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

• George Weber found fame in Denver, death in New York City

  published May 7, 2009

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• Fados at Starz

  published May 7, 2009

  Director Carlos Saura is an elegant stylist with a passion for song and dance that comes through in every frame of Fados, opening... More >>

• Elvis Perkins tries to move out of the darkness

  published May 7, 2009

  At times, singer-songwriter Elvis Perkins admits, anonymity is more appealing to him than personal acclaim. "I didn't do any singing in... More >>

• The Virgins

  published May 7, 2009

  No surprise that the Virgins, appearing with Anya Marina and Lissy Trullie, have become New York City's latest candidate for musical celebrity.... More >>

• Wolves in the Throne Room

  published May 7, 2009

  According to Nathan Weaver, guitarist for Washington-based Wolves in the Throne Room (joined on this bill by Gojira and Krallice), his band... More >>

• ClobberJaw

  published May 7, 2009

  Great recordings? Easy to review: Just use the enthusiasm the music stirs, and the words take care of themselves. Terrible albums? A snap, too,... More >>

• The Lady From Shanghai

  published April 30, 2009

  Among the most pleasurable entries in director Orson Welles's filmography are those projects that find him trying to wedge his eccentricities... More >>

• Crystal Antlers

  published April 30, 2009

  The only thing delicate about the band called Crystal Antlers is its name — and then only just. The music on Tentacles, the first... More >>

• Vivian Girls

  published April 30, 2009

  The goal of this youthful Brooklyn trio, appearing alongside the Pseudo Dates and Eyes and Ears, probably wasn't to push the buttons of most... More >>

• Spring Creek

  published April 30, 2009

  This Lyons-based quartet's latest album, which will be celebrated during a May 9 gig at the Boulder Theater (followed by appearances at the... More >>

• Flick Pick

  published April 30, 2009

  Among the most pleasurable entries in director Orson Welles’s filmography are those projects that find him trying to wedge his eccentricities... More >>

• The Song of Sparrows at Starz

  published April 23, 2009

  The sophistication and cynicism of the typical film-goer these days means that cinematic simplicity is damnably hard to pull off — but... More >>

• The Gaslight Anthem

  published April 23, 2009

  Bruce Springsteen has influenced many artists over the years, and not always in a positive way: We have him to blame for the all-too-often... More >>

• Lady Antebellum

  published April 23, 2009

  Plenty of music-biz tastemakers see Lady Antebellum as the next big country crossover act. So a 2009 Grammy nomination as Best New Artist,... More >>

• Dan Allen

  published April 23, 2009

  The latest from electrified proto-folkie Dan Allen is a throwback to local recordings that were commonplace during the bad old days, before... More >>

• Flick Pick

  published April 23, 2009

  The sophistication and cynicism of the typical film-goer these days means that cinematic simplicity is damnably hard to pull off — but... More >>

• Scandinavian Film Festival at Starz FilmCenter

  published April 16, 2009

  The inaugural Scandinavian Film Festival is a modest affair in terms of numbers — just four films, only one of which is feature... More >>

• Cameron McGill & What Army

  published April 16, 2009

  McGill's "autobiography" claims that he was born in 1877 and lived in seclusion in Illinois until his death in 2056 — a joke that,... More >>

• Synthetic Elements

  published April 16, 2009

  The April 2007 review of Standing Still, a previous release by these ska-punkers, declared, "There's nothing new in the band's sound,... More >>

• Independence Day

  published April 16, 2009

  Not that long ago, mom-and-pop record stores were common – but no more. Today only the strongest continue to survive, and many of them are... More >>

• Harvard Beats Yale 29-29

  published April 9, 2009

  Even the finest documentarians need great material — and filmmaker Kevin Rafferty's got plenty of it in Harvard Beats Yale... More >>

• Lily Allen

  published April 9, 2009

  From the moment Lily Allen surfaced on the pop radar, she seemed destined to be a short-lived phenomenon. The daughter of a comedian who came... More >>

• Mastodon

  published April 9, 2009

  It'll probably take Mastodon fans a while to warm up to Crack the Skye. The band's latest trades some of the brutal crunch associated... More >>

• Council of Word

  published April 9, 2009

  Danny One Shoe and Deep Rawk Dave, this Council's members, come by their old-school sound honestly. They've been making Mile High hip-hop since... More >>

• Black Kids' Reggie Youngblood is a product of his contradictions

  published April 9, 2009

  Among the first original songs penned by Black Kids frontman Reggie Youngblood were birthday tributes meant to impress girls who'd gotten a... More >>