Music To Your Ears I never thought I'd think or write this, but former Toadies' and current Burden Brothers' frontman Todd (a.k.a “Vaden”) Lewis is a prima [...] Michael Henningsen \ Aug 05, 2004 Read More
Blue Note It's hard to believe, considering the phenomenal level of talent Outpost Productions brings to Albuquerque—99.9 percent of the top jazz talent in the [...] Michael Henningsen \ Aug 05, 2004 Read More
Larry Garner And The Road Lizards Band Thursday, Aug. 5; Club Rhythm & Blues (21 and over, 8 p.m.): If it weren't for Putnay Thomas, host of KUNM's “The Blues [...] Michael Henningsen \ Jul 29, 2004 Read More
Blue Note Listening to Magic Slim's latest Blind Pig release, Blue Magic, it's hard to believe that one of the greatest living exponents of the [...] Michael Henningsen \ Jul 29, 2004 Read More
Sonic Reducer He's been called the Paul McCartney to Will Cullen Hart's John Lennon, but, as a Wings fan and unashamed McCartney-ite, I have to [...] Michael Henningsen \ Jul 29, 2004 Read More
Music To Your Ears Upon arriving home from a brief trip to San Diego last week, I was informed via e-mail that Brewster's Pub, the longstanding watering [...] Michael Henningsen \ Jul 29, 2004 Read More
The Burden Brothers With The Friendly Thursday, July 29; Launchpad (21 and over, 9 p.m.): These days, former Toadies singer and guitarist Todd Lewis is calling himself Vaden Lewis [...] Michael Henningsen \ Jul 29, 2004 Read More
Pedro The Lion With Tilly & The Wall And The Western States Wednesday, Aug. 4; Launchpad (all ages, 7 p.m.): Among the significant number of things David Bazan (a.k.a. Pedro the Lion) does well, it's [...] Michael Henningsen \ Jul 29, 2004 Read More
Music To Your Ears If you like your punk rock with a generous side of pretentiousness, then Austin's—by way of Paris according to the band's bio—Les Messieurs [...] Alibi \ Jul 22, 2004 Read More
Sonic Reducer Like so few musicians today, San Francisco rockers Communiqué remember the nonpejorative meaning of pop: buoyant melodies, clear, repetitive structures and a musical [...] Ben Carlson \ Jul 22, 2004 Read More