Show Up!: The Source Of All Music A Place In Space, Also An Earthly Race It seems too obvious to bear repeating, but—since Burque seems to have a higher threshold for tolerating racism than most places I’ve been [...] Joshua Lee \ Feb 11, 2016 Read More Sun Ra (Wikimedia Commons)
Aural Fixation: Five Mexican Bands You Should Listen To Now! Since I’m a wimp who can’t stand the winters in New Mexico, I decided to treat myself to a little viaje down south [...] Robin Babb \ Feb 11, 2016 Read More Le Butcherettes (Louis Kwok)
Aural Fixation: Six Girls, One Couch Litter Brain On Their New Album, Nope “I think it’s kind of important in our story that none of us knew what the fuck we were doing,” Jett Bullock said [...] Maggie Grimason \ Feb 04, 2016 Read More Litter Brain (Courtesy of the band)
Music Interview: Anthrax Vs. The Future Benante Is Blunt About The Basics As the creative force behind thrash-metal icons Anthrax, drummer and songwriter Charlie Benante exudes a casual, forceful confidence as a musician and often [...] August March \ Feb 04, 2016 Read More Charlie Benante of Anthrax (Courtesy of the artist)
Show Up!: Songstresses Sing, Rednecks Swing And Weedrat Rocks Thursday There’s a heap of bands in this town, and yeah, they rock—to use a genre-neutral verb that expresses the essence of what good [...] August March \ Jan 28, 2016 Read More Eileen & the In-Betweens (Courtesy of the artist)
Aural Fixation: Dave Payne Will Not Admit Defeat Local singer-songwriter Dave Payne just released a collection of songs distinct from the more upbeat tuneage of The Saltine Ramblers, the Americana-bluegrass outfit [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Jan 28, 2016 Read More Dave Payne (Courtesy of the Artist)
Show Up!: An Engine That Roared An Engine That Roared When local postmodernist Bradford Thomas Erickson and artist Jackie Riccio collaboratively took the reins of Small Engine Gallery (1413 Fourth Street SW) it [...] August March \ Jan 21, 2016 Read More Marty Crandall (Billy Bellmont/Facebook)
Aural Fixation: Real Shields, Real Arrows Def-I’s New Album Proves Worth The Wait Def-i waves me over to his car and I worry momentarily about slinging mud all over the interior. We’ve met at the parking [...] Joshua Lee \ Jan 21, 2016 Read More Def-i (Adam Rubenstein)
Sonic Reducer: Strange Faces • Tony Brown • The Milk Carton Kids Here’s a high energy, ’60s-tinged rock and roll record that never once lacks for catchy guitar leads and riffs. The band’s borrowing of [...] Geoffrey Plant \ Jan 14, 2016 Read More
Show Up!: Otherwise Occupied Begin A Tuneful Task Thursday, Friday Or Saturday “Don’t start that talking/ I could talk all night/ My mind was sleepwalking/ While I’m putting the world to rights/ Call careers information/ [...] August March \ Jan 14, 2016 Read More The Lymbs (Courtesy of the artists)
