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MTHDS – the methods
The party boys have grown up. A year and a half ago, I reviewed the MTHDS‘ Music That Heightens Different Senses EP as a nice slice of party music. Since then, they’ve spent some time in a quality studio and recorded some better songs. While their EP was good, [...]
SpokesBUZZ sends local bands to SXSW in Austin
In an effort to raise Fort Collins’ national visibility as an incubator and destination spot for arts and culture, community stakeholders have recently invested in a project aimed at local musicians.
SpokesBUZZ Fort Collins will be hosting a showcase of local bands at the famous South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival in Austin, TX in March. [...]
Acoustic Open Mic
Monday Feb 15, 2010 6pm – Acoustic Open Mic
Acoustic Open Mic
Monday Feb 22, 2010 6pm – Acoustic Open Mic
Christmas Forest Volume 3 – Sun Child, Stay Forever
Act So Big Forest became “the little indie label that could” in 2009. Their year was categorized with quality releases (and a cred-cementing namedrop on Pitchfork).
But don’t be fooled by the merry youngsters on the paper cover; Sun Child, Stay Forever is, at times, intensely dreary. Glacial ambient interludes from Ocean Bump! and Automobile, Swift [...]
Pictureplane – Dark Rift
There’s little to say about Pictureplane that hasn’t already been blogged. But the online fanaticism surrounding Denver hipster Travis Egedy is justified. Dark Rift, his debut full-length, is a cream-worthy collection of electro tunes which sees Egedy meshing together computer noises lush and uncanny.
The 4/4 “oontz-oontz” bass beat of opener “Solid Gold” is a [...]
Feeling Beastly – Pandamonium
Feeling Beastly’s new EP, Pandamonium, was a pleasant surprise. I instantly loved the name of the album, but I have been known to be a total sucker for a play on words.
Pandamonium is loaded with chunky guitar riffs and oversimplified drumbeats that will force you to bob your head. Kelsy and Marta’s vocals [...]
Two thumbs up for Roster McCabe making Wednesday’s better
Wednesdays are not necessarily known for their fun, but tonight Roster McCabe at Hodi’s really blew me away. A reggae funk band out of Minneapolis, Roster McCabe was quite impressive, I must say. I mean they even got my friends who rarely go to concerts out to dance.
I didn’t know anything about them before going [...]
1190 KVCU – The Local Shakedown, Volume 3
For three years now, the fine people at Boulder’s Radio 1190 have assembled The Local Shakedown compilations of Colorado indie. Volume 3 is by far the best yet: a two-disc compilation overstuffed with a spot-on pastiche of what the locals have been up to in recent years.
Disc 1 opens up pleasantly enough with a spoken [...]
Nouvelle Vague
Nouvelle Vague, the French band that conquered the world with bossa nova covers of punk and new wave classics, return in time for summer with their third album, NV3.
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