Music

Janiva Magness draws strength from turmoil

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When listening to blues vocalist Janiva Magness, there are a lot of words that come to mind that could describe her sultry and lilting interpretations. Whether uplifting or drifting into darkness, one word that never comes across when hearing her voice is “fake.” ...

An unintentional self-portrait

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Boulder’s self-proclaimed non-genre-conforming band Magic Beans has been around the block once or twice — after 10 years together, their sound has continued to...

No joke

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If you’re a millennial of a certain age and persuasion, the unhinged anti-comedy of Tim Heidecker has likely shaped your cerebral cortex into knots...

The upswing always comes

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Adam Granduciel is restless. Every day the 43-year-old lead guitarist and vocalist for The War on Drugs wakes up buzzing with the urge to...

No competition in art

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Some of the greatest pop music to emerge from the Western World has been a result of great friendships: Lennon and McCartney, Richards and...

Steve Hackett carries on

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They say that a band can best secure its legacy by knowing when it’s time to go out, even if most of the people...

Best Western

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I met Greg Schochet in 2017 when he toured with Gasoline Lollipops in Belgium and Holland, filling in with us on lead guitar when Donnie...

‘Punch your way into the party’

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Author Erin K. Barnes, who writes under the pen name GoGo Germaine, calls herself a “pretty typical Coloradan.” But the adolescent at the center...

A little downtime

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"I’ve had a great 2020.”  We’re not sure, but we suspect that Erik Deutsch is about the only working-age adult in North America who’s actually...

Heavy Rotation — An Ode to Fiona

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One of the most joyful experiences of this pandemic, for me, has been watching the internet celebrate Fiona Apple’s first new album in eight...

Feel the feeling

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The term “emo” has lived many lives since its origins in the evolving D.C. hardcore scene of the late 1980s. Three decades later, the...

Head space

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For Jake Leventhal, perception in the music world is damn near everything. How does the average fan perceive their favorite artist? How does that...