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FeaturesAlbum Review: Graveyard Choir – The Wake2025 saw the amicable demise of Colorado power duo INTHEWHALE, but like a phoenix rising from the ashes, guitarist/vocalist Nate Valdez and drummer Eric Riley were quick to bounce…Nate Wilde · Dec 8, 2025FeaturesAlbum Review: Broken Record – RoutineHarkening to bands like Title Fight and early Death Cab for Cutie, Routine, the third album from Denver-based Broken Record, is a ride on the churned up wake of late stage capitalism.Jed Murphy · Dec 3, 2025FeaturesPsych-punk band Bitchflower amazes with latest album Aghast, Aroused, AppalledNorthern Colorado’s psych punk power house Bitchflower came out of the gate swinging with their latest album, Aghast, Aroused, Appalled.Jed Murphy · Oct 6, 2025FeaturesReinventing The Song with Peter Morén of SunYears (and Peter Bjorn & John)More than two decades into his career, Peter Morén (of the globally-renowned, Sweden-based project Peter Björn & John) continues to carve his own musical identity through SunYears.Zachary Visconti · Sep 1, 2025FeaturesDucki ‘The Duck’ – Album ReviewBy Zachary Visconti Today’s world feels like it tends toward maximalism, especially as more music and media is released than ever.Zachary Visconti · Jun 19, 2025FeaturesBarbara – So This Is LivingBy 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…Zachary Visconti · May 5, 2025FeaturesCOLLUR – So Be ItBy 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…Shane Loewe · Apr 30, 2025FeaturesSouthern Avenue – Family Album ReviewBy 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.Briana Harris · Apr 4, 2025FeaturesKaoticus: ‘Mass Hysteria’ EP ReviewBy 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.Nate Wilde · Mar 10, 2025MusicAlbum Review: Frail Talk – MicrospiritAs far as albums go, Microspirit is more of a frolic in the garden than a wonder through the woods.Jed Murphy · Nov 11, 2024MusicAlbum Review: Spencer Zweifel and The Life or Death SituationZweifel. 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 —…Danny Bishop · Sep 18, 2024ReviewsThe Spicy Pickles Explore New Sounds on Latest Album On ScheduleDenver-based band The Spicy Pickles was originally formed in 2013 for the specific purpose of playing live music for swing dancers.Cleo Mirza · Aug 12, 2024Reviewsego n friends – are u alone? | Album ReviewIn the heart of Denver’s rising music scene, indie pop artist ego n friends has released his much-anticipated debut album, are u alone?.Landon Ungerman · Jul 8, 2024ReviewsTaylor Swift’s, “THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT,” Isn’t Great.With the sudden release of Taylor’s Swift recent double album “THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT”, and it’s second half, “THE ANTHOLOGY”, which released two hours apart on April 19th,…Landon Ungerman · May 14, 2024ReviewsNecessary Emotions by Quinn Ayers | EP ReviewA girl’s voice carefully seeps through the phone-speakers, leaving its last message for a love that is not lost, but must leave.Landon Ungerman · Apr 15, 2024ReviewsSelfish Health (Toxic Pain) by Shanghai Metro Temple | Single ReviewWhen someone close to you is constantly in crisis, you can spend all of your energy on that person without even realizing it.Gabe Allen · Mar 11, 2024ReviewsGEMINI by Heartsick Heroine | Album ReviewHistorically, progressive rock and metal have been genres primarily reserved, or perhaps almost exclusively enjoyed, by a largely male demographic.Nate Wilde · Feb 12, 2024ReviewsInside My Head by CITRA | Single ReviewDenver rock band CITRA is catapulting into the new year with their new single, Inside My Head.Landon Ungerman · Jan 5, 2024ReviewsZella Day & Jesse Woods as Chaparelle | Moxi Theater | 12.8.23Power-couple and indie-folk duo, Zella Day and Jesse Woods, formed the project Chaparelle to tour the country together.Jason Alfaro · Dec 11, 2023MusicPlasma Canvas | Dusk Album ReviewIf you’ve kept up with the rock scene in Northern Colorado for the past several years, you’ve undoubtedly heard of Plasma Canvas.Nate Wilde · Nov 6, 2023