Music
Review: Arcade Fire at 1stBank Center
The members of Arcade Fire, with their equally Clash-inspired bombast and army-fatigues wardrobe, surely never imagined back in 2004 — when the indie-rock group’s devastatingly powerful debut, Funeral, became an underground sensation — that they’d be headlining ...
Gallery: Method Man and Redman at the Fox
Doc and Meth were in the flesh last night at the Fox Theatre. Enjoy the Jules Kueffer's photos from the show.
Still Super
Supergroup is a rather overused term. Publicists throw it around every time a number of musicians come together under a new identity or project. The New Pornographers might have it backwards, but they’ve nonetheless become such an entity all the same...
From the schoolyard to the stage
Phrases like “head start” or “early jump” fail to adequately capture the story behind The Big Motif. After all, the seasoned Denver trio average less than 20 years of age among them, yet they’ve been playing together since 2005...
Going old-school DJ
With jangly earrings and an innocent smile, you would never guess Ana Sia was taking the stage to rip your mind apart...
Rockabilly Renaissance
She's the Queen of Rockabilly and she's not ready to put down her crown...
From politics to Boulder jazz
During the 2000 election, the second Carmen Sandim saw a waving field of grain or a Rockwellian downtown tableau flash across the screen, she knew what was coming next...
The anguish of slavery
For many, the word “Klezmer” conjures up images of Jewish brides in chairs being hoisted in the air by friends and family while “Hava Nagila” plays in the background, or perhaps the scene in Fiddler on the Roof where men dance with bottles on their heads. But a group...
Beyond Austin
What a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago, Mark Foster was trying not to embarrass himself as he played alongside his bandmates in Foster the People at South by Southwest. This year, they’re ready to tour the world after playing the famed Austin music ...
Join the circus
When I was in third grade, my best friend’s parents took me to the Big Apple Circus in Manchester, N.H. At the time, it was like nothing I had ever seen — all spectacle and showmanship, full of the sheer elation of putting on a show just for the sake of putting on a ...
Do-it-yourself album
After Page Hamilton broke up his band, Helmet, in 1998, he thought not only might he never bring back Helmet, he might even set aside his signature instrument...
