photo by Aaron ThackerayBlitzen Trapper last year at MonolithEver find yourself disliking a band for reasons that have nothing to do with the music? Maybe you heard that the frontman eats meat. Maybe you saw an interview in which the drummer referred to herself in the third person. Maybe the artwork on the band's latest CD included unicorns. Regardless, you find yourself judging the group based on completely non-musical aspects. Music critics should probably be immune to the effect of non-m
Jon Snodgrass and Cory Branan have completed work on their split LP/cassette. Notice we didn't mention anything about CD? That's right, this release will not be available on disc. Inexplicably, however, it will be available on cassette. (?) Before you head over to Suburban Home Records to pick up your copy, our friends at the label have made the record available for streaming. Snodgrass, who led Armchair Martian and is the co-frontman of Drag the River, contributes two new songs and two covers (
Lulu Devil​With the release of its Spring EP this past April, Houses has quickly become one of Denver's most exciting bands, both live and on record. If there's any outfit that personifies the exuberance and exhilaration of living in the Mile High City, it's Houses. So it's fitting then that the group has taken a seasonal approach to making records, issuing a new platter every quarter with tunes that match the time of year. Much like the temperamental weather of its hometown, with its knack fo
​Know for some insanely explosive shows, Israeli rock monsters Mononotix often move their shows into the crowd, creating sweaty pits of madness. On Where Were You When It Happened?, the band's first full-length, released this week on Drag City, guitarist Yonatan Gat says the band captured some of the energy on record and thinks its much better than last year's Body Language EP. In
anticipation of the trio's set on the Southern Comfort Stage Saturday
at 3 p.m., we spoke with Gat about getting h
​Drag the River has always been about giving fans the biggest bang for their hard-earned buck. If you ever stumbled into a bar that has a Drag record in the jukebox, for instance, you've probably noticed that if you select the last track on the album, you're treated to the entire album. Genius, right? So it's not hard to believe Suburban Home Records honcho Virgil Dickerson when he says that Jon Snodgrass probably isn't going to be too stoked about Primer, a new limited edition Drag the River
