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2008 Stories by Tom Murphy

• The Builders and Butchers

  published September 4, 2008

  Some of the best rustic music being made today is coming out of Portland, Oregon, by groups such as the Builders and the Butchers, who lend an... More >>

• Hawks of Paradise at the Larimer Lounge

  published September 4, 2008

  With the recent spate of poseurs copping classic-rock poses, it's easy to dismiss anyone even remotely following those musical instincts as an... More >>

• The Builders and The Butchers

  published September 4, 2008

  Some of the best rustic music being made today is coming out of Portland, Oregon, by groups such as The Builders and The Butchers, who lend an... More >>

• Lil' Slugger/The Good Old Fashioned Sinners

  published September 4, 2008

  If there's one thing that can be said for Lil' Slugger, it's that these guys don't sound quite like anyone else. The closest cousin to... More >>

• Global Noize

  published August 28, 2008

  Jam bands playing Boulder are a dime a dozen. But once in a while, a group comes into town whose imaginative compositions are rich enough to... More >>

• teamAWESOME!

  published August 28, 2008

  For a band that performs live music with such fun-loving, reckless abandon, teamAWESOME! always seems to put out well-recorded, tightly played... More >>

• Iuengliss at the Meadowlark

  published August 28, 2008

  Sometimes the most brilliant musical minds come in the most unassuming packages. This is certainly the case with Tom Metz. His project,... More >>

• Alan Alda at the hi-dive

  published August 21, 2008

  Anyone who's been paying attention to Denver music for the last several years has probably seen or heard of Voices Underwater and Streamlined.... More >>

• Indian Jewelry

  published August 21, 2008

  The state of Texas has sure given us some interesting and innovative musical figures over the years, including the likes of Roky Erickson,... More >>

• Beaten by Them

  published August 21, 2008

  Inevitably, this band gets lumped into the post-rock category thanks to that whole notion that any epic instrumental music with energy and... More >>

• Action Friend

  published August 21, 2008

  With enough breakneck shifts in tone, style and pacing to confuse and confound anyone looking for more conventional songwriting, Action... More >>

• Balmorhea

  published August 14, 2008

  Named after an obscure town in western Texas situated far from Austin, where the band is based, Balmorhea has a sound that's the stuff of... More >>

• Dan Kaufman Superstar Eruption

  published August 14, 2008

  With a title like this for an album, you'd be excused for thinking that former Thorazine Frisbee mastermind Dan Kaufman has an absurdist,... More >>

• Three Cheers Faraday at the hi-dive

  published August 14, 2008

  It's unfortunate that the town that spawned the likes of Cavity and the VSS is now known mostly for jam bands whose hallmark is self-indulgent... More >>

• Blue Million Miles is Building Walls, only to tear them down.

  published August 7, 2008

  In November of 2006, the former members of Small Objects recruited a new drummer and adopted the name Blue Million Miles, which they borrowed... More >>

• Teeth Mountain

  published August 7, 2008

  Although Baltimore, Maryland may not be the home of the new wave of tribal sounds in underground music, it is most certainly one of that... More >>

• The Swindlers

  published August 7, 2008

  Things don't always work out how you planned. Given the copyright date on the back of this one (when the band originally intended to release... More >>

• Yuzo Nieto and the Hand That Rocks the Dreidel

  published August 7, 2008

  Those familiar with Yuzo Nieto's other projects won't be expecting his music with Yuzo Nieto and the Hand That Rocks the Dreidel (due... More >>

• Ideal Fathers

  published July 31, 2008

  Ideal Fathers is a band that shouldn't work. You shouldn't be able to mix edgy Gang of Four-esque guitar adventurism and funky rhythms... More >>

• The Fertile Crescent

  published July 31, 2008

  If this band had stuck with the name Killgun, you might have rightfully expected the kind of music that comes from listening to too much Big... More >>

• Secret Chiefs 3

  published July 31, 2008

  The members of Secret Chiefs 3 may not actually be part of some obscure, underground Muslim music scene, but they sure sound like they are,... More >>

• The Mysterious World of Jandek

  published July 24, 2008

  Even though he has released 58 albums on his Corwood label since 1978, Jandek is probably not a name familiar to the general public. Counted... More >>

• Boss 302 Is Still Boss

  published July 24, 2008

  From 1993 until their first official split in March 1999, the members of Boss 302 were purveyors of a loose and freewheeling garage punk with... More >>

• Uncle Monsterface

  published July 24, 2008

  If P.T. Barnum could have been a musician in the modern era, he might have come up with something similar to the absurd, bombastic spectacle... More >>

• Yellow Fever

  published July 24, 2008

  Jennifer Moore most recently played Denver as a member of '60s soul-pop cover band the Carrots. But she's probably better known for her stint... More >>