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# BandWagon Magazine

Live Music, Art, and Entertainment Magazine

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- [Red, White & Vroom Car Show Kicks Off Independence Day Weekend in Downtown Greeley | 7-3-26](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/07/red-white-vroom-car-show-kicks-off-independence-day-weekend-in-downtown-greeley-7-3-26/) - Downtown Greeley kicked off Independence Day weekend on July 3rd with Red, White & Vroom, a free car show that took over 9th Ave and the 9th St Plaza.
- [Nate Smith with Chase Matthew at Greeley Stampede 2026 | 7.02.26](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/07/nate-smith-with-chase-matthew-at-greeley-stampede-2026-7-02-26/) - Photo gallery: Nate Smith headlines Greeley Stampede 2026 with Chase Mathews opening, July 2 at Island Grove Regional Park in Greeley, Colo.
- [Moon Magnet: How Reed Fox Built Denver’s DIY Music Empire](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/06/moon-magnet-how-reed-fox-built-denvers-diy-music-empire/) - From baby raves to Meow Wolf collaborations, Reed Fox and Moon Magnet turned a DIY collective into a thriving Denver music business.
- [July 2026 - Kat Hasty](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/07/july-2026-kat-hasty/) - In This Issue: Kat Hasty | The Crooked Rugs | The Lincoln Cheyenne | Kim Congdon | Dacono Music & Spirits Festival
- [Dasha at Greeley Stampede 2026 | 6.28.26](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/06/dasha-at-greeley-stampede-2026-6-28-26/) - Dasha performed at the Greeley Stampede on June 28, 2026. See highlights from her set in our photo gallery.
- [Brothers Osborne with Dylan Scott at Greeley Stampede 2026 | 6.27.26](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/06/greeley-stampede-2026-6-26-6-27-26/) - BandWagon photo coverage of the 2026 Greeley Stampede featuring Dylan Scott and Brothers Osborne live at Island Grove Regional Park.
- [Nelly with Graham Barham and Everclear at Greeley Stampede 2026 | 6.26.26](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/06/nelly-with-graham-barham-and-everclear-at-greeley-stampede-2026-6-26-26/) - Nelly, Everclear & Graham Barham lit up the Greeley Stampede on June 26, 2026. See the best moments from the night in our photo gallery.
- [Hooked From the First Bar: The Dirty Turkeys' "Under Your Spell" Lives Up to Its Name](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/06/hooked-from-the-first-bar-the-dirty-turkeys-under-your-spell-lives-up-to-its-name/) - The Dirty Turkeys' new single "Under Your Spell" is a slow-burn masterpiece. Boulder's best acid-rock band just raised the bar.
- [Kat Hasty Grew Up and Kept Going](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/07/kat-hasty-grew-up-and-kept-going/) - West Texas singer-songwriter Kat Hasty on going viral, single motherhood, Red Dirt roots, and what's next — live in CO and WY this July.
- [Kim Congdon: Comedy’s Unlikely Survivor](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/07/kim-congdon-comedys-unlikely-survivor/) - From alligator attacks to Kill Tony, Kim Congdon's unlikely comedy journey lands her in Colorado and Wyoming this July for a string of shows.
- [How The Lincoln Is Stepping Into Cheyenne Frontier Days History ](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/07/how-the-lincoln-is-stepping-into-cheyenne-frontier-days-history/) - The Lincoln steps up as Cheyenne Frontier Days' new official afterparty, bringing live music nightly July 17–25 to fill the void left by the Outlaw Saloon.
- [The Crooked Rugs Find Their Sweet Spot on Self-Titled Fifth Album](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/07/the-crooked-rugs-find-their-sweet-spot-on-self-titled-fifth-album/) - The Crooked Rugs' self-titled fifth album is a confident, road-worn classic rock gem that balances psychedelic roots with timeless accessibility.
- [Dacono Music & Spirits Festival 2026](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/06/dacono-music-spirits-festival-2026/) - Free all-day music fest in Dacono, CO! William Clark Green headlines Aug. 1 with live bands, spirits competition, food trucks & fireworks. Free admission & parking.
- [Death Angel Rocks The Moxi Theater | 6.9.26](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/06/death-angel-moxi-theater/) - GREELEY, Colorado – Bay Area thrash legends Death Angel packed out The Moxi Theater for a relentless night of heavy metal. Check out the full photo gallery.
- [Red Dirt Is Coming to Colorado. The Logan Ryan Band Is Leading the Charge.](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/06/red-dirt-is-coming-to-colorado-the-logan-ryan-band-is-leading-the-charge/) - Texas Red Dirt act the Logan Ryan Band brings honest lyricism and sharp instrumentation to Colorado. Catch them at Moxi Theater in Greeley on June 10.
- [June 2026 - Logan Ryan Band](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/06/june-2026-logan-ryan-band/) - In This Issue: Logan Ryan Band | Blucifer | Khary | Aubrey Dale | The Blasting Room
- [Blucifer's First Rodeo Brings 200 Local Bands To South Broadway This July](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/06/blucifers-first-rodeo-brings-200-local-bands-to-south-broadway-this-july/) - When UMS left South Broadway, local musicians did what they always do. Blucifer's First Rodeo is the four-day, 200-band festival Denver built for itself.
- [Intern to Alpha: Celebrating 10 Years of Khary’s Intern Aquarium](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/06/intern-to-alpha-celebrating-10-years-of-kharys-intern-aquarium/) - A decade after Intern Aquarium, Khary is still paving his own lane. Catch him at The Black Buzzard in Denver on June 20.
- [Thirty Years Loud: How The Blasting Room became one of punk's most important studios without ever leaving Fort Collins.](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/06/thirty-years-loud-how-the-blasting-room-became-one-of-punks-most-important-studios-without-ever-leaving-fort-collins/) - No sign out front. No marquee. Just 30 years of punk rock history made quietly in Fort Collins. The Blasting Room never needed you to know where it was.
- [Alright, alright: The Emporium Sports Bar slated to open in Greeley in June](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/05/alright-alright-the-emporium-sports-bar-slated-to-open-in-greeley-in-june/) - Greeley's largest Emporium Sports Bar opens June 1 at 2700 W. 10th St. — 9,000+ sq ft of games, local beers, and community vibes.
- [Aubrey Dale's Firewood Burns Slow and Bright](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/06/aubrey-dales-firewood-burns-slow-and-bright/) - Aubrey Dale's Fireweed earns your attention quietly and keeps it. A grounded, intentional debut that splits country tradition and something newer.
- [LOUDframe: A Festival Bringing The Screen to Your Ears](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/05/loudframe-a-festival-bringing-the-screen-to-your-ears/) - The unsung hero of any good film is the audio engineer.
- [20 Years of Pickin’ on the Poudre: Head For The Hills and a Colorado Bluegrass Tradition](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/05/20-years-of-pickin-on-the-poudre-head-for-the-hills-and-a-colorado-bluegrass-tradition/) - For twenty years, The Mishawaka has hosted Head For The Hills for the yearly Pickin’ on the Poudre, a night of music now enshrined in the history of the venue.
- [May 2026 - Robert Randolph](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/05/may-2026-robert-randolph/) - In This Issue: Robert Randolph | Good Carver | The Sun Spot | Magenta Wave | Elektrik Animals
- [Sacred to Secular: How Robert Randolph Brought the Church to the Blues](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/05/sacred-to-secular-how-robert-randolph-brought-the-church-to-the-blues/) - Grammy winner Robert Randolph built modern blues from a gospel foundation. Now he's bringing that sound — and a first-place Grammy — to Greeley this summer.
- [A Little Spot in the Sun: Three Years of House Shows in Ft. Collins](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/05/a-little-spot-in-the-sun-three-years-of-house-shows-in-ft-collins/) - Fort Collins' best-kept secret turns three. The Sun Spot is a DIY house venue built on good vibes, great music, and one very cool dad.
- [Good Carver Examines Uncertainty on Debut Album The Steps We Have To Take](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/05/good-carver-examines-uncertainty-on-debut-album-the-steps-we-have-to-take/) - Magenta Wave's new EP The Well is five tracks of fuzzy, melancholy indie power with big vocals and one ripping guitar solo. Tickets at bandwagonpresents.com.
- [Seattle's Magenta Wave Brings The Well to Colorado This May](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/05/seattles-magenta-wave-brings-the-well-to-colorado-this-may/) - Magenta Wave's new EP The Well is five tracks of fuzzy, melancholy indie power with big vocals and one ripping guitar solo. Tickets at bandwagonpresents.com.
- [Elektric Animals Take You Somewhere New on B&B MOTEL](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/05/elektric-animals-take-you-somewhere-new-on-bb-motel/) - Elektric Animals blend nostalgic alternative with modern indie on B&B MOTEL, a 10-track journey through uncertainty and self-growth.
- [Five More Acts To See at FoCoMX 2026](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/04/five-more-acts-to-see-at-focomx-2026/) - With so many bands to see at FoCoMX you can't catch them all. So here are five more acts that will blow your mind and fill out your festival schedule. Bitchflower FOR THE FREAKS Friday 10:00 p.m. @ Aggie Theatre Fort Collins psych punk outfit Bitchflower takes the Aggie Theatre stage for FocoMx this year,
- [5 Acts to See at FoCoMX 2026](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/04/5-acts-to-see-at-focomx-2026/) - The Ft. Collins celebration of Colorado music is back on April 25-26 and to help you navigate this festival we are highlighting just a few of our favorites.
- [FoCoMX 2026: A Celebration of Colorado Music](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/04/focomx-2026-a-celebration-of-colorado-music/) - How did FoCoMX survive where other festivals could not? The answer is simple; it’s the community.
- [Chad Goes Deep: Mediations on "Stoke"](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/04/chad-goes-deep/) - Chad Goes Deep star Chad Kroeger on philosophy, Netflix, and his How To Be Stoked Tour. From viral city council speeches to bro activism.
- [New Wave of Independent Talent Rising Through the Qoncert Movement](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/04/new-wave-of-independent-talent-rising-in-qoncert/) - Hypnautic and King Tef, also known as Top Flite Empire, have spent nearly two decades navigating the independent music world as full-time artists.
- [Latin Trap Artist Telly Brings the Essence of Colombia to Denver](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/04/telly-brings-the-essence-of-colombia-to-denver/) - Shantelle Diaz, also known as Telly and La Colombiana-Americana, has been an ever expanding musical force in Denver, Colorado.
- [April 2026 | Qoncert All-Stars: Class of '26](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/04/april-2026-qoncert-allstars-class-of-26/) - Meet the Qoncert Allstars 2026 in BandWagon Magazine's April issue featuring Chad Goes Deep, Telly, Estin & the 86'd, Siege Perilous, and The Bright Collide.
- [Estin and the 86’d Return with 'Big News'](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/04/estin-and-the-86d-return-with-big-news/) - Since 2018, Estin and the 86’d has been serving Colorado’s Front Range catchy, country-tinged rock songs catalogued in the form of two full-length studio albums.
- [The Bright Collide Do Not Stay Quiet on Latest Single](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/04/the-bright-collide-do-not-stay-quiet-on-latest-single/) - The Bright Collide began as a solo project for singer/guitarist Brian Maier, best known as the leader of the alternative rock outfit Race to Neptune.
- [Siege Perilous Becomes the Dragon | Album Review](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/03/siege-perilous-becomes-the-dragon/) - Becoming the Dragon is a concept album that takes the listener through an epic tale of a protagonist fulfilling a quest to slay a dragon, with a shocking twist.
- [Truly Brings 30 Years of Grunge Legacy to Denver | 3/14/26 @ The Black Buzzard](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/03/truly-denver/) - Seattle grunge legends Truly (Soundgarden/Screaming Trees) brought their Then, Today & Tomorrow tour to Denver's Black Buzzard on March 14th with a remarkable lineup.
- [Local Theater Produces Two Spring Break Camps and Two Friday Night Showcases](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/02/local-theater-produces-two-spring-break-camps-and-two-friday-night-showcases/) - Greeley’s concert and comedy venue is producing kids showcases again this Spring Break, but this year they are doubling down… Friday March 20, 2026⏰ 5:30 PM Doors | 6:00 PM Showcase GET TICKETS HERE Friday March 20, 2026⏰ 6:45 PM Doors | 7:00 PM Showcase GET TICKETS HERE The Moxi Theater, Greeley’s independent concert and comedy
- [Legends Never Die: Billy Gibbons and ZZ Top Stay On Top](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/03/legends-never-die/) - Since 1969, ZZ Top has been bringing their unique brand of blues-tinged southern rock around the world.
- [Von Saxon Cannot be 'Undone' on New Double Album](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/03/von-saxon-cannot-be-undone-on-new-double-album/) - Unpacking Von Saxon’s sound and everything that takes place on their latest double album is an exploration of the potential of a single artist and a home studio.
- [Awash in That Mountain Glow, Tophouse Brings Montana to Nashville](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/03/tophouse-brings-montana-to-nashville/) - The jovial, high-spirited, mountain river vibe of folk band Tophouse cannot be understated.
- [March 2026 - ZZ Top](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/03/march-2026-zz-top/) - In This Issue: ZZ Top | Tophouse | Von Saxon | Private School | Von Saxon
- [Private School: A Loud Lesson on Rebellion](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/02/private-school-live-in-denver/) - The LA Nu-Metal Band Private School is bringing the chaos to Denver on Feb 26th @ The Black Buzzard. Read about their come up, and get tickets today!
- [Tay Don Die And The Long Way Back From Rock Bottom](https://bandwagmag.com/2016/10/tay-don-die-long-way-back-rock-bottom/) - When local hip-hop artist Taylor White (aka Tay Don Die) walked into the Wells Fargo Bank on 23rd avenue and 16th street in Greeley, Colorado on November 20, 2015 he had reached rock bottom. He approached the teller with a note that demanded $10,000 and after that there was no going back. Panicked, White left before receiving any money. “I came out with nothing so I now I’m tripping out. I was like, ‘fuck, I have to do this.’ So I went down to the Guarantee Bank and did that one and got the cash,” says White in a recent interview with the BandWagon. White made off with about $2,000.
- [prairie Dips Their Cup in That Poudre Canyon Dream Pop with Thoughtful, Sprawling New Album](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/02/prairie-dips-their-cup-in-that-poudre-canyon-dream-pop-with-thoughtful-sprawling-new-album/) - Colorado’s Front Range is home to many creative musical acts, but there’s something that feels particularly natural about pensive, spacey folk.
- [February 2026 - Keenan TreVon](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/02/february-2026-keenan-trevon/) - In This Issue: Keenan TreVon | Prairie | Hand Turkey wins the Battle of the Bands
- [Following the Thread Not Spinning the Yarn with The Common Sense Cowboy](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/01/following-the-thread-not-spinning-the-yarn/) - Patrick Dorinson has had his fair share of conversations with that “old guy at the bar” during his life. That one man at the neighborhood bar, tavern or watering hole who is drinking alone as others chatter and move about the place. Dorinson has moseyed over to that old timer over the years to say
- [Braxton Keith & Randall King Amaze Sold Out Crowd in Cheyenne | 1-16 @ The Lincoln](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/01/braxton-keith-randall-king-cheyenne/) - CHEYENNE, Wyoming - Americana gems Braxton Keith & Randall King dazzled Wyoming on a freezing Friday night in Cheyenne. Inside look with BandWagon Magazine.
- [David Wimbish Shares His Collection at Black Buzzard and Lulu's](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/01/david-wimbish-shares-his-collection-at-black-buzzard-and-lulus/) - David Wimbish and the Collection returned to Colorado for two nights in the Centennial State, January 8 at Lulu's in Colorado Springs and January 9 at Black Buzzard in Denver.
- [STS9 Curates to Cure the Art of the Live Performance](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/01/sts9-curates-to-cure-the-art-of-the-live-performance/) - It is no secret how much Colorado loves a well orchestrated jam. And for the fans of the jam band scene, STS9 is a name that carries a lot of weight.
- [Starting Fresh: David Wimbish Leans on His Roots](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/01/returning-to-form-david-wimbish-on-revisiting-our-roots/) - David Wimbish recorded four albums with The Collection. Going solo, Wimbish starts fresh but leans on those roots, honoring the legacy of his former band.
- [Welcome to Ruby Pines, The Latest Collab Between Jordan Burgett and Residing Elsewhere](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/01/welcome-to-ruby-pines-the-latest-collab-between-jordan-burgett-and-residing-elsewhere/) - Ruby Pines is a collaborative album by Colorado artist Jordan Burgett and producer and creative Taylor Higgins, who began working together in early 2024.
- [The Pretty Shabbies Shakes Things Up with New Album: FICTION](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/01/the-pretty-shabbies-shakes-things-up-with-new-album-fiction/) - It seems in recent years, Denver has been a psych rock crucible, and The Pretty Shabbies’ new record, FICTION, is the latest piece to come out of the city.
- [January 2026 | David Wimbish](https://bandwagmag.com/2026/01/january-2026-david-wimbish/) - In This Issue: David Wimbish & The Collection | Jordan Burgett & Residing Elsewhere | STS9 | The Pretty Shabbies
- [Album Review: Graveyard Choir – The Wake](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/12/graveyward-choir-the-wake-review-bandwagon-magazine/) - Graveyard Choir rise from INTHEWHALE’s end with The Wake, a vivid, rootsy Colorado record of death, faith, rebirth, and hope—loud, tender, unforgettable.
- [Album Review: Broken Record – Routine](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/12/broken-record-routine-review-bandwagon-magazine/) - Broken Record’s Routine is a polished post-emo album channeling Title Fight and early Death Cab, capturing late-stage dread with heavy, vulnerable songs.
- [Behind the Sound Bar, The Newest Music Venue in Fort Collins](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/12/the-sound-bar-bandwagon-magazine/) - Fort Collins’ longtime Coast venue reopens as Sound Bar under Gabe Torres and Manley Feinberg, betting on community to survive setbacks and grow in 2026.
- [Turning Up the Future: VENU Redefines the Concert Experience](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/12/venu-bandwagon-magazine/) - How the Ford Ampitheater and VENU is redefining the concert experience in Colorado Springs and around the country.
- [Darci Lynne Finds Her Voice One Character at a Time](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/12/darci-lynne-bandwagon-magazine/) - America's Got Talent winner and champion Darci Lynne, now 21, is on the road with her puppets blending music, comedy, and storytelling.
- ['Unteachables' Comics Laugh Off the Chaos](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/11/unteachables-comics-laugh-off-the-chaos/) - For most of us, it’s not hard to remember what it was like sitting in the back of a classroom for all those years of grade school. For comics Stephen Taylor and Lou Pharis, as former teachers it’s even easier, and they’ve got plenty of absurd material to share about the experience. Teaching is a
- [December 2025 | Darci Lynne](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/12/december-2025-darci-lynne/) - IN THIS ISSUE: Darci Lynne | Sound Bar | Ford Ampitheater | Broken Record | Graveyard Choir
- [Throwback Thursday – Tanner Usrey at Black Buzzard 2/27/23](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/10/throwback-thursday-tanner-usrey-at-black-buzzard-2-27-23/) - Throw back to 2023 when Tanner Usrey rocked out at Black Buzzard.
- [The Photo Atlas Relight the Fire with New EP – Hello Hospital](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/11/the-photo-atlas-relight-the-fire-with-new-ep-hello-hospital/) - Colorado dance punk legends The Photo Atlas make a surprising and promising return to the scene with their latest EP, Hello Hospital.
