Tributes, August, and Stanhope
My Spilt Milk picks the week's highlights, including August Alsina, tributes to Weezer and Outkast, and comedian Doug Stanhope.
My Spilt Milk picks the week's highlights, including tributes to Weezer and Outkast, August Alsina, and comedian Doug Stanhope.
Tuesday: August Alsina album release party, 9 p.m., The Howlin’ Wolf: The New Orleans, Def Jam-signed hip-hop singer celebrates the release of his debut album, Testimony (tickets).
Wednesday: Noah Gundersen, Amon Jay, 8 p.m., Gasa Gasa: Lead singer of The Courage, Noah Gundersen embarks on a solo career with his debut, indie-folk album, Ledges (tickets); Also on Wednesday: Dar Williams, Kristin Diable, 8 p.m., House of Blues (tickets); Deleted Scenes, Ben Jones Band, De Lune Deluge, 10 p.m., The Circle Bar; Johnny J and The Hitmen with Derek Huston, 8 p.m., Rock ’n’ Bowl
Thursday: The Cover Set Series Presents: The Breton Sound play Pinkerton, 8 p.m., Gasa Gasa: Nearly two decades after its release, Weezer's second studio album is still making noise. Thursday night, The Breton Sound perform the record in its entirety (tickets); Also on Thursday: Umphrey’s McGee, 8 p.m., Civic Theatre (tickets)
Other Stuff:
Comedian Doug Stanhope, leader of the comedy troupe The Unbookables, takes on religion, government, and idiocy this Friday, 9 p.m., at The Howlin’ Wolf (tickets).
The SoundCLASH presents Outkast20: The Nola Tribute to Outkast (feat. E.F. Cuttin), which will cover all the hits, B-sides and remixes of the South's biggest name in hip-hop, 10 p.m., at The Howlin’ Wolf’s Den (tickets).
