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
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
Bob Dylan still rocking a place like the Greek Theater in 2009? Anyone who would stated that to be possible in the late sixties would have others thinking it to be very unlikely. By the late sixties Dylan had crashed his motorcycle badly and had turned into a recluse poet, shying away from the claims… Continue reading Bob Dylan | Greek Theatre | 10/11/09 | Review
Pete Yorn is back…well almost. The title back and forth is very appropriate for his latest offering. It feels as though Yorn has spent a good part of his music career trying to figure out his sound. His first two albums MusicfortheMorningAfter and Day I Forgot were very similar. Both played to Yorn’s strong songwriting… Continue reading Pete Yorn | Back and Forth | Review
Summer is officially over. According to the calendar, it happened several weeks ago, but in my mind it happened last weekend – the day Red Rocks Amphitheater finished their concert season. At this point in the year, the weather becomes too unpredictable, and more importantly too cold, to continue sitting outside late in to the… Continue reading Fitz & the Tantrums open the closing day at Red Rocks
One of the most anticipated shows of the Fall was Bob Weir and Phil Lesh’s new side project together called Furthur. The lineup also consists Dead keyboardist Jeff Chimenti and Dark Star Orchestra lead guitarist and vocalist John Kadlecik. Dark Star Orchestra is considered the best Grateful Dead cover band in the country because of… Continue reading Furthur: Live at The Fox Theater | 9/20/09
Say hello to the crowd, tell some stories, play a few songs, crack a couple of jokes and say goodnight. The format for a live concert is fairly predictable, even for those who have not attended very many. The Gaslight Anthem’s ability to take this simple formula and turn it into something memorable is what… Continue reading The Gaslight Anthem Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO
Have you ever had ‘make-up sex?’And I mean the ‘grown-up’ kind – full of the peaks and valleys of intimate knowledge of the other, with an understanding of the significance of the recent pasts’ dissonance… It’s sex with the knowledge that one nearly lost this person, and is lucky to have retrieved their relationship from… Continue reading The Joy of Makeup Sex, with Phish
