Sonic Reducer: Strange Faces • Tony Brown • The Milk Carton Kids Here’s a high energy, ’60s-tinged rock and roll record that never once lacks for catchy guitar leads and riffs. The band’s borrowing of [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Jan 14, 2016 Read More
Music Interview: 5 Star Motelles Stun New Record Defines Solid Sound America is a nation that presents itself as an arbiter of culture. Enabled by success in World War II and the rise of [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Nov 26, 2015 Read More Five Star Motelles (Process of Illumination: Photography by Minie)
Music Interview: The King Khan & Bbq Show Bring The Doo, The Wop And The Weird To Burque The King Khan & BBQ Show is a raw, doo-wop garage punk band made up of Mark Sultan—who performs solo as the one [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Oct 29, 2015 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Cali Shaw • Leeches Of Lore • Yoko And The Oh No’s Albuquerque has become famous for its breweries, which continue to pop up like mushrooms, but the Duke City should also be recognized for [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Oct 15, 2015 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Froth • Keep Shelly In Athens • Kevin Herig Combining the melodic sadness of The Smiths with the driving sound and clean-then-distorted guitars of My Bloody Valentine, Froth—a word that affects me [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Oct 08, 2015 Read More
Sonic Reducer: The Quick Brown Fox • Moiré • Lakker The Quick Brown Fox is local multimedia artist—and Weekly Alibi contributing artist—Jeff Drew’s long running solo music project. Like previous releases, Fill in [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Oct 01, 2015 Read More
Crib Notes: Sept. 24, 2015 1) The APD police officer and former detective charged in the shooting death of James Boyd are the recipients of significant amounts of [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Sep 24, 2015 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Danielle De Picciotto • Dawn & Hawkes • Noah Wall Sonic Reducer: Danielle De Picciotto • Dawn & Hawkes • Noah Wall The latest solo album from We Are Gypsies Now author, visual artist and The Ministry of Wolves member is a great example of [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Sep 17, 2015 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Miley Cyrus • Big Swing Theory • Herbcraft While sounding a bit half baked (pun intended), this collaboration with Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips is the most interesting thing Miley [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Sep 10, 2015 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Stolen Jars • King Khan • Lara Ruggles Stolen Jars gained international exposure in 2012 when their cute and catchy tune “Driving” was used in an iPad commercial. “Independent” musicians like [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Sep 03, 2015 Read More