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SpokesBUZZ Bands Heading to South by Southwest Festival

By Conor Hooley Austin, get ready to meet Fort Collins all over again. After its wildly successful maiden voyage to 2010’s world-renowned South by Southwest festival, local nonprofit organization SpokesBUZZ is returning to “SXSW” for […]

Local Culture, Arts & Community

Blacklist Boardshop: 86ing Mainstream Culture

By Brady Smith 86ers: A self-proclaimed title of the growing counterculture that lingers at the underbelly of the largely conservative super culture and is proudly stamped on skateboards, t-shirts, street signs, and windows of the […]

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The Knew: A Good Time, All the Time

By Dave Schutz Denver quartet The Knew had a prolific year, releasing their first full-length record Pulpería and subsequent Before It Ends EP, and landing spots in commercials and TV shows. They once elicited comparisons […]

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For Musicians: Tips for Getting Signed

By Dusty Ray So you’ve formed a band, you’ve been playing venues around the Front Range and Denver, you have an album/EP, and you’re ready to take it to the next level: signing on to […]

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Mishawaka Gets a Facelift

By Maggie Canty-Shafer When Mishawaka Amphitheater owner Dani Grant moved to Colorado from Philadelphia 16 years ago, she wasn’t expecting much from the music scene. But as a lover of the great outdoors, the mountains […]

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The Big Motif – Does it Weigh Heavy

By Devin Morse Complex, yet understated; dirty, yet lighthearted, Does it Weigh Heavy is all about balance. At the album’s core is a raw, minimalist type of southern blues. The most striking element may be […]

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Take To The Oars – American Volume

By Brady Smith Vonnegut is dead – the band name, that is. Denver’s popular modern rock group Vonnegut is now known as Take to the Oars: A change evoking impressions of the ever evolving, always […]

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Rubber Planet – Wish I Could EP

By Conor Hooley What ‘90s flashbacks will you get from listening to Rubber Planet’s new EP, Wish I Could? Though the Denver-based quartet’s latest release lasts barely more than fifteen minutes, the music is crammed […]

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Left Foot Green – Fun with Vengeance

By Conor Hooley “This whole f***ing song is nonsense.” The line comes less than three minutes into the album, and it’s a fairly good mission statement for what comes after. Left Foot Green’s aptly titled […]

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Jaden Carlson – Tell Me What You See

By Dusty Ray Not every 9-year-old can boast that they have shared the stage with the likes of Spearhead and Melvin Seals. Jaden Carlson has, and her talent shines through on Tell Me What You […]