As far as ways to start off 2013, you can’t do much better than Yonder Mountain String Band at the Boulder Theater. Mixing a balanced setlist that featured a little bit of everything with the inimitable Darol Anger on the fiddle made for a tasty New Year’s Eve stew. The band began the last night… Continue reading Yonder Mountain String Band | Boulder Theater | 12/31/2012
When Yonder Mountain String Band gets the chance to play in Boulder, Colorado, they don’t pull any punches. The supposed “warm-up” show at the Boulder Theater the night before New Year’s Eve was filled with high-energy performances and dazzling musicianship that left the capacity crowd satisfied and happily exhausted by the time the music stopped… Continue reading Yonder Mountain String Band | Boulder Theater | 12/30/2012
It really has been quite a journey for Colorado’s String Cheese Incident. There are small and humble beginnings for these fellas who have now gone on to influence a solid generation of bluegrass-fusion bands. Michael Kang, Bill Nershi, Michael Travis, and Keith Moseley talk about how in the beginning they would play unplugged next to… Continue reading String Cheese Incident | 1st Bank Center | 12/30/2012 | Review
A New Year’s Eve Party is much like the Super Bowl. A highly anticipated hyped event that rarely lives up to preceding tension. The event must live up to the crowds expectations and tote a larger than expected production. If you don’t end up there, or if game time doesn’t deliver the goods, disappointment is… Continue reading The String Cheese Incident | 1st Bank Center | 12/29/2012 | Review
The always fresh, always different, producer Eliot Lipp recently signed with the Pretty Lights Music Label to release his first LP in just over three years. Known for his incredibly versatile multi-genre sounds, this Brooklyn-based producer has been constantly touring, releasing albums, and changing the game for just under a decade. What’s so intriguingly different… Continue reading Eliot Lipp | Shark Wolf Rabbit Snake | Music Review
As in all great Western movies, the hero is dark and nebulous. He rides through town morally ambiguous. On his heels, a shadowy past in pursuit like squalid curs nipping at his boot straps. He goes by NYM. Rumor has it he “captured an orphaned farmhand’s ragged cry for justice in a chipped whiskey bottle… Continue reading NYM | Warm Blooded Lizard | Album Review + Interview
An Awesome Wave, the debut release by British quartet, ∆ (pronounced Alt-J) is instantly a highly prized band by fans and critics. Perhaps “instantly” isn’t the right word to describe An Awesome Wave. Alt-J was formed back in 2007. The four members met at Leeds University: Gwil Sainsbury (guitarist/bassist), Joe Newman (guitar/vocals), Gus Unger-Hamilton (keyboards)… Continue reading Alt-J | An Awesome Wave | Album Review
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 tunes that everyone can enjoy, DPO can and… Continue reading DeadPhish Orchestra | Fox Theater | 12/21/12 | Review & Photos
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 artistic journey was being… Continue reading EOTO Improvises While Alex & Allyson Grey Paint at the Fillmore
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 acoustic or “transcendental” folk band comes… Continue reading Elephant Revival New Years @ the Aggie Theater | Preview
