Garage Sale: TrillBot, ConRisa, Carma, Kai Radius

The ABQ Press Club sits on Central between the kind of blocks that don’t apologize for themselves, a converted space that’s hosted enough weird nights to know what it’s doing when the lights go low and the PA gets pointed at a dance floor. This isn’t a club built for spectacle. It’s a room that works because it’s small enough that a good sound system actually lands on your body, and on a Friday night with the right bill, that matters more than square footage or a velvet rope.

Four acts on a UK garage bill is a real night out, not a showcase padded with filler. TrillBot, ConRisa, Carma, and Kai Radius are splitting duties across what’s being billed as a proper 2-step and grime-adjacent set. UK garage doesn’t get played out here very often, which means when somebody does it right, it hits differently than another weekend of four-on-the-floor house. The syncopated rhythms and that specific off-kilter swing are an acquired thing, and a room full of people who actually know the genre is worth finding. This is the kind of bill that could either be a slow burn or a full lock-in by midnight depending on the crowd, and Albuquerque’s underground electronic scene has pulled off both.

The practical reality here is that the 9 PM listed start time is a placeholder, so check the ticket link before you show up and find yourself standing outside waiting for someone to unlock the door. More importantly, UK garage nights in small rooms live and die by the crowd showing up before the momentum stalls, so this is one of those cases where being roughly on time isn’t just courteous, it’s what keeps the night from petering out before the good sets happen. Get there while the room’s still building, and you might catch the exact moment it tips.

Browse more events on the Route 66 corridor at liveonroute66.com.