- [DNA Picasso Asks the Big Question: "IF NOT ME, THEN WHO?"](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/11/dna-picasso-asks-the-big-question-if-not-me-then-who/) - Vulnerability, authenticity, and range are exactly what DNA Picasso’s new album, IF NOT ME, THEN WHO?, brings to the Colorado music scene.
- [November 2025 - The Unteachables](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/11/november-2025/)
- [October 2025 - Flahoola](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/10/october-2025-flahoola/) - In This Issue: Flahoola | Stevie Stone | Bitchflower | Cover Photo by Brayn Rothman (@bryanoutwest)
- [Heavy-Psych Band Flahoola Unleashes Debut Album Electric Scythe](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/10/flahoola-debut-album/) - Formed ten years ago, Flahoola is now gearing up to release their long-awaited debut full-length album, Electric Scythe. Catch the release show @ Oriental!
- [Psych-punk band Bitchflower amazes with latest album Aghast, Aroused, Appalled](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/10/bitchflower-album-review/) - Northern Colorado psych-punk band Bitchflower amazes with their latest album Aghast, Aroused, Appalled. Read BandWagon Magazine's full review.
- [No Blueprint: Stevie Stone Leaves Strange Music & Launches Ahdasee Records](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/10/stevie-stone/) - Stevie Stone's Ahdasee Records is thriving, as Stevie releases his second album under the label, No Blueprint. The Ahdasee roster tours Colorado this October.
- [Block Party '25 Welcomes the Bears Back, Unites Greeley Through Music - 9-5-25](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/09/greeley-block-party-2025/) - GREELEY, Colo. – Downtown Greeley came alive on Friday, September 5, 2025, for The Block Party, which featured more than 25 acts across six stages. With appearances by the UNC marching band, University President Andy Feinstein, and a closing set from The Burroughs on the plaza, the night was charged with community pride and the
- [September 2025 - Friendly Collective](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/09/september-2025-friendly-collective/) - IN THIS ISSUE: Friendly Collective | SunYears | WeldWalls Mural Festival | blankslate
- [The Garden Grows. Friendly Collective Opens New Creative Studio in Denver.](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/09/friendly-collective-studio-denver/) - Two aspiring creatives meet for the first time, seated in conversation. One makes indie films, the other makes indie music. What begins as talk of their current projects soon develops into a larger discussion about the creative process and pursuing passion in the social media age. They part ways, only to slip into new, free-flowing
- [Reinventing The Song with Peter Morén of SunYears (and Peter Bjorn & John)](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/09/sunyears-the-song-forlorn/) - 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. The Song Forlorn, the project’s sophomore release, features 10 tracks drifting from early psych rock to modern indie rock, each carried by Morén’s ear for a good hook.
- [You Are Here: WeldWalls Mural Festival Celebrates Local Culture Through Art](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/09/weldwalls-mural-festival-greeley/) - For artist Armando Silva and musician and art manager Briana Harris, bringing a mural festival to Greeley was a no-brainer. The city has a decades-long history of investment in public art. Large-scale works are splashed across walls around the city, with a particular concentration of murals downtown. Spend five minutes on the 8th Avenue corridor,
- [Blankslate Reintroduces Themselves on Sophomore Album Lookout Mountain Charley](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/09/blankslate-lookout-mountain-charley/) - While still riding the high of their 2022 debut album, Summer on A Salt Flat, Denver-based alt-rock group blankslate almost came to an abrupt end last year when they parted ways with their lead singer. Founded by University of Denver roommates Tess Condron (keys, drums, percussion, and backing vocals, often simultaneously) and Rylee Dunn (guitar,
- [August 2025 - Jon Muq](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/08/august-2025-jon-muq/) - IN THIS ISSUE: Jon Muq | Cameron Cade | Greeley's Downtown Armory
- [Cameron Cade: If You Make It Home for Dinner](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/08/cameron-cade-if-you-make-it-home-for-dinner/) - By Landon Ungerman Cameron Cade’s debut album, ‘If You Make It Home for Dinner,’ due August 25, is an exploration of growth, identity, and the complicated mirror that is love. Cade’s music blends indie, folk, and bedroom pop with a classical foundation—from years of violin lessons to singing a cappella in darkened rooms, eyes closed,
- [Better Together: Greeley’s Downtown Armory Re-Opens as a Bold Creative Collective](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/08/better-together-greeleys-downtown-armory-re-opens-as-a-bold-creative-collective/) - By Briana Harris “Something old, something new,” is an apt phrase to describe the experience of exploring the Downtown Armory. Located on 8th Avenue in Downtown Greeley, the newly re-opened space is packed with the character of a 100-year-old building mixed with the vision of its new entrepreneurial occupants. The vintage stained glass windows lead
- [Jon Muq's Extraordinary Musical Journey](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/08/jon-muqs-extraordinary-musical-journey/) - By Briana Harris Few artists have had a journey to their debut album quite like Jon Muq. A lifetime of chasing sound has led Muq from his home country of Uganda, to a debut record on Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound label, and tour dates alongside Mavis Staples, Billy Joel, and Norah Jones. It’s the
- [September 2024 - Armando Silva & Briana Harris: WeldWalls - Armando Silva & Briana Harris: WeldWalls](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/09/armando-silva-briana-harris-weldwalls-september-2024/)
- [Riding the Rhythm: Ben Garcia Finds His Voice in a Life Well Lived](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/07/riding-the-rhythm-ben-garcia-finds-his-voice-in-a-life-well-lived/) - By Jason Alfaro Ben Garcia doesn’t just write songs. He documents experience. Whether it’s the winding path of personal growth or the quiet rhythm of a morning spent training bird dogs, every lyric he delivers comes rooted in real life. Sitting down with the rising Americana artist doesn’t feel like a formal interview; it feels
- [Tough Luck: salvatore!'s 'Clover' is a Bedroom-Built Heartbreaker That Heals](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/07/tough-luck-salvatores-clover-is-a-bedroom-built-heartbreaker-that-heals/) - by Landon Ungerman salvatore! didn’t set out to write Clover. He just got ghosted. If “we had a good thing going—what happened?” were an album, it’d be this. The upcoming artist from Thornton, CO, had seemingly met his match heading into summer, until it came to a sudden end — no goodbye, no explanation. Blocked
- [Dacono Music & Spirits Festival Brings Rhythm and Revelry to Northern Colorado](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/07/dacono-music-spirits-festival-brings-rhythm-and-revelry-to-northern-colorado/) - By Dawn Duncan The small-but-mighty town of Dacono, Colorado is turning up the volume for the 17th Annual Dacono Music & Spirits Festival: a celebration of sound, flavor and community that has grown into a can’t-miss summer tradition. This year’s fest will take place on Saturday, August 2 with free admission at Centennial Field in
- [July 2025 - Ben Garcia](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/07/july-1st-ben-garcia/) - IN THIS ISSUE: Ben Garcia | salvatore! | Dacono Arts & Music Fest | Logan Farmer
- [Logan Farmer - 'Butchers' EP Review](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/07/logan-farmer-butchers-ep-review/) - By Jed Murphy Dreamy, ponderous, and rich in texture, subtlety is the not-so-subtle name of the game this time around for northern Colorado folk artist Logan Farmer on his latest EP, ‘Butchers,’ released by Western Vinyl on May 23, 2025. Zoomed out, ‘Butchers’ can feel like a dreary collection of folk songs, but at a
- [Charley Crockett Turns Colorado Canyon Into Texas Country](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/06/charley-crockett-red-rocks-2025/) - MORRISON, Colo. Charley Crockett headlined Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Tuesday night, bringing his smooth blend of honky-tonk, blues and classic country to a packed crowd under the open sky. With his signature vintage style and a tight backing band, Crockett worked through a set that showcased his storytelling roots and sharp musicianship, pulling heavily from
- [Made For It - Yelawolf Takes His 45 Tour to Colorado](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/06/made-for-it-yelawolf-takes-his-45-tour-to-colorado/) - By Kyle Eustice Yelawolf just pulled up to the Hidden Valley Golf Club, where he’s sipping on a Corona and soaking up the California sun. It’s a momentary respite from the grind of tour life, one the Tennessee native has been accustomed to now for decades. As he makes his way across the country on
- [Ducki 'The Duck' - Album Review](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/06/ducki-the-duck-album-review/) - By Zachary Visconti Today’s world feels like it tends toward maximalism, especially as more music and media is released than ever. It’s against this dense backdrop that the debut release from Fort Collins ethereal indie folk band Ducki stands out, aggressively using space, slow tempos, and dynamic, mesmerizing progressions to create a moment of relief
- [Draghoria - Northern Colorado's Kings of Thrash Metal Return with 'Eternal Sleep'](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/06/draghoria-northern-colorados-kings-of-thrash-metal-return-with-eternal-sleep/) - By Nate Baptist When it comes to music, the term ‘best’ has been thrown around and hotly debated for many years, despite its distinction of being largely subjective. While characteristics like being the fastest, the heaviest, or the most brutal are arguably easier to quantify, when it comes to Draghoria, few will argue that this
- [Blind Melon Brings ‘No Rain’ to the Lincoln in Cheyenne](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/06/blind-melon-live-lincoln-theater-cheyenne-2025/) - CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Time hasn’t dulled the charm or power of Blind Melon. The alt-rock mainstays rolled into the Lincoln on June 17, delivering a set that felt equal parts throwback and celebration. The Cheyenne crowd, an eclectic mix of longtime fans and younger faces discovering the band’s legacy, was treated to a night of
- [Big Head Todd and the Monsters Close Out 40th Anniversary Bash at Red Rocks](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/06/big-head-todd-bill-murray-red-rocks-2025/) - MORRISON, Colo. — Big Head Todd and the Monsters wrapped up their 40th anniversary celebration with a second sold-out night at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Sunday, but it was the opening set that sparked the most double takes. Bill Murray and His Blood Brothers took the stage first—yes, that Bill Murray—and what started as curiosity
- [June 2025 - Draghoria](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/06/june-2025-draghoria/) - In This Issue: Draghoria | Yelawolf | Ducki
- [Barbara - So This Is Living](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/05/barbara-so-this-is-living/) - By 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 leave behind what isn’t real while embracing what’s in front of us. On its latest record, Denver indie-psych trio
- [Parker Gentry - Greeley Born, Nashville Bound](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/05/parker-gentry-greeley-born-nashville-bound/) - By Sawyer Matz Greeley, Colorado may be most known for its dairy and agriculture production, but what about its Nashville-bound musicians? Meet Parker Gentry, the recent high school graduate from Greeley, who is already gaining recognition at the ripe age of 18. Parker started gaining traction on social media sites TikTok and Instagram after posting
- [Ben Chapman - Living the Dream as Country's Next Rising Star](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/05/ben-chapman-living-the-dream-as-countrys-next-rising-star/) - By Briana Harris Alt country artist Ben Chapman has built a world where music seems to be woven into every part of his life. We hop on the phone to chat in a sliver of time between professional and personal commitments, two days before his wedding to fianceé and fellow rising country star Meg McRee.
- [May 2025 - Ben Chapman](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/05/33224/) - IN THIS ISSUE: Ben Chapman | Barbara | Parker Gentry
- [COLLUR - So Be It](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/04/collur-so-be-it/) - By 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 he talks about his newly released debut album, SO BE IT. Whether you’re a fan or a future-fan, it’s hard to deny the
- [INTHEWHALE - The End of an Era, but not the Legacy](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/04/inthewhale-the-end-of-an-era-but-not-the-legacy/) - By Nate Wilde Like stereotypes, tired old cliches like, “all good things must come to an end” exist for a reason. In the case of Colorado’s INTHEWHALE, one of the best things to come out of the state’s local music scene in the past 15 years is doing just that, but not before leaving behind
- [April 2025 - INTHEWHALE](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/04/april-2025-inthewhale/) - In This Issue: INTHEWHALE | Southern Avenue | FOCOMX 2025 | COLLUR SOUTHERN COLORADO: ISSUE 1 | VOLUME 1 NORTHERN COLORADO: ISSUE 4 | VOLUME 14
- [Find Your New Favorite Band at FoCoMX](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/04/find-your-new-favorite-band-at-focomx/) - By Briana Harris April in Fort Collins brings one of Northern Colorado’s most beloved music traditions: thousands of music fans flowing in and out of Old Town venues, musicians hugging on the street as they hustle to a set, and unexpected shows happening from 11am to 1am. It’s FoCoMX: the Fort Collins Music Experiment. Headed
- [Southern Avenue – Family Album Review](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/04/southern-avenue-family-album-review/) - By 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. On the band’s 4th studio album, Family, they proudly own their collective narrative and their powerful sound rooted in the musical life they have built together. The band features Tierinii Jackson
- [Flipturn Lights Up a Sold-Out Mission Ballroom](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/03/flipturn-mission-ballroom-denver-2025/) - DENVER — Flipturn, one of indie rock’s fastest-rising acts, turned Mission Ballroom into a full-fledged celebration on March 15, 2025. The Florida-based quintet—Dillon Basse (vocals, guitar), Tristan Duncan (lead guitar), Madeline Jarman (bass), Mitch Fountain (synth, keys), and Devon VonBalson (drums)—brought their signature mix of dreamy melodies and high-energy hooks to a sold-out crowd. With
- [Eva Rose King - After Tale](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/03/eva-rose-king-after-tale/) - By Briana HarrisOn After Tale, singer-songwriter Eva Rose King acts as a masterful narrator recalling and reclaiming her own story of loss, loneliness, and connection. It’s a quiet yet powerful listen that’s perfect for your own introspection, and a great companion album for a long walk in the woods. King worked in tandem with producer
- [Kaoticus: 'Mass Hysteria' EP Review](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/03/kaoticus-mass-hysteria-ep-review/) - By 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. Sitting and listening to a record that causes one to involuntarily clench one’s fists and headbang from the sheer energy and passion is an experience
- [Musician and Surfer Donavon Frankenreiter Embraces the Waves](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/03/musician-and-surfer-donavon-frankenreiter-embraces-the-waves/) - By Briana Harris Donavon Frankenreiter is no stranger to the ebb and flow of the music industry. The veteran singer and guitarist’s latest album Get Outta Your Mind was released in September 2024, which coincided with the twenty-year anniversary of his debut self-titled release in 2004. Over the past two decades, he’s toured the globe,
- [March 2025 - Kaoticus](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/03/march-2025-kaoticus/) - In This Issue: Kaoticus | Donavon Frankenreiter | Eva Rose King
- [A Night with Hippo Campus at Mission Ballroom | 2.16.25](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/02/hippo-campus-mission-ballroom-review/) - DENVER — On Sunday night, fans filled Mission Ballroom as Hippo Campus delivered a high-energy set, closing out the weekend with a mix of intricate guitar work and smooth vocals. Despite the looming workweek, the crowd showed up in full force, eager to escape into the band’s shimmering indie-rock sound. Opening with “Way It Goes,”
- [Donny Benét Fulfills Your 'Infinite Desires'](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/02/donny-benet-fulfills-your-infinite-desires/) - By Laura Giagos Italiano disco-funk bass provocateur Donny Benét, hailing from Sydney, Australia, has carved a distinctive presence in the indie music scene. Often positioned on the fringes, Benét’s infectious bass-driven dance grooves and hypnotic charm have made him unmistakably unforgettable. With his now-iconic skullet and handlebar mustache, Benét (real name Ben Waples) has captivated
- [February 2025 - Big Richard](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/02/february-2025-big-richard/) - In This Issue: Big Richard | Donny Benét | Crooked Rugs | The Road to Wondergrass
- [The Road to Wondergrass: Top 6 Bands Battle for Glory, Community, and Dreams](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/01/the-road-to-wondergrass-top-6-bands-battle-for-glory-community-and-dreams/) - By: Sawyer Matz Six bands, one winner, one festival, $1,000, and one night—jam-packed with thrilling and good-natured rivalry. BandWagon Magazine Presents The Road to Wondergrass: Battle of the Bands. Held for the second year at the wonderful Mercury Cafe, a Colorado staple, this is a night sure to excite, entertain, and hopefully introduce some fresh
- [Luna’s Tacos & Tequila Pauses Operations in Downtown Greeley: A Wake-Up Call for Supporting Local Businesses](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/01/lunas-siesta/) - Downtown Greeley was dealt another tough blow this week as Luna’s Tacos & Tequila, one of its most beloved establishments, announced a temporary closure to “reenergize, refocus, and rejuvenate.” Known for its lively ambiance, inventive tacos, and handcrafted tequila cocktails, Luna’s has been a community favorite since 2018. This announcement is particularly sobering given the
- [Thee Sacred Souls Bring the Groove to Mission Ballroom | 01.10.25](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/01/thee-sacred-souls-denver-mission-ballroom/) - Thee Sacred Souls kicked off the new year with a dynamic performance at Mission Ballroom, filling the venue with their signature blend of soul and R&B. Led by the soulful Josh Lane, the band delivered a set that kept the crowd swaying, singing, and completely captivated from start to finish. Opener Astyn Turr set the
- [Silverada Has The 'Hottest 90 Minutes in Country Music'](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/01/silverada-has-the-hottest-90-minutes-in-country-music/) - Mike and the Moonpies Have Rebranded, and They're at the Top of Their Game. After 17 years as a band, Silverada, formerly known as Mike and the Moonpies, still love the game. They’re playing dates all over the country this summer and fall. By now, the theater and dancehall circuit is a well-worn track. They
- [January 2025 - Silverada](https://bandwagmag.com/2025/01/january-2025-silverada/) - In This Issue: Silverada | Safekeeper | Willi Carlisle | Naked Mannequins
- [Remedy’s A Light in the Darkness EP: Hard Rock That Heals](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/12/remedys-a-light-in-the-darkness-ep-hard-rock-that-heals/) - For Remedy, music isn’t just sound; it’s a lifeline, a reflection of struggles, and a beacon of light for their fans. With their deluxe release of A Light in the Darkness, the Northern Colorado hard rockers continue to blend ferocious energy with heartfelt introspection. The project isn’t just another album—it’s a testament to their growth
- [Ubiquitous of Ces Cru: Life After Ces](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/11/ubiquitous-ces-cru-life-ces/) - The rap duo Ces Cru have been Strange Music mainstays for 12 years. But over the past few months, there’s been a noticeable change within the group. Ubiquitous has embarked on his own solo tour while Godemis is seemingly laying low. During Tech N9ne's 2017 Independent Grind Tour, there was some type of incident on the bus that resulted in Godemis leaving the tour.
