I grew up with a father who was always making me listen to Billie Holiday and songs from Porgy and Bess. At the time, I looked at it as an exercise in sitting quietly until he let me go, so it wasn’t until later that I developed a soft spot for the chanteuse action. With such visions I grabbed coffee with local singer Teri Lynn Browning to discuss Teri’s Lounge, her new semi-regular event at El Farol.

The Subway Sessions is a new night of hip-hop and house music every Friday at The Underground that features DJs King George and Ché. Moving in and out of hip-hop and house makes for a unique style, and does wonders for a town full of people aching to dance.

My first foray into the Gordon Free Band’s music came when I discovered a copy of its album, SuperConscious, lying around SFR’s office. Curious, I popped it on to get a taste. I cued the CD to a track titled “Revolution (Obama Radio Edit)” to see what an Obama radio edit might possibly be.

Following warnings from Santa Fe police, the Meow Wolf collective has scaled back the number of shows it puts on. For some, this is an opportunity to focus more on its visual offerings. For others (namely me and anyone who gets excited about hearing original music), this is a huge blow to the music scene.

In the spirit of Samhain, I wanted to talk in a countdown-like fashion about some of the most notable music-inspired costumes I’ve seen over the years, inspired by Blind Melon, AC/DC, Kurt Cobain, a werewolf hunting band and, unnaturally, the King of Pop.

My two favorite things in the entire world are music and games, so you can imagine my disappointment as countless games have failed to meet my musical expectations. The games may be fun, but there's a generation of kids growing up that has more interest in getting really good at a fake guitar than the real thing.

Feel like that shadowy, head-phoned figure behind the turntables is destined to remain a mystery? Wrong. Alex De Vore sits down with some of the DJs rolling through Team Tuesday and beyond and encapsulates their musical histories into cute little DJ trading cards. Featuring Dirt Girl, Feathericci and Toast.

High Mayhem—much like the acts it produces, books and promotes—is itself an experimental idea come to life. “It’s all on the fly,” Friedenberg says. “Sometimes it works wonderfully, and other times it fails.”

27 Devils Joking plans to destroy Guadalupe Street, burn down the Railyard, demolish the state capitol building and corrupt the youth within a 10 square block radius of Corazón. Either that, or the old-school punk band is simply having a happy reunion for Tom Trusnovic's 40th birthday.

I went to every possible musical performance I could cram into five hours on Saturday night during Fiesta weekend—everywhere from Rockin' Rollers to Fusion and quite a bit inbetween—and, I’ve gotta say: Santa Fe, you don’t mess around.