Bruce Cockburn You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn has always had a penchant for the topical. The “big” issues–war, God, life and death–take center stage in his [...] Mark Sanders \ Nov 09, 2006 Read More Bruce Cockburn
Ovary Action "Queer Performativity" takes on a whole new meaning as singing acrobats, emcees, burlesque performers and all-around badass girls present the Femme-O-Lition Derby, a [...] Alibi \ Nov 09, 2006 Read More
On A Mission With Wynton Wynton Marsalis Quintet Members Share The Road And The Music Soon after being hired by jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, saxophonist Walter Blanding, a green kid at the time, got a glimpse into the [...] Mel Minter \ Nov 02, 2006 Read More Wynton is the man.
Pigeon John ... Is A Little Crazy Emcee Keeps It Fresh—And Weird Pigeon John’s favorite character on "The Office" is Michael Scott. He even thinks he’s a little bit like him. "He’s just a weird [...] Marisa Demarco \ Nov 02, 2006 Read More Pigeon John
Pigeon John Uncut! How are you doing? Goody woody how are you? Why’s your name Pigeon John and not Canary Mike or something? Canary Mike is [...] Marisa Demarco \ Nov 02, 2006 Read More
Sonic Reducer Some people call it garage rock, I’m gonna call these tunes "bar bangers," by which I mean the kind of up-tempo, ’60s-throwback songs [...] Marisa Demarco \ Nov 02, 2006 Read More
Anti-Prozac Party Undo years of therapy this Saturday, Nov. 4, at The Compound (3206 San Mateo NE) with a masochistic megadose of progressive death metal. [...] Alibi \ Nov 02, 2006 Read More
Teen Dream The Velvet Teen Is Big In Japan And, Perhaps Soon, Albuquerque As Well Ranking among the best indie rock records of recent memory is one you may never hear, by a band that remains mostly unknown. [...] Mark Sanders \ Nov 02, 2006 Read More The Velvet Teen
Music To Your Ears Essential Shows– No excuses. Get off the Lazy Boy and go hear some music. Friday at Burt’s. Like a young, fast, stripped-down ZZ-Top, [...] Laura Marrich \ Nov 02, 2006 Read More
Sonic Reducer Perhaps a more fitting title for this album would be Get Real Paid: A Tribute to Beck, Vol. 2. The fear that Beck’s [...] Lash Bower \ Oct 26, 2006 Read More