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The things we left behindnew

Amid the confusion of sudden evacuation, a certain kind of clarity sometimes emerges.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman, Kirsten Akens, Bryce Crawford, Chet Hardin, Wyatt Miller, Achille Ngoma, Matthew Schniper and J. Adrian Stanley |
07-06-2012 |
Disasters
Tags: Waldo Canyon Fire
Death Metal Dubstepnew

Sound guru and Malakai frontman Chris Forsythe brings the noise.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
06-21-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Last Psych Band on Earthnew

A post-ironic Dandy Warhols searches for something new to react against.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
06-06-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Dandy Warhols, psyche-pop
Dispatches from SXSW 2012new

The music world's most important gathering offers a glimpse of what's to come.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
03-26-2012 |
Music
Tags: SXSW 2012
Friends with Benefitsnew

On the surface, benefit corporations offer a less secretive, more socially benign way of doing business. How that plays out in real life is less clear.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
03-07-2012 |
Business & Labor
Son of Soulnew

Allen Stone goes from preacher's kid to critics' darling.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
02-16-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Allen Stone
Call it a Comebacknew

After lying low for decades, celebrated singer-songwriter Tom Rush has gone viral.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
02-09-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Tom Rush
Styled in the Streetsnew

With a critically lauded new album, Garland Jeffreys revisits New York City and the sounds that shaped him.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
01-23-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Money Talksnew

A half-million dollars can buy a lot of 'free speech' in just one state, in just one year.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
01-13-2012 |
Politics
Tags: Money in Politics
WTF is WTP?new

The checkered history of Colorado's chameleonic advocacy group.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
01-12-2012 |
Politics
Sibling Revelrynew

He's My Brother She's My Sister contemplate freak folk, glam rock and the art of tap-dancing.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
01-05-2012 |
Profiles & Interviews
Better Than the Bestnew

For your listening pleasure, a year-end Top 10 that places the music first.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
12-30-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Rhymesayernew

Che Bong and the Sound Powered Engine crew kick into high gear
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
12-15-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
God and countrynew

With a new album and a timeless sound, the Broken Spoke pledge allegiance to the music.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
12-11-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews
Time Warpednew

Thee Oh Sees drop in, tune out and turn on
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
11-28-2011 |
Profiles & Interviews