Music

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Adam Aijala says Yonder Mountain String Band has never been a group to plot out its career — or just about anything the group does. To hear him tell it, these guys couldn’t be calculated if they were math majors...

The Boulder music scene has a rich history of supporting live performers and has numerous positives going for it — including great venues like the Fox Theatre, Boulder Theater, eTown and a variety of national and local acts performing on any given night. But what, if...

Glenn Danzig is far from a household name, but in the hardcore/metal world, few figures are more influential. From his work in the Misfits to his eponymous solo albums, Danzig's voice and songwriting have influenced countless hardcore and metal bands, and at 55, he ...

I’m not sure how I have remained completely and utterly unaware of Face To Face until now. They had a big time radio hit with “Disconnected” in 1994, which was back in the pre-iPod days of yore when I would still turn on the radio more than semi-annually. Plus, ...

In 1984, Frank Zappa released his landmark live album Does Humor Belong In Music? Based on the state of pop music over the past two-and-ahalf decades, the answer has been an overwhelming no. Aside from a few sardonic cracks from clever indie bands like the Hold ...

The Avett Brothers are a band whose passionate energy, earnest talent and off-the-hook performances inspire great dedication among their fans. Few who have experienced the pretty mea culpa “Shame,” heard their plea to “kill the doubt that strangles my self-worth” on...

After four-and-a-half years, Springdale Quartet is ready to move on to bigger and better things. As bassist Jordan Roos explains, that means everything from the venues they play to the music they make...

Artists work in solitude...

Stockholm Syndrome’s new album Apollo lurches into life as Jerry Joseph wails about walking the streets at 3 a.m. in a “blood-red cowboy shirt … dodging a couple of ghosts...

Brother Ali’s two-day stint at the Fox Theatre this Sunday and Monday is bound to be a good time. Just don’t be surprised if the rapper seems pensive rather than celebratory...

First, I’ve got to get something off of my chest. Volume 2, She & Him’s latest creation, is practically the same album as their 2008 debut album appropriately titled Volume 1. Both albums reek with the duo’s quirky cheerfulness, dazzle with ‘60s retrospective, and ...