Aural Fixation: More Than Reality Allows A Conversation With Jessica Mills As we stood on the sidewalk off Central, well after I had stopped recording our interview, Jessica Mills turned to me and said, [...] Maggie Grimason \ Jan 07, 2016 Read More The horn section of Citizen Fish: Miguel Reyes, Jessica Mils and Matt Dowse (Courtesy of Jessica Mills)
Show Up!: Cold Times, Hot Shows! Four Rockin’ Gigs For A Wintry Town “Oak tree, you’re in my way.” A line from “That Smell” by Lynyrd Skynyrd.I had a friend in art school that was fairly [...] August March \ Jan 07, 2016 Read More Leftöver Crack (Photo by Spaztacular)
Music Interview: Rocking Like A Hurricane Al And Al Jr.: A Life In Music Let me be clear. Al Hurricane rocks. He’s the father—officially the Godfather—of a brand of New Mexican music that blends diffuse influences, intense [...] August March \ Dec 31, 2015 Read More Al Hurricane (Eric Williams)
Sonic Reducer: Spoon • Willow • Holy Glories Well, this one makes me feel old. On Dec. 11, Spoon released a remastered, deluxe edition of their album Gimme Fiction in celebration [...] Alibi \ Dec 24, 2015 Read More
Show Up!: Ignite The Night With These Heavenly Concerts “Did you ever see the faces of the children/ They get so excited/ Waking up on Christmas morning/ Hours before the winter sun’s [...] August March \ Dec 24, 2015 Read More Gene Corbin (Courtesy of the artist)
Aural Fixation: New Music, New Solidarity 2015 was rough, y’all. Between the attacks in Paris, the death and terror that the Islamic State has inflicted in the Middle East, [...] Robin Babb \ Dec 24, 2015 Read More Under the paving stones, the beach
Show Up!: Never Too Obscure To Rock Three Diggable Gigs “You’re just too, too obscure for me/ Oh, you don’t really get through to me/ And there’s no need for you to talk [...] August March \ Dec 17, 2015 Read More Bassist James Whiton (Courtesy of the artist)
David Bashwiner: A Theorist Part Ii Of The Interview In last week’s issue, Alibi interviewed David Bashwiner about his musical career with local band Cactus Tractor. On Friday, Dec. 18, at 7:30pm, [...] Robin Babb \ Dec 17, 2015 Read More David Bashwiner, music theorist and rocker (Kate Burn Photography)
Show Up!: Rocking A Candle The Rhythm, The Speed, The Shows! “You didn’t know that rock and roll burned/ So you bought a candle and you lived and you learned/ You got the rhythm [...] August March \ Dec 10, 2015 Read More Joe West and the Santa Fe Revue (Anne Stavely)
Sonic Reducer: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard • Sunn O))) • Coldplay Sonic Reducer: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard • Sunn O))) • Coldplay This garage-psych band from the land down under sure does freak me out. Expecting more of the ragingly unkempt sonic shout-outs that shone [...] August March \ Dec 10, 2015 Read More
