It’s always hard to sum up a whole CD in just a few paragraphs. Some artists work their lyrics into their music and some make the music around the words they write. Devendra Banhart’s fourth album is a combination of both smooth melodies and pop beats. His style of music he is creating crosses into… Continue reading Devendra Banhart | Cripple Crow | Review
The afterlife does not disappoint. I share a room in Hell with Gordon Liddy’s mother, (not a bad gig if you don’t mind mustached women on the “bony” side) a floor above Nixon, who, as is only fitting, is rooming with his mother. They seem to get on quite well with each other and refuse… Continue reading Hunter Thompsons Ghost I: The Afterlife does not disappoint
As I walked up to the Boulder Theater on Friday night there were a ton of people standing out side. Normally these are fans having their last cigarette before heading into the venue for the show. But tonight all of these people were looking for anyone with an extra ticket. I grabbed my ticket from… Continue reading Good Times Bad Times: Rose Hill Drive Does Zeppelin I
Well, now that the hollidaze are just about over I can get back at the writing. This article was meant to be up a long long time ago! (Sorry guys!!) My home computer decided to crap out on me and cause me to lose all files! So, the first version of this review, plus all… Continue reading Punked Up: NoPlotKill @ The Soiled Dove
Review of the live taping of the eTown variety show at the Boulder Theatre in Boulder, CO, featuring the great Dr. John and new singer-songwriter Billy Miles on March 23 2005. Last night I attended a live musical event which was much different than the concerts that I am used to. I went to my… Continue reading Dr. John plays ETOWN
Among deadheads and weir-dos across Colorado the cheerful feeling was mutual as the crowd poured out of the Fillmore Auditorium Friday night after Bob Weir and RatDog threw down a celebration in the heart Denver. At 57 years young, Weir sounds fresh, like its 1969 at the San Francisco Fillmore auditorium all over again, well,… Continue reading Very Blissful Family: Bob Weir & RatDog in Denver
The Fillmore in Denver has seen Trey Anastasio with four different bands in the past years. In ’99 he arrived with Tony Markelis and Russ Lawton as his inaugural solo project. In 2001, he returned with the “super group”, Oysterhead, for two nights of Halloween madness. Then, in 2003 the Prodigal Son upgraded his solo… Continue reading Trey at the Fillmore | Denver, CO | 2005
The year is 2005. Bob Weir and RatDog are playing the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, Colorado. I was born in 1969. The Grateful Dead were four years old and gathering steam for their unexpected journey through time that would bring them 40 years into the future. They would become separate bands with separate energies, separate… Continue reading Weir Here: RatDog @ The Fillmore | Denver, CO
The Bad Plus at the Boulder Theater Halloween night was a truly fun event. Taking the stage at 9:30pm the three piece Jazz band made up of Reid Anderson on bass, Ethan Iverson on Piano, and David King on drums settled on the stage in the glow of a warm red light. They opened up… Continue reading The Bad Plus | Boulder Theater | 10/31/05 | Review
Alright, so timeliness is not my forte. I’m always getting caught up in the moment, hence my lateness with papers, reviews, bills, and work, but perhaps it is also a reason for my being drawn to The Steve Kimock Band, whose tendency to explore the moment through improvisation, emphasizes “the now” in music. In my opinion, SKB consistently illustrates… Continue reading Every Now is a New Now for the Steve Kimock Band
