Email Author Michael Roberts

Awards

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 11, 2008

  "The Rocky Mountain News is Going Down"

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1995 Stories by Michael Roberts

• THE GOODS

  published December 27, 1995

  part 1 of 2 Far be it from us to contradict Frank Sinatra, but in many ways, it was not a very good year. Commercial music stagnated to... More >>

• CRITIC'S CHOICE

  published December 27, 1995

  Ozzy Osbourne, with Korn, Monday, December 31, at McNichols Arena, has reneged on his retirement, and who can blame him? During his gory days with... More >>

• THE GOODS

  published December 27, 1995

  part 2 of 2 FOLK Arcady, Many Happy Returns A lot of Irish music is dour; its obsession with questions of mortality and faith can... More >>

• HIT PICK

  published December 27, 1995

  Brethren Fast, Saturday, December 30, at Cricket on the Hill, is well named. The threesome is built on the guitar of Don Messina and bass-ic... More >>

• HIT PICK

  published December 20, 1995

  Foreskin 500, Tuesday, December 26, at the Bluebird Theater, should shake you out of the post-holiday doldrums. The boys, who've been known to air... More >>

• CRITIC'S CHOICE

  published December 20, 1995

  Spell, with Fox Force 5, Friday, December 22, at the Bluebird Theater, hasn't achieved the national breakthrough for which many locals were... More >>

• MUSIC BY FAMOUS PEOPLE

  published December 20, 1995

  part 2 of 2 Emmylou Harris Wrecking Ball (Elektra) Harris has an exquisite voice that's especially moving when contrasted with... More >>

• MUSIC BY FAMOUS PEOPLE

  published December 20, 1995

  part 1 of 2 The Beatles Anthology, Volume 1 (Capitol/Apple) Anyone who expects this to be filled with fresh revelations is... More >>

• PLAYLIST

  published December 13, 1995

  Ken Nordine Colors (Asphodel) Of all the discs released during the high-water-mark year of 1967, this is among the most obscure--and... More >>

• HIT PICK

  published December 13, 1995

  The Throttlemen, with the Hillbilly Hellcats, Thursday, December 14, at the Bluebird Theater, is the latest vehicle whose pedal Denver rock... More >>

• JUST SAY NOEL

  published December 13, 1995

  It's not easy to make creative holiday music. Writing a seasonal classic is all but impossible; besides, it takes years to know if you've... More >>

• VELVETY GOODNESS

  published December 13, 1995

  Acting like you're famous while you're still a relative unknown often can lead to actual fame. That's a lesson many performers never learn,... More >>

• PLAYLIST

  published December 6, 1995

  Meat Puppets No Joke! (London) For the Meat Puppets, the key has always been striking the right balance. When the Kirkwood brothers,... More >>

• ANTHRAX FIGHTS A NEW DISEASE

  published December 6, 1995

  Trends always have risen and/or vanished quickly in the pop-music universe, but seldom as viciously as right now. Metal is a case in point. Since... More >>

• HIT PICK

  published December 6, 1995

  Baldo Rex, with Boss 302, Friday, December 8, at the Lion's Lair, hasn't yet taken the nation by storm because of a single, fatal flaw:... More >>

• CRITIC'S CHOICE

  published December 6, 1995

  George Clinton, Thursday and Friday, December 7 and 8, at the Fox Theatre, and Friday, December 9, at the Ogden, may not create at the furious... More >>

• BABES IN SLUMBERLAND

  published December 6, 1995

  Kat Bjelland, the leader of the post-punk threesome Babes in Toyland, is paying for her good times. The previous weekend, at the end of a... More >>

• CRITIC'S CHOICE

  published November 29, 1995

  Henry Rollins, Saturday, December 2, at the Ogden Theatre, takes pride in selling out, so long as he does it his way. Whereas most old-school... More >>

• WHO'S THE BOSS

  published November 29, 1995

  Boss Hog leader Cristina Martinez has no intention of exploiting her sexuality to make a living. After all, she's already done enough of... More >>

• HIT PICK

  published November 22, 1995

  Windowpane, with Benjamina Ficus Exotica, Saturday, November 25, at the Lion's Lair, has a new drummer: Kenny Ortiz, the man with the sticks in... More >>

• POUR BOY

  published November 22, 1995

  Avoiding any mention of alcohol during a chat with Shane MacGowan would be as stupid as neglecting to ask Elizabeth Taylor about marriage,... More >>

• PLAYLIST

  published November 15, 1995

  Green Day Insomniac (Reprise) In the press biography sent to reviewers with this CD, flack Ben Weasel (a nom de plume, perhaps?)... More >>

• FOND O' WANDA

  published November 15, 1995

  Plenty of people have fantasized about the young, virile, mid-Fifties Elvis Presley. But Wanda Jackson, who can make a persuasive claim for being... More >>

• TAKING YOUR LUMPS

  published November 15, 1995

  The bar crawlers gathered at Herman's Hideaway this brisk Friday night in October know exactly what they want: accessible funk grooves, catchy... More >>

• CRITIC'S CHOICE

  published November 15, 1995

  Brutal Juice, with Neurosis and GWAR, Sunday, November 19, at the Ogden Theatre, is not what you'd call a good date band: The name of the... More >>