Music
Rogue Wave’s show redeemed by final minutes
The set was kind of funny at first. There were two drum sets next to each other, eight guitars on a rack in the back, a keyboard, and a few more guitars sprinkled on the stage for good measure. It almost looked like the front window at a music store...
Trust fall into the audience
Music has always been an important part of Mary Lambert’s life. Her mom was a songwriter, and since she was 6 years old she can remember writing songs as a way to escape the harsh realities of abuse she was living through...
moe. money, fewer problems
Al Schnier, guitarist/singer of moe., recognizes the irony of his band signing a deal with Sugar Hill Records...
Slideshow: Furthur christens Broomfield’s 1st Bank Center
On March 5 Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, former Grateful Dead members and now known as Furthur, helped launch Broomfield's 1st Bank Center (formerly known as The Odeum and the Broomfield Events Center). Boulder Weekly was there to explore the remodeled venue and capture ...
Queens of the Stone Age reissue landmark album
Rated R put Queens of the Stone Age on the rock map as a force to be reckoned with in 2000. Led by singer-guitarist-songwriter Josh Homme and bassist Nick Oliveri, both of influential stoner-metal band Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age went on to produce some of the ...
Still protesting
Joan Baez is one of the leading protest singers of the past 50 years and one of the most outspoken activists on behalf of enough causes to fill a notebook, including peace, civil rights, women’s rights and human rights...
Large happenings for Big Gigantic
What sort of huge, raucous event could warrant switching the moniker of one the most iconic stages on the planet? Something Big Gigantic...
Sensitivity problems
The band that rode to platinum-selling success on the song “How to Save a Life” could now write a song about how the Muppets may have saved a band...
From desert soirees to swanksville
To our great disappointment, Denver post-rock group Woodsman aren’t whittling sticks in a log cabin when Boulder Weekly reaches guitarist Trevor Peterson by phone. At the first stop of their current tour, the group finds themselves in the rather plush Hotel Congress ...
Worlds of music
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...
