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FeaturesLiving Legends Arise – “We Are Definitely Back Together”West Coast collective Living Legends — Murs, Eligh, The Grouch, Aesop, Bicasso, Sunspot Jonz, Luckyiam and Scarub — are ready to rock the Eagle Stage at The Arise Music Festival…Kyle Eustice · Jul 2, 2018FeaturesJukebox The Ghost: Off To The Big GigQueen. When did this obsession start? Is it an obsession? “It’s funny – It’s almost accidental and almost as if the world willed it to be so. We were getting compared to Queen well before there was any conscious effort to emulate or borrow from them. My voice would be compared to Freddie Mercury’ s (which was always a huge compliment) which I see as a natural progression of learning to sing at the piano. When you have to sing over an instrument that big and loud you think about range and volume differently.Kevin Johnston · Jul 1, 2018FeaturesCold War Kids – The Best Versions Of ThemselvesCold War Kids are a force of nature in popular music. With six full-length albums and several chart-topping hits including the song “First” which peaked at number one on the U.S. alternative charts, the label of indie rockers hasn’t applied to them for years. For lead singer Nathan Willett, looking back on his career (and looking forward) the name of the game is being the best versions of themselves they can be.Jed Murphy · Jun 1, 2018FeaturesDevon Allman – Fathers, Sons and a Band of BrothersDevon Allman is a hard-working dad. Raised by his mother and growing up in the distant shadow of his father, Gregg Allman of the Allman Brothers, Devon didn’t have much of a…Kevin Johnston · Jun 1, 2018FeaturesBad Frequencies Ring Familiar – Hawthorne Heights ReturnAlmost two decades after their debut, Dayton, Ohio’s Hawthorne Heights continue to live up to their reputation as s one of the seminal bands of the emo-rock genre.Michael Olivier · Jun 1, 2018FeaturesBrent Cowles Hasn’t Figured A Damn Thing OutIt’s a good time for Brent Cowles and his music. Recently signed to Dine Alone Records alongside industry giants like Dashboard Confessional and Jimmy Eats World, How To Be OK Alone is set to pop. “We were talking to a few different labels at the time. I guess there are a few super important things you want to consider. First off, does it seem like they care about your music? When you meet someone in person you can tell if they’re being genuine and real. When we met our label rep Jason it felt like the right decision.”Jed Murphy · May 1, 2018FeaturesIller Than Most: Del The Funky Homosapien On His New LP With Amp Live & His Reason For RappingAs the hygienically-sound MC celebrates the release of his joint project with producer Amp Live — Gate 13 — Del The Funky Homosapien is making his way across the country in support of the album. People go nuts for Del and he’s one of the few MCs out of the Hiero crew who’s really forged a lucrative career separate from the rest of the guys. From his work with the Gorillaz to his side project Deltron 3030 with Dan The Automator and Kid Koala, artistically he’s always stood out.Kyle Eustice · May 1, 2018FeaturesTrout Steak Revival – Play Us Some Mountain MusicI attribute a lot of Trout Steak’s success to stamina. As we built the band, it felt like the steps of growth took much longer than we expected. We play about 120-150 shows each year. While we are on tour we travel in a van a lot, sleep in a different place every night. There are a lot of amazing moments on stage, there are also a lot of moments that cause you to ask yourself why you’re in a touring band. The thing that has held Trout Steak together over the years is communication. We treat each other fairly, we know each other very well and we know when to tread lightly and when to sit down and talk about it. It’s a family and we were friends first. My advice for a budding band would be to start a band with people you admire and trust: your friends!Rebecca LaPole · May 1, 2018FeaturesSteve Harms – Sound Life ChoicesWalking into Harms Labs in Old Town Square, Fort Collins, one immediately discovers that founder Steve Harms’ passion for music and high-quality speakers drives him every single day.Kyle Eustice · May 1, 2018FeaturesWild Child: Connecting with Their Audience One Show at a TimeWe spoke with Alex from Wild Child about their show at the Bluebird Theatre this past Saturday.Talia Lezama · Apr 26, 2018FeaturesCut Chemist: Fresh to DeathAs Cut Chemist was making his way to Colorado, the tenured Jurassic 5 turntablist and Los Angeles Hip Hop staple endured an appearance at Austin’s annual SXSW festival, a bout with the flu and trip to Montana.Kyle Eustice · Apr 2, 2018FeaturesQuentin Turns Away and Finds ThemselvesI Turned Away, is a Quentin finding themselves in their own noise. What set them apart early on in the northern Colorado music scene was their jazzy approach to modern rock music. A band molded out of the music performance program of the University of Northern Colorado, Quentin formed when guitarist Jack McManaman and drummer Adam Gilsdorf wanted to branch out from the traditional jazz and classical music they were learning in college.Jed Murphy · Apr 2, 2018FeaturesThe Mowgli’s Find That “Real Good Life”Last Friday, Los Angeles based band The Mowgli’s hit the stage at Globe Hall playing to a sold out crowd.Talia Lezama · Mar 26, 2018FeaturesAlex Cameron & Roy Molloy Are No Cheap DatesAlex Cameron and his business partner/saxophonist Roy Malloy know what it means to put in time. From their humble beginnings in Sydney, Australia to their consistently sold out shows around the world, the name of the game has been stay on the grind and cash those checks when you can.Jed Murphy · Mar 1, 2018FeaturesAntibalas Is The Medicine Everyone NeedsAs the lead singer of Antibalas, Amayo is used to juggling the various demands that come along with being a working musician. Founded in 1998 by Martin Perna, the 11-piece outfit was inspired by Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, who wove jazz, funk, Ghanaian/Nigerian highlife, rock, and traditional West African chants and rhythms into one cohesive fabric.Kyle Eustice · Mar 1, 2018FeaturesSlow Caves – Poser / Rover 7″ ReleaseSlow Caves evoke a depth of maturity that belies their youthful, blonde, surf-rock appearance.Kevin Johnston · Mar 1, 2018FeaturesBitter Suns Premier New Video for “Skate or Die”If anything is clear in their latest video “Skate or Die”, our Bitter Suns boys came to do two things: Skate and party.Jed Murphy · Feb 24, 2018FeaturesBlitzen Trapper’s Eric Earley Explains The Road To Americana GoldNine albums and several Rolling Stone nods later, Blitzen Trapper — Earley, Erik Menteer, Brian Adrian Koch, Michael Van Pelt, and Marty Marquis — is at the forefront of modern Americana. Serving as a follow-up to albums like 2008’s critically acclaimed Furr and 2015’s All Across This Land, the group’s ninth studio album, Wild and Reckless, is filled with personal anecdotes about a bygone era. From the moment the album opener “Rebel” begins, it immediately draws comparisons to Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan, something he hasn’t grown tired of… yet.Kyle Eustice · Feb 1, 2018FeaturesOne Flew West – Explicitly ThemselvesTried and true emo-honesty comes off OFW’s chest in spades, but the truth is, more and more of Northern Colorado is all ears. Shout-y open-throated hooks throughout the EP evoke images from its release show last month at The Bluebird Theater, packed with hoodied disciples bopping and shouting along. “One thing we tried really hard to convey on this EP was the energy of our music that we display at our live show” OFW says. “A big part of that was incorporating gang vocals into the recording. We always get the audience to sing along when we play live and we wanted to harness the energy that comes with that into a recorded song.”Kevin Johnston · Feb 1, 2018Features.idk – Money MovesMaryland-based rapper .idk (formerly Jay IDK or IDK for short) lost his mother in 2016.Kyle Eustice · Feb 1, 2018