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Tuesday, February 28,2012
Music Features

Rock 101

Pop quiz: what's cooler than a school that teaches rock? Nothing.

Alex De Vore
Kids involved with the world of music tend to excel in countless other areas. So why is the excitement of most school music classes generally limited to an instrument as fantastically boring as the re
Wednesday, February 22,2012
Music Features

Hungry Like the [Meow] Wolf

Meow Wolf joins forces with Sol Santa Fe Stage & Grill. You’re welcome

Alex De Vore
 Let’s get the bad news out of the way: Following the Starfucker show on Jan. 11—which bordered on a scaled-down Altamont with VFW members acting as Hells Angels-esque security—local arts collective Meow Wolf put an end to its shows at the VFW. Sounds like a drag, but as it turns out, it was a blessing in disguise for the artsy weirdos.
Tuesday, February 14,2012
Music Features

Sista Sista

Local vocalist Michèle Leidig finally gets the band she always deserved

Alex De Vore
I remained unconvinced about the new vision at Vanessie until a chance conversation with local vocalist extraordinaire/reigning karaoke queen Michèle Leidig led me to the restaurant for the debut per
Wednesday, February 8,2012
Music Features

Radio Ga Ga

Bill offers New Mexico radio stations incentive to think local

Alex De Vore
A new (ish) bill proposed by the New Mexico Music Commission and sponsored by state Sen. Eric Griego, D-Bernalillo, could have a major impact on the business of music statewide. Senate Bill 43 wo
Tuesday, January 31,2012
Music Features

Get Funked

The Sticky adds some much-needed fun to Santa Fe’s nightlife

Alex De Vore
 5:13 pm: When the girlfriend asks what time I’m heading to Rouge Cat to see new local funk band The Sticky, I give her an answer that is perhaps more long-winded than she wants. “I was told
Wednesday, January 25,2012
Music Features

Nothing But a Number

It’s hard to provide music for Santa Fe’s youth

Alex De Vore
If you’re looking to dispel the notion that Santa Fe dismisses youth artistic movements, don’t go asking the Santa Fe Convention and Visitors Bureau.Shortly after a blog post by SFR Staff Writer W
Wednesday, January 18,2012
Music Features

Anybody Seen These Genres?

We should permanently fly the flag at half-mast for these forgotten musical styles

Alex De Vore
While driving to the SFR offices the other day, I click-wheeled my iPod to shuffle. Usually I listen to music I make (because I’m stuck up like that), but shuffle took me on a journey of song genres that aren’t around so much anymore.
Wednesday, January 11,2012
Music Features

We'll Meet Again

Santa Fe loses one of its favorite sons

Alex De Vore
Death, of course, is inevitable. We understand that we must accept the ebb and flow of life, and yet knowing this offers little comfort as we find ourselves face to face with this greatest of transiti
Wednesday, January 4,2012
Music Features

New Year, New Rules

How to make 2012 musically memorable in three easy-ish steps.

Alex De Vore
The Santa Fe music scene has begun to show some movement (Pixies and Morrissey, Starfucker on the horizon and whispers of a Radiohead show), and I’d like to see the scene keep rising right to The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.
Wednesday, December 21,2011
Music Features

We Wuv Warehouse

Our local teen arts center needs your help, again

Alex De Vore
 Listen closely, Santa Fe teens. If you don’t stop dicking around, you risk the very real possibility of losing Warehouse 21 forever.
 
 
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