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MusicAlbum Review: The 14ers – Mountaintop Folk-PopRyan Kirkpatrick, frontman and songwriter for Fort Collins’ The 14ers, has a love of the outdoors, to say the least.Jay Wallace · Sep 5, 2019MusicAlbum Review: David Baker – Minus PianoDavid Baker’s new jazz album “Minus Piano” is just that. A trio without a piano, or any chordal instrument. Ironically, Baker chose to feature songs written by famous pianists. Without the density of a chordal instrument, the arrangements allow space, demonstrating that bells and whistles can drown-out the tune itself. Baker plays Jay’s Bistro in Fort Collins August 23 & 24, and at Tower 56 in Greeley on August 29.Valerie Vampola · Aug 19, 2019MusicAlbum Review: Places Back Home – The Color & Decay EPSeeing music as a chance to honestly express complicated realities, Fort Collins rock quartet Places Back Home focus their music on darker topics brought earnestly to the forefront on The Color & Decay EP, out August 20. But don’t be fooled by the sincerity – the band will have you on your feet nodding your head at their release parties August 23 at Lost Lake and August 24 at The Downtown Artery.Daniel Thompson · Aug 12, 2019MusicAlbum Review: Chess At Breakfast – Wealthcare“Wealthcare” is an eight track wander through the vast scope of Rock n’ Roll. Anxious yet contemplative, the new record from Chess At Breakfast burns hot at times with tracks like “Ambulance” and “POTUS Blues” but bounces quickly to the cool modes of “Hello Haunt” and “Glaciers.” “We love that super trapped-in-the-head kind of weird, wonky stuff,” says lead vocalist Caleb McFadden.Laura Giagos · May 7, 2019MusicAlbum Review: Tyto Alba – SuckerA newfound polish and poise comes to Denver dream pop / shoegaze indie rockers Tyto Alba with their forthcoming record Sucker, out May 4. Melanie Steinway’s yelp of “we gotta bring this sucker down” peeks out amidst rich, swirling builds like something off The Cure’s “Disintegration.”Kevin Johnston · Apr 29, 2019MusicAlbum Review: Goatz! – Sweet Inspiration“40 years in radio. 50 years as a working musician. This is my official debut, at age 64. Crazy huh?” This is the line we got from Chris Kresge, frontman of GOATZ! when he sent us his debut bluegrass/Americana record “Sweet Inspiration”Jay Wallace · Apr 15, 2019MusicAlbum Review: Julian Cary – heaven?indeedJulian Cary is a jazz artist, but he doesn’t allow the idea of what jazz should be interfere with his expression: On “heaven?indeed” he neglects traditional song form, adapting the music to fit the form of E.E. Cummings’ poems. The record retains a subtle honesty wrapped in moments of dynamic, tonal beauty.Valerie Vampola · Apr 8, 2019MusicAlbum Review: Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats – Tearing at the SeamsNathaniel Rateliff is a name that carries a lot of weight in the Colorado.Jed Murphy · Apr 2, 2018MusicAlbum Review: False Report – Your Addiction Sleeps TonightYour Addiction Sleeps Tonight is the newest EP from Denver based pop-punk band False Report.Noel Billups · Jan 1, 2018MusicAlbum Review: Vektroid – Seed & Synthetic EarthVaporwave is probably one of the most niche music genres in existence, as well as the only one that the Internet could claim as its own.Jay Wallace · Jan 1, 2018MusicAlbum Review: Modern Suspects – IIII is, as the name suggests, the second EP from the Denver based synth-pop group Modern Suspects.Noel Billups · Dec 1, 2017MusicAlbum Review: this broken beat – What’s On Your Mind?Denver pop band this broken beat has been rising to the top for the last year since releasing their first single, “Sweat And Blood,” in 2016.Jay Wallace · Dec 1, 2017MusicAlbum Review: Michael Morrow & The Culprits – RaucousWe have gotten some throwback/retro albums over the years at BandWagon from a lot of different genres, but one we never expected to get is a 1980s-style hair metal album.Jay Wallace · Dec 1, 2017MusicAlbum Review: Melkbelly – Nothing ValleyMelkbelly’s debut, full-length album Nothing Valley may be one of the most refreshing albums of the year.Noel Billups · Nov 1, 2017MusicAlbum Review: The Great Aerodome– Happy Birthday to Me, I GuessGenre-bending rockers, The Great Aerodrome knock it out of the park with their debut album Happy Birthday to Me, I Guess.Noel Billups · Nov 1, 2017MusicAlbum Review: Get Along– Let My People GoGet Along is a husband and wife indie-pop duo made up of Nicholas and Cara Yañez, who just released their diverse EP, Let My People Go.Noel Billups · Oct 2, 2017MusicAlbum Review: Protomartyr– Relatives in DescentRelatives in Descent, Protomartyr’s third full-length record reads like an existential crisis, full of the bitterness and anger we have come to expect from their style of post punk.Jed Murphy · Oct 2, 2017MusicAlbum Review: Pandas & People – Out to SeaPandas & People’s debut album, Out To Sea, is good. And, frankly, it should be. Pandas & People have been together since 2013, putting out EP’s and singles, opening for the likes of the Doobie Brothers and Twenty- One Pilots, and placing in the top three of 93.3‘s “Hometown for the Holidays” twice over the last couple years. Not bad for a folk/alternative band formed in Greeley only four years ago.Jay Wallace · Oct 2, 2017MusicAlbum Review: Victim Culture – Self-TitledBack in April, Denver-based hardcore band, Victim Culture, released their debut, self-titled album.Noel Billups · Sep 1, 2017MusicAlbum Review: Attack On Venus – XOAttack on Venus is your local pissed off galactic explorers.Samm Barrett · Sep 1, 2017