Music
Calling all nerds
Lorin Ashton, better know as Bassnectar, has not cut his hair since he was 19 years old. The Santa Cruz, Calif., native has been growing it out for nearly two decades. It all started with his love of death metal, the only genre of music he could connect with as a ...
Hanson stays ahead
Hanson is the future. I know. You don’t believe it. You remember their 1997 hit — yeah, the one that just got stuck in your head — and you think they’re the past, the long-gone past...
Return to RockyGrass
We missed every bit of it. We had taken for granted the cool creek under the reddish cliffs, the dumplings and Greek salads, the...
Take it easy, sweet and slow
There is a rhythmic force that lives deep inside of Anaïs Mitchell. On stage she can’t help but pop and bob, as if punctuating...
Music abounds in Boulder, despite lack of venues
The Fox Theatre’s empty summer calendar said it all, but then came the official word: The venue was closing for the summer, and the reason given was “roof repairs...
Answering the call
The mosquitoes are smaller in New Mexico. There are also fewer of them and less humidity, all of which has drawn Brittany Howard away...
Leadership via committee
To an outsider, rehearsals of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra may seem like chaos — but members insist it’s focused chaos...
‘Ya-Ka-May,’ Galactic’s latest, is a blast
Just like the album’s cover, Ya-Ka-May by the New Orleans band Galactic and released on...
From grades to the Gothic
Balancing high school, extracurriculars and college prep is hard enough — until you throw in band practice, late shows and planning a tour. But somehow, the members of Hatrick Penry can do it all...
New sensations
Let’s get this out of the way right off the bat.
We have absolutely no grudge against Montana. Beautiful place — postcard-y mountain ranges, limitless...
Building blocks of sound
Back in 2003, drummer Danny Seim was abusing employee perks at a Portland, Ore., Kinko’s. Using the store’s photocopiers, Seim produced copy after copy of the handmade flipbook he designed as packaging for his band Menomena’s debut album I Am The Blame Fun Monster. ...













