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

• HIT PICK

  published September 27, 1995

  '57 Lesbian, with the Rok Tots, Friday, September 29, at the Lion's Lair, has gone through more changes than Dr. Renee Richards, but one thing's... More >>

• CRITIC'S CHOICE

  published September 27, 1995

  Sweet Water, Saturday, September 30, at the Bluebird Theater, has one of those biographies you've read a million damn times over the past several... More >>

• PLAYLIST

  published September 20, 1995

  Los Straitjackets The Utterly Fantastic and Totally Unbelievable Sound of Los Straitjackets (Upstart) The Aqua... More >>

• UP FROM THE UNDERGROUND

  published September 20, 1995

  Over the years, critical reverence for the Velvet Underground (celebrated in the new five-CD boxed set Peel Slowly and See, to be released by... More >>

• HIT PICK

  published September 20, 1995

  16 Horsepower, Friday and Saturday, September 22 and 23, at the Bluebird Theater, is in town to celebrate the release of an EP (issued by Ricochet... More >>

• HIT PICK

  published September 13, 1995

  Lord of Word and the Disciples of Bass, Sunday, September 17, at the Denver University athletic fields, is far from the only act to appear at the... More >>

• OHIO OR BUST

  published September 13, 1995

  part 1 of 1 The display contained the kind of paperwork most of us accumulate as we move from conception to death. A birth certificate from... More >>

• OHIO OR BUST

  published September 13, 1995

  part 2 of 2 That afternoon the press was invited to enjoy free grub on a pleasure boat, the Goodtime III, rented for the evening by Radio... More >>

• PLAYLIST

  published September 6, 1995

  Henry Threadgill Makin' a Move (Columbia) That Threadgill--a jazz-based saxophonist whose work with the trio Air and a variety of... More >>

• HOLLYWOOD PUNKS OUT

  published September 6, 1995

  As what was once called alternative rock has become the music of the majority, Hollywood--our national trend barometer--has jumped onto the... More >>

• HIT PICK

  published September 6, 1995

  Acoustifuxx, Tuesday, September 12, at the Lion's Lair, is one of two bands to feature Denver original Big Mike--the other, Splatterhouse, is at... More >>

• KEEP TRYNIN

  published September 6, 1995

  "My grandmother, Sadie, she's like 93 or 94--she and I have always been very close," says guitarist/vocalist Jennifer Trynin. "And since she's... More >>

• KC (& THE SUNSHINE BAND) AT THE BAT

  published August 30, 1995

  It's a Friday afternoon in mid-August, and the Colorado Rockies are preparing to play one of the most important games in team history. The club... More >>

• PLAYLIST

  published August 30, 1995

  Po' Broke 'N Lonely? Forbidden Vibe (Big Beat/Atlantic) Sure, the music of Boyz II Men is fixated on sex--but it's sex of a sanitized,... More >>

• BURN, BABY, BURN

  published August 30, 1995

  "Forward is the key," proclaims Winston Rodney, better known to the reggae-loving public as Burning Spear. "You need to look forward. But... More >>

• HIT PICK

  published August 30, 1995

  John Vecchiarelli, Thursday, August 31, at the Mercury Cafe, with 40th Day and Idle Mind, won't be here to kick around much longer; the... More >>

• CRITIC'S CHOICE

  published August 30, 1995

  Infectious Grooves, Sunday, September 3, at Fiddler's Green, headlines Gra-fx, one of the last shed-sized alterna-festivals of the season (also on... More >>

• LIVE AND LET LIVE

  published August 30, 1995

  What was probably this summer's most anticipated modern-rock amphitheater show proved conclusively that the music's not just for punks anymore. In... More >>

• WARNING: BAD AIR AHEAD

  published August 23, 1995

  Nick Forster, the man behind the Boulder-based radio program E-Town, no longer has to follow every twist and turn of the debate over whether... More >>

• PLAYLIST

  published August 23, 1995

  Foo Fighters Foo Fighters (Capitol) First off, let's make one thing clear: This debut long-player from former Nirvana drummer Dave... More >>

• NIGHT OF THE HUNTER

  published August 23, 1995

  Charlie Hunter, a guitarist whose self-named jazz trio has become an unexpected favorite of the nose-rings-and-tattoos crowd, doesn't like being... More >>

• CRITIC'S CHOICE

  published August 23, 1995

  P.J. Harvey, with Live and Veruca Salt, Wednesday, August 23, at Red Rocks, is a rarity in contemporary pop music: an artist whose integrity and... More >>

• HIT PICK

  published August 23, 1995

  Sympathy F, with Genuine, X LuLu, Terminal Hinge and Spoon Collection, Wednesday, August 23, at the Mercury Cafe, certainly deserves to have been... More >>

• THE DAISY CHAIN

  published August 23, 1995

  It's unlikely that every allegedly autobiographical story recounted by Tim DeLaughter, guitarist and vocalist for the Dallas-based band Tripping... More >>

• CRITIC'S CHOICE

  published August 16, 1995

  Maids of Gravity, with Chaos Theory, Saturday, August 19, at Cricket on the Hill, features two members--vocalist/guitarist Ed Ruscha and guitarist... More >>