Music
Review: Soundgarden at the 1stBank Center, 5-28-13
On a crisp overcast Tuesday night at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, ’90s rock legends Soundgarden arrived on scene to deliver the riff. While my editor and I were busy procuring a beer, at approximately 8:30 p.m. the opening chords of “Spoonman” reverberated ...
Been away for too long
Before Soundgarden took the stage at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in July 2011, you could forgive the casual fan for wondering whether the band members were just the latest rock gods to pad their bank accounts with fan nostalgia...
The final countdown
Ska music has a rough-and-tumble energy. The energy comes easily for Hatrick Penry, whose members have an average age of 19. Like all things, though, eventually the music comes to an end, and Hatrick Penry will be playing its last show as a band at the Fox Theatre on...
Yo La Tengo still has it
Staying the same for almost 30 years has it benefits, explains Yo La Tengo helmsman Ira Kaplan, but it’s also OK to shuffle the deck once in a while...
Leaving on a high note
We lead angelic lives,%u2028 Yet have a merry time of it besides. We dance and we spring,%u2028 We skip and we sing.%u2028 Saint Peter in heaven looks on...
Lysergic settings
There’s a nostalgic element to the term “psych-rock” that harkens back to the tie-dyed, patchouli-scented dorm rooms that spun the records of The Doors, Jefferson Airplane and Velvet Underground. Calling something “psychedelic” invokes a sort of free-love, tripped-...
Beethoven explained
Tired of weird spring weather? Bahmann Saless is doing something about it...
The Yawpers: Going through changes
A slew of changes has rocked Nate Cook’s world this past year...
What makes The Egg roll?
We caught Ned Scott, keyboardist and one of The Egg’s founding twin brothers, during a quiet evening a couple of weeks ago at home in his Notting Hill flat, just as he was about to step away to prepare (honestly) a cup of tea...
Home on the Flatirons
West Water Outlaws had a plan heading into this year’s South By Southwest...
Danny Shafer: Keeping it simple
Penning ambiguous lyrics seems to have become a trend among many of today’s respected artists. So that’s why when an artist like Danny Shafer builds a successful career — even if it’s locally — on well-written simplicity, it feels like a refreshing change of pace...
