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BandWagon Magazine, December 2015: Night Riots

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Night Riots, NIGHT RIOTS, DE LA SOUL, EVERLAST, DISGUISE THE SILENCE, BOB DYLAN, REVEREND HORTON HEAT, RUBEDO, DANNY SHAFER, 2M2X. 10,000 copies on the street from Cheyenne to Fort Collins.

Black-and-white ink illustration of mystical skulls, spirals, and figures framing the word FUZZ at center.MusicAlbum Review: Fuzz – IIIf you’re a regular reader of our Top Tunes Thursday column, then you’ve heard me talking about my adoration for the side project.Clark Lamson · Dec 2, 2015Black-and-white portrait of a man with dark, swept-back hair and a geometric cube-patterned shirt, with a "Will ButlerMusicTop Tunes Thursday: Will Butler — PolicyAs the year comes to a close, all us music geeks can finally start openly discussing the “best of” lists that have been taking up valuable storage in our brains.Clark Lamson · Dec 3, 2015Smiling woman with glasses in a blue shirt beside a Startek ad for customer service jobs with a $350 hiring bonus.Startek – Now Hiring in GreeleyStartek in Greeley is now offering a $350 Hiring Bonus for Customer Service & Tech Support Reps.Ely Corliss · Dec 5, 2015Three men in caps and casual streetwear pose outdoors in a dry grassy field under a partly cloudy sky.Still Rising… De La Soul – Ascension Into Hip-Hop HistoryAs a kid, Kelvin Mercer (Posdnuos) would overhear his older brothers talking about cassettes featuring rhyming on them.Kyle Eustice · Dec 7, 2015Three men pose outdoors under a blue sky; the center man in a white cowboy hat and pink jacket shouts, wide-eyed.The Rev: Bow Down to the Horton HeatPeople basically worship Jim Heath as if he’s the Jesus Christ of unconventional rock-n-roll. Better known by his stage name, Reverend Horton Heat, the Texas native helped usher in a whole new genre of music in the mid-‘80s, which is often referred to as “psychobilly.” Upon further exploration, however, it’s a term Heath isn’t exactly comfortable with, but has grown to accept over time.Kyle Eustice · Dec 7, 2015Five young men in dark jackets sit and stand on a concrete rooftop at night, one holding a lit sparkler.Night Riots: On the Ride of Their Lives“We calculated recently that we have only been home for a grand total of one month this year,” Hawley says. “The rest has been spent in Los Angeles recording or driving around the U.S. and Canada in busses and vans or flying around the country. My favorite part is playing shows, meeting people and going new places.”BandWagon Magazine · Dec 7, 2015Three men in quirky military-style costumes stand before a red-and-white striped flag.MusicAlbum Review: Rubedo – Love is the AnswerEpiphany can come in a myriad of strange and unexpected ways.Clark Lamson · Dec 7, 2015Two men stand on a wooden staircase, one in a graphic tee, the other with curly hair and glasses.Disguise the Silence – It Felt Like Drowning“Music for me has always been this thing that is transcendent of all the other BS in life.Jed Murphy · Dec 7, 2015Man in aviator sunglasses and a black jersey with a large white 8 points both index fingers at the camera against a plainThe Ever Elusive EverlastBefore House of Pain was telling everybody to jump around, Everlast (real name Erik Schrody) was just another punk kid running wild in the streets of New York City.Kyle Eustice · Dec 7, 2015Bob Dylan: man with curly dark hair in a black-and-white checked scarf against a brick wall and fire escape.MusicAlbum Review:Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series Vol. 12At some point in the career of a band or artist there’s a switch made from “chart topper” to “main stay.” Their weight in social currency is edged out by a growing wealth of respect and ubiquity.BandWagon Magazine · Dec 7, 2015Close-up of a weathered hand with a ring fretting an acoustic guitar on the album cover.MusicAlbum Review: Danny Shafer – Weddings, Floods and FuneralsShafer, initially from Chicago, has played over 200 shows a year between his solo gig and the band he’s a part of, The 21st Century, and the polished talent that comes with that level of prolificacy shows itself with Weddings.Jay Wallace · Dec 7, 2015