Author Archive: Tim Wenger
The Knew Drop “Knew” 7 Inch
The Knew just dropped a new 7 inch, the latest push from these Denver indie rock veterans. Pick it up at theknew.com. Here is the story of the recording, and the band’s summer plans. CMB: What is your take on 7 inch records as opposed to other forms of media for releasing your music? TB: We […]
The Manager’s Corner- June
by Chris Daniels I’ve managed my own band for 31 years and I’m in the Colorado Music Hall of Fame. All that’s nice but today’s music business is changing at light-speed and you have to be more engaged in the ‘biz’ than ever. Some things have not changed, careers are still built on some tried […]
Higher Ground Artist Previews: All Chiefs, No Indians
All Chiefs, No Indians will be bringing an eclectic blend of indie and what can only be described as avante-garde pop to this year’s Higher Ground Music Festival. We peppered the group to get their story, and their thoughts on the scene. CMB: First things first. Give us the story of the band. ACNI: We […]
Why Jazz Matters: Track 14
by Norman Provizer They call Highway 61, which runs from New Orleans to Minnesota, the blues highway. Following the Mississippi River, the highway, metaphorically at least, transported the Delta blues to the outside world. If you check a map, of course, you quickly discover that Highway 61 doesn’t come anywhere near Colorado. And yet the […]
Slow Caves Talk About SXSW Documentary
by Tim Wenger Fort Collins rockers Slow Caves brought some major debauchery down to South By Southwest with them this year. Lucky for us, they also brought along a camera to document it. The footage was recently debuted at coloradomusicbuzz.com. Here are some words from the band and the production team at Rev Films, LLC, […]
SoulTalk Bringing Lynn Baker to Mercury Cafe
SoulTalk Events presents: Lynn Baker and the Jazz Legends Concert Series with Paul Romaine playing the music of Wayne Shorter Saturday, June 20, 2015 8:00 pm Mercury Café 2199 California Denver, CO Mercurycafe.com Contacts: Phone: 303-428-9235 Email: [email protected] SoulTalk Evnets soultalkevents.com Lynn Baker Quartet lynnbakerjazz.com ReverbNation reverbnation.com/lynnbakerquartet SoulTalk Events presents Lynn Baker and the Jazz Legends Concert Series […]
HEPCAT, MEPHISKAPHELES ROUND OUT SKALORADOFEST 2015
Benefit for Levitt Pavilion includes 2 stages, Denver’s Biggest Ska Bands DENVER — Rock Panther Presents announces SKAloradofest 2015 on Sunday, June 14, 2015 at Casselman’s Bar & Venue (2620 Walnut Street, Denver, Colorado). Event begins at 2 p.m. and ends at Midnight. The line-up includes: Hepcat, Mephiskapheles, Alpha Schoolmarm Orchestra, Judge Roughneck, The Dendrites, […]
‘Now Playing’ show Highlights Independent Music on CPT12
Over the past few years, the music scene here in Denver has been fortunate enough to gain a handful of local TV programs focused on promoting the music community and the artists that make it happen. Denver Film Compay and founding members of local microbrew stars Black Shirt Brewing have been running a show called […]
Motion Trap- PALEBLUEDOT
by Tim Wenger Psych-rock is a fast-growing genre here in Denver, and Motion Trap is one of the bands leading the charge. Stepping away from the heavy indie-rock influence that many of these bands draw from, Motion Trap incorporates strong elements of both hip-hop and electronica that make their debut record PALEBLUEDOT one of the […]
Vermillion Road- Palaces
by Tim Wenger There is nothing quite like turning on a new band, not sure what you’re getting in to, and being pleasantly surprised to hear a very solid brand of alt-rock full of punk rock and indie influence. Such was the case with the opening track on the new Vermillion Road album Palaces. Power […]
Recent Comments…