Fotw: Viva El Paso Viva El Paso Jon Little (ex-Ant Farmers) curates a tangle of El Paso’s finest bands: Mexicans at Night, The Lusitania, Frontrange and, of course, Jon Little [...] Alibi \ Jan 15, 2009 Read More
Music Interview: Sam Bush The Reluctant King Of Newgrass Sam Bush says he’s still learning to play the mandolin.“There are still many things I don’t know about mandolin, and I think when [...] Simon McCormack \ Jan 15, 2009 Read More
Music Interview: Pato Banton Reggae For Your Mamma Pato Banton was born in a home plagued by violence. When his family separated, Banton and his five siblings were placed in government [...] Simon McCormack \ Jan 08, 2009 Read More (Courtesy of Pato Banton)
Fotw: Taste The Rainbow Taste The Rainbow The Coma Recovery, The Cherry Tempo, Nose Whistler and His Holiness star as Green, Red, Yellow and Purple this Friday, Jan. 9. The [...] Alibi \ Jan 08, 2009 Read More
Music To Your Ears Save Bleeding Eardrum For more than two years, Michael Burke has worked his ass off to provide a place for bands to rock without worrying about [...] Simon McCormack \ Jan 08, 2009 Read More
Good For You, Albuquerque: The Year In Local Music Releases The list kept growing. When we finished flipping through the Alibi’s 2008 calendar and editorial archives, the number we were left with shocked [...] Alibi \ Jan 01, 2009 Read More
The Year In Music: Nationals Of Note Twenty (Or So) Of The Year’s Best Big-Time Albums Get comfortable with the more joyous mom DiFranco, because "edgy" doesn’t always mean "better," and there’s plenty left once all that twisty suffering [...] Alibi \ Jan 01, 2009 Read More
Fotw: Dance/Prance/Trance Dance/Prance/Trance Reba Hasko, D Numbers and North America enact the weirdest dance party of the new year at the Launchpad (21+) on Wednesday, Jan. [...] Alibi \ Jan 01, 2009 Read More
Music Interview: Cherry Poppin’ Daddies Not Exactly A Swing Band Along with bands like Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and the Squirrel Nut Zippers, the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies was part of the 1998 swing [...] Simon McCormack \ Dec 25, 2008 Read More
Sonic Reducer Fall Out Boy’s fourth album aims to push Britney Spears’ For the Record docu-mercial out of people’s minds and give ears something slightly [...] Alibi \ Dec 25, 2008 Read More