Aural Fixation: My Breaking (Bad) Heart A bittersweet time approaches. I’ve been in love with “Breaking Bad” since the first episode aired on Jan. 20, 2008. And I’m certainly [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Aug 08, 2013 Read More (The Candy Lady)
Four Up: The West Is The Best, From Post-Punk To Yeehaw, Destroy What Destroys You And Improv Rumbles Roost The West Is The Best The final iteration of Chatter Chamber’s concert collaboration with the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History (2000 Mountain NW) for its “Changing Perceptions [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Aug 08, 2013 Read More (mad-eye p!e via Compfight cc)
Four Up: In The Name Of Psych, Instagram Rock, “Dead Flowers” On “Rockaway Beach” And Northerly Neighbors Roost In The Name Of Psych Brooklynite self-described “modern psychedelia” act Naam—whose moniker seems to originate with the Sanskrit term for “name,” “naam”—brings their hypnotic brand of heavy modern-psych [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Aug 01, 2013 Read More Naam (Samantha Marble)
Sonic Reducer: Micro Reviews Of Circumambulation, People’s Historia And Faux Fur Courtney Love once observed that, while Led Zeppelin’s songs were full of “bad elfin Dungeons & Dragons lyrics,” the music was “great, like [...] Alibi \ Aug 01, 2013 Read More
Last Month In Music: June 2013 I live in a third-floor apartment here in Albuquerque. I don’t know much about the people who live above and below me, but [...] Mike Smith \ Aug 01, 2013 Read More The Free Range Ramblers
Aural Fixation: I Scream, You Scream There’s a certain sardonic pleasure to gorging on icy confections during the heart of winter, but—let’s face it—ice cream, paletas, sorbet and the [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Jul 25, 2013 Read More "Popsicle of love / Gimme gimme gimme one of those (hoo!)" (Pink Sherbert Photography)
Let There Be Sound, Funk Fix In The Fe, Podcast Catalyst And Killer Drone Let There Be Sound Local metal fest Crust in the Dust is hosting a crabwalk—a round robin and collaborative performance wherein the audience sits dead center—to raise [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Jul 25, 2013 Read More Futilitarian
Micro Reviews Of Embracism, The Big Dream And Stills Callinan has that post-industrial lounge singer voice: a hybrid of Andrew Eldritch, Bryan Ferry and Nick Cave. The album title comes from an [...] M. Brianna Stallings \ Jul 25, 2013 Read More
Micro Reviews Of Books About Metal, Moondog And 4Ad Katherine Turman and Jon Wiederhorn(It Books · hardcover · $32.50)Revolver Senior Editor Jon Wiederhorn and “Nights with Alice Cooper” producer Katherine Turman successfully [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Jul 18, 2013 Read More
Six Degrees Of Nü-Folk, Mercury Rising, All That Jazz And Rocking The Cat’s Cradle Six Degrees Of Nü-Folk Ithica, N.Y.-based artist Annie Lewandowski grew up in Minnesota, which she describes as “a place full of things that are long and longer: [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Jul 18, 2013 Read More