Show Up!: Violin-Playing Performance Artist Shares Her New Year’s Eve With Albuquerque Violin-Playing Performance Artist Shares Her New Year’s Eve With Albuquerque Bitch is a multi-instrumentalist—electric violin, ukulele, bass, keyboard—and solo performance artist. The one-woman band was once upon a time half of Righteous Babe [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Dec 29, 2011 Read More
Music To Your Ears: Five Favorites Of 2011 Honestly, I spent most of 2011 obsessing over mod music and glam rock from the ’60s and ’70s, and so I don’t feel [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Dec 29, 2011 Read More
Aural Fixation: Listen To Our Obscuro X-Mas Playlist A Festive Playlist With Less Christmas Schmaltz Holiday-themed music is ubiquitous during the most wonderful time of the year. There’s a lot to be said for the classics, but injecting [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Dec 22, 2011 Read More
Jazzed: A “Nutcracker” Sweetened With Swing Tchaikovsky Faces Off With Ellington Even if you loathe the romantic treacle churned out by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, you’ve got to admit that the cat could write memorable [...] Mel Minter \ Dec 22, 2011 Read More (Julia Minimata)
Flyer On The Wall: Intergalactic Octopi Intergalactic Octopi A giant, menacing space cephalopod calls attention to Christmas Eve Eve performances by Vertigo Venus, Hyperland and Great White Buffalo. See the show [...] Alibi \ Dec 22, 2011 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Micro Album Reviews It says A New Orleans Christmas Carol , but even though New Orleans’ signature funky march does appear from time to time, it’s [...] Alibi \ Dec 22, 2011 Read More
Spotlight: Albuquerque Americana Act The Porter Draw Releases California Widow The Porter Draw Is A Friend To Albuquerque's Americana Scene The Porter Draw is a train wreck. That is, it’s Exit 106 on I-25 just north of Pueblo, Colo.—named after a nearby dry [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Dec 15, 2011 Read More
Song Roulette: Adios, Jenny Gamble Edition Adios, Jenny Gamble Edition Singer/songwriter Jenny Gamble has been a gal about Albuquerque-town for 17 years. But this month she’s putting on a kilt and moving to [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Dec 15, 2011 Read More Jenny Gamble
Flyer On The Wall: Scary Christmas! Scary Christmas! DJs Lunchbox and Green use a depiction of the American Christmas Devil by graphic artist Bradwick J. McGinty III, or possibly his grandfather, [...] Alibi \ Dec 15, 2011 Read More
Kinky Friedman On Music, Satire And Rick Perry's Hair Kinky Friedman On Music, Satire And Rick Perry's Hair Raconteur and troubadour Kinky Friedman is among the Lone Star state’s finest exports. Friedman’s body of work as an author and musician is [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Dec 08, 2011 Read More
