Micro Reviews Of Christopher Owens, Feast Of The Epiphany And Antoni Maiovvi The Beatles had “All you need is love,” but, for Christopher Owens, “Love is in the ear of the listener.” Owens (half of [...] Alibi \ Jan 24, 2013 Read More
¡Viva Hyperbole!: Acoustics Of A Social Experiment Acoustics Of A Social Experiment We’re a community here. It may not seem like that to some. But it’s real. We live here. In the middle of nowhere, [...] Jim Phillips \ Jan 24, 2013 Read More Lauren Anderson (Harry Redus-Brown)
Last Month In Music: December I saw a lot of great shows last month—too many to do justice to in this brief column. Among others, I saw Asliani, [...] Mike Smith \ Jan 24, 2013 Read More Red Light Cameras
Micro Reviews Of Dark Furs, George Barnett And Coyote Clean Up Dream pop dominates alt.rock these days, as well it should. Anyone who felt shoegaze—dream pop’s baby daddy or kissing cousin, depending on who [...] Alibi \ Jan 17, 2013 Read More
El Lay Jazz, Down Calexico Way And You, Yourself & Them El Lay Jazz, Down Calexico Way And You, Yourself & Them El Lay Jazz When people hear the word “jazz,” a mental/sonic image of painfully smooth brass instruments is sometimes conjured up. Los Angeles [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Jan 17, 2013 Read More A Giraffe
Sioux City Pete & The Beggars Call Up Thunder Sioux City Pete & The Beggars Call Up Thunder I got an email several years ago from one Sioux City Pete, looking to set up a show here in town. I’d heard [...] Derek Caterwaul \ Jan 17, 2013 Read More
Micro Reviews Of Holly Herndon, Jewels Of The Nile And Broadcast Techno-maven Holly Herndon’s debut album, Movement, explores the tenuous and enigmatic relationship between emanations of the flesh and any sufficiently advanced technology. As [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Jan 10, 2013 Read More
Low Culture In The Afternoon, Genre-Palooza At Burt’s And Popular Music And A Boys Choir Whether you’re in the mood for an afternoon record store performance or an evening gig, Las Cruces poppy garage-punk act Low Culture has [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Jan 10, 2013 Read More Low Culture (Ryan Maddox)
505 Listening Party: Local Spin Fuses Past And Present Sound Local Spin Fuses Past And Present Sound I fancy myself a Nuevo Mexicano music enthusiast. In my mind, qualifications for this title include general Land of Enchantment geekdom and a [...] Samantha Anne Carrillo \ Jan 10, 2013 Read More
Micro Reviews Of Horse Lords, Samantha Glass And Chris Schoen Baltimore-based Horse Lords are about as danceable as experimental music wants to get. Despite their avant-garde influences and obvious noise skills, Andrew Bernstein, [...] Alibi \ Jan 03, 2013 Read More
