Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of Irreal, River Run Thee And The Planet Chicagoan post-punk act Disappears’ fifth studio album Irreal proves itself a dystopian sonic thriller of note. Frontman Brian Case’s deep, dark vocals inhabit [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Jan 29, 2015 Read More
Abq Music History: Uncaging The Sun With snow falling around town like it hasn’t in years—and the next damn good show more than a day away—I’m kicking it here [...] August March \ Jan 29, 2015 Read More A “check” from John Cage (The John Cage Trust)
On Beholding And Belonging: Five Gigs Prove There’s No Place Like Home Five Gigs Prove There’s No Place Like Home “We’re aware that you cut your hair/ In the style that our drummer wore/ In the video/ But with fame came a mounting [...] August March \ Jan 22, 2015 Read More
Jazzed: How To Encounter Duke City Jazz, Pt. Ii As mentioned last week, finding jazz in Albuquerque is simply a matter of looking in the right place, whether that space is a [...] August March \ Jan 22, 2015 Read More Tom Guralnick (Outpost Performance Space)
Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of Nights In The Dark, The Pale Emperor And What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World It seems generous at best—and outright wrong at worst—to bill California X as a punk band. Unless, of course, you define punk as [...] Alibi \ Jan 22, 2015 Read More
Good Music For Good People: Four Gigs That Beat All Four Gigs That Beat All “Buy every rock ’n‘ roll book on the magazine stand/ Every dime that he gets is lost to the jukebox, man/ He worries [...] August March \ Jan 15, 2015 Read More
Jazzed: How To Encounter Duke City Jazz, Pt. I There is a thing called jazz in this town. Bright, buoyant and bountiful, it floats along the eddies and currents of the sonic [...] August March \ Jan 15, 2015 Read More Tom Guralnick (Mark Weber)
For Those Devout To Rock: Six Pursuits Worth A Salute Six Pursuits Worth A Salute “Ridin’ down the highway/ Goin’ to a show/ Stop in all the byways/ Playin’ rock ‘n’ roll/ Gettin’ robbed/ Gettin’ stoned/ Gettin’ beat [...] August March \ Jan 08, 2015 Read More From left, CRTTRZ and Consider Me Dead (Courtesy of artists)
We Like To Watch (Instantly): Finding Fela!, The Weird World Of Blowfly And Hit So Hard The holidays are over, unless you count the Super Bowl, an event that some Americans use to mark the end of winter festivities. [...] August March \ Jan 08, 2015 Read More
You Can’t Keep A Good Band Down: Pilot To Bombardier Returns Pilot To Bombardier Returns It was the year 2000. Kurt Cobain was six years dead. “Alternative rock”—the self-appointed “successor” to punk—was shifting. There were still plenty of [...] Captain America \ Jan 01, 2015 Read More Pilot To Bombardier: From left, Rhian Batson, Travis Williams, Sean McCullough and Miguel Villarreal (Sean McCullough)