Andre Williams

Andre Williams & The New Orleans Hellhounds

Andre Williams has been on the scene for more than 50 years, shocking, rocking and hard-living his way to cult hero status. After a few years in limbo (detailed in the new Agile, Mobile And Hostile documentary), Williams headed south from Chicago to New Orleans to record this disc with The New Orleans Hellhounds and organ-playing nut-job, Quintron...
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SXSW 2009 - Saturday

Photographer: 
Steve McLean
Venue: 
The Continental Club
City: 
Austin, TX
Date: 
March 21, 2009
Andre Williams

SXSW 2009: Raunchy Day Five

I was on a quest to hear great music until the first few days of spring at the South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas, and I intended to do it without spending a penny on food. Here's the report from my fifth day in the live music capital of the world: Television cooking show host Rachael Ray's party began at noon at Maggie Mae's,...
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Can You Deal With Andre Williams?

Andre Williams is still going strong at 72. The R&B legend is set to release a new album titled Can You Deal With It? on July 29 via Bloodshot Records. Williams is joined by a backing band of bar-room punks, The New Orleans Hellhounds, who share band members with the notorious Morning 40 Federation. Add the unique organ stylings of Crescent...
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Andre Williams

Khan — No Comprendo

With the presence of such celebrity vocalists as Jon Spencer, Diamanda Galas and Andre Williams, it’s not too surprising that No Comprendo comes across as the electronic representative of the bluesy sludge-o rock that Williams and Spencer both work to the maximum.If The Cramps invaded Kraftwerk's recording studio and attacked their swamp...
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Khan - No Comprendo

CMW — We Want More! Cops, Record Deals & Dirty Old Men

"WE WANT MORE! WE WANT MORE! WE WANT MORE!" Chances are that was the chant you didn't hear last night as you were home tucked safely in bed. Needless to say, ChartAttack's M&M, Capt. White Bread and The Portuguese Princess were all out until last call. They were part of vocal crowd demanding more from Maximum RNB. And while it...
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