Music will invariably change, but there is a part of me that longs for my teenage years and the seemingly endless stream of punk acts I once saw at venues such as Warehouse 21. Fortunately, one local band (Beautiful Stupid Radio) has recently transported me back to the golden days when music was boundless, and another (Man Hurls Hedgehog) shows promise of carrying on and remaining faithful to the punk lineage.

Other than the fine establishment that is Frogville Records, Santa Fe isn’t known for its record labels. So when I met Shamus Alley at the recent Dr. Dog show at The Pub & Grill at Santa Fe Brewing Company and he told me about a new, locally groundbreaking label/collective he’s trying to get off the ground, I felt pretty excited.

Dead Dub Society is quickly approaching its first birthday. The crew of loosely affiliated DJs came together partly to satisfy their own musical needs, but also to provide Santa Fe with a unique style to which it wasn’t quite accustomed: dubstep, born out of the UK electronic scene.

I first noticed punk and metal labels releasing cassettes when I was working in a record store a few years back. This ongoing retro trend is a little odd, but it’s also the result of an influx of music fans who appreciate a more lo-fi approach and who favor analog’s warm sound over digital’s crispness.

Face it, Santa Fe: Corazón constantly has great shows—dare we say, the best shows in town. In just over a year of operation, it’s hosted some of the most memorable shows that Santa Fe has ever seen.

When I heard that a show of supposedly epic proportions was hitting The Pub & Grill at Santa Fe Brewing Company April 5, I figured I’d check it out. I had no way of knowing just how surrounded by irony I’d be. Mid-set, I started getting angry.

“I think a lot of people in Santa Fe, or anywhere for that matter, think that hip-hop should be billed only with hip-hop, but I don’t think that’s true at all,” local emcee Kin Keezy tells me when I ask him about local hip-hop.

“Team Tuesday is the hub where people can come and have fun and find out about the more underground things we do,” Feathericci says. “At the core is D Numbers [Feathericci and Bacon’s math-rock band, which includes Brian Mayhall]. When we tour, we meet incredible acts and bring them to Santa Fe. We’re working on bigger things all the time. Our slant is towards techno, but we’ll always book anything that sounds good. I love rock ’n’ roll.”

I’ve been hearing a lot about this new local band Chango, which often plays at The Underground. But I was leery since Chango plays solely cover songs. Usually when this is the case, my immediate reaction is to think the band will be boring and wonder why its members don’t just write their own damn songs. I mean, it’s not that hard.

Years ago, I dated a girl who was intensely into tango. Our relationship was a vicious power struggle so, in an effort to spite her, I refused to dance. Now that I’m making a conscious effort to experience new things, I figured it was a good time to get into tango, so I traveled to the weekly milonga at El Meson.