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2011 Stories by Tom Murphy

• Ross Etherton and the Chariots of Judah, January 28 at the Dikeou Collection

  published January 27, 2011

  It's been three years since Red Cloud last graced Denver stages with its inspired mélange of dusky country, sad-bastard rock and... More >>

• Crocodiles at Larimer Lounge, 1/22/11

  published Jan 24, 2011

  CROCODILES With Hearts In Space and Overcasters 01.22.11 | Larimer Lounge With the stage bathed in shifting hues provided by Shane Williams, Overcasters opened its set with a new song -- something ... More >>

• Darwin Smith of Darwin Deez on his videos and his informal agenda as an artist

  published Jan 19, 2011

  Darwin Deez (due at Larimer Lounge tonight) came to the attention of wider and wider audiences relatively early in the band's career with the release of its singles "Constellations" and "Radar Dete... More >>

• Liz Phair at the Bluebird, 01/18/11

  published Jan 19, 2011

  LIZ PHAIR With Le Divorce 01.18.11 | Bluebird Theater As Le Divorce got things going last night, the room was pretty crowded, a nice change from the typical turnout for opening acts. It was entirel... More >>

• Drew Gibson reflects on the music scene in Lawrence and his band, Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk

  published January 20, 2011

  For the past few years, Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk has traversed the country on multiple tours, often from its base of operations at a house... More >>

• The Kevin Costner Suicide Pact

  published January 20, 2011

  Much as Brian Eno's Apollo was the breathtaking soundtrack to the visual grandeur of the film For All Mankind, Decay may... More >>

• Lynch Mob

  published January 20, 2011

  Guitarist George Lynch auditioned for Ozzy Osbourne before hooking up with Don Dokken to form Dokken in 1980. Throughout that decade, the... More >>

• Crocodiles

  published January 20, 2011

  San Diego's Crocodiles aren't from New Zealand, but they seem to share an aesthetic kinship with a number of the classic Flying Nun bands of... More >>

• Trees, January 21 at the Larimer Lounge

  published January 20, 2011

  Trees pushes a lot of air when it gets on stage with its bank of nearly wall-to-wall amps issuing forth colossal, crushing, menacing,... More >>

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  Wovenhand and Git Some at The Marquis 1/15/11

  published Jan 17, 2011

  WOVENHAND With Git Some 01.15.11 | Marquis Theater On the cusp of its tour with Wovenhand, Git Some seemed in high form to win over at least a few people in the audience on Saturday night at the Ma... More >>

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  David Eugene Edwards of Wovenhand on the influence of Middle Eastern music

  published Jan 14, 2011

  Wovenhand (due at The Marquis Theater tomorrow night with Git Some) is the current musical project of David Eugene Edwards. In his early bands, Bloodflower and The Denver Gentlemen, Edwards was deve... More >>

• Liz Phair on Exile, Funstyle and being a studio geek

  published Jan 14, 2011

  In the early '90s, Liz Phair (due at the Bluebird Theater this Tuesday) started releasing tapes she called Girly Sound. These early tapes revealed a wide-ranging and playful musical creativity and h... More >>

• Liz Phair talks about her haters

  published January 13, 2011

  After releasing a short run of independently released cassettes titled Girly Sound in the early '90s, Liz Phair quickly garnered... More >>

• School Knights

  published January 13, 2011

  There seems to be a big influx of reverby, neo-garage rock everywhere lately. School Knights fares better than many bands because its youthful... More >>

• Darwin Deez

  published January 13, 2011

  Darwin Smith, like certain prominent musicians on the indie circuit of recent years, once attended Wesleyan University. Either there's an alien... More >>

• Zoo Animal

  published January 13, 2011

  Based in Minneapolis, Zoo Animal has sometimes been identified as a Christian band, but you're not going to get vapid Songs 4 Worship... More >>

• Critic's Choice: The May Kit, January 16 at the hi-dive

  published January 13, 2011

  Clearly there are some nods to Nick Drake in the way that the May Kit's Max Winne puts a song together. It's there in his ability to... More >>

• David Eugene Edwards sounds off on his musical past, present and future

  published January 13, 2011

  Every night, people clapped and they were very kind," says David Eugene Edwards about Wovenhand's stint opening for Tool last year. "Of course,... More >>

• Gem Trails, Thundercade, Kevin Costner Suicide Pact at the Meadowlark, 01/07/11

  published Jan 10, 2011

  GEM TRAILS With Thundercade and Kevin Costner Suicide Pact Meadowlark | January 7, 2011 Gem Trails is the solo side project of Trevor Peterson from Woodsman. From this performance, the name is appr... More >>

• Peter Wolf Crier's Peter Pisano shares his songwriting secrets

  published January 6, 2011

  When Peter Pisano moved to Minnesota from Milwaukee with his old band, the Wars of 1812, he sacrificed an offer of grad school and a teaching... More >>

• Constellations

  published January 6, 2011

  These two singles represent a further shift from even the boundary-pushing material heard on 2007's Necrogeister. "Bicycle Tropics"... More >>

• Jeff Tweedy

  published January 6, 2011

  Thin White Rope and Green on Red may have been some of the early artists in what became known as "alt-country," but Uncle Tupelo took that... More >>

• Cowboy Mouth

  published January 6, 2011

  Since its inception in 1990, New Orleans-based Cowboy Mouth — named after Sam Shepard and Patti Smith's play about misfits musing on the... More >>

• Ashes of Ruin, January 8 at Cervantes' Other Side

  published January 6, 2011

  When you hear death metal or any of its offshoots, you either appreciate its technical precision or you hate it. Ashes of Ruin (due this... More >>

• Warlock Pinchers at the Gothic, 12/31/10

  published Jan 03, 2011

  WARLOCK PINCHERS with Il Cattivo 12.31.10 | Gothic Theater Around 9 p.m., the safety videos started up and it looked and sounded like something straight out of Wonder Showzen. Puppets and people in... More >>