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When Dave Jordan is playing, you know it’ll be a good show. I’m not a major jam band guy, and these guys can break into jams, but with soul and Americana and good old-fashioned rock and roll. I wish I could write awesome descriptions, but maybe not my wheelhouse, but I am happy to share what others say. How’s this? “Stylistically, he’s been described as a swampy lovechild of Tom Petty, Dr. John, and John Prine.” Let’s do it!
MATB put on another amazing show on July 22, 2026. They were kicking off their tour with Fine Mess and they gave us everything they had. So much fun. Reminder that this band is from NYC and Los Angeles and has set up shop here in Nola. And Saturn Bar never disappoints either. What a venue.
What Else Have We Seen?
Dave Jordan and the NIA - Lying to Myself, 7/25/26
M.A.T.B. - Taste of Blood, 7/22/26
Nashville - Renee Gros, 7/17/26
What Is Hip - Pocket Chocolate, 7/17/26
Shadow of the Saguaro - Desert Nudes, 7/15/26
Lovely Day - Vet Jams, 7/14/26
Life - Big Joe Kennedy, 7/7/26
Shut Up - Alexis & The Sanity, 7/2/26
One Thing I Know - Chris Vincent & The Raw Deals, 6/30/26
Last Night - Room on Fire, 6/20/26
Proud Mary - Kat Kiley Experience, 6/18/26
Leave the Lights On - Brian Wolff & The Howlers, 6/17/26
Ring - Keaton Schiller, 6/5/26
Crawling King Snake - Domenic Fusca, 6/5/26
Hyper Sweet Power - TsuShiMaMiRe, 5/24/26
Kind Hearted Woman - Johnny Mastro & Sean Timothy, 5/13/26
Hey Joe - Dwayne Dopsie and the Zydeco Hellraisers, 5/9/26
Off My Chest - The Bends, 4/16/26
Where Is My Mind - Common People, 4/16/26
I'm Nationwide - ZZ Top, 4/6/26
Calm Like a Bomb - Sage Against the Machine, 4/3/26
If You Want To - Miranda & The Beat, 3/29/26
Don't Mess With My Toot Toot - Rockin Dopsie, Jr., 3/29/26
Know Your Enemy - Sage Against the Machine, 3/27/26
Nowhere Fast - Larkin Poe, 3/22/26
Float - Flogging Nola, 3/17/26
The Opossum - Grace Manor, 3/14/26
Never Fucked Up Once - Militarie Gun, 3/14/26
Gal Holiday & The Honky Tonk Revue, 3/13/26
Black Tar - Anders Osborne, 3/7/26
Helluva Way - Alvin Youngblood Hart, 3/7/26
Nong Nu & Wild Matous - Creep, 3/7/26
Easy Does It - HollyRock, 3/6/26
I Don't Wanna - The Greyhounds, 3/6/26
Don't You Come Running - Dave Jordan & the NIA, 3/6/26
Don't You Lose - The New Offenders, 3/6/26
Frank Turner - Girl From the Record Shop, 2/26/26
Natalie Prauser - Everything is Fine, 2/24/26
Andrew Duhon - No Man's Land, 2/20/26
Amanda Shaw - Bayou Self, 2/15/26
Bourbon Street Drumline, 2/15/26
Valparaiso Men's Chorus, 2/13/26 (Vaughan's)
Keaton Schiller - Nobody's Gonna Save Me, 2/6/26 (Banks Street Bar)
Jake Gartenstein - Air, 2/6/26 (Banks Street Bar)
Mia Borders - Mississippi Rising, 1/30/26 (dba)
Christian Coleman - I Shall Be Free, 1/23/26 (Skeeta Hawk)
John "Papa" Gros - Mardi Gras Mambo, 1/10/06 (Kingpin)
Lost Bayou Ramblers - Supernova Solstice, 12/12/25 (Lafitte Greenway)
Next Level Band - Superstitious, 12/11/25 (dba)
Quarx - Young Man Blues, 11/28/25 (Banks Street Bar)
Alexis Marceaux - All I Really Want, 11/22/25 (Tipitina's)
Anders Osborne w/ The Blood Brothers - Ohio, 11/21/25 (Jazz & Blues Market)
Miranda & The Beat - These Days, 11/8/25 (Banks Street Bar)
Kat Kiley & The Swamp Sirens - Psycho Killer, 10/31/25 (Midcity)
The Walrus - Eleanor Rigby, 10/24/25 (Broadside)
Vedder Man - Evenflow, 10/18/25 (Southport Hall)
James McMurtry - Choctaw Bingo, 9/27/25 (Chickie Wah Wah)
Counting Crows - Round Here, 7/30/25 (Saenger Theater)
