Music
Brothers in songs
Colorado hip-hop group The foodchain have barely been together a year and a half, but they’re continually gaining notoriety. Consisting of four emcees, two producers, a DJ and a percussionist, The foodchain released their debut album, Corpses, in February, a ...
Raging the Cajun back where it all started
These things must be approached delicately, but the lead-off track from Steve Conn’s elegant new CD Beautiful Dream, an unraveled lament to gazing back over the years and pondering what-ifs called “Easier Said Than Done,” resonates a little as an apology self-...
Kansas City’s Tech N9ne prepares for music industry supremacy
Even for a guy named after a gun, Tech N9ne is aggressive...
The Afro-Punk tour gives the finger to your expectations
Afro-Punk is, at its core, rebellion...
No more New Year’s Eve shows for Yonder Mountain String Band
For fans of Colorado-based oddball bluegrass pop act Yonder...
Sex, drugs and tango
Pro Musica Colorado gets ‘Epic’ Cynthia Katsarelis, the director of the Pro Musica Colorado Chamber orchestra, is wearing a black leather jacket as she explains the subversive nature of the orchestra’s next concert, “Epic Seasons...
Sia kills Denver with cuteness
For those who are unfamiliar with Aussie singer-songwriter Sia and her music, she’s the type of artist that dig deeps and delivers emotional, soul-searching, introspective lyrics over subdued electronic beats and melodies. Listening to her music, you’d think that ...
Down the rabbit hole
Kenny Vasoli’s present-day appearance can come as a surprise to some fans. As the former frontman for pop punk band The Starting Line, Vasoli has traded in his skinny jeans and straightened hair for wooden beads and a more relaxed look to match his new music with ...
Deep in the stuff
Dodging and weaving their way around countless hyphenated genre tags over the course of better than a decade, The Motet greet the new year with just one: funk band...
L.A. gains appeal
Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard is all about change. The singer/guitarist, currently on tour with his bandmates in support of their seventh album, Codes and Keys, once wrote a driving, gritty, guitar-fueled pop tune about the ills of Los Angeles called “Why You’d...