Come out and support your local rock scene! $10 at the door/21+

9PM SHOWTIME!! @holydiverneworleans

ANTAGONIZOR metal/punk from Gainesville, FL

TERATOMA metal/horror from Ocean Spring, MS

PYRATE trad neo metal from New Orleans

Doors at 8pm / Show at 9pm/ $10 cover at the door / 21+ w/ ID

CHRIS'S KITCHEN plays local Hardcore legends SHELL SHOCK material for a real treat you don't wanna miss! Joined by sunrise:sunset and SO AWFUL.

$10 AT THE DOOR//21+//@HOLYDIVERNEWORLEANS

DOORS AT 8PM

Only $10 at the door for PSYCH PUNK GOTH NIGHT at HOLY DIVER! Doors at 8PM/21+

Ill Funeral (metal/punk from one of the members of the Ayakashi Crew)

All In The Family (psych/goth/punk with Isidore from Dash Rip Rock and Dummy Dumpster)

KJ Valium (touring electronic artist from AZ, kind of like Industrial vaporwave)

LUNDI GRAS at HOLY DIVER!! 🎡 This is gonna be a good one!! 🎉 LORETTE VELVETTE with MICHAEL HURTT AND THE NEW ORLEANS NIGHT HOWLERS, ROCKIN' DON WAYNE and special guest DJ MATTY! Doors at 8PM / $15 / 21+ @holydiverneworleans

Until this past October, Lorette Velvette had not played in New Orleans since the late eighties when her mesmerizing Memphis rock 'n' roll band the Hellcats scorched the city with a still-talked about appearance with Tav Falco's Panther Burns. Since then, she's become an otherworldy chanteuse of Southern song, her deeply Delta-inflected style ignited by trailblazers like hill country blues guitarist Jessie Mae Hemphill and Moon Records' rockabilly maven Cordell Jackson. Like a 21st Century Bobbie Gentry, her music is rooted in the vaguely familiar, yet defies simple categorization, with myriads of blues, country and gospel tributaries running through its strikingly soulful rock 'n' roll spirit. Be sure to burn this upcoming Lundi Gras appearance into your brains and calendars!!

FOLLOWING THE MUSES PARADE /10PM/ $8 ADV 21+

Ari Blaisdell and Matt Jones are System Exclusive: a Pasadena based two piece band bearing an armful of mini synths, making heart-throbbing capital P pop cut with more than a hint of post-punk. Blaisdell’s vocals hearken back to openhearted 80’s hitmakers unafraid to quaver in the name of love, and they’re buoyed by Jones’ laser-gridded synth concoctions and heavy hand on the ones and twos.

Nite Nurse is a quartet of New Orleans rock n roll malcontents, including members of Il Gruppo Fr and Luxurious Faux Furs. They have problems, and they have songs about problems.

9pm doors / $12 / FUCK YEAH

Rock n Roll supergroup, THE GNARLTONES, featuring Dave Catching from Eagles of Death Metal & Queens of the Stone Age take the stage at HOLY DIVER for a special Carnival show!

Rik Slave's Darklounge Ministries opens the night. Doors at 8PM! You don't wanna miss this one!

Rik Slave present DARKLOUNGE MINISTRIES — live, sexy three piece pop lounge for your aural pleasure.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH! Come check out some PUNK from Minneapolis with VERMIT!! Along with locals BADZY and THE NANCIES! At HOLY DIVER. 9PM Showtime//$10 at the door/21+ @holydiverneworleans

The night kicks off with sounds from ( in no particular order ) NOLA/FL/TX based Thrash Metal Party Kingpin underdog hoodlums - OX45, ass kicking anthemic Alabama based punk rock rhyme slingers - ABUSEMENTS, along with Texas based party punk metal head wildmen CARNAGE GUISADA, along with Florida's White Phosphorus!!!

$10 at the door

Formed in late 2015, New York's False Gods is a unique blend of sludge/doom metal mixed with melodic noise and down-trodden hardcore.

