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My Heart is an Idiot- Book Review
by Tim Wenger Davy Rothbart is a true hopeless romantic. True in the way that reading his stories seems to invoke a certain emotion in his reader; a burning desire for that mystical, adventurous love that we first learned about by watching Disney movies as kid, that feeling of emotional epic-ness; of unending adventure and […]
Covenhoven
by Jenn Cohen If you’re looking for happy-mellow, instead of sappy-mellow, this is the album for you. Covenhoven’s self-titled debut album, releasing on September 20th, contains 10 solid tracks of illustrative lyrics, complimented by beautiful melodies. My favorite tracks are “One Night” and “My Paradise,” but the entire album stays true to the concept that […]
Joe Johnson- New West Sound
by Tim Wenger Joe Johnson has put out the front range’s latest take on unyielding country twang with his record New West Sound. Johnson’s vocals and lyrics serve not only as the focal point of the album, but also as the inarguable definition of the band’s sound. Melodic and untamed, pure country style untainted by […]
Steele & Colfax
by Tim Wenger Tim Yunker is the man, and the new EP from his project Steele & Colfax is nothing if not more proof of that fact. The self-titled EP is funky danceable, but retains the hipness of modern hip-hop- think Bop Skizzum meets urban soul with a dash of rock flair provided by solid […]
Justin Francoeur- Moving Through Universes
by Tim Wenger Justin Francoeur has friends- lots of them- and they all came around to throw in their two cents on his new record Moving Through Universes. Francoeur used a plethora of guest musicians and multiple recording destinations to deliver a record that is the definition of a pleasant, easy listen. Ambient and melodic, […]
Christopher Guillot- Remember What You Forgot
by Tim Wenger Christopher Guillot is a perfectionist. Those who have worked with Cherry Sound Studio have already seen it from a production standpoint, but he displays talents in the musical form on his new record Remember What You Forgot. The music is an ambient take on melodic pop, an easy listen that displays not […]
Sublingual
by Tim Wenger Sublingual take a few different styles that are quite familiar to rock fans and mesh them up into one cohesive sound, keeping the listener on their toes while never feeling at odds. Grunge rock with progressive guitar licks and Queens of the Stone Age-meets-Perfect Circle vocals make for a not only complex, […]
Wrathbliss- Beauty Beneath the Beast
by Tim Wenger Beauty Beneath The Beast from WrathBliss, aka Timothy D. McAllen, is , first and foremost, the longest EP we have ever received. At 21 songs, and crossing emotional paths using an avant-garde approach, the singer-songwriter record is very mellow, at times coming across as something you might hear in a movie, during […]
Sean Renner- Days End
by Tim Wenger Sean Renner has released a follow up to last year’s Seven Days entitled Days End. Continuing on the path of slow indie and pop, the record features re-releases and different takes of the songs and is presented addictively and with a solid hook of harmonies and steady (albeit very mellow) beats. The […]
Rachel and the Kings- Tonic
Rachel and the Kings – Tonic [LP] By the Swami [email protected] Rachel James, vocalist and pianist for Rachel and the Kings continues to graduate as a songwriter. On the bands first album Tonic, James shows off her skill set with a rousing opener appropriately titled “Tonic”, which is very reminiscent of bands like Paramore or […]
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