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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 [...]
Katharine Ruestow – Katharine Ruestow
Katharine Ruestow’s debut album is full of heat: Think coffeehouse music gone wild. Although this album features Ruestow’s jazzy voice as well as her name for the title, Matt Grundstad did almost all the instrumentals and helped write the songs as well. So this eight-track album is truly a collaboration between the two artists.
Although Grundstad [...]
Chris Thompson & Coral Creek – The Road Ahead
When you’re produced by one of the most famous names in the jam band scene – Bill Nershi – you automatically create a buzz of anticipation from fans and critics. Chris Thompson’s new album, The Road Ahead, is worth the hype: It promises certain satisfaction for cheese heads everywhere.
The album features guest appearances by local [...]
Soul Grinder – Light Defining Darkness
With their debut release, Light Defining Darkness, Denver stoner metal quartet SoulGrinder serves listeners a molten slice of the underworld, including a side of angst and some very black coffee.
With harsh vocals weaving through tight instrumentals, an interesting contrast is created: demon-shrieks take over where one would expect to hear throaty growls; freight train hooks [...]
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 [...]
Munly & The Lupercalians – Petr & the Wulf
Ensconced in darkness and wonder, Petr & The Wulf by Munly & The Lupercalians tells the story of Lupercalia. The story you must find out for yourself by listening to the album, but if you like ballad-driven folk music, indie music and all things Pagan, you’ll like this.
The first song is a good example of [...]
SpokesBUZZ: Torn Between Two Shows
Republished from the SpokesBUZZ blog at: http://spokesbuzz.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/torn-between-two-shows/
What do we do when we have multiple shows in our town. I think it’s a great problem and one I find often here in lovely Fort Collins. Tonight we have Fierce Bad Rabbit and Nathaniel Rateliffe at Road 34 and Musketeer Gripweed’s CD Release party at Hodis.
I actually mapped it out [...]
Mr. Anonymous – Mr. Anonymous 2
Dub doesn’t have to be dreary – look no further than Mr. Anonymous 2. The sophomore release from Jeep Macnichol’s Mr. Anonymous project features 10 original tracks, one remix, about a dozen vocalists and a consistently positive vibe. It’s not a soundtrack for setting fire ‘pon Babylon, but just might help aspiring Rastafarians nestle up [...]
Pretty Lights: 1,000,000 Reasons to Be Happy… and Then Some
You might say that Pretty Lights has had a busy year. It would be true, but it would also be a massive understatement. By any standard, the prolific beatsmiths have spent their 2010 going from strength to strength. For starters, they have lived up to their promise to release a trilogy of EPs: Making Up [...]
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