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Going Mobilenew
Drummers are commonly derided as the weakest intellectual links in the rock band hierarchy -- the beloved but dim-witted meathead -- but Glenn Kotche eludes this stereotype.
Boulder Weekly |
Tyler Wilcox |
02-13-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Year-End, Best-Of Music Lists Suck... Except For This Onenew
Tsar, Dropkick Murphys, and Straylight Run garnered top honors in this year-end, best-of music list.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
12-30-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: yearinreview2005
Soul of the Citynew
Who says Denver don't have hip-hop? D.O. The Fabulous Drifter, the conscience of the Mile High hip-hop community, offers this guided tour of the seldom-seen parts of Colorado and the heart of Denver hip-hop.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
12-27-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: D.O. The Fabulous Drifter, Wake Up
A Song to Pass the Timenew
Emo's one-time wonder boy grows up to be an indie-folk superstar.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
11-08-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Prescription-Drug Optimistnew
JamisonParker's debut full-length is an atmospheric mood swing of fluffy sugar highs and suicidal lows -- a psychotropic emo trip befitting the melancholy of autumn.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
10-18-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: JamisonParker, Sleepwalker
More Music, Less Mathnew
The language of music composition is a math-based dialect. So when exploring the link between music and personality, why not talk to a numerologist?
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
10-04-2005 |
Music
Diehards and Drunkardsnew
The current Warped Tour bears little resemblance to its early incarnations in the ’90s, but it remains one of the summer's top-grossing tours, giving Warped vets an opportunity to remember -- and wax geriatric -- about the old days.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
07-28-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Warped Tour, High Decibel
Elevating Your Sleaze-Rock Quotientnew
Sunset Strip throwbacks Tsar pass the Nikki Sixx Standardized Test with their trash-glam opus, Band Girls Money.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
06-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Band Girls Money, Tsar
Love Destructionnew
The dire political humor of Trail of Dead reaches new highs (and lows) on Worlds Apart.
Boulder Weekly |
Saby Reyes-Kulkarni |
05-16-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Time It Takes to Let Gonew
Looking for something other than "Happy Birthday" to sing while blowing out the candles? Try these tunes from Ben Folds, Blink-182 and Thursday.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
05-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: High Decibel, Vince Darcangelo
Cyber Hook-ups With the Love Gorillanew
Looking for an industrial/punk chick who knows all the words to "Dancing Queen"? Try Gorilla Pop, a music-based match-making, friend-finding Web site.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
04-25-2005 |
Music
Going Somewherenew
Can a song save your life? Eleven years after escaping tragedy, High Decibel revisits one that came pretty close.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
04-18-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: High Decibel, Therapy?
High Decibel: The B-sides of Our Livesnew
A listen to the Dropkick Murphys' new collection of B-sides is cause for reflection on mortality, mature decision-making and pop superfluousness.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
04-11-2005 |
Reviews
Am I Emo?new
An identity crisis involving post-neo-punk withdrawal.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
04-04-2005 |
Music
Tags: High Decibel, Vince Darcangelo
Understanding in a Car Crashnew
A stolen stereo results in an audio archiving project of epic proportions -- and leads to an exploration into the psychology of the mix tape in the MP3 era.
Boulder Weekly |
Vince Darcangelo |
03-23-2005 |
Music
Tags: High Decibel, Vince Darcangelo