The Home For Aging Rock Stars Dr. Ira ("Ike") Padnos runs the Ponderosa Stomp Foundation, a nonprofit that "exists to acknowledge, pay tribute to, and teach the cultural significance [...] Laura Marrich \ Apr 02, 2009 Read More
A Better 1 P.m. What are you doing Wednesday afternoon?At 1 p.m., scores of people will gather in the lobby of Popejoy Hall. They will clap once [...] Marisa Demarco \ Apr 02, 2009 Read More
Roky Roky Erickson is an Austinite from way back and the exploding kernel of ur-psycheledic garage band the 13th Floor Elevators. The other part [...] Laura Marrich \ Mar 26, 2009 Read More
Pj Harvey It’s nourishing to go to any show where a lot of people turn out to watch music. Sometimes, when I’m feeling particularly despondent, [...] Marisa Demarco \ Mar 26, 2009 Read More
Prepare Your Ears For Sxsw Anyone who’s attended the SXSW music festival knows the brain-bending tedium of reading a band schedule that’s as thick as a telephone book. [...] Laura Marrich \ Mar 12, 2009 Read More
Flashquiz: The P-Stomp Stumper The answers to this quiz are all artists playing the eighth annual Ponderosa Stomp rock and roll festival, returning to New Orleans on [...] Laura Marrich \ Feb 19, 2009 Read More
20 Questions With The Handsome Family As part of the runup to The Handsome Family’s April release of Honey Moon (reviewed in the next Alibi ), PopMatters put our [...] Laura Marrich \ Feb 19, 2009 Read More
Deadline: The New Mexico Music Awards Now in its 22nd year, the New Mexico Music Awards (presented by the all-volunteer staffed New Mexico Music Industry Coalition) hands out awards [...] Laura Marrich \ Feb 12, 2009 Read More
Concert Update: This Charming Man Morrissey will play the Sunshine on April 15. That’s the last day of a U.S. tour that begins March 1, to be followed [...] Laura Marrich \ Jan 29, 2009 Read More
Your Next Tour Bus, Cheap How about a used Albuquerque public bus for $800? Or a 1979 fire truck for $500? The city’s auction clock is ticking … Alibi \ Dec 11, 2008 Read More