Survival Of The Illest The Launchpad presents "Underground Rising 2," a beatified battle royale with Mantis Fist, Living Proof, Durt-e Sol, Habeas Corpses, SaintSinnerSuns, The Zoo and [...] Alibi \ Mar 15, 2007 Read More
La Junta Benefit Concert Sticking Out Like A Sore Thumb And Loving Every Minute Of It For Nick Pena, frontman of Santa Fe’s Latin rap-rock trio La Junta, school taught him a somewhat unintended lesson. "In high school," says [...] Simon McCormack \ Mar 15, 2007 Read More Guess Junta?
A Legend Called Mouse Reggae Hero Didn't Set Out To Invent A Style Eek-A-Mouse is still in Ketchum, Idaho, when we speak. It’s hard to imagine what the 3,000 or so people who live in Ketchum [...] Marisa Demarco \ Mar 15, 2007 Read More Eek-A-Mouse likes doing his own thing.
Sonic Reducer What does "indie rock" even mean anymore? Minmae , kind of a rock-starless anti-band, is what I wish it meant. 835 gives you [...] Marisa Demarco \ Mar 15, 2007 Read More
Music To Your Ears One for the Road— It’s an exciting time for local crooner Tommy Gearhart. Last September, he released a collection of standards called Autumn [...] Laura Marrich \ Mar 15, 2007 Read More
An Anomaly In Brooklyn Pistolera’s Mexican Sound Finds Love On The East Coast Sandra Velasquez arrived in New York in 1999 and developed a longing. Brooklyn’s streets lacked familiar Mexican restaurants, dishing up grub on every [...] Marisa Demarco \ Mar 08, 2007 Read More Pistolera
Music To Your Ears Where There’s Smoke— A new University-area hookah bar called Hunab Hookah is catering to the 18-plus crowd with live music. (Don’t fret, there’s [...] Laura Marrich \ Mar 08, 2007 Read More
Sonic Reducer Jeannette Kantzalis should be commended for creating a complete album. The Kitten Next Door is her first record, but it oozes the kind [...] Amy Dalness \ Mar 08, 2007 Read More
Jon Gagan “Transits” Musical Cultures At The Outpost Bassist’s Quartet To Feature Music From His Latest Cd Tabla, acoustic and electric guitars, alto and tenor saxes, palmas, synth, Fender Rhodes, vibraphone and marimba, bongos, cajón, kora, djembe, telephone (and more) [...] Mel Minter \ Mar 08, 2007 Read More Jon Gagan
The Prix Don't Let The Name Fool You Cashew Van Harding and the rest of his band, The Prix (pronounced the "pree"), were sitting by the radio, anxiously waiting to hear [...] Simon McCormack \ Mar 08, 2007 Read More The Prix, pixilated