- [Fleeka: Embracing Big Feelings and Crafting Her Own Path](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/12/fleeka-embracing-big-feelings-and-crafting-her-own-path/) - Fleeka’s journey into music was as natural as breathing. From the moment she could talk, she was singing—a memory her mother fondly recalls. “I know it might sound cliché, but it felt different for me,” Fleeka shares. “I couldn’t picture myself doing anything else.” Her childhood was filled with performances at family gatherings and even
- [December 2024 - Remedy](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/12/december-2024-remedy/) - In This Issue: Remedy | Santa Kimex | Fleeka
- [Album Review: Frail Talk – Microspirit](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/11/album-review-frail-talk-microspirit/) - As far as albums go, Microspirit is more of a frolic in the garden than a wonder through the woods. Quaint almost to the point of cutesy, Frail Talk crafted a subdued fourteen tracks, spit shining their superb indie folk in nostalgia. Helmed by Northern Colorado-based Cor Wright and Alex Woodchek along with drummer Tobias
- [LAWLESS LOVE: DNA Picasso & Dominique Christina](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/11/lawless-love-dna-picasso-dominique-christina/) - There’s something unmistakably powerful about watching artists at the height of their creative force. It’s not just about the songs or the poetry; it’s about the way everything they touch becomes an extension of their essence. And for Denver-based artists DNA Picasso and Dominique Christina, their new album LAWLESS: A Love Story is the truest
- [Red Clay Strays' & Tanner Usrey's Halloween Takeover @ Mission Ballroom  | 10-31-24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/11/red-clay-strays-mission-ballroom/) - On Halloween night, the Mission Ballroom transformed into a rock-fueled, costume-packed spectacle as two of America’s fastest-rising artists, the Red Clay Strays and Tanner Usrey, took Denver by storm. Usrey kicked off the night channeling the King himself, wowing the crowd in a full Elvis get-up that was as much a tribute as it was
- [The Rialto’s Revival: Casper’s Historic Theater Becomes Wyoming’s Comedy Hub](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/11/the-rialtos-revival-caspers-historic-theater-becomes-wyomings-comedy-hub/) - After more than a century of entertaining Casper, the historic Rialto Theater is entering an exciting new chapter. Originally opened in 1921 as the New Lyric Theater, the venue has survived financial struggles and shifts in the entertainment industry. In 2023, local investors Pete Maxwell, John Trost, Jake Bigelow, and Dennis Corr purchased the Rialto
- [November 2024 - DNA Picasso & Dominique Christina](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/11/november-2024-dna-picasso-dominique-christina/) - In This Issue: DNA Picasso & Dominique Christina | Frail Talk | Danno Simpson | The Rialto Casper
- [Nothing But Hits: T-Pain & Akon Take Over Red Rocks | 10-30-24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/10/nothing-but-hits-t-pain-akon-take-over-red-rocks-10-30-24/) - On a chilly night at Red Rocks Amphitheater, T-Pain and Akon took the stage, throwing fans right back into the best of 2000s hip-hop and R&B. The amphitheater was at capacity both nights, packed shoulder-to-shoulder with a crowd that knew every lyric by heart. Akon kicked off, delivering hits like “Smack That” and “Lonely” with
- [Forking Over the Cash, A Christmas Critique](https://bandwagmag.com/2014/12/forking-over-the-cash-a-christmas-critique/) - Weather you believe in the birth of a miracle baby, the arrival of St. Nickolas or if you’re Dutch (6-8 black men show up with a thin Santa who used to be the old bishop of Turkey who then disciplines the children with a switch if they’re naughty) the giving holiday is upon us. The commercialized corporate industries have risen from their yearly slumber to bring you the latest in goods and gadgets. Their business ensures your holiday is filled with gifts that say I love you more than hand-made crafts or sweaters. To make your shopping a little easier I’ve scoped out the latest in fun toys and gifts fresh off the market.
- [Shaq's Bass All Stars Shakes Red Rocks | 10-27-24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/10/shaqs-bass-all-stars-shakes-red-rocks-10-27-24/) - DJ DIESEL, known globally as NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O'Neal, has taken the electronic music world by storm with his larger-than-life presence and hard-hitting bass sets. At Red Rocks, he commanded the crowd with not just his towering figure but his seamless ability to drop bass-heavy anthems that shook the iconic venue to its
- [Molly Santana: The Underground Rap Rebel](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/10/molly-santana-bandwagon-magazine/) - Mya Mini, better known by her alias Molly Santana, is quickly carving out her lane in the underground rap scene. Born in 2004 and of Japanese-American descent, Molly has made waves with a relentless grind, a distinct look, and a sound that’s impossible to pin down. After coming off tour with Ski Mask the Slump
- [Marc Rebillet @ Red Rocks Amphitheater | 10.23.24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/10/marc-rebillet/) - For his third time playing Red Rocks on October 23, 2024, Marc Rebillet delivered a high-energy, crowd-engaging performance that was truly irreplicable. With Flying Lotus and Reggie Watts as openers, the night was an eclectic mix of electronic beats, improv comedy, and infectious energy. Rebillet had the audience laughing, dancing, and fully immersed in his
- [Benjamin Tod @ Lincoln Theater | 10.19.24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/10/benjamin-tod-lost-dog-street-band-cheyenne/) - Benjamin Tod and Lost Dog Street Band performed in Cheyenne, Wyoming, captivating the audience with their heartfelt, authentic presence. Led by Benjamin Tod, the band has built a dedicated following through their honest storytelling and connection to life’s struggles and triumphs. Their performances are raw and genuine, with Tod’s vocals conveying deep emotion, often leaving
- [Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers: Music for the Soul](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/10/joe-hertler-and-the-rainbow-seekers/) - Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers create music that feels like a celebration of life itself. With a sound that weaves together funk, soul, folk, and indie pop, this Michigan-based band promises to deliver more than just a concert—they offer an electrifying experience filled with joy, color, and energy. Led by Joe Hertler’s captivating vocals
- [October 2024 | Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/10/october-2024-joe-hertler-the-rainbow-seekers/) - In This Issue: Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Sinkers | Kaitlin Butts | Molly Santana | Jeffery Foucault
- [Greeley Billboard Sparks Controversy](https://bandwagmag.com/2013/05/greeley-billboard-sparks-controversy/) - Greeley got national media attention on the week of April 29th when a group of anonymous residents purchased two billboards, posting a picture of three men in classic Native American clothing with guns, with accompanying text: “Turn in your arms. The government will take care of you.” The chosen imagery and implied message have created a national controversy, both because of the gun rights implications and the accusations of insensitive comparison to Native American genocide.
- [Shaboozey Sells Out Night 1 @ Cervantes Masterpiece | 9.29.24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/09/shaboozey-denver-cervantes-sold-out-show/) - Shaboozey lit up Denver’s Cervantes for the first of two sold-out shows, marking yet another milestone in his meteoric rise. Riding high on the success of "A Bar Song (Tipsy)," which has dominated Billboard’s #1 spot for 11 weeks, Shaboozey showcased the talent and charisma that have propelled him into the spotlight. His ability to
- [Natalie Cuomo & Dan Lamorte Make Work Couples Look Good](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/09/natalie-cuomo-dan-lamorte-make-work-couples-look-good/) - *Update: Natalie Cuomo will be performing at The Moxi Theater on Friday 9/27 solo! Few tickets still available @ moxitheater.com In the world of stand-up comedy, where timing is everything, Natalie Cuomo and Dan LaMorte have found the perfect rhythm—not just on stage, but in life. Fresh off their recent marriage, this dynamic duo has
- [Benson Boone Takes Over Red Rocks Amphitheatre | 9.24.24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/09/benson-boone-red-rocks-debut/) - Benson Boone, a rising star in the pop music world, recently marked a milestone in his career with his first-ever performance at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Known for his emotive voice and relatable lyrics, Benson has been rapidly gaining a following since his breakout hit "Beautiful Things." His music blends heartfelt ballads with modern
- [Silverada @ The Oriental Theater | 9.22.24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/09/silverada-denver-west-coast-tour-oriental-theater-9-22-24/) - Silverada hit the stage at The Oriental Theater this past Sunday as part of the final leg of their West Coast tour. Once known as Mike and the Moonpies, the band has evolved into Silverada, pushing beyond their Texas roots with a fresh, dynamic sound. Led by frontman Mike Harmeier, and backed by Taylor Englert,
- [Album Review: Spencer Zweifel and The Life or Death Situation](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/09/album-review-spencer-zweifel-and-the-life-or-death-situation/) - Zweifel. 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 — meaning “dopple.” As in “doppelganger.” A supernatural double which reflects our inner self. Contradictions — like confronting our distorted mirror image — arise when
- [Armando Silva and Briana Harris Spark a Mural Revolution with WeldWalls Mural Festival](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/09/weldwalls-mural-festival/) - Many people, even fellow artists, told Armando Silva he’d have to leave Greeley to be successful. Instead, he found his own success with projects such as the Einstein mural in downtown Greeley. The mural not only boosted his career but also helped usher in a vibrant art scene. Nowadays, it’s hard to walk around downtown
- [A Night of Classic Hits: Chris Isaak at UCCC| 9.16.24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/09/chris-isaak-uccc-greeley-review/) - Chris Isaak, a name synonymous with timeless rock and roll, has been serenading audiences for over three decades. Known for his haunting voice and retro rockabilly style, Isaak has carved a niche in music history, blending elements of rock, country, and blues into a sound uniquely his own. His career, which took off in the
- [David Kushner @ Ogden Theater | 9.15.24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/09/david-kushner-ogden-theater-review/) - David Kushner, a rapidly ascending talent from Chicago, brought his unique blend of pop and alternative rock to the Ogden Theater in Denver, leaving a lasting impression on everyone present. His music, known for its raw lyricism and haunting melodies, has a way of pulling listeners into an emotional journey, and this show was no
- [Vance Joy Unforgettable Night at Fiddler's Green | 9.13.24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/09/vance-joy-fiddlers-green-englewood-concert-review/) - Vance Joy recently took the stage at Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre in Englewood, Colorado, delivering a performance that left the crowd buzzing. Known for his indie-folk sound and heartfelt lyrics, Vance Joy has been a favorite since his breakout hit "Riptide" in 2013. The Australian singer-songwriter has since released a string of hits like "Mess Is
- [Lawless: A Fall Fashion Experience Breaks Boundaries at MCA Denver’s Holiday Theater](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/09/lawless-fashion-experience-denver/) - Denver, CO – This Friday, September 13, The Museum of Culture and Arts Denver invites you to step into a fashion show like no other. "Lawless: A Fall Fashion Experience" brings together bold designs, live music, and dynamic dance performances for an immersive night of culture and creativity at the historic Holiday Theater in Denver.
- [Block Party 2024](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/09/greeley-block-party-recap-local-music/) - Greeley’s Block Party lit up downtown last Friday night, with local music filling the air as the second-to-last Friday Fest of the summer came to life. With performances spread across seven venues, the night was a true celebration of community and live music. Ely Corliss, the event organizer, has been connecting the Block Party to
- [Tyler Halverson @ Block Party Music Festival | 9-6-24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/09/tyler-halverson-block-party-2024/) - Tyler Halverson headlines The Moxi Stage at Block Party Music Festival in Downtown Greeley on September 6, 2024, brining his signature "Amerijuana" sound out West! Images by Jason Alfaro of Right Eye Media, LLC.
- [Mt. Joy @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre | 8-8-24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/08/mt-joy-red-rocks-2024/) - Read our review of Mt. Joy’s sold-out performance at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on August 8th, 2024 with standout debut of opener Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners.
- [Portugal. The Man @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre | 7-10-24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/07/portugal-the-man-brings-magic-and-activism-to-red-rocks/) - Morrison, CO - In the stunning natural acoustics of Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Portugal. The Man, hailing from Wasilla, Alaska, delivered a captivating performance that blended rock, psychedelia, and pop. As the sun set behind the iconic red sandstone formations, the band kicked off a dynamic set, their infectious melodies and thought-provoking lyrics resonating deeply with
- [Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Return to Rock Red Rocks | 8-21-24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/08/nathaniel-rateliff-red-rocks-2024/) - Experience the electrifying return of Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in 2024. A night filled with soulful rock, and energetic performances.
- [The Struts Rock Mission Ballroom in Denver | 8-20-24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/08/the-struts-rock-mission-ballroom-in-denver-8-20-24/) - Relive the electrifying night at Mission Ballroom in Denver as The Struts, with Luke Spiller at the helm, deliver an unforgettable rock concert. Check out our full recap!
- [Bishop Briggs: A Bittersweet Encore at Edge Fest’s Grand Finale](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/08/bishop-briggs-a-bittersweet-encore-at-edge-fests-grand-finale/) - Bishopp Briggs is preparing to release a new album and deliver a “soulful experience” at Cheyenne’s beloved Edge Fest on August 24th.
- [Tyler Childers Brings Appalachian Magic to Folsom Field | 8-17-24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/08/tyler-childers-live-folsom-field-boulder/) - Experience the magic of Tyler Childers live at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado. Read our review of an unforgettable night filled with Appalachian soul, special guests, and a crowd united by the power of music
- [The Spicy Pickles Explore New Sounds on Latest Album On Schedule](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/08/the-spicy-pickles/) - The fifth album from Denver band The Spicy Pickles, On Schedule, features new recruit, pop, soul and jazz singer Hannah Rodriguez.
- [Global Dance Festival @ National Western Complex | JULY, 2024](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/08/global-dance-festival-2024-national-western-complex/) - Experience the magic of Global Dance Festival 2024 at the National Western Complex in Denver, Colorado. Featuring top acts like The Chainsmokers,...
- [Chris Cart3r: Talking My Sh*t](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/08/chris-cart3r/) - Alternative rapper Chris Cart3r is a beacon of creativity in Denver's music scene, forging his path from roots in Louisville toward his dreams through music.
- [The Ultimate Guide to Affiliate Link Tracking Solutions: Maximizing Your Marketing Success](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/02/concert/) - In today's digital landscape, affiliate marketing has become an indispensable strategy for businesses looking to expand their reach, boost sales, and foster brand loyalty. At the heart of this powerful marketing approach lies a crucial component: affiliate link tracking. As we delve into the world of affiliate marketing, it's essential to understand the pivotal role
- [The Unlikely Candidates @ Oriental Theater | 8-1-24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/08/the-unlikely-candidates-oriental-theater-8-1-24/) - Read our review of The Unlikely Candidates' electrifying performance at Denver's Oriental Theater on August 1, 2024
- [August 2024 - Bishop Briggs](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/08/august-2024-bishop-briggs/) - IN THIS ISSUE: Bishop Briggs | Chris Cart3r | Spicy Pickles
- [Wyatt Flores (Sold Out) @ The Lincoln - Cheyenne, WY | 03.22.24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/03/wyatt-flores-sold-out-the-lincoln-cheyenne-wy-03-22-24/) - Wyatt Flores carries around old memories, the ghosts of loved ones, and dreams of a better future in his music. This Mexican-American Oklahoma-born troubadour sings from the gut, telling stories against a gritty country soundtrack. His unfiltered thoughts on life, death, addiction, pain, and joy emerge through his delivery. “I’m only getting one chance at
- [Rittz: Top of The Line](https://bandwagmag.com/2016/10/rittz-top-line/) - Growing up in Gwinnett County, Georgia, Strange Music rapper Rittz (real name Jonathan McCollum) was exposed to a wide variety of music, which really influenced his current musical style. His father made a living playing music for the first nine years of his life and inspired him to walk the same path.
- [Face Time with Face Vocal Band](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/11/face-time-face-vocal-band/) - They’ve been booked before Jay Leno, Bon Jovi, Reel Big Fish and recently the Barenaked Ladies at the Greeley Stampede, and they did it all with only their voice.
- [Underseer: Worth the Wait](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/07/underseer/) - In the heart of Northern Colorado, Underseer has been quietly, yet powerfully, redefining the boundaries of math rock and post-hardcore. 'Procession' is here!
- [January 2024 - COLLUR](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/01/january-2024-collur/) - In This Issue: COLLUR | Aquiles | CITRA
- [Wyatt Flores @ Mission Ballroom | 7-25-24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/07/wyatt-flores-mission-ballroom-7-25-24/) - Experience the magic of Wyatt Flores’ biggest show in Colorado at Denver’s Mission Ballroom on July 25, 2024
- [Movie Review: Chef](https://bandwagmag.com/2014/07/movie-review-chef/) - Jon Favreau has had an encompassing career in the film industry. Starting out as an extra on film sets, he hit it off with Vince Vaughn early on, writing his starring role in the film Swingers and eventually directing the charming Christmas film Elf.
- [Kaleo @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre | 6-16-24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/06/kaleo-matt-maeson-red-rocks/) - Under the vast Colorado night sky, Red Rocks Amphitheatre hosted a sold-out concert that highlighted unforgettable moments that will stay with Red Rocks forever. The event marked the second night of Matt Maeson’s Denver tour, culminating in an unforgettable evening with Icelandic rock sensation Kaleo headlining the show. As the sun began to set over
- [Endless Sunshine @ Civic Center Park | 6-29-24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/07/endless-sunshine-festival/) - Denver's Civic Center Park, a 12-acre gem nestled at the heart of the city's bustling hub of government, culture, commerce, and community, once again hosted the much-anticipated Endless Sunshine Festival. This historic urban oasis, with its breathtaking views of the Colorado State Capitol, provided the perfect backdrop for a vibrant celebration of music and community,
- [Hunter James & The Titanic: The Ghost Inside Searching for Solace](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/07/hunter-james-the-titanic-the-ghost-inside-searching-for-solace/) - Hunter James & The Titanic release a three-track, genre-fusing folk-rock EP titled Why You Always Thinking You’ll End Up Alone?
- [Global Dance Festival is Taking Denver by Storm this Summer](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/07/global-dance-festival-is-taking-denver-by-storm-this-summer/) - As the summer heat begins to intensify, dance music fans from around the world eagerly anticipate the arrival of the Global Dance Festival, set to take place on July 26th and 27th, 2024. This year, the festival moves to its new home at the National Western Complex, a site that promises to elevate the experience
- [ego n friends - are u alone? | Album Review](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/07/ego-n-friends-album-review/) - In the heart of Denver's rising music scene, indie pop artist ego n friends has released his much-anticipated debut album, are u alone?. This 19-track odyssey is a vibrant fusion of nostalgic indie pop and alternative rap, masterfully blending acoustic and electronic elements. ego, a Denver transplant originally from the Bay Area, showcases his versatility
- [July 2024 - Underseer](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/07/july-2024-underseer/) - IN THIS ISSUE: Underseer | Ego N Friends | Ripe | Hunter James & The Titanic
- [Album Review: Tv Girl – French Exit](https://bandwagmag.com/2014/09/album-review-tv-girl-french-exit/) - TV Girl started as a collaboration between Brad Petering and Trung Ngo before becoming Petering’s solo act in 2013. Petering casually refers to French Exit as a solo album “Depending on how you look at it,” which is an odd line considering this follows a 15-track mixtape a couple of years ago titled The Wild, the Innocent, the TV Shuffle. The album’s Bandcamp page goes on to advertise “12 songs about lost lust, too much love and not enough.”
- [Film Review: Endless Love](https://bandwagmag.com/2014/03/film-review-endless-love/) - Going to the theater alone on Valentine’s Day to ironically watch Endless Love while surrounded by couples is not among the most exciting parts of my life. It’s superseded just barely by the teller asking “Just one?” when I ordered my ticket then apologizing profusely after realizing how it came across. I quickly assured him of the nature of my visit: far from wanting a wistfully romantic experience on February 14th, I was merely excited to see what someone had referred to as “a movie so hilariously bad, it’s like Airplane without the punch lines.” Sadly, this was not the case.
- [Kevin Gates @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre | 6-18-24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/06/kevin-gates-red-rocks-2024/) - Last night, the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre was electrified by a sold-out performance from the multi-platinum recording artist Kevin Gates. The energy was tangible from the moment the gates opened, with an eager crowd buzzing with anticipation. Opening the night were dynamic performances by NLE Choppa and That Mexican OT, who set the stage on
- [clementine: Growing Up Punk](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/06/clementine-growing-up-punk/) - A young alternative rock band is making waves in the Fort Collins. Meet clementine, the Fort Collins-based band that's lighting up the Colorado music scene.
