BandWagon Magazine, October 2021: Tech N9ne

Tech N9ne, Wreckno, Augustus, Covenhoven, Crooked Rugs, The Motet. 10,000 copies on the street from Cheyenne to Fort Collins.

FeaturesTech N9ne: New Torment in a Faster WorldEven when he’s in bed, trying to calm his crazy mind so he can sleep, Tech N9ne keeps his phone within reach.Dan England · Oct 4, 2021MusicAlbum Review: The Crooked Rugs – THAT!There is a cultural, dad-inherited fondness for flipping through AM radio channels while driving late at night.Gabe Allen · Oct 5, 2021ReviewsAlbum Review: Augustus – Ragtime WorldRagtime World, the new album from Boulder, CO’s Augustus mixes their psychedelic rock sound with classic rock vibes and folk, giving listeners no expectation of what will come next.Valerie Vampola · Oct 6, 2021MusicAlbum Review: Covenhoven – IVFor Coloradans, the name Covenhoven has become synonymous with intimate and heartfelt yet cinematic and powerful folk music.Kevin Johnston · Oct 8, 2021CommunityThe Motet: Colorado Sound Featured Artist, October 2021A motet, in Western classical music, is a composition, diverse in form and style, dating all the way back to medieval times; a polyphonic form described by scholars as “a piece of music in several parts.” Today, we might call such a conglomeration simply … a jam. Maybe that’s where the head of drummer Dave Watts was in 1998 when he founded what would become one of Colorado’s (and the world’s) most well-loved live bands: The Motet. Always laying on a fresh coat of funk, rock, soul and jazz, the band is known for surprising their die-hard audiences with top-tier special guests, but have other tricks, and indeed treats, up their sleeves too, especially for Halloween.Kevin Johnston · Oct 12, 2021FeaturesWreckno: B-Queen Drops it Like a BossAn unlikely icon has burst onto the EDM scene. Brandon Wisniski, known eponymously as Wreckno, creates earth-shaking bass drops, raps about pulling up on your dad and refers to himself as a “FULL TIME BUSSY BOPPER” on Twitter. He may be the biggest, loudest, gayest producer the bass scene has ever seen, and he’s just getting started. Wisniski’s music melds together the aggression of old-school gangster rap with the manic energy of bass music and the glamour of a drag show. It’s a perfect fit, but it has never really been done before.Gabe Allen · Oct 14, 2021