Email Author Tom Murphy

2012 Stories by Tom Murphy

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  Victoria Legrand of Beach House on how perfection is made up of many mistakes

  published Oct 05, 2012

  Beach House became a bit of an underground sensation with the release of its self-titled, debut album in 2006, followed by 2008's warmly enchanting Devotion. Lead singer Victoria Legrand's rich, dee... More >>

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  Steve Marker of Garbage on his approach to production and the joys of living in Colorado

  published Oct 05, 2012

  Garbage was one of the most popular and arguably one of the best bands out of the second wave of early '90s alt rock. Benefitting from the production skills of drummer and renowned producer Butch Vi... More >>

• Saint Vitus at Bluebird Theater, 10/03/12

  published Oct 04, 2012

  SAINT VITUS @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 10/03/12 When Saint Vitus came on stage, the quartet went right into "Blessed Night," with Dave Chandler letting out a wail or siren sound with wah and distortion f... More >>

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  Twins of Evil Tour: Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson at 1STBANK Center, 10/02/12

  published Oct 03, 2012

  ROB ZOMBIE & MARILYN MANSON @ 1STBANK CENTER |10/2/12 With the theme to Suspiria pumping out through the speakers as a preamble, Marilyn Manson took the stage with a huge, glowing, red, psychic cro... More >>

• New Order

  published October 4, 2012

  Following Ian Curtis's suicide in 1980, the remaining members of Joy Division processed their grief in part by carrying on. While New Order's... More >>

• Gangi

  published October 4, 2012

  Matt Gangi and Eric Chramosta grew up together in La Crescenta, California, which may account for some of the free-flowing energy of their... More >>

• Decollage puts it all together at Rhinoceropolis this weekend

  published October 4, 2012

  Reed Fuchs is the ringmaster of Décollage, a collection of like-minded, freely associating outsider-art terrorists who take... More >>

• Bop Skizzum releases the infectious Coloradical at the Gothic

  published October 4, 2012

  With Flobots, we had the right song at the right time in 2008," observes Andy Guerrero, aka Andy Rok, about his former group. "If not for that,... More >>

• Mono at Larimer Lounge, with Chris Brokaw, 9/27/12

  published Sep 28, 2012

  MONO @ LARIMER LOUNGE | 9/27/12 Mono's entire set felt like a grand meditation on the interconnectedness of patterns from the tides coming in and out daily in step with the tides of the moon, and c... More >>

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  Chris Brokaw on the time he played a show with GG Allin in drag and under an assumed name

  published Sep 27, 2012

  Chris Brokaw has had a career in underground music that sounds like it can't possibly be true: He went to Oberlin College in the '80s, where he met Sooyoung Park, Liz Phair, John McEntire and Stephe... More >>

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  Aaron Saye of Seventh Circle Music Collective on making the transition from Blast-O-Mat

  published Sep 26, 2012

  Seventh Circle Music Collective is the new name for the former Blast-O-Mat space, which, until its recent closing, had been one of the longest-running DIY spaces in Denver. Originally a host to heav... More >>

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  Marilyn Manson on post-Columbine death threats and Hunter S. Thompson being the worst possible father figure in the best way

  published Sep 26, 2012

  Marilyn Manson, even more than one of his inspirations, Alice Cooper, has become a lightning rod of controversy for his provocative lyrics and visual style. The guy had an album called Antichrist Su... More >>

• Aberrant/D.E.R.

  published September 27, 2012

  On D.E.R.'s side of this split twelve-inch, the outfit sounds like Agoraphobic Nosebleed, but with scarier, more feral vocals and more nuanced... More >>

• Saint Vitus

  published September 27, 2012

  Before Venom came along to combine the sludgy, dark psychedelia of Black Sabbath with the aggression of punk, there was Los Angeles's Saint... More >>

• Mono

  published September 27, 2012

  Within two years of forming in 1999, Mono came to the attention of noted American avant-garde musician John Zorn, who released the band's debut... More >>

• The Cutthroat Drifters bring their heavy boogie to Bender's Tavern

  published September 27, 2012

  Mining the past is nothing new, and goodness knows we've heard enough of the usual classic-rock canon being reinvented for the modern era with... More >>

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  Rob Zombie on Pee-wee's Playhouse, and how he's not on tour to party and to fuck around

  published Sep 25, 2012

  Rob Zombie originally came to prominence with his first band, White Zombie. With a penchant for campy horror imagery and music that was the perfect mutant blend of an industrial aesthetic with trash... More >>

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  Swans at the Gothic Theatre, with Xiu Xiu, 9/24/12

  published Sep 25, 2012

  SWANS @ GOTHIC THEATRE | 9/24/12 "I know it's a Monday night. Can you tolerate one morer" Michael Gira asked the crowd more than two hours into the show. It wasn't really even a question because Gi... More >>

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  Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu on non-Western sounds and his affinity for Suicide (the band)

  published Sep 24, 2012

  Xiu Xiu got its start in 2002 when Jamie Stewart and his friend and longtime musical collaborator Cory McCulloch started writing songs in a more experimental vein, making extensive use of non-Wester... More >>

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  My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult at the Bluebird Theater, with Left Spine Down, 9/19/12

  published Sep 20, 2012

  MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 9/19/12 It comes as a bit of a shock when people slam into you for the first time after a dozen songs. That's exactly what happened last night... More >>

• Perry Weissman 3

  published September 20, 2012

  The first release in nine years from experimental jazz outfit Perry Weissman 3, 3 seems less abstract and slightly more organic than... More >>

• Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra

  published September 20, 2012

  Amanda Palmer came to prominence in the early 2000s as one half of the Dresden Dolls. While that band was embraced by goths, its aesthetic was,... More >>

• StaG brings its spare, catchy melodies to Deer Pile

  published September 20, 2012

  StaG (due on Friday, September 21, at Deer Pile) formed when its core members were students in Boulder. Somewhat creatively isolated from other... More >>

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  Groovie Mann of My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult on the act's emotionally charged live shows

  published Sep 19, 2012

  My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult began as a film idea that Frankie Nardiello and Marsten Daley had that never fully came to fruition. The two met while touring with Ministry, and in 1987, inspired ... More >>

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  Science Partner at Larimer Lounge, 9/14/12

  published Sep 15, 2012

  SCIENCE PARTNER @ LARIMER LOUNGE | 9/14/12After ten songs, the audience didn't want Science Partner to go -- so Tyler Despres, Maria Kohler and Jess DeNicola stayed on stage to do their original Mil... More >>