- [Matt Maeson @ Aggie Theatre | 6-15-24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/06/matt-maeson-sold-out-aggie-theatre/) - Matt Maeson electrified a sold out house at the Aggie Theatre last night, delivering an unforgettable performance that left no space to spare. The Aggie was brimming with energy, as dedicated fans from all over Colorado filled every corner, creating an atmosphere of pure harmonic rhythm and joy. This sold-out show at the Aggie Theatre
- [Charles Wesley Godwin @ The Lincoln Theater | 6-5-24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/06/charles-wesley-godwin-the-lincoln-theater-6-5-24/) - West Virginia's rising country star Charles Wesley Godwin (CWG) delivered an unforgettable performance at The Lincoln Theater in Cheyenne, WY on June 5th, 2024. The atmospheric venue was packed with country lovers who showed up in full force to witness Godwin's captivating performance. The evening was a celebration of Appalachian tradition and storytelling, with Godwin's
- [Ripe @ The Gothic Theatre | 6-1-24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/06/ripe-gothic-theater-6-1-24/) - Ripe brought the encore from their Red Rocks show to the Gothic Theatre, delivering an unforgettable performance. Fans from the previous night's show at Red Rocks showed up again in Denver, eager to experience the band’s high-energy, freewheeling stage presence once more. The packed venue buzzed with excitement as Ripe electrified the crowd, creating an
- [June 2024 - Shane Smith & The Saints](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/06/june-2024-shane-smith-the-saints/) - In This Issue: Shane Smith & The Saints | Clementine | Romero
- [Cursive Plays Domestica: Tim Kasher On The 2000 Album That Defined An Era ](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/04/cursive-plays-domestica/) - Omaha in the 1990s was an indie rock incubator for a swathe of bands primarily signed to Saddle Creek Records. From Bright Eyes and Norman Bailer (which would eventually morph into The Faint) to Cursive and Commander Venus, the amount of talent erupting from the unassuming Nebraska city firmly put the spotlight on music instead
- [Afroman Is Running For President (No, Seriously)](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/08/afroman-for-president/) - When people picture a presidential candidate, Afroman certainly isn’t the first person to come to mind. His suits are typically covered with marijuana leaves, he carries a gold chalice with him nearly everywhere he goes—which he calls his “Pimp Cup”—and his Instagram page isn’t exactly family-friendly. But despite all odds, the “Because I Got High”
- [Charley Crockett: Full Of The Fire – The Old Sounds Of Struggle](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/08/charley-crockett-full-of-the-fire-the-old-sounds-of-struggle/) - Charley Crockett spent a decade on the street, making a living off tips he earned as a busker. He played the “old sounds of struggle" that he identifies with even now. Recovering from heart surgery and mindfully straying from the rough life he lead at a young age, he plays Fort Collins this month: BandWagon presents Charley Crockett at the Aggie Theater Wednesday, August 7.
- [The Industry Disruptor Bringing Positive Change for Concertgoers](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/05/tixr/) - In this BandWagon exclusive, we dive into the positive change that TIXR is brining to concert and event ticketing.
- [Local Natives @ Boulder Theater | 5-17-24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/05/local-natives-boulder-theater-concert-review/) - On May 17th, 2024, Local Natives performed to a sold-out crowd at the Boulder Theater in Boulder, CO. Known for their indie rock and harmonies, the band's connection with the Boulder community was evident from the start. Often citing the Boulder Theater as their favorite venue, Local Natives were greeted by fans singing every word.
- [Taylor Swift's, "THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT," Isn't Great. ](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/05/the-tortured-poets-department-review/) - The Tortured Poets Department is poorly written, confusingly arranged, and feels like sloppy, synth-pop leftovers of Taylor’s last album, “Midnights.”
- [Crowe Boys @ Moxi Theater | 5-10-24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/05/crowe-boys-greeley-colorado/) - Two brothers from New Orleans, Crowe Boys, are taking over the country with their authentic performance style. Full gallery from their Greeley, CO performance.
- [Shane Smith & The Saints @ Red Rocks Ampitheatre | 5-7-24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/05/shane-smith-red-rocks/) - Moments captured by Jason Alfaro of Right Eye Media at Shane Smith & The Saints' headline show at Red Rocks Ampitheatre on May 7th, 2024.
- [CROWE BOYS: TWO BROTHERS TAKE ON THE WORLD](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/05/crowe-boys-bandwagon-magazine/) - Two brothers, Crowe Boys, from New Orleans are strumming joy and singing life loud enough for the world to hear under the banner of alternative-folk.
- [May 2024 - Crowe Boys](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/05/may-2024-crowe-boys/) - In This Issue: Crowe Boys | Taylor Swift | TIXR Distrupting Ticketing Industry
- [Flobots @ Moxi Theater | 11 Year Anniversary Show](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/04/flobots-moxi-theater-11-year-anniversary-show/) - Colorado legends, Flobots, have been friends of the Moxi Theater since it's opening 11 years ago. View BandWagon's favorite photos of the night!
- [Charley Crockett @ Mission Ballroom - Denver, CO | 01.19.24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/01/charley-crockett-at-mission-ballroom-in-denver/) - Charley Crockett '$10 Cowboy Tour' Muzyka Charleya Crocketta głęboko rezonuje z graczami kasyn online, oferując uduchowioną ścieżkę dźwiękową do ich przygód hazardowych. W świecie kasyn online, gdzie dreszczyk emocji związany z grą towarzyszy atmosferze oczekiwania i podniecenia, mieszanka bluesa, country i Americany autorstwa Crocketta trafia w gusta graczy poszukujących autentycznych i wciągających wrażeń. Kasyna online
- [Devon Allman - Fathers, Sons and a Band of Brothers](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/06/devon-allman-fathers-sons-band-brothers/) - Devon 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 relationship with his father until later in life. But he's no stranger to the stage and is fully aware of the respect that
- [Beats Antique @ Meow Wolf Denver | 03.02.24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/03/beats-antique-meow-wolf-denver-03-02-24/) - Beats Antique headlined a memorable night at Meow Wolf Denver's Danceportation event on March 2, 2024, delivering a powerful mix of dance and world music. The lineup also included artists like Adam Deitch, Borahm Lee, David Satori, Freddy Todd, Mah Ze Tar, and Sidecar Tommy, providing a diverse musical experience. The event offered access to
- [Julie Koenig From Jazz Standards to Songwriting Authenticity](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/04/julie-koenig-from-jazz-standards-to-songwriting-authenticity/) - Julie Koeng grew up wanting to be a jazz singer. She even recorded a jazz album. But her second EP, "Intruder," took a a creative turn in a new direction.
- [April 2024 - Corb Lund](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/04/april-2024-corb-lund/) - In This Issue: Corb Lund | Julie Koenig | Quinn Ayers
- [March 2024 - Slow Joy](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/03/march-2024-slow-joy/) - In This Issue: Slow Joy | Doogie | Shanghai Metro Temple
- [Rodell Duff @ The Black Buzzard | April 12th, 2024](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/04/rodell-duff-concert-photos/) - Rodell Duff, was born in Trinidad & Tobago & moved to Houston, Texas at the age of three and has live there ever since. He first picked up the guitar in 2017 at the age of 27 after going through a terrible breakup. Music has always been a part of his life ever since
- [Necessary Emotions by Quinn Ayers | EP Review](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/04/quinn-ayers-ep-review/) - A girl’s voice carefully seeps through the phone-speakers, leaving its last message for a love that is not lost, but must leave. A love that lived in the illuminated streets of Las Vegas, where the paths of a girl from Salt Lake City and boy from Colorado intertwined into a beautiful, but now broken story.
- [Corb Lund's 'El Viejo' - Stories, Roots, and Revelations](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/04/corb-lund-bandwagon-magazine/) - Corb Lund is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Alberta, known for his distinctive blend of country, western, and roots music that he has assembled into a large catalog of originals over the past 3 decades of releasing music. Born into a family with a long history of ranching, his music often draws upon his experiences and
- [An Honest Conversation  with Tyler Ramsey](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/04/tyler-ramsey-bandwagon-magazine/) - When it comes to lyricists, there are few artists as true to themselves as Tyler Ramsey. Through the vibrations of his Americana-tinted folk tunes, he delivers introspective and honest words, sharing insights into his life as an artist, husband, and father. In his latest candid interview with BandWagon Magazine ahead of his performances in Colorado
- [Slow Joy @ Moxi Theater | 03.30.24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/04/slow-joy-moxi-theater-03-03-24/) - The Moxi Theater in Greeley, CO witnessed an electrifying performance by Slow Joy, led by Esteban Flores of Dallas, TX. Their hits like "Crawl II" and "Pulling Teeth" have been making waves on TikTok and Instagram, setting the stage for an explosive night of music. Esteban Flores's heartfelt singing and the band's mix of '90s
- [Doogie Brings Da Funk to G-Town](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/03/doogie-bandwagon-magazine/) - Ivan Cervantes has lived in Greeley all his life. He spent summers cruising around the pavement slopes of Northern Colorado on his bike, finding the best spot to take in that perfect Colorado sunset. Car rides with his dad were cooled off by the G-funk stylings of Dr. Dre. The electro-funk band Zapp and Roger
- [Treaty Oak Revival: An Alliance Between Punk and Country](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/12/treaty-oak-revival-an-alliance-between-punk-and-country/) - Treaty Oak Revival didn’t really have a choice but to be a country band. They grew up in West Texas, a market that practically demands bands play country, and, well, it’s also hard to escape your roots. “I have an accent,” said Sam Canty, the band’s lead vocalist, in an interview with BandWagon – and for the record, he sure as heck does. Even so, all that Texas red dirt country the band seemed destined to play couldn’t bury their love of rock and roll, especially in a world of modern crossovers. Canty is unafraid to proclaim his love of big punk acts such as Sum 41 and Blink 182 and Treaty Oak Revival finds themselves with their feet in more than one arena.
- [The Collection: Better to Get Lost Than Never to Have Lived at All](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/02/the-collection-better-to-get-lost-than-never-to-have-lived-at-all/) - On the last day of 2021, David Wimbish, a millennial, posted a viral video on TikTok. It’s is a perfect snapshot of what The Collection does best. The instrumentation is catchy and Wimbish inhabits the unambiguous emotion of the song with his vocal performance. The lyrics are intense, vulnerable and painfully relatable (“another lockdown stuck inside this shit town I can’t find a way round my intrusive thoughts now”). “I went from someone who was trying to please everyone, to someone who is outspoken about my sexuality,” Wimbish told BandWagon later. “Why are you so afraid of pleasure,” he sings in their new single ”Get Lost,” and this celebration of pleasure is on full display at the Collection’s live shows. Wimbish twirls his mic stand theatrically from among the folds of flowing white clothing and band members bounce around the stage wildly during instrumental breaks. Huge grins and perspiration are the band’s unofficial uniform.
- [Everything is Wonderful Now: Everclear's Art Alexakis Grows Up](https://bandwagmag.com/2016/02/everything-is-wonderful-now-everclears-art-alexakis-grows-up/) - With 27 years of clean time under his belt, Alexakis has resurrected Everclear with 2012’s Invisible Stars and 2015’s Black Is the New Black, clearly a new chapter for the once self-destructive artist.
- [Permission to Shine: Shinyribs' Kevin Russell Goes Big](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/08/permission-to-shine-shinyribs-kevin-russell-goes-big/) - Kevin Russell was nearing age 40, and given the upheavals in his career, should have been facing the clichéd mid-life crisis. Instead, he gave himself permission to be himself. He left a band he’d played with for nearly 20 years, to focus on Shinyribs. “The odds were against me for sure,” Russell said in a phone interview with BandWagon, “But I felt like I had to do it. It was a now-or-never kind of feeling. It was a gamble. But it was so great. We are now an instant party – wherever we go.”
- [The Evolution of Derek Smith: Pretty Lights Still Shining](https://bandwagmag.com/2015/08/the-evolution-of-derek-smith-pretty-lights-still-shining/) - Fort Collins, Colorado native Derek Smith, better known as Pretty Lights, started making beats in high school, but eventually found himself at the forefront of the electronic music scene. His first album, 2006’s Taking Up Your Precious Time, 2008’s Passing Up the City Skies and 2009’s Passing by Behind Your Eyes revealed Smith’s ability to seamlessly sew together a blanket of sonic textures, but 2013’s A Color Map of the Sun uncovered his aptitude for actually composing every single musical note of each track. The 34-year-old producer is once again on tour and ascends on the Red Rocks stage August 8 and 9. He took some time to discuss the severity of drug use at EDM shows, the recording process and his outlandish height.
- [Sam Tallent: A Hilarious Journey to the Top](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/12/sam-tallent-comedy/) - Sam Tallent is killing it. The Colorado-based stand-up comic has become a source of pride for many of those who witnessed his rise to the top of the comedic mountain—and likely the source of childish resentment from his peers in the comedy scene still frequenting open mics, as it goes all too often. However, anyone
- [Mike Mains & The Branches @ Moxi Theater | 03.20.24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/03/mike-mains-the-branches-moxi-theater-03-20-24/)
- [Night Cap @ Lost Lake - Denver, CO | 03.21.24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/03/night-cap-lost-lake-denver-co-03-21-24/) - Live from Denver's Lost Lake, Night Cap rocked a night with headliner Night Cap and opener Savanna Leigh. Their mix of acoustic vibes and punchy rhythms hooked the sold-out crowd.
- [Corb Lund: Country Muse, Clean Water and Frontier Justice](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/03/corb-lund-country-muse-clean-water-and-frontier-justice/) - Corb Lund is the son of a ranching family that goes back eight generations in Southern Alberta. If he can tell you something in three words, he won’t use 20. “Pretty country,” was all he needed to say in an interview with BandWagon to evoke the rolling sage brush on his family's ancestral homestead. While Lund may be conversationally economical, he is lyrically verbose. Over the course of twelve full length LPs, he has become one of Amercana’s most beloved songwriters; lyrically and sonically a modern embodiment of life on the range. Last May, the Alberta provincial government rescinded a 1976 ban on open-pit coal mining on the slopes of the Canadian Rockies which threatened to scar the landscape and taint the water of nearby communities. “It pissed off everybody up here, not just the lefties — ranchers, hunters and the first nations people,” Lund said. “It affects the water I drink. This was too egregious to let go.” Lund collaborated with other Canadian musicians to re-record his 2009 song “This Is My Prairie,” in protest. A few months later, the government backed down and even introduced new protections.
- [March 2022 - Corb Lund](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/03/march-2022-corb-lund/)
- [Pełny przegląd karnawałów i konferencji w Polsce: Przegląd w sercu nauki i rozrywki](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/03/pelny-przeglad-karnawalow-i-konferencji-w-polsce-przeglad-w-sercu-nauki-i-rozrywki/) - Od energetycznych festiwali i gastronomicznych przygód po emocjonujące wydarzenia sportowe i niesamowite festiwale muzyczne, Polska jest krajem, w którym wydarzenia w dziedzinie kultury, sportu i rozrywki nigdy nie zawodzą i przyciągają zarówno mieszkańców, jak i turystów z całego świata. Znany ze swojej różnorodnej i głębokiej kultury, kraj ten oferuje odwiedzającym niezrównane wrażenia pełne żywych zwyczajów,
- [Selfish Health (Toxic Pain) by Shanghai Metro Temple | Single Review](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/03/shanghai-metro-temple-single-review/) - When someone close to you is constantly in crisis, you can spend all of your energy on that person without even realizing it. Years go by in the blink of an eye and suddenly you realize it’s been a really long time since you had the space to work on your own shit. That’s when
- [Talib Kweli @ The Oriental Theater - Denver, CO | 02.10.24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/02/talib-kweli-denver/) - Talib Kweli ignited The Oriental Theater on Saturday, paying tribute to 50 years of Hip-Hop, honoring late legends like J Dilla and MF DOOM. The night was captured by Jason Alfaro of Right Eye Media.
- [Danno Simpson & Kade Hoffman @ The Moxi Theater | 02.17.24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/02/danno-simpson-kade-hoffman/) - Colorado’s rising outlaw country star Danno Simpson performs at the Moxi Theater With Kade Hoffman. Images captured by Jason Alfaro of Right Eye Media.
- [Slow Joy: Emotional Honesty and Universal Appeal](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/03/slow-joy-bandwagon-magazine/) - Digging Deep Esteban Flores, the visionary behind the solo project Slow Joy, stands out not only for his unique blend of grunge, emo, and shoegaze but also for his deeply introspective approach to music creation that is both hauntingly personal and universally appealing to fans of the genre(s). Hailing from Texas, Flores lives in Dallas,
- [TX2: A Punk with Pull](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/01/tx2-a-punk-with-pull/) - “There was a point where I was trying to end my whole life,” Evan Thomas – aka TX2 – tells BandWagon. “I felt worthless. And I had friends help me out. Once people feel like they’re alone, they need someone to talk to. I feel like that helps save lives.” In addition to putting on cathartic, high energy pop-punk shows, Thomas is the founder of The X Movement, an online safe space for his fans (and anyone struggling) after battling with his own mental health.
- [Pecos & The Rooftops: More Than One Damn Song](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/01/pecos-the-rooftops-more-than-one-damn-song/) - The night Pecos & the Rooftops wrote the song that gave them their breakout success, they really weren’t even a working band yet – just a bunch of friends who liked to hang out and jam to cover songs. The quintet’s frontman, Pecos Hurley, had just begun writing songs, and he was playing the chords to one when magic struck: One of the other guys began singing a chorus to it. “Damn, that’s good,” Hurley recalled saying during a phone interview for BandWagon. “Do you care if I try to finish it?” Finish it he did, and the result, “This Damn Song,” was a smash hit.
- [GEMINI by Heartsick Heroine | Album Review](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/02/heartsick-heroine-gemini-review/) - Historically, progressive rock and metal have been genres primarily reserved, or perhaps almost exclusively enjoyed, by a largely male demographic. However, with their latest release, the female-led Heartsick Heroine not only smashes the stereotypes of progressive metal being a boys’ club, but they do it with a roaring ferocity. Heartsick Heroine is the brainchild of
- [The Legend of Danno Simpson](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/02/danno-simpson-colorado-c/) - As Danno Simpson sat in the intake room of the Larimer County Jail sobering up, he tried to piece together the disjointed fragments of the night before. He remembered getting angry, swinging his fists and getting shoved into the back of a cop car. One thing was clear: he had been arrested. At this moment,
- [February 2024 - Danno Simpson](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/02/february-2024-danno-simpson/) - In This Issue: Danno Simpson, Casper Allen, Heartsick Heroine
- [Casper Allen: The Honesty of a Broken Voice](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/01/casper-allen-music/) - Casper Allen's Wild Ride In the ink-stained tapestry of Casper Allen's life, the meanings behind his tattoos, even the regretful ones, serve as a vivid narrative of his crazy journey. "I like that the not-so-good tats are there because they remind me of where I've been, and my favorite ones, my wife's name and mom's
- [Wheelwright @ The Black Buzzard - Denver, CO | 01.25.24](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/01/wheelwright-live-photos/) - Wheelwright once again brings back his Neo-Western music style to his devoted fans in Denver. These intimate photos of the night where captured by Jason Alfaro of Right Eye Media at The Black Buzzard.
