Music

Mixing in a few clouds

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Matt and Kim have made a career out of creating upbeat, catchy pop anthems that seem tailor-made to get concert crowds smiling, singing and...

John Cage and the sound of silence

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"If someone says 'can’t,' that shows you what to do...

Lissie’s new EP: Strong start, weak finish

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Folksy bordering on irritating at points, newcomer indie singer/songwriter Lissie's [Lissie Maurus] EP Why You Runnin', out Nov. 10 on Fat Possum Records, makes an unstable but positive debut with her new label...

Travels with Trace

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Midday in Brooklyn, and Trace Bundy is chilling after a “pretty much sold out” show the night before when Boulder Weekly catches up with...

Out of the box

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The Communikey festival is not easily defined. Perhaps it could be loosely pinned down as a transcendental experience surpassing mediums and disciplines in a desire to explore the intersection of artistic and technological innovation, with a smattering of ...

Tales of the road

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James McMurtry spends hundreds of hours in the van each year, traveling America’s highways to the 100-plus shows he and his band annually perform. The...

Behind The Beat

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Usually, little good comes from dorm room housing. In the case of former freshman roommates Mat Bernstein, 21, and Josh McAdoo, 22, the University of Colorado Boulder’s Hallett Hall was a haven for everything from electronic music to future networking for a business ...

Bach and Mahler Festivals expand their programming

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Colorado MahlerFest and the Boulder Bach Festival, longstanding institutions in Boulder, have major events Friday through Sunday, May 19-21. Both festivals started with annual performances...

Erykah Badu, Janelle Monae rock Denver’s Fillmore

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Erykah Badu is just about a month into her Out My Mind, Just in Time Tour with rotating opening acts that so far have included N.E.R.D., Bilal, Lupe Fiasco, B.O.B. and Maxwell. But for most of the tour, including the Denver show at the Fillmore Auditorium on June 16...

Anti-Flag brings punk rock activism to town with latest tour

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Punk rock was born out of the need to challenge the status...

DJ Vajra moves away from battling to producing

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"Where I grew up, it was a lot more culturally diverse than Denver, so there was a lot of racial tension,” says Chris Karns about growing up in Ft. Wayne, Ind. “So there were a lot of white kids in my neighborhood that would pick on me for listening to rap music...

Found Sounds: Feb. 16, 2023

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Another week, another round-up of the bestselling new vinyl releases from Paradise Found Records (1646 Pearl St.) Millennial arena emo standard-bearers Paramore snag the...