The Denver Noise Scene
by Joel Center Just when I thought I had gotten a little sample of everything the Denver music scene has to offer, I was proven wrong. My moment of astonishment came as a result of Gorinto, the Mercury Café’s weekly “Experimental Food and Music” event. Now, while some connotations, and even stigmas, of the […]
Morning Sock Studios
by Tim Wenger Maybe they are really on to something here; ready to change the way the music business presents itself to potential customers. Maybe they are the digital age’s version of backyard graphic design. And maybe, they have been enjoying too many boat drinks and are unable to find their way to land, refusing […]
Ballet Nouveau Colorado Closes Tenth Anniversary Season with Garrett Ammon’s Rock Ballets
by Tim Wenger Ballet Nouveau Colorado is getting ready to launch their new production, Garrett Ammon’s Rock Ballets, We Will Rock You, at the Performing Arts Complex at PCS April 13-15. The full performance will include three different dances, each themed after the music of a different rock band. INXS, Queen, and David Bowie […]
KIDS-Kids
by: Sal Christ Photo Credit: Courtesy of Kontroll Recordings Youth, more oft than not, conjures happy thoughts: summers spent doing nothing and everything at the same time, late nights whiling the late hours into solitude, the careless flight on a highway at sixteen in a topless car with your hair flailing in the breeze, or […]
Tips For The Young Musician Vol. 14
by Stephan Hume Nothing compares to seeing young bands write their own songs. They realize that music creation is truly something we can all do. When a band plays a song they wrote together for the first time, it is truly magical. If you think you may want to start playing music you write with […]
Eve 6-Speak in Code
by: Sal Christ Photo Credit: Fearless Records Eve 6’s Max Collins and his band mates weren’t even of drinking age when their eponymous debut record dropped in 1998, so it went without saying that their alt-rock meets pop-punk style was a hit with high school and college kids. Your whole life is melodramatic at that […]
Five Finger Death Punch—Live! April 12!
by Trish Popovitch www.westernmommy.com Photo Credit: Corey Soria www.fivefingerdeathpunch.com/photos/ Since releasing their debut album Way of the Fist in 2007, Five Finger Death Punch have exploded across the American metal scene, finding fans world wide, who are hungry for their unapologetic, in-your-face sound. On April 12, the band, whose lead vocalist Ivan Moody is […]
Mayday Parade
by Katie Schmoker Mayday Parade, We the Kings, the Downtown Fiction, and Anarbor played to a sold-out crowd Saturday, February 25, at the Black Sheep in Colorado Springs. The lighter pop-rock sound, and mainstream success, of these bands attracted an audience composed mostly of teens, with parents closely monitoring at the side and back of […]
The Manager’s Corner April 2012
by Chris Daniels I’ve managed my own band since the 1980s, and despite the amazing change in technology, success in the music business is built around four tried and true elements: great music, really hard work and timing (often mistaken for luck). The other key element is getting the help you need to make that […]
Radiohead, 1st Bank Center, March 13, 2012
by Allison Diekhoff [email protected] I don’t have to tell you that Radiohead is one hot ticket. Let the review begin… Radiohead transformed the 1st Bank Center on March 13th, making the approximately 6,000-capacity venue feel like a festival of Coachella-sized proportions. The stage: massive. The lights: amazing. It was all I could do not to […]
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