Straight From The Garage: Looking In On The Glass Menageries Looking In On The Glass Menageries It’s a cold Sunday morning. Storm clouds are rolling in, the scent of impending raindrops coating the asphalt. I’m greeted by Mauro Woody, [...] Mark Lopez \ May 07, 2015 Read More Glass Menageries’ practice (Mark Lopez)
Pride And Joy: Five Gigs To Make Your Heart Sing Five Gigs To Make Your Heart Sing “The blonde waitresses take their trays/ They spin around and they cross the floor/ They got the moves/ You drop your drink, then [...] August March \ May 07, 2015 Read More
Abq Music History: An Interview With Kimo, Pt. I It’s impossible to write about the history, evolution and future of the Albuquerque scene without mentioning Kimo Licious. A singer-songwriter whose work is [...] August March \ May 07, 2015 Read More Kimo (Courtesy of artist)
Rise To The Challenge: Attend These Shows Because You Can Attend These Shows Because You Can “Drive a great big truck/ When I’m old, when I’m old/ Haul the wrecks down to the wreck yard/ Help the boys unload/ [...] August March \ Apr 30, 2015 Read More (An excerpt from a photo by J. R. Eyerman)
Get Lit: Conquering America One Beat At A Time If you’re anything like Vince Noir, the mad musical genius from “The Mighty Boosh,” you earnestly believe everything that came before electronica was [...] August March \ Apr 30, 2015 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of Barter 6, Cherry Bomb And Love Story Every Young Thug tape in recent memory had moments where auto-tuned yelps, yowls, ad-libs and double-time raps lit your headphones up, requiring a [...] Elliot Pearson \ Apr 30, 2015 Read More
What You Came For: Concerts Worthy Of Attention Concerts Worthy Of Attention “Princess cards she sends me with her regards/ Barroom eyes shine vacancy, to see her you gotta look hard/ Wounded deep in battle, [...] August March \ Apr 23, 2015 Read More
Aural Fixation: What Is “Art Music”? The term “art music” refers to work that involves advanced theoretical and structural concerns and a written tradition. Art music often originates from [...] August March \ Apr 23, 2015 Read More
Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of On To The Stars, The Girdle And Big Sad Guy Ii On the surface, the title track on SuperGiant’s latest On to the Stars bears a striking resemblance to Corrosion of Conformity’s “Albatross,” but [...] August March \ Apr 23, 2015 Read More
Sonic Cinema: Success Ain’t Always The Best Revenge In the British comic book Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future, the titular Earthling hero fights a host of ugly aliens on a [...] August March \ Apr 16, 2015 Read More