Music
REVIEW: Primus and The Flaming Lips at Red Rocks, Aug. 3
The moon had just begun to set over a sold-out show at Red...
Bird of a different feather
Listening to Andrew Bird’s music, one is struck by its tender grace...
Free radicals charge the tower
It was that kind of afternoon, so we caution Jon Gray, trumpeter/vocalist for the local jazz septet Supercollider, that we were going to start our interview in the middle...
REVIEW: A Perfect Circle at Red Rocks
How does a band that hasn’t released music since 2004’s eMOTIVe, and has played few shows since, sell out the 9,450-capacity Red Rocks Amphitheatre? The simplest answer may be that the band features Maynard James Keenan, the lead singer of the rock band Tool. The ...
The tradition lives on
Perhaps the most beautiful thing about bluegrass music — more beautiful, even, than a southern accent over a banjo twang — is the way the genre blurs the line between audience and performer. Songs are passed down and shared and swapped so freely that it’s often hard ...
Frizzle frying up something new
One thing fans can count on with the current Primus tour (with original drummer Jay Lane on board and a new CD on the way) is it won’t be a nostalgia trip...
REVIEW: Fleet Foxes at Fillmore Auditorium, July 21
Fleet Foxes make music that hearkens back to the most euphoric of ’60s folk music, and the final product sounds like a blend of America and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young with a touch of Nick Drake. The intricate arrangements on the band's self-titled 2006 debut LP ...
Bayou burden
It's not the stuff on the TV Louisiana bluesman Tab Benoit’s singing about. Not the “may cause side effects,” hyper-disclaimered, check-with-your-doctor-first gel cap in the reassuringly pastel boxes...
Big Easy beats
Proving the old adage that patience pays off, the Frazier brothers — Keith and Phil — are finally breaking through into the national scene after plying their trade for 28 years. With their heavy, funky brand of New Orleans brass, the Rebirth Brass Band are now ...
