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2013 Stories by Tom Murphy

• Black Moth Super Rainbow at Bluebird, 5/17/13

  published May 20, 2013

  BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 5/17/13 Near the end of its set, Black Moth Super Rainbow performed "Sun Lips," one of its signature older songs. While some people sang along a bit ear... More >>

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  Tony Sylvester of Turbonegro talks about the exotic appeal of American hardcore

  published May 20, 2013

  Drawing on a hardcore background, Turbonegro combined glam metal with punk to create a sound it has cheekily called "death punk." With lyrics and imagery that both celebrate and make a mockery of th... More >>

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  Peter Hayes of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club on how to tell when somebody is full of sh*t

  published May 20, 2013

  Black Rebel Motorcycle Club formed in the late '90s after Peter Hayes left the Brian Jonestown Massacre, when he and his high school friend Robert Been, son of the late Michael Been of the Call, sta... More >>

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  Tobacco of Black Moth Super Rainbow talks about his favorite haunted houses

  published May 16, 2013

  Although Black Moth Super Rainbow's dreamlike, psychedelic melodies sound like they could've been part of those '70s era Sid & Marty Krofft shows, the band actually formed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvani... More >>

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  Boris at the Bluebird Theater, 5/14/13

  published May 15, 2013

  BORIS @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 5/14/12 The fact that you could hear Atsuo Mizuno's drums or his hype-man shouts at all is a testament to whoever was running sound last night at the Bluebird. With two f... More >>

• Wham Bammer

  published May 9, 2013

  With her menagerie of voices and characters and keen insight into human psychology, comedian Maria Bamford has been a darling of fans of... More >>

• Allout Helter

  published May 16, 2013

  "Assume the Imposition" gets things going on Allout Helter's new album with a bracing dose of aggressive rhythms and pointed invective aimed at... More >>

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  The punk lovers of Straight Outta Luck share the stories behind their disastrous first tour

  published May 16, 2013

  Straight Outta Luck formed in 2009 when Missouri transplant Ryan Jacobs met up with Natalie McFall, a veteran of the punk scenes in Fort... More >>

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  Comedian Maria Bamford on anxiety, depression and avoiding hecklers

  published May 09, 2013

  Maria Bamford has long been a comedian of choice for those who enjoy offbeat humor grounded in absurdist, sharply observed character sketches. Over the last decade and a half, Bamford has raised her p... More >>

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  Donna Grantis of 3rd Eye Girl on what it's like to play with Prince

  published May 09, 2013

  Prince became a household name after the release of his third album, 1982's 1999. Over the years, his perfectly realized blend of rock, pop, funk and jazz has proved equally popular with audiences a... More >>

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  Joshua Trinidad

  published May 9, 2013

  There was a time in the '80s when certain films had a gritty realism infused with a dreamlike, introspective quality — William Friedkin's... More >>

• Jim James

  published May 9, 2013

  Jim James is probably best known as the frontman of My Morning Jacket, a band that crossed over from the underground to the mainstream by... More >>

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  The Dillinger Escape Plan

  published May 9, 2013

  The Dillinger Escape Plan came out of the hardcore scene of Morris Plains, New Jersey, in 1997. Former members of Arcane — including... More >>

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  3rd Eye Girl's Donna Grantis on the chemistry necessary to play with Prince

  published May 9, 2013

  Prince became a household name after the release of his third album, 1982's 1999. Over the years, his perfectly realized blend of rock,... More >>

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  Negative Degree traveled through punk's past on the way to the hi-dive

  published May 9, 2013

  In recent years, while way too many bands were opting for a more stripped-down form of rock and roll via the garage/surf route in an attempt to... More >>

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  Yngwie Malmsteen plays to impress himself first

  published May 07, 2013

  Yngwie Malmsteen is a guitar god known for his supremely technical fretwork. The virtuosic guitarist burst into the world of international music in 1984 with Rising Force. At the age of seven, Malms... More >>

• Robert Jepsen of Seris on making accessible heady metal

  published May 03, 2013

  Seris is a mathy metal band with a footing in technical death metal that has found a way to blend all of that into something far more accessible than either would suggest. There is a groove and flui... More >>

• Crystal Castles at the Gothic Theatre, 5/2/13

  published May 03, 2013

  CRYSTAL CASTLES @ GOTHIC THEATRE | 5/2/13 Last night's Crystal Castles show at the Gothic was not one for epileptics, with all the rapid flashing, seizure-inducing colored lights. The vivid visualiz... More >>

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  Ten must-see metal shows in Denver this month

  published May 02, 2013

  SERIS @ HERMAN'S HIDEAWAY | SAT, 5/4/13 Seris plays technical metal without trying to splice in another genre of music willy nilly. Melati Olivia is the kind of singer that isn't just strong but ver... More >>

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  Rodriguez at the 1STBANK Center, 4/30/13

  published May 01, 2013

  RODRIGUEZ @ 1STBANK CENTER | 4/30/13 When Rodriguez played "Sugar Man," the song that inspired the title of the movie that brought him very much back into the public consciousness, there was someth... More >>

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  Dreadnought brings its baroque black-metal inspiration to the Marquis

  published May 2, 2013

  Dreadnought manages to meld fairly disparate sonic elements into a coherent whole. Inspired by the image and power of capital ships, in... More >>

• School Knights

  published May 2, 2013

  The title of its latest album notwithstanding, School Knights has never put out anything even remotely lethargic. Here, intricately textured... More >>

• Devendra Banhart

  published May 2, 2013

  Maybe "New American Weird" just means that you play constantly evolving music rooted in folk and take it to interesting, cosmic places without... More >>

• Metz

  published May 2, 2013

  This Toronto trio emerged in 2008 and did what more bands in this day and age should: It developed its music and overall aesthetic, then turned... More >>

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  Gaslight Anthem at the Ogden Theatre, 4/29/13

  published Apr 30, 2013

  GASLIGHT ANTHEM @ OGDEN THEATRE |4/29/12 Gaslight Anthem performed last night with a fluidity and emotional power worthy of peers like Hot Rod Circuit or Hot Water Music or perhaps even the E Street... More >>