Music
Chicago band The Academy Is … shakes up its sound once...
The Academy Is ... isn't afraid of taking chances...
‘Best of’ lists are for insecure losers
Comedy legend Mitch Hedberg once cracked that Pringles’ original intention, given the weird tubes the snack comes in, was to sell tennis balls. But when trucks filled with potatoes showed up at the factory, the people in charge of the operation cried, “Fuck it, cut ’...
Mark Vann Foundation Benefit Show turns 7
Seven years seems like the mere blink of an eye or a small eternity...
‘Weird Al’ Yankovic talks about digging into the deep cuts for...
Between the song parodies, his corny-yet-lovable sense of humor and a quasi-nerdy affection for the accordion, it could have been easy to dismiss “Weird...
‘The blood of the universe’
Once critics think they’ve got a band figured out, it can be a tough spell to break. Just ask Mt. Joy, the LA-based quintet...
Special folk
Richard Thompson is the guitar player’s guitar player, one of those described with hushed reverence by those who know. Some years ago, Bob Mould (Hüsker Dü, Sugar) commented that watching Thompson play made him want to mothball his instrument...
Family blues
California-based husband-and-wife blues rockers Little Hurricane share the stories behind the chemistry that’s fueled their decade of musical success
Inspired by Boulder’s past, Otis Taylor digs into his own
Brant Turney drove his shovel into the soil on a property in west Boulder a couple of years ago, working a landscaping project for the property owner, when the business end of the blade hit something that wasn’t supposed to be there. Or, wasn’t supposed to be found...
Big Gigantic rolls up its sleeves
By this time, while most of the national press has moved on and the TV cameras are all wearing local station logos, and chocolate-brown waters are lazily carrying pieces of Boulder County toward the Missouri River, Colorado’s northern Front Range communities are ...
Hip-hop Rok
Denver rapper Mane Rok, real name Sam Baron, has been cutting his teeth in the Colorado hip-hop scene for more than a decade. Whether it was competing in rhyme battles, organizing shows and events or releasing albums with his group, ManeLine, Mane has proudly ...
Knowledge is power
The word ‘planet’ means wanderer,” the narrator says, explaining the captivating, wandering harmonies of Gustav Holst’s popular orchestral piece The Planets. “To the ancient world, the planets were the stars that changed position, that wandered from one place to ...
