AltWeeklies Wire
Matt Wilson Throws Some Left Hooks into the Rite of Swingnew
"The reason jazz is such a great music is that everybody is enjoying it in the moment, and it's never gonna happen the same way again."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
10-08-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Thrift Store Cowboys Bring Their Semi-Antique Road Show to Townnew
"We started off definitely on more of an alt-country route. It's just kind of evolved over the years. We just play what we play. I don't really know what to call it."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
10-01-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Manic Street Preachers are One of Rock's Most Brilliantly Subversive Success Storiesnew
Manic Street Preachers remain a study in contradictions: The Welsh hitmakers have collaborated with Kylie Minogue and been visited backstage by Fidel Castro.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
09-24-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Chuck's Wagon Makes Australia Safe for Alt-Countrynew
Chuck Stokes learned to love American country-rock the old fashioned way, through a Wyoming construction worker who earned extra money skinning and gutting animals.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
09-10-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Busdriver's Rapid-fire Raps Take Aim at Pretty Much Everyonenew
Too intelligent and inventive to resort to Weird Al Yankovic parody, Busdriver's more inclined toward irony and derision, along with wicked wordplay and a healthy dose of self-awareness.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
09-03-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
2Mex Looks Back on the Visionaries and Plunges Ahead With the Look Daggersnew
"I'm basically a record label's nightmare," says 2Mex, "We're like, 'Career suicide is our style!'"
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
08-27-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Hogjaw's Southern Rock Finds its Own Target Audiencenew
Steeped in the Southern rock tradition of Lynyrd Skynyrd and fortified with crunchy metal goodness, the band has found its niche among the internet gun rights set.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
08-20-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Godson of Garage Soul Takes His Swing at Successnew
United by an affinity for old soul, older blues and timeless yacht rock, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears share deep musical inspirations.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
08-20-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Reformed Producer Spot, Now Solo, Looks Back on a Dream Deferrednew
"Everybody started listening to R.E.M. and saying, 'Why can't we sound like that?'... It was like an overweight teenage girl wondering why she didn't look like Britney Spears."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
08-13-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Solillaquists of Sound Make Florida Safe for Conscious Hip-Hopnew
Solillaquists' new album goes retro with talk boxes, nods to Salt-N-Pepa and a love for their home town of Orlando.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
08-13-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Alison Mosshart and Jack White Kill Some Timenew
The Dead Weather's initial formation took place last fall under what were both auspicious and unlikely conditions. The Raconteurs and the Kills had been touring together, and Mosshart was recruited to sing with both bands after White had taken ill.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
08-13-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Lacuna Coil Adjusts to Life as Italy's Great Rock Hopenew
Fortune has clearly smiled upon Lacuna Coil, founded more than a decade ago by tag-team vocalists.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
08-06-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Down in the Dumps with the Trashcan Sinatrasnew
Bands from the land that inspired Robert Burns to "wail thro' the dreary midnight hour" can, in fact, be a pretty mopey bunch. And the Trashcan Sinatras are really no exception, moments of optimism do slip through on the newly released In the Music.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
08-04-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Trashcan Sinatras, In the Music
Charlie Parr: Time Out of Mindnew
Charlie Parr talks Piedmont blues, monophonic recording and internal combustion cuisine
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
07-30-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Down in the Dumps With the Trashcan Sinatrasnew
Scotland also has a more pastoral pop tradition. From '80s bands to more recent groups, these ambassadors can, in fact, be a pretty mopey bunch. And the Trashcan Sinatras are really no exception.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
07-30-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
