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MusicAlbum Review: Zoe- ProgramatonZoé es una banda Latinoamericana formada por cinco integrantes.BandWagon Magazine · Sep 17, 2014FeaturesJimmy Angel: The Yankees, Mommy and the MobEvery dream 79-year-old Rock ‘n Roll idol Jimmy Angel ever had growing up was to be a New York Yankee, not a legendary Rock star.Rose Hedberg · Sep 15, 2014MusicAlbum Review: Tv Girl – French ExitTV Girl started as a collaboration between Brad Petering and Trung Ngo before becoming Petering’s solo act in 2013. Petering casually refers to French Exit as a solo album “Depending on how you look at it,” which is an odd line considering this follows a 15-track mixtape a couple of years ago titled The Wild, the Innocent, the TV Shuffle. The album’s Bandcamp page goes on to advertise “12 songs about lost lust, too much love and not enough.”Christopher Sheridan · Sep 12, 2014FeaturesHigh Art Hip Hop: Lyrics Born Rock With Chali 2naAs we all know, hip-hop has a revolving door of rappers. With contemporary artists being chewed up and spit out faster than you can say Lil Jon, the probability of a career spanning multiple decades is highly doubtful. Notable East Coast emcees such as KRS-One, Mos Def and Talib Kweli are among the few that can claim years of longevity. Lyrics Born (real name Tom Shimura), however, has been at it since the early ‘90s and is still going strong with his latest release, As U Were. Growing up in Berkley, Shimura had a hard time getting his hands on good hip-hop. Fortunately, he crossed paths with future label mates, Gift of Gab (Blackalicious) and Lateef the Truthspeaker (Latyrx) while attending school at UC-Davis where the idea for Quannum Projects was born. In addition to putting out their own records, the three entrepreneurs started putting out material by artists like DJ Shadow, Lifesavas and Pigeon John under the Quannum moniker. As Lyrics Born, Shimura has reveled in plenty of success with his funk and soul-infused hip-hop, something he learned as a college radio DJ in California.Kyle Eustice · Sep 12, 2014MusicAlbum Review: Ty Segall – ManipulatorLaguna Beach native Ty Segall has exploded with popularity since he started popping up in lo-fi garage rock bands around Orange County in the early 2000’s, and now, Segall’s solo…Kyle Eustice · Sep 12, 2014MusicAlbum Review: Operations – EP 1In terms of comparisons, Operators are probably closest in sounds to Handsome Furs. Not to be confused by the hard rock band of the same name, Operators sport a peppy electronic sound that splits the difference evenly among its songs between clean, exciting beats and softer, fuzzier sounds. It mostly works quite well, and with the different types of ideas and sounds Boeckner experiments with on the album, it’s exciting to anticipate what he’ll do with the next Operators release, especially if that release is enabled by the expanse and budget of a full-length album.Christopher Sheridan · Sep 10, 2014FeaturesFeeling the Vibe – Vibe Squad Talks Business with The BandWagonConsidering the music Aaron Holstein makes, you’d never guess the man behind VibeSquaD is a trained multi-instrumentalist with a background in jazz.Kyle Eustice · Sep 3, 2014FeaturesCooler Than A Polar Bear’s Toenails: OutKast Hits Up the Mad Decent Block Party in DenverWhen Big Boi walked out on to the Red Rocks Amphitheater stage in 2010 for a Rock the Bells performance, Andre 3000 was noticeably absent.Kyle Eustice · Aug 26, 2014MusicAlbum Review: Bear In Heaven – Time Is Over One Day OldFormed in 2003, Bear in Heaven have been releasing contemplative, psychedelic synth music since before (and now quite a while after) such a sound stumbled its way into the zeitgeist.Matt Hutcheson · Aug 18, 2014FeaturesWhen Jimi Played Woodstock Sha Na Na Was ThereSha Na Na, the doo-wop band who began their successful career in the 1969 performance of Woodstock, is touring through Northern Colorado for the 1st Annual Rocky Mountain Rock n’…Rose Hedberg · Aug 12, 2014FeaturesARISE Music Festival Spotlights: A Few of Our FavoritesARISE Music will be held August 8th-10th at Sunrise Ranch in Loveland, Colorado.BandWagon Magazine · Aug 7, 2014MusicAlbum Review: Fallen Dean M. CurtisDean Curtis, a Fort Collins-based musician and singer, seemingly threw everything into Fallen, his 2014 album.Jay Wallace · Jul 18, 2014MusicAlbum Review: Fucked Up – Glass BoysGlass Boys is a follow up to 2011’s David Comes to Life, which saw the band’s first ranking on the billboards and created a big name for them. The album was conceptual and followed a light bulb factory worker that falls in love with an activist, who is killed by a bomb they build to blow up the factory. And while concept albums often feel forced, the band’s raw energy and the musical talent really pulled it into the foreground. This latest release is very similar, despite not being an official concept album though the “getting older” theme threads it together.James Garcia · Jul 2, 2014FeaturesFuck Being Anything Else But CrazyClearly the atypical rapper, he deals in fallen angels and atheism, which alone sets him worlds apart from most other MCs. He has a style that absolutely murders the competition; speedy raps that combine wicked, tricky wordplay with melodic hooks, an on stage presence that involves tribal face paint, a straight jacket and blood red hair, making him one of the most unique figures in the game. With a career spanning over two decades, including fourteen studio albums and over two million independent sales, he’s no slacker either. After becoming increasingly frustrated with major labels, Tech launched his own imprint, Strange Music, Inc. in 1999 with his manager.Kyle Eustice · Jun 28, 2014FeaturesCeschi’s First Taste of FreedomFake Four, Inc., a small independent record label in New Haven, Connecticut, has far surpassed the expectations of its founders, brothers Ceschi and David Ramos.Kyle Eustice · Jun 27, 2014MusicAlbum Review: The Burroughs – Self Titled EPWhether they’re starting a full-on dance contest during a show with original compositions or performing rip-roaring covers of everything from Beyonce’s “Love on Top” to the…Christopher Sheridan · Jun 26, 2014MusicAlbum Review: Dub Thompson – 9 SongsIt’s not easy being weird. Bands that attempt it come off as either trying too hard, or simply botch the effort to produce a product that skews too heavily in one direction:…Christopher Sheridan · Jun 24, 2014

MusicAlbum Review: Anchorage – AnchorageI don’t envy bands that have the desire to carve out a fresh niche in the music scene.Christopher Sheridan · May 15, 2014MusicAlbum Review: Afghan Whigs – Do to the BeastWhigs_cover_nobandIt’s been 16 years since Greg Dulli released an album under his outfit The Afghan Whigs. It’s almost baffling to consider peripherally that the last album dropped in the late 90s. Dulli has remained active under his other groups, The Twilight Singers and The Gutter Twins, but with the former starting to blur stylistic lines with his original group, Dulli felt it was time to come full circle and return to his roots with Do to the Beast, which mostly delivers exactly what Dulli followers are looking for—more dynamic, elaborate instrumentation and smoky.Christopher Sheridan · May 15, 2014CommunityUNC’s Jazz Festival Profile: Swingle SingersRecently, a viral video surfaced of a construction worker boarding a crowded subway train. He starts beat boxing, using a cardboard coffee cup to amplify the sounds coming out of his mouth. After some bewildered stares another passenger starts singing. And then another. And another.David Ochoa · Apr 25, 2014