BandWagon Magazine, May 2014: Mike Ring & the Connection

Mike Ring & the Connection, The Pixies // Afgan Whigs // Anchorage // Atmosphere Simon Joyner // The Raid 2 // The Quiet Ones // Wes Bruce // No Pinching. 10,000 copies on the street from Cheyenne to Fort Collins.

FilmFilm Review: The Raid 2Unlike last year, which seemed to be the year of disappointing sequels for me, (I’m looking at you, Iron Man 3 and Star Trek Into Darkness) I was enthralled in April with…Jay Wallace · May 10, 2014CommunityBuilding Family, Not Finances: New Mural Shows Zoe’s Coffee ConnectionA cup of coffee from local café Zoe’s is not only freshly pressed but the beans travel 4,000 miles from Peru to their café.Rose Hedberg · May 13, 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, 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, 2014FeaturesAtmosphere Speaks with the BandWagon About Their 8th Studio AlbumBy the sound of the new single, “Bitter,” on Atmosphere’s eighth official studio album, Southsiders, you’d never guess it almost didn’t make the record.Kyle Eustice · May 21, 2014