PUNK from Houston with POPPERZ and PARTY MOUTH. Plus locals CODE BLACK & THE PAUSE

Join us after the parade for a rocking' good time with THE DRUPES, BRUCEY and HARD FUN @holydiverneworleans NO COVER! 21+

The Drupes have been described as "60's revivalist pop" /"one part sparkling jangles, one part sharp angles" / "this is what would happen if Pavement and Wire had unprotected sex."

$10 at the door! 9PM Showtime! 21+

Fentanyl is a new hardcore punk supergroup based out of San Fransisco that features members of Spiritual Cramp, Spy, and World Peace.

9PM SHOWTIME!!

Come see local favorites BLIND TEXAS MARLIN AND HIS DEMONS live at HOLY DIVER with their own special brand of "Tropical Country Tunes"

$10 ADV tix at: HOLYDIVERNOLA.COM 21+

9pm / $10

“I WANT TO PLAY THE PIANO THE WAY LINK WRAY PLAYS THE GUITAR"

Spinning tall tales of folklore, myth, urban legend and conspiracy theory through the kaleidoscope eye of soul, rock & roll and pre-war r&B, Harvey McLaughlin’s piano playing (and guitar slinging) antics have been ever present in the San Antonio music scene for the better part of the last twenty years. Be it in the dark instrumental horror surf outfit, the Sandworms (2008-2015); the jump blues psychobilly extravaganza of the Hares (2012-2016); or, more recently, joining the legendary Austin/SA cowpunk ensemble, the Hickoids – McLaughlin’s raucous style and swagger spreads wide.

His two full length albums, Tabloid News (2018) and Rascality (2020), are available via Saustex Records.

He’s currently playing in the aforementioned Hickoids, as well as keyboards for the Chicano soul revival, Eddie & the Valiants.

9pm / $10

10PM SHOWTIME!

$10/21+ @holydiverneworleans

Suplecs are a NOLA-based stoner metal band, active since 1996. Their name being played on a classic pro wrestling maneuver this band has released four studio albums of heavy/stoner rock with themes based in life, drugs, women and wrestling. They have served as one of the longest lasting stoner rock bands in the NOLA scene.

Back in the day audiences and listeners were enthralled and informed by the caustic lyrical and guitar stylings of one Mr. Lou Thevenot, with his commentary on the unique and mindless aspects of life in the seven parish area as the bands Lump and Black Problem lurched and stomped behind him.

Since then there’s been very little until recent days, when his new outfit Norco Lapalco started to play out and provide another band to his singular approach. Now the group has a record, and it’s chock-full of loud, in-your-face music to accompany Thevenot’s ideas.

The songs are abrasive at times with noisy passages that have a great metallic distortion in the way that Sonic Youth made famous. But they also have an angular structure that can change dynamics and tone without losing momentum, like the best work of the Minutemen.

The songs feature both Thevenot and ball-of-energy vocalist Alba Houston, who can shred and coo with the best of them. Most of the tracks deal with the vagaries and truths of life in New Orleans and its surrounding towns. Some, like the takedown of the New Orleans Police on “One Shoe,” are sarcastic and self-righteous. Other tracks—like instant classics “You, Me, and Huey P.” and “Power Blvd.”—are laugh-out-loud funny amid the spiky, tight guitar and drums.

With the music and message exhibited here, Norco Lapalco is not only a great addition to the local music scene, but a fantastic perspective for our civic dialogue. (Kunian, David. Offbeat Magazine. 12 Dec. 2012. https://www.offbeat.com/music/norco-lapalco-independent/ Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.)

$10 at the door/21+ Doors at 8PM @holydiverneworleans

DECEMBER 6TH at HOLY DIVER!

Doors at 8PM/21+ $10 at the door!

Stepping Sideways is a conceptual rock/metal band from New Orleans, LA.

They blend the raw energy of rock and metal with thought-provoking concepts to create a unique and immersive musical experience. From heavy riffs to soaring vocals, their music will transport you to a world of adventure and danger. 🤘

$10 🎟️ at the door/21+ @holydiverneworleans

Vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and producer John Jarvis has constructed a repository for extreme sounds and emotions in Nest. On one end of the spectrum, his grating riffs played with icy industrial precision and hardcore grit will leave you bloody, bruised, and breathless. On the other, his shoegaze hum bellows in a strangely soothing trance, bordering on blissful in the face of raw destruction.

