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Megadeth: The Rock that Never Diesnew
By the time Megadeth bassist James Lomenzo joined the band's lineup in 2006, he'd built a 30-year career of rock with artists like David Lee Roth and bands like White Lion and Black Label Society.
Weekly Alibi |
Simon McCormack |
04-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
John Ralston: The Singer/Songwriter Who Sometimes Wishes He Wasn'tnew
If you've had it with singer/songwriters, you're not alone: Ralston's right there with you.
Weekly Alibi |
Simon McCormack |
03-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: John Ralston, Sorry Vampire
A Chat with Wynton Marsalisnew
Over the years, music director, trumpeter and gentleman Wynton Marsalis has maneuvered several smaller craft—a quartet, a quintet and a septet—through jazz waters. Currently, he’s docking a quindectet.
Weekly Alibi |
Mel Minter |
02-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Roman Numerals Delivers Rhythm Rocknew
Roman Numerals is equal parts straight-laced indie rock and dance-hall electro grooves. The songs aren't club bangers but they aren't head bangers either.
Weekly Alibi |
Simon McCormack |
02-05-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Roman Numerals
One Man's Quest for Mysterynew
In some ways, Ben Chasny's feelings about MySpace match his take on creating music in general.
Weekly Alibi |
Simon McCormack |
01-15-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Alternative Rock Conceived in a Snowstormnew
"We were just trapped inside and all we could do was drink and record," says Botnix lead singer-guitarist Tim O'Brien. "The storm was the best thing that ever happened to this band."
Weekly Alibi |
Simon McCormack |
01-15-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Botnix, de-fe-'ni-shens/
Down with Christmasnew
A selection of the Christmas albums we received this year, all of which fill us with urges to stab each other with sharpened candy canes.
Weekly Alibi |
Staff |
12-18-2007 |
Reviews
Greg Ruggiero’s 'Balance'new
Warm and liquid, the music of jazz guitarist Greg Ruggiero slides into the ear so easily, you don’t notice until it’s already had its way with you.
Weekly Alibi |
Mel Minter |
12-18-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Balance, Greg Ruggiero
Little Metal Sistersnew
The most promising metal act in Albuquerque is not staffed by tattooed, beer-guzzling, sweaty men in their late 20s/early 30s. It's Suspended, a trio of chicks who all three turned 21 this year.
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
12-11-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Suspended
A Groundbreaking Dissertation Diagnoses Metal Healthynew
Musician and clinical psychology Ph.D. candidate Gerald Chavez talks about his study, which finds that heavy metal does not increase aggression in juveniles.
Weekly Alibi |
Zak Schlegel |
11-27-2007 |
Music
Royal Dead Does the Zombie Stompnew
Despite his blood-soaked T-shirt and ghoulish colored contacts, there's a smirk on Eddie Suicide's face that lets you know he takes his band's mantra of gore and destruction only half-seriously.
Weekly Alibi |
Simon McCormack |
11-20-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Royal Dead
Isaac Brock Doesn't Like Softball Questionsnew
You start an interview easy, with some chill question that allows your source to go on and on about himself, to warm to you. This is, apparently, not the way to go with Isaac Brock, a man who isn't hot on the idea of explaining himself or why his band's latest album is so much better than a lot of the shlock Modest Mouse put on shelves in the last decade.
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
11-20-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Modest Mouse
Glenn Danzig Talks With His MySpace Alteregonew
As MySpace Glenn Danzig, I write evil blogs and comments, post Danzig videos and generally infect the MySpace community with unhealthy doses of Danzig. Never in my bloodiest dreams could I imagine I'd actually get to speak with the real Glenn.
Weekly Alibi |
Weber |
11-13-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Danzig, The Lost Tracks of Danzig
Dafnis Prieto's Quintet Mixes Jazz, Latin and Classical Texturesnew
Alongside the equipment commonly found in a jazz drum kit -- toms, snare, kick drum, wood blocks, high hat, cymbals -- Cuban-born drummer/composer Prieto mounts an unorthodox percussive instrument: a frying pan.
Weekly Alibi |
Mel Minter |
11-06-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Absolute Quintet, Dafnis Prieto
Luciana Souza Gets Personalnew
Every so often, the right song meets the right singer at the right time, producing a transcendent performance that marries them forever. Souza found it with Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Waters of March."
Weekly Alibi |
Mel Minter |
10-30-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Luciana Souza, The New Bossa Nova
