Music

‘Life’s so fun’

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When MUNA’s “Silk Chiffon” entered the world in late summer 2021, life was, in general, definitively not fun. But as society was preparing to...

Stepping outside the country box

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Phil Vassar found out that country music is still a play-it-safe genre when the song “Bobbi With An I” was floated to radio as a first single off of his current CD, The Traveling Circus...

Evolution of a sellout

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When word got out last year that Koe Wetzel had signed a major label deal with Columbia Records, he heard it from some of...

Beyond the swinghouse

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After a failed attempt, or three, we finally caught up to Lao Tizer on a Friday afternoon after he had wrapped up a band...

Todd Snider’s bipolar spring

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Our rationale goes something like this: Hey, The New York Times, Rolling Stone and USA Today have already lauded Todd Snider’s Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables, the songwriter’s none-too-subtle screed against the current trickledown angst consuming an American public ...

Rick Rubinesque

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Fans that head to The Avett Brothers for any of the shows during its three night stint at Red Rocks Friday, July 11 through Sunday, July 13 expecting the kind of stripped-down, acoustic performance that was the group’s trademark will be in for a surprise...

Bonobo DJ Set

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Over the last decade, British-born electronic musician Simon Green (Bonobo), made a name for himself by using elements of trip hop and acid jazz to slowly apply layers of samples, drum loops and melodies to build downtempo masterpieces, helping to lay the foundation ...

The Dead shall rise

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Not that we knew it at the time, but we’re pretty sure the weirdly twice-echoed staccato stomp of “Ants Marching” we heard from our...

Joe Bonamassa: Blues workhorse

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Joe Bonamassa’s recently released concert CD, Beacon Theatre: Live From New York, isn’t advertised as a homecoming show, but in a very real sense, it was a return to his beginnings...

Boulder Theater turns 75

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Attending a show at the historic Boulder Theater can...

‘An adventure for the listener’

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You know it’s an unusual Christmas concert when one of the composers is the fearsome atonal composer Arnold Schoenberg. But conductor Bahman Saless, who has...

Just here to help make magic

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How Your Mom’s House has survived five years as an independent venue in Denver’s competitive music scene