Song Roulette: Good As Dead’s Sam Blankenship Good As Dead’s Sam Blankenship Good as Dead is an Albuquerque band that’s been rocking for what’s nearing a decade. But in May, the group raked in three [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Jun 03, 2010 Read More
Flyer On The Wall: A Man Of Many Animal Hats A Man Of Many Animal Hats You just can’t argue with animal hats. Especially kitten hats wearing hats . Get in on the fun Friday, June 4, from 5 [...] Alibi \ Jun 03, 2010 Read More
Pomp And Circumstance: Marchfourth Marching Band Marchfourth Is Not Your Nerdy High School Marching Band Read complete story here. Summer Olsson \ Jun 03, 2010 Read More MarchFourth marching band takes it to the streets.
Jazzed: The Password To Vernon’s Black Diamond Jazz Club Revealed But You Gotta Know The Password Vernon’s Hidden Valley Steakhouse, a classy restaurant on North Fourth, has done very well pretending to be a speakeasy. Advertising has been low-key—what [...] Mel Minter \ May 27, 2010 Read More Tommy Gearhart performs at Vernon’s Black Diamond Jazz Club.
Song Roulette: The Eastern Seaboard’s Brent Bagwell The Eastern Seaboard’s Brent Bagwell Brent Bagwell is the reeds player for The Eastern Seaboard, a free jazz trio encased in a no-wave package. Formed, appropriately, in Brooklyn [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ May 27, 2010 Read More
Aural Fixation: We Did Miss You, Roky Erickson Okkervil River Helps Pioneer Of Psychedelic Rock Tell His Stories After a decades-long saga of legal troubles, drug abuse and mental illness, Roky Erickson—frontman of The 13 th Floor Elevators, the ’60s garage [...] Summer Olsson \ May 27, 2010 Read More Roky Erikson on the cover of True Love Cast Out All Evil
Flyer On The Wall: Hark! A Banquet Of 7-Inch Vinyl Hark! With one hand raised against the sublime forces of the sonically mundane, the man in the lizard costume seems to say, “Give heed!” [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ May 27, 2010 Read More
Music News: “The Local Edge” Is Back (Cue Wicked-Ass Guitar Solo) “The Local Edge” Is Back (Cue Wicked-Ass Guitar Solo) “The Local Edge,” that venerable half-hour of New Mexico-grown rock on 104.1 FM The Edge, has a new overlord. Since May 2, the [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ May 27, 2010 Read More
Aural Fixation: Morrissey’s Unhappy Birthday Party Let’s just get that out of the way. When Morrissey performed at the Sunshine Theater last year, at the ripe old age of [...] Laura Marrich \ May 20, 2010 Read More Wish me an unhappy 51 st birthday on Saturday, May 22.
Sonic Reducer: The Dø, Jail Weddings, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony This debut of French/Finnish indie pop duo The Dø (rhymes with “glow”) is the first English-sung album to have reached No. 1 in [...] Alibi \ May 20, 2010 Read More