Russian Circles’ Brian Cook Is Glad Trump’s Presidency Is a Train Wreck
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Riot Fest Denver Day Three Gets Spooky
Riot Fest 2016 will be remembered for the fact that, after more than thirty years, the Misfits finally put differences aside and got on stage together. But this is a three-day festival, and a lot happens between each evening’s headliners. Still though, the Misfits! Juliette Lewis & The Licks It’s…
Why You Shouldn’t Sleep on the First Day of Riot Fest
If I’ve said it once I’ve said it a hundred times: Don’t sleep on the first day of Riot Fest. Skip school. Quit your job. Bail on that family vacation. Whatever you have to do, it’s always worth it. The 2016 edition of this annual punk/rock/metal melee was no exception…
Converge’s Nate Newton on Being a Fan, a Dad and Always on the Road
It’s easy to forget sometimes that the people who play music are also usually big fans of other bands. Converge bassist Nate Newton isn’t afraid to wear his adoration on his sleeve. He’s a big fan of the Smiths and doesn’t hesitate to say that he’ll fly halfway around the…
Planes Mistaken for Stars Returns With First Record in a Decade
It’s been a decade since Planes Mistaken For Stars last released a record, but little things have kept the band on the minds of its old friends and fans in its adopted city. For nearly ten years, the band called Denver home, recording the bulk of its vaunted catalog while…
Video Premiere: Scatter Gather’s “What More?” Is Typically Atypical
The mainstream press seems to go out of its way to pigeonhole bands by insisting every town has its own unique sound. One year the “Austin sound” is the hottest thing going. Twelve months later critics are declaring Austin dead. The new essential music has the “San Diego sound” so…
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Analog Revolution: Colorado’s Vinyl Me, Please Reinvents the Record Club
Despite the proliferation of digital music through downloads and streaming services, vinyl sales have continued to grow. For Louisville-based Vinyl Me, Please, a record club that offers exclusive monthly installments of “must have” albums, the trend back toward analog has been a way to get music that the club thinks…
Ex-Isis Frontman Aaron Turner Shows Versatility With Mamiffer and Sumac
In the world of heavy experimental music there’s nobody with as much clout as Aaron Turner. He founded the seminal record label HydraHead, fronted the post-metal goliath Isis for more than a decade, and has had his hand in so many groundbreaking side projects (Old Man Gloom, Mamiffer, Jodis, Split…
Five Great Books About Music – Some Obvious, Some Less So
Music is a tough subject for writers of fiction. Because unless an author has actually lived the life of a musician or someone in the music business, writing with anything approaching legitimacy is nearly impossible. Even people who know the subject inside and out face myriad problems, the first of…
Tommie Phillips Creates Album Art From the Heart for The Syn
Tommie Phillips has one foot in the past and the other securely in the future. Having lived through the psychedelic sounds of the ’60s, the progressive rock of the ’70s, the revival of both in the ’90s and the death of numerous music formats and their subsequent resurrections, he’s seen…
Denver Musicians Say Goodbye to Low-Cost Practice Spaces at 2200 Larimer
There are a lot of places where you can hear live music in Denver, but there was only one spot where you could hear everything from soul to funk to death metal at just about any hour, day and night: the practice space at 2200 Larimer Street. Built in 1904,…
Lowjob Heading Into the Blasting Room With Jason Livermore
For a band that’s been together a little more than a year, Denver’s Lowjob has an awful lot of ambition. With its first recording session scheduled for next month, the band is already looking forward to releasing its first EP sometime next year. And then another one. And another. And…
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Denver’s Flobots Want You to Help Make Their New Video — and More
The Flobots have always tried to break down the line between the band members and their audience, but now they are actively seeking to get fans involved in their new album, No Enemies. And while crowdfunding for a new album is hardly a unique idea these days, the level of…
The Six Worst “Essential” Metal Albums of All Time
Why is it that people are so eager to tell you about all the “must have” albums missing from your collection? A real friend would help you avoid the pitfall of spending hours upon hours trying to appreciate albums that supposedly are indispensable but are, in reality, just okay —…
AMZY Hosts Fundraiser For Injured Musician, Producer Joe Richmond
The Gofundme campaign to help Denver musician Joe Richmond is about to get a big boost thanks to the band AMZY. Richmond, who has produced and recorded a number of local musicians over the years, was involved in a motorcycle accident in early October, seriously injuring his foot. It was…
Accident Leaves Denver Musician Joe Richmond With Mounting Medical Bills
The Denver music scene has always been good at taking care of its own. Now, friends of Joe Richmond are asking people in the scene to help the musician and producer cover some massive medical bills following a motorcycle accident. “He’s kind of the ultimate Denver music guy,” says Nate…
Six Must-Read Books Written by Musicians
For most musicians, making music is a way of venting their inner frustrations and putting their feelings out into the world in a relatively positive way. Sometimes, though, it’s just not enough. For these overflowing creatives, there’s a story they feel needs telling without being shrouded in the cryptic poetics…
Scenes From a Denver Punk Reunion at Mutiny Information Cafe
Saturday’s release party for Bob Rob Medina’s illustrated memoir chronicling the ’80s Denver punk scene packed Mutiny Information Cafe — and that was before most attendees found out The Frantix were going to play. The Frantic, who played their last show in 1983, said they got in a mere two…
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Denver Musician Amanda Capper, Who Is Fighting Cancer, Needs Our Help
Denver musician Amanda Capper has played with artists as diverse as Ryan Chrys and the Rough Cuts, Angie Stevens and Something Underground and at venues ranging from Herman’s Hideaway to Red Rocks. It’s safe to say she’s helped bring a little happiness into a lot of local people’s lives. Now…
Hip-Hop Crew The Janes Empowers Women Through Dance
Although dance is considered a feminine pursuit by many people, it’s surprising to see how much of a boy’s club dance can be. Even hip-hop, one of the freest and expressive channels of the art form, seems to have a disproportionate number of men at the helm. But the Janes,…
Colorado Record Store Named One of America’s 21 Best
If you’re still laboring under the misconception that digital is the future of music, open your eyes. Physical formats – cassettes and records especially – are everywhere, and record stores, once predicted to be the ill-fated Neanderthal of the music-buying world, are thriving and even spawning in some places. Hell,…
Despite Growing Momentum, Is This the End of Goldrush Music Festival?
After five years of providing Denver with a well-curated, post-festival season throwdown, the Goldrush Music Festival’s creator says this could very well be the end of the line “The future of Goldrush is definitely up for debate, considering how much time and effort it takes and the fact that I’m no…