Ducki ‘The Duck’ – Album Review
By Zachary Visconti Today’s world feels like it tends toward maximalism, especially as more music and media is released than ever. It’s against this dense backdrop that the debut release from Fort Collins ethereal indie folk band Ducki stands out, aggressively using space, slow tempos, and dynamic, mesmerizing progressions to create a moment of relief […]
Barbara – So This Is Living
By Zachary Visconti It’s easy to get so caught up in life that we forget to stop and take in our surroundings, and like waking up from a dream, we sometimes have to be reminded to leave behind what isn’t real while embracing what’s in front of us. On its latest record, Denver indie-psych trio […]
COLLUR – So Be It
By Shane Loewe It’s not everyday you interview an artist with as much drive and passion for their craft as the underground alternative rapper, COLLUR, and you can tell by the way he talks about his newly released debut album, SO BE IT. Whether you’re a fan or a future-fan, it’s hard to deny the […]
Southern Avenue – Family Album Review
By Briana Harris For Memphis-based blues and soul band Southern Avenue, family is a value interwoven into the band’s past, present, and future together. On the band’s 4th studio album, Family, they proudly own their collective narrative and their powerful sound rooted in the musical life they have built together. The band features Tierinii Jackson […]
Kaoticus: ‘Mass Hysteria’ EP Review
By Nate Wilde For generations, heavy music has served as a worthy and efficient means to disconnect from the mundane and often harsh, debilitating, and unwanted advances of everyday life. Sitting and listening to a record that causes one to involuntarily clench one’s fists and headbang from the sheer energy and passion is an experience […]
Album Review: Frail Talk – Microspirit
As far as albums go, Microspirit is more of a frolic in the garden than a wonder through the woods. Quaint almost to the point of cutesy, Frail Talk crafted a subdued fourteen tracks, spit shining their superb indie folk in nostalgia. Helmed by Northern Colorado-based Cor Wright and Alex Woodchek along with drummer Tobias […]
Album Review: Spencer Zweifel and The Life or Death Situation
Zweifel. German for “Doubt.” From the root word zwei — meaning “two.” Or, when really straining the poetics of Middle High German for the purposes of this clumsy metaphor… Zwei — meaning “dopple.” As in “doppelganger.” A supernatural double which reflects our inner self. Contradictions — like confronting our distorted mirror image — arise when […]
The Spicy Pickles Explore New Sounds on Latest Album On Schedule
Denver-based band The Spicy Pickles was originally formed in 2013 for the specific purpose of playing live music for swing dancers. Since then, the high-energy, personality-filled group of performing and session musicians has gained a reputation for their dedication to reviving the sound of ‘30s and ‘40s swing music. But on their recently released fifth […]