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Special Preorders for new Chef Menteur vinyl -- 20 slots!
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 copies available for preorder. Order on the site!

2012-01-05 15:58:43
Mermaid Lounge Reunion Nov 18-19
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!



Facebook event page for more info.


2011-11-06 20:45:45
Chef Menteur at Eiffel Society w/the Beams


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

2011-07-08 17:20:13
The New Chef Menteur Album, With Your Help


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 meet their goal in 90 days.

Read about their Kickstarter project and how you can help make it happen!

2011-05-03 16:23:12
Pontiak added to Psych Rock Show @ Siberia
We just found out this week that Pontiak has been added to the White Hills / Cloudland Canyon / Chef Menteur show on April 28. Also, here's a flyer. See Shows for more info about all the bands and venue location.

2011-04-16 13:42:57
Dr Gumbo: Balkan Dance Party
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.

2011-04-06 11:47:32
Geisterfahrer: Stained Lunar
With their new release Stained Lunar, Geisterfahrer continues its journey into darker territory. Another beautiful and haunting release.

2011-03-24 18:06:06
Chef Menteur show: Apr 28 with Cloudland Canyon and White Hills
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.

2011-03-15 18:33:57
Polymos debuts digital album
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, but decided, mostly for fun, to record full-on electric, including synthesizers, drums, and other stuff... Their self-procalimed influences only include "heavy metal" and Popol Vuh.

2011-02-21 17:29:01
Two new Archipelago albums: free download
We just put up two new digital releases from the New Orleans ambient/drone cryptoethnic collective Archipelago.

The first, entitled The Earth Moves Five Ways dates back from a recording made of a long improvised session in 2004 in an empty house in the Lower Garden District of New Orleans.

The second, called Two Fires is of more recent recordings made around the time of the band's performance last year at the Allways Lounge in the Bywater neighborhood.

Both are available as a free digitial download.

2011-01-20 15:52:53
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