Email Author Tom Murphy

2013 Stories by Tom Murphy

• Now, Now

  published April 11, 2013

  Now, Now came together nearly a decade ago, when Cacie Dalager and Bradley Hale started writing music together while still in high school.... More >>

• Angel Olsen

  published April 11, 2013

  Angel Olsen grew up in St. Louis, and some of that city's soulful, bluesy spirit evidently rubbed off on her. A self-taught musician and... More >>

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  Sense From Nonsense makes a rare live appearance

  published April 11, 2013

  In the realm of local art terrorism, Tom Nelsen is probably not a name that springs immediately to mind. You wouldn't necessarily expect... More >>

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  The music scene supports songwriter Mike Marchant as he battles cancer

  published April 11, 2013

  It was just before Christmas when Mike Marchant, one of Denver's most celebrated songwriters, found out he has cancer. "Being told you have... More >>

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  Where's Godr Insane Clown Posse's Violent J speaks frankly about God and religion

  published Apr 09, 2013

  Since the early '90s, Insane Clown Posse has built itself into what is arguably the most successful independent band of all time. The cult of fandom surrounding ICP is unprecedented and notorious (t... More >>

• Dirk Verbeuren of Soilwork on playing a homemade drum kit made of cardboard boxes

  published Apr 08, 2013

  Soilwork formed in Helsinborg, Sweden, in 1995 and developed out of the Gothenburg melodic death metal mold, incorporating aspects of NWOBHM and other styles of music to forge an angular yet flowing... More >>

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  Sigur Ros at 1STBANK Center, 4/06/13

  published Apr 08, 2013

  SIGUR ROS @ 1STBANK CENTER | 4/6/13 Sigur Ros could have ended the night on any of the expected high points from its various albums, but it opted to go out with "Popplagid," the finale of its 2002 ... More >>

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  Spiritualized at Bluebird Theater, 4/4/13

  published Apr 05, 2013

  SPIRITUALIZED @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 4/4/13 With little more than the lights dimming to indicate the band was about to take stage, Spiritualized walked on stage and went right into "Here It Comes (Th... More >>

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  Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds at Ogden, 4/3/13

  published Apr 04, 2013

  NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS @ OGDEN THEATRE | 4/3/13 The most mythical moment of Nick Cave's set last night at the Ogden Theatre came at the end when the band performed "Stagger Lee," a re-casting of... More >>

• The Twilight Garden

  published April 4, 2013

  On Hope, the Twilight Garden's Todd Loomis makes no bones about the stylistic and sonic debt he owes to the Cure and other acts. Opening... More >>

• Spiritualized

  published April 4, 2013

  Jason Pierce formed Spiritualized after the split of his previous band, the influential and fuzzily psychedelic Spacemen 3. In the move, Pierce... More >>

• Sigur Rós

  published April 4, 2013

  The Sugarcubes and Björk garnered tremendous exposure for Iceland as a source of significant and innovative pop music, but it was Sigur... More >>

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  Shady Elders discuss their new lineup and democratic dynamic

  published April 4, 2013

  Shady Elders started as a two-piece fronted by Britt Rodemich in 2011. Rodemich found a kindred spirit in guitarist Miles Eichner; the former... More >>

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  Dead Orchids will bring the hi-dive to life with eerie sound

  published April 4, 2013

  Based on its name alone, you might expect Dead Orchids (due at the hi-dive this Thursday, April 4) to be some heavy, dark, eyeliner-sporting... More >>

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  The ten best metal shows in Denver this April

  published Mar 28, 2013

  KVELERTAK @ LARIMER LOUNGE | TUES, 4/30/13 Kvelertak formed in 2007. Completely disregarding a line between metal and punk, the Stavanger, Norway-based act brings the sonic intensity and violent and... More >>

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  Yoko Ono on being involved in the avant-garde and using art and music for social change

  published Mar 28, 2013

  Before Yoko Ono even met John Lennon, she was an active and influential figure in international avant-garde art and music. In the 1950s, she went to school at Sarah Lawrence College, during which ti... More >>

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  Tom Hunting of Exodus on how building a song is like building the best sandwich possible

  published Mar 21, 2013

  Exodus was founded in 1980 by a group of high school friends that included a pre-Metallica Kirk Hammett and Tom Hunting, the sole remaining original member of the act. The classic line-up also featu... More >>

• Number Station

  published March 21, 2013

  There's a bit of dusky psych-Americana flavor to this Number Station release, on songs like "Cinnamon and Cherries" and the title track. But... More >>

• Billy Bragg

  published March 21, 2013

  Billy Bragg formed the rock band Riff Raff in 1977, during the height of punk rock in England. Four years later, when making music didn't turn... More >>

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  Cephalic Carnage will fill the Bluebird with epic metal

  published March 21, 2013

  Cephalic Carnage was started in 1992 by singer Lenzig Leal and guitarist Zac Joe. Since then, the self-styled "hydro-grind" outfit has... More >>

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  Boldtype's DIY aesthetic comes with an emotional history

  published March 21, 2013

  I remember the first time seeing Boldtype," recalls drummer Manny Lopez. "That was when I was in Gina Go Faster. I was dating a girl at the... More >>

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  KMFDM's Sascha Konietzko on Kill Mother F*cking Depeche Mode and how it came about

  published Mar 20, 2013

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• Jonathan Rado of Foxygen on field recordings and what he learned from listening to Brian Eno

  published Mar 18, 2013

  Jonathan Rado and Sam France met as teenagers and formed Foxygen in 2005. After releasing a handful of EPs on its own, the band, which plays a cross breed of collage sound art and psychedelic pop th... More >>

• The Soft Moon's Luis Vasquez on the primacy of percussion and adding a cyborg drummer

  published Mar 18, 2013

  The Soft Moon started out in 2009 as the solo project of Luis Vasquez. The band developed over the next few years from a stark, Suicide-eque, minimalist post-punk band into something with a dark urg... More >>

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  Il Cattivo on the time frontman Brian Hagman got ran over by some angry dude at a party

  published Mar 15, 2013

  Il Cattivo formed when veterans of the punk and metal scenes in Denver came together to form a band that wasn't trying to fit distinctly in an already established rock subgenre. The five piece band ... More >>