulted in having only pictures and commentary regarding Thou. If anyone...
DTB
Derailing The Bandwagon is now officially: Max Binet & Tyler Harper. Any other takers?
Thouse show pictures and review up soon.
TONIGHT, TONIGHT
HOUSE SHOW - DOOM, SLUDGE, CRUST, PUNK, HARDCORE, ETC:
*At 6 pm, the house show, who’s lineup contains Thou, Iskra, and Blast Rag, will be starting, and perhaps slowly stretching the butthole of lafayette’s DIY scene a tad bit. Be inspired by this: The location that this is taking place is an old apartment complex across from Lafayette Middle surrounded by neighborhoods and...
Review: Thou - Peasant
THOU - Peasant If you have ever been punched in the face by a guy named Holy Shit then you will know what I’m talking about.. Thou’s second album Peasant slow-tempo, sludge, doom This 6-track album will have you on the edge of your seat from start to finish making you feel as if you’ve just boarded a ship that will never return. Every wave that hits, you will feel. Seriously,...
GLUE DAT!
Not the biggest Saints fan. Shit, I don’t have cable. But it’s pretty cool to see Louisiana being noticed for something besides Lil Wayne and being coonasses. Plus, black and gold look PRET-TY COOL TOGETHER D00D. Seriously though, godspeed.
Fiddle me this:
Would it be possible that shows in Lafayette (and the surrounding area) would be more successful, diverse, enjoyable, entertaining, and interesting for bands and show goers if, for example:
Blue Moon Saloon booked various types of music other than old timey acoustic-based low key acts and Quintron.
Artmosphere booked bands that were loud, and had someone reliable and consistent to book for...
New things soon.
Seriously, it’s been about 3 days. Not very many mountains can be moved in such short timing. But there are things to come soon that will add more content than just shows, descriptions for them, etc. Tyler Harper of White Horse Tabernacle fame will be writing album reviews of local bands and bands passing through on tour, for starters. Knowing T-Harp, I’m sure there will be some...
Anything going on this weekend?
Doesn’t seem to be much going on this weekend other than a whole mess of zydeco/cajun bands along with The Givers playing a Haiti benefit tomorrow, Saturday the 23rd. So if you like zydeco/cajun music and/or The Givers, well, you’re in luck! They’re even ready and willing to accept donations besides the $10 entry charge. It starts at 2 PM at Parc International, which is the big...
“All forms of art need to be expressed. If what’s inside us does not manifest...”
– -Judd Kennedy, owner of Sadie’s Nightclub and venue, formerly Renaissance Nightclub.
I want to thank Judd and everyone else who have been so supportive and helpful with this idea. Hopefully everyone continues to take this as seriously as I do. Don’t hesitate to get in touch and lend your contributions concerning the state of the local underground scene. Whether it be albums reviews, pictures of bands and such, art. Everything is welcome, provided that I find it suitable for...
3 different shows - 1/29/2010 - pick one.. or two?
I think everyone in the Lafayette area is pretty up to date, whether or not you like him, with whatever Dax Riggs has got going on these days. He definitely toned things down over the years and whatnot, but what the hell has Acid Bath guitarist, Mike Sanchez been doing? Have you even heard of him in particular? Me either. But it will sure be interesting for some of us to check out what The...
Friday, February 5th - 2 different four band shows
MOOSE is a band that I have had the chance of playing with a couple of times and they really blew me away the first time I saw them. They swing back and forth from heavy to melodic, beautiful, and ambient, and build right back up into thoughtful riffage. If you are into heavy music that is played by nice not-so-tough ordinary guys rather than todays standard of gym shorts, sleeveless shirts, and...
Catch one of Broadmoore's last! 1/21/2010!
Tomorrow night @ Sadie’s! Nicky’s moving to New Orleans, Trevor’s custom amp head is too awesome for the rest of the band to withstand, so the Broadmoore boys are calling it quits after a couple more shows. The broskis will be playing one of their final shows with new hardcore-then pop-then hardcore again band Bearfighter. Bearfighter covers Marilyn Manson and such songs in...
Thouse show!
As some of you may or may not know, One of the most brutally depressing, slow, and heavy bands in the southern United States, or perhaps anywhere, Thou will be playing a house show with Blast Rag and Iskra (from Canada, apparently) on Monday, January 25th. Thou, from speaking with them, apparently aren’t particularly ecstatic about Lafayette or playing in it, so come catch them before they...