Fotw: Moo-Stash Moo -Stash Move. Groove. Groom. Your mustache. Stereotyperider headlines Toddy T-Bones’ Fifth Annual Mustache Party on Saturday, April 25, at the Launchpad with Split Hoof [...] Alibi \ Apr 23, 2009 Read More
Sonic Reducer The world could use more of many things—truffles, fresh water, flowers, yetis, helium, French pop songs—and thankfully Phoenix, from Versailles, France, will do [...] Alibi \ Apr 23, 2009 Read More
Fotw: Gypsy, Be Good Gypsy, Be Good Sleestaks, Dead On Point Five, Bat Wings for Lab Rats (featuring Rob of Holiday Sail) and Dynamite Kegs (from Cruces) rock the Launchpad [...] Alibi \ Apr 16, 2009 Read More
Music To Your Ears Scores Of Scores The New Mexico film industry’s proverbial belt gets another notch punched in it this week, but it’s not what you’ll see that’s making [...] Laura Marrich \ Apr 16, 2009 Read More
Sonic Reducer The band that helped bring New York rock back from the dead has decided it wants to make new wave disco jams. It’s [...] Alibi \ Apr 16, 2009 Read More
Mike Watt Ex-Minuteman Ponders Mortality While Practicing An Opera Punk institution Mike Watt considered a lot of influences in designing his third rock opera: Walt Whitman, The Wizard of Oz , Watt’s [...] Dan Hinkel \ Apr 16, 2009 Read More Watt, front and center, with The Missingmen
Jazzed: Lionel Loueke Trio African-Inflected Guitar And Telepathy Blending simple, beautiful African melodies with forward-looking harmonies, a deep groove and an unusually percussive repertoire of vocalizations, guitarist Lionel Loueke has quickly [...] Mel Minter \ Apr 16, 2009 Read More Loueke’s always on the lookout for inspiration. (Courtesey of Lionel Loueke)
Show Up!: The Smile Ease Moose, Bears Or Volcanoes A few minutes after my interview concluded with The Smile Ease bassist Marc Bourdon, the Anchorage resident shot me an e-mail with this [...] Simon McCormack \ Apr 09, 2009 Read More Marc Bourdon, dead center, brings a bit of the Land of Enchantment to Alaska’s The Smile Ease.
Last Night I Dreamt That Morrissey Did An Interview With Me But I woke up and it was just another false alarm. So, instead of sardonic insight into the iconic British singer’s mind, you [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Apr 09, 2009 Read More
Fotw: New: Space New: Space Hardcore punk act No Harm Done came all the way from Florida to break in Thread: Space, a new venue at 5909 Marble [...] Alibi \ Apr 09, 2009 Read More