Flyer On The Wall: Belch Belch Acid Jazz Reflux is a new local supergroup assembled from members of The Withdrawals, Liquid Gypsy, Daddy Long Loin, The Goatheads and Felonious [...] Alibi \ Dec 08, 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
Jazzed: Supersax New Mexico Expands On Charlie Parker Group Revives Historic Charts From The ’70S And '80S It’s such a wacky idea: orchestrating Charlie Parker solos. Look, here’s the guy who reinvented the jazz saxophone, playing with unthinkable speed and [...] Mel Minter \ Dec 01, 2011 Read More
Aural Fixation: “Nix Comics Quarterly” Laughs At Record Collecting And Underground Music “Nix Comics Quarterly,” That Is I met “NiX” publisher and Columbus, Ohio, resident Ken Eppstein after getting an update from his page on garagepunk.com. Eppstein is a member [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Dec 01, 2011 Read More
Flyer On The Wall: Desert Stars Desert Stars Do Tell, Bigawatt, Saywut?! and Occasional Detroit provide eclectic forms of sound—jazz, noise, beatboxing, etcetera—at Small Engine (1413 Fourth Street SW) on Saturday, [...] Alibi \ Dec 01, 2011 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Micro Album Reviews Londoner Summer Camp—couple Elizabeth Sankey and Jeremy Warmsley—fan-funded this album, offering pledge prizes like white vinyl, homemade brownies, dinner party prep, remixing services, [...] Alibi \ Dec 01, 2011 Read More
Spo-Dee-O-Dee: Vintners Who Rock Vintners Who Rock There are hundreds of rock songs about fruit of the vine: Neil Diamond’s “Red Red Wine,” Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ “Alligator Wine,” Oasis’ “Champagne [...] Joseph Baca \ Nov 24, 2011 Read More
Music To Your Ears: The Desert Heat Lp Desert Heat Christopher Mike-Bidtah and Andy Martinez—Def-I and Wake Self on the mic—have been active in the Burque hip-hop community for a decade. They’d never [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Nov 24, 2011 Read More Wake and Def-I (LEFThandimages)
Flyer On The Wall: Bizarre Bazaar Bizarre Bazaar Black Friday sees the return of the Kosmos’ (1715 Fifth Street NW) answer to the post-Thanksgiving chain store consumption barrage. Shop locally crafted [...] Alibi \ Nov 24, 2011 Read More
Song Roulette: Todd Eric Lovato’s Random Tracks Deluxe Todd Eric Lovato is a longtime local songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with such acts as Skinnyfat, Fantastic Planet, Felonious Groove Foundation and several others. [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Nov 24, 2011 Read More (Brian Spencer)