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San Diego-Based Buttons Announces New EP Available This Summer
For fans of Never Shout Never, Dashboard Confessional, and Secondhand Serenade, San Diego based acoustic artist Buttons announced this week the release of a new EP, ‘War Stories’ to be available this summer on the 2014 Vans Warped Tour. In addition, Buttons will be preforming on every California date of the tour (6/20-6/25) in the Acoustic Basement. ‘War Stories’ is […]
Voices
by Max Giffin Colorado is blessed with an abundance of local music in multiple genres, and any fan of hardcore or metalcore variations can agree with that statement 100%. One particular local band shaking up the scene since the summer of 2011 is Voices, from Greeley, Colorado. The band took a moment after playing an […]
Scream It Like You Mean It Tour
by Max Giffin The Scream It Like You Mean It Tour features one of this summer’s largest metal and post hardcore line-ups. In fact, the tour is so monumental, that this year it was broken up into two parts to maximize the amount of music fans could enjoy. On July 31, the first half of […]
All Stars Tour
by Rhapsody Beg Photo Credit: Max Giffin Every year Colorado metal fans wait excitedly for one of the summer’s most anticipated alternative tours, The All Stars Tour. This year, All Stars hit Denver hard at the Summit Music Hall on August 11. The 2012 lineup features many heavy hitters of the hardcore scene such as […]
The Cry!
by Max Giffin Photo Credit: Max Giffin On May 21, the Cry!, from Portland, Oregon, lit up Surf Side 7 in Fort Collins with their upbeat energetic music. Some would compare their sound to that of the Beach Boys, as they both have the same doo-wop bouncy sound that makes people want to dance. Before […]
Forty Fathoms @ Marquis Theatre
by Max Giffin On May 25, Denver metal band Forty Fathoms shredded the Marquis Theatre before setting out on their first west-coast tour. Vocalist, Taylor MacNicholas, describes the band as “melodic metal-core” with aspects of hardcore, post-hardcore, and some pop to it as well. For two and a half years, Forty Fathoms has shaped Denver’s […]
Counterparts Tear Up the Blast-O-Matt
by Max Giffin Photo Credit: Max Giffin On June 1, Canadian band Counterparts played at the Blast-O-Matt in Denver; a small record store venue with a stage in the garage. They played with both Hundredth and Gideon, bands that share Counterparts’ technical fast aggressive sound. Counterparts and Hundredth have been touring together for two years. […]
That 1 Guy and Buckethead-Aggie Theater, Review
by Hannah Lintner Photo Credit: Max Giffin That 1 Guy is completely unique, unlike any other artist in this modern era. Mike Silverman created his own instrument, otherwise known as ‘The Magic Pipe,’ using electronically rigged steel pipes connected by adjustable joints. Each pipe houses an orchestral bass string. He slaps, plucks, and even uses […]
Larry and His Flask
by Tim Wenger Photo Credit Max Giffin The name “Larry and His Flask” just seems to bring to mind whiskey-filled nights of frolicking fantasy, and for the six-piece band from the hills of Oregon, that is only the beginning. The sold-out crowd that watched them play with Lucero at the Bluebird Theatre on March 31, […]
Artist Spotlight: Del Hayes
by Max Giffin [email protected] “Inspiration comes at the weirdest times,” says Del Hayes, a local musician from Fort Collins, Colorado. The 18-year-old singer/songwriter has been playing guitar since he was 11, and says that music is his artistic outlet for emotions. Hayes’ music can be described as folk rock played on an acoustic guitar, […]
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