Category: A-Sides
Tea Leaf Green- Radio Tragedy!
by John Christen Radio Tragedy! takes the listener on a meticulously crafted journey. Funky from the beginning, Tea Leaf Green’s seventh studio album shows great depth. Fueled by a rolling snare, the opening song “All Washed Up,” marches the Latin-influenced percussion, driving the manic piano solo, while the lyrics paint the reflective tale of a […]
The A-Oks– Funempoyment Benefits
by Tim Wenger Energy. That is one word that comes immediately to mind when thinking of Denver’s favorite ska/punk/party-time band The A-OKs. Their second album, Funemployment Benefits, carries on their tradition of frenetic energy and hazardous partying with ten tracks of irresistible skankability. The album kicks off with “Misfortune Cookie,” an upbeat, danceable tune […]
Great American Taxi – Paradise Lost
by Guy Errickson thenakedstage.Net [email protected] You’ve got a friend in the rock ’n’ roll business! A performance with mandolin extraordinaire Vince Herman (Leftover Salmon) feels like a backyard Cajun barbeque where you’re having the time of your life. Co-founder Chad Staehly (Bill McKay Band) heads the Mark Vann Foundation, and has the fire, passion, and […]
Steven Lyle- Spirit & Image
by John Feuling Henderson singer-songwriter, Steven Lyle, teamed up with Tom Capek, who plays keys for the Colorado jazz band Dotsero; the result was an album that was 20 years in the making. Capek played a Dave Grohl-like role in the studio with Lyle, manning drums and bass as well as keyboards. He’s also heavily […]
T-Shirts 4 Tomorrow – Outside Looking In [EP] by
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Jeanie Straub [email protected] This is a three-song EP by a band out of Brighton that started as the acoustic duo of Ethan Gilbert (frontman and guitarist) and Brandon Preece-Rose (drummer) and evolved into a four-piece alternative pop band that is, at least on a couple tracks, worthy of KTCL radio play. Gilbert and Preece-Rose […]
Imelda May – Mayhem
by Sheila Broderick [email protected] Imelda May just released a new album and Mayhem is the name. This is her best yet! The new queen of the rockabilly scene shows us she has some serious talent and the potential to go all the way to the top. Mayhem showcases her songwriting abilities and shows how diverse […]
Dustin Bones and the Body Stealers, The Dark Side of Surf
by Charlie Sullivan [email protected] The newly formed Dustin Bones and the Body Stealers is one of the bands to keep your radar on moving into 2012. You won’t want to miss this action: Surf music meets a Quentin Tarantino horror flick (Horror Surf). The band has taken the old-school surf sound, sprinkled it with […]
Roniit – Roniit [LP]
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by Jeanie Straub [email protected] After taking up recording and electronic music composition a few years ago, Denver-based Indie artist Roniit Alkayam, or Roniit (pronounced row-neat), wrote all the songs on her full-length debut and self-produced it, with assistance from Eric W. Brown. She calls her sound “Dark Electro Pop,” but it is generally […]
Bullet INC – Atomic Dive Bar
by Tim Wenger [email protected] Bullet INC hits hard and close to home with their new album Atomic Dive Bar. Using the slogan “Learn to Love The Bomb,” the band presents a collection of tracks that seems to challenge the passive/aggressive attitude of mankind. “As the last one drops, a hush falls over the […]
Tommy & the Tangerines – Main Squeeze [EP]
![Tommy & the Tangerines – Main Squeeze [EP]](http://www.coloradomusicbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Tommy-coverartWEB-150x150.jpg "Tommy & the Tangerines – Main Squeeze [EP]")
by John Feuling [email protected] I’m giving this Boulder sextet’s new disc a second spin on my ridiculously huge PA speakers in my man-cave. It’s a five-song EP, apparently recorded in one day, and it’s interestingly good. The recording gives you five different reasons to go see these guys, though there must already be a […]
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