Liam Finn released his second album, FOMO on June 21^st, a full three years after his breakout solo album, I’ll Be Lightning. One thing is for sure – though the album title is less obviously evocative, Liam Finn’s live show, and the new music, continues to electrify.

Pop music since the 2000s has gone through interesting evolutions and continues as a topic of focus. So many styles and genres have been amalgamated and fused together. It seems as if modern pop seeks to embrace non-style or attaining something off-blues. The trend almost seems be a sound that denies roots and style, as if that would make it more interesting inherently through its disobedience of definition. In light of this goofy paradox, artists that reach out to roots seem to captivate my interest more so.

Z2 Entertainement is proud to present Big Gigantic at the Boulder Theater on Friday, January 20^th, 2012.  Tickets go on sale today, Friday October 7th for $22 advanced & $25.00 day of show. 

KGNU and Daily Camera are proud to present Marcia Ball at the Boulder Theater on Sunday, December 18th, 2011.  Tickets go on sale Friday, October 7th for $20 in advance & $22.50 day of show. 

Dave Papuga from the Grateful Web had the pleasure of interviewing Euforquestra's Mike Tallman as a preview to their upcoming show at the Fox Theater in Boulder on October 12th; Euforquestra is a genre-spanning force on the local music scene, as well as a force on the national touring scene...

Following a sold out tour of Europe and the UK, Morrissey recently announced a North American tour. The show at Puebla, Mexico’s Auditorio del Complejo Cultural Universitario has become the fastest selling pop concert in the city’s history and his two nights at Mexico City’s Plaza Condesa are sold out. Many of the US dates have also already sold out including his date at the legendary Shrine Auditorium which sold out in twenty minutes, his fastest selling Los Angeles concert in twelve years.

Singer/songwriter and road warrior Cas Haley will be hitting the road this September for a 10 week national tour with Trevor Hall, The Green and Giant Panda Gorilla Dub Squad. The tour comes on the heels of the announcement of Haley's 5-song holiday EP, Gifts to Give.