Events on Central

Arm's Length plays the kind of emotionally precise post-hardcore that tends to hit hardest in a mid-capacity room, and Sunshine's floor is just the right size for it. Holding Absence...

Four-band bill anchored by Arm's Length and Holding Absence, two acts who have quietly built devoted followings on opposite sides of the Atlantic without ever quite breaking through to the rooms they deserve. Sunshine Theater runs general admission standing for shows like this, so the floor fills toward the front early and stays packed, which...

A one-hour tablao set, bailaoras, cantaor, and guitarrista performing traditional flamenco in an intimate theater built for exactly this format, on the Sunday night of Balloon Fiesta weekend when the whole city is still running hot. The specific performers haven't been announced yet, but Tablao Flamenco Albuquerque pulls from a consistent rotating roster of serious...

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....

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...

Outpost's recurring jazz incubator puts working musicians in a room with Rodney Bowe and Dimi DiSanti, two of the more serious jazz educators operating in this city right now. The...

A seated flamenco show in the tablao room at Hotel Albuquerque, running about 90 minutes with live guitar, cante, and baile, though the specific performers won't be confirmed until closer to the date. Balloon Fiesta week means the Old Town corridor is packed and parking around Hotel Albuquerque tightens up fast, so arriving early or...

César Bauvallet teaches a recurring Monday night Latin music class at Outpost, the longtime listening room on Central that has been hosting serious musicians and serious students for decades. Outpost keeps the room intimate and the acoustics honest, which makes it a better learning environment than most places charging twice as much for this kind...

The Swiss-Ecuadorian brothers Estevan and Alejandro Gutiérrez play a kind of wordless, sun-bleached guitar music that sits somewhere between spaghetti western scores and Andean folk, and Popejoy's acoustics will do...

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...