Never in your wildest dreams could you fathom a rise to stardom as meteoric and as seemingly anti-climactic as that of RemyZero.
It's predetermined from the opening monologue: "I think I die at the end," the protagonist in hospital gown and purple baseball cap announces. "They've given me less than two hours . then the curtain." She's got advanced metastatic ovarian cancer, she explains.
Ten bands from around the state will take the stage this weekend during the preliminary round of the New Mexico Showcase, a battle of the bands aimed at luring bigger crowds to local shows and bringing the music community together.
There is a fine line between revenge and defense.
I have observed three reactions on campus since the bombings: irritation that classes were disrupted, anger at our government for daring to take action and fear that the draft might be re-instituted.
There is nothing typical about what's going down at Harwood Art Space on Friday night, you'll think.
A colorful new script and musical score take the stage at the Riverside Theatre this month and clearly exhibit the artistic intelligence of community theater.
Ryan Adams knows sour love. Throughout his stint as Whiskeytown's lead singer, his debut album, Heartbreaker, and now with his sophomore effort, Gold, Adams continues his renowned tradition of chronicling bad relationships with great songs.
I wish to point out some flaws in Craig Butler's logic in his October 10 column about pacifism.
Win a movie pass for two to an October 23rd preview screening of K-PAX.
Electronica is a taste difficult to spit out of the mouth and Si Begg, otherwise known as S.I. Futures, expounds on this with his latest recording effort.
Modern, reader-friendly historical fiction appears on bookstore shelves rarely of late, and even scarcer still is the inspiring, insightful breed of modern, reader-friendly historical fiction.
Throughout her newest, extremely audacious release, Vespertine, Bjork weaves in and out of her smartly composed progressions with passion while successfully integrating electronics with classic instrumentation.
I think there are two types of singer/songwriters - the down on their luck, rough around the edges and sometimes experimental ilk of Bob Dylan, Tom Waits and Kris Kristofferson, and then at the other extreme, the almost giddy optimism of crooners like John Denver and James Taylor.
Although rooted in the complexities of classical guitar, Michael Chapdelaine revisits his high school rock band days with the release of his new album, Replay.
If Ian Moore seems happy to have the "guitar god" status stripped off his name, you have to realize that it's been out of necessity for the multi-faceted songwriter.
The Southwest Film Center will present two films this weekend by Hamburg, Germany-based, experimental director and artist Peter Sempel - a renowned documenter of the musicians, artists, filmmakers and poets of the European punk scene.
As the latest successor to the prestigious post of Music Director of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, Guillermo Figueroa seems, like others who are seamlessly talented at their careers, perfect for the job.
Silver linings, bursts of light, continually sought but infrequently found, bring hope and enlightenment to the heart when all is thought to be lost. Last Wednesday I found one, tucked quietly away amongst the fifth floor corridors of the Ambilatory Care Center at UNM Hospital.
Solutions by The State News
