Mark Calexico – Spiritoso My staff pick for the year 2013 would have to be Calexico’s Spiritoso. Released 10 years after their seminal album Feast of Wire...
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Top 5 Show Picks of the Week!!!
Great shows all weekend. For more Upcoming Shows, head here!
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Album of the Year: Slider by decker
Cryptic and tinged with darkness, Slider is a desert gospel masterpiece and our winner for Album of the Year. decker. released the album last February and promptly received...
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Best EP: Of the Painted Choir
Drawing from 60s pop music to create a truly unique style of southwestern indie rock, Of the Painted Choir continued their recording efforts last year with...
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Songwriter of the Year: Jeff Gonzales
Songwriting is not just the composition of compelling lyrics; it is also the about finding the perfect pairing of melody and structure for those words you...
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Best Debut Album: Jared & the Mill
Some bands rush to record and the music tends not to be fully-ripened. Some wait and then the result isn’t worth it because it leads to...
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Best New Band: Fairy Bones
Some bands start by making the bar rounds. Others write an album’s worth of songs and hit the studio first. And there are those that are...
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The Best Place to See a Show That Doesn’t Serve Alcohol but You Can Go Next Door and Get a Drink: The Trunk Space (with help from The Bikini Lounge)
OK, sure, ya can’t get a drink at The Trunk Space unless you count coffee, but you can’t deny that it is one of the best...
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Top 5 Shows of the Week!!
Don’t lead some miserable, boring life that will leave you in thirty years asking, “Why didn’t I attend more live music events?” Don’t be that person....
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The Songbird Award: Ann Seletos & Lonna Kelly of Cherie Cherie
Every year we’ve chosen to acknowledge our favorite female vocalist of the year. This year we had a split decision. Together, Ann Seletos and Lonna Kelly...
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Most Innovative Undertaking: Rubber Brother Records
There are those who talk about doing and those who actually do. Robbie Pfeffer and Gage Olesen of Rubber Brother Records are definitely do-ers. Love the...
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