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Melvins have been making heavy music uncomfortable in the best possible way since 1983, and a room the size of Launchpad is exactly where that low-end punishment lands hardest. The ceiling is low, the PA is loud, and there is no polite distance between you and the stage. Grab tickets through Hold My Ticket before...
Monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery, one of the great Gelugpa institutions of Tibetan Buddhism, lead a Menla Choga Puja, a ritual healing ceremony dedicated to the Medicine Buddha. Chatter's room is small enough that the overtone chanting registers in your chest, not just your ears, which changes the experience considerably. This is sacred practice first,...
Three local acts share the Launchpad stage in a stacked Tuesday-night bill anchored by Piñata Protest, the Albuquerque band that has built a serious regional following on cumbia-punk that hits harder live than on record. Launchpad keeps the stage close to the floor and the sound aimed right at you, so even if the room...
Eight acts share a single bill here, running through a catalog that stretches from "Wild Thing" to "We Can Fly," and the format is brisk by design: each act gets a tight set rather than a full show. Kiva Auditorium seats around 2,300 and tends to fill from the floor up for nostalgia packages like...
Eight acts from the 1960s AM radio canon, including The Troggs, Gary Puckett, The Cowsills, and Ron Dante, cycle through their hits on a single bill built around nostalgia done at scale. Kiva seats 2,300 and the sightlines from the back third of the hall are genuinely good, but if you want to be close...
The third installment of Apparition's goth beach party concept lands at Insideout with four DJs and whatever logic says you can wear fishnets and flip-flops in the same outfit. Insideout runs late and loud, so if you're planning to arrive at 10 p.m. expecting a full room, you're early by this crowd's standards. Tickets are...
Slow Joy's tour lands at Launchpad on a Tuesday night with local support from The High Curbs and Glom, which is the kind of weeknight bill that quietly outperforms the weekend. Launchpad runs small and loud, so if Slow Joy's recorded haze translates live the way it should, the back of the room is still...
Allison hits the Sunshine Theater on the Euforia USA Tour, with Forever Came Calling and Loser's Club opening on a bill that leans hard into pop-punk and melodic hardcore. The Sunshine's standing-room floor packs tighter than most people expect for a mid-week show, so arriving close to doors is worth it if you want a...
Underoath brings their Van Tour to Vans Warped Tour run to Launchpad, with Held. opening on a Tuesday night on Central. Launchpad is a small room, maybe 500 capacity on...
Four Albuquerque bands on one bill at Insideout, which means a late Thursday night on the corridor with no filler acts and a room that tends to pack tighter than...