- [A COLLUR-ful Piece](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/01/a-collur-ful-piece/) - An Empty Canvas In 2023, COLLUR’s journey as an artist resembled that of an explorer venturing into uncharted palettes of styles and melodies. His words began painting a canvas that deepened in shades and hues as the year progressed. As he navigated through various musical genres, each track released was like a brushstroke, adding complexity
- [Aquiles: A Musical Journey Through Tears and Triumphs](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/01/aquiles-northern-colorado-latin-metal/) - Aquiles cried as he prepared to record the song “Burning It All,” so much so that the producer gave him a few minutes to let the tears flow. This was not unusual for the Broomfield artist, known across northern Colorado by one name, just like Shakira or Beyonce. “Sometimes I listen to a song and
- [Inside My Head by CITRA | Single Review](https://bandwagmag.com/2024/01/citra-inside-my-head-review/) - Denver rock band CITRA is catapulting into the new year with their new single, Inside My Head. The band’s local reputation as a gritty, high-energy crew with an irrefutable radio sound is furthered by this track, but what makes it stick out is its honest, self-assured message. As individuals and as a band, “the now”
- [Underseer WINS The 2023 BandWagon Magazine Battle of The Bands](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/12/bandwagon-23-battle-of-the-bands-moxi-theater/) - After more than 100 applications and four preliminary rounds of intense competition, Underseer, The Stephen Lear Band, Cami Maree and The White Moms went head-to-head in the final round of the 2023 BandWagon Magazine Battle of the Bands. The stakes? A whopping 5,000 dollars and the cover of BandWagon Magazine. It all went down on
- [Zella Day & Jesse Woods as Chaparelle | Moxi Theater | 12.8.23](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/12/zella-day-jesse-woods-chaparelle/) - Power-couple and indie-folk duo, Zella Day and Jesse Woods, formed the project Chaparelle to tour the country together. One of their stops was The Moxi Theater in Greeley, Colorado, where they put on an entrancing performance on 12.8.23, captured by Jason Alfaro of Right Eye Media in this gallery:
- [Celebrating a Swinging Hanukkah](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/12/celebrating-a-swinging-hanukkah/) - Jewish jazz musician Domi Edson released an album of her favorite traditional songs. The Holidays were always a complex time for jazz bassist Domi Edson. She enjoys the classic jazz holiday recordings by the Vince Guaraldi Trio or Nat King Cole. She even plays many Christmas gigs every holiday season. But Edson is Jewish. Edson
- [Violet Wild Digs Deep on "Steal My Body"](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/12/violet-wild-steal-my-body/) - One Year to Live... A cancer scare provoked the kind of question from Joanna Branum that most of us ask at one point or another: What if I had one year to live? In her case, at the time, in 2022, she wasn’t sure if she had a few weeks or five years. But the
- [December 2023 - Sam Tallent](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/12/december-2023-sam-tallent/) - In This Issue: Sam Tallent | Violet Wild | Domi Edson
- [An Interview with Emerging Artist, COLLUR](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/11/interview-with-collur/) - In the heart of Colorado's music scene, COLLUR, an alternative artist and college student, has been making noise with his genre-defying sound. In this exclusive interview, COLLUR takes us on a journey through his evolving music career, discussing the challenges and opportunities of being both a student and an independent musician. We delve into the
- [Ovira is on a Mission to Spread Intergalactic Love](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/11/ovira-bandwagon-magazine/) - Fighting the Force Not so long ago in a galaxy somewhere nearby, an alien empress walked down a boulevard lined with her adoring subjects on her coronation day. Before she could reach the dias, a deafening, hollow sound from above silenced the reverie, and a black cloud spread across the sky. It was the void,
- [Plasma Canvas | Dusk Album Review](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/11/plasma-canvas-dusk-album-review/) - If you’ve kept up with the rock scene in Northern Colorado for the past several years, you’ve undoubtedly heard of Plasma Canvas. And, if you’ve happened to be fortunate enough, you’ve had the outfit rock you to your bones live on stage in one iteration or another. Now, with their newly-born full-length debut "Dusk" out
- [2023 BandWagon Magazine Battle of The Bands Line-Up Revealed](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/11/2023-bandwagon-magazine-battle-of-the-bands-line-up-revealed/) - BandWagon Magazine announced the 2023 Battle of the Bands last month, pushing bands up and down Colorado's front range to put their foot in the race with the prospect of a $5,000 grand prize and the cover of BandWagon Magazine. 100 bands and many tough decisions later, BandWagon has revealed the final 16 bands that
- [November 2023 - Ovira](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/11/november-2023-ovira/) - In This Issue: Ovira | COLLUR | Plasma Canvas
- [Ben Chapman: The Trail to and from Nashville](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/08/ben-chapman-tyler-halverson/) - The heart of country music lives in Nashville, and Red Dirt Country artist Ben Chapman is capturing the heart of the city after his last two records and national tour with Lainey Wilson. With his recent successful album, Amber Sound, Vol. 1, and an upcoming tour in August, the singer-songwriter is set to bring his
- [INTHEWHALE - Chosen at Random Album Review](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/10/inthewhale-chosen-at-random/) - Unless you’ve been living underneath a rock in a compound with no electricity, you’ve more than likely heard of the phenomenal force of nature that is Colorado’s Inthewhale. Inthewhale is the loudest two-man operated rock outfit you’re likely to find in the Centennial State. Consisting of the powerful vocals and fuzz-drenched guitar work of Nate
- [Block Party Music Festival Gallery Captured by Jason Alfaro of Right Eye Media](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/09/block-party-music-festival-gallery-captured-by-jason-alfaro-of-right-eye-media/) - The Block Party Music Festival in Downtown Greeley on September 8th, 2023 was a memorable night of incredible music, diversity, and the celebration of Greeley's vibrant community. Jason Alfaro of Right Eye Media was in attendance to capture some special moments that the night had to offer. Enjoy, and see you next year! See more
- [Welcome to Thrash Hard City (Take Two)](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/10/thrash-hard-city-take-two/) - On the first of April this year, Northern Colorado metal bands Thrash Hard City and Phantomstone played back-to-back opening sets at the Moxi Theater’s 10th anniversary. Each band was less than a year old and experiencing growing pains. Growing Pains Thrash Hard City’s rhythm section, composed of guitarist Jay Lee, bassist Isaac Mikael and drummer
- [Tyler Halverson: What The Hell To Do With “Different.”](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/10/tyler-halverson-bandwagon-magazine/) - Dive into Tyler Halverson’s online presence, and you'll be greeted by a cheeky cartoon: a Western cowboy, sporting stubble and flashing a grin, while a joint smolders between his lips, captioned “Western Amerijuanna Music.” This isn't just a playful nod to his persona but captures his distinctive take on the country music world. Amerijuanna represents
- [October 2023 ~ Tyler Halverson](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/10/october-2023-tyler-halverson/) - In This Issue: Tyler Halverson | Thrash Hard City | INTHEWHALE
- [Album Review: Dressy Bessy - Fast Faster Disaster](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/06/album-review-dressy-bessy-fast-faster-disaster/) - If you just heard Dressy Bessy for the first time, you missed quite a lot. Formed from the same seminal Elephant 6 collective that gave birth to Apples in Stereo and Neutral Milk Hotel, the group released half a dozen reliably enjoyable records. Dressy Bessy is a Colorado cause célèbre, releasing 'Fast Faster Disaster' June 13 via Yep Roc Records at Downtown Artery and Lion's Lair respectively.
- [In My Room: Music Teachers Turn To Online Methods, Keeping Musical Communities Together](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/06/room-music-teachers-turn-online-methods-keeping-musical-communities-together/) - With stay-at-home orders in place, students still want to make music with their teachers and with their peers. Fairview High School students in Boulder decided to try a “virtual choir.” Virtual ensembles, including choirs, are a huge trend worldwide, allowing musicians to collaborate with their friends, bandmates, or favorite artists from home. But putting together a collaboration of 15-plus people requires a lot of time, a hefty budget, and in this case, a supportive community.
- [The Burroughs: Greeley's Hometown Heroes Craft a Cosmic Symphony](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/09/the-burroughs-block-party/) - In the dynamic realm of the indie music scene, there are albums, and then there are sagas—musical odysseys that weave tales as enthralling as the notes themselves. The Burroughs' latest offering, "Honey Imastar," falls firmly into the latter category. It's an ambitious, cosmic exploration, but for a band rooted in the nurturing grounds of Greeley,
- [The Greeley Block Party Unveils its Lineup for FREE Upcoming Music Festival](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/09/block-party-downtown-greeley/) - School is back in session and summer's end is around the corner, which means it's time for Greeley's biggest, most diverse music festival of the year! This morning, BandWagon Presents unveiled the lineup for The Block Party, a Colorado Music Festival set to go down this Friday, September 8th, in Downtown Greeley. Continue reading for
- [September 2023 ~ The Burroughs](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/09/september-2023-the-burroughs/) - In This Issue: The Burroughs | NOT A TOY | Kaitlin Butts
- [PRBLMS by NOT A TOY - Album Review](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/08/not-a-toy-new-album-prblms/) - NOT A TOY’s new album, PRBLMS, is a thrilling, genre-defying gem. Lead singer and producer, Branson Hoog, brings a unique vocal timbre to every track, delivering an authentic sound, while exploring an array of musical styles. To put it simply, PRBLMS is versatile. By seamlessly blending rap-influenced verses, catchy pop melodies and dance patterns, NOT
- [August 2023 - Afroman](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/08/august-2023-afroman/) - In This Issue: Afroman | Bootsy Collins Rocks FoCo | Ben Chapman | NOT A TOY
- [A Few Questions With Toad The Wet Sprocket’s Dean Dinning](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/07/a-few-questions-with-toad-the-wet-sprockets-dean-dinning/) - There are countless ridiculous band names—from Chumbawamba and Limp Bizkit to Hoobastank and Thirty Odd Foot of Grunt. Then there’s Toad The Wet Sprocket. What’s a sprocket, why is it wet and what does that have to do with a toad? As the story goes, the band named themselves after a comment Eric Idle made
- [Arrested Development’s Speech Remains Steadfast In His Message](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/07/arrested-development-speech/) - Arrested Development played Washington’s in Fort Collins on February 27, 2020, just days before COVID-19 shuttered the live music industry. Anyone who caught the show was greeted by the same positive, Afrocentric vibes the kaleidoscopic group has been transmitting since the 1990s. More importantly, their message of unity was still intact and hadn’t wavered over
- [The Mysterious Magic of 311](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/07/311-and-arrested-development-at-red-rocks/) - As 311 was driving from Omaha to Los Angeles with dreams of making it in the music business, they made a pit stop at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado. Standing in front of the historic venue, Nick Hexum, S.A. Martinez, Aaron “P-Nut” Wills, Chad Sexton and Tim Mahoney vowed to play there one day.
- [Carti Ferrari Set to Release New Album, You'll Burn Your Eyes Out](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/07/carti-ferrari-new-album/) - The Sounds and Stories Behind The Work The last four years have produced a definite truth: change is the only constant. Some may say change is the easiest part of the journey, but moving on without looking back is where we falter. After four years of unwavering change, alternative artist Carti Ferrari is returning with
- [July 2023 | Carti Ferrari](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/07/july-2023-colorado-music/) - In This Issue: Carti Ferrari | 311 | Dean Dinning | Speech of Arrested Development
- [Kaitlin Butts - Greeley Stampede 2023 (Special Edition)](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/07/kaitlin-butts-greeley-stampede-2023-special-edition/) - In This Issue: Kaitlin Butts - What Else Can She Do (Album Review)
- [Colorado Singer-Songwriter Nathaniel Riley Pours Emotion into "Bird Songs."](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/06/nathaniel-riley-bird-songs/) - Rootsy Fort Collins singer-songwriter Nathaniel Riley can’t help but pour his emotional life into music. To him, songwriting isn’t just art, “storytelling” or entertainment, it’s a way to sort things out and heal old wounds. “It’s about washing my hands clean,” Riley tells BandWagon. “It’s really an intentional approach to having a good heart. That
- [It’s OK To Feel Blue, Just Don’t Rap About It](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/05/its-ok-to-feel-blue-just-dont-rap-about-it/) - DNA Picasso Deconstructs Vulnerability in Hip-Hop with his New Album "The Colour Blü" DNA's DNA If you happen to run into Denver rapper DNA Picasso on the street, chances are he’ll be dressed in a bold, colorful hoodie with a dazzling chain hanging off his neck and a mouthful of gold teeth, ready to strike
- [Milquetoast Renditions A Timeless Classic On “Nights In White Satin”](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/06/milquetoast-nights-in-white-satin/) - Frontman James McAndrew and bassist Dan Zangari from the Denver-based sextet Milquetoast & Co. were out on the golf course when they spoke with BandWagon Magazine about their nostalgic new single, "Nights in White Satin." "We come out here and just swing at things we don't understand. And that's life." McAndrew, Zangari and the rest
- [The Burroughs - Honey Imastar Album Review](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/06/the-burroughs-album-review/) - The Burroughs Don’t Settle For Singles In Their Second Full-Length Album Even with attention spans reduced to 15-second blurbs on TikTok and indie artists spacing out their music releases to one single at a time, The Burroughs had a story to tell. The result is The Burrough’s groovy new album, Honey Imastar. The full-length record
- [MonoNeon is Bringing his Bass Magic to The Aggie](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/06/mononeon-bass-aggie/) - Memphis native Dwayne Johnson Jr., who plays under the pseudonym MonoNeon, is an otherworldly talent. A prodigious bass player, the 32-year-old musician began playing guitar at just four years old—but not exactly in the traditional sense. Despite being right-handed, MonoNeon plays left-handed on a right-handed instrument, allowing him to use heavy string bending on the
- [Why David Cross Will Never Quit Stand-Up](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/06/david-cross-stand-up-comedy/) - The Comedian, Writer & Actor Talks Parenting & Life On The Road David Cross is perhaps best known from his role as the naive and tumultuous psychiatrist Tobias Futge on FOX’s Arrested Development. His voice is also recognizable from the 2007 film reboot of Alvin and the Chipmunks. And comedy nerds have probably seen Cross
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- [Outlaw Saloon Announces CFD After Party Lineup](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/06/outlaw-saloon-announces-cfd-after-party-lineup/) - The Outlaw Saloon's CFD After Party Concert Series is on the horizon. As usual, it promises a remarkable lineup of country and rock music's finest, set to take the stage from July 21st through July 30th, 2023. Here, we'll give a taste of what's to come, with a spotlight on four standout acts - Ned
- [June 2023 - Milquetoast & Co.](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/06/june-2023-milquetoast-co/)
- [Insert A Clever Pun About Sam Having “Tallent” Here](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/05/colorado-comedian-sam-tallent-shares-his-story-after-appearing-on-joe-rogan-podcast/) - "I just flew in from Vegas and boy are my arms tired." Sam Tallent is killing it. The Colorado-based stand-up comic has become a source of pride for many of those who witnessed his rise to the top of the comedic mountain—and likely the source of childish resentment from his peers in the comedy scene
- [Built To Spill: On Tour](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/05/built-to-spill-on-tour/) - Paranoia to Peace Doug Martsch is somewhere in Little Rock, Arkansas mid-tour with Built To Spill. He hasn’t ventured outside of the bus yet, but he hears it’s really hot. As the frontman for the Idaho-based band, the seasoned pro is used to the various elements thrown his way. After all, he’s been touring the
- [May 2023 - Built to Spill](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/05/may-2023-built-to-spill/) - In This Issue: Built to Spill | Sam Tallent | DNA Picasso
- [Lindsey Jordan Doesn’t Want To Write Sad Songs— At Least Not Right Now](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/04/lindsey-jordan-doesnt-want-to-write-sad-songs-at-least-not-right-now/) - Snail Mail’s bandleader on love, existential dread and losing her voice Lindsey Jordan's Pain and Healing Sometimes the best albums are born from the worst circumstances. When Lindsey Jordan first began to string chords, melodies and lyrics together for Snail Mail’s sophomore album, Valentine, it was often through tears. “I was genuinely in a terrible
- [April 2023 - Cursive](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/04/28713/) - In This Issue: Cursive Plays Domestica | Snail Mail’s Lindsey Jordan Doesn’t Want To Write Sad Songs
- [Shine On: City of the Sun Aims To Bring Its Instrumental Brilliance To The World ](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/03/shine-on/) - Zach Para and John Pita, collectively known as City of the Sun, recorded the Segunda Alma EP at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the concert industry brought to its proverbial knees, there was little left to do but create. So, that’s what they did. Armed with a small arsenal of instruments and recording
- [March 2023 - City of the Sun](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/03/march-2023-city-of-the-sun/) - In This Issue: City of the Sun | Plasma Canvas | Soulfly
- [Math Rock and the Immigrant Experience: ZETA “Dances It All” – from Venezuela to Miami to Fort Collins](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/03/math-rock-and-the-immigrant-struggle-zeta-dances-it-all-from-venezuela-to-miami-to-fort-collins/) - “Every song is a different rhythm that represents a region in Latin America,” Zeta’s Juan Yilo Alvarado says of Todo Bailarlo, the Venezuelan punk orchestra’s upcoming LP. “It was really liberating and really challenging at the same time.” “Our communities dance through everything: sadness, happiness, the good, the bad,” Alvarado said. “We are always dancing through life, moving and adapting and looking for better opportunities in remote places.” But Zeta has not lost its frenetic exuberance by embracing its roots. This is calypso (and salsa, samba, latin jazz…) made for moshing. “It’s still rock and it’s still progressive,” Alvarado assures. While Zeta’s sound might be aggressive, the band’s ethos is the opposite. They are compassionate, inclusive and intent on fostering community wherever they go. Dani "Debuto" Hernandez, the band’s other guitarist/vocalist in addition to Alvarado, is notorious for feeding tour mates, fans and anyone else that walks by. In keeping with the band’s shared pacifistic and environmental ethics, his cooking is vegan (with a Venezuelan flair). “We’ve connected to, not only to latinos, but also to immigrant people from other countries and ethnicities,” Alvarado explained. “We all feel very identified with the immigrant struggle. In the band and orchestra we are all either immigrants or the kids of immigrants.”
- [February 2023 - Tanner Usrey](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/01/february-2023-tanner-usrey/) - In This Issue: Tanner Usrey | Phantomstone | The Collection
- [xDeadBeatx Ignites a Hardcore Punk Resurgence in Fort Collins](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/01/xdeadbeatx-ignites-a-hardcore-punk-resurgence-in-fort-collins/) - “When I moved to Fort Collins, I didn’t want to have to drive to Denver to go to hardcore shows,” Billy Fabrocini tells BandWagon. “Now people will drive up here to go to shows. That’s what DeadBeat was always about. DeadBeat was about showing people, ‘yeah, we can do it ourselves. We can do it here.’” In addition to being a hardcore band, xDeadBeatx is “straight edge,” a label that arose from the hardcore scene in 1981, after the seminal band Minor Threat released a 46-second track by the same name that disparaged drug and alcohol abuse. Since then, straight edge has evolved, morphed and splintered into its own genre and subgenres. A strict set of ethical guidelines come along with the musical characteristics — no drinking, smoking, drugs, promiscuous sex or addictive behaviors of any kind for life. Each member of xDeadBeatx has his own reason for embracing the straight edge ethos. Each of those reasons can be traced back to long before the band was founded in 2019.
