Creative Soundspace Festival: Two Days Of Oddly Beautiful Sounds Creative Soundspace Festival Focuses On The Adventurous The Creative Soundspace Festival, now in its sixth year, ventures out to the edges of the musical universe to see what various pioneers [...] Mel Minter \ Apr 01, 2010 Read More Lily Maase & The Suite Unraveling
Music Obituary: Alex Chilton Dies At 59 I'm In Love With That Song Last week on St. Patrick’s Day I was playing soul 45s on the Blackbird patio when a sad text from my sister came [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Mar 25, 2010 Read More
Fotw: Oh Burt, Let’s Rock Out ... Canja Rave, The Grave Of Nobody’s Darling And Shoulder Voices Oh Burt, Let’s Rock Out ... Levi Eleven pop art, presented in an encompassing salmon tone, denotes performances by Albuquerque’s Shoulder Voices and The Grave of Nobody’s Darling, along [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Mar 25, 2010 Read More
Show Up!: Albuquerque’s Left Brain Releases Solipsism Albuquerque’s Left Brain Releases A New Album Since its formation in the fall of 2005, Left Brain‘s style has gone through various stages of development, from jam band to emotive [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Mar 25, 2010 Read More Left Brain—from left to right, John Allen, Giann Rubio, Michael Clifford—takes a break from recording Solipsism . (Ysidro Garcia)
Song Roulette: Aaron Hendren’s Random Little Gems Aaron Hendren’s Random Little Gems Aaron Hendren is a local filmmaker, responsible for such twisted tales as The Faithful and the Foul and Flicker. Lately he’s been staying [...] Summer Olsson \ Mar 25, 2010 Read More
Where The Sweetness Is: Rahim Alhaj, Bill Frisell And Eyvind Kang Perform The Baghdad/Seattle Suite Rahim Alhaj, Bill Frisell And Eyvind Kang Perform The Baghdad/Seattle Suite As they stood in the wings at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis in early February, about to perform The Baghdad/Seattle Suite publicly [...] Mel Minter \ Mar 25, 2010 Read More Eyvind Kang, Bill Frisell and Rahim AlHaj
The Super Awesome Acoustic Show—Bellemah, Lousy Robot, I Is For Ida, The World On Fyre, The Oktober People, Ya Ya Boom, The Hollow Lines And Excalico Perform At Low Spirits This Time It’s Super Awesome Carefully avoiding the loaded term “unplugged,” the latest in a six-year-old series originally known as The Acoustic Showcase takes place at Low Spirits [...] Captain America \ Mar 18, 2010 Read More Billy Belmont at Hastings Hardback Café (Jamie Drummond)
Song Roulette: Nick Brown Prefers The Weirder ‘Chamber Jazz’ Nick Brown Prefers The Weirder ‘Chamber Jazz’ Nick Brown is a musician who likes to make weird songs late at night in the shed behind his house. He’s also the [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Mar 18, 2010 Read More
Flyer On The Wall: Postcard Of Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico The hues that appear in mid-century color photography tend to create a delicate, airy quality, as if the sands of time are causing [...] Alibi \ Mar 18, 2010 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Kate Mcgarry, Midlake, Low On High Where to begin—her craft? Her freedom? Her depth? Her joy? It’s all here on vocalist Kate McGarry’s latest. She opens with a slow, [...] Alibi \ Mar 18, 2010 Read More