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
Spotlight: Leiahdorus Releases Ode To The Builders Leiahdorus Releases Ode To The Builders Leiahdorus has been in the business of creating sweet, soaring electro-pop since its formation by Jason Smith and Fox Fletcher back in 1998. [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ May 20, 2010 Read More Leiahdorus suffers through an interview with the Alibi . (Fox Fletcher)
Song Roulette: Fox Fletcher’s Random Tracks Fox Fletcher’s Random Tracks Fox Fletcher is the guitar player for and a founding member of Albuquerque’s Leiahdorus (which releases its third full-length album this weekend—see right). [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ May 20, 2010 Read More