April was a good month for music, but it did provide a lull in what has been an incredible start to the new year. That being said, there are still quite a few albums worth checking out, and as much as I hate grouping recommendations into posts like this, other aspects of life are...
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London musician/producer Aaron Jerome brought his masked alter-ego SBTRKT to Boulder last night. Along with his partner in crime, lyricist Sampha, SBRTKT did exactly what you would expect him to do — he turned the nearly sold-out Fox Theatre into a sweltering dance party resembling the UK garage scene that help spawn this brand of...
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February turned out to be a great month for music releases, and as much as I hate grouping recommendations into posts like this, other aspects of life are getting in the way of individual recommendations. These types of posts will have to serve as ‘better than nothing’ for the time being. Perfume Genius –...
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In case you were debating whether to make the drive up to Boulder for the SBTRKT show at The Fox Theatre on April 10th, Willis Earl Beal would like to change your mind. I have to admit I was a little disappointed when I saw John Talabot would be parting ways before the masked...
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In December of last year I sent out an email to a group of friends suggesting they purchase tickets to a band almost no one had ever heard of. I warned that these $5 ticket would sell out in the coming months. I also sent them a write-up I had done a few months...
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Tom Waits – Bad As Me (ANTI-, 2011) Tom Waits is back with an album of all original material, the first such album in over 7 years. Bad As Me could not be more different than 2004‘s Real Gone in terms of sound; this is a much more accessible body of work. It’s a...
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Anyone who knows me, knows Tom Waits. Like it or not, they have all been subject to (too?) many late night (one-sided?) conversations about the man, the myth and his music. Closing the bar with Martha and San Diego Serenade, continuously rotating Mule Variations on the turntable in my little apartment in San Francisco,...
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The boys from Akron are back. El Camino. December 6th. Contact Pat or Dan at (330) 510-1206
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Trophy Scars – Never Born, Never Dead (Independent, 2011) Trophy Scars – Messengers To be honest, I had never heard of Trophy Scars before I came across Never Born, Never Dead. A Jersey band that started out as a post-hardcore live act, evidently transformed themselves in a blues experiment of sorts. The six songs...
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Tom Waits has announced his first album in 7 years as only Tom Waits would, by posting a video on the Internet — a video deriding said media for its lack of privacy. Dressed all in black, with the promo poster in the back and various forms of equipment surrounding him, Mr. Waits provides...
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‘There’s a darkness upon me that’s flooded in light‘ Appropriate words to open The Avett Brother‘s first ever headlining set at Red Rocks. As darkness claimed the night, the gods proved themselves to be bluegrass fans. The threatening thunder clouds gave way to a clear black sky and the brothers received an uninterrupted two...
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