Aural Fixation: Beach House Is Whatever, Whenever, Wherever You Want It To Be Whatever, Whenever, Wherever You Want It To Be As Friedrich Nietzsche attests, "There are no facts, only interpretations." Maybe a newspaper is not the best forum for this idea, but the [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Sep 30, 2010 Read More Mirror, mirror on the wall, Beach House and a disco ball (Jason Nocito)
Fotw: An Ocean Of Latin Ska At Low Spirits An Ocean Of Ska Put on your antique deep-sea diving suit (everyone has one lying around somewhere ) and take a trip under zee zea to a [...] Alibi \ Sep 30, 2010 Read More
Kosmopolitan: An Organically Grown Universe At The Factory On 5Th Maggie Ross’ Organically Grown Universe Sometimes the right person for the job has to be imported. When the late Felix Wurman needed someone to manage The Kosmos performance [...] Captain America \ Sep 30, 2010 Read More Our Maggie of Ross, patron saint of The Kosmos (Courtesy of Maggie Ross)
Sonic Reducer: The Gatherers, Blue Rose Ramblers, Boom Chick Self-described “cyberdelic pop,” Albuquerque’s latest synthbeat group The Gatherers has rapidly—and deservedly—become a local favorite. Dreamy female/male vocals are tidily mixed with the [...] Captain America \ Sep 30, 2010 Read More
Show Up!: Lucid Dreaming With Cocorosie Lucid Dreaming With Cocorosie You’re wandering through a labyrinthine mansion, lured on by eerily seductive voices. Spider webs audibly brush your cheeks and chimes ring out all [...] Summer Olsson \ Sep 30, 2010 Read More Sisters, misters (Courtesy of CocoRosie)
Oily Gulf Blues: Musicians Come Together In Support Of The Gulf Coast Why Musicians Across The Nation Care Why are landlocked New Mexican musicians helping out the oil-soaked Gulf Coast? The reason is simple, says local blues musician Todd Tijerina—it’s all [...] Chris Quintana \ Sep 23, 2010 Read More Curly, Todd and Dave of Tijerina coming at you. (Christie Williams)
Song Roulette: *****’S Random Tracks *****’S Random Tracks ***** is the front man for the local heaviness that is Music is the Enemy. ***** declines to be named because of the [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Sep 23, 2010 Read More
Aural Fixation: Non Stop Bhangra Dance Party Non Stop Bhangra Dance Party At the beginning of my love affair with Bollywood films, I made every single person I knew repeatedly watch the “Chaiyya Chaiyya” scene [...] Summer Olsson \ Sep 23, 2010 Read More Dholrhythms busts a move.
Flyer On The Wall: Music Is The Enemy Dead Sound Music is the Enemy came to be two years ago with one guy writing crappy songs in a dark room. Now a five-piece [...] Alibi \ Sep 23, 2010 Read More
Music To Your Ears: Friends With Benefits Friends With Benefits New Mexico is a land of soaring altitudes and a dry-as-a-chuppacabra’s-bone climate. Most of Louisiana crouches at, or even below, sea level, wading [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Sep 23, 2010 Read More