Music
Calexico’s sounds of the Southwest
Calexico’s John Convertino was fielding questions from the media recently; we were his last interview that day, but also at least his second interview prepping the Boulder market for the Tucson-based outfit’s upcoming Fox Theatre gig. The first one caught him a ...
Stepping outside the country box
Phil Vassar found out that country music is still a play-it-safe genre when the song “Bobbi With An I” was floated to radio as a first single off of his current CD, The Traveling Circus...
moe. money, fewer problems
Al Schnier, guitarist/singer of moe., recognizes the irony of his band signing a deal with Sugar Hill Records...
Killswitch Engage is looking back to look forward
This November and December Killswitch Engage is spending a month looking back at a key point in its career, marking the 10-year anniversary of the release of the band’s second album, Alive Or Just Breathing...
Temper Trap’s big arc
Sound check always reminds us a little of the famous quote about people who love the law and enjoy sausage, only applied to music. We caught The Temper Trap’s road manager last week a bit off-guard for our phone interview with the lads; the world was ending behind ...
A final bow
To help generate a buzz for the release of its latest CD, If Not Now, When, Incubus’ management came up with a novel idea. The band would rent out a gallery storefront in Los Angeles, set up its instruments and play shows in this small space for six nights over a ...
Throw down your preconceived notions
If the banjo was an actor in today’s movie industry, it would be suffering from a severe case of typecasting, relentlessly placed in the role of Appalachian hillbilly instrument, a medium suited only for bluegrass, country and folk music. It’s nothing new — in the ...
Shorty’s wild ride
When Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews and his band Orleans Avenue released their breakthrough CD Backatown in the spring of 2010, there were few outside his club-circuit fan base and the New Orleans cognoscenti who would have predicted how far it would take the 24-year...
Fun on the fourth
There are a lot of things to do on July 4, but with multiple parts of the state literally on fire, it might be hard to come by those oft-cherished fireworks. Here are some of the best things to do this Independence Day — fireworks not guaranteed. Ralphie’s ...
Living the electronic dream
Boulder is no Hollywood — and it’s best we leave it that way — but celebrityspotting is just as possible in this town if you’ve got the right star map...
