Flyer On The Wall: Clash Of The Live Improvised Score Clash Of The Live Improvised Score On Wednesday, Jan. 19, members of myriad local bands coalesce in an effort to produce their own special score for Clash of the [...] Alibi \ Jan 13, 2011 Read More
Music To Your Ears: The New Mexico Music Commission’s Uncertain Future An Uncertain Future For The New Mexico Music Commission When Republican Susana Martinez was elected governor in November, her transition team informed all state political appointees—otherwise known as exempt workers—that they had [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jan 13, 2011 Read More Nancy Laflin worked to boost the music industry in New Mexico for nearly six years.
Spotlight: Ohio Folk Rock Band The Black Swans Has New Mexico Roots Ohio Folk Rock Band Has New Mexico Roots Ten years ago Jerry DeCicca, guitarist and vocalist for The Black Swans, was living in Albuquerque. Here he quietly managed Relapse Records, a [...] Captain America \ Jan 06, 2011 Read More Jerry DeCicca (left) and two other Black Swans lounge stoically. (Keith Hanlon)
Song Roulette: Five Songs From Jerry Decicca’s Sonic Pool Former Burqueño Jerry DeCicca is the singer, acoustic guitarist and songwriter for Columbus, Ohio-based folk rock band The Black Swans. DeCicca says that [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jan 06, 2011 Read More Jerry DeCicca (Lydia Deakin)
Flyer On The Wall: When Doves Fly When Doves Fly At last, someone has paired two of the world’s best typefaces—Creaky Frank (or some hybrid thereof) and Courier New. This text, along with [...] Alibi \ Jan 06, 2011 Read More
Aural Fixation: 2011 Local Music Predictions Local Music Predictions Based On Vast Experience And Nostradamical Premonitions • The municipal “Footloose Amendment” goes into effect on July 1, 2011. Inadvertently passed by City Council members in 2006, the clause bans [...] Laura Marrich and Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jan 06, 2011 Read More
Drones, Dub, Kraut, Harp—Best Releases Of 2010 For Weirdos And Malcontents Best Releases Of 2010 For Weirdos And Malcontents Mad genius Whitman arms his modular synths with razor-sharp spurs and lets them fight each other to the death. Result: a tapestry of [...] Kyle Silfer \ Dec 30, 2010 Read More
Five At Five: Captain America’s Top Five Live Shows Of 2010 At Five Different Venues Captain America’s Top Five Shows Of 2010 At Five Different Venues Mecca Records & Books, Jan. 16— This last-minute set was Rachel Lujan’s second-to-last Pan!c gig before moving to Denver. Because of the impromptu [...] Captain America \ Dec 30, 2010 Read More The Filth Mongers rocked the loading dock at the Factory on 5 h back in June. (Captain America)
Year In Songs: Jeff Drew’s Found Objects Alibi Graphic Artist Lists His Top Tracks Of The Year 1) “Salt in the Wound” • Delta Spirit • History From Below Nice down-tempo anthem with a bit o’ soul. 2) "What’s It [...] Jeff Drew \ Dec 30, 2010 Read More
Flyer On The Wall: Animalism Animalism Freak out this New Year’s Eve with Sabertooth Cavity, Great White Buffalo, Rawrr!, Sputniq, ROO and—the guest of honor—one dapper, intercontinental cheetah millionaire [...] Alibi \ Dec 30, 2010 Read More