Sonic Reducer; Are Parties There, Seven Princes Of Heaven And Nuevas Acequias, Rio Viejito: Traditional Music Of Northern New Mexico This week’s “Sonic Reducer” is an intuitive affair. That is to say, our reviewer picked out all of this week’s homegrown records using [...] August March \ Jan 02, 2020 Read More
Show Up!: Tomorrow’s The Day My Show’s Gonna Come “What’s your favorite wintertime jam, August?” I once asked. “That’s easy,” he replied. It’s that Dylan cover from Sweetheart of the Rodeo by [...] August March \ Jan 02, 2020 Read More Constant Harmony (courtesy of the artist)
Music Interview: Baz Francis, Rocker An Englishman In Albuquerque “Let’s frame this story properly,” said August March in a faux Midlands accent—something you might hear in northern Gloucestershire, except for that indelible [...] August March \ Jan 02, 2020 Read More Mansion Harlots: Baz Francis and Will Gray
The Big Spank At 20 Rollin’ With That Big Bad Band I dare you to name the names of the Burque bands who have been successfully gigging for the past 20 years.Ok, time’s up, [...] August March \ Dec 19, 2019 Read More The Big Spank (Corey Yazzie)
Sonic Reducer: Commonplace Items For Extraordinary Tasks I don’t know what else to tell you. This album is amazing. I listen to music all the time. At work, at home [...] August March \ Dec 19, 2019 Read More
Show Up!: Again And Again Two Weeks, Six Shows! “How the heck do you think you’re going to be able to cram two weeks’ worth of rocking events into a half-page preview [...] August March \ Dec 19, 2019 Read More Al Hurricane Jr. (courtesy of the artist)
Yow, There Goes 2019! The Year In Music, Examined On Earth, the humans wake and sleep and eat and make things. One of the things they make is music, a sort of [...] August March \ Dec 19, 2019 Read More Lindy Vision (Eric Williams Photography)
Show Up!: Existing On Stars The Miracle Of Shows “All we got to do is get a little faith in you/ Woah, I’ve been so many places I’ve seen some things (yes [...] August March \ Dec 12, 2019 Read More Blow Up The Neighborhood (courtesy of the artist)
Sonic Reducer: Lunch Lady And The Vanilla Drill, Stories And Hex Is everyone in the Albuquerque music scene that developed after the formation of the Martian Funk Ensemble in 1979 secretly but surely influenced [...] Alibi \ Dec 12, 2019 Read More
Chuppers Come Out And Play Hanging With Manny Rettinger On Tuesday, Dec. 10, August March spent the morning talking shop with legendary local recordist, guitarist and musical miracle worker Manny Rettinger.In case [...] August March \ Dec 12, 2019 Read More Manny Rettinger (August March)
