Music
The joy of ‘Constant Sorrow’
“The Soggy Bottom Boys have been steeped in old-timey material. We’re silly with it.” —Ulysses Everett McGill, O Brother, Where Art Thou?
The gig was...
Raising the dead
Not so long ago, in a land called Toronto, two young men met at a Sonic Youth show (or maybe it was in prison, or on a pirate ship, or perhaps on ChristianMingle.com — this part of the story is murky). The lads bonded over a mutual affinity for punk rock and a ...
Menomena slices and dices another great album
Few bands have ever had the relationship with their music that Menomena has. Few other bands have pushed the envelope without going out of their way like Menomena has. In fact, it’s safe to say that there have been few bands like Menomena, and on their latest album, ...
Heavy Rotation
NEW TRACKS TO HEAR
“Blossom,” Britney Jane
“How come I gotta forgive and forget / Walking ‘round like you ain’t done no silly shit?” Britney Jane...
Channeling John
Guitarists have this way of talking about their new guitars like proud parents. So after apologizing briefly to Bill Frisell a few weeks ago for intruding on his pre- London flight time with a phone interview — the publicist told us to call at that time, and that’s ...
Cracking wise
You might call them “culture warriors,” though you won’t find them armed with Bibles and picket signs. They’re not even that angry...
Green light for Boulder band Na’an Stop
The five friends who make up Na’an Stop couldn’t believe they sold out their first headlining show at the Fox Theater last January. It was a big achievement for the reggae-roots band born out of CU-Boulder, which had been slowly gaining recognition around town for ...
Music for Maui
As flames engulfed the Hawaiian island of Maui in early August, Jessica Rogalski immediately thought about how to help all her friends dealing with...
The Yawpers: Going through changes
A slew of changes has rocked Nate Cook’s world this past year...
