Where They Drop When Darkness Falls, A New Defense (Mysteria Records) Friday, June 13, El Rey TheaterThree-and-a-half years ago, two sets of brothers from Acoma Pueblo—the [...] Laura Marrich \ Jun 12, 2008 Read More
God-Des And She This Hip-Hop Duo Ain’t For Suckas Rap superstar Lil Wayne dominated the MTV countdown show TRL throughout May with the video for his song "Lollipop," which is not really [...] Dan Hinkel \ Jun 12, 2008 Read More God-des (left) and She play New Mexico for the first time this Friday.
Girls Rap! It’s too easy to disparage New Mexico for its lack of youth-empowering, School of Rock-style summer camps like the one featured in Girls [...] Laura Marrich \ Jun 05, 2008 Read More
Sonic Reducer Devil on Our Side is like a long road trip with friends. There are moments when you’re bored to tears and times when [...] Alibi \ Jun 05, 2008 Read More
Sweetness Sugar With A Spoonful Of E.e. Cummings Can you sneak literary references into ear candy? Self-described power-pop four-piece Sweetness doesn’t see why not. You might be too busy nodding your [...] Simon McCormack \ Jun 05, 2008 Read More In a field of Sweetness
Fwends Unit 7 Drain, The Oktober People and Ghostkimo braid each other’s hair this Friday, June 6, at the Moonlight Lounge (Central and Second [...] Alibi \ Jun 05, 2008 Read More
Sonic Reducer Arm’s Way only fails when compared to Islands‘ debut. Return to the Sea was a multi-genre fever dream of bright melodies juxtaposed with [...] Alibi \ May 29, 2008 Read More
Lucky No. 7 Star Tattoo blows out the candles on seven years in the pain-for-pleasure biz this Saturday, May 31. Starting at 3 p.m., there’ll be [...] Alibi \ May 29, 2008 Read More
Beirut A Band On The Verge Of Adulthood Comes Home For A Backyard Fundraiser He was barely out of his teen years, but Beirut’s Paul Collins recognized a budding star. "The first time I heard Zach [Condon] [...] Simon McCormack \ May 29, 2008 Read More Beirut’s Paul Collins is front-and-center, beckoning to the crowd. Ringleader Zach Condon is to his immediate right. (Jenn Perutka)
Gathering Of The Sick More Than 30 Bands For Hundreds Of Hungry Metal-Heads You might want to take it easy on your first few trips to the pit. The eighth Gathering of the Sick Festival is [...] Simon McCormack \ May 29, 2008 Read More Fallen Figure straps in on Thursday, May 29
