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John La Briola

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Trainwreck

Wednesday, July 26, Bender's Tavern, 303-861-7070.

By John La Briola
Jul 20, 2006

Blame Tim Robbins. Sometime during Ronald Reagan's second-term nap, while recruiting talent at UCLA for his experimental Actors' Gang Theatre, the future Mr. Susan Sarandon introduced musician/hambone Kyle Gass to an obnoxious teenager named Jack Black. Now with goof-metal Tenacious D a household name, will the same hold true for...
The English Beat

Thursday, July 20, Gothic Theatre, Englewood, 1-866-468-7621.

By John La Briola
Jul 20, 2006

Any '80s-era ska-revival fan worth his or her checkered glad rags remembers the English Beat's cheerful way with a politically charged song -- whether it called for peace, love, unity or Margaret Thatcher's head on a plate. Birmingham's premier roughriders even managed to make Andy Williams seem cool, covering his...
Alexi Murdoch

Monday, July 17, Walnut Room, 303-292-1700; Tuesday, July 18, Trilogy Wine Bar, Boulder, 303-473-9463.

By John La Briola
Jul 13, 2006

If you don't recognize the name Alexi Murdoch, chances are you've heard his voice: a soothing lilt of Scottish-bred earthiness that shows up in the darnedest places. Take that wildly popular song "Orange Sky." After being featured in films as dissimilar as Garden State and Ladder 49, Murdoch's achey-broguey little...
Moist Boys

The Sound of Urchin shoots its musical wad.

By John La Briola
Jun 22, 2006

All over the map stylistically, the Sound of Urchin boasts dual stunt guitarists, à la Slayer, and champions cheesy hair metal, sugary pop, screeching thrash and classic rock. Frontman/drummer Tomato, bassist Doo Doo and axmen B-ill and Seahag might collectively worship at the altar of Thin Lizzy, but they're equally...
Shaw Business

Dieselhed's Virgil Shaw's on his own these days, and happier than ever.

By John La Briola
Jun 15, 2006

Before launching a singer-songwriter career, Virgil Shaw co-helmed San Francisco's Dieselhed in the early '90s with members of Camper Van Beethoven and Mr. Bungle -- a freewheeling union that produced a few notable punk-and-country-tinged albums for Beck's Bong Load Records. Now residing in Manhattan's East Village, Shaw pays the bills...

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