Rrrrrrrraaar! Pop-art merits aside, I especially like Levi 11’s poster because it reminds me of a scene from in Pee-wee’s Big Adventure. “C’mon, Simone, [...] Alibi \ Mar 13, 2008 Read More
Sonic Reducer If it isn’t crushed under the weight of its own hype, Tucson’s Mostly Bears could emerge as the leader of the next prog-rock [...] Alibi \ Mar 13, 2008 Read More
Too Rude To Talk To The English Beat's Dave Wakeling Is Actually One Of The Nicest Between 1978 and 1983 The Beat (known in North America as The English Beat) was a pre-eminent part of the ska revival movement [...] Jessica Cassyle Carr \ Mar 13, 2008 Read More Coming to a dancehall near you!
Ash And Ember The Fire-Ravaged Golden West And Neighboring Launchpad Shared A Wall, But The Owners Differ In How They’re Picking Up The Pieces It’s a strange scene, "like something you’d see in a movie," Kathy Zimmer says. Blackened rubble slopes up and over where the lip [...] Marisa Demarco \ Mar 13, 2008 Read More Burned tables lined up against one of the Golden West’s charred walls (Marisa Demarco)
Ravi Coltrane Finds A Commanding Voice To Call His Own Saxophonist’s Quartet Brings New Music To Albuquerque And Santa Fe In the liner notes to his Grammy-nominated CD, In Flux (Savoy Jazz, 2005), tenor and soprano saxophonist Ravi Coltrane thanks his teachers at [...] Mel Minter \ Mar 13, 2008 Read More You know Ravi’s the man.
Jazz Is Just The Beginning Anat Cohen, Award-Winning Clarinetist/Saxophonist, Brings Her Quartet To The Outpost When she was busy mastering American jazz on her tenor saxophone, Anat Cohen gave little thought to the clarinet collecting dust in her [...] Mel Minter \ Mar 06, 2008 Read More Cohen and her clarinet (John Rogers)
Fresh Beats Banish the bore-gasm that is Wednesday with Vinyl and Verses at Burt’s Tiki Lounge. DJs Clout and Shake are on the table this [...] Alibi \ Mar 06, 2008 Read More
Sonic Reducer Sera Cahoone isn’t writing a new chapter in the story of alt.country, but she’s adding a few colorful pages to the book. The [...] Alibi \ Mar 06, 2008 Read More
Friends Forever And Foot Village Drum Kit Metal, Bikinis And Fireworks At a certain point, it might be better to just stop asking Josh Taylor questions.The more info he provides about his percussion-based metal-rock [...] Simon McCormack \ Mar 06, 2008 Read More Friends Forever
The Saloon That Rock Built Many Bands' First Steps Were Across The Threshold Of The Golden West U.K. oi! band The Business takes the stage. Young testosterone-riddled skinheads start slam dancing, but the Party Vikings, a local gang of rowdy [...] Marisa Demarco \ Mar 06, 2008 Read More The Golden West waits to welcome customers before it opens for a regular business day in 2006. (Jessica Cassyle Carr)
