There's more to Santa Fe than turquoise jewelry, art galleries, celebrity shoppers and snobbery. Every year for the past 31, the Santa Fe [...]

Monday, July 19; Launchpad (all ages, 7 p.m.): These Arms are Snakes are a difficult band to pin down. Formed from the ashes [...]

Saturday, July 10; Launchpad (21 and over, 9p.m.): Sadly, it's only now—now that bands like the White Stripes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Darkness, [...]

Most of them are barely old enough to be hanging out in bars, but the members of Ellipsis come across like ultra-seasoned veterans [...]

Statement of disclosure: simple. bassist Joe Anderson is my best friend. That said, I find the band's debut entirely inoffensive, although not as [...]

Friday, July 9; Launchpad (all ages, 8 p.m.): Forget John Denver, John Elway aspen trees and all that “Rocky Mountain High” crap. Denver's [...]

Wednesday, July 14; Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice (212 Harvard SE, all ages, 7 p.m.): Damn that Glen Canyon dam! Since the [...]

Two R.I.P.s begin this week's column. After decades in business—I can't say exactly how many years because the phone has already been disconnected—Midnight [...]

Wildlife West's annual bluegrass shindig is, in my opinion, one of the best live music gatherings in New Mexico. This year, a traditional [...]

Frankly, the last two things I want from a Beastie Boys record are political proselytization and “Up with People”-style inspirational messages about everyone [...]