Music
Octopus Nebula brings a different electronic groove
There’s an almost sinister grace that pervades Octopus Nebula and their limber, unforced sleepwalk through deep groove electronica. OK, it’s not rocket science; a quartet of live players, all more or less graduates from groove scenes of varying success and commitment...
The unfamiliar familiar by Seicento
Boulder’s Seicento Baroque Ensemble celebrates its 10th anniversary this weekend (April 22–24) by performing a piece that is both familiar—and not.
The piece is Magnificat...
music | Week of March 27, 2014
Friday, March 28: Dark Star Orchestra. 9 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030...
Make America Gigantic Again
There’s a poignant moment near the tail end of Dream Big: A Big Gigantic Story, a 20-minute documentary by the Colorado-based multimedia group Cinesthetics...
Mabon celebration returns to Planet Bluegrass
In the ancient Gaelic world, Mabon was the time to celebrate the autumn equinox, that mysterious day on the calendar when sunlight and darkness...
Low profile, high standards
Brandi Carlile is one of those rare musicians who gets it. She’s not up on stage every night trying to be a rock star, the tabloids aren’t all that interested in her, and she’s not constantly making a ruckus or ticking people off with her grandstanding or childish ...
It’s Rocky Mountain Folks Festival time
We all have ways of measuring the passage of time. We watch our kids grow up — their way-too-fast and amazing transformation into adults...
SLIDESHOW: Mastodon, Dillinger Escape Plan at the Ogden Theatre
Dane Cronin snapped the following pics at last night's Mastodon show. Check them out.
REVIEW: Atmosphere at the Fox Theatre
Photos by Jules Keuffer. To read P.J. Nutting's interview with Slug, click here...
Head For The Hills is rising
By just about any measure, Head for the Hills (H4TH) has had a pretty solid 2011. The Fort Collins-founded newgrass quartet unleashed a solid and surprising long-player last year, winning their second consecutive “Best Bluegrass Band” award from Westword copping some...
David Allan Coe’s stained legacy
David Allan Coe’s stained legacy When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy,” wrote William Hazlitt, “it ceases to be a subject of interest.” Apply that maxim to country music legend David Allan Coe, and you’ll get a mixed bag of love and hate. At one ...
















