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ABQ Green Room
Mar 7, 20225 min read
A Landmark—And Record—That Shaped Albuquerque Music
by Charles Westmark Let’s talk about the Sunshine Theater. Now a music venue, it was originally a movie theater that also operated as a...


ABQ Green Room
Mar 1, 20225 min read
Album Review: Ticker Tape Parade by The High Desert Playboys
By August Edwards It’s probably irresponsible to say an album owes us nothing. What business does it have being an album if it does not...


ABQ Green Room
Feb 25, 20226 min read
Records that Shaped Albuquerque Music
By Charles Westmark It's kind of strange to think that I have been going to shows for eighteen years. As an Albuquerque native, I have...


ABQ Green Room
Feb 18, 202212 min read
Q&A: Side Montero
By August Edwards One of the greatest things about life is gaining loving friendships that stand the tests of time and hardships; but...


ABQ Green Room
Jan 31, 20227 min read
Prism Bitch, Perla, and the Pandemic
A look at the pandemic life of musicians through a profile of one band. By August Edwards Prism Bitch is timeless—they’re sort of the...


ABQ Green Room
Dec 31, 20212 min read
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...


ABQ Green Room
Dec 23, 20213 min read
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...


ABQ Green Room
Dec 3, 202110 min read
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...


ABQ Green Room
Dec 1, 20214 min read
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...


ABQ Green Room
Nov 15, 20213 min read
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...


ABQ Green Room
Nov 14, 20212 min read
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...


ABQ Green Room
Nov 10, 20212 min read
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...


ABQ Green Room
Oct 31, 20213 min read
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...


ABQ Green Room
Oct 25, 20216 min read
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...


ABQ Green Room
Oct 14, 20214 min read
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...


ABQ Green Room
Oct 7, 20214 min read
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...


ABQ Green Room
Sep 30, 20213 min read
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...


ABQ Green Room
Sep 28, 20213 min read
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...


ABQ Green Room
Sep 16, 20213 min read
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...


ABQ Green Room
Sep 9, 20214 min read
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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