Achille Lauro’s new full-length release came partly from a sense of smugness. According to Matt Close, the band’s sample master, rhythm guitarist and lead singer, Flight or Fight came as the quartet recorded material for what was originally envisioned as the latest in a series of singles. When the group…
Looks like the titular curse in Hindershot’s new tune “Curse Us All” has a lot to do with getting messy. That’s judging from the new music video for the title track from the band’s new EP that’s set for release this weekend (read our full Q&A with frontman Stuart Confer)…
See Also: Hindershot trashes Spencer Alred’s backyard in its new video. Stuart Confer can’t pin down exactly where the inspiration for the tunes on his band’s latest EP, Curse Us All, comes from. Confer, the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter for Hindershot (due at 3 Kings Tavern on Friday, January…
The creative evolution heard on Hindershot’s sophomore release, Curse Us All (slated for release this Friday, January 27, at 3 Kings Tavern), goes deeper than the catchy lead riffs or dynamic song structures. While the band has made considerable musical strides since last year’s debut, It’s Only Blood, the most…
A definitive, earnest and passionate voice in the history of American pop music has gone silent today. Legendary R&B chanteuse Etta James died this morning at the age of 73 in Riverdale, California, reportedly from complications tied to leukemia. Along with this week’s deaths of fellow giants of the genre…
PLACES @ MARQUIS THEATER | 1/7/12 No one seemed more surprised by the turnout at the Marquis Theater on Saturday night than the seven members of Places. The CD-release show for the septet’s new album, No More Wasted Days, drew a capacity crowd, and the audience’s feverish and energetic response…
It’s tough to single out a distinct voice when speaking to the men of Places. There are seven guys in the band, and they frequently talk over one another. But it’s not the sheer numbers that make isolating a single member a chore. It’s the fact that they each offer…
WEEN @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | NIGHT THREE | 12.31.11 See also, reviews of: 12/29/11 (night one) and 12/30/11 (night two) Just in case anyone in the capacity crowd packed into the Fillmore Auditorium on New Year’s Eve wasn’t paying attention, Dean Ween sketched out the theme of the night after…
WEEN @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | NIGHT TWO | 12.30.11 See also, reviews of: 12/29/11 (night one) and 12/30/11 (night three) There was no ambitious declaration or plan of attack from the Ween brothers as they launched into their nearly three-hour long set on Friday night for the second show of…
David Bromberg’s eclectic musical expertise is rooted in the sounds of America. Since the 1960s, the singer and guitarist has drawn from a palette of influences, from bluegrass to ragtime, from country blues to New Orleans jazz. Taking lessons from the legendary Reverend Gary Davis as a Columbia student in…
WEEN @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | NIGHT ONE | 12.29.11 | See also, reviews of: 12/29/11 (night two) and 12/30/11 (night three) Early in the first show of Ween’s three-night stint at the Fillmore, guitarist and frontman Dean Ween offered the crowd a simple game plan: “We’re Ween. We’re the band…
Aaron Freeman incorporates a lot of personal history when he takes on the musical alter-ego role of Gene Ween. For nearly thirty years, Freeman and Mickey Melchionda (aka Dean Ween) have been the tongue-in-cheek duo behind Ween, a band that’s evolved from the abstract musical experiments of 1991’s The Pod…
IAN COOKE @ CURIOUS THEATRE | 12.16.11Ian Cooke made a wise choice in choosing the Curious Theatre to debut songs from Fortitude, his new full-length. The release show, which featured supporting performances from Joshua Novak and Danielle Ate the Sandwich, benefited in a big way from the setting. Cooke’s set…
The members of Vices I Admire noticed something odd about the bass player as soon as he showed up to audition. It was early 2009. Vocalist Dave Curtis, lead guitarist Mickey Dollar and drummer Mark Towne had been looking for a replacement for departed bassist Robert Marston for eight months…
ROGER DALTREY at 1STBANK CENTER | 10/16/11Shortly after Roger Daltrey belted out the last note during his full performance of the Who’s 1969 album Tommy in Broomfield last night, the legendary frontman summed up the record’s significance. “I hope you enjoyed that as much as I did … It is…
Andy Palmer’s bio reads like a character sketch for an action movie: A onetime public defender in Brooklyn, Palmer left the borough for a more rustic life, working as a river raft guide in Colorado and living in a yurt in the wilds of Maine. It’s a rugged resumé that…
Twenty years after its release, it’s no wonder that many still consider The Pod to be Ween’s most challenging album. Released on September 20, 1991, less than two years after the band’s freshman release, GodWeenSatan: The Oneness, the 23-track EP took the group’s flair for surreal sounds and heady humor…
It’s been tough to avoid the sounds of the Weepies since the indie-pop duo signed with Nettwerk Records in 2005. In the past six years, the outfit’s folky song structures, stark instrumentation and poppy hooks have earned soundtrack spots in television shows and feature films alike. The mass exposure makes…
The music industry has changed in fundamental ways since bassist Robby Takac started the Goo Goo Dolls (due tonight at 1STBANK Center with Michelle Branch and Parachute) with guitarist and songwriter John Rzeznik in the late 1980s. In their more than two decades of existence, the band has tapped into…
Able Archer’s latest effort starts out on a grandiose note with “No Goodbyes (The Mass Tremendous).” The elegant instrumental is a chorus of synthesized strings, a classically formal passage spelled out on the keys by Matt Huseman that leads into “Plane Crash.” That brief tune’s epic feel is a fitting…
Considering the kinetic, frenetic and contagious energy that’s a crucial part of any Dovekins concert, it’s a wonder the outfit has waited this long to release a live record. The band’s second full-length release, (A)Live, nicely captures the group’s gleeful and giddy approach to live performance while offering a slate…
UMS on S. BROADWAY | 07/23-24/11I started out Saturday with the Yes We Cans’ appearance at Moe’s Barbecue at 3 p.m., a staid set that seemed to reflect the early hour of the gig. With ballads composed of minor chords and heavily reverbed guitar effects, the Colorado Springs outfit offered…
