Press
"New Orleans indie rock bands will let their freak flags fly at three different venues citywide for the second installment of NOLA Indie Rock Fest this upcoming weekend. After a successful first stab this past October, the New Orleans Indie Rock Collective has planned another three-day showcase of local indie talent...Even a little quintessential lagniappe finds its way into this locally produced event: ROBOTS ARE MEAN features two songs from eight of the aforementioned indie groups and will be given out for free to all NOLA Indie Rock Fest attendees."
"...[There is] cause for hope in the development of the New Orleans Indie Rock [Collective]. The [collective] of bands, club bookers and supporters emerge from Loyola University's music program, and it organized a three-night festival of local indie bands and put out a compilation of New Orleans indie rock..."
"Showcasing some of New Orleans' premiere indie rock bands at some of New Orleans finest venues. The festival is set to unite the local indie rock community over three nights at three venues. Ten bands will perform, delivering a single display of the New Orleans indie rock community as it is today."
"Today, to even my surprise, not only does (the New Orleans indie rock) scene
exist, it has a well-organized collective looking after its welfare with the tenacity of
a Washington lobby."
"As far as scene-builders go, (the Rock Beats Paper sampler) — along with its parent collective’s newborn festival — may just prove to be the mortar we’ve been missing."
"Well, there’s something new brewing down here in the delta, and the New Orleans Indie Rock Collective is busy stirring up the pot. The NOIRC is a one-of-a-kind, grass organization that fosters the development of and creates awareness about the burgeoning NOLA indie music scene. And they actually get [things] done..."
Click here for the Maroon's coverage of the NOLA Indie Rock Fest.
"The NOLA Indie Rock Fest is a 3 day "not-for-the-faint-of-heart, hear-it-first-before-you-gotta-pay-a-fify, rock your socks off-kind of fest starting tonight that is definitely worth the minor Hamilton you gotta lay down for an all-weekend pass."
"Fortunately, the ambition is matched with a fair degree of musical seriousness and sense, so even the most out piece by the Other Planets -the Zappa-esque "Will You Adhere?" - has a measure of musically rewarding dimension and pop sense (Rock Beats Paper sampler)." - OffBeat November 2008
Click here to read, "A Little Help" article on the NOIR Collective in the October 2008 issue of OffBeat.
