Music

REVIEW: Technicolor Tone Factory at the Fox Theatre

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The first week of school can be rough, as students are only half-awake from the slumber of winter break. When nary a soul was at the Fox Theatre when the doors opened for Boulder group Technicolor Tone Factory's show on Friday night, could school have gotten the best...

Fun on the fourth

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There are a lot of things to do on July 4, but with multiple parts of the state literally on fire, it might be hard to come by those oft-cherished fireworks. Here are some of the best things to do this Independence Day — fireworks not guaranteed. Ralphie’s ...

Fostering affliction

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The next time Mark Foster has a chance to skip out of his work writing songs to go to the beach, don’t be surprised if he decides to stay inside and write...

DeVotchKa dives into show with CSO

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Nick Urata, the guitar-slinging, bouzouki-picking, theremin-conducting lead singer of Denver’s DeVotchKa, is ready for yet another performance with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra (CSO) at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Friday, June 14. And while his group has been ...

Image Gallery: Pixies at Fillmore

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Boulder Weekly's David Accomazzo was at the Fillmore, where the Pixies performed last night. Click here for a photo gallery.

Jazz from unusual places

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It will be a Charlie Brown Christmas when the Turtle Island Quartet and jazz vocalist Tierney Sutton take the stage at Macky Auditorium at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 15...

Classical music and classic musical madness

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  For years now, the Curious Theatre Company has impressed me. Always serious but never pretentious, Curious pushes envelopes while never forgetting that the first rule of theater is — and no, it’s not that you do not talk about theater — that theater must ...

GALLERY: The Black Angels at the Fox Theatre on May 5

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Check out photographer Dane Cronin's sweet, sweet pics from the May 5 Black Angels show at Fox Theatre. Click here for our preview of the show, where we interview frontman Alex Maas.

Success comes in waves

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"Oh my gosh, 2010 has been awesome!” Singer/ songwriter Kate Jaworski is practically laughing she is so ecstatic about her good fortune these past few months. “I traveled to Greece and Poland earlier this summer, and I just had an amazing experience...

Comrades in axes

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It’s been a long ride for Dr. Dog. The band got its start about 15 years ago playing parties in Philadelphia before becoming the beloved underground band that rock stars (including Jim James) longed to be in, and then a national touring phenomenon, after the Abbey ...

Worlds of music

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Michael Christie knows what he wants at Boulder’s Colorado Music Festival (CMF). “Variety is most important,” says the festival’s music director. “What we do is look off the beaten track and then throw in some element that’s surprising...

Forever plaid

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It’s not quite the worst thing ever, but if you’re thinking of going to see The Ghost Wolves perform at Madelife in Boulder on Wednesday, Aug. 6, know that they are pretty sick of getting compared to The White Stripes...