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!

In case you haven't heard ...

Sad news for the Louisiana music scene. The Peekers broke up.

Nothing more to be said. Tear.

The Peekers, Facts

Park the Van Showcase TONIGHT!
9pm @ Marigny Theatre
(2240 St. Claude, across from Hi-Ho)

Now a little information on one of the highlighted bands of the evening, The Peekers...

The Peekers are one of our favorite Louisiana bands, and we can't wait to see them play this Friday. Let's get to know them better.

The Peekers:

1. The Peekers met at show for the Teeth in Shreveport, the Teeth were the 2nd Park the Van band signed, we found out about them thanks to Dr. Dog.

2. The Peekers were introduced to us by a text message from Shai of the Capitol Years, another Park the Van band we found out about from the Teeth. The text said "I found your next band". Shai was right.

3. The Peekers partied with Chloe Sevigny one night in Shreveport. True story.

Floating Action = satisfaction

NOIRC and Park the Van Records are presenting a mad crazy good show on Friday, June 12 at Marigny Theatre. This will be Park the Van's first showcase in New Orleans and will include some great indie bands you might want to start listening to...

The Peekers, Generationals, The High Strung, and Floating Action.

Here's a couple more tid-bits about Floating Action to get you pumped, inspired, and antsy for the show.

1. Floating Action is the first and only Park The Van band signed by sending a demo in the mail. 
2. Floating Action was hand picked to support both Band of Horses and Dr. Dog on separate tours last year.

3. Floating Action's Seth Kauffman has great cell phone reception. Often when called, Seth can be found scaling mountains, swimming in waterfalls, or feeding hummingbirds. 

Listen to them on myspace and decide for yourselves.

But be cyber stellar and Tweet with us and RsVp to the Facebook event.

Band to keep your eyes & ears on....

NOIRC has been busy adding several bands to the website. Check out new additions HERE.

One special band added to the roster that NOIRC is currently head-over-heels for is Giant Cloud. They recently played Lafayette, LA's Geronimo Fest and sound as though they could be the little sister band of The Peekers.  

Check out their peppy, upbeat, folk - indie, could-only-be-conjured-up-in-Louisiana sound HERE. 

Park the Van & NOIRC present The Peekers | HighStrung | Generationals | Floating Action

SAVE THE DATE : June 12 | Marigny Theatre/ Allways Lounge| 9pm

Word to all NOLA indie rockers who won't be skipping town for the Bonnaroooooo fest --- New Orleans Indie Label, Park the Van Records and New Orleans Indie Rock Collective, present the first 4 band Park the Van label showcase! This is a going to be one hell of a hoe-down and NOIRC gives this show a major thumbs up. 

The Peekers (Shreveport)
The High Strung (Detroit, MI) 
Generationals (New Orleans)
Floating Action (Asheville, NC)

Join the Facebook event HERE. 

Keep checking back to the NOIRC blog for more details on the show and informational tid-bits and song downloads from all the bands

NOLA Indie Rock Fest II Line Up Announced

NOLA Indie Rock Fest II is right around the corner. We are super excited about the fest and the new FREE sampler cd ROBOTS ARE MEAN.

Here is the lineup:

Thursday | March 5th | Hi-Ho Lounge

Caddywhompus

The Pharmacy

The Blue Party

Friday | March 6th | One Eyed Jacks

Silent Cinema

The Zydepunks

Big Rock Candy Mountain

Saturday | March 7th | The Howlin Wolf

Glasgow

The Peekers

The Happy Talk Band

The Public

Be on the look out for promo materials, early weekend pass sales, etc.