What’s happening everybody? After a week of releasing our new Painkiller album to Destin, Baton Rouge, and NOLA, we are now gearing up to release it all over some serious festivals. Things kick off this Thurs. at Winos and Tacos in Covington at 9. On Friday we play the New Orleans Wine and Food party and eat and drink to our heart’s delight. Saturday sees us traveling North to Little Rock for Riverfest. We plat at 7 on Sat. at Riverfest, really excited as it is our first time in Arkansas spreading the funk. On Sunday we head over to Bay St. Louis, Mississippi for Bay Harbor Fest at 3. Finally we close out our festival run at the amazing Wakarusa Festival in Mulberry Mountain, Arkansas. We play at the Outpost Stage at 2:30.
Back Breakin' Type of News
May
23
May
14
After pouring our blood, sweat, and well not really tears (we had a great time) into our new album Painkiller it’s finally time to release it into the wild. What joy! What rapture! Completing this artistic challenge was no small task. We had a team lead by the tireless Eric Heigle that helped shape what this EP would end up being: solid as a rock. We’re extremely proud of it and cannot wait to share it with you fine folks. The name of the new EP is Painkiller. We want this album to take away your stress and get you feeling good! Pop a Painkiller into your listening device and see your troubles melt like butter. There are a couple ways to catch the release of Painkiller this week. We’ll be in Destin Thurs. at The Funky Blues Shack, Fri. at Chelsea’s in Baton Rouge, and Sat. we bring it on home at The Maple Leaf Bar in New Orleans. You can also download the tracks from iTunes, Amazon, or any other digital content provider. Have a good one!
May
09
What’s happening everybody? Jazz Fest has come and gone, but the memories are oh so strong. That’s right folks, it was an absolute thrill to play at N.O. Jazz and Heritage Festival this year and all the amazing late night shows at Tipitina’s, Publiq House, and Blue Nile. Couldn’t have asked for a better two weeks. We’re currently gearing up to release our new EP, Painkiller, next week at The Maple Leaf in New Orleans. This week, however, we head East to rip it up in Mississippi. We’ll be doing a graduation celebration show in Hattiesburg on Fri. at the legendary Boom Boom Room at 10. On Saturday we are headlining Mayfest in Ocean Springs at 7. Gonna be a great weekend!
April
23
What’s up everybody? We’ve been hitting it hard lately. Oh yea, so hard. But guess what folks? Just because we rock doesn’t mean we’re made out of stone. We’re school girl excited to be playing for the 2nd time the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. As life long New Orleanians, this festival is like a big ole dysfunctional family reunion with the whole city and friends from around the country. Oh look, Grandma’s smoking a huge joint and Grandpa has been passed out for hours. It’s Festival time! Along with Jazz Fest we’ve got a bunch of great shows going on at night after you get yo fill of the fairgrounds. Check out the picture to the left with more details. We hit at Jazz Fest Friday morning on the Gentilly Stage at 11:15. See ya on the streets!
April
18
What’s happening? It’s been a busy April so far and it’s just getting started! We had an amazing time at Rhythm and Blooms Festival in Knoxville and were blown away by the packed out crowd at French Quarter Fest. This week is going to be a wild one! We kick things off on Thurs. with Jazz in the Park, a free concert series in New Orleans at the historic and beautiful Armstrong Park at 5pm. On Friday we head West to Austin, Texas to funk up Antone’s with our good friends in Stooges Brass Band at 10pm. On Saturday we have a double header! We are thrilled to be performing at Houston International Festival at 1pm and 4pm respectfully. That night we make a bee line back to NOLA for our 420 Funktacular at Blue Nile. Finally on Sunday we bring the whole funk train to the shores of Bayou St. John for Earth Day Fest at noon. See ya out there folks!
April
02
Hello everybody! Hope you’re doing just dandy. Spring is upon us (at least I think) and we couldn’t be more excited to hit the road this weekend to celebrate. How you celebrate a season? Good question dummy! We’ll be branging in Sprang the best way we know how: by cracking your musical backbones at The Rhythm and Blooms Festival in Knoxville, TN. It’s always a pleasure to be in Knoxville, and this year we’re kicking off the festival on Friday April 5th in the historic Market Square at 6:30. It’s gonna be a great time so make sure you don’t miss it! We’ll also be trekking over to Starkville, MS this Saturday to bring some funk to Zorba’s Greek Tavern. It’s been a minute since we invaded Starkville and we are looking forward to seeing old friends and making a whole bunch of new ones! That show starts at 10, bring your cow bells. Peace!
March
29
What’s happening? After tearing it up through Miami, Key West, and Destin this past week, we head home to NOLA for two killer shows! On Friday we’re at Maple Leaf Bar. Can’t wait to bring some backbone cracking music to that venerable Uptown institution. It’s always great to come back to the Leaf where anything can happen and normally does. We hit at The Maple Leaf on Friday at 10:30. On Saturday we head to The Fairgrounds for the Infield Festival at The Louisiana Derby. We’ll be kicking off at 2pm for what will be a great day of gambling, music, and horses! Our friends in Cowboy Mouth close out the festivities. Gonna be a good one, see ya at the track!
March
11
Helllllo out there! Boy it sure has been a minute. Well folks we’re hard at work putting the finishing touches on our new EP and couldn’t be more excited. Check out our media page for a little behind the scenes action of some of the process. When you’re an independent band it takes harnessing every hour for productivity in the studio because, as Einstein famously said, time is money. We are thrilled to be working with our good friend/ amazing producer Eric Heigle who’s done everything from recording Arcade Fire to scoring movies and working on HBO’s Treme. It’s a very exciting time for us and we can’t wait to drop these fresh new tunes on ya!
January
25
What’s happening? It’s been way too long since we last posted. Look around though, see any changes? We got a new website! Yes our friends over at RapJab have been working hard to give us a shiny new website. Here it is! Anyway here’s a quick recap of what’s been up: rocked out Denver and the Colorado ski towns, cracked some backbones in NYC at The Cutting Room and Brooklyn Bowl, and have been laying down new material for an upcoming EP. All in the last three weeks. 7,900 miles covered to be exact. Holla! Now for the goods! Take a look at our upcoming Mardi Gras schedule. There is something in it for everyone, including our friends in The Krewe of Erra in Chicago! Here it is: Feb. 1: Blue Nile, New Orleans. 11pm. Feb. 2: Krewe of Erra, Chicago. 9pm. Feb. 7: Prytania Bar, New Orleans. 11pm. Feb. 9: Maple Leaf Bar, New Orleans. 11pm Feb 10: Bacchus Bash, Generations Hall, New Orleans. 4pm Feb 11: Jax Brewery, New Orleans. 4pm. Feb. 11: The Boot, New Orleans. 11pm
December
14
What’s happening? After two weeks of ripping through Florida, we have returned home to bring some holiday joy to the masses. Did we mention we just got done laying down new tracks for our upcoming album, took new photos, and are updating the website? So much stuff! Fear not we will fill you in on all the details next week. Right now just focus on the holiday merriment that will be taking place Saturday Jan. 15th at Tipitina’s. Our friends in the Scorcesees will be kicking things off and then we’re gonna hit ya’ll with some candy cane flavored backbone cracking goodness. See you at Tip’s Sat.!Doors at 8, Show at 10.