Chef Menteur will be playing first this time, at around 9PM, again at the Holy Diver, one of our favorite places to play our present version of garage-psych-drone (post-)rock. We will be followed by Caldwell, which is the solo project of Kevan Caldwell (formerly of the Planchettes), with a full band presenting some lovely retro-inspired tunes of his own, and Get Dressed who are also from New Orleans, and will appeal to fans of 80s-90s indie punk.
Doors are at 8PM, and the cover charge is $10. Ages 21 and over. Address: 1200 St. Bernard Ave., New Orleans.
Chef Menteur returns to Carrollton Station in New Orleans on Thursday, December 11, 2025, joined by Fantasy Non Fiction and Bright Cloud. Doors at 8pm. $10 cover.
After 9 months of more shows than we’ve probably ever done in a row, we took a long summer break from playing live. Although we have continued to work on recordings for the new album, the usual New Orleans summer doldrums still worked its magic on us.
But now we are back, with 4 other bands, at the Okay Bar, Friday October 17, 2025. We will be playing 2nd, and the show will start around 7 or 7:30pm, so a good one for you early-to-bed types to come out to.
Address: 1700 Port St, New Orleans, LA 70117
$10.
NOTE: Despite the flyer, Ben & DC are not able to play this event.
We are playing this Friday May 23 at the Holy Diver with Josh Nagel’s (Luxurious Faux Furs) new side project Nite Nurse and the always wonderful and psychedelic Shining Fields.
Come get your minds blown… Likely our last show until fall comes around again.
Come see us (early, 3:45pm sharp!) at the Broadside this Sunday (13 October 2024). Tons of bands, including many of our old comrades from the good old days at the illustrious Mermaid Lounge.
It’s also a fundraiser for the live-saving New Orleans Musicians’ Clinic.
Chef Menteur with Good Sugar and The Stacks at Circle Bar, Saturday, January 4, 2020
A band, inevitably called “Chef Menteur” is playing Sat Jan 4 at the Circle Bar. It’s the first time this name has been used for a live performance since the December 2016 Mermaid Reunion Festival at the Truck Farm. Our distinguished ancient comrade Court Batson (who played mandolin on a few tracks and in Archipelago and the Gin Friday String Band) joins on the bass guitar. We’ll be doing some more primitive, soulful 2-chord jams— stepping back in time from complex progressive rock arrangements towards a more droney psychedelic aesthetic, but with just guitar, bass, organ and drums instead of layers of bests, samples and synths.
A tight little outfit called Good Sugar will be debuting. We know they are very good because they practice next door. They are doing a 70’s jazz rock type thing in the vein of Vulfpeck or Steely Dan.
Another band that’s playing is called the Stacks. They are the Stacks of David Rhoden from New Orleans, not the other bands or shops you might have heard of. The last time a band called Chef Menteur played with a David Rhoden band was before the levees broke, but we run into Dave often around town. It’s for the people that like to rock and/or roll.