- [Silver & Gold: Saving Face](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/01/silver-gold-saving-face/) - The band members in Silver & Gold don’t seem to believe it, but it was a decade ago when they were just a group of college kids crowded together in a music rehearsal room at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley to go over some songs they’d just written. They were regulars after 9 p.m. most nights at Frasier Hall, the music building, where they honed their craft beyond jazz choir, soon becoming one of Northern Colorado’s most beloved rock bands. The band will release a new EP next month, and the six songs reflect a group much more sure of itself than those kids in Fraiser, Hildebrandt said. This is despite the fact that they recorded the album just a few months into the pandemic. Maybe, in fact, because of it.
- [No More Running: Seth Beamer Shines Solo](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/01/no-more-running-seth-beamer-shines-solo/) - Strong inspiration can carry you a long way. For Denverite and man of many musical hats Seth Beamer, inspiration struck at least once recently and the propulsion is palpable. Having embraced a solo career path after parting ways with Wildermiss (a group he founded) a handful of years ago, Beamer has embraced his true self: a connector, teacher, master of many trades, and conduit of positive energy. Releasing his debut single “The Runaround'' on December 7, 2022, Beamer has hit the ground, well, running – racking up tens of thousands of instagram followers and winning Channel 93.3 KTCL’s annual Hometown For The Holidays competition last month. For Colorado artists, that’s a huge deal.
- [January 2023 ~ Silver & Gold](https://bandwagmag.com/2023/01/january-2023-silver-gold/)
- [Album Review: Trash. – Ghosts](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/12/album-review-trash-ghosts/) - Let’s face it. For many, the past couple of years have been pretty garbage, in a lot of ways. However, for Colorado's progressive pop-punk outfit Trash., it would seem the past two years have been about growth and preparing a sophomore release that, in every sense of the word, is quite the opposite of what the band’s moniker projects.
- [100 to 16, Now Down to 4: BandWagon's Battle Of The Bands Closes in on Title Bout](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/12/100-to-16-now-down-to-4-bandwagons-battle-of-the-bands-closes-in-on-title-bout/) - Eternal Glory, $5,000 and the cover of BandWagon Magazine are grounds for musical fisticuffs in Colorado. Last month, 16 Colorado bands who stood out from 100 submissions slugged it out (yes, metaphorically) at 4 of the state's most worthy music venues: Oskar Blues Colorado Springs, The Moxi Theater in Greeley, The Coast in Fort Collins and The Black Buzzard in Denver. The four finalists rocked hard to surpass their contenders and secure their spot in the final round on December 10 at The Moxi Theater. In the initial rounds, each act was assessed by a panel of celebrity judges on a combination of talent, skill, stye and conduct (along with an element of fan voting) to determine the finalists. Here's what the original sweet sixteen brought to the battlefield in the first round.
- [December 2022 - Treaty Oak Revival](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/12/december-2022-treaty-oak-revival/)
- [Everyone Should Start a Band](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/11/everyone-should-start-a-band/) - "Everyone should start a band. You'll begin by gathering some friends to meet in a dingy classroom and start practice on a drum set with busted heads and an amp with crunchy outputs. You’ll be bad at first. Or maybe not terrible, but awkward and too loud. But it will be fun to make noise and write songs that aren’t so serious, and maybe a few that are. You’ll laugh harder than you have in years. You’ll leave practice looking forward to the next one. You’ll play a show ..."
- [Album Review: Jellyfish Farm - Jellyfish](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/11/album-review-jellyfish-farm-jellyfish/) - Progressive rock is certainly its own multi-tentacled beast. Its key characteristics align with virtuosic musicianship and a sort of refined taste which, as with caviar or any stereotype, can lend itself to negative connotations. But the debut release from Colorado’s Jellyfish Farm could not be further from any preconceived notion of “stuffy” progressive rock. Rather, it’s a delightful and abstract breath of fresh air for not only the state’s local music scene, but modern prog as a whole.
- [Album Review: Logan Farmer - A Mold For The Bell](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/11/album-review-logan-farmer-a-mold-for-the-bell/) - Following in the Soft-Croon tradition of fellow Colorado folkers Covenhoven and Gregory Alan Isakov, Fort Collins’ Farmer paints with a palette of little more than acoustic guitar and vocal. But a flutter of woodwind textures, flecks of orchestral harp and thoughtful string arrangements elevate the album’s eight songs to a 10. Fans of Bon Iver will love A Mold For The Bell, but expect a few unique brush strokes in this impressionist piece, namely, the pointed, trembling timbre of Farmer’s vocal: It’s hushed and rife with vibrato yet convinced with a determined grit.
- [Langhorne Slim: A Semblance of Stillness](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/11/langhorne-slim-a-semblance-of-stillness/) - Langhorne Slim's "Strawberry Mansion" was the result of a burst of creativity that emerged from the pandemic and after winning a battle with clinical anxiety and prescription drug abuse. He’s still happy to talk about that time and his never-ending struggles, and he remains honored to share his experience with mental health organizations. But sometimes he has to remind people that those are things he’s dealt with his whole life. They do not necessarily define him. “I’m also having fun too,” Slim said with a laugh in a phone interview with BandWagon. “It’s not beating me every day. For the first time ever, I was finding some semblance of stillness. I wasn’t running from myself because I wasn’t able to.”
- [November 2022 - Langhorne Slim](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/11/november-2022-langhorne-slim/)
- [Nothing to Hide Behind: Wheelwright's Jared Kolesar After The Mill](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/10/nothing-to-hide-behind-wheelwrights-jared-kolesar-after-the-mill/) - “I think there’s an element of a lonely cowboy out on the trail,” Jared Kolesar of Wheelwright tells BandWagon. “There’s many songs now with a story that is best told while I’m alone with my guitar.” The reworked songs give his Jared & The Mill fans a chance to preview his new sound, one he calls more sonically interesting, with more synth and more effects to his vocals to go with some new hip-hop vibes. He calls the sound Neo-Western and compares it to a mix of 80’s futurism and Americana. Or, in his own words, “like Blade Runner with more cowboy vibes.”
- [Finding Herself: Briana Harris Steps Up as Band Leader on Debut Album When We’re Found](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/10/finding-herself-briana-harris-steps-up-as-band-leader-on-debut-album-when-were-found/) - On a whim, Briana Harris submitted a grant proposal along with a demo of her soulful song “Ground Up” which she had performed for The Burroughs’ Virtual Telethon in 2020. That June, Harris received a message that she was awarded the funding to record an album. “I wanted to make the most volume of work I could, and see where that would take me,” Harris said. “I want to really present what I feel is the fullest version of myself. Just the process of doing that for me has been important and empowering.”
- [October 2022 - Wheelwright](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/10/october-2022-wheelwright/)
- [Birth, Death and Time In The Sun: SUSTO's Justin Osborne Finds new Dimesion](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/09/birth-death-and-time-in-the-sun-sustos-justin-osborne-finds-new-dimesion/) - “There were ravines growing between me and people in my life,” Justin Osborne tells BandWagon. “And with COVID, everybody got pushed back together. Some of those changes had to be faced head on.” Osborne is the commandant of North Carolina’s Susto and he’s just gone through some of the most intense years of his life. “If humans are dimensional,” he says, “there's a whole new dimension of myself that was awakened.” Susto’s sound sits between Americana, psych-pop and the indie-rock church of rootsy folk. A mix of satire and earnestness adds a roughness; a raised eyebrow setting it apart from rural radio. Its dark, drug-influenced sentimentality and staunch idealism is, at its heart, just barefaced American songwriting. “There were a lot of attempts at reconciliation – my own beliefs with how I was raised,” he says. “I'm trying not to disrespect,” he says, “but to participate in these big life events.”
- [Block Party 2022 - photos by Tyler Smith](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/09/block-party-2022/)
- [Album Review: Draghoria - Dangerous Species](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/09/album-review-draghoria-dangerous-species-2/) - Colorado mainstay metallers Draghoria have long been a force to be reckoned with. Their latest effort, Dangerous Species, has not only maintaineed their place on the mountain but have effectively secured their territory at the top. Draghoria is known in the Colorado community for sheer, sonic brutality, creating an amalgamation of old-school thrash and modern metal held together by forceful melodies, unmatched musicianship, and nods to a plethora of styles that scream (pun intended) pure metal.
- [September 2022 - Susto](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/09/september-2022-susto/) - In This Issue: Susto - Birth, Death, Time in the Sun | Shinyribs - Kevin Russell Goes Big | Draghoria - Dangerous Species
- [Play it For Your Mates: Tones And I Rises Up Solo; Puts the "I" in Team-Macklemore](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/08/play-it-for-your-mates-tones-and-i-rises-up-solo-puts-the-i-in-team-macklemore/) - You’ve heard it. It was written by a busker, in a closet, for a few friends at a youth hostel but somewhere on Planet Earth in the last three years, you've heard it. The song is “Dance Monkey” and the number of times it has been streamed online is literally incalculable. “I didn't write that song to release at all,” Toni Watson aka Tones And I tells BandWagon. “I lived at a hostel. Like – I'd parked my van there, I used the showers. I played that song for a year on the street before I decided to release it.” Now, for the first time, the one woman wonder is ready to collaborate – with her musical hero Macklemore, of course. “It's just the most perfect track for both of us,” Watson says. And she will finally release her first song ever about love. “I don't mean to, but I've actually never written a love song,” Watson says. "I just don't feel like I'd ever really known what it is.”
- [August 2022 - Tones and I](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/08/august-2022/)
- [Bevin Luna: 105.5 The Colorado Sound's Featured Artist](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/07/bevin-luna-105-5-the-colorado-sounds-featured-artist/) - “Madison & Angelus is a garage rock EP because it’s rock and roll. And it was literally recorded in a garage in LaPorte, Colorado,” Bevin Luna says. True to the garage band ethos, the 6 tracks mesh originals, covers and co-writes with big, fuzzy guitars, overdriven vocals and bashing drums. But the garage has a heart and some depth behind its door. Much of the writing discusses the turmoil of being a musician in the digital age, and as Luna puts it: “In the middle of a pandemic sandwich: never knowing where to begin or if it’s ever going to end – constantly trying to reassure ourselves that everything was gonna be OK.”
- [Album Review: People in General - friends](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/07/album-review-people-in-general-friends/) - People in General are making the leap. Since their first release Piglet in 2019, the trio has grown into a full 8 piece band with horns, extra vocalists and more. The sounds on the new EP Friends are more mature, with bigger, fuller arrangements. But the shift isn’t only because the band is suddenly all grown up. Like it or not, the vocalist is the most identifying element of any band, and People in General have changed that up too.
- [Album Review: mon cher - tell me baby](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/07/album-review-mon-cher-tell-me-baby/) - Denver’s femme trio, mon cher, explore synth-driven dream pop in their new EP tell me baby. It’s meditative and vibey, reminiscent of synth-pop groups like Washed Out (the group that wrote the “Portlandia” theme) and the Minecraft’s ethereal composer, C418.
- [The Bones of J.R. Jones: Desert Rhythms and Dancing Through the Blues](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/07/the-bones-of-j-r-jones-desert-rhythms-and-dancing-through-the-blues/) - J.R.’s life as a touring bluesman came later than some. In his late 20’s, he was living in Brooklyn, bartending and teaching at a pre-school. He had a masters degree in printmaking, but the medium was quickly being usurped by digital alternatives. Still, he needed a creative outlet. A few years before, J.R.’s college roommate had introduced him to a song that made him fall in love with the blues. It was Blind Lemon Jefferson, a 1920’s singer and guitarist who is sometimes credited as the “Father of the Texas Blues.” “I had never heard that raw, gritty passion in anything else,” he said. “It just kind of leveled me.” From then on, J.R. spent his in-between time — in between work, school, relationships and everything else — playing the blues. “There were a lot of DIY venues that popped up in loft spaces or garages. They were perfect for the type of music I was playing,” he explained. “All you needed was a condenser microphone, a picnic table and a cooler of PBR.”
- [Album Review: Pathos & Logos - Cult](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/07/album-review-pathos-logos-cult/) - When you find yourself on the old familiar quest for heavy, ethereal, instrumental music that takes you on a sonic journey through space and time, look no further than the latest effort from Colorado’s Pathos & Logos, "Cult." Pathos & Logos is a two-man operation that sounds like a galaxy of performers smearing a solar system of sounds together.
- [Michal Menert: Things Burn Down](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/07/michal-menert-things-burn-down/) - Michal Menert has been thinking about fire. The fires that have burned vast tracts of land near his childhood home in Colorado and not far from his former home in California. The fire that burned a warehouse full of his merch in Detroit last December. A fire that burned down the house in Fort Collins where he used to live with his bandmates in 2004. And all of the other metaphorical fires that have raged through his life over the years. “Things burn down and then you watch the flowers grow back out of the cracks,” Menert reflected in an interview with BandWagon. The theme has permeated the Pretty Lights cofounder’s music in recent months.
- [Album Review: Musuji - Blanket Statement](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/07/album-review-musuji-blanket-statement/) - To say that Musuji’s reputation precedes them would be an understatement. Known for their “wild with madness” moniker, Musuji mash together layer upon layer of sound and energy to create their own blend of funky, intense indie rock that is equally as chill as it is disastrous – and that’s in a good way.
- [Single Review: Hutty - "Broke Bank"](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/07/single-review-hutty-broke-bank/) - Since making his mark with his 2021 album and over 1.5 million streams on Spotify for his hit “Body Low,” Hutty has been exploring different genres and influences, using hip-hop as his foundation.
- [Single Review: Eufórquestra - "Arizona to Georgia"](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/07/single-review-euforquestra-arizona-to-georgia/) - Eufórquestra’s recent single, “Arizona to Georgia,” leans into groovy funk-rock, with jammy vibes and a big sound, reminiscent of early Steely Dan or Steve Miller’s “Fly Like an Eagle.” This song has a lot of potential to extend to a full jam, pushing audiences to have a “little less talk, a little more listen” as the lyrics demand.
- [Single Review: Connor Terrones - "What Can I Do?"](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/07/single-review-connor-terrones-what-can-i-do/) - Guitarist Connor Terrones debuts his solo project with his first single, “What Can I Do?” giving listeners a peek into the lofi tastes of the long-time Colorado soul and R&B sideman.
- [February 2022 - The Collection](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/02/february-2022-the-collection/)
- [July 2022 - The Bones of J.R. Jones](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/07/july-2022-the-bones-of-j-r-jones/) - IN THIS ISSUE: The Bones of J.R. Jones | Michal Menert (Pretty Lights) | mon cher | Musuji | Pathos & Logos | Hutty | Connor Terrones | Eufórquestra | Bevin Luna | 105.5 The Colorado Sound
- [A Century of Country – Greeley Stampede's New Stage Set for Brad Paisley and More](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/06/a-century-of-country-greeley-stampedes-new-stage-set-for-brad-paisley-and-more/) - The Greeley Stampede’s new stage was built with Brad Paisley in mind. The last time he played here, in 2007, Paisley had 10 semi-trailers full of equipment, said Justin Watada, executive director of the Stampede. Way back then, three “up and coming” acts performed with Paisley, including a young lady named Taylor Swift. The brand new stage is bigger and much better, with all the fixins you’d expect from a show at Red Rocks, including a platform that will allow the artists to walk 50 feet out into the crowd. And Paisley is back as the Stampede’s biggest act in a lineup that includes Stone Temple Pilots, Jon Pardi, Cole Swindell and Jordan Davis.
- [Jen Korte: 105.5 The Colorado Sound's Featured Artist](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/06/jen-korte-105-5-the-colorado-sounds-featured-artist/) - Jen Korte
- [Video Premiere: Jelie – Just Like You](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/06/video-premiere-jelie-just-like-you/) - We last heard from Denver hip hop up-and-comer Jelie in May when the rapper / producer released the pandemic-inspired “Cope” to coincide with mental health awareness month. Today, she’s back, premiering the music video for "Just Like You" via BandWagon – and it cuts just as deep.
- [Album Review: I In Team - Bad Neighbors](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/06/album-review-i-in-team-bad-neighbors/) - Knock, knock – It’s Nick Sanville and Dugan’s group I In Team ushering you into your living room, commandeering the nearest bluetooth speaker and showcasing cuts from their freshly minted project Bad Neighbors – a rap album made with intention. Not the intention of doing something on purpose – rather, something done with purpose. It’s barrel aged and small batch, but without the pomp of a soft launch for some hipster yerba maté bar. It's meticulously crafted hip-hop refined by a pair of artists who take their music - not themselves - quite seriously.
- [OGT: To Re-Write a Legacy](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/06/ogt-to-re-write-a-legacy/) - Kodean IX doesn’t know where he would be without music, but he knows it wouldn’t be good. He has been in and out of jail, and one of his cousins was in Greeley’s chapter of the infamous 18th Street gang. “He asked me why I was gang-banging,” Kodean recalled, “and I said, ‘Because I grew up here.’ – He told me to do something better. Break the legacy. And I did.” Kodean and a grieving Keen OGT (who lost his sister to suicide) were rapping to help quell the pain they felt, and they began to call themselves OGT, or One Great Team. Then the Moxi Theater gave OGT a chance, a big show, and Korean hasn’t forgotten it. “I’d still be in a different life,” Kodean told BandWagon. “[The Moxi] gave me a chance to show what I could do.”
- [Single Review: Joy Scout - "Pretty Itty Bitty Kitty"](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/06/single-review-joy-scout-pretty-itty-bitty-kitty/) - During the pandemic, Joy Scout’s Paul Beverage brought home a tabby named Josie, wrote a punk-infused 12-bar blues about her and he wants you to know about it. Mee-ow!
- [How The Arcadian Wild was Loved Into Being](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/06/how-the-arcadian-wild-was-loved-into-being/) - The Arcadian Wild really listen. You can see it in their patience with fans, their gentleness with each other, and most of all in the cohesive interplay of each melodic line in their music. Like mycelium spreading nutrients throughout a forest, each individual is inseparable from the whole. The band began in an impromptu post-choir-class jam session in 2013. The lineup has shifted so often over the years that founding member Lincoln Mick refers to the band as a “revolving door,” but he remembers the band’s five-or-so departed members with much more sweetness than bitterness. “To take a turn of phrase from Fred Rogers, so many people have ‘loved this band into being’ over the years,” he told BandWagon.
- [Album Review: Companion - Second Day of Spring](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/06/album-review-companion-second-day-of-spring/) - Fort Collins based identical twin sisters Sophia and Jo Babb, otherwise known as Companion, release their debut folk/americana album Second Day of Spring with vocal harmonies that match as perfectly as their DNA. They find creative ways to use their voices throughout, processing the trauma of their father taking his own life and their own feelings of isolation. Their unisons are striking, the balance and the carefully constructed harmonies giving the illusion that they are coming from the same person.
- [Album Review: Neoma - Hyperreal](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/06/album-review-neoma-hyperreal/) - Denver synth-pop resident Neoma brings her Ecuadorian influences to the Front Range with her new album Hyperreal. Her definitive style brings a welcome slice of musical diversity to Denver’s predominantly americana/rock scene, and her ‘sad-girl’ aesthetic doesn’t stop listeners from wanting to dance-it-up like they’re at the club.
- [Single Review: Spliff Tank - "Lie"](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/06/single-review-spliff-tank-lie/) - There’s nothing subtle about Spliff Tank’s latest single. In the opening measures of “Lie,” an uptempo beat collides with droning guitars and a soaring melodic synth lead.
