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2 hours ago7 min read
Chris Walsh and The Decline of Southwestern Civilization
"We’re very true to who we are because there’s no reason not to be.” By August Edwards The first time that I talked to Christopher...
ABQ Green Room
Dec 113 min read
EP Review: how bout that punxsutawney pourdown by sandlot jory
By August Edwards An American rock n roll band. sandlot jory have come out with their debut recording. This EP is crunchy, noisy, and...
ABQ Green Room
Dec 23 min read
Album Review: No Leashes No Masters by Dog Jury
By August Edwards The ungovernable Dog Jury released their first album, No Leashes No Masters , on Nov. 29th, in which they sing about...
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Nov 234 min read
Album Review: Destination by Radio Free ABQ
By August Edwards Destination , the latest album from Radio Free ABQ, distorted my sense of time and space. It has something to do with...
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Oct 213 min read
I Love CDs
By August Edwards Thoughts on making memories with CDs! The first CD my dad gave me was a Will Smith album. I was in Kindergarten....
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Oct 33 min read
Monthly Listening: September 2024
By ABQGR Did I… wake up when September ended ? Maybe the theme of this month’s playlist is gettin-in-the-groove . Jumping back into...
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Sep 304 min read
EP Review: Chasin the Moon by Anesthesia
By August Edwards July 28, 2024—Albuquerque, NM Heavy metal band Anesthesia has come out with a new EP called Chasin the Moon . I...
ABQ Green Room
Sep 2612 min read
Q&A: The Talking Hours
By August Edwards It’s like lifeblood, really. That’s what Karie Paez of the Talking Hours answered when asked about the value of...
ABQ Green Room
Jun 285 min read
This Shit Not 4 Anybody, Much Less Everybody
By Zac Russi One of my early memories of Tron 444 aka Old Grape God, back when I only knew him by his then IG handle allgrapeeverything...
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May 74 min read
Five Bands at 924 Gilman on 5/4
By August Edwards Who cares about your feelings. It’s raining hard and your clothes get soaked before your eight hour shift? You had too...
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Feb 78 min read
DISSOLVES ALBUM RELEASE
By A. Stone There are nights when one just needs to get out of town, to breathe a bit easier while seeing city lights dwindle in the...
ABQ Green Room
Aug 25, 20233 min read
Voidoven: A Diaristic Reflection on Hauras's Album Pervades
By Maxwell Shanley It starts with pizza and ends with pizza. It was sometime around August 2014, I believe, when I started filling in one...
ABQ Green Room
Aug 18, 20236 min read
Crunk Kids to Crunk Adults
By Olivia V. I have to preface this interview with frustration that typed up words don’t capture the vibe of a conversation. Without the...
ABQ Green Room
Jun 5, 20233 min read
Album Review: Sideways by the Batrays
By Grace Bell An ocean view is often championed as the ultimate awe-inspiring image, however the landscape of the Southwest is an...
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Jun 2, 20234 min read
Scenedom: brokeNCYDE
By Olivia V. The year is 2010. I’m wearing my dinosaur All Time Low shirt and editing the HTML on my MySpace page: olivejuicexD. My I...
ABQ Green Room
Apr 19, 20233 min read
Exclusive Watch: “We Had to Stay Home” by The Directory
By August Edwards Jangle pop band The Directory are set to release their album The Centre for Useless Splendour on April 23rd. Today,...
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Mar 22, 20238 min read
Q&A: Midwife
By A. Stone The first time I saw Midwife was on Instagram. It was a thin vertical video of a woman playing guitar and singing gently into...
ABQ Green Room
Mar 20, 20234 min read
February Night at La Chancla
By A. Stone "This city is a cold and lonely place / I want to look into an unfamiliar face. / If you come with me you're my best friend...
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Mar 9, 20237 min read
I Love Bartees Strange
By Zoe Williams I realized there are very few artists I have ever loved like this. In a very generic and common way, I have loved music...
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Mar 7, 20233 min read
Album Review: Full Bloom by Ōverwhelm
By Grace Bell Ōverwhelm released their newest EP, Full Bloom, in early 2022 and it captures some of the most poignant emotions and...
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