Music
The five archers
It’s hard to imagine putting out your first record in the middle of a global pandemic, but then again, it’s hard to imagine entering...
BCO opens risky 13th season
Unlike high-end hotels, Bahman Saless and the Boulder Chamber Orchestra (BCO) do not shy away from the bad luck associated with the number 13.
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Greg Laswell takes a bow
It is nice to know that Greg Laswell has a sense of humor. When asked how his latest album, Take a Bow, compares to his previous albums, he deadpans, “I use different song titles and lyrics and melodies...
A side of rockers, a side of ballads
The Gasoline Lollipops are notoriously difficult to categorize; swimming somewhere between folk, alt-country and punk, the band has taken to shrugging their shoulders as...
SLIDESHOW: Mastodon, Dillinger Escape Plan at the Ogden Theatre
Dane Cronin snapped the following pics at last night's Mastodon show. Check them out.
Here and there
It took a little puzzling, but we finally determined that the last time we caught up to Leo Kottke was late 2002, when he and Mike Gordon paired up for a duo gig at the Boulder Theater...
CD review: Girl in a Coma, Exits & All the Rest
If you gave Girl in a Coma’s new CD, Exits & All The Rest to 10 different people, you’d likely receive in return 10 different opinions about which established female vocalist lead singer Nina Diaz most sounds like. Though by no means an exhaustive list, I could see ...
Success breeds new wheels
Laura Stevenson knew from an early age that she loved music — enough, in fact, to believe it probably would always be a big part of her life...
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...
VAUDEVILLE MAKES A COMEBACK
Intuitive Compass is not your average folk duo. For starters, their sound takes on more of a Vaudevillian quality than most other bands, and when it comes to their live show, let’s just say that there are bound to be some surprises...
Looking back to look ahead
Whether Eric Earley is writing about it or talking about it, any discussion of the music he makes for Blitzen Trapper presents an uneasy exercise. He states an answer then verbally erases it — a songwriter uncertain of how to objectively speak of his craft. Earley ...