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Wednesday, March 21,2012
Music Features

Word Association

Getting inside the head of teen musician Alix Monasterio

Alex De Vore
Everybody’s talking about local musician Alix Monasterio, a young dude who has become famous in the teen scene for multilayered soundscapes recorded entirely in his garage. Always down for a good old-fashioned bandwagon, I sat down with Monasterio and gave him a little word association test.
Wednesday, March 14,2012
Music Features

Doomsday

Local doom trio Drought basically lives in my brain full time now

Alex De Vore

As I start listening to “Turquoise Monolith,” the new single from local doom metal band Drought, everything around me ceases to matter, almost melting into nonexistence. My eyes close while I shift to make myself more comfortable. After all, this song is 18-some-odd minutes long, and I can already tell it demands my full attention. 


Wednesday, March 14,2012
Music Features

Try Something New

Low-risk opportunities like SxSF don’t come around often

Matthew Irwin
Two phenomena, other than genre, influence whether or not I’ll attend a music gig. The first and least interesting is the availability of money. The second is an anecdote I heard about Jimi Hendrix: He complained that fans wanted to hear the tunes from his albums, whereas he felt that a recording signifies the end of the artistic process.
Tuesday, March 6,2012
Music Features

Five and One-Half Reasons to be at SxSF

This festival is the best-ival—better than this joke, anyway

Alex De Vore
Think about how the annual SxSF (South by Santa Fe) Transit Music Festival is ingenious: Bands are on their way to South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, passing through Santa Fe anyway, so why not snag
Tuesday, February 28,2012
Music Features

Rock 101

Pop quiz: what's cooler than a school that teaches rock? Nothing.

Alex De Vore
Kids involved with the world of music tend to excel in countless other areas. So why is the excitement of most school music classes generally limited to an instrument as fantastically boring as the re
Wednesday, February 22,2012
Music Features

Hungry Like the [Meow] Wolf

Meow Wolf joins forces with Sol Santa Fe Stage & Grill. You’re welcome

Alex De Vore
 Let’s get the bad news out of the way: Following the Starfucker show on Jan. 11—which bordered on a scaled-down Altamont with VFW members acting as Hells Angels-esque security—local arts collective Meow Wolf put an end to its shows at the VFW. Sounds like a drag, but as it turns out, it was a blessing in disguise for the artsy weirdos.
Tuesday, February 14,2012
Music Features

Sista Sista

Local vocalist Michèle Leidig finally gets the band she always deserved

Alex De Vore
I remained unconvinced about the new vision at Vanessie until a chance conversation with local vocalist extraordinaire/reigning karaoke queen Michèle Leidig led me to the restaurant for the debut per
Wednesday, February 8,2012
Music Features

Radio Ga Ga

Bill offers New Mexico radio stations incentive to think local

Alex De Vore
A new (ish) bill proposed by the New Mexico Music Commission and sponsored by state Sen. Eric Griego, D-Bernalillo, could have a major impact on the business of music statewide. Senate Bill 43 wo
Tuesday, January 31,2012
Music Features

Get Funked

The Sticky adds some much-needed fun to Santa Fe’s nightlife

Alex De Vore
 5:13 pm: When the girlfriend asks what time I’m heading to Rouge Cat to see new local funk band The Sticky, I give her an answer that is perhaps more long-winded than she wants. “I was told
Wednesday, January 25,2012
Music Features

Nothing But a Number

It’s hard to provide music for Santa Fe’s youth

Alex De Vore
If you’re looking to dispel the notion that Santa Fe dismisses youth artistic movements, don’t go asking the Santa Fe Convention and Visitors Bureau.Shortly after a blog post by SFR Staff Writer W
 
 
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