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Michal Menert – Dreaming of a Bigger Life
Michal Menert may be best known for his work with Pretty Lights, but he’s quickly making a name for himself with his debut solo album, Dreaming of a Bigger Life.
Menert’s Eastern European influences (he was born in Poland) bleed through on this album, giving it a slight Thievery Corporation twist, but still brimming with Menert’s [...]
The Foot. – Primary Colors review
Variety can be the nail in the coffin of a disorganized and non-cohesive band. But The Foot. (period included) pulls it off like a satin-lined sweater.
Primary Colors shows depth and soul from this Denver trio, which has been making music together since 2008.
“Seeing Red” starts off the album with a bluesy, White Stripes-esque [...]
James Hamann – America’s Most Wanted
America’s Most Wanted is an interesting form of album in that it actually highlights the talents of two bands, both cemented by drummer and lead vocalist James Hamann. Drumming and singing at the same time is a difficult task, but Hamann pulls it off nicely, even as the album transfers between funk, rhythm & blues, [...]
In the Whale – Crush EP
Jonah disobeyed and ended up inside a whale for three days and three nights…or so the story goes. Imagine instead that, upon sliding down the whale’s massive tongue and sloshing into its (presumably) fishy stomach, Nate Valdez and Eric Riley were there, providing the indie punk soundtrack to a time of trials and tribulations.
Crush highlights [...]
Sam!! Well, Hell… – It’s a long story, so it goes…
If you’ve ever run through a dust cloud with your mouth open, you already know many of the qualities that Sam!! Well, Hell… has as a band. Gritty and haunting, these angst-ridden songs of lost love and manslaughter will grind between your teeth for days after hearing them.
Headed by Samuel Graf (formerly of Smile and [...]
Vices I Admire – The Politics of Apathy
Many of us have been shying away from anything labeled “emo/screamo” ever since My Chemical Romance came onto the scene dripping with eye makeup and songs about shattered romance.
Vices I Admire, however, is an entirely different story, and one with a happy ending. The Politics of Apathy is an album that shows that this band [...]
Great American Taxi – Reckless Habits
Great American Taxi’s new album will make you want to be a ramblin’ man, traveling the country with nothing but a guitar and a good singin’ voice.
Led by former Leftover Salmon frontman Vince Herman, Great American Taxi represents a coming together of many well-known names in Northern Colorado’s Americana, bluegrass, and country-influenced music. As a [...]
Futaba wins Scene Magazine’s 18th Annual Battle of the Bands
Local bands played their hearts out at Scene’s 18th Annual Battle of the Bands, which kicked off at four o’clock and kept rockin’ until after midnight. Local funk/big band/ska septet Futaba earned the winning spot this year, taking home studio time with Backbone Studios, graphic design work and a spot in next year’s Bohemian Nights.
Canned Kosher Beef – The Sounds of Digestion
Warning: This album is not for those who don’t embrace all that is strange, surreal, and probably influenced by psychedelic drugs. After all, this Fort Collins duo describes their sound as “three strips of bacon slapping a high-hat drifting through space on an atomic muffin…with green peppers on the side.”
Although this album does get [...]
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