Music
Getting on the Dechen Hawk plan
He sits alone by the window of The Laughing Goat. A laptop, lunch and red wine are in front of him and conversation with another table happens to his left...
For Brother Ali, it’s time to occupy
Brother Ali really didn’t need any more political cred, but...
The horror
If fending off zombies sounds more appealing than hearing “Monster Mash” at another costume party, never fear: Boulder musicians have much to offer this Halloween. Acts like Devotchka, Paper Bird, The Motet and more are coming to town, offering Halloween-themed ...
Exploring ‘The World As We Know It’
The warmth of the debut Figueroa album, The World As We Know It, radiates from the first flurried guitar that opens the album; it’s...
Consistency and innovation feed Spoon’s indie rock success
Austin, Texas, indie rockers Spoon have flown under the radar for most of their nearly 15-year career, garnering an underground following but only emerging onto the above-ground scene after several poppy cuts from 2007’s Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga wedged into radio rotation. ...
Notes in flesh form
In a moment of clarity surrounded by flames, British country soul singer Yola knew what she had to do. It was Christmastime and she...
Widespread Panic to play two nights at Pepsi Center on New...
Earlier today, jam band icons Widespread Panic announced two dates at the Pepsi Center on Dec. 30 and Dec. 31. G. Love and Special Sauce open...
Great American Taxi goes big
To hear Vince Herman tell it, Great American Taxi’s second CD, that ever-dreaded sophomore effort thing, found itself looped out in the exhausted vagaries of a dysfunctional post-millennial record business. Just when people are getting back into actually making ...
The Young Veins keep it light and nostalgic
What Paul Simon is to Vampire Weekend, The Beatles are to The Young Veins. On their debut Take A Vacation! the band serves as a throwback machine that incessantly pumps out song after song of fun and catchy retro-pop in the same — well — vein of the music that made ...
Getting through the jungle
For a band that’s spent the last decade writing about the pitfalls of technology, the recent revelations about data harvesting aren’t all that shocking...
Greensky Bluegrass: All grown up
Maturity is a term some musicians prefer not to see associated with themselves or their bands. After all, music is considered a young person’s...
