Jazzed: Jazz With An Accent Saxophonist David Sánchez From the opening notes on his latest CD—the Grammy-nominated Cultural Survival —saxophonist David Sánchez captures your attention with a sound as compact, muscular [...] Mel Minter \ Mar 05, 2009 Read More (Courtesy of davidsanchezmusic.com)
Show Up!: We Should Be Dead But We Disagree When asked whether his band will conquer America, Stephen Purcell only musters a halfhearted “Yeah, we’re gonna take it over,” before breaking into [...] Simon McCormack \ Mar 05, 2009 Read More Laying out with We Should Be Dead. Purcell’s in green. (Emma)
Fotw: At Your Servus At Your Servus Can’t wait for Friday? Shake off those weekday blues at Blackbird Buvette’s (509 Central NW) Lipp Servus dance party, held every Thursday night [...] Alibi \ Mar 05, 2009 Read More
Music To Your Ears Home, Sweet Home The stock market is contracting so fast you can almost hear it snap. But there’s an upside to tight times. They remind us [...] Laura Marrich \ Mar 05, 2009 Read More
Sonic Reducer If Living Things led a revolution, it would do it wearing a leather jacket. The steady jabs of towering guitar and anarchistic rants [...] Alibi \ Mar 05, 2009 Read More
Ends !N Tragedy A Punk Rock Dream Team When founding drummer Chad Zollo departed from Ends !n Tragedy, he left with a message for singer/guitarist Ian Jarrell.“He said, ‘I’m going to [...] Simon McCormack \ Feb 26, 2009 Read More Ends !n Tragedy—ringleader Ian Jarrell lurks in the back, second from left. (Jeremy Cast)
Fotw: Reanimator Reanimator Levi (Volume Volume/Romeo Goes to Hell), Kenta (Jonnycats), April (Rockstar karaoke) and Jared (Creepshow) broke up with their bands and fused together Violenta [...] Alibi \ Feb 26, 2009 Read More
Music To Your Ears Best Of Burque Music: How To Play Voting is open for the Alibi’s 2009 Best of Burque awards, and it’s accessible exclusively through alibi.com. Don’t hold your breath for a [...] Laura Marrich \ Feb 26, 2009 Read More
Fotw: Bring Out Your Dead Bring Out Your Dead Punishment Overdue, Burst Into Flames, Futilitarian and AtoicEv turn you into a newt on Saturday, Feb. 21, at The Compound (all-ages, 3206 San [...] Alibi \ Feb 19, 2009 Read More
Sonic Reducer Albuquerque’s Dirt City Radio puts forth the kind of country you can sway to while swilling whiskey on your back porch. One acoustic [...] Alibi \ Feb 19, 2009 Read More