Shawn Donohue

6 days ago | glidemagazine.com | Shawn Donohue

The San Antonio, TX based hardcore freak-punks, Butthole Surfers, were notorious for their live shows and the band’s newest archival release, Live at the Leather Fly, does a good job capturing their mid-career, chaotic noise sound. The album is not dated or given a specific location where it was recorded, but it sounds like one complete show. Judging by the songs played it seems to have been captured around the release of their 1991 album Independent Worm Saloon.

1 week ago | glidemagazine.com | Shawn Donohue

Every year, the options for events held during the days between New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival weekends grow larger. One event that has been happening for 20 years is the Threadhead Cultural Foundation “Party” and this year’s lineup was one of the best the non-profit organization has ever offered up. Held at Deutsches Haus, not too far from The Fairgrounds, on Tuesday, April 29th, under gorgeous skies, hot, but with a constant breeze, so not stifling.

3 weeks ago | glidemagazine.com | Shawn Donohue

The newest album from Afrobeat legend Femi Kuti, Journey Through Life, finds the 62-year-old examining his past while re-recording some of his older songs and delivering a few new jams with personal lyrics.  Kuti has lived a full life, fighting against political corruption, working with Global Citizen, running The New African Shrine in Lagos with his sister Yeni, and promoting his role as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador.

4 weeks ago | glidemagazine.com | Shawn Donohue

Tunde Adebimpe’s debut solo album, Thee Black Boltz on Sub Pop, opens with the poetic spoken word title track, setting the scene. What follows is a mix of lo-fi indie rock, electro dance-ready beats, industrial banging, and 80s synth pop as Adebimpe sings about loss, love, and an uncertain future over varied backgrounds.

1 month ago | glidemagazine.com | Shawn Donohue

When the legendary Bootsy Collins releases a record, you know it will be a funky party and Album of the Year #1 Funkateer is no exception. Collins maybe 73 years old at this point, but he still plays multiple instruments and brought in a bunch of A-list friends and a few newcomers to deliver a joyous mix of hip-hop, rock, pop, and, of course, funk.