bigawatt

Sci-fi hip-hop, flower power, the Black Spirits and in the key of XX

Samantha Anne Carrillo [ Thu Mar 21 2013 11:53 AM ]

Kool Keith

There are more boss concerts coming up than you can shake a stick at. We took a stab at it anyway. But what about the stuff there just wasn't enough dead tree space to explore? Of primary importance is the 42nd Annual John Donald Robb Composers' Symposium, which happens Sunday, March 24, through Wednesday, March 27. Celebrating the centenary of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, special guest composers and performers include wireless controller-obsessed Duo X, Italian pianist Emanuele Arciuli and local Sunday favorites Chatter, and they're demoing Robb's Moog Synthesizer this year. For the full schedule, visit the trust's site: robbtrust.org

But experimental and classical composition isn't all our fair city has on offer this week. Whether you're into hip-hop, horrorcore, pornocore, strings, Zimbabwean spirituals or songs written by women, Music to Your Ears has you covered. Peep related A/V below. Sister • Kool Keith • Fri Mar 22 • 10 pm • $16 • 21+ • sisterthebar.com

Kool Keith - "Drugs"

Dr. Octagon - "Blue Flowers"

Apple Hill and Dewangga Sakti perform together

Oliver Mtukudzi - "Pindurai Mambo"

Dale Evans and Roy Rogers - "Happy Trails"

V.22 No.12 | 3/21/2013

Music to Your Ears

By Samantha Anne Carrillo

Get your horrorcore/pornocore, classical violin, Zimbabwean spirituals and Girl Fight on with a little help from Music to Your Ears.

V.22 No.9 | 2/28/2013

Last Month in Music

January 2013

By Mike Smith

Music fanatic and author Mike Smith reflects on concerts seen in the first month of 2013.

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Low Culture, genre-palooza and popular music

Samantha Anne Carrillo [ Fri Jan 11 2013 1:15 PM ]

Ryan Maddox

Low Culture

This week’s Music to Your Ears dishes up the 411 on shows in genres ranging from poppy garage-punk to doomcream R&B to indie rock to folk. Listen to tracks from featured acts below. Synchro Studio • Low Culture • Pregnant, Again • Harbors • Downplay Music • Sat Jan 12 • 7:30 pm • $6 • ALL-AGES!

Low Culture - “Low Culture”

Bigawatt - Bigawatt

Telegraph Canyon - “Safe on the Outside”

V.22 No.2 | 1/10/2013

Ryan Maddox

Music to Your Ears

By Samantha Anne Carrillo

Whether you’re hankering for poppy garage-punk, doomcream R&B, folk or Southern rock, Music to Your Ears has you covered.

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New Mexico News author takes on live music

Samantha Anne Carrillo [ Tue Jan 8 2013 12:43 PM ]

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Mike Smith is a font of hyper-local writ. His long-running My Strange New Mexico column and his current project, New Mexico News, aim to shed some light on the wonderfully weird Land of Enchantment. Smith will contribute a monthly local music column to the Alibi in 2013. Read his first, belated Burque music round-up: This Month in Music. Listen to tracks from featured artists below.

CanyonLands - “I’ll Make You Feel This”

Sad Baby Wolf - “8th Level”

Bigawatt - “Fight Me Then”

mr. Gnome - “The Way”

Jenny Invert - “Stamp Collector”

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V.22 No.1 | 1/3/2013

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Music to Your Ears

This Month in Music

Belated November edition

By Mike Smith

Author and music fanatic Mike Smith delivers the first installment of his live music column.

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Soundtracking a route of wolves

Samantha Anne Carrillo [ Tue Dec 4 2012 1:10 PM ]

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As I decided what podcast to share with y’all today, I’m surrounded by glorious canines. Not wolves, mind you. But one of the coolest things about working at the Alibi is the dog-friendly office. That’s how I ended up selecting my Walking the Wolf mix for today’s blog. It’s an exciting story, I know. But I promise the podcast itself is far more thrilling than my description of the selection process. Stream the mix—featuring tracks by The Kill Spectors, Tenderizor, Venus Bogardus, The Grave of Nobody’s Darling, Great White Buffalo, Sabertooth Cavity, Bigawatt and The Kleptones—below or visit the original blog post for the full track list.

TiL #13: Walking the Wolf Mix from Samantha Anne on 8tracks Radio.

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Jenny Invert front man talks stamps, nothingness and silence

Samantha Anne Carrillo [ Fri Nov 9 2012 4:12 PM ]

Will Miller

Jenny Invert (from left) August Johnson, Sam Miller, Eva Ave. and Sean Alkire.

We caught up with Jenny Invert’s Sam Miller this week in To Burque, With Love. The once-Burqueño band performs in its former stomping ground this weekend. Notorious lurker and original Invert member David “Poncho” Schripsema fills in for his Pacific Northwest counterpart, Eva Ave., at the gig. Listen to music from Jenny Invert and other performing acts below. Launchpad • Jenny Invert • Mr. Gnome • the Cherry Tempo • Bigawatt • Sat Nov 10 • 9:30 pm • $6 • 21+

Sam Miller - “You Need To Hear It”

Mr. Gnome - Softly Mad

the Cherry Tempo - ¡Gran Nuevo Fantastico!

Bigawatt - Bigawatt

V.21 No.45 | 11/8/2012

Will Miller

Show Up!

To Burque, With Love

Jenny Invert delivers dark, operatic pop

By Samantha Anne Carrillo

We chatted with Jenny Invert’s Sam Miller about stamps, philosophy, music, Seattle and Mike Watt.

V.20 No.48 | 12/1/2011

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Flyer on the Wall

Desert Stars

An eclectic evening of jazz, noise and beatboxing at the Small Engine

V.20 No.35 | 9/1/2011

Marya Errin Jones

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Zeeen Scene

Fundraising for tiny texts at The Projects

By Samantha Anne Scott

Right now tiny periodicals are alive and well, experiencing a renaissance right here in Burque. The zine scene comes into view as the first of five fundraisers for ABQ Zine Fest brings the local culture, its adherents and the fruits of their labor into focus.