AltWeeklies Wire
Jolie Holland Transitions from Musician to Iconnew
Holland's new album The Living And the Dead (her first to really utilize a producer) is so good that everything that came before it seems like a pleasurable blur, although all of her previous, more immediately folky work is deservedly acclaimed and worth checking out in earnest.
Boulder Weekly |
Arjuna Orland |
10-20-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Stevie Wonder on the Death of Ray Charles and His Hopes for Barack Obamanew
His 2007 U.S. tour, A Wonder Summer's Night, is his first broad-based national tour in over a decade, inspired by the 2006 death of his mother, Lula Mae Hardaway, a sharecropper's daughter born in Alabama in 1930.
Boulder Weekly |
Ben Corbett |
06-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Folk Gets Punkednew
Not many folk musicians could gain local favor by playing amongst the punk and metal mainstays of Colorado, but the Denver-based jazz-folk outfit Paper Bird has been able to pull it off.
Boulder Weekly |
Josie Dembiczak |
02-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Expect Dance Party Vibenew
Gabe Saporta feels because Cobra Starship had been touring for most of the year, it had developed a band sound that did not exist when he wrote the first CD. And indeed ¡Viva La Cobra! is stronger, more cohesive than the first album.
Boulder Weekly |
Alan Sculley |
02-04-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Cobra Starship, ¡Viva La Cobra!
Boys Like Girls Were Born to be Rock Starsnew
The band has slowly, but surely, been making a name for itself over the past two years -- now its heading out on its first headlining tour.
Boulder Weekly |
Alan Sculley |
11-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Boys Like Girls
Annie Lennox Combines Pop Magic and Political Purposenew
Lennox has created the most personal and revealing music of her career on her two most recent albums.
Boulder Weekly |
Alan Sculley |
10-15-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Annie Lennox
They are Definitely Giantsnew
John Flansburgh bares his soul and the little birdhouse that lies within.
Boulder Weekly |
Dave Kirby |
09-24-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: They Might Be Giants
The Bad Plus: Jazz That Rocksnew
The Bad Plus mixes up high and low culture.
Boulder Weekly |
Dave Kirby |
05-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Bad Plus
Rocking the Pondnew
The Cinematics ride the wave of indie rock's Scottish Invasion.
Boulder Weekly |
Alan Sculley |
04-16-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Cinematics
Catching Lighting Twicenew
John Legend tries to match the success of his breakthrough debut.
Boulder Weekly |
Alan Sculley |
04-09-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: John Legend
Beyond Emonew
Taking Back Sunday's transition to straight-ahead rock pays dividends.
Boulder Weekly |
Alan Sculley |
03-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Taking Back Sunday
Second Time Aroundnew
After two decades and at least that many incarnations, the subdudes continue to garner critical and commercial success.
Boulder Weekly |
David Kirby |
01-29-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: the subdudes
Doin' the Fishnew
Reel Big Fish's Aaron Barrett reveals the secret to surviving in the ska scene and explains why you should not buy their greatest hits record ... seriously.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
01-08-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Reel Big Fish
Songs in the Key of Big Cnew
Guitarist Jon Henderson is proof that even cancer can't stop rock 'n' roll.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
12-12-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Jon Henderson
Since You've Gonenew
The New Cars recapture the glory of late 70s/early 80s skinny tie pop with an all-star cast -- just don't call them a supergroup.
Boulder Weekly |
David Kirby |
12-04-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The New Cars
