Coming soon...

Never in my memory has the calender looked this good. This fall is going to be one for the ages when it comes to live music, especially when it comes to touring bands. This is not to down play the mind blowing amount of local shows that will be happening as well. We want to make sure people know whats coming to town and if you aren't famaliar with some of the bands, give you a little taste of what to expect. So here are just a few of the great bands coming to town in the coming weeks and be prepared to see much more in the near future.


The Henry Clay People @ One Eyed Jacks 9/15/10 (w/ Giant Cloud & Robert Ellis)



The Black Keys @ House of Blues 9/21/10 (w/ The Whigs)SOLD OUT!


The Hold Steady @ Republic 9/24/10 (w/ Wintersleep)


Coco Rosie @ Republic 9/27/10


Some local shows of note:
Big Rock Candy Mountain, Sunshine Factory & Big History (first show ever) @ Carrollton Station 9/18/10



Sun Hotel CD Release @ One Eyed Jacks 9/24/10 (w/ Caddywhompus & The Eastern Sea)

Glasgow, Sun Hotel, We Landed on the Moon & Elsinore

Glasgow, veterans of the Nola music terrain, will be releasing their brand new EP 1986 in digital format this Saturday, February 20th. They will be celebrating the occasion with some great friends at One Eyed Jacks. Follow their countdown at their blog here.

Baton Rouge starlets, We Landed on the Moon will be helping to ring in the joyous event. Their touring partners Elsinore, a wonder pop quintet hailing from Champaign-Urbana, IL, will be following one of the coolest young bands in Nola.

Sun Hotel opens the show fresh off of their own EP release, Team Spirit. Download it for free from their bandcamp page.

Saturday, February 20th

doors 9pm, show 10pm

Glasgow

We Landed on the Moon

Elsinore

Sun Hotel (opener)

Sun Hotel releases EP

I fell in love with these guys during our last Noir Collective project where we helped combine local music with the film project, 50 People 1 Question. They've just released their latest EP, Team Spirit, and you've got to check out the song Swamp Thing.

This is a pretty young band in New Orleans, but is a combination of some pretty impressive players. You'll find the Caddywhompus kids and Gamma Ringo kids among the bunch .... check it out.

50 people 1 question

Here at NOIRC we are excited to be co-presenting an amazing event this weekend. If you have not heard of the "50 People 1 Question" project going on, you should check it out. In fact, you should check it out Sunday, when along with Deltree, Crush + Lovely and the New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center, we are presenting a film music fusion project pairing 5 live music performances with 5 of the great videos from 50p1q.

http://50people1question.com

DATE: Sunday, December 6
LOCATION: New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center -- http://cacno.org
TIME: 6:30 - 9:30pm
COST: $12
PURCHASE TICKETS -- http://cacno.org or call the CAC Box Office at 504-528-3800

Open your ears to Sun Hotel . Now.

I develop a fondness for a lot of the bands in the scene. Caddywhompus is incredible and the loudest smallest band you'll ever see. Giant Cloud has that oh-so-good Peekers sound that I can't ever get enough of. And Loren Murrell, Silent Cinema, and MyNameIsJohnMichael always make me melt. But the band currently on my radar is one I plan on paying a lot more attention to.

Sun Hotel is definitely worth the listen. They are a local indie band with a lot of acoustic goodness, interesting and somewhat soothing vocal interludes and some catchy lyrics..... Please class them amongst the new and good in the local scene and start taking notice. 

Check them in space: http://www.myspace.com/sunhotelsounds

Check them out for real: Sunday, October 25 @ Allways Lounge/ Marigny Theatre in support of the NOLA Project's latest theatre production, Finer Noble Gases. NOIR Collective presents! Come support!