Discovering and obtaining music in the 80’s was a process that most kids would not understand today. They live in an age where songs are nothing more than disposable streams of 1’s and 0’s and there are no obstacles between the artist and the listener. That was not the case when Morrissey and Marr were
Morrissey. Ellie Caulkins Opera House. 05.17.14 Read More »
The Dillinger Escape Plan are an insane live band! There is really no other way to put it. Anyone who has ever attended a Dillinger show is already aware of that fact. So it was no surprise that the anticipation was so thick before they took the stage that one could hardly breathe. As the
The Dillinger Escape Plan. Marquis Theater. 04.29.14 Read More »
If someone would have walked up to me in 2005 and asked me which ‘indie’ band I thought would be playing huge arena shows in less than 10 years, I doubt my answer would have included the words Arcade Fire. Seriously, Funeral is among my favorite albums of all time, but it didn’t exactly scream
Arcade Fire. Pepsi Center. 04.23.14 Read More »
The photo above best represents the image in my head of what The Knife would look like on stage. My skewed perspective came from the media that surrounded the album that first introduced me to the masked Dreijer siblings. The visual companions to Silent Shout were extremely dark and they portrayed Karin and Olof as anonymous
The Knife. Fillmore Auditorium. 04.21.14 Read More »
Keeping a band together for two decades is no small achievement, but continuing to support a band through that kind of run isn’t easy either. How many bands can you say you’ve loved through your 20’s and 30’s…and even into your 50’s and 60’s? And I’m not talking about that one CD you played in your
Drive-By Truckers. Fillmore Auditorium. 04.19.14 Read More »
Thoughts are fleeting. The rich narrative that builds in my head during any given show is usually gone within 24 hours. Like spring snow melting down to nothing more than wet spots reflecting the sun, the details of any given performance dissolve down to nothing more than flashing lights and snippets of feelings that have long since
Phantogram. Ogden Theatre. 04.15.14 Read More »
It was a Sunday night and I was standing on a chair in a bookstore. A quick scan through the shelves below me provided my bearings as somewhere between the ‘humor’ and ‘teen’ section – about mid-store. I browsed through Dr. Denis Leary’s “Why We Suck” before discarding it in favor of The Onion’s “Our
Thou. Mutiny Information Cafe. 04.13.14 Read More »
April 10th, 2014 turned out to be a great night in Denver. Those who were in town for the Craft Brewers Conference mingled with the locals at various establishments all over town. Falling Rock, Fresh Craft, Star Bar and TRVE were all standing-room only as bartenders were busy pulling taps and filling glasses with decade’s old
Lydia Loveless. Hi-Dive. 04.10.14 Read More »
Sometimes I wish extreme music was more popular. I realize that goes against everything that ‘extreme’ bands and fans stand for, but before you gather the black-clad masses to hunt me down and feed me to the lions, let me explain my thought process here. It really comes down to one simple thing…I can’t attend
Metal Alliance / Decibel Magazine Tour. 2014. Denver. Read More »
Foreigner’s “Feels Like the First Time” was all too appropriate as a sudden darkness engulfed the capacity crowd at Bluebird Theater. It was the fifth time I’d seen Adam Granduciel and his War on Drugs, but as the band took the stage in a hazy green glow, it really did feel like the first time. Granduciel
The War on Drugs. Bluebird Theater. 03.26.14 Read More »
