Back to our irregularly scheduled look at recent local releases:
For Record Store Day on Saturday, April 21, Tank and the Bangas will release Live Vibes, the band's Verve debut (recorded at Gasa Gasa and pressed on yellow vinyl), a teaser for the band's full-length album due later this year.
the album's "Smoke.Netflix.Chill," with Tarriona "Tank" Ball's elastic vocals leading aplayful slow jams R&B take on the importance of consent, with guest appearances from DJ Rq Away and Alfred Banks. [jump] Walter "Wolfman" Washington's debut for Anti- Records, the intimate soul- and jazz-inspired My Future Is My Past, features a reliably solid lineup including production from Ben Ellman and sympathetic spots fromJon Cleary, Stanton Moore, Ivan Neville, James Singleton, David Torkanowsky and Irma Thomas, who reunites with Washington for "Even Now" - the song, like the album, puts a dramatic spotlight on Washington's powerful, underrated voice.
Washington and the Roadmasters perform an album release show 10 p.m. Saturday, April 21 at the Maple Leaf Bar.Read an interview with Washington in this week's Gambit.
On his solo mixtape, Brandon Ares of music collective Pink Room Projectswirls deep house and convulsing electronic pulses into a narcotic rave suite.
Ares performs an encore record release for Good Love 2017: Dyke at 10 p.m. Friday, April 20 at the Ace Hotel with DJ Quickwave and SG.
Over , Mardi Gras Indian funk outfit Cha Wa premiered thefirst single from Spyboy, the band's second album, due April 27. The band's self-titled single and "rallying cry" incorporates street brass band rhythms and big band funk arrangements.
Kuwaiti singer-songwriter +Aziz's multi-lingual, genre-hopping Kuwaisiana premiered"Gashxi," the first single from the band's full-length album Chapter 1, due May 18. The band writes that the brass-powered song, sung in Arabic, is about "holding/finding ground amidst uncertainty and chaos. A song about banding together. The lyrics are a response to the aftermath of intense urbanization and the role of making music as a means to endure the world spiraling out of control."
New Orleans-Los Angeles rapper Cavalier released the immersive, big-picture hip-hop album Private Stock last month, produced byIman Omariand weaving celebrations of black excellence through jazz-inspired real-world meditations. Single "Open Season" juxtaposes daily ritual as survival amid social and political chaos.
New Orleans comedian Bob Murrell celebrates the release of musical-comedy album Hey, It's Bob withhip-hop artist Kaye the Beast (whose recently screened at Indie Grits film festival) at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 21 at Hi-Ho Lounge. Read an interview with Morrell and see a performance of "Gentrify That Ass"