Show Up!: Shoulder Voices Stages A Happening For The Release Of In Space! Although the band’s been performing since 2001, Shoulder Voices never officially released an album. This week, however, the eclectic Albuquerque group—powered by Little [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Apr 29, 2010 Read More Shoulder Voices’ No. 1 fan relaxes after a show. (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Black Maria’s Long Overdue Debut Album Black Maria’s Overdue Debut In the pack of snarling dogs that is a music scene, scraps of praise, stage time and fans are hard-won. Somehow, Black Maria [...] Marisa Demarco \ Apr 29, 2010 Read More Black Maria (from left): Terry Sells, Marc Crovella, Brian Banks, Gordy Andersen and Brent Sells (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Sonic Reducer: Erykah Badu’s New Amerykah, Part One (4Th World War), When You’re Strange Documentary, Sharon Jones’ I Learned The Hard Way If New Amerykah, Part One (4th World War) is the cynical side to Erykah Badu’s psyche, then New Amerykah Part Two: Return of [...] Alibi \ Apr 22, 2010 Read More
Song Roulette: Peer Into Megafaun’s World Through Songs From Brad Cook’s Collection, Selected At Random. Peer Into Megafaun’s World Through Songs From Brad Cook’s Collection, Selected At Random Bearded folksters Brad Cook, Phil Cook and Joe Westerlund are the meat and bones of Megafaun. Taking an oddball approach to traditional American [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Apr 22, 2010 Read More
Music Interview: Red Earth Reunites And The Band Is Still As Greasy And Delicious As A Spam Sandwich Between the mid-’90s and mid-aughts, you could frequently find Red Earth concocting its “tribal stew” of funk and reggae-laced hard rock all around [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Apr 22, 2010 Read More Red Earth in 2001
Gathering Of Nations Powwow Guide North America’s biggest powwow happens on April 22, 23 and 24, at the University of New Mexico Football Field (University and Avenida Cesar [...] Alibi \ Apr 22, 2010 Read More
Flyer On The Wall: Hark Now, Methinks I Do Hear The Sounds Of Gnomes Hark Now, Methinks I Do Hear The Sounds Of Gnomes Cleveland indie psych band mr. Gnome writes songs about vampires and pirates. San Francisco gravelly-voiced accordionist Mark Growden writes songs about Saint Judas [...] Alibi \ Apr 22, 2010 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Ben Goldberg, Rufus Reid, Tin Hat Ben Goldberg packs a lot of music in his clarinet case—including jazz, Ashkenazi roots music and chamber music. His latest combo features musicians [...] Mel Minter \ Apr 15, 2010 Read More
Pianist Omar Sosa’s Afreecanos Quartet Communes With The Spirits Cuban pianist, marimbist and composer Omar Sosa plays up and down the tree of music, sounding its deepest African roots and the greenest [...] Mel Minter \ Apr 15, 2010 Read More Omar Sosa stresses the importance of having fun. (Yannick Perrin)
Music To Your Ears: The Distortion-Heavy And Glam-Tinged Ettes Girls Are Mad I didn’t go to the show when The Ettes played at a free bar Downtown early last year. The Nashville-based band wasn’t on [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Apr 15, 2010 Read More The Ettes’ Poni, Coco and Jem
