Music
Hail to the chiefs
It has been 19 years since The Presidents of the United States of America first broke into the pop charts with the 13 turbo-charged pop oddities that comprised their self-titled debut. Songs like “Lump,” “Peaches,” and “Boll Weevil,” were short, fast, loud, catchy as...
Poetry and music combine
Assembling a work of art is like putting together a puzzle: Sometimes it’s a struggle to make the pieces fit, and sometimes they just fall into place...
The birth of Technicolor Tone Factory
On any given night in Boulder, you can find DJ sets and the sounds of electronica leaking out the doors of bars around town. For musicians in their early 20s, the peer pressure and demand to go digital is enormous, and that’s exactly why the persistent militia of ...
Giving Eugene Hütz a headache
I thought my plan was clever — get Eugene Hütz on the phone and ask him about global politics.
The ringleader of the gypsy punk...
Deep in the grain
Talking with guitarist/songwriter Oliver Wood about his collaboration with brother Chris Wood last week, we couldn’t help but summon the legacy of (in)famous brother gigs in pop music history. The Davies … the Gallaghers … the Knopflers … Well, OK, it was the knock...
Boom boom boom
There is busy and then there is New York busy. Camille Harris is New York busy. She does a lot, and all at once....
The jukebox of Lafayette
With a quick glance at the Nissi’s stage, one would think the pompadour wearin’, low voiced, gold jacketed, hip swingin’ singer was Elvis Presley himself. Upon closer inspection and a realization that it’s 2015, you’d notice the crooner was in fact Shelvis and her ...
Friends Like These
Life days for is pretty good these Portugal. The Man, or at least it was pretty good when we caught bassist Zach Carothers on a rare evening off, rumbling down to the Alabama shore with a busload of homies for a sunset beach party with margaritas and shellfish. We ...
Cheese in threes
When String Cheese Incident announced their summer tour plans a few months back, it was hard not to notice all the three-nighters they had on the bill. Red Rocks Amphitheatre (of course), Horning’s Hideout, Electric Forest. SCI has landed and kept itself near the top...
Knotty by nature
The mysterious process of making art can bring once-buried feelings to the surface. Just ask Sadie Dupuis, the celebrated singer-songwriter behind the Philadelphia indie-rock...
