Vertigo Venus Releases Success Or Suicide Vertigo Venus is an unapologetic promo machine. Overkill Internet campaigns swathe social networking sites until you feel you’ve been waterboarded into submission. Excessive, [...] Captain America \ Jul 08, 2010 Read More Vertigo Venus’ solids and stripes (Val Hollingsworth)
Show Up! The Celestial Twang Of The Grave Of Nobody’s Darling The Celestial Twang Of The Grave Of Nobody’s Darling Jessica Billey and Bud Melvin must be the most creative couple to hit the local music scene in some time. Hailing from Chicago, [...] Captain America \ Jul 08, 2010 Read More Bud Melvin and Jessica Billey model their celestial headdress.
Spotlight! New Band Suicide Lanes Is Just Lookin’ For A Kiss Suicide Lanes Road Trips To Santa Fe Just around the corner from Santa Fe Plaza, El Paseo Bar & Grill is not the most likely place in town to find [...] Captain America \ Jun 24, 2010 Read More Suicide Lanes is just lookin’ for a kiss. (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Spotlight: The Prids—The Most Radiant Gloom You’ve Ever Heard The Most Radiant Gloom You’ve Ever Heard Despite relentless recording sessions, not long ago it seemed like no one could keep the Prids away from Albuquerque. In 2003 and 2004, [...] Captain America \ Jun 17, 2010 Read More The Prids are snappy dressers. (Circle23 Photography)
Show Up!: Cowboys Are My Weakness A Night Of Disparate Local Americana Years ago Kate Mann traded her New Mexico home for Portland, Ore. She’s just returned to Taos, guitar in hand, packing a songbook [...] Captain America \ May 06, 2010 Read More Kate Mann
Dirt City Archives: The Psych-Pop Of Uv Transmission The Psych-Pop Of Uv Transmission Have you ever walked into a bar intimidated by the row of hogs and Harleys parked out front? Wondered about the reception you’d [...] Captain America \ Apr 15, 2010 Read More Rare UV Transmission paraphernalia (Captain America)
Handsome Is As Handsome Does The Handsome Family is a local band. Of sorts. Based in Albuquerque, Brett and Rennie Sparks don’t often gig here, treating the hometown [...] Captain America \ Apr 08, 2010 Read More
The Super Awesome Acoustic Show—Bellemah, Lousy Robot, I Is For Ida, The World On Fyre, The Oktober People, Ya Ya Boom, The Hollow Lines And Excalico Perform At Low Spirits This Time It’s Super Awesome Carefully avoiding the loaded term “unplugged,” the latest in a six-year-old series originally known as The Acoustic Showcase takes place at Low Spirits [...] Captain America \ Mar 18, 2010 Read More Billy Belmont at Hastings Hardback Café (Jamie Drummond)
Show Up! Southwest By Northwest—The Scrams, The Dirty Novels And Broken Water At Burt’s Tiki Lounge The Scrams, The Dirty Novels And Broken Water At Burt’s Tiki Lounge How long has it been since a band has not only hit Burque but hit it over the head, taken it hapless prisoner [...] Captain America \ Mar 11, 2010 Read More The Scrams
Show Up! Ready, Set, Thrash! A Skull-Crushing, Band-By-Local Band Preview Of Friday’s Headbangers Ball A skull-crushing, band-by-local band preview of Friday’s headbangers ball: In a rare stage performance (these guys prefer to be on ground level at [...] Captain America \ Mar 04, 2010 Read More
