Music
Beyond the binary
Adorned with horns and hooves, topless and draped in fabric reminiscent of a long skirt, mononymous artist Shamir dresses as the pagan deity Baphomet...
Holiday classical concerts in Boulder
The calendar of holiday events by Boulder County’s classical music organizations heats up this weekend with Pro Musica Colorado and St. Martin’s Chamber Choir’s performances of Bach’s rarely heard Christmas Oratorio (see story at left). 7:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 2, St...
Rev. Horton Heat confesses to less punk, more country on new...
Reverend Horton Heat wants his fans to...
Hometown pachyderms
Right up there with Leftover Salmon and Big Head Todd, Elephant Revival is one of those handful of Boulder bands iconic to the city, but also widely known beyond the People’s Republic. But that status also comes with the price of not being able to play its hometown ...
Psych rock group Eugene’s Axe on the leading edge
There’s some undeniable peril in tapping a rock song reference to name your band. The casual listener may mistake you for a tribute band (and conversely, if you are a tribute band, you’re more or less compelled to do it), and the obsessive-retentive types are likely ...
Pretty Lights Music clowns around at the Fox
Pretty Lights Music is loaded with solo electronic acts, so it’s refreshing to see that as lead man Derek Smith (Pretty Lights) has shed drummers over the years, Pretty Lights Music as a label is increasingly inclusive...
No more Mr. Nice Guy
It’s midday on a chilly Wednesday, in a month of Mondays, and Clay Rose is doing some press in between bites of lunch. Through...
‘That’s the juice’
When Boulder County singer-songwriter Kate Farmer was hit with a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, she thought it might be time to put her music-making...
Colorado Music Festival is back
As the COVID-19 pandemic ebbs, life and music are slowly returning to “normal.”
For the Colorado Music Festival (CMF), that means live concerts in Chautauqua...
