Vinyl & Verses' Hard-Won Birthday It's Not A Fairy Tale Of Success, But It's A Success Just The Same Four years ago, local hip-hop was hard to find. Clubs wouldn’t book it. The few crews that existed hadn’t yet coalesced into a [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jun 28, 2007 Read More NobleFlux One DJs while Alberto Rosales breakdances at Burt’s Tiki Lounge’s regular Wednesday hip-hop night. (Xavier Mascareñas)
The Big Three Peter Simonson, Executive Director Of The State's American Civil Liberties Union (Aclu) Chapter, Sits Down With The Alibi For Our Yearly Check-Up On The Three Biggest Intrusions On New Mexicans' Freedoms Do you see the church-state divide closing in this region? Sure. Several months ago, we faced a program by the U.S. Marshall’s Office [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jun 28, 2007 Read More Peter Simonson (Xavier Mascareñas)
I Left My Smoking Habit In Vegas And A Bunch Of Money. And My Phone-Charger. We saw the “Bodies” exhibit in Vegas, which is basically a bunch of body parts and well-arranged cadavers. I saw one long-fingernailed lady [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jun 28, 2007 Read More
The Zelda Theme Lives! On And On And On Into Infinity First things first, hear the Zelda theme on DIY analog synth, on tuba, on euphonium, on ocarina, on nose recorder. Yes! Then check [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jun 28, 2007 Read More
Lost Luckies Don’t forget Dad’s Day is this weekend and you owe him an ugly mug or tie or something. Or, if you have a [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jun 21, 2007 Read More Freeedooooom!
The Battles Machine Veteran Musicians Shed Their Egos In The Name Of Math-Rocky, Prog Goodness Battles‘ first full-length album, Mirrored , is a good ride. Dozens of tiny moving parts engage as a motor that runs a little [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jun 21, 2007 Read More Battles inside the mirror room.
Devil Riding Shotgun A Knicker-Blasting Good Time Devil Riding Shotgun is not out to make stoner rock or a specific branch of metal or anything-core. Instead, this three-piece replaces genre [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jun 21, 2007 Read More Devil Riding Shotgun (from left): Stroh, Fixico and Edmonts react to the storm in their pants.
Red-Light Camera Updates Are Those Yellows Too Short? Are The License Plate Shields Illegal? Will A Class-Action Suit Force The City To Refund Millions In Fines? Drivers have said it since they began racking up big bills from the red-light camera program in 2005: "Those yellow lights seem awfully [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jun 21, 2007 Read More (Jeff Drew)
The Busker Bill Street-Performer Measure Wouldn't Address Amplified Music "Buskers" is an unusual word in these parts, but it’s cropping up with increasing frequency as a bill makes its way down the [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jun 21, 2007 Read More
Avant Artcore Sleaze Rock For Your Face Man, you think you know a little something about rock music. It’s the genre you’ve been immersed in your whole life, after all. [...] Marisa Demarco \ Jun 21, 2007 Read More The Byrds: Versed in the ways of Jangle Pop.