Email Author Michael Roberts

Awards

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

  "The Rocky Mountain News is Going Down"

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2009 Stories by Michael Roberts

• Homecoming at Starz

  published July 23, 2009

  Being a young actress in Hollywood can be a horror show even for performers who achieve something akin to stardom – a condition that's... More >>

• The Album Leaf

  published July 23, 2009

  Multi-instrumentalist Jimmy LaValle, the man behind the Album Leaf, wasn't always such a mellow fellow. Back in the '90s, he got his first... More >>

• Rough Draft

  published July 23, 2009

  The messages in contemporary-Christian songs have grown more subtle over time as bands have sought to broaden listenership — hence lots... More >>

• Flick Pick

  published July 23, 2009

  Being a young actress in Hollywood can be a horror show even for performers who achieve something akin to stardom – a condition that’s... More >>

• Flick Pick

  published July 16, 2009

  The astronaut drama Countdown is a curio from both a historical and filmic standpoint. The movie, co-starring James Caan and Robert... More >>

• Countdown at the Boulder Public Library

  published July 16, 2009

  The astronaut drama Countdown is a curio from both a historical and filmic standpoint. The movie, co-starring James Caan and Robert Duvall,... More >>

• Japandroids

  published July 16, 2009

  Lyrics: Are they necessary? Not always — and a little can go a long way. "The Boys Are Leaving Town," the first song on... More >>

• Michaela Rae

  published July 16, 2009

  Should you wait to sing the blues until your voice has changed? That unlikely question is central to this debut by Michaela Rae Knox, who cut... More >>

• The Thief of Baghdad

  published July 9, 2009

  The Thief of Baghdad is an enormous contradiction of the auteur theory. The 1940 release credits three directors — Ludwig... More >>

• Snoop Dogg is ready to embark on his Blazed and Confused tour, jacc

  published July 9, 2009

  Copy editors, grammarians and assorted other speakers of English: Apologies in advance for our e-mail interview with Calvin Broadus, aka Snoop... More >>

• Bon Iver

  published July 9, 2009

  Justin Vernon, Bon Iver's central figure (joined on these bills by The Wheel), is a Wisconsin-based singer-songwriter who first gained... More >>

• The Rural Alberta Advantage

  published July 9, 2009

  Many people think of folk music as precious and pretentious in equal measure — the equivalent of arming whiny occupants of reality-show... More >>

• Drop Dead, Gorgeous

  published July 9, 2009

  Plenty of haters ripped into 2007's Worse Than a Fairy Tale, accusing Drop Dead, Gorgeous of softening its assault to up the... More >>

• Flick Pick

  published July 9, 2009

  The Thief of Baghdad is an enormous contradiction of the auteur theory. The 1940 release credits three directors — Ludwig... More >>

• An Unlikely Weapon

  published July 2, 2009

  Eddie Adams, the late photographer at the center of An Unlikely Weapon, which opens July 2, was a romantic of an especially... More >>

• LA Riots

  published July 2, 2009

  Daniel LeDisko and Jo'B, the twosome currently causing LA Riots, are the remixers of the moment — definitely a short-term position given... More >>

• Michael Dean Damron

  published July 2, 2009

  This time last year, Michael Dean Damron, former frontman for I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House, was planning a trip to Denver with his... More >>

• Death Hickey Blues

  published July 2, 2009

  Although the music on this four-song EP doesn't skimp on commercial elements, it's actually quite an odd hybrid. For the most part, lead singer... More >>

• Flick Pick

  published July 2, 2009

  Eddie Adams, the late photographer at the center of An Unlikely Weapon, which opens July 2, was a romantic of an especially... More >>

• Revanche at Starz

  published June 25, 2009

  Revanche defied both the odds and the standard formula in earning Austria a richly deserved Oscar nomination for best foreign... More >>

• Phoenix

  published June 25, 2009

  Phoenix, appearing with Amazing Baby, is generating a buzz nearly a decade in the making. The electro-tinged French group, whose lineage has... More >>

• Crocodiles

  published June 25, 2009

  The Fat Possum Records aesthetic, whether it pertains to rock groups like the Black Keys or blues artists à la R.L. Burnside, champions... More >>

• Meese

  published June 25, 2009

  Patrick Meese's friendship with Isaac Slade was handy from a getting-noticed standpoint. But now that Meese's namesake band is receiving the... More >>

• Flick Pick

  published June 25, 2009

  Revanche defied both the odds and the standard formula in earning Austria a richly deserved Oscar nomination for best foreign film.... More >>

• Throw Down Your Heart at Starz

  published June 18, 2009

  "I just want to blend in," claims banjoist Béla Fleck early in Throw Down Your Heart, a documentary about his musical... More >>