Music
moe. blows out a few candles
About three weeks ago, the dutiful webmaster running moe.’s homepage linked to a piece lauding the band’s long-tenured moe.down festival, held in upstate New York, as one of the world’s best music festivals, putting the low-key and locally beloved event alongside ...
The work lies ahead
The last time J.S. Ondara was in Colorado, he opened for Lindsey Buckingham, of Fleetwood Mac fame, finding himself not only in the middle...
Heavy Rotation
“Weather Girl,” Figueroa
Brazilian-born producer Amon Tobin often assumes a nom de plume for new projects: hip-hop-meets-drum-and-bass as Cujo, heavy bass as Two Fingers, punked...
Growing up next to her
When you’re growing up it’s easy to imagine all you might become — one day fancying yourself an astronaut, the next a corporate boss,...
‘No rules’
It was a particularly shreddy lick in the Power Rangers theme song that made Paul DeHaven want to play guitar.
“I was like, ‘Mom, I...
Divorce, new beginnings and music
Kelly Crisp talks of Loud Planes Fly Low, the recently released CD she made with her musical partner in The Rosebuds, Ivan Howard, as if it’s the duo’s first album all over again...
The secret’s out
Lyons is a great little town that they’re trying to keep a secret, but I don’t know. I think the secret’s out by now,”...
Free CDs and mp3s
To hear Khouri Austin tell it, nobody in The Foodchain sat up one day and said, “Let’s start a band...
B.o.B., Lupe Fiasco rock Denver’s Ogden Theater
The Laser Tour Denver show sold out about three weeks ago. With a tour that features B.o.B. who has the No. 1 hit in the country with “Nothin’ On You,” and headliner Lupe Fiasco who has two superb albums under his belt, the question comes to mind, who really sold out...
Rap with strings attached
I haven’t done the research on this, but I don’t imagine Vivaldi’s “Spring” concerto is the ringback song on your average rapper’s cell phone.But call Jordan Polovina and you’ll see pretty quickly why he and the rest of Whiskey Blanket are not your average rappers....
Looking up
After four-and-a-half years, Springdale Quartet is ready to move on to bigger and better things. As bassist Jordan Roos explains, that means everything from the venues they play to the music they make...
Success comes in waves
"Oh my gosh, 2010 has been awesome!” Singer/ songwriter Kate Jaworski is practically laughing she is so ecstatic about her good fortune these past few months. “I traveled to Greece and Poland earlier this summer, and I just had an amazing experience...
