Flyer On The Wall: Bands Ahoy! Bands Ahoy! Out-of-towners The Anchor and Fiction Reform perform with local punkers Stabbed in Back, Adam Hooks & His Hangups and Emergency Ahead. The first [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Mar 31, 2011 Read More
Sonic Reducer Deluxe: Broken Bells, The Giranimals, Pj Harvey, D.s. Yancey, Jimi B, And Peter, Bjorn And John A year after releasing its acclaimed self-titled debut, Broken Bells scares up nearly 12 more minutes of music for the “Meyrin Fields EP.” [...] Alibi \ Mar 31, 2011 Read More
Music To Your Ears: Jan Mcdonald And Jeff Coffin Jazz It Up Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong didn’t single-handedly invent jazz, but without him, it might have passed away in the cradle. Award-winning Santa Fe trumpeter and [...] Mel Minter \ Mar 31, 2011 Read More Jan McDonald
Jazzed: Icon Jim Hall Fields Questions From Local Guitar Heroes Jazz Icon Fields Questions From Local Guitar Heroes Jazz guitarists hereabouts have been in a lather ever since the Outpost appearance of NEA Jazz Master Jim Hall was announced. One of [...] Mel Minter \ Mar 24, 2011 Read More Jazz giant Jim Hall (jimhallmusic.com)
Flyer On The Wall: The Fifth Annual Moustachio Bashio Moustachio Bashio Celebrate the enduring popularity of male sub-nose facial hair at the fifth annual Moustachio Bashio on Saturday, March 26, at 8 p.m. at [...] Alibi \ Mar 24, 2011 Read More
Music To Your Ears: Tenderizor’s Destroyed Tones Destroyed Tones Tenderizor—purveyor of epic heavy metal and subsequent rainbows in the dark—is something of an Albuquerque supergroup. Its five members include Steve Hammond ( [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Mar 24, 2011 Read More Tenderizors Steve Hammond and Raven Chacon
Web Exclusive: Q And A With Jd Samson Of Electro Pop Art/Performance Collective Men (Ex Le Tigre) An Interview With Jd Samson Of Men Good news party people, electro pop trio MEN is passing through Albuquerque again—this time with more “bomp,” stage antics and a new album [...] Lizzy Von Stange \ Mar 24, 2011 Read More MEN (JD Samson pictured at center)
Flyer On The Wall: Burger Art Burger Art Most hamburgers are unhealthy, but this one is exceptionally bad for you. The inedible concoction draws attention to a performance by Ryat from [...] Alibi \ Mar 17, 2011 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Social Distortion, Ray Davies, Andy Farber And His Orchestra Here Mike Ness demonstrates the art of presenting a reflective, resigned sadness tempered with a knowing, "I lived to tell it all" tough-guy [...] Alibi \ Mar 17, 2011 Read More
Music To Your Ears: Farewell, Jenny Invert Upside-Down Airplane Regrettably, I discovered the marvelous Burque band Jenny Invert much later than many of its avid fans. I was missing out. The five-piece [...] Summer Olsson \ Mar 17, 2011 Read More Jenny Invert, another local band lost to the Northwest