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2013 Stories by Tom Murphy

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  Thanks to a promising new album, the Photo Atlas is as compelling as ever

  published February 7, 2013

  They fired everybody over Christmas break," recalls Photo Atlas guitarist Bill Threlkeld III, talking about when he first found out that his... More >>

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  Joseph D. Rowland of Pallbearer on the transportive powers of psychedelic doom metal

  published Feb 05, 2013

  Pallbearer has been making waves with its psychedelic doom metal. Rather than relying on excessively repetitive riffs, however, the quartet employs actual melodies into its music, as well as simple ... More >>

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  Hot Water Music at Summit Music Hall, 2/3/13

  published Feb 04, 2013

  HOT WATER MUSIC @ SUMMIT MUSIC HALL |2/3/13 Last night's Hot Water Music show at the Summit was the kind where the crowd pretty much knew all of the songs. But the song that got the strongest react... More >>

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  Icelantic's Winter on the Rocks, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and more at Red Rocks, 2/1/13

  published Feb 03, 2013

  MACKLEMORE @ RED ROCKS |2/1/13 Toward the last part of his set at Red Rocks, Macklemore got a little confessional. He shared with us how since he was in his early teens he's had no control over his... More >>

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  Brent Cowles and Tyler Kellogg of You Me And Apollo on the influence of soul and Motown

  published Feb 01, 2013

  You Me And Apollo from Fort Collins started out as the solo project of Brent Cowles when he was seventeen. Over the course of the last handful of years, Cowles has turned what was essentially a bedr... More >>

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  Chuck Ragan of Hot Water Music on finally being able to record at the Blasting Room

  published Feb 01, 2013

  Hot Water Music came together in Gainesville, Florida when four friends moved there in 1993. Fueled by youthful exuberance and inspired in part by the music that surrounding the skateboarding cultur... More >>

• The Vicious Women

  published January 31, 2013

  The title track on Queen of Nothing, the Vicious Women's latest effort, is a driving, gritty little number that has more in common with... More >>

• Pallbearer

  published January 31, 2013

  Pallbearer came out of the underground metal scene of central Arkansas. The band was formed in 2008 by bassist Joseph D. Rowland and guitarist... More >>

• Hot Water Music

  published January 31, 2013

  Hot Water Music formed in 1993, when a group of friends got together after their other bands split up. The chemistry was immediate, and the... More >>

• You Me & Apollo brings its lush, emotional pop to the hi-dive

  published January 31, 2013

  Brent Cowles started writing the music for You Me and Apollo (due Saturday, February 2, at the hi-dive) in 2007, while still living in... More >>

• Anchorage wants to shred your face and make you cry

  published January 24, 2013

  Formed in 2008, Anchorage initially cultivated the metalcore sound heard on its first album, 2010's I Have Seen Further, and a follow-up... More >>

• Eye & the Arrow

  published January 24, 2013

  On songs like "Honey Wine," from If by Fire, Eye & the Arrow's latest effort, Paul Dehaven's vocal cadence and the synthesis of sounds... More >>

• Down

  published January 24, 2013

  Down got together in 1991, when Pantera's Phil Anselmo teamed up with Corrosion of Conformity's Pepper Keenan, Crowbar's Kirk Windstein and... More >>

• Pinback

  published January 24, 2013

  Putatively named after Dan O'Bannon's character in John Carpenter's shlocky 1974 science-fiction film Dark Star, this band was started... More >>

• Tatanka takes its technicolor dream sound to the Marquis Theater

  published January 24, 2013

  Anyone who saw Dances With Wolves probably recognizes that tatanka is the Lakota word for "bison." The like-named Denver-based band... More >>

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  Hamilton Leithauser of the Walkmen recalls his early experiences with the DC punk scene

  published Jan 21, 2013

  The Walkmen were one of the most successful bands that came out of the so-called post-punk revival of the turn of the century. With catchy melodies more bright than the dark and brooding variety fav... More >>

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  dead prez at The Oriental Theatre, 1/18/13

  published Jan 21, 2013

  DEAD PREZ @ THE ORIENTAL THEATER |1/18/13 There was a salient theme throughout the night, across the sets of most of the acts, and that was a message of being healthy, both physically and mentally.... More >>

• Ash Reiter

  published January 10, 2013

  There's a notable '60s influence in Ash Reiter's laid-back California style and sunny, well-crafted pop songs. And while that sort of thing has... More >>

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  Dirty Few at 3 Kings Tavern, 1/17/13

  published Jan 18, 2013

  DIRTY FEW @ 3 KINGS TAVERN |1/17/13 Earlier in the night, you wouldn't have guessed that so many people would have shown up so enthusiastic for a local band, many of them knowing the words to all t... More >>

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  Quicksand at Bluebird Theater, 1/15/12

  published Jan 16, 2013

  QUICKSAND @ BLUEBIRD THEATER |1/15/12 In the moments before Quicksand took the stage last night at the Bluebird, the room lights dimmed and floor lights on stage came on to the sound of Basil Poled... More >>

• Il Cattivo

  published January 17, 2013

  From the opening track — "Never Know We're Coming" — forward, it's obvious that Il Cattivo has gotten to where it needed to go.... More >>

• The Dirty Few's punk ethos matches its album title: Get Loose Have Fun

  published January 17, 2013

  If you've been around underground punk and rock shows in Denver in the past two years, chances are you've run into twin brothers Seth and... More >>

• Ben Folds

  published January 17, 2013

  Ben Folds is probably most vividly remembered for his work in the '90s, when he seemed to come out of nowhere with his impassioned piano-based... More >>

• God Module

  published January 17, 2013

  Whether it's surrealistic horror movies and literature, esoteric knowledge or atmospheric music and death rock, God Module's output reflects a... More >>

• Live and breathe in Sterile Garden's sonic environment

  published January 17, 2013

  Jacob DeRaadt has been the sole constant member of Sterile Garden (due Tuesday, January 22, at Seventh Circle Music Collective). To file... More >>