https://www.backporchrevolution.com/ Tue, 15 Sep 2020 13:34:24 -0500 Ambient, Drone, Experimental, Psychedelic and Electronic Music from New Orleans en-us https://www.backporchrevolution.com/rss.xml Get it on Bandcamp. Tue, 15 Sep 2020 10:26:13 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=328&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=328&src=rss Sunrise Ocean Bender has released a 3-album Chef Menteur set on 3 CDs, called "III." Beautiful packaging, some very rare tracks, new remastering (for "Force Majeure", previously available only on cassette), and a whole album's worth of music ("North.... Sun, 19 Apr 2015 10:39:10 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=327&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=327&src=rss "Force Majeure" is the brand-new album from Chef Menteur, and it’s the follow-up to the epic double LP "East of the Sun & West of the Moon." Force Majeure was r.... Fri, 11 Jul 2014 13:24:15 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=326&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=326&src=rss "Female singers, pop songs…..GO! Being that these were the only two criteria for our mix it could've ended up being three days long, an.... Sun, 26 Jan 2014 17:44:55 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=324&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=324&src=rss Our beloved and wise mascot Sophie passed away yesterday. Pic from this past May, around the time of her 20th birthday. She and BPR were both born in 1993 in Chapel Hill, and moved to New Orleans in 1997. Fri, 13 Dec 2013 10:38:27 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=323&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=323&src=rss "What happens when a profound misunderstanding of African pop meets a profound misunderstanding of DJ Jimi. Originally released 2010; remastered 2013.... Fri, 22 Nov 2013 15:26:51 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=321&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=321&src=rss The debut EP from Myth & Measure features four tracks that incorporate electronic, drone, sludge and ambient approaches. The Pastoral Brutalism EP will appeal to.... Fri, 22 Nov 2013 15:20:26 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=319&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=319&src=rss Trey Smith extends his lead with his 6th contribution to the Desert Island DJ series: "The Rise & Fall of Debbie Downer & The Rainy Saturday.... Sun, 10 Nov 2013 14:35:04 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=317&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=317&src=rss Rediscovering his love for house music beginning in the mid-90's, Doctor Gumbo pulls together a mix of some of today's top DJs and produc.... Sat, 06 Jul 2013 12:33:32 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=316&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=316&src=rss .CitiZen.oBjeCts. captures a moment in radio time in Heidelberg by randomly recording sounds off Deustches Radio one rainy night in February 2000. .... Fri, 10 May 2013 12:33:17 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=315&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=315&src=rss We now have a Bandcamp page for Backporch Revolution Records. First up is the epic acoustic drone album recorded live inside a beer tank: .... Fri, 10 May 2013 11:42:59 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=314&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=314&src=rss Trey Smith returns with his fifth installment, this time as iconoclast: "very little of this is music you would normally hear on the podcast in general". .... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:39:45 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=312&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=312&src=rss The latest in a series of "unbearably popular" (his words, not ours) podcasts from the humble and discriminating mind of Duncan Edwards. Try to listen to this and not have "Terry Keeps His Clips On" running through your.... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:04:43 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=311&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=311&src=rss Doctor Gumbo's latest mix pulls together a collection of psychedelic cumbias, Norteña techno and dirty barrio beats from and inspired by Mexico.... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:25:38 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=310&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=310&src=rss a mix of popular artists covering other popular artists narrowed down by choosing what we considered to be "successful" cover versions in either.... Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:52:37 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=309&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=309&src=rss A tribute mix to a fallen friend... including some classic IDM, downtempo and postrock tracks from DJ Trey Smith. More details on the pag.... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:26:10 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=308&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=308&src=rss Round 3 dragged its sorry ass in late, with Duncan's technically beleaguered submission miraculously squeaking in under the door as 2012 came to a close. Another .... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 16:56:40 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=307&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=307&src=rss "Take off both of your socks and snuggle-up with your guy, gal, or whatever, and allow the magic to commence; conquer each other and your souls. Immerse yourselves in this moisty, moisty mix o.... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:10:30 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=306&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=306&src=rss Andrew Dalio returns with a mix that pays tribute to some of Brian Eno's rarer tracks that remind him of the season (autumn). Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:42:26 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=305&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=305&src=rss A good old-fashioned mix-tape style mishmash of random stuff from the .CitiZen.oBjeCts. collection... not the 'typical' sound for a number of these bands…..so there's your unification if you need one. Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:03:41 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=304&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=304&src=rss The Old Road Hog rolls into town all gassed up with a trunkload of killer R&B and soul tunes mixed in with some other classic underheard gems. Don.... Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:19:12 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=303&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=303&src=rss It's been a few months since Chef Menteur's last show, so come see them play the Circle Bar on Saturday. Opening is Whom Do You Work For?, who were recently featured as a new act to watch by the Gambit, .... Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:28:55 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=302&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=302&src=rss DJ Trey Smith's third installation in the series twists like a psychedelic ribbon of dub and space music with some even stranger bits in betwee.... Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:24:02 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=301&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=301&src=rss Geisterfahrer recorded IdylHouse EP: The Hurricane Demos on 29 August 2012 after Hurricane Isaac crawled into New Orleans, knocking out electricity for most of the city. This collection of new songs was written and recorded durin.... Sat, 22 Sep 2012 19:05:26 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=300&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=300&src=rss Our hops man in Asheville, former NOLA sonic shaman, and prolific BPR solo artist Potpie shares some of his favorite weird covers. Fri, 21 Sep 2012 08:14:47 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=299&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=299&src=rss Every desert island story or survivor season has the part where someone new drops in on the island. Our new Desert Island DJ is Snarkaluffagus— our first female selector—who brings a poppier college-rock sensibil.... Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:34:27 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=298&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=298&src=rss Doctor Gumbo returns in round two with a slammin' mix of international beats, as perfect as a Pimm's Cup for reviving yourself in the humid Aug.... Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:39:08 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=297&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=297&src=rss Perhaps a cousin of the first episode, these mellow tracks mixed by aleatoric all feature some killer keyboard playing, whether Farfisa orga.... Sat, 28 Jul 2012 22:09:30 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=296&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=296&src=rss B. Killingsworth's latest work was "Electricity Poems", which remains one of the more popular downloads on BPR. He continues his modular synth work on his latest work, "Bienville," one long piece that's essential lis.... Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:33:22 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=295&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=295&src=rss Andrew Dalio with a mix of 5 versions of Terry Riley's In C. Some playing at the same time. And stuff. It starts with the Shanghai Film Orch.... Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:29:29 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=293&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=293&src=rss Duncan Edwards returns for his second episode of the BPR Desert Island podcast. The second in the illustrious and somewhat contentious series, "Not Your .... Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:57:55 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=292&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=292&src=rss Here's the second podcast from citizen objects, continuing the 90's ambience theme with a trip into some classic shoegaze. Fri, 15 Jun 2012 11:49:29 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=291&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=291&src=rss Aquarius Records now has the new Chef Menteur LP. Just search for band "Chef Menteur" on their site. They also wrote a up a great review of the sprawling psych double album, saying it's "WAY recommended, pretty much essential listening for all you psychedelic space phreaks out there." Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:11:50 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=290&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=290&src=rss Round two of the Desert Island DJ series begins with Trey Smith's second mix, an eclectic exploration into the world of the electric piano, namely .... Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:13:10 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=289&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=289&src=rss The third in a trio of former WTUL DJs who have been cajoled into our loosely competitive podcast series, Chris Crowley slipped this Late and Inc.... Thu, 10 May 2012 22:00:52 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=288&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=288&src=rss Since the Beatles went to India, the West has been fascinated with the music of the Subcontinent. First in a series that of mixes from aleatoric (Alec Vance) that demonstrate the East's influence on the West (and vic.... Fri, 04 May 2012 16:13:41 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=287&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=287&src=rss Another former WTUL DJ, but this one prefers to remain a bit more anonymous, however. Platinum Concepts digs through his 1980's stacks to bring you .... Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:10:56 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=286&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=286&src=rss Former WTUL DJ Duncan Edwards (you know, that one with the British accent) has, after much needling and suffering, been finally coaxed to put together a DJ set. The first of his sure-to-be-many podcas.... Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:15:51 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=285&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=285&src=rss Episode 6. The Discrete Mix from Andrew Dalio features tracks from Popul Vuh, Yes, and Brians Wilson and Eno. Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:10:50 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=284&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=284&src=rss .CitiZen.oBjeCts. is B. Aubrey Freeman, long-standing double bass player for Why Are We Building Such a Big Ship? and one-half of BPR projects Geisterfahrer and Sketches of an Amorous Window. Here's his alternating.... Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:16:57 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=283&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=283&src=rss Several years in the making, Chef Menteur has released the epic tone-poem known as East of the Sun & West of the Moon, their most complete and am.... Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:58:15 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=282&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=282&src=rss Pinkysqueak (Dan Haugh) throws his hat in the ring with a mix to draw the curtains on the other side of your mind. Or something... 60s psych and pop battles with tracks from This Heat and Red Transistor. Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:30:07 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=281&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=281&src=rss The Old Road Hog likes to boogie and here he is with a killer mixtape of garage and soul including some juicy rarities and some surprising outliers. Fri, 23 Mar 2012 08:53:48 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=280&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=280&src=rss Episode 2 of our new Desert Island DJ podcast is brought to you by the veteran Doctor Gumbo with this chilled downtempo mix featuring Mazzy Star, Brian Eno, and Air. Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:53:48 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=279&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=279&src=rss We've got a slew of new disc jockeys for our 2012 podcast series "Desert Island DJs" -- Episode #1 "Deep Tunnels of Bliss and Blur" is now up courtesy of DJ Trey Smith.... Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:52:12 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=278&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=278&src=rss The official release party for Chef Menteur's new double LP will be March 31 at Siberia. You can buy the album at the show; any remaining copies (if any) of the album will be available for sale after that. Also playing will be the Lonely Lonely Knights, Microshards, and BPR compatriots Geisterfahrer. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:44:29 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=277&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=277&src=rss Reserve your copy of the new Chef Menteur 2xLP, East of the Sun & West of the Moon, which should ship in March. We are making only 20 co.... Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:58:43 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=276&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=276&src=rss Don't miss this! Chef Menteur will be playing this 16-band, 2-club, 2-day event curated by Anthony DelRosario of Turducken—come and pass a good time with us! .... Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:45:45 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=275&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=275&src=rss Chef Menteur will be playing a set in front of BLADERUNNER. The Beams open. It's free, and an early show 8pm-11pm. More info Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:20:13 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=273&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=273&src=rss East of the Sun and West of the Moon is the name of the new Chef Menteur album, due out on double LP ... that is: as long as they .... Tue, 03 May 2011 15:23:12 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=272&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=272&src=rss Sat, 16 Apr 2011 12:42:57 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=271&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=271&src=rss If there's not enough Romanian brass band jams or Ukrainian & Polish hip-hop in your life, check out Dr Gumbo's latest mix of Balkan beats. Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:47:32 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=269&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=269&src=rss With their new release Stained Lunar, Geisterfahrer continues its journey into darker territory. Another beautiful and haunting release. Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:06:06 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=268&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=268&src=rss It's been 2 years since New Orleans' long-running ambient/experimental project has played live. Opening for Kranky/Holy Mountain recording artists Cloudland Canyon and Thrill Jockey act White Hills -- two great psych rock bands. See SHOWS, above, or the Facebook event page. Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:33:57 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=267&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=267&src=rss Bright Birds Feed Right is the debut release of Dan Haugh and Andrew Dalio. Dan plays banjo, and Andrew plays bass. The two-piece almost always practices and performs acoustically, about as stripped down as it gets, .... Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:29:01 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=264&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=264&src=rss We just put up two new digital releases from the New Orleans ambient/drone cryptoethnic collective Archipelago. The first, entitled .... Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:52:53 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=263&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=263&src=rss Andrew Dalio and Dan Haugh debut as Polymos on 18 August. More information on the shows page. Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:27:57 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=262&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=262&src=rss Our free iPhone app has been updated to 2.1 and features much improved streaming reliability. Read more on the App Store. Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:17:14 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=261&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=261&src=rss Our good friend Bryan Killingsworh has released fifty-nine (59) short modular synth drones which can be found on archive.org. Pictures and links to the other recordings can be found on Bryan's blog. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:54:39 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=260&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=260&src=rss Attention college radio station managers and indie media reviewers: please send us your *official* email and snail mail address if you would like to be added to our list of outlets receiving digital promos. (Please do not send us hotmail, gmail, etc email addresses.) The contact link is at the bottom of the ABOUT page. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:45:41 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=259&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=259&src=rss The latest album from Geisterfahrer, Telegraph, is here and it could be their most beautiful recording to date. Buy it at iTune.... Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:56:13 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=258&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=258&src=rss Been watching the World Cup? Can't get enough of the droney horns in the crowd? Alec from Chef Menteur (etc) made a vuvezela-heavy remix of the USA-England World Cup game: Vuvuzela! (USA Wins 1-1 vs England) Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:41:54 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=257&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=257&src=rss Check out this review of Mike Karnowski (aka potpie)'s "Fermata": art made from brewing filter pads. (The name Fermata was also used for the Murmur disc recorded in a brewing tank.) Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:24:21 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=256&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=256&src=rss Our pal Charlie wrote this cajun honky-tonk song about the BP Oil Disaster in the gulf; we downed a lot of booze & recorded the backing track for him. Thanks to Trixie for the flddle and video production. YouTube | Facebook fan page.... Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:48:11 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=255&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=255&src=rss Now you can listen to tracks from BPR artists (selected by our robot DJ) from anywhere in the world (as long as you've got your iPhone and a decent network connection). Our brand-new iPhone app is available today for a free download. .... Mon, 19 Apr 2010 23:04:20 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=254&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=254&src=rss The deafening 3-headed doom dragon of noise/drone, King Ghidorah will be playing NoizeFest. This year's roster will include 3 current and former Chef Menteur members: Alec Vance, Dan Haugh and Bryan Killingsworth. For more info: http://www.myspace.com/noizefestnola Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:04:04 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=252&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=252&src=rss You can now download the latest album by Sketches of an Amorous Window from the iTunes Musi.... Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:26:46 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=251&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=251&src=rss On Sunday, Feb 21, Archipelago will do a couple of live songs on WTUL with DJ Kyle B. Tune in at 12 noon CST at 91.5fm in New Orleans or listen on the internet at wtulneworleans.com. Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:16:47 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=250&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=250&src=rss Sorry for the late notice! More info here. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:02:40 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=249&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=249&src=rss from alec's blog: Sinewave workshop 1.0.7., a standalone drone machine for Mac OS X and Max/MSP. Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:02:34 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=248&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=248&src=rss A Geisterfahrer side project, Sketches of an Amorous Window has Aubrey and Shea taking a detour in.... Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:53:34 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=247&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=247&src=rss Just got word of two really nice reviews of the beautiful debut by Becca Rice: Offbeat says "Becca .... Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:05:18 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=245&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=245&src=rss Geisterfahrer has finished recording and mixing their latest album "Telegraph". Amazing stuff, if you liked "The Quiet Failings Of..." you will be very happy about "Telegraph". Stay tuned for the release date. Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:06:47 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=244&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=244&src=rss Archipelago, Backporch Revolution's free folk / drone ensemble will be opening for guitar stylist/virtuoso and world traveler Sir Richard Bishop (of the legendary Sun City Girls) who is playing with a full band for the first time, and Oakland outfit Oaxacan. The venue was previously.... Tue, 26 May 2009 16:04:56 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=243&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=243&src=rss For the first time ever, the whole 2005 debut album by King Ghidorah is available for free download; a monolithic slab of heavy HEAVY drone for fans of Boris, Earth, Sunn O))), Khanate .... Sun, 10 May 2009 13:19:00 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=242&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=242&src=rss Finally, you can get the CD-R for the Liteworks 2009 Tour EP here, now too. Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:47:44 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=241&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=241&src=rss Also, at the same time we have another new one! Pinkysqueak's second disc is chock-full of eclectic goodies from the world of Dan Haugh. Many of these tracks originally appeared on D.... Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:21:25 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=240&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=240&src=rss Chef Menteur unapologetically shows its space rock side in this collection of live (no editing or overdubs) recordings from rehearsals for shows in 2008. This album also serves a teaser for the new material that.... Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:45:44 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=239&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=239&src=rss We're trying something new. In order to download any of the free mp3s on the site, we're asking that you sign up for our email newsletter. If you are already on the list, you'll need to re-enter your email address so that you can give yourself a password. Make sure you click the confirmation email then download away! Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:24:20 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=238&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=238&src=rss Thanks to all that came to the expo on Saturday. Three new CD-R releases made their debut at the show: "Excavation: Live Recordings 2008" by Chef Menteur, "Special Feelings" by PinkySqueak, and "2009 Tour EP" by Liteworks. More info on those releases here soon. Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:51:27 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=237&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=237&src=rss THE ALTERNATIVE MEDIA EXPO '09 is scheduled for Saturday, March 21st 2009. We return to the warehouse inside the Contemporary Arts Center at 900 Camp St., in the New Orleans CBD. Backporch Revolution will have a table with some very limited edition rarities. Also, come to the after-party and catch the Buttons and Balzac! See the shows page for more info, or alternativemediaexpo.com Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:42:35 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=236&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=236&src=rss Sadly, New Orleans has lost another cultural icon, on Mardi Gras day itself no less. More here. Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:25:15 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=235&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=235&src=rss Chef Menteur will be playing on March 14th for the WTUL 50th anniversary Marathon festivities. More info to come. Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:34:51 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=234&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=234&src=rss glad to see someone has the courage. Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:09:24 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=233&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=233&src=rss A while back, Max Planck Researcher Patryk Galuszka contacted us and other netlabels; he has now presented his findings. Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:31:28 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=232&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=232&src=rss Brand new Liteworks "tour" EP for this Wednesday's show contains two songs recorded during rehearsals for their 2009 World Tour (Circle Bar, Wed Jan 14, 10pm; see Shows for more in.... Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:09:35 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=230&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=230&src=rss The latest offering from our man in Asheville is actually a split EP between potpie and his robot double Krzysztof. Each contributes a single long track inspired by bluegrass music. po.... Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:15:22 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=231&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=231&src=rss .... Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:23:53 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=229&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=229&src=rss Get it! Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:45:38 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=227&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=227&src=rss If you're in New Orleans, stop by More Fun Comics (8200 Oak Street)--they now carry a wide range of Backporch Revolution releases, including the last 2 Chef Menteur albums, Time Promises Power's "Tomorrow Grieves Today", potpie's "Classics", Murmur's "Fermata", and The Quiet Failings of Geisterfahrer. All releases are only $10! Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:13:13 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=226&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=226&src=rss Shinola's songs are now available exclusively through CyTunes, a just-launched site to raise money for brain tumor cancer research. CyTunes is named after Cy Rawls, an ardent supporter of the North Carolina music scene (where BPR was founded) who recently passed away after battling a brain tumor. Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:27:26 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=225&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=225&src=rss For those who doubted that the Army Corps of Engineers—the Federal civilian branch who designed and maintained the levees, and who have already admitted that it was their faulty designs that caused the greatest natural man-made disaster in American history—hold the welfare of the citizens of New Orleans in contempt, .... Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:29:41 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=223&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=223&src=rss Geisterfahrer is the mysterious name of a brilliant unsung New Orleans ambient/drone duo consisting of the ver.... Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:49:28 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=222&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=222&src=rss help us get the word out — call your local college radio station and request a song from Becca Rice's debut. Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:39:36 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=221&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=221&src=rss dr gumbo (aka Tyrconnell) brings the hello Obama, good riddance Bush noise in a new podcast episode. B.... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:30:58 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=220&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=220&src=rss Chances are good you either like nice photos or groovy music. Maybe both. In any case, you're in luck. Check out Dan's new blog in which you can see the photo of the day and download the Pinkysqueak MP3 of the week. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:47:25 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=219&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=219&src=rss Buttons are playing a free event in the Bywater (New Orleans) at midnight on 1 November. See the shows page for more info. Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:19:18 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=218&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=218&src=rss Becca Rice is playing in Rock Island, Ill. on Oct. 21st. See the shows page for more info. Congrats to Becca on winning the silver medal at Saturday's regatta, and the success of her new record. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:13:33 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=217&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=217&src=rss Becca Rice debut CD is here. Thanks to everyone who wrote us and waited patiently for this release. The seven songs on this disc make for an lovely autumn soundtrack, and if you.... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:34:02 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=216&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=216&src=rss More delays than potpie's pedalboard have had the effect of pushing back the release date on the Becca Rice mini-album, but it's officially gone into production (UPDATE: on its way from the factory) now. The damn dog days of summer over and a couple of hurricanes past, we're back on track. Look for .... Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:11:00 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=215&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=215&src=rss Banksy proves the case vs the Grey Ghost once and for all. See also: "Fuck You Grey Ghost" by Time Promises Power. Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:07:26 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=213&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=213&src=rss a very cool site, indeed. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:58:32 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=212&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=212&src=rss read the review by duncan edwards here. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:42:09 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=211&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=211&src=rss A blog that takes no prisoners written by former Antigravity writer and current Magnet writer Noah Bonaparte Pais: http://blogofneworleans.com/blog/author/noah-bonaparte-pais/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:10:24 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=209&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=209&src=rss The Potluck Audio Convention (formerly TapeOp Con) comes to New Orleans this weekend (Fri-Sun, June 6-8) and on the first night of the show at the Dragon's Den local bands A Living Soundtrack and Chef Menteur are playing with out-of-towners Douglas Ferguson (Austin dronescaper), Rat Bastard (noise), and Jon Cohrs aka splnlss (Brooklyn). For more info, see the shows page. Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:09:59 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=208&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=208&src=rss Saturday, May 31st from 8:00 - 10:00 PM @ McKeown's (NOLA) featuring local musicians: B. Killingsworth, Trey Smith, Austen Travis. More info. Fri, 23 May 2008 14:53:07 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=207&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=207&src=rss We're really (really, really, really) excited about this upcoming release, so we're offering a FREE preview MP3 (.... Wed, 21 May 2008 13:17:22 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=204&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=204&src=rss from Joe at small doses: "five tracks of incredible sinewave generator improvisations. no computers. no editing. it's pretty amazing stuff by Mike Karnowski, who often works under the name Potpie.... He took inspiration from the likes of Jajouka, Konono #1, and Terry Riley and churned out some complex and mesm.... Fri, 09 May 2008 10:44:24 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=203&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=203&src=rss Pinkysqueak —a.k.a. Dan Haugh of Chef Menteur and Time Promises Power —will be debuting the danjo at today's Noizefest '08 (not to be confused with previous year's N.O.I.S.E. festivals) here in New Orleans. Check the shows page for more info! Sat, 03 May 2008 12:14:10 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=202&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=202&src=rss Two new releases by doomdragondrone trio King Ghidorah are now available for your downloading pleasure. We made them both in ultra-super-low rare limited editions for sale at the recent Antigravity convention, and of course they're sold out, but you can download the music for free. The new release by potpie is out as well... his last recording before leaving New Orleans. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:40:14 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=201&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=201&src=rss The new EP from Liteworks—the solo project of keyboard maestro Mike Mayfield—features some more great synthesizer sounds, analog drum mach.... Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:55:41 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=200&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=200&src=rss Army Corps of Engineers cover-up in collusion with the American Society of Engineers. Your taxpayer dollar at work! American government: No accountability, W-style. Heck of a job! Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:51:16 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=199&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=199&src=rss If you missed a chance to get a copy of the critically acclaimed 2006 Backporch Revolution compilation Proud to Swim Home now is your chance. We've been out for over a year but we've got a small supply of 30 discs back from our distributor. Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:16:49 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=198&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=198&src=rss You can now download the whole Buttons album here. Sun, 02 Mar 2008 10:50:19 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=197&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=197&src=rss Thanks to everyone who came by our booth at last Saturday's expo, especially those that bought discs. We had several new releases come out that day, including the new one by Liteworks, and two King Ghidorah discs. More information about those releases will be on the site very soon. Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:25:32 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=196&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=196&src=rss We'll be at the Alternative Media Expo run by Leo McGovern of Antigravity this Saturday (noon-7pm) at the Contemporary Art Center (CAC) in New Orleans with as many discs as we've ever had on stock before. Some of these are one-time repressings, some are extremely rare and are down to the last copy, some will be brand new or otherwise unavailable -- in other words, SHOW ONLY materials! More info.... Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:51:22 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=195&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=195&src=rss Murmur's Fermata: The Dixie Brewery Fermentation Tank Session is back in stock by mailorder from us. This is likely to be the last repressing of the CD so get it while you still can. Also both this CD and Archipelago's Images of Popu.... Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:24:24 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=194&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=194&src=rss our sometime would-be guru, self-appointed king of drone, ambiguously noise-hating, priest-loving pal, sir michael of the karnows, known to brewers as elvis, to drinkers as pizzle, and to local music goers as potpie, or more commonly "that guy who plays that one note song for 30 minutes and drives the whole crowd outside" has decided that there weren't enough hippies for his tastes here in new orl.... Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:38:08 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=193&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=193&src=rss We've ordered 100 more of Murmur's Fermata: The Dixie Brewery Fermentation Tank Session. It won't be here till the end of February, but you can pre-order your copy through us or Aquarius Records. Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:27:38 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=192&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=192&src=rss The Mugulasha Soundsystem's second exclusive podcast for Backporch Revolution is a love letter to the wildly beautiful music of Brazil. Comprised mostly of Tropicalia, Bossa Nov.... Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:23:06 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=191&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=191&src=rss a role model for rad d00dz? you be the judge: brian tunney at defgrip Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:34:50 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=190&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=190&src=rss Murmur's Fermata: The Dixie Brewery Fermentation Tank Session is now available at Aquarius Records in SF, by mailorder on their site. Also check the groovy blurb! Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:52:28 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=189&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=189&src=rss We've sold out of both the new Archipelago (limited edition of 50) and Murmur (limited to 100) discs, however you can still get them at Autumn Wind, and there will be a handful of the Murmur discs available at Aquarius soon. Fri, 28 Dec 2007 12:48:52 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=188&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=188&src=rss Archipelago's Images of Popular Deities makes the 2007 "eureka!" list at tinymixtapes. Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:33:37 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=186&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=186&src=rss catch this show this saturday dec. 15 at mckeown's. see the shows page for more info. Numbers on the Mast is our good friend and collaborator trey smith's band from austin. Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:15:45 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=185&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=185&src=rss You can now also get The Answer's in Forgetting online via iTunes. Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:44:40 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=184&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=184&src=rss [excerpt] Since Chef Menteur was last seen playing live as a loud trio, it’s no surprise that new, hard-hitting drummer Dan Haugh has brought a more solid, cohesive, and cymbal-oriented noise wash to the album.... Forgetting sounds cleaner, more streamlined and grounded than the previous album... The songs act as journeys and escapes, and I suggest turning out the lights for full effect. We.... Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:20:42 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=183&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=183&src=rss You can get it here... as well as download the free mp3. Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:41:46 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=182&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=182&src=rss Autumn Wind Productions is carrying the latest Murmur and Archipelago CDs. San Francisco's infamous Aquarius Records will have Murmur's Fermata in stock soon. Also thanks to Joe at .... Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:07:25 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=181&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=181&src=rss "Trebuchet", the first song from "The Answer's In Forgetting" is available for a limited time as a free download, a week before the album's release on Nov. 27. Get it here Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:59:34 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=179&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=179&src=rss Here's some happening news for you hippies. "Space rock combo" Chef Menteur has a new album coming out. It's called THE ANSWER'S IN FORGETTING and we're psyched (like psychedelic, man) to release it on the popular compact disc format on November 27th, commemorating the anniversary of Gerald Ford's stumbling into the role of vice president in 1973. This way-out, nine-song collection of music.... Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:15:20 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=178&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=178&src=rss Not surprisingly, the initial ultra-limited run of hand-made cd-rs are gone (we made less than 20), and being so well received with drone/experiemental listeners, we have available the first pressing run of 100 cd's which are now available. UPDATE: we have a very limited quantity of these left. Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:14:37 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=176&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=176&src=rss Uptown Cajun All-stars video on YouTube Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:04:10 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=174&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=174&src=rss This is the release dronologists have been waiting for. The two-year old tape from this legendary session inside a fermentation tank in the old Dixie Brewery (now ruined by Hurrica.... Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:40:05 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=173&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=173&src=rss As usual, it's been a slow-ish summer for shows in New Orleans, but secretive acoustic drone cult Murmur will be performing at the Circle Bar this Thursday and is rumoured to be bringing the highly anticipated release of their legendary "Fermata" recording session taped live in an empty beer fermentation tank at the .... Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:56:47 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=172&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=172&src=rss See! Acadian assault team the Uptown Cajun All-stars and many of the other faces behind the madness... we've now added a photo section for each artist. Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:43:01 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=171&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=171&src=rss New podcast: Bastille Day mix of chansons en français. Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:19:49 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=170&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=170&src=rss see the podcast page for more info. Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:14:21 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=169&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=169&src=rss We got a request for this classic drone/bluegrass disc from an WFMU listener. Since it's out of print, we just uploaded it and made the whole thing a free download. Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:12:58 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=168&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=168&src=rss Mike Mayfield will be up early among the many DJ's spinning at the Big Top this Friday, June 8. Check the shows page for more info. Get there before 10 to see Mike and get in free. Wed, 06 Jun 2007 18:00:12 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=167&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=167&src=rss On Sat. May 19, our resident podcaster DJ Tyrconnell will be once again delivering the sounds for the Big Easy Rollergirls' bout against the visiting Memphis all-star team. Thu, 17 May 2007 20:38:07 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=166&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=166&src=rss If you are interested in subscribing to NOISE, a new experimental/indie music/arts/food/culture discussion list for New Orleans please sign up for our announcements list at the bottom of the page and our mailbot will send you a link to the info/subscription page. Tue, 15 May 2007 09:19:14 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=165&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=165&src=rss Gabe Pickard (bass, Shatner; cello, Archipelago) puts together this premiere experimental dance event in New Orlea.... Thu, 10 May 2007 13:35:58 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=164&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=164&src=rss Two new things for 4/20: PinkySqueak gets ambient with FOURTWOQ... ... and Tyrconnell drops a new DJ mix.... Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:20:00 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=163&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=163&src=rss This Sunday when you go see our own local lovely ladies spin their wheels in the championship skate-off in Algiers, you will also get to hear BpR podcaster Tyrconnell (aka Dylan O'Donnell) spin his wheels of steel. Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:27:00 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=162&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=162&src=rss Since returning from the exile from the ACOEMEMMD (Army Corps of Engineers Mis-Engineered Man Made Disaster formerly known as Hurricane Katrina), a super-secret sip-and-slurp society of music and mixers has met on the uh, back porch, and has quite regularly, in irregular fashion, fashioned mixes .... Tue, 03 Apr 2007 15:28:47 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=161&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=161&src=rss Tyrconnell brings another mix to massage your ears with the second installment of the La Concha Cocktail series. Beginning with several strings-enhanced sounds for jet-setters and headphonauts alike, the Cocktail gets an extra shot .... Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:24:22 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=159&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=159&src=rss Thanks to all who came to N.O.I.S.E. this past weekend; here are some photos from the event courtesy of Court, Mike M. and Dan. