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2010 Stories by Tom Murphy

• Critic's Choice: Ralph Gean at the Lion's Lair on October 22

  published October 21, 2010

  Ralph Gean's storied life can best be read about on his eponymous website. Before that site existed, most people who knew about him... More >>

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  Anthrax at Summit Music Hall, 10/18/10

  published Oct 19, 2010

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• Amy Frykholm brings an ancient mystic to life at Pomegranate Place

  published Oct 18, 2010

  Pomegranate Place is in one of those old mansions you find throughout the Capitol Hill neighborhood, a relic of another era. It looks like a place where a benevolent secret society might meet. But it'... More >>

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  PS I Love You at hi-dive, 10/17/10

  published Oct 18, 2010

  PS I LOVE YOU With Van Louvin and Paean 10.17.10 | hi-dive Van Louvin opened this show. Those who have been around the Denver scene long enough would recognize its members from some of best indie p... More >>

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  Joey Belladonna of Anthrax talks about Married...With Children and rejoining the band

  published Oct 18, 2010

  Considered one of the "big four" of the thrash metal era, Anthrax (see our preview here) put New York on the map with its inventive take on infusing metal with a punk rock spirit. When singer Joey Bel... More >>

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  PS I Love You's Paul Saulnier on Kingston, Ontario and guitar prowess.

  published Oct 15, 2010

  Last year, PS I Love You, from the university town of Kingston, Ontario, made some waves beyond its immediate environs with the release of a split 7-inch with Diamond Rings. The energy and spiky sound... More >>

• Chrissie Hynde and JP Jones on foreign films and making honest music

  published Oct 14, 2010

  Chrissie Hynde is not one to romanticize the past, but she's done plenty that almost anyone else who has done even a tenth as much would be right to feel proud about. In the mid-'70s, Hynde moved fr... More >>

• Flashlights

  published October 14, 2010

  "More Sunlight" begins this EP sounding like Twitch-era Ministry gone disco, almost like Bronski Beat if it had gone in a much darker... More >>

• Pierced Arrows

  published October 14, 2010

  Fred Cole was a teenager in Las Vegas in the early '60s when he recorded with his band, the Lords. For the next decade and a half, Cole... More >>

• Anthrax

  published October 14, 2010

  One of the Big Four of thrash metal, Anthrax was formed in 1981 by Scott Ian and Danny Lilker. It wasn't until a few lineup changes later that... More >>

• Critic's Choice: Sour Boy, Bitter Girl, October 16 at Larimer Lounge

  published October 14, 2010

  "When there's no god left to pray to, you'll see what I mean." In singing those words from "Build a Wolf a Cage," Benjamin Buttice probably... More >>

• The hypnotic and electrifying Indian Jewelry plays the Larimer Lounge on October 20

  published October 14, 2010

  Houston is like any other city if you were to take away outside interest, camaraderie and hope," says Tex Kerschen about the town he calls... More >>

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  Surfer Blood, the Drums and the Dewars at Bluebird Theater - 10/10/10

  published Oct 11, 2010

  SURFER BLOOD With the Dewars and the Drums 10.10.10 | Bluebird Theater From the moment the Dewar brothers took the stage and opened with "Life is Like a Merry Go Round Until the Burial Ground," it ... More >>

• Kurt Feldman of the Depreciation Guild expresses his love for Tears for Fears

  published October 7, 2010

  Based in Brooklyn, the Depreciation Guild made prominent use of the Nintendo Famicom early in its career to build electronic rhythms to... More >>

• Black Sleep of Kali

  published October 7, 2010

  Listening to Our Slow Decay, Black Sleep of Kali's latest effort, calls to mind easy comparisons to Torche because of the heavy... More >>

• Helmet

  published October 7, 2010

  Before forming Helmet in 1989, Page Hamilton had been active in the New York underground scene in the '80s. Partly because of his jazz... More >>

• Critic's Choice: Smoothbore at 3 Kings Tavern

  published October 7, 2010

  Migrating from the East Coast and Midwest underground music scenes, Sonya Decman played nervy, aggressive, angular punk with the Symptoms, her... More >>

• Richard Thompson on Fairport Convention, Nick Drake and Sufism

  published Oct 05, 2010

  These days, the legendary folk-rock band Fairport Convention isn't as widely known as it once was, and yet Richard Thompson, the band's most storied guitarist, is often cited as an influence by a wide... More >>

• High on Fire Torches the Bluebird with Kylesa and Kingdom of Magic - 10.03.10

  published Oct 04, 2010

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• Jace Lasek of Besnard Lakes explains the recuring spy theme across his band's albums

  published Oct 01, 2010

  Coming from roughly the same Montreal scene that produced bands like the Dears, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Stars, the Besnard Lakes recorded with members of those bands on its Polaris Prize-nom... More >>

• Kahn Morbee of the Parlotones on its hard won success at home in South Africa

  published Oct 01, 2010

  The Parlotones is not a household name in North America, but it is one of the best known bands out of South Africa. With hit singles in its native country, the Parlotones started to make waves outsi... More >>

• High On Fire's Des Kensel about the origin of band's moniker and his massive drum sound

  published Oct 01, 2010

  After Sleep broke up in 1998, singer/guitarist Matt Pike formed High on Fire with drummer Des Kensel and bassist George Rice. Initially evoking more of a doom rock sound, High on Fire evolved into b... More >>

• Muse

  published September 30, 2010

  Where does a band go after winning the O2 Silver Clef Award and being presented that award by its rock-and-roll heroes, Roger Taylor and Brian May... More >>

• Guitar hero: An evening with Richard Thompson at the Boulder Theater

  published September 30, 2010

  Richard Thompson probably isn't the first name that comes to mind when listing the greatest guitarists of all time, but it should be. In his... More >>

• Otem Rellik

  published September 30, 2010

  Toby Hendricks, who performs under the Otem Rellik moniker, sounds more than comfortable in his own skin, despite the melancholy and emotional... More >>