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Four bands cycling through El Rey's stage on what is effectively a late Sunday night, with doors putting you well past midnight by the time the lineup runs its course. El Rey's long room rewards the bands in the middle of a bill more than most venues do, since the sound stays consistent whether you're...
Two California hardcore acts with serious lineage share the Launchpad stage: Bl'ast carry a direct SST Records thread back to the mid-80s, and Luicidal bring a Suicidal Tendencies family-tree pedigree that the crowd will absolutely know. Launchpad's room is narrow and loud, which works in everyone's favor for this kind of show. The UTC start...
Exhorder helped invent the sound that made Pantera famous, and they've been making that point live for thirty-plus years. Launchpad's long narrow room compresses a metal crowd in a way that works in the band's favor, so arrive early if you want a position that isn't directly behind a post. Ticket link is live, and...
Wednesday 13 has been doing horror-punk theatrics since the Murderdolls days, and the Shocktober Blood Tour is built around that aesthetic, costumes, prop blood, and all. The Sunshine Theater is one of the few rooms in Albuquerque big enough to hold a production like this without the stage swallowing the crowd, which matters here. Tickets...
Two bands who never quite fit their scene's labels share a bill that should appeal to anyone who liked their mid-2000s post-hardcore with actual rhythmic ambition. El Rey is a long room with a solid floor mix, so getting toward the center pays off for a show like this. Tickets are through Ticketmaster, which means...
Palace, the brooding South London indie outfit, co-headlines this tour stop with Rollo Doherty, whose quietly devastating solo work has been pulling bigger rooms than his name suggests. The Sunshine's mid-size floor is one of the better matches for this kind of music in the city, close enough to feel the room but not so...
Combichrist brings their abrasive industrial-metal live show to Launchpad for the Venom in the Mouth of God Tour, with Ludovico Technique and Dead Animal Assembly Plant opening and DJ K.0ss holding down the floor between sets. Launchpad runs loud and close, which works in this bill's favor. Tickets are through Hold My Ticket, and this...
The third night of Launchpad's Halloween cover band run means the series has already sorted out its sea legs, and whatever lineup lands here tends to play looser and longer than night one ever does. Launchpad's room rewards that, a standing floor with decent sightlines and a sound system that actually handles guitars. Tickets are...
Just Velvet brings their sound to Marble Brewery's Downtown taproom, one of the more reliably good rooms on this stretch of Central for live music. The indoor stage sits close to the bar, so the crowd tends to be engaged rather than distracted, which does a lot for a band that rewards attention. Grab a...