Concepto Tambor Returns To Albuquerque With An Alleykat Cabaret Concepto Tambor Returns To Albuquerque With Vaudeville In Tow In March, it will be a year since “Afro-Latino” percussion ensemble Concepto Tambor bid farewell to Albuquerque, seeking the sunny shores of Long [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Feb 18, 2010 Read More La Flamilia with Concepto Tambor (Sarah Garcia)
Music To Your Ears: Win A Guitar And Support Peace Talks Radio, There’s Another Festival In Monterrey, Mexico And Congratulations To The Local Ladies Of Poema Give Peace Guitar A Chance Peace Talks Radio, a nonprofit organization devoted to bringing the world peaceful dialog is, like many of us, having a hard go of [...] Alibi \ Feb 18, 2010 Read More
Jazzed: Mark Weaver’s Ufo Ensemble Well-Engineered Tunes Support Free, Focused Improvisation Mark Weaver—tuba player, composer and founder of the UFO Ensemble—interlaces written and freely improvised elements to construct sturdy, expressive tunes capable of bearing [...] Mel Minter \ Feb 11, 2010 Read More Mark Weaver’s UFO Ensemble visits the fun house. (Mark Jackson-Weaver)
Eyedea & Abilities Murder The Mainstream Eyedea & Abilities Murder The Mainstream “Playing live is like a drug. It induces a manic state for me,” says hip-hop MC Eyedea. “Usually I vomit uncontrollably afterwards, cry [...] Kyle Eustice \ Feb 11, 2010 Read More Eydea, Abilities and Eyedea
Fotw: Love, Noise And Bacon Are In The Air—Wild Yaks, A Church Is Not A Hospital, Rocket Parlour, Bigawatt And Baby Shampoo Play A Valentine’s Day Breakfast Show. Love, Noise And Bacon Are In The Air Nani Chacon is responsible for this lovely Tex Avery-inspired flyer, filled with titillating information. On St. Valentine’s Sunday, Feb. 14, Speaker Waffle Breakfast [...] Alibi \ Feb 11, 2010 Read More
Music To Your Ears: Monterrey, Mexico’s Mtymx Music And Arts Festival, See Fela! For Free And Klezmerquerque 2010 Is Here. Musica In Monterrey, Mexico Few music festivals really thrill me: Coachella, Lollapalooza, SXSW, New Orleans’ Jazz Fest—despite excellent lineups, they tend to be hot, expensive, impersonal clusterfucks [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Feb 11, 2010 Read More
Music Interview: Riding With Exene Exene Cervenka could care less about resting on laurels. She’s fronted X for more than 30 years, stoking a dynamo of L.A. punk, [...] Laura Marrich \ Feb 11, 2010 Read More Exene Cervenka (Ali Smith)
New Orleans Saints Songs Jessica Cassyle Carr It would stand to reason that the New Orleans Saints, a team named after a song, might inspire more songs. Being one of [...] Alibi \ Feb 04, 2010 Read More My little sister, Elizabeth, and DJ Matty celebrate the Saints’ win at my father’s house on Jan. 24.
Flyer On The Wall: Haiti Benefit Djs Descend On Haiti To help it, of course. On Friday, Feb. 5, DJs Losack, Denise, Maris, Dave 12, Pablo 77 and Burnt Reynolds will mix beats [...] Alibi \ Feb 04, 2010 Read More
Who Are The Radio Alchemists? Poet, journalist, activist and mouth musician Hakim Bellamy is a Philadelphia native who has lived in the Land of Enchantment for five years. [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Feb 04, 2010 Read More Design by Zack Freeman