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

• Plain White T's

  published August 9, 2007

  The Plain White T's may be the most polite band in pop-punk. The Tom Higgenson-led combo — which joins Social Distortion, Blue October, I... More >>

• Bitter:Sweet

  published August 9, 2007

  "Lounge music" was once a pejorative term: It called to mind blowsy has-beens warbling off-key Peggy Lee covers while slumped against a baby grand... More >>

• Roll On

  published August 9, 2007

  Producers Gary Schnell and Alex Ryer are uniquely qualified to stage The Great American Trailer Park Musical, which enjoys its... More >>

• Excitable Book

  published August 9, 2007

  I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon, which author Crystal Zevon will sign and read from tonight and... More >>

• The Plain White T's

  published August 9, 2007

  The Plain White T's may be the most polite band in pop-punk. The Tom Higgenson-led combo — which joins Social Distortion, Blue October, I... More >>

• Open Case

  published August 2, 2007

  Reporter Heath Urie has faced plenty of obstacles while covering Jefferson County for the Columbine Courier newspaper, and he's... More >>

• Ryan Adams Is As Prolific As Ever

  published August 2, 2007

  Ryan Adams has been called many things: brilliant, temperamental and more. But the famously prolific tunesmith, who records solo and with his... More >>

• Justice

  published August 2, 2007

  Because plenty of French artists wear their reputation for pretentiousness like a particularly tony beret, the decision by Justice's Gaspard... More >>

• Across Tundras

  published August 2, 2007

  It's been less than a year since Dark Songs of the Prairie, Across Tundras' most recent full-length, swept into stores — but the... More >>

• Rufus Wainwright

  published August 2, 2007

  Dudes insecure about their sexuality, be warned: Release the Stars, the latest Rufus Wainwright disc, is one of the gayest recordings since... More >>

• Rush

  published August 2, 2007

  Although the overwhelming majority of nascent punkers who attended the recent Warped Tour stop at Invesco Field don't know Rush from Russia, those... More >>

• Rock Shots

  published August 2, 2007

  "I photographed a lot of big bands early on, and a lot of other ones at their peak," says Chris Deutsch, whose snaps are at the center of... More >>

• A Serious Game

  published August 2, 2007

  "I look at the way that sports and politics collide in society — sometimes with very gruesome results, and sometimes with very inspiring... More >>

• Newspaper Wars

  published July 26, 2007

  Fort Collins Weekly publisher Joel Dyer knew that a recently announced partnership with the daily Greeley Tribune would... More >>

• Lordi Goes From Zeroes to Heroes

  published July 26, 2007

  Forget MTV. Last year, Lordi, a Finnish group whose members costume themselves as literal monsters of rock, got exposure on a slew of cable-news... More >>

• Velvet Revolver

  published July 26, 2007

  As with Contraband, the first Velvet Revolver CD, Libertad is an amalgam of its influences: some good (Guns N' Roses), others less... More >>

• John Common

  published July 26, 2007

  Common's second solo recording (which greets the public at a CD-release party on Saturday, July 28, at Forest Room 5) is even more uncommon than... More >>

• 3 Inches of Blood

  published July 26, 2007

  When it comes to metal, the big new thing is the big old thing. Rather than go to the usual metal-core extremes, younger acts such as... More >>

• Going, Going, Gonzo

  published July 26, 2007

  Although Dr. Hunter S. Thompson was called many things during his 67-plus years on the planet — brilliant, disturbed, innovative, dangerous... More >>

• Digitizing

  published July 19, 2007

  Not long ago, advertising at movie theaters was a fairly ambient medium. In the moments before the main feature unspooled, muted Muzak would play... More >>

• Ice T Answers the Tough Questions

  published July 19, 2007

  Most performers who rise to fame are able to climb past competitors because of their innate toughness — but once they reach the top, they... More >>

• The White Stripes

  published July 19, 2007

  The White Stripes have always teetered on the brink of novelty — and it's astonishing that so few people seem to have noticed. The goofy... More >>

• The Knew

  published July 19, 2007

  The marriage of punk and roots music was consummated long ago, but the relationship hasn't stopped working, and the Knew know it. Holladay,... More >>

• Hinder

  published July 19, 2007

  Those rock-is-dead pronouncements we hear periodically ignore the genre's cyclical nature. Every time the style seems bound for the grave, it... More >>

• Ad it Up

  published July 19, 2007

  Don't dismiss Fergie as just another dopey pop star. In addition to her intimate knowledge of London Bridge, she's an eager businesswoman who's... More >>