Email Author Michael Roberts

Awards

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

  "The Rocky Mountain News is Going Down"

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2007 Stories by Michael Roberts

• Harold Squared

  published November 1, 2007

  On Channel 31's October 28 late newscast, correspondent Leland Vittert presented a hard-hitting exposé on beer —... More >>

• Northern State

  published November 1, 2007

  If Northern State's Julie Potash was bitter, no one would have blamed her. Although All City, the New York-based hip-hop hybrid's first... More >>

• Paramore

  published November 1, 2007

  Why was Paramore the breakout band from this year's Warped Tour? As its appearance at Warped's Denver stop demonstrated, the Tennessee-based... More >>

• Kelly Clarkson

  published November 1, 2007

  Why did My December, Kelly Clarkson's latest CD, cause such a stir? Because it was better than anyone anticipated. Clarkson, of course,... More >>

• The Daily Afflictions

  published November 1, 2007

  "Prescription Kills," one of the catchier tunes on the Daily Afflictions' new CD, Dive On In, pivots on the phrase "blah, blah,... More >>

• The Eagles

  published November 1, 2007

  Eagles Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit may all love music, but they don't make it collectively unless there's a mammoth... More >>

• Denver Art Rock Collective

  published November 1, 2007

  The term "art rock" has fallen out of favor in recent years, largely because of its close association with certain pretentious and tedious... More >>

• Well Fed

  published November 1, 2007

  Most of us don't think being audited is especially amusing — but perhaps we might if our accounts were being examined by David Waters, a tax... More >>

• Son Sets

  published November 1, 2007

  Nirvana put out some of the most exciting and influential music of the past quarter-century, yet these sounds are nowhere to be heard in... More >>

• The Post and Rocky Attempt a Cover-Up

  published October 25, 2007

  The front page of the October 17 Rocky Mountain News featured a photo of an Arvada resident trying on a Rockies jersey at the Coors... More >>

• Benevento Russo Duo

  published October 25, 2007

  If Marco Benevento hadn't needed to take a leak so badly, the fascinating instrumental combo known as the Benevento Russo Duo might never have... More >>

• Soul Merchants

  published October 25, 2007

  During the past two decades, producer/engineer Bob Ferbrache has assisted the Fluid, 16 Horsepower and many of Denver's most interesting acts.... More >>

• Coheed and Cambria

  published October 25, 2007

  There's so much about Coheed and Cambria's work that cries out for ridicule: the '70s-art-rock-derived instrumental wankery, the skyscraping,... More >>

• Public Enemy

  published October 25, 2007

  Public Enemy, which shares this bill with the Flobots, is entering new territory with each passing day. Throughout the twenty years since the... More >>

• Miley Cyrus

  published October 25, 2007

  The Disney Channel has perfected a four-part approach to tween marketing. Step A: Find a telegenic youth. Step B: Build her into a suburban... More >>

• Total Control

  published October 25, 2007

  Joy Division leader Ian Curtis, who hanged himself in 1980, just prior to the planned start of his band's first American tour, is among rock's... More >>

• Knight of the Animals

  published October 25, 2007

  Chess is a serious game — but Colorado closed-chess champion Brian Wall knows it can be fun, too. That's why he and co-author Anthea Carson... More >>

• Miley Cyrus

  published October 25, 2007

  The Disney Channel has perfected a four-part approach to tween marketing. Step A: Find a telegenic youth. Step B: Build her into a suburban... More >>

• Ward Churchill Butts Heads With a Reporter

  published October 18, 2007

  Where Professor Ward Churchill goes, controversy follows — and so, usually, do charges, counter-charges, confusion and... More >>

• Scary Kids Scaring Kids

  published October 18, 2007

  Although Arizona's Scary Kids Scaring Kids are generally stamped with the emo label, the performer they name-check most frequently is Michael... More >>

• Kid Rock

  published October 18, 2007

  It's lucky for Kid Rock that he's an egomaniacal dipshit, because otherwise his music would be about as memorable as a Molly Hatchet... More >>

• Various Artists

  published October 18, 2007

  Gear Fab Records' Roger Maglio, who recently relocated to Littleton from Orlando, Florida, specializes in reissuing obscurities from the '60s... More >>

• Earlimart

  published October 18, 2007

  Back in the mid-'90s, when Earlimart opened for business, the Los Angeles band, which is currently touring with Office, specialized in the... More >>

• Tiger Army

  published October 18, 2007

  At this year's Warped Tour, a gaggle of fourteen-year-olds engaged in a passionate debate about Tiger Army that went something like this: One... More >>

• Sighs Matters

  published October 18, 2007

  In the past, author Richard Russo, the guest of honor at a book-signing tonight, has described himself as essentially a comic writer.... More >>