AltWeeklies Wire
Slim Jesus, Spike Lee and the art of cultural inauthenticitynew
Emcees in Chicago's underground drill-rap community are divided over which of two outsiders to dislike more.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
12-16-2015 |
Music
Nostalgia and nightmaresnew
Dreams frontman Nick Wold on Nirvana, Duran Duran and Charles Manson.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
12-11-2015 |
Profiles & Interviews
Why Music Still Matters at SXSWnew
Success comes with consequences, and one of them is contempt. As the South by Southwest music festival's attendance has risen — from just 700 in 1987 to nearly 30,000 in 2015 — so too has the volume of the critics and contrarians who've gone on to vilify what's become the world's largest music event.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
04-01-2015 |
Music
Tori Amos begins to hear the lightnew
On the cover of her new 14th set, Unrepentant Geraldines, adventurous singer-songwriter-keyboardist Tori Amos is standing before a wall-size mural, a paintbrush clutched in her right hand, as if she's just put the finishing strokes on her latest primary-colored masterpiece. But don't read it too literally, she cautions...
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
07-16-2014 |
Profiles & Interviews
Girls and boys chase ‘simply irresistible’ Ingrid Michaelsonnew
AudioFile
Colorado Springs Independent |
Kirsten Akens |
04-24-2014 |
Music
Bargain beats and trap music traditionsnew
Hip-hop artist Curtiss King knows the beat-making business well. Maybe a little too well...
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
04-24-2014 |
Music
The Pixies grow up and get busynew
Audiofile
Colorado Springs Independent |
Alan Sculley |
02-05-2014 |
Music
Former Jewel co-writer Steve Poltz was meant for younew
Audiofile
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chris Parker |
12-27-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Buddy Guy is still the real dealnew
Audiofile
Colorado Springs Independent |
Alan Sculley |
11-07-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Buddy Guy
Audiofilenew
Jessie Ware exposes the secret of chart success.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Tom Lanham |
11-07-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Joy Division and New Order co-founder Peter Hook relives a troubled legacynew
The worst insult in the world: "Don't be good, don't play anything yourself, just follow what I do."
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
09-25-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
GNR's Duff McKagan gets his Walking Papersnew
Duff McKagan says he's been wanting to work with former Post Stardom Depression frontman Jeff Angell ever since the Guns N' Roses co-founder first saw the ill-fated rock band perform back in the early '90s. "They were the coolest rock band on the planet at that moment," enthuses the former GNR bassist...
Colorado Springs Independent |
Alan Sculley |
08-28-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Doug Kershaw on Collapsing Ceilings and Cultural Identitynew
With the popularity of New Orleans musicians like Fats Domino, Doctor John and the Neville Brothers, it's easy to forget that the Crescent City occupies less than 1 percent of a state that has its own vibrant musical traditions. Rural Louisiana musicians — be they Cajun, Creole or somewhere in between — have never received mainstream recognition.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
08-21-2013 |
Music
Pop Punk Progenitors: The Descendents never want to grow upnew
It's easy to misjudge punk rock, figures the Descendents' Bill Stevenson. "There's some impression it's this bonehead thing," he says. "But when you look just a little beyond that surface, you realize it's where a lot of the thinkers are in the rock community."...
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chris Parker |
08-08-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Raising Capital Citiesnew
The 'best band in Los Angeles' scores with its 'Safe and Sound' single
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
05-15-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Capital Cities
