Sonic Reducer: Piñata Protest, Panda Riot, Matt Perrine & Sunflower City Sonic Reducer: Piñata Protest, Panda Riot, Matt Perrine & Sunflower City Mixing punk with Mexican border music is nothing new. Joe “King” Carrasco hit it big on the frat-boy circuit with nuevo wave-o Tex-Mex [...] Alibi \ Jul 01, 2010 Read More
Flyer On The Wall: Psychedelic Hoedown Psychedelic Hoedown “Listen, Bob, I don’t have time to talk about the memo—I’m up to my flank in plastic army men right now.” A combination [...] Alibi \ Jul 01, 2010 Read More
Hanging On The Telephone With Revered Power-Popper-Turned-Folkie, Peter Case Power Pop Turns Folkie—A Chat With Peter Case In 1975 Jack Lee, Paul Collins and Peter Case formed the short-lived but influential power pop group The Nerves. Most notably, the band [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jul 01, 2010 Read More Peter Case knows what song’s on the B-side. (Ann Summa)
Aural Fixation: “Yankee Doodle Dandy” Deconstructed “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” perhaps the sassiest of all classic patriotic American tunes, is thought to have been written in mid-18 th -century Europe, [...] Alibi \ Jul 01, 2010 Read More
Song Roulette: Random Songs From Albuquerque Singer-Songwriter Kimo Kimo is an Albuquerque-based musician who has been “crankin’ out tunes” for nearly two decades. In addition to drawing a number of honors [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jun 24, 2010 Read More
Music To Your Ears: Is Geddy Lee From Middle Earth? Fly By Night! Wicked-bad live music abounds this week—the gang and I just didn’t have the space to cover it all. That, and I didn’t get [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jun 24, 2010 Read More
Show Up! Killingracy’s Rib Eye Rock Killingracy Releases Hands Around You “Rib eye rock on lightly toasted bread” is the meaty metaphor Chris Aguilar once offered an inquirer when describing his band, KillinGracy. Aguilar [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jun 24, 2010 Read More
Flyer On The Wall: Demon In The Ether Demon In The Ether This flyer exhibits a skillful manipulation of positive and negative space and announces the summer tour kickoff for funk/rock/fusion act Lost Lingo. The [...] Alibi \ Jun 24, 2010 Read More
Spotlight! New Band Suicide Lanes Is Just Lookin’ For A Kiss Suicide Lanes Road Trips To Santa Fe Just around the corner from Santa Fe Plaza, El Paseo Bar & Grill is not the most likely place in town to find [...] Captain America \ Jun 24, 2010 Read More Suicide Lanes is just lookin’ for a kiss. (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Sonic Reducer: Evan Christopher, Sea Wolf, The Art Of Flying Evan Christopher long ago established his technical mastery of the clarinet—tone, nuance (emotions subdivided into their millionth parts), phrasing. To that, he adds [...] Alibi \ Jun 17, 2010 Read More