Reviews
Posted on Sunday, December 23rd, 2012 - 5:35 am
DeadPhish Orchestra, yea, it’s exactly what it sounds like. If you’ve never heard of them and aren’t attracted by the name immediately don’t dismiss them quite so soon, because they probably have something your craving. Whether its complex jams topped with screaming guitar climaxes or the simple...
Posted on Thursday, December 20th, 2012 - 4:24 am
On a night in the Rockies that provided us such amazing music, there were many decisions to make as to which show to choose. Medeski, Martin, Scofield, and Wood were playing in Boulder and EOTO’s fellow band mate Kyle Hollingsworth was playing with Soulive at Cervantes in Denver, and this great...
Posted on Wednesday, December 19th, 2012 - 9:22 am
Music often invokes a different emotion or nostalgia in everyone. Not only do these emotions or feelings warm our hearts, but they keep us wanting more. Groups such as Elephant Revival have no problem unlocking these emotions within us, and do so in an impressive yet joyful fashion.
This 5-piece...
Posted on Tuesday, December 18th, 2012 - 3:24 pm
Sometimes we don't realize just how good we have it these days. High Definition video has given us unparalled clarity, especially when it comes to live concert recordings. In recent years Phish have embraced current technology and have given fans not only super clean live web streams of...
Posted on Tuesday, December 18th, 2012 - 11:48 am
The Victor Wooten Band put on a show featuring four bassists, all switching up on multiple instruments at various times during their set, along with a vocalist with a truly, truly unforgettable voice plus two extremely talented drummers. Their set was as unique as it was enjoyable. If rhythm...
Posted on Tuesday, December 18th, 2012 - 9:58 am
The music of Frank Zappa could be considered the most important compositional contributions to American popular music in the 20th century. Many might find this claim blasphemous. What about Miles Davis? John Coltrane? Bing Crosby? The list could go on. Zappa's music blended important elements of...
Posted on Sunday, December 16th, 2012 - 6:42 am
The name Perpetual Groove indicates a stylistic form for the veteran jam band. You hear the name and imagine long songs segueing through jams from one to the other. In a sense, Perpetual Groove could define many jam bands, but with PGroove, you get the name, and an assortment of various musical...
Posted on Saturday, December 15th, 2012 - 4:29 pm
Seventeen years ago in September, the iconic American rock band the Grateful Dead announced a well-thought but difficult decision. Without their fallen band mate Jerry Garcia, who had passed that August, they would not be able to continue touring as the band Grateful Dead. It was a tough choice to...
Posted on Friday, December 14th, 2012 - 5:48 pm
I spent the better part of the year after college graduation driving around my hometown, fretting, blasting Pedro the Lion’s “Options.” The powerful, simple chords resonated within my bones and the lyrics spoke to me on an entirely different level. Control, the album that hosts “Options,” turned 10...
Posted on Friday, December 14th, 2012 - 3:25 pm
The whole Indie phenomenon is what really keeps me generally detached from mainstream popular music. Something never cliqued with me about bands like Radiohead or Arcade Fire. And not that those particular acts would self-apply their music as “indie”, as it usually seems that its listeners that...