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Sonic Youth Contemplates Life With No Expiration Datenew
One of the great pleasures of following Sonic Youth comes from balancing the weight of its history and impact against the beauty of its ongoing metamorphosis.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Jason Notte |
07-30-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
America's Finest Soul Singer Has Finally Arrivednew
Betty LaVette's performance at Obama's inaugural celebration and duet with Paul McCartney are both a far cry from the $50-a-night gigs. But it's really all of us who have come late to the party.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
07-23-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Is Mark Mallman a Genius or a Novelty Act? Probably Bothnew
Mallman's first marathon performance took place in 1999 at a Minneapolis bar he played a single song for 26 hours. Five years later, he went back to play another song, this time for 52 hours.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
07-23-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Red City Radio Considers Democratic Pleasures and Punk Politicsnew
Red City Radio members have varied political views and musical tastes, all of which add up to a strong collaborative.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
07-16-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Michael Dean Damron Can Still Lick Any Sonofabitch in the Housenew
Plenty of musicians pay reverence to Townes Van Zandt, but not so many look upon him as a father figure. Michael Dean Damron does both.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
07-07-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Metric's Emily Haines Doesn't Want Her Face on the Side of a Busnew
Frontwoman Emily Haines happily dismisses her industry's conventions: "As much as it would have been nice at some point along the line for Metric to get a nice, big push from a label, in retrospect I'm grateful that we didn't."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Jason Notte |
06-09-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Sounds Carry Swedish Power Pop to the Massesnew
The Sounds' decision to finance their own album was a bold gamble, but it seems to have paid off.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
05-26-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Queensryche Deploys a New Concept Album for the Troopsnew
Geoff Tate interviewed soldiers who served in most every military conflict since World War II. Their stories became fodder for American Soldier, a CD that explores what it means to be in combat from the perspectives of the fighters themselves.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Alan Sculley |
04-28-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Doors and the Dead? Hendrix and the Who? What Were They Doing in Colorado Springs?new
It was a marriage made somewhere other than heaven: The Lizard King and the Homecoming Queen, together for the first and last time at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
04-07-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: live music, Colorado Springs
Audrye Sessions Contemplates the Good Lifenew
Audrye Sessions has gone through a lot, including the dissolution of a romantic relationship, extended recording sessions in a haunted barn, and a close encounter with a plummeting airplane. But let's begin with the truck-stop orgy.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
04-07-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Audrye Sessions, indie rock
Soul-Searching Songwriter Stays True to Her Artnew
Carrie Newcomer is the kind of songwriter's songwriter whose work is as deeply emotional as it is beautifully crafted.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
02-17-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
George Porter on the Meters, Galactic and the Voice of the Wetlandsnew
James Brown may have invented funk, but the Meters perfected it. The group laid down a mix of buoyant melodies and sophisticated syncopation that has yet to be surpassed.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
02-17-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Bela Fleck and Steve Earle Collaborator Casey Driessen Takes His Trio on the Roadnew
Driessen's influences are all over the map. And some of them -- like, say, British electronicist Squarepusher and seminal jazz violinist Stuff Smith -- barely seem from the same universe.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
01-05-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Iranian Rock Band Hypernova Will Not Bow Down to Your Godnew
They've earned comparisons to Interpol and Bauhaus, although Raam's striking baritone more closely resembles that of the late Ian Curtis.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
11-13-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Wovenhand Frontman David Eugene Edwards on God, Goth and Guitarsnew
Edwards' themes of sin and salvation ring with an authenticity that can, for some, be genuinely uncomfortable. And while I've long been an admirer of both his bands, only recently did I realize just how serious Edwards actually is.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
10-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
