Devin Morse
The Patti Fiasco Wins Scene’s Battle of the Bands
November 14 brought the unwashed masses to Hodi’s Half Note for Scene Magazine’s 19th annual Battle of the Bands. This year’s battle presented nine of Northern Colorado’s best new acts; everything from ‘90s grunge to metal to progressive rock and bluegrass acts pitting their musical prowess against fate and judgment, in hope of some exciting [...]
Sam!! Well… Hell… – Things I Stole From Others and Things I Kept For Myself
This album is the embodiment of a Trey Parker Western caricature vomiting Johnny Cash in the bathroom of a popular Texas saloon. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
To better describe the metaphor, the album is a little bit country, a little bit rock ‘n’ roll, carries a major Johnny Cash influence, has the hollow, old-school [...]
Stella Luce – Entropy
Moody and complex, deranged and epic; Stella Luce’s Entropy resembles the score to a Postmodern burlesque tragedy.
The series of six anthems churns between mellow and dirge-like to passionate and calamitous. The quiet points swim in a symphonic grace, creating contrast to the somewhat grotesque and devilishly operatic counterpoints.
Alana Rolfe’s versatile vocal range is the centerpiece [...]
Good Gravy – Good Gravy
Good Gravy’s self-titled first release has a little something to please any breed of hippie, Kentucky bootlegger, or drunken wanderer. The album rambles between bluegrass, jam, electronica, and world musics like a hillbilly Phish fan at a Zambian nightclub.
Dueling mandolin and guitar solos carry the songs from a foot-stomping rumpus to chemical dance beats and [...]
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