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:18:03 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=157&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=157&src=rss The improvisational free folk mystery cult Archipelago has finally allowed one of its many recordings to be released. Ima.... Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:20:27 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=156&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=156&src=rss The Mugulasha Soundsystem is our newest podcast selector and today we've got the DJ duo's first mix, a pulsating variety of African grooves from across borders and eras. Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:12:53 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=155&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=155&src=rss New Tyrconnell podcast episode: La Concha Cocktail Volume 01 finds Tyrconnell back in familiar territory: downtempo, organic beats from across the globe. Throw in a rasta-fried cover of "Karma Police" and.... Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:33:08 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=154&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=154&src=rss We hope you had a happy Carnival season, which ended yesterday with Mardi Gras of course. If you celebrated sufficiently you should feel pretty happily worn out, and ready to get back to less colorful matters. Here's something you can do instead of putting that dumb ash on your forehead—watch Chef Menteur's live version of "War Pigs" from the 6/6/6 show (with help from "W"), .... Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:34:15 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=153&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=153&src=rss Our good friend Dylan O'Donnell, known for his turntable exploits in Rome as well as here in New Orleans today brings us the first .... Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:19:59 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=152&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=152&src=rss When you hear those words together, you know what's up. The PinkySqueak debut LP is here. Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:49:36 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=151&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=151&src=rss PinkySqueak, known by the IRS as Daniel J. Haugh, has officially released his first Extended-Play recording. It rules, and you should download it from this site. Oh, and check out the totally awesome artwork, too. Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:36:08 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=149&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=149&src=rss The killing in New Orleans is out of control; last week it surpassed Iraq. Thursday, the leader of local band The Troublemakers' leader and doctor Paul Gailiundas and his wife filmmaker Helen Hill were shot; Helen died on the scene. Paul was shot three times but is expected to recover. See .... Sat, 06 Jan 2007 12:52:09 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=148&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=148&src=rss By popular demand, we're now offering the original Proud To Swim Home stickers again. Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:03:55 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=147&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=147&src=rss Proud to Swim Home: released today (Nov 14). We're out of copies here, but you can find it in finer record stores and Amazon.com. Mon, 13 Nov 2006 23:00:00 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=146&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=146&src=rss You've seen sound represented by equalizers and digital screen savers, but what might sound really look like? Our man Bryan worked up a little experiment with his Doepfler analog synth, a bowl, a sheet of plastic and a laser pointer and captured it on video for his .... Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:22:50 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=145&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=145&src=rss The excellent solo debut Electricity Poems, Vol I. & II by analog alchemist B. Killingsworth is here. For fans of modular synthesis and minimal experimentalism. A free download! Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:51:22 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=143&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=143&src=rss Now available in New Orleans at Louisiana Music Factory, The Mushroom, and McKeown's Books. Officially available Nov 14 in fine record stores nationwide and beyond.... or you can .... Thu, 14 Sep 2006 15:12:30 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=142&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=142&src=rss Sorry folks, as usual the limited edition of potpie's latest release has sold out. You can still get the song "Blues for the Lower 9", which has been called the centerpiece of the album, on the Proud to Swim Home compilation. Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:06:33 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=141&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=141&src=rss Our new compilation "Proud To Swim Home" will be released on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. On the same night, to celebrate / mourn / exorcise in typical New Orleans fashion we will be .... Mon, 28 Aug 2006 23:00:00 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=136&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=136&src=rss Backporch Revolution will be exhibiting at the Antigravity Alternative Media Expo on Saturday August 19th (4-10pm at the Howlin' Wolf). We'll have stickers, CDs, limited edition CD-Rs, T-shirts and special limited prelease copies of the new Proud to Swim Home album for sale. Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:16:51 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=138&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=138&src=rss Perhaps it's appropriate that today, July 20th, is the release date of the first Liteworks album, as it's the anniversary of the Moon Landing. Mike Mayfield (the Buttons, Electrical Spectacle, Chef Menteur) .... Thu, 20 Jul 2006 20:55:51 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=137&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=137&src=rss We just finished mastering the Backporch Revolution Proud to Swim Home compilation and it sounds awesome, in our humble collective opinion. John Fischbach worked his usual terrific magic—and in this case particulary difficult magic as there were many disparate artists with different sounds. We've decided on a rele.... Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:05:39 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=135&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=135&src=rss Big Hair Productions in association with Backporch Revolution Present... Tuesday Bloody Tuesday: an evening of Black Sabbath covers with Backporch Revolution artists Chef Menteur, Electrical Spectacle, and Shatner plus special guests Johnathan Freilich and the Dar.... Fri, 26 May 2006 11:20:32 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=133&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=133&src=rss The prolific potpie has released his first post-K album, Waterline, and we think, his best ever, encompassing more fully than ever before the depth and breadth of his textured/layered drone approach. For a limited edition of 50 (get them while you can!), each cover was hand-dipped to resemble a sight familiar to so many New Orleanians: the rusty, stained lines on the side of each house mark.... Wed, 03 May 2006 12:42:24 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=132&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=132&src=rss We've been holding back, but since the very same day (the same day the levees broke, days after that Hurricane) that Dan coined the phrase "Proud to Swim Home" for the (almost insanely) popular bumperstickers we've been selling for charity at proudtoswimhome.com, we also decided to release a compilation on the label with the same name. .... Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:14:45 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=130&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=130&src=rss The Wire magazine (Issue #265, March 2006, print only) from the UK wrote up Chef Menteur's latest album, with words like "epic, rolling quality" and "shimmering, lush.... wonderous space rock ambience." Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:10:11 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=129&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=129&src=rss This time it's official. Chef Menteur will be playing the Circle Bar on Tuesday, April 25. See the SHOWS page for more details. Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:14:02 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=126&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=126&src=rss Time Promises Power is back from their record release show (and debut performance) with FCS North, Scientific American, et al in Seattle... many thanks to the massmvmnt crew for their support in getting this album made. The new album Tomorrow.... Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:58:43 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=128&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=128&src=rss Backporch Revolution is proud to announce the release of the second Time Promises Power album (an actual CD, this time). This will be a co-release with MassMvmnt, who will also be distributing the album to North America, Europe, Japan, and beyond, as well as arranging for single and remix releases from MassMvmnt artists. A joint release par.... Mon, 13 Mar 2006 17:16:04 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=127&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=127&src=rss Click the BPR RADIO link at the top right of any page and you'll still be streaming a random playlist of the best backporchrevolution tracks, but now you can also play all available mp3 tracks by an artist, all tracks from an album, or just one song at a time — even from songs that aren't available for download. Go to an artist or release page and click "play" or "play all tracks". Tue, 07 Mar 2006 16:41:24 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=125&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=125&src=rss hope your Mardi Gras was as good as Christy's! Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:00:00 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=122&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=122&src=rss Check the SHOWS page for 3 new shows this month featuring Shatner, the Buttons, Archipelago and potpie. Not bad for the shortest month of the year. Tue, 07 Feb 2006 00:29:54 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=121&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=121&src=rss Our favorite New Orleans radio station (by far) is WTUL. This year the challenges facing the nonprofit station are immense; in addition to the usual annual fundraising needs, 'TUL has been forced to temporarily operate out of a local coffee shop due to Hurricane Katrina (that bitch). Backporch Revolution has 3 artists who will be appearing on t.... Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:12:02 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=120&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=120&src=rss The second Time Promises Power album, Tomorrow Grieves Today, has been completed. It will be a split release with Mass Mvmnt, who will also be releasing a 12" single of one of the tracks! Look for it early 2006. Mon, 19 Dec 2005 11:49:59 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=118&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=118&src=rss backporch revolution recording artists The Bastard Sons of Morton Subotnick (CM collaborators potpie and Bryan Killingsworth) is playing the Circle Bar with Anton (Electrical Spectacle) and Conner (WTUL dj) on Nov. 27th. Conner will be debuting his invention MIDIDEXTROUS, which is his glove-based midi controller/interface and using it to perform a experimental electronic set. Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:20:32 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=117&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=117&src=rss Chef Menteur side project Oulabe Mingo will play their debut show at the Howlin' Wolf (new location) on Saturday, Nov. 19. (10pm) -- 3/4 of CM plus Dan H. on drums and the ubiquitous potpie. Heavier, space/punk rock a la Acid Mothers, Hawkwind, Sabbath, gy!be. Half-CM, Half-Shatner, Half-godheadSilo. Sat, 19 Nov 2005 00:01:40 -0600 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=116&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=116&src=rss ProudToSwimHome.com presents the first set of trading cards. Set one includes cards of Mayor Ray Nagin and Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco. Really nice designs by BpR designer Dan Haugh! Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:13:50 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=115&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=115&src=rss Chef Menteur will be doing an improv set at the Circle Bar on Thursday, Oct. 20. See the Chef Menteur site for details. Mon, 17 Oct 2005 11:58:41 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=114&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=114&src=rss We're back in New Orleans and our inventory survived Katrina and Rita completely, so you can now place orders through the web site again! Please allow us 2 weeks for shipping, as we're a bit disorganized at the moment. Mon, 17 Oct 2005 11:56:36 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=113&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=113&src=rss Spread the good word and help rebuild our city! Don't listen to those negative jerks who say that New Orleans can't, won't or shouldn't come back. New Orleans is our home, and the greatest city on earth, and neither of those things is going .... Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:00:43 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=112&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=112&src=rss Backporch Revolution being New Orleans-based is in exile and on hiatus. Everyone in the group got out and is safe, but the future is unknown.... The web server is not in New Orleans so feel free to browse and download free stuff -- but ordering actual records is suspended for the time being, possibly forever. Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:32:34 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=111&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=111&src=rss Click on the new BPR RADIO link, above. You'll be glad you did! Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:02:42 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=110&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=110&src=rss Sad news for the world, a great man has passed into the outer spheres. His passion for sound and electronics will continue to oscillate through the music his inventions enabled. Mon, 22 Aug 2005 13:25:53 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=109&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=109&src=rss ... at Live New Orleans dot com: "Still, hearing that the Hi-Ho, of all places, told a group to turn down is a good impetus to see that band. The incident was evidence that King Ghidorah might actually be the heaviest band in New Orleans. You're gonna have to pry that title out of their dead hands, now." Wed, 17 Aug 2005 15:54:47 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=108&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=108&src=rss It's official: the Hi Ho is no longer a place for bands to play. Each member of King Ghidorah was demanded to turn down twice by the management of the formerly almost-anything-goes Hi Ho Lounge. If you can't play loud at a shitty punk rock club in laissez-faire N.O., what's the fucking point? Tue, 16 Aug 2005 11:56:18 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=107&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=107&src=rss The August issue of Antigravity Magazine contains a 2-page exposé on the Backporch Revolution mind control collective and backporchrevolution.com. Perhaps our intents have been made too clear. Is the time right to reveal ourselves? You be the judge. Pick up a copy at your local beering or coffeeing hole. (One slight corre.... Thu, 11 Aug 2005 11:42:48 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=104&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=104&src=rss That's WELCOME for you Freedom Friers — as in "Bienvenue à la Louisiane," which is the sign you see driving on the highway crossing the borders into this boot-shaped state that hangs like a limp bizkit into the Gulf of Mexicorn and roughly translates to "You just got sucked into the state ranking #49 of 50 on just about every poll (thank god for Mississippi!)." As I was saying, welcome commies,.... Sun, 31 Jul 2005 23:00:00 -0500 https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=106&src=rss https://www.backporchrevolution.com/news_item.php?id=106&src=rss