Music
Communikey creativity
As quickly as the subgenres of electronic music become tagged and assimilated and commonly negotiated — trance, drone, dubstep, ambient, et al. — Robert Henke smears the palette and bleeds each into the others. The archetypal pioneer, plowing directly into the ...
Batons at the ready
When the Colorado Music Festival gets underway Sunday (7:30 p.m. in Chautauqua Auditorium), many of the festival’s familiar features will be in place...
Staying humble
For more than 25 years, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have toured the world and built an impressive audience as the Indigo Girls. Yet to hear Ray speak of her career, it’s clear she hasn’t forgotten where she’s come from. Perhaps that’s because she finds even physical ...
On music and madness
It’s safe to say Henry Rollins is still angry. In fact, he’ll be the first to admit he might even be extremely angry. The author/activist/artist doesn’t like LA Weekly renaming his weekly column, he seemingly hates interviews and clearly doesn’t like talking to ...
A sound legacy
For the 40 years AEG Live Rocky Mountains President and CEO Chuck Morris has worked the Colorado music scene, he has had a crucial hand in implementing nearly every fixture of that scene we now take for granted. Tulagi back in the day? Red Rocks? The Fillmore? Thank...
Young luddites
You can’t take it personally if someone doesn’t want to hear what you’re talking about, but at the same time, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try to talk about it...
Ska hooks and lines
Be ready for instant action when Reel Big Fish takes the stage — no matter where or when...
Beating the heat: Dead Winter Carpenters at the Fox Theatre
As June has given way to July, the heat index has inched up around Colorado. Boulder and Denver have seen their first handful of 90-degree days, with many more on the way. But coming from Phoenix, the Dead Winter Carpenters will kindly take Colorado’s summer sun...
Spring Creek comes down the mountain for gig
It's been a long climb for Spring Creek, the first Coloradans ever signed by the blue-chip bluegrass label Rebel Records, and the first band ever to win both the Telluride and the RockyGrass festivals back to back. The band's fast-ascending status lives up to their ...
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.
In...
CD REVIEW: Flogging Molly’s ‘Speed of Darkness’
When it comes to Celtic-infused rock ’n’ roll in America today, fans predominantly fall into two camps. Those who prefer their fiddles and bagpipes accompanying a harder-edged, punk-flavored sound gravitate toward Dropkick Murphys. Those who, instead, seek the sounds...
G-Love and Special Sauce learn to G-love their new album
Longtime Philadelphia band gets back to its roots Philadelphia’s G. Love and Special Sauce will be doing two consecutive nights at the Boulder Theater, Friday, April 11 and Saturday, April 12. But Sugar, the new studio album dropping April 22 that Love is in town ...


















