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CQ The Drummer is an Albuquerque percussionist who builds Afro-tropical sets around live drumming at the center, not as backdrop but as the main event. Marble Downtown's taproom has a concrete-and-steel room that actually carries percussion well, which not every brewpub can say. A ticket link exists, so sort that out before you show up.
A full tablao-format flamenco show at Hotel Albuquerque, with dancers, a singer, and a guitarist performing in the tradition that has made this recurring series one of the more serious flamenco presentations in the Southwest. The Old Town-adjacent hotel setting is polished without being stiff, and the room is small enough that you're never far...
Five New Mexico acts, Nomestomper, TAJ, Talking Hours, Dymer, and Right on Kid, take over Launchpad as a satellite stage for the Bands of Enchantment festival. This is a late-night ticket, with the show running well past midnight, so plan accordingly and know that Launchpad's sound system rewards the patience. A ticket link exists, which...
Doug Martsch and Built To Spill bring their sprawling, guitar-heavy catalog to El Rey, one of the better rooms on the corridor for a band that rewards a good sound system. El Rey runs long on show nights, so the 9 PM local start time is real, and Paul Schalda opens. Grab tickets in advance;...
Six School of Rock ensembles, from the house band up through original acts like Syzygy and Everything We Never Were, take over Launchpad for a late-night showcase that runs until...
School of Rock's second Bobfest takes over Launchpad for a late-night run of sets that goes well past midnight. Launchpad's long narrow room means sound is loud regardless of where...
Scott Reeder and Wino's band, one of the bands that quietly built the foundation for everything heavy that came after them, is playing Sister on a Sunday night. Sister runs...
Crzy plays Gaia's Kava Root on September 20th, one of the more low-key rooms on this stretch of Central where the kava bar format tends to keep the crowd genuinely...
Melt-Banana is a two-person Japanese noise-punk outfit that has been doing exactly what they do, at full intensity, since 1992, and live they are genuinely disorienting in the best way....
Dent May brings his brand of breezy, orchestral pop to Sister, paired with Pearl & the Oysters, the French-American duo whose sound sits somewhere between sunshine and a vintage record...