The Long Way Home 

From family business to breakout single: Ryman Leon on the risk that almost didn’t happen.  Ryman Leon was 22, working for his family’s business, and unhappy in a way nobody around him knew about. He made music privately, something he worked on while his friends built fan bases and toured and texted him to say, […]

No Hill to Climb Alone

Fort Collins artists Alysia Kraft and Ally Eden made art out of the hardest year of their lives. Cancer is a son of a bitch. Affecting all walks of life and age groups, this terrible illness often strikes with no rhyme or reason, and while there are many causes of cancer, it will still come […]

The Stephen Lear Band: Where You Been, Babe?

Stephen Lear is a young (25) guitarist/vocalist making his way into the music biz. Generally speaking, he does “blues rock,” but he’s quick to add that he and his crew do “rock, old school, hard rock, a little of everything.” He isn’t imitating anybody. He’s taking his influences (Stevie Ray, Hendrix, Redding, Fogerty and others) […]

Capture This: Headspin Review 

Denver pop-punk band Capture This released “Headspin” on June 26, a track that takes mental health struggles and turns them into something you can shout along to.  Fronted by Leah, with Alex on drums, Andrew on guitar and Zach on bass, Capture This has built its sound on the same 2000s-leaning pop-punk lineage as Paramore, […]

Denver Funk Pop Band Hand Turkey Reaches A New Level On Fridge Art Vol. 2′

Following the band’s victory in BandWagon’s Battle of the Bands in the spring, Hand Turkey is set to release another album this month, celebrating with a release show at Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox in Denver on August 15. Funk pop fusion outfit Hand Turkey brings groove-centric, high-energy recordings and performances. The seven-piece ensemble just won BandWagon’s […]

The Soundtrack of This Little Town

Inside The Downtown Sound, Greeley’s sole record shop and the quiet heart of a growing music scene. There is a particular kind of quiet inside a record store. Not silence, exactly. Something softer. The low hum of a turntable warming up, the papery shuffle of fingers walking through a crate, friendly neighborhood chatter between the […]