By: Jef Otte

Gary Allan wants you to know that he’s not pop-country. Guys, he loves, you know, Merle Haggard and stuff. Allan would like you to conclude, of course, that he is country and not pop. In fact, it seems to be the other way around: Allan is a whole lo...

By: Alicia Schuster

The Lovely And Talented’s new album The New American Fable might have sounded more run-of-the-mill at the turn of the 20th century. But listened to with modern ears, the old-timey songs with a little bit of punk sound original and clever....

By: Alicia Schuster

Danielle Ate The Sandwich played last week to an empty house. But that didn’t matter to the one woman behind the band; Danielle just closed her eyes, perhaps picturing herself in a busy venue. Maybe that trick is what led to an entertaining performa...

By: Robin Edwards

What do you do when a band you love puts out something awful? ...

By: Barry Lynch

There are a lot of records made in Colorado. No, it’s nothing like what’s produced by the corporate operations in Los Angeles or New York. Believe it or not, many who delve into the recording arts see the refuge and isolated environment in the...

By: Barry Lynch

This week's picks of shows to see: Vampire Weekend, Copeland, and more....

By: Robin Edwards

Sometimes two-piece bands don’t feel fully formed. The hole left by the lack of bass can cause these groups to bite the bullet and become three-pieces. Fortunately, no-wave duo Talk Normal never has this problem....

By: Bryan Smith

You’re probably pirating music while you’re reading this article. With a new file-sharing program popping up every few months, it’s tough not to just grab 2Pac’s yearly albums online. But Storm Gloor wishes you wouldn't. ...

By: Olivia Lewis

You might want to get familiar with Statewide Emergency. They may be the next big band out of Colorado....

By: Barry Lynch

Boy, there are a lot of things you can do with your computer. One of them could be recording a drum lesson and burning it to a CD. Instead of including the CD with a how-to book, though, jazzy drumstick twirler Christian Prommer packages it nicely in the ...

By: Alicia Schuster

Tequila Mockingbird has been described as a genre-bending rock band, and it might be unclear what that statement means until you hear the whole album. The band’s new record Luck And Trouble certainly has something to offer for almost any rock fan be...

By: Robin Edwards

I kind of love Kristen Stewart. I didn’t always feel that way about the pouty Twilight actress. But I think one of the biggest reasons I relate to her more recently is that she’s been choosing characters with stellar taste in music....

By: Barry Lynch

This week's picks of shows to see: Flobots, Pretty Lights, and more....

By: Darin Eaton II

Madness develops into more madness, and eventually into sweet lunacy. For UC Denver music business professor Chris Daniels, that’s what his movie is all about....

By: Alicia Schuster

If you haven’t made plans to go to SXSW, it’s probably too late to start. The cheap plane tickets and hotel rooms around the Austin music festival are likely already gone. But don’t fret—you can still attend a pre-SXSW concert feat...

By: Robin Edwards

Armed with GarageBand beats, backup dancers, and skintight gold costumes, Leslie Hall delivers campy dance tunes about zombies, Dairy Queen, and being glamorous....

By: Alicia Schuster

Sara Bettens (of moderately famous 90’s band K’s Choice) poured her heart out onstage at the Toad Tavern....

By: Dana Dill

You will like One eskimO’s self-titled album if you like one or more of the following things: early 90’s easy listening, Jason Mraz’s musical stylings at the age of 35, Keanu Reeves running shirtless through a forest in slow motion....

By: Ben Dayton

Here’s a terrible idea: take all the played-out guitar riffs, timing, melodies, drum hits, and cliché lyrics of the past 20 years of soft rock and make a new album with them....

By: Tiffany Fitzgerald

DJ Alisha Sweeney was raised on the classics—Neil Young, The Rolling Stones, and The Beatles. Her father owned a record store/arcade, and all through her childhood and teenage years, Sweeney listened to everything she could get her hands on. Now she...