Music
Still playing folk guitar
If Stephen Stills isn’t doing cartwheels across the stage and jumping off of amplifiers this summer on his tour with Crosby, Stills & Nash, he’ll have a good excuse...
Consistency and innovation feed Spoon’s indie rock success
Austin, Texas, indie rockers Spoon have flown under the radar for most of their nearly 15-year career, garnering an underground following but only emerging onto the above-ground scene after several poppy cuts from 2007’s Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga wedged into radio rotation. ...
Been away for too long
Before Soundgarden took the stage at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in July 2011, you could forgive the casual fan for wondering whether the band members were just the latest rock gods to pad their bank accounts with fan nostalgia...
The Young Veins keep it light and nostalgic
What Paul Simon is to Vampire Weekend, The Beatles are to The Young Veins. On their debut Take A Vacation! the band serves as a throwback machine that incessantly pumps out song after song of fun and catchy retro-pop in the same — well — vein of the music that made ...
Aaah! Real Monsters
Friday, January 3: Aaah! Real Monsters. 9 p.m. The Laughing Goat, 1709 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-440- 4628.
Boasting a Colorado Springs-born singer, Aaah! Real Monsters brings melodic pop-punk with emotional choruses and catchy hooks.
A melting pot of rock ‘n’ roll
It could be argued that Los Lobos is American music’s Statue of Liberty—a genuine melting pot of rock ‘n’ roll, folk, traditional Mexican music...
Leo Kottke
Thursday, February 20: Leo Kottke. 8 p.m. Boulder Theater, 2032 14th St., Boulder, 303-786-7030...
Band geeks rule
In an online event description, the City of Louisville has this to say about March Fourth Marching Band: “This is impossible to explain, you’ll just have to be there...