Sex, Samurais, and Electro Heaven
This week New Orleans sees indie rock, indie electro, ukeleles and Baths.
This week's Milk Run looks ahead to the week in music in New Orleans, including Ariel Pink, Jake Shimubukuro, Baths and more.
[NSFW] Friday: Featherface, Leave Me Be’s, Native America, Trampoline Team, 10 p.m., Saturn Bar: A night of indie rock from around the region topped by psych pop up-and-comers from Houston. Also on Friday: Happy Talk Band, Low Cut Connie, 10 p.m., Howlin’ Wolf’s Den (tickets); Dax Riggs, 10 p.m., One Eyed Jacks (tickets); The Local Skank, Sexual Thunder, Wooden Indian Burial Ground, 10 p.m., Banks St. Bar
Saturday: Ariel Pink, Purple Pilgrims, Kirin J. Callinan, 10 p.m., Tipitina’s: Pink has inspired underground indie bands for over a decade, and while he's not as lo-fi or rag-tage as he once was, he remains beautifully idiosyncratic. (tickets) Also on Saturday: Jake Shimabukuro, 8 p.m., House of Blues (tickets); Morning 40 Federation, Little Freddie King, 10 p.m., Siberia (tickets); Black Taxi, The Breton Sound, 7 p.m., Hi Ho Lounge; Samantha Crain, Dominique LeJeune, 7:30 p.m., Old U.S. Mint; Tommy Malone CD-release party, 10 p.m., Chickie Wah Wah
Monday: Alexis & The Samurai, 8 p.m., Chickie Wah Wah: Indie-pop duo are known for their voice and violin, but Alexis Marceaux and Sam Craft are also inventive in their ability to do a lot with a little.
Wednesday: BASSIK: UnderGround feat. Baths + Houses, 10 p.m., Hi Ho Lounge: An awkwardly named night of electronic dance music with L.A.-based Baths (Will Wiesenfeld) and the duo Houses. Also on Wednesday: Major Bacon CD-release party, 10 p.m., Banks St. Bar
Thursday: Sex Party, Boyfriend, Queen Michael, DJ Tunafish, 10 p.m. Siberia: New Orleans party DJs FFFFFF and TunaFist are sure to bring the chaos Thursday night. With dubstep beats and rhymes about drugs, women, and any other taboo the name suggests, Sex Party promises a little something for anyone looking to go off the rails. Also on Thursday: Strange Roux, The Honorable South, 10 p.m., d.b.a.; Naked on the Floor, 10 p.m., Circle Bar