 In 2024, this vision takes shape like never before on Nest’s fourth full-length LP and Housecore Records debut, Endeavors.

“There are gorgeous nests, and then there are hideous and gross things like rats’ nests,” he notes. “I wanted to make music with beauty in it, but also some ugliness and darkness. A lot can happen in between.” 

Gored Embrace is a death metal band from Chicago formed in early 2020. With numerous influences across old school and brutal death metal (Suffocation, Pyrexia, Defeated Sanity, Skinless, Internal Bleeding, etc.), their music prioritizes raw aggression, groovy rhythms, and catchy riffs/hooks. Common lyrical themes include horror, gore, grim aspects of reality, and state of mind.

WET SPECIMENS are hardcore punk from albany, NY

"Though Wet Specimens is definitely a hardcore band, I also hear elements of post-punk and the ultra lo-fi recording lends the material a creeped-out vibe. "Our sound is the product of our different influences. Dan, Colin, and Dylan all grew up in the Albany area and listen to a lot of Japanese hardcore, D-beat, and UK82 bands. I came from California and have more of a background in American hardcore, death rock, and new wave music. We try to pull from our favorite parts of what we listen to and then just put it through blown out distortion and reverb. Nobody’s reinventing the wheel in 2018, we’re just trying to see how far we can make the wheel roll with a tire with no tread and a nail in it." Ramirez, C. ( 2018, September 20). New Artist Focus: Wet Specimens. No Echo. https://www.noecho.net/features/new-artist-focus-wet-specimens

Doors at 8PM//$10 at the door!

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Destiny Bond draw from classic influences like the Faith, Slapshot, early Fucked Up, and Dag Nasty - and offer a brand of hardcore that is unafraid of melody but not completely enamored with it.

$10 at the door//21+

Formed in 2016, Scrollkeeper specializes in high energy, anthemic original material that is reminiscent of Metal's halcyon days.

The band has shared stage with Raven, Saxon, Voivod, Angra, Delain, Hammerfall, Dirkschneider, Manilla Road, Cloven Hoof and many other international and local bands.

Scrollkeeper has toured all across Texas in support of its 2020  LP “Auto Da Fe”. The band’s first single “Surrender” was selected for the “Doomed and Stoned in Texas” compilation featuring, among others, Texas legends Deadhorse and Solitude Aeturnus. Scrollkeeper’s latest album, "Auto da Fe" is released by True Metal Records (Brazil) and sold by Underground Power Records in the EU. In January 2022, Spotify added "Auto Da Fe" to their "Best new thrash metal music Playlist" for 2022. GoldenCore Records /ZYX Music featured Scrollkeeper on their "Damn, This Stuff is Heavy" vol.2 compilation, sold worldwide. In January 2023, the band signed with ZYX Music for its latest full release “Wetiko”. 

Beginning of 2024 Scrollkeeper welcomed Thomas Chacon on drums. In August Scrollkeeper released new single, titled “Blinded By Fear”. The band is currently touring Texas and nearing States.

Dog Park Dissidents are a queer punk rock band from New Orleans, Long Island, and Philadelphia. Featuring Zac Xeper (he/they, lead vocals), Jon Greco (he/him, guitar), Joe Bove (he/him, bass), Zeke Xander (they/them, drums), and Skylar Stravinsky (she/they, guitar). They bend genres, genders, and decency, blending old-school anarchist punk energy with contemporary pop punk and flamboyant low camp. Also, they are dogs.

Since releasing their breakout viral single Queer as in Fuck You in 2017, Dog Park Dissidents has been gaying up the punk rock scene with their high-energy, high-chaos live shows. Across two vicious and ambitious albums, the band shoves their deviant lifestyle in mainstream rock's face, frightening parents and causing widespread moral panic.

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