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Beck - Red Rocks - August 15, 2014

By Mark Sanders
Aug 18, 2014

You might have thought that Beck's Red Rocks set would be a slowpoke, folksy affair akin to his latest studio album, Morning Phase. Nope. The night was a twenty-plus year retrospective, covering everything from 1994 mega-hit "Loser" to his recent foray into Nick Drake territory...
Telluride Mushroom Festival's Long, Strange Trip to This Weekend's 33rd Fest

By Mark Sanders
Aug 12, 2014

Many folks who hear about the Telluride Mushroom Festival wonder whether it focuses on mushrooms for eating, or mushrooms for, you know, seeing Pocahontas riding a dragon and stuff. The confusion is reasonable, considering fungi's dual history as both a food and as a catalyst for vision quests. See also:...
Teachers played backup for In the Whale and other Showcase Pre-Party highlights

By Mark Sanders
Jun 10, 2014

The budding blossoms of summer were on full display at Stoney's last Friday evening. 'Twas a night for banishing the wintertime sads and celebrating the upcoming Westword Music Showcase. If you weren't there, here's the cool stuff you missed:...
Meet the muralists of SnowBall Music Festival

By Mark Sanders
Apr 7, 2014

Some of SnowBall's best artists weren't even on stage. Among the young and the variably sober in the crowd on Saturday was a small group of artists, busily painting murals. They were situated between the two main stages, putting the eight-by-twelve feet wooden canvases at maximum visibility. The goal was...
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead on medical research and classic records

By Mark Sanders
Apr 3, 2014

There are albums you love and albums that alter the way you listen to music. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead's 2002 masterpiece, Source Tags & Codes, fits squarely in the latter category. Damn near everyone loved this thing; Source Tags was like a long-lost Led...

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