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Monthly Listening: December 2021
By ABQGR Happy New Year, music fanatics. As always, if you're here on this page, thank you for taking the time to support not only the...
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ABQ Green Room
- Dec 23, 2021
- 3 min
EP Review: Three Little Bees by Lil Lavedy
By August Edwards How do you show gratitude? How have you grown? How do you speak with your community? These are just some questions Lil...
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ABQ Green Room
- Dec 3, 2021
- 10 min
Q&A: Vocalist, Writer, Satirist Lauren Lavín
By August Edwards Lauren Lavín has devoted her life to two separate arts: music and writing. After completing her MFA in creative...
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ABQ Green Room
- Dec 1, 2021
- 4 min
Monthly Listening: November 2021
By Albuquerque Green Room Our first installment of this monthly, playlist-type article came out on November 30th of 2020. It’s now...
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ABQ Green Room
- Nov 15, 2021
- 3 min
on my deathbed. - romance with a bodycount of two
By Gote McDonald A FRESH BLAST FROM THE PAST: Armed with deadly aesthetics, on my deathbed. bursts onto the scene with a faithful revival...
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ABQ Green Room
- Nov 14, 2021
- 2 min
Poem: That Evening in Houston
By Spencer Fuller That Evening in Houston They said it was like a concert in hell an undulating flood of mass asphyxia and fervor a...
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ABQ Green Room
- Nov 10, 2021
- 2 min
Video Premiere: “Museum of Science” by The City View
By August Edwards ABQGR is thrilled to premiere the “Museum of Science” music video by electronic pop project The City View. This video...
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ABQ Green Room
- Oct 31, 2021
- 3 min
Monthly Listening: October 2021
By Albuquerque Green Room Sometimes autumn asks for something softer; the whimsy of Norah Jones, the gentle embrace of jazz quartets. I...
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ABQ Green Room
- Oct 25, 2021
- 6 min
Q&A: Rikki Valentina
By August Edwards The LA-based Rikki Valentina was raised by a drummer father and an actress mother and is now storming the entertainment...
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ABQ Green Room
- Oct 14, 2021
- 3 min
Exclusive Early Listen: Alter Apex, “Soul Direction”
By August Edwards ABQGR is thrilled to present an exclusive listen to heavy rock band Alter Apex's new single, "Soul Direction." The...
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ABQ Green Room
- Oct 7, 2021
- 4 min
Matt Kollock Knows What He's Doing, but I Don't
By Gote McDonald Experimental artists have 30 seconds to make a good impression on me. Too many artists opt for slow, dramatic...
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ABQ Green Room
- Sep 30, 2021
- 3 min
Monthly Listening: September 2021
By Albuquerque Green Room ABQGR here with another sampling of music you may have missed! We like to keep these brief - sometimes that's...
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ABQ Green Room
- Sep 28, 2021
- 3 min
Early Album Looks: Topology by Train Conductor
By August Edwards The ambient, psychedelic-pop album Topology by Train Conductor is rooted in introspection with fireworklike flair. The...
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ABQ Green Room
- Sep 16, 2021
- 3 min
Album Review: Then & Now by OakVale
By August Edwards OakVale’s first album, Then & Now, melds blunt, post-grunge honesty with individualistic empowerment for a dulcet...
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ABQ Green Room
- Sep 9, 2021
- 4 min
Album Review: Whatever Gets Us Through by Jimmy Deveney
By August Edwards Whatever Gets Us Through by Jimmy Deveney follows the crucial trajectory of Americana. Touching on racial injustice,...
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ABQ Green Room
- Sep 4, 2021
- 3 min
Book Review: NOTHIN’ BUT A GOOD TIME by Tom Beaujour & Richard Bienstock
By August Edwards Nothin’ But a Good Time is a dazzlingly dirty oral history of hard rock. For those who lived through and loved the...
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ABQ Green Room
- Aug 31, 2021
- 4 min
Monthly Listening: August 2021
By Albuquerque Green Room Thank you for tuning into the latest installment of our monthly playlist series. We hope you'll check out the...
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ABQ Green Room
- Aug 12, 2021
- 7 min
Q&A: Pessimistic Minds
By August Edwards Meet Pessimistic Minds: the indie rock band that's doubly based in ABQ and NYC. The band formed in Brooklyn, NY, after...
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ABQ Green Room
- Jul 31, 2021
- 3 min
Monthly Listening: July 2021
By Albuquerque Green Room This month’s roster is exceptionally vulgar. Just an observation. Here at ABQGR, we don't have an aversion to...
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ABQ Green Room
- Jul 28, 2021
- 5 min
Friend, For Today: What's In A Mission Statement
By Gote McDonald My favorite new music collectives this year are being glued together by their photographers. Earlier this year I wrote...
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