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2012 Stories by Tom Murphy

• ManCub at Larimer Lounge, 5/25/12

  published May 26, 2012

  ManCub @ Larimer Lounge | 5/25/12 With a perforated, paneled structure as its backdrop with lights shining through and strung along the top edge, ManCub started things off with a forceful flood o... More >>

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  Brent Loveday of Reno Divorce: "Originality is the evolution of influence"

  published May 25, 2012

  Reno Divorce (due tomorrow night at the Marquis Theater) began in the middle '90s when frontman and guitarist Brent Loveday founded the outfit while still living in Orlando, Florida. Some early, glo... More >>

• Galaxies

  published May 24, 2012

  From the beginning of "Across the Ocean," the opening track of Galaxies' Letters From Sea, it sounds as though Dillon Groeneman recorded... More >>

• Against Me!

  published May 24, 2012

  Starting as the punk-rock solo act of Tom Gabel, Against Me! has embodied the best end of every recent punk-rock cliché. Gabel is a... More >>

• Kevin John Wesley at Rhinoceropolis, Wednesday, May 30

  published May 24, 2012

  As the versatile and hyper-talented guitarist in Hot White, Kevin John Wesley (due at Rhinoceropolis on Wednesday, May 30) showed how... More >>

• Sounds of Silence

  published May 10, 2012

  On an October night in 1987, Danielle de Picciotto experienced a series of traumatic events that confirmed her decision to leave New York City for... More >>

• Mickey Hart on Rhythm Devils, sampling the Big Bang and the healing power of music

  published May 16, 2012

  Mickey Hart (due tomorrow night at the Ogden Theatre) was one of the Grateful Dead's two drummers; along with Bill Kreutzmann, Hart helped weave the unique polyrhythms of the legendary band. Whether... More >>

• The Hate

  published May 17, 2012

  Starting things off with two pop-punk anthems, "Where Hope Lives" and "Rooftops," the Hate strikes a triumphant note on Authors, like a... More >>

• Spindrift

  published May 17, 2012

  After a handful of years spent experimenting with a broad spectrum of psychedelic music while based in Newark, Delaware, two of this band's... More >>

• Tulip Wars bloom at the Larimer Lounge on Thursday, May 17

  published May 17, 2012

  Anyone who stuck around for the final act of the second night of 2011's Titwrench Festival got to see something very different when Tulip... More >>

• Nicolas Basque of Plants and Animals on progressing from sprawling instrumentals

  published May 15, 2012

  Plants and Animals (due tonight at the hi-dive) began life as an all-instrumental band in Montreal that made sprawling rock epics informed by an improvisational sensibility. But by the time the band... More >>

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  The Lumineers at Bluebird Theater, 5/11/12

  published May 12, 2012

  THE LUMINEERS @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 5/11/12 Wesley Schulz announced that the band was going to perform a Sawmill Joe song and it was obvious much of the crowd knew what was coming, as The Lumineers ... More >>

• Michael Stein of School Knights on dressing up in drag and having a hotel slumber party

  published May 11, 2012

  School Knights (due tonight at the hi-dive with Force Publique and Mombi) started two years ago in the wake of the dissolution of experimental guitar pop band Weed Diamond. Michael Stein started the... More >>

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  John Baizley of Baroness on his paintings and why his band resisted having an official website

  published May 10, 2012

  Baroness (due tomorrow night at the Ogden Theatre) is a band from Savannah, Georgia, known for making a true alloy of psychedelic metal, the precision of prog, and punk attitude. In that way, they'r... More >>

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  The Glasshouse filmmaker Danielle de Picciotto on the destructive power of fear

  published May 09, 2012

  Danielle de Picciotto relocated to Berlin in the late '80s for a change of scenery and to get away from the violence of New York City, where the artist/musician had been living. In Berlin, de Picciot... More >>

• Swells

  published May 10, 2012

  "Cat Magick" starts this album off on a refreshing, nearly unclassifiable note: The vocals, raspy and difficult to decipher, are right out of... More >>

• Plants and Animals

  published May 10, 2012

  Since 2005, Montreal's Plants and Animals has been writing some of the most critically acclaimed music to have come out of that town in recent... More >>

• School Knights stay up at the hi-dive on Friday, May 11

  published May 10, 2012

  Since its earliest days as an appealing garage-surf two-piece, School Knights (due at the hi-dive on Friday, May 11) has doubled its... More >>

• The Lumineers shed light on life in Denver and their evolving sound

  published May 10, 2012

  Wesley Schultz has never been to the Bluebird Theater. Not for a show, anyway. And he's never been to Red Rocks, either. Since moving to Denver... More >>

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  Brian Jonestown Massacre's Anton Newcombe on Beck, living in Germany and Bright Channel

  published May 08, 2012

  The Brian Jonestown Massacre (due tonight at the Bluebird Theater) has been through a lot of ups and downs since 1990. But singer and primary songwriter Anton Newcombe has steered the band through t... More >>

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  Rubedo at Unit E, with Achille Lauro, CougarPants and Hindershot, 5/4/12

  published May 06, 2012

  RUBEDO @ UNIT E | 5/4/12 See more photos in Rubedo at Unit E slide show In a show of sustained enthusiasm, Rubedo ended its set with one of its most visceral and dynamic numbers: "Give My Heart a ... More >>

• Amazing Twin

  published May 3, 2012

  Throughout Grown Alone, its latest effort, Amazing Twin articulates a true fusion of lo-fi pop, garage rock and Elephant 6-era... More >>

• The Brian Jonestown Massacre

  published May 3, 2012

  The Brian Jonestown Massacre is one of those bands that should be a household name, thanks to its incredibly catchy and powerful songs, its... More >>

• Chingaso hits Bender's Tavern on May 5

  published May 3, 2012

  "Chingaso" could mean a couple of things: a heavy blow that comes from life or from an enemy, or a dismissive insult related to being... More >>

• As fate would have it, Rubedo has a new album

  published May 3, 2012

  I remember at Tiny Telephone we ordered Chinese and my fortune cookie said, 'If you don't do it excellently, then don't do it at all,'" muses... More >>