- [Album Review: Draghoria - Dangerous Species](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/06/album-review-draghoria-dangerous-species/) - Colorado mainstay metallers Draghoria have long been a force to be reckoned with. Their latest effort, Dangerous Species, has not only maintaineed their place on the mountain but have effectively secured their territory at the top. Draghoria is known in the Colorado community for sheer, sonic brutality, creating an amalgamation of old-school thrash and modern metal held together by forceful melodies, unmatched musicianship, and nods to a plethora of styles that scream (pun intended) pure metal.
- [June 2022 - Arcadian Wild](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/05/june-2022-arcadian-wild/) - IN THIS ISSUE: Arcadian Wild | Polyrhythmics | OGT | Neoma | Companion | Draghoria | Jen KorteJelie | Jay Scout | Spliff Tank | 105.5 the Colorado Sound
- [Polyrhythmics and the Definition of Vibe](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/05/polyrhythmics-and-the-definition-of-vibe/) - When the Polyrhythmics first gathered in a Seattle recording studio a decade ago, they planned to make a vinyl record and then, perhaps, go their separate ways … “When we started, we wanted to perform the music we recorded,” Bloom said, “and now our live set is a living, breathing thing that we do every night. There is this ethos from the fans that they want to see something new, and that feedback has played into what we do live. We are still sort of trying to reach something every night. We are trying to leave room for magic.”
- [Alysia Kraft: 105.5 The Colorado Sound's Featured Artist](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/05/alysia-kraft-105-5-the-colorado-sounds-featured-artist/) - Alysia Kraft can keenly use nature as a metaphor in her music. But in the case of “Little River,” a song with rich layers of meaning and potential interpretations, the inspiration was frighteningly literal. “I almost drowned in the river by my parent’s ranch in the summer of 2020,” Kraft tells BandWagon. “It was a freak accident. The railing snapped on a bridge I was standing on and I was instantly tossed into a very high, very debris-choked river raging with freshly thawed spring snow.” She lived to tell the tale. And in turn, make some of this year’s most resonant music. A Wyoming native, Kraft’s is known in Colorado as one third of folk-rock favorites Whippoorwill and the voice of The Patti Fiasco. With therapeutic guidance, she came to an epiphany following the river trauma.
- [Blast N’ Scrap is Back on Track](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/05/blast-n-scrap-is-back-on-track/) - Blast N’ Scrap has become the de facto community hub for underground music in Fort Collins, but the organization does far more than event production. Its projects include a 6-week theater program for school kids, weekly screen printing classes using sustainable and recycled materials and Band Blast Off, a music education program teaching professional skills to aspiring musicians ages 7 to 17. The prolific volume of Blast N’ Scrap initiatives is due, in large part, to the scruffy 38-year old at the helm. Michael Gormley is bursting with ideas. And though Blast N’ Scrap events now include established local bands, Gormley adamantly says they will always be there for local bands to play their first show.
- [Jon Wolfe Ticket Giveaway](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/05/jon-wolfe-ticket-giveaway/) - Jon Wolfe is playing in Casper on Friday, May 27, and Cheyenne on Saturday, May 28. This is is your chance to get a free ticket to those shows, with the purchase of a ticket to see Whiskey Myers at The Chinook in Cheyenne this August. Just follow this link... Once you've purchased your ticket
- [Son Lux Scores Everything and Frees Up Their Tomorrows](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/05/son-lux-scores-everything-and-frees-up-their-tomorrows/) - If André 3000 playing a Mayan double flute for your band’s movie score isn’t proof that the multiverse exists, we don’t know what is. But it exists. And there’s so much more. André, Moses Sumney, Randy Newman, Mitski, and David Byrne are among the guest artists Son Lux acquired for what became a 49-track film score with more musical ideas than one universe can hold. Son Lux (Ryan Lott, Ian Chang and Rafiq Bhatia) have been making music from their own universes for years. In 2019, they were contacted by film directing team Daniels to score their mind bending, multiverse movie 'Everything Everywhere All at Once.' It was a match made in multi-heaven. Now on tour supporting their recent, triple album 'Tomorrows I, II & III,' Son Lux bring an organic approach to represent their cinematic, layered and dynamic music.
- [Horse Feathers: The Endearing Nature of Justin Ringle’s Earnest Sound](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/05/horse-feathers-the-endearing-nature-of-justin-ringles-earnest-sound/) - Horse Feathers’ spin on traditional folk and Americana spans barn dance to backyard reverie, airy ballads to full-blooded country jigs. Justin Ringle launched Horse Feathers shortly after moving to the Pacific Northwest at a time he says “all the cliches from Portlandia were being developed.” Rent was cheap and you just needed a shitty job to keep your creative aspirations afloat. “It was really less preposterous for me to try to become a professional musician than it was to get a job in graphic design at the time,” he said. Though dispelling any romantic notion, Ringle points out, “There was really high unemployment in Portland and it was just kind of tough going. Everything was really close to the bone.”
- [Goatwhore: With a Vengeance](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/05/goatwhore-with-a-vengeance/) - Even with a name like Goatwhore, there’s room for subtlety. Yes, there are Satanic overtones in Goatwhore’s lyrics — duh — and their music reflects it, with the kind of hardcore black metal crunch you’d expect in the drums, guitars and, of course, the vocals (also duh). But the last record’s lyrics come from a concept album, Vengeful Ascension, which portray Lucifer as an underdog slighted by a God who was equally oppressive. L. Ben Falgoust II, the band’s singer (and keeper of one of the best metal monikers in history), uses historical references to color the themes, but Zack Simmons, the drummer, likes to apply the lyrics to real life.
- [EP Review: Elektric Animals - Channels](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/05/ep-review-elektric-animals-channels/) - Denver’s Elektric Animals ring in the summer via the upbeat rock sound of their new EP Channels. They guarantee that every song, no matter how few, is a bop you will dance to as the weather warms up. “Come Clean” pulls listeners right in with a fast, dancy drum groove and rhythmic guitar and Nick Sanders' gritty vocal is sent boiling into a fevered scream. If they haven’t already, 93.3 needs to put this track in their rotation now.
- [May 2022 - Son Lux](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/05/may-2022-son-lux/) - In This issue: Son Lux | Anthony Ruptak | Alysia Kraft | Blast N’ Scrap | Horse Feathers | Cloud Catcher | Goatwhore | Electrik Animals | Ronan Andrews | 105.5 The Colorado Sound
- [Cloud Catcher: Carry the Heavy Torch](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/05/cloud-catcher-carry-the-heavy-torch/) - Some kids grow up listening to Barney, Elmo or Little Einsteins. Rory Rummings listened to Dio, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden. “My Dad raised me on the classics,” Rummings tells BandWagon, and you can hear it in Cloud Catcher, the Denver band he formed nine years ago. Rummings is the frontman and main songwriter, and he loves paying homage to the classic metal of the 1980s as well as the bands that started it all, such as Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. But Rummings insists that Cloud Catcher isn’t just another replica.
- [Album Review: Anthony Ruptak - Backrooms](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/04/album-review-anthony-ruptak-backrooms/) - Like Ruptak’s earlier work, Backrooms is emotionally charged, but themes of anger, regret and despair are balanced by love and connection. “The overall arc is one of evolution and healing,” Ruptak explained. Scenes that play out over fragile, haunting melodies include a funeral for a well-loved dog, an ambulance ride to a hospice center and a white-knuckle drive to the house of a suicidal family member. On “Angie,” Ruptak proposes to his wife. Literally.
- [EP Review: Ronan Andrews - Quarter Life Crisis](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/04/ep-review-ronan-andrews-quarter-life-crisis/) - Ronan Andrews’ new solo EP Quarter Life Crisis features upbeat and bright pop with some groovy jazz and soul undertones that should please fans of Mayor Hawthorne or Silk Sonic. There’s a happy, feel-good air about his songs, like the upbeat opening track “Dancing Like a Fool,” featuring a bouncing piano groove, full vocal harmonies and cool guitar licks. It gives “Sunday Morning” by Maroon 5 feelings, especially when the piano plays lush, jazz-influenced chord changes.
- [Charley Crockett at the Beacon Club, Casper – April 8, 2022](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/04/charley-crockett-at-the-beacon-club-casper-april-8-2022/)
- [Pink Fuzz: Blood Runs Deep](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/04/pink-fuzz-blood-runs-deep/) - If you notice a particular sweetness in the vocal harmonies soaring above the sludgy riffs, ripping guitar and ruthless drums of Denver rock trio Pink Fuzz, you’re on to something. If you pick out stylistic parallels to another Denver trio The Velveteers, you’re getting even warmer. The sound you hear in the voices of John and LuLu from Pink Fuzz is called blood harmony. That sounds pretty metal, which is appropriate, but it’s a term used to describe the unmatched accordance that happens when blood relatives sing together.
- [Jyemo Club: 105.5 The Colorado Sound's Featured Artist](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/04/jyemo-club-105-5-the-colorado-sounds-featured-artist/) - “From my own experiences, I've always wished more people from this country would listen to music that is not sung in English,” Jonny Jyemo tells BandWagon. “There is so much out there. Language should not be a barrier, but an invitation to connect.” Jyemo is the founder of Jyemo Club, a Colorado band with members from 5 different countries. The band is based on a simple, inclusive idea: a concert where people from anywhere in the world would feel welcome. Where beats invite dancing and lyrics are felt beyond language. The Club has so many varying backgrounds that they can only be described as universal.
- [Joshua Ray Walker: King Of The Honky-Tonk Misfits](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/04/joshua-ray-walker-king-of-the-honky-tonk-misfits/) - Joshua Ray Walker’s role model for his hit “Sexy After Dark” was not Tim McGraw, Billy Ray Cyrus or Keith Urban. It was Conway Twitty. Twitty, Walker said in a phone interview with BandWagon, was sort of a goofy guy who managed to sing some of the most romantic songs in country music. It’s not like Twitty belonged on the cast of Hee Haw, but he wasn’t Elvis. One of the intentions of “Sexy After Dark,” Walker said, was to pay a backhanded but lighthearted tribute to all the people like Twitty. “There’s a history of country crooners who aren’t sexy – putting out sexy songs,” Walker said. “‘Slow Hand’ is one of my favorites. Twitty is so goofy-looking, but he sold it. He really sold it.” The other intent, Walker said, was to poke fun at himself. He knows he’s also not Elvis.
- [Album Review: Holdfast. – Movies](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/04/album-review-holdfast-movies/) - Holdfast.’s new album Movies brings their expected electro dark-pop and rock aesthetic but leans into other styles that open their doors to new fans. Singer Charlie Maddocks demonstrates a dramatic contrast in dynamics, one that MUSE’s lead Matt Bellamy is well known for, though Maddocks’ tone is undoubtedly his own, becoming one of Colorado’s most recognizable lead vocals. Holdfast. continues to deliver strong songs while experimenting with new sounds and textures.
- [Album Review: Young Habitat - In First Person Perspective](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/04/album-review-young-habitat-in-first-person-perspective/) - Music seldom tells you what to imagine in a concrete, absolute way. It requires you to fill in the gaps — sometimes thin, sometimes wide. Young Habitat’s debut EP In First Person Perspective, is a meditation on this idea. Riley Sbarna and saxophonist Hayden Farr (Trash Cat, The Burroughs) have long riffed about a potential musical collaboration, but the inspiration to finally follow through came from an unlikely source: the pandemic. Though In First Person Perspective retains the emotional vulnerability of Sbrana’s previous work, the sonic landscape is a left turn. Understated vocals often devolve into heavily affected opacity. The instrumentation is reminiscent of lo-fi hip hop with frequent saxophone odysseys provided by Farr. It’s one part contemporary Bon Iver and one part Porches with a sprinkle of neo soul. It’s both melancholic and beautiful.
- [Del Water Gap with Taylor Janzen at Aggie Theatre, Fort Collins – March 29, 2022](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/04/del-water-gap-with-taylor-janzen-at-aggie-theatre-fort-collins-march-29-2022/)
- [Album Review: Kaitlyn Williams - Under These Lights](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/04/album-review-kaitlyn-williams-under-these-lights/) - "Under These Lights," the new album from Denver’s Kaitlyn Williams, walks the line between neo soul and music for the masses, departing from the bedroom pop she showcased in her 2019 album and subsequent singles. A contributing factor to this shift in style is the live recording, which leaves less room for glittery production and more room for natural musicianship.
- [April 2022 - Joshua Ray Walker](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/04/april-2022-joshua-ray-walker/) - In This Issue: Joshua Ray Walker | Pink Fuzz | Holdfast. | FOCOMX | Jyemo Club | Kaitlyn Williams | Young Habitat
- [January 2022 - Pecos & The Rooftops](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/01/january-2022-pecos-the-rooftops/) - In This Issue: Pecos & The Rooftops | Mom Rock | TX2 | Crescent City Connection | The Matterhorn Project | N3ptune | George Cessna | Co-stanza | DEBR4H | Branson Hoog
- [December 2021 - Okey Dokey / INTHEWHALE](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/12/december-2021-okey-dokey-inthewhale/) - I am raw html block.Click edit button to change this html In This Issue: INTHEWHALE | Okey Dokey | Uplift: FoCo | Colorado’s Best New Year’s Eve Shows | This Broken Beat | MAGPIE THE BAND | Los Mocochetes | 105.5 The Colorado Sound Featured Artist
- [Album Review: Dead Man's Alibi](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/03/album-review-dead-mans-alibi/) - Fort Collins-based Dead Man's Alibi keeps a post-grunge metal sound while tossing in some blues on their debut. They have a classic early 2000’s sound, with some Alice in Chains mixed in on tracks like “Hole In A Hat,” and “Lowly Saint” which feature roaring guitars and rowdy drum grooves. The vocals show some grit but shy away from the screaming and growling most bands these days employ. Epic guitar solos call up Judas Priest, but what makes Dead Man’s Alibi cool is the blues influence in their sound.
- [Album Review: Big Brooklyn - Everyone Everywhere](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/03/album-review-big-brooklyn-everyone-everywhere/) - Denver based Big Brooklyn begs the question “what is jazz?” with their new album Everyone Everywhere, in which every track dips a toe into different sub-genres underneath the jazz umbrella. They have enough “straight ahead” stuff,but they also share some funky fusion you might hear from Herbie Hancock’s Head Hunters era. Their incorporation of Melody Dornfeld on clarinet (and bass clarinet) lends a quirkier sound for a group that doesn’t focus on gypsy jazz or 1920’s repertoire.
- [Album Review: Thom LaFond - The Moon Leans In](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/03/album-review-thom-lafond-the-moon-leans-in/) - Nederland, Colorado's Thom LaFond is most well known as the guitarist and singer in Denver’s four-piece gypsy jam rock outfit Banshee Tree. But on this, his debut full-length, he lets his inner voice shine. Close, acoustic and intimate speckles of piano, pizzicato violin and nimble upright bass frame his hushed, masculine baritone with gorgeous minimalism; a composition on par with a Kandinsky. “Did they take the moon you were after and give it back piece by piece?” the record’s first lyric asks, initiating a song and an album dense with gorgeous prose, artful arrangements and beautiful music.
- [Big Richard: 105.5 The Colorado Sound's Featured Artist](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/03/big-richard-105-5-the-colorado-sounds-featured-artist/) - “It is SO FUN,” cellist Joy Adams says of Big Richard. “We're always laughing until we cry, and there's no competition. It's just genuine, supportive fun." Big Richard formed specifically to be the token all-female band at McAwesomefest in Colorado in May of 2021. Lucky for fans of bluegrass, authentic vocals and a little something different, what started as a token quickly alchemized into gold.
- [Right Back Into It: Ben Pu Stays True](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/03/right-back-into-it-ben-pu-stays-true/) - At the end of most of his gigs, and in conversations with other musicians or friends, Ben Puchalski gets the question: “Dude, why aren’t you bigger?” Puchalski, these days, answers with a shrug, and that’s not because he’s a little tired of answering it, even though, truth be told, he kinda is. “You always try to increase your fan base no matter how long you’ve been doing it.” “I’ve had a lot of good fans, especially through the pandemic,” he said. "They really kept me afloat. They still come out. It’s unfathomable.”
- [Call Me Karizma, TX2 and Carti Ferarri at The Coast, Fort Collins – February 19, 2022](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/02/call-me-karizma-tx2-and-carti-ferarri-at-the-coast-fort-collins-february-19-2022/)
- [Still Thirsty: G. Love & The Juice Stir it Up](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/02/still-thirsty-g-love-the-juice-stir-it-up/) - The band still carries his name, but G. Love is taking a step back from the spotlight. G. Love was as synonymous with the Special Sauce as a Big Mac and fries, but he’s now touring with The Juice, and the move signals a shift in musical direction, both in his music and the way he approaches it. “Special Sauce has been great, but I’d been thinking about a bigger band for some time,” G. Love said in a phone interview for BandWagon. “It was a chance to play with a lot more soloists instead of just a trio. It was a lot of fun for me.”
- [Single Review: Isadora Eden f. Duke Justice - “Glycerine” [Bush Cover]](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/02/single-review-isadora-eden-f-duke-justice-glycerine-bush-cover/) - Eden’s reimagining of the Bush classic fits the song’s mystical and mysterious feelings of being in love by surrounding the listener with ambient synths and heavy reverbs. Justice’s vocals have a grungy texture reminiscent of Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale, a nice call-back to the original.
- [You Can't Bullshit Metal Fans: Soulfly's Max Cavalera](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/02/you-cant-bullshit-metal-fans-soulflys-max-cavalera/) - “Little by little, my own tastes came through for Soulfly,” Max Calverra tells BandWagon. “As I get older, you’d think I’d get more mellow. But I like the heavier and heavier stuff. When you get older, you play what you like. You play what you feel.” “Riffs are my church,” he said. “That’s my paradise. I will spend hours riffing on the guitar and just chugging on the guitar. I call it Chug Life. When you finally find a killer riff, man, it’s like you’ve won the lottery.
- [Common Ancestor: LowDown Brass Band's New Hotness Has Roots](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/02/common-ancestor-lowdown-brass-bands-new-hotness-has-roots/) - “LowDown Brass Band has roots in the Jazz education world,” MC Billa Camp tells BandWagon, “but the Jazz education world has the habit of treating Jazz like an island. As if – Jazz isn’t birthed from the same struggle as Hip Hop. As if they are not Black father and son, born fighting the same fight." Lowdown Nights, the latest and most future-leaning record from LowDown Brass Band, was appropriately released during Black History Month. It takes things further out of the pigeonhole and into the pan-genre stage, using the history of the African American experience as its guide. Especially with the hit single “Be The One Tonight,” they go mainstream - and that’s a good thing. The collective has enough talent within its ranks to deliver a show with as much variety as Beyoncés 2018 Homecoming at Coachella. It’s the multi-lingual, multicultural, multi-genre kind of mainstream pop and dance music that encapsulates the musical stew of 2022.
- [Spoke In A Wheel: Zachary Williams of The Lone Bellow Hits the Road with Dirty Camaro](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/02/spoke-in-a-wheel-zachary-williams-of-the-lone-bellow-hits-the-road-with-dirty-camaro/) - Zachary Williams, whose powerful voice drove him out from the Brooklyn Bar4 open-mic world and onto the international stage, is best known as the belting leader of The Lone Bellow. His new solo record Dirty Camaro is indeed an escape from that band’s gravity; one that’s weird, head-turning, soulful and fresh. Williams says “I've wanted to do it for a long time - really, right after Jim James from My Morning Jacket released his solo record.” He says James had “graciously come out to a couple of my shows,” and the two connected. What began as a two day trial session resulted in the full length record. The album is rich with expert pedal steel guitar, orchestral strings, saxophone and a Texas-band backbone that really cooks.
- [Album Review: One Peace - A GLORIOUS ONE](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/02/album-review-one-peace-a-glorious-one/) - A GLORIOUS ONE from rapper One Peace finds itself at the crossroads of trunk-knocking production, emotion-soaked sampling, and vivid, unapologetic songwriting. Released on independent Fort Collins-based record label Lion League Music, it’s a nostalgic yet relevant album that feels as diverse as it does cohesive. Sonically, it could stand in as the score to a Tarantino flick or the tracklist for a forthcoming Grand Theft Auto radio station with OP’s speaking voice alone commanding more presence than the average MC yelling full volume into the mic.
- [Single Review: Bekka Jean - “What If I Forget About You ='(”](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/02/single-review-bekka-jean-what-if-i-forget-about-you/) - Following the passing of her mother, Greeley’s Bekka Jean independently released her folky, shoegaze single “What If I Forget About You ='(” in the vein of Phoebe Bridgers.
- [Single Review: The Burroughs - "My House My Car"](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/02/single-review-the-burroughs-my-house-my-car/) - The Burroughs continue to progress their sound while retaining some of the retro vibe that first captured the hearts of Northern Colorado: 70’s and 80’s musical tropes, a flirtatious female response chorus, loud synth and their 4-piece Stax-style horns. A rap from baritone sax player Hayden Farr adds a fun new bit too.
- [Album Review: Fast Eddy - Take A Look](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/02/album-review-fast-eddy-take-a-look/) - The rest of the album, such as in the lead guitar on “Milwaukee,” maintains that same, kicking energy. A few of the songs dip into a harder realm, reminiscent of The Foo Fighters, like “Kill City,” a minor-key growler. “Dead Eyes” uses some of the same techniques toned down a bit, but on the whole,
- [Writing at the Helm: Hunter James & The Titanic on the Creative Process](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/02/writing-at-the-helm-hunter-james-the-titanic-on-the-creative-process/) - “A lot of bands say ‘well, we can’t box ourselves into a specific genre because we play funk and jazz and rock or whatever,’” Hunter James & the Titanic says. “It’s nice to be in a band that says, ‘we play rock and roll 109% of the time.’” Hunter James & the Titanic refuse to be lured into the post-genre vortex despite that impossible percentage and their lineup of eclectic players. They play Americana — no caveats. Well maybe a couple. “I really wanted to have this band feel really focused.” Hunter James explained. “But, there’s something inside of me that won’t let me just write like that. But, we always sound like us no matter what.” In just three years, the band has put out an EP, five singles and two full-length LPs. Their latest album, 2021’s La Liberté, finds the band settled even deeper into a roots rock sound.
- [Album Review: Mr. Fredo - Movement](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/11/album-review-mr-fredo-movement/) - Fort Collins-based Fredo The Rapper brings intricate layerings in his new EP Movement, featuring his long-time collaborator, producer (and step-brother) Suburb based in Chicago, IL. The movement is chill, and his relaxed tone glides over the complex trap and lo-fi beats.
- [George Cessna: 105.5 The Colorado Sound Featured Artist, January 2022](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/01/george-cessna-105-5-the-colorado-sound-featured-artist-january-2022/) - Hundreds of hours spent in the basements of dive bars don’t often yield respectable accolades, but for George Cessna, that’s arguably how he came to be this month’s Colorado Sound featured artist. Cessna and his close friend Brian Buck literally clocked as much time in the basement of Denver’s beloved Hi-Dive, recording and eventually emerging with Lucky Rider, a twangy, dark and lo-fi album released in December.
- [Album Review: The Matterhorn Project - Traveler](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/01/album-review-the-matterhorn-project-traveler/) - When the phrases “prog metal” and “solo studio project” occupy the about section of a band’s website, a couple of red flags go up. But Zahari Tzigularov, a Bulgarian-born long time Denverite and the mastermind behind The Matterhorn Project, has used his studio time well. Though his musicianship is apparent, his artistry is front and center. The 5-song EP is at once lush and foreboding. Tzigularov’s compositions weave between sludgy bass-driven riffs, wandering clean guitar melodies and fantastical whisper-growled lyrics.
- [Single Review: Branson Hoog - “No Vacancy"](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/01/single-review-branson-hoog-no-vacancy/) - Intimate and sexy, Branson Hoog’s nimble, close-up vocals evoke an alluring darkness. The NOT A TOY (fka Shatterproof) frontman employs deep and minimalistic beats on “No Vacancy,” the second release under his own name.
- [Single Review: Co-Stanza - "20 Minutes"](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/01/single-review-co-stanza-20-minutes/) - Dropping realness like a reference to FaceTime helped folks relate to FoCo’s Co-Stanza (to the tune of nearly 2 million streams on “I Don’t Mind”) and by the sound of this hooky new toe tapper, Co-Stanza will continue racking up fans with each tick of the clock.
- [Mom Rock Wants To Kiss You On The Mouth](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/01/mom-rock-wants-to-kiss-you-on-the-mouth/) - A few years ago, Mom Rock booked their first gig at The Garden, a notorious house on the Boston DIY basement show circuit. They were ecstatic… until they saw the 6 pm time slot. Barely anyone would be there. What happened next cemented the quartet as a fixture in the scene. “We went up to play and the crowd was electric,” guitarist/singer Josh Polack told BandWagon. “It was the first time I ever crowd surfed during a guitar solo.” “Our fans are the best people on earth,” guitarist/singer Curtis Heimburger said.
- [Album Review: Crescent City Connection - Yeah You Right!](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/01/album-review-crescent-city-connection-yeah-you-right/) - Fort Collins based Crescent City Connection brings New Orleans flavor to the Colorado funk-rock scene with their new album Yeah You Right! Powerful rock organ, scratched rhythm guitar and horn lines infuse their niche sound with characteristics popular in Nola Brass and Dixieland traditions.
- [Single Review: DEBR4H - Cassi-0-Peia](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/01/single-review-debr4h-cassi-0-peia/) - It’s 2022 and yes, it’s possible that your garage band owns 100 synthesizers. Out January 20, “Cassi-o-Peia” pushes DEBR4H’s blipping to a full-on synth stomp at the outset, thickening things up to a dense sparkle as intricate as the Milky Way on the chorus.
- [Album Review: N3ptune - RENAISSANCE](https://bandwagmag.com/2022/01/album-review-n3ptune-renaissance/) - N3ptune’s RENAISSANCE is an appropriate title for an album by an artist who does it all: acting, singing, modeling, producing and performing. It is a birth of style that combines elements of trap, dark dance pop, and heavy blues rock and there’s nothing else like it.
- [New Year's Eve 2021 Shows: BandWagon's Top Picks](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/12/new-years-eve-2021-shows-bandwagons-top-picks/) - Not too long ago, warm temperatures and plummeting infection rates brought an early-summer wave of optimism to the live music scene. With coronavirus cases rising again, those days are gone, but that doesn’t mean you can’t dance your face off this New Years Eve. Depending on where you live, you may need proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test to gain entrance to a venue, but the show must go on. So, get your booster shot or bedazzle your mask, but definitely pop that bubbly, and we’ll see you out on the dance floor.
- [Album Review: Magpie the Band - Under The Maple Tree](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/12/album-review-magpie-the-band-under-the-maple-tree/) - Folk trio Magpie the Band emerges into the Northern Colorado scene with their debut ‘Under The Maple Tree,’ featuring more Celtic and Eastern European sounds than the western Americana commonly heard in the Colorado scene. Balancing the amount of slow, introspective songs, and bouncy foot-stompers, the album plays like an intimate house concert put on by close friends.
- [Single Review: Emma Griffin - Sell My Soul](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/12/single-review-emma-griffin-sell-my-soul/) - “Sell My Soul” is a breakthrough for Emma Griffin, allowing her to keep the Lorde and Billie Eilish sound she’s established while introducing a blues touch.
- [Album Review: This Broken Beat - Far From Home](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/12/album-review-this-broken-beat-far-from-home/) - Julio Perez, lead singer of This Broken Beat has the kind of pop-rock cross-over voice that would make Adam Levine turn his chair around. Perez’ tenor shows clear Ed Sheeran influences, and with such an asset at the heart of their sound, it’s no wonder This Broken Beat shot for the stars on Far From Home.
- [Break It To Make It: Okey Dokey Hits The Coast](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/12/break-it-to-make-it-okey-dokey-hits-the-coast/) - It’s 1 am in San Antonio, Texas and Aaron Martin wants to give you a hug. He’s the singer and co-founder of Okey Dokey and why wouldn’t he give you a squeeze? You are, after all, a part of Okey Dokey too. “It’s everything you’d want after two years of, you know, the absence,” Martin tells BandWagon of their current tour. He’s been excited to finally practice Okey Dokey’s mission statement with the people who make the live music experience what it is to him: pretty much everyone who’s not in the band. “The whole statement is kind of anti-separation,” Martin says. “Bands aren’t just a band. It’s everyone involved.”
- [Single Review: Poinciana - Focus](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/12/single-review-poinciana-focus/) - "Focus" features tender vocals by lead singer Sawyer Davis and beautiful acoustic guitar picking, but Poinciana doesn’t abandon high-energy rock.
- [INTHEWHALE Gets Real on Vanishing Point](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/12/inthewhale-gets-real-on-vanishing-point/) - What sets Eric Riley and Nate Valdez apart from other heavy acts isn’t their musicianship (though it is excellent) but their ability to translate unflinchingly raw moments into music. Starting with INTHEWHALE’s last EP, Dopamine, the band’s tone shifted from the sophomoric humor of their earlier releases to brutally honest explorations of the darker moments of life. These explorations continue on Vanishing Point. The band wrestles with pharmaceutical addiction, suicidal ideation and gentrification. The pain and anger is palpable.
- [Los Mocochetes: 105.5 The Colorado Sound Featured Artist, December 2021](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/12/los-mocochetes-105-5-the-colorado-sound-featured-artist-december-2021/) - Los Moccochetes, Denver’s award-winning latin funk band, springs from a group of highschool friends and acquaintances from the music and poetry scene. The raw, “la famiglia” vibe is potent both on stage and in their new, multi-lingual, socially conscious EP Mucho Gusto. Los Moccochetes are here to party for the right to fight.
- [BandWagon Expands: Tony Mason Hops On as Booking Stretches from Colorado Springs to Sheridan, Wyoming](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/11/bandwagon-expands-tony-mason-hops-on-as-booking-stretches-from-colorado-springs-to-sheridan-wyoming/) - After leaving his job as the lead talent buyer managing Lost Lake, Larimer Lounge and Globe Hall in Denver, Tony Mason saw a new position booking for the famed Gas Monkey in Dallas turn into a depressing slog of cancelling shows remotely from Denver during the pandemic. Now, Mason will put his contacts to use to work for an expanded BandWagon enterprise which will offer a full-on, regional concert promotions and event production entity from Colorado Springs to Casper, Wyoming.
- [UPLIFT: FoCo – New Generation on the Rise](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/12/uplift-foco-new-generation-on-the-rise/) - “My thinking was, ‘Yeah, get me off this bus,’” Andy Whilden said. He decided to leave touring as a musician for a job at The Matthews House, a place for underserved youth. Starting the Uplift: FoCo festival two years ago gave Whilden more personal satisfaction than he expected. The benefit festival will feature acts that are acoustically driven. “They can play any genre,” Whilden said of the house band, though the 2021 installment will also deliver something different, and, well, a little less tenured.
- [Video Premiere: Holdfast. – "Time"](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/11/video-premiere-holdfast-time/) - “Time” is the final music video from Stay and Fight, the debut album from Windsor-born, Fort Collins rock trio Holdfast. It premieres exclusively via BandWagon today. "We are all trying to beat the clock,” Holdfast. tells BandWagon. “It’s such a universal problem. We don’t have enough time – but what’s beautiful about that is we have to try our absolute best to fit what’s actually important in our lives.
- [Single Review: Elektric Animals - “Cheers”](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/11/single-review-elektric-animals-cheers/) - Elektrik Animals dish up alternative rock and upbeat feelings without superficial optimism on the new single “Cheers.”
- [The Velveteers: Nightmare Dream-Team Graduates from the Garage](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/11/the-velveteers-nightmare-dream-team-graduates-from-the-garage/) - When The Velveteers (Demi Demitro, Baby Pottersmith and Jonny Fig) pulled up to a hip, all-ages venue in Detroit, they didn’t expect anyone to recognize them. “Most of the last two years we’ve just been doing the same thing we always do, which is the three of us practicing music alone in a tiny garage,” Pottersmith tells BandWagon. As soon as they stepped out of the tour van that day, the illusion of isolation was shattered. Maybe shattered is the wrong word. A fan, sporting Adidas flip flops, a Johnny Cash t-shirt and playing air guitar on a squash racket, was pacing outside of the venue and screaming the lyrics to the lead single “Charmer And The Snake" from their deliciously sinister hard rock album Nightmare Daydream.
- [Trash Cat and the Absurdity of the Human Experience](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/11/trash-cat-and-the-absurdity-of-the-human-experience/) - Greeley’s greatest-of-all-time cartoon-inspired indie funk rock band Trash Cat features Mary Claxton on lead vocals and electric ukulele, Hayden Farr on baritone sax and Brian Claxton on drum kit. “Imagine you're 13 years old and you’re trying to write about your innermost feelings,” Mary Claxton tells BandWagon of the band’s character writing. “It’s a lot to share. On some level I felt the same way about myself.” Though all three members hold down day jobs and tour with The Burroughs, they have clearly carved out plenty of time for their “side project.” Their live performances are exceedingly danceable, and their recordings are meticulously produced. On December 3, Trash Cat will set the mood during rounds of cosmic bowling at Chippers Lanes in Fort Collins, marking the first ever live performance of the band’s sophomore album, The Tide.
- [Kiltro: 105.5 The Colorado Sound Featured Artist, November 2021](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/11/kiltro-105-5-the-colorado-sound-featured-artist-november-2021/) - “‘Cuchito’ is a song about a cat. It’s kind of about my cat,” Christopher Castillo Bowers says. But Kiltro's most recent single, holds more layers than the obvious, much like the band’s spry sound: an intricate mix of acoustic instruments, warbling vocal and polished dance grooves.
- [Album Review: No Hands Brass Band](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/11/album-review-no-hands-brass-band/) - No Hands Brass Band brings an upbeat New Orleans sound with considerable chops to Colorado, with their debut EP "Off The Curb." It features an instrumental mixture of pop, jazz, funk, and traditional Dixieland swing through their original compositions and arrangements, and it shreds.
- [November 2021 - The Velveteers](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/11/november-2021-the-velveteers/)
- [Wreckno: B-Queen Drops it Like a Boss](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/10/wreckno-b-queen-drops-it-like-a-boss/) - An 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.
- [The Motet: Colorado Sound Featured Artist, October 2021](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/10/the-motet-colorado-sound-featured-artist-october-2021/) - A 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.
- [Album Review: Covenhoven - IV](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/10/album-review-covenhoven-iv/) - For Coloradans, the name Covenhoven has become synonymous with intimate and heartfelt yet cinematic and powerful folk music. Over the course of three previous full length albums, Joel Van Horne, the stalwart man behind the timidly convicted voice around which the music of Covenhoven swirls, has unflappably delivered expertly crafted, immersive music which seems to speak directly from his heart into our ears.
- [Album Review: Augustus - Ragtime World](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/10/album-review-augustus-ragtime-world/) - Ragtime 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. After releasing several full-length records, with Ragtime World Augustus can take pride in keeping their music fresh.
- [Album Review: The Crooked Rugs - THAT!](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/10/album-review-the-crooked-rugs-that/) - There is a cultural, dad-inherited fondness for flipping through AM radio channels while driving late at night. The Crooked Rugs’ new LP, THAT! is what you’ve been searching for on that AM dial all of these years – something that manages to sound otherworldly and familiar at the same time, drawing from every era of psychedelic rock.
- [Tech N9ne: New Torment in a Faster World](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/10/tech-n9ne-new-torment-in-a-faster-world/) - Even when he’s in bed, trying to calm his crazy mind so he can sleep, Tech N9ne keeps his phone within reach. He never knows when the next lyric will come, and when it does, he wants to be sure he gets it down. “I hate to lose my ideas,” Tech N9ne said in a phone interview with BandWagon. “My mind races. I have that kind of torment. I can see things behind my eyelids.” That’s the kind of devotion you’d expect from a rapper who’s recorded 14 albums — with a new one on the way soon — but it’s also the kind of work he has to put in (even as he’s about to turn 50) for his record label Strange Music.
- [October 2021 - Tech N9ne](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/10/october-2021-tech-n9ne/) - In This Issue: Tech N9ne | Wreckno | Augustus | Covenhoven | Crooked Rugs | The Motet
- [Sublime with Rome, Dirty Heads and Hirie at The Chinook, Terry Bison Ranch - September 2, 2021](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/09/sublime-dirty-heads-hirie-at-the-chinook-september-2-2021/) - Sublime with Rome, Dirty Heads and Hirie live at The Chinook at Terry Bison Ranch in Cheyenne Wyoming September 2nd, 2021. All photos by Dana Gage.
- [Album Review: Jackson Maloney - Dharma Farm](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/09/album-review-jackson-maloney-dharma-farm/) - Jackson Maloney: singer, songwriter, folk musician, and Colorado transplant via Northern California. The coarse-voiced busker has found himself a home in unincorporated Boulder County, at a place called Dharma Farm – a small hippie commune near Hygiene, CO. The location, in fact, where Maloney recorded his latest EP - a six track EP that encapsulates the simplicity of a working farm, which, after having been recorded in a ruined grain silo, ‘checks out.’ It’s a bare-boned, extended play that is completely comfortable with skimping on the pleasantries.
- [Always Moving: Graham Good & The Painters Bring the Optimism](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/09/always-moving-graham-good-the-painters-bring-the-optimism/) - “Keep believing in yourself. Keep believing in your dreams and the value you bring to the world,” Graham Good tells BandWagon. Good is the frontman of the Northern Colorado pop folk-rock outfit Graham Good & The Painters, and he delivers that statement with the well known blanket optimism he has towards life. This optimism has become a staple in his music and he sees spreading that positivity a part of his musical journey. “Just know there’s so much good you have to offer every second of the day,” Good says. “To spend that time thinking you’re not good enough, you’re underdelivering on what you’re capable of providing.”
- [Birth of The Band: Delvon Lamarr Steps Into the Spotlight with DLO3.](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/09/birth-of-the-band-delvon-lamarr-steps-into-the-spotlight-with-dlo3/) - “When you believe in something, you don’t have to sell it,” Delvon Lamarr tells BandWagon. The Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio were playing festivals before they had recordings and the way Lamarr shreds across the keys and seamlessly grooves the organ pedals with his feet, you’d think he had been doing this his whole life. But he didn’t even touch an organ until his early 20s. And with guitarist Jimmy James and drummer Dan Weiss on board, Lamarr says “the combination felt unique and connected. No one person makes the band, but what puts it in perspective is all of us.”
- [Lady Denim: Colorado Sound Spotlