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ABQ Green Room
Dec 18, 20202 min read
Debut EP Review: Alter Apex
By Mike Trujillo In my first draft of this review, I started out with another “woe is us” existential crisis brought by COVID-19, moaning...


ABQ Green Room
Dec 11, 20202 min read
Until It All Collides: The Nightmare Versions by When the Deadbolt Breaks
By Mike Trujillo When the Deadbolt Breaks are an experimental, psychedelic, heavy outfit that hails from Connecticut. Their most recent...


ABQ Green Room
Dec 9, 202010 min read
Q&A: Mike Trujillo
By August Edwards Mike Trujillo is a radio personality, an accomplished music archivist, entrepreneur, and a familiar face to regular ABQ...


ABQ Green Room
Dec 7, 20206 min read
Q&A: Rising Hardcore Band, Itami
By August Edwards Early on in the devastation of 2020, a new hardcore band formed: Itami. Their debut EP, In Our Time of Perpetual...


ABQ Green Room
Nov 30, 20203 min read
Monthly Listening: November 2020
Today we are introducing Albuquerque Green Room’s Monthly Listening! At the end of each month, we’ll be dropping a few lines about the...


ABQ Green Room
Nov 20, 20205 min read
Night of the Living Cover Bands 2020
By August Edwards This year, ten local musical acts performed cover sets of non-local acts in front of cameras for a special,...


ABQ Green Room
Nov 16, 20206 min read
Q&A with Lil Lavedy
By August Edwards Hip hop artist Lil Lavedy will release her debut full length Hella Spiders 666 on December 18th. As the album name...


ABQ Green Room
Nov 9, 20204 min read
Q&A with Punk Sign Language Interpreter Thanh Huynh
By August Edwards Punk and DIY culture can thrive on subversive acts that are rooted in kindness. Someone who brings this to life is...


ABQ Green Room
Oct 29, 20203 min read
Zia Zine: Quaranzine Edition!
By Shirley Sparks At the beginning of quarantine, I recall my employer optimistically banking on the lockdown ending by late...


ABQ Green Room
Aug 11, 20204 min read
Q&A with Local Ska Historian Charles Westmark
By August Edwards It is safe to say that ska is not at the forefront of our minds. I would argue that it never should be, anyway. Someone...


ABQ Green Room
Jun 30, 202010 min read
Interview with Adam Hooks
In January 2020, singer-songwriter Adam Hooks agreed to an interview with me after one of his shows. We had never spoken before, but I...


ABQ Green Room
Dec 10, 20193 min read
Night of the Living Cover Bands 2019
By August & Maggie Launchpad’s 2019 Night of the Living Cover Bands demolished any lukewarm expectations that might have existed....


ABQ Green Room
Dec 10, 20192 min read
Mike Watt + The Missingmen at Launchpad
By August Edwards Mike Watt + The Missingmen vitalized the Launchpad stage on Monday, October 28th for the “Dick Watt Tour 2019.” The...

ABQ Green Room
Dec 9, 20192 min read
Desert Records: Letter to ABQ Green Room
Dear ABQ Green Room, New Mexico's favorite record label, Desert Records, has been cooking up some killer projects at the HQ in...

ABQ Green Room
Dec 9, 201930 min read
Zia Zine Issue 2 December 2018
By Maggie Cooksey "Just give me a scene where the music is free and the beer is not the life of the party. There's no need to talk shit...


ABQ Green Room
Dec 9, 201923 min read
Zia Zine Issue 1 September 2018
By Maggie Cooksey Dedication The evolution of this project has progressed more than I imagined in the past couple of months and I feel it...
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