by Carly Schorman Senior Editor Asa Martin Idiots & Lunatics Asa Martin out of ABQ recently released Idiots & Lunatics; an album that will have you questioning...
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The Haymarket Squares Flare on Light It Up
by Garyn Klasek Contributing Writer It’s often noticeable that many bands evolve in a musical direction, oftentimes losing that initial intensity as they mature and develop a...
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Interview with Brandon Decker of decker.
Song River of YabYum gets metaphysical in her recent interview with Brandon Decker of decker. The band is currently on tour, but they’ll be back in...
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5 Mellow Must-Hear Singles
Bear State “My Baby” The shoegazey bedroom popsters of Bear State are at it again. It was just last July that the Phoenix four-piece shared their...
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Oliver House EP
by Joe Golfen Contributing Writer If you expressed their music as a color, Oliver House would be bright white. Shimmering, clean and thoughtful, the music of...
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Jared & the Mill: Life We Chose
by Frank Ippolito Associate Editor Western Expansion, last year’s record from Jared & the Mill, was/is one of my favorite records, like… ever. Seriously. The width...
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Dark Horse Award: Copper & Congress
I think it was something about the name that glazed over Copper & Congress in my mind. Understand, please, that many of our conversations take place...
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The Rifle: Rib to Rib EP
by Frank Ippolito Associate Editor The Rifle’s profile reads, “Making music (secretly) in Tucson”, but after listening to Rib to Rib, the secret will soon be...
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4 Mellow Albums Re-Shaping Folk
Ari and Her Banjo The One-Upman Just like the name of the band implies, on The One-Upman you find only Ari and Her Banjo creating the quirky,...
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3 New Albums
Cassiopeia Sleep of Reason To borrow a line: “I rarely listen to experimental ambient abstract noise rock.” But, after listening to Cassiopeia, I think I should...
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