Cornmeal returned to the Canopy Club in Urbana, Illinois for their second straight Halloween performance. This year they brought along special guests The Bridge and Zmick. Zmick kicked off the festivities at 8:30 p.m. on the lobby stage; the quartet came out dressed as The Village People. This was my first live experience with Zmick… Continue reading Cornmeal Halloween Bash | Review
Legendary jazz-funk bassist Meshell Ndegeocello recently brought her band to Boulder Theater in support of her new album, Devil’s Halo – a show totally unlike the one I expected (more on that in a minute). It was a cold and overcast day, which in Boulder tends to seriously cut into ticket sales; but by the… Continue reading Meshell Ndegeocello | Boulder Theater | Review
The word is out: EVERCLEAR is back, better than ever, and ready to re-connect with their audience. Frontman Art Alexakis has gone back to basics: recruiting a new band, releasing In A Different Light, a new album that reinterprets the Everclear songbook with some fresh surprises, and finally returning to the road, to the delight… Continue reading EVERCLEAR is back with West Coast Tour & New Album
Any Questions? If you have not been to a David Bazan show, you might be caught a little off guard when he solicits questions from the audience. His show with Say Hi at the Hi-Dive was reminiscent of the times I have seen him in the past. He answered questions, joked around and eliminated any… Continue reading David Bazan & Say Hi | Hi-Dive | Denver
Describe them anyway you want; whether it be glitch, trance, trip-hop, ambient, dub-step, or electronica. The fact remains that the explosive improvisational duo known as EOTO are just plain badass. Multi-instrumentalists and sometimes String Cheese Incident members Jason Hann and Michael Travis continue to explore the universe and conquer galaxies with their house-pounding beats and cosmic… Continue reading EOTO Fire Their Lazers in Denver