Grace Before Meat: Tracks In The Key Of Gratitude Tracks In The Key Of Gratitude Let’s talk turkey: Most Thanksgiving playlists celebrate pre- and post-prandial bliss, but the concept of thankfulness itself often gets short shrift. I adore [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Nov 28, 2013 Read More (Compfight cc via aussiegall)
Shop Local For Sound: Score Sonic Prezzies At Local Shops Mecca Records & Books The independent record store-owner stereotype is well-founded: They probably do know more about music than you. Once your bruised ego subsides, take advantage [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Nov 21, 2013 Read More
Present Perfect: A Hyperlocal Guide To Giving A Hyperlocal Guide To Giving Whether or not you buy into the cult of nostalgia, there’s something to be said for tangible, local shopping and giving. The art [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Nov 21, 2013 Read More
Doom Service And Honeybees’ Psych Tenor Doom Service Japanese doom metal foursome Church of Misery prefers that the adjectival form of “stoner” not be used to describe their sound. Personally, I’m [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Nov 21, 2013 Read More
Science, Reason Must Inform Late-Term Abortion Ban Vote: Incendiary Anti-Choice Rhetoric And Junk Science Have No Place In Public Policy Incendiary Anti-Choice Rhetoric And Junk Science Have No Place In Public Policy Beneath the workaday exterior of present-day Albuquerque, reproductive rights are under attack. Proponents of a late-term abortion ban—handily titled “Pain Capable Unborn Child [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Nov 14, 2013 Read More
From Ballard To Wilde: An Existentialist/Post-Punk Odyssey An Existentialist/Post-Punk Odyssey Fancy absurdist, existentialist, dystopian, gothic, sci-fi and transgressive fiction as interpreted by the crème de la crème of the experimental, new wave, noise, [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Nov 14, 2013 Read More (Yuri Levchenko)
Four Up: Out Of Context, Scrape Rock, Love’s Battlefield And Psych Pageant Out-Of-Context Concert In its 12th iteration, High Mayhem’s Fall Series finds the curatorial vision of the collective as strong as ever. The penultimate weekend of [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Nov 14, 2013 Read More
Four Up: Sœur Lemonade, Redux Resurrection, Descansos And Spacegrass Sœur Lemonade Sisters Bianca and Sierra Casady unfurl their folktronic mantle as CocoRosie at Sunshine Theater (120 Central SW) on All Hallows’ Eve at 9pm. [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Oct 31, 2013 Read More
Ledger Lines: Covered And Smothered, Funk Cosmos And Alt.pop Heartbreakers Covered And Smothered Local bands cloak themselves in the aural (and costumed?) finery of beloved artists and belt out renditions—both sincere and revisioned—at Low Spirits (2823 [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Oct 24, 2013 Read More (Compfight cc via haven’t the slightest)
Four Up: Aural Perigee, Far-Psych, Outer Limits And Zzz, Miss P And Q Aural Perigee Turning sweet (and savage) 16 this year, Anglo-German electro-acoustic improv trio Konk Pack combines the skill and vision of three world-class improvisers. Tim [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Oct 17, 2013 Read More Konk Pack
