AltWeeklies Wire
DeVotchKa is Anything but a McBandnew
With newfound acclaim, the band gives up a little control but no singularity.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
10-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sweden's Graveyard Shows Love For Britainnew
The group sound like on 2008's self-titled debut is riff-driven British rock, a la Black Sabbath, Savoy Brown and the Groundhogs.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
10-07-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Graveyard
Beardcore Pioneer Matt Kadane Enjoys a Moment of Optimismnew
Kadane avoids harmonies -- well, maybe an octave here or there -- on the New Year's self-titled album, just released on Touch & Go. Its delicate arrangements and thoughtful lyrics recall his former band Bedhead, which was often associated with the "slowcore" non-movement.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
09-30-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: New Year
Common Market Takes an Uncommon Viewnew
Ryan Abeo, who goes by RA Scion when he's emceeing, is deeply interested in demolishing the wall between him and his listener.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kiernan Maletsky |
09-23-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: hip-hop, Common Market
Nguyen Le's Journey into Soundnew
Le, born in Paris to Vietnamese parents, fits most closely into the esoteric reaches of the jazz nexus. His eclecticism and experimentation have graced collaborations with Meshell Ndegeocello, Carla Bley and Art Lande.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
09-23-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Pueblo's Haunted Windchimes Embrace the Spirit of the Roadnew
Like a modern-day version of the Monkees, the Windchimes all live in the same Pueblo house, a comfortable refuge of the sort that Realtors like to call cozy.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
09-23-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Port O'Brien Stirs Up the Indie Kidsnew
Port O'Brien has also earned the obligatory critical comparisons to Arcade Fire — a single Yahoo! search for both bands yields 65,000 Web pages — although there's little similarity other than "I Woke Up Today" and Arcade Fire's "Wake Up" both containing wordless vocal intros.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
09-16-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Sweatshop Union Brings Its Politically Conscious Hip-hop to Americanew
Not many hip-hop artists hail from Vancouver, and even fewer can claim Iranian heritage and a father who spent 10 years as a political prisoner.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
09-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
SiX Finds White-trash Redemptionnew
"I don't think rock 'n roll is supposed to be comfortable," he argues. "There's a whole new wussy generation of well-taken-care-of kids that somehow didn't have to cut their teeth at the roots of rock 'n roll."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
09-09-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: SiX
Jason Aldean Keeps Using What He's Gotnew
Thanks to a string of successful singles, Aldean has spent much of the past two years touring with two of the biggest acts in country music: Rascal Flatts in 2007 and Tim McGraw this summer.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Alan Sculley |
08-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: country, Jason Aldean
Domestic Life Catches Up Asian Man Records Founder Mike Parknew
The birth of his daughter less than two years ago and the impending arrival of his second child have forced him to do something that managing Asian Man Records, performing with Skankin' Pickle, the Chinkees and the Bruce Lee Band, and organizing the nonprofit group Plea for Peace couldn't: cut back.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Jason Notte |
08-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Asian Man Records, Mike Park
Finders and Youngberg Question Marital Perfectionnew
Keep Your Suitcase Packed, Finders and Youngberg's debut album, is compelling, in part, because of this tension between fact and fantasy.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Elliott Johnston |
08-26-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Kansas Rebels Split Lip Rayfield Return to the Roadnew
In February 2007, they said farewell to longtime bandmate Kirk Rundstrom, who, after a yearlong battle, died of esophageal cancer. For the remaining members of Split Lip Rayfield, what followed was an uncharacteristic silence.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
08-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Great Lake Swimmers Keep Music Light and Suds Strongnew
If Canadian band Great Lake Swimmers ever calls it a day, singer-songwriter-band-visionary Tony Dekker can always get a job promoting Fort Collins' New Belgium Brewing Company.
Colorado Springs Independent |
John Benson |
08-19-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Great Lake Swimmers, Ongiara
Post-Perfect Circle, Billy Howerdel Puts Himself Out Frontnew
He's stepped out as Ashes Divide's singer, now that the group is on tour.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Alan Sculley |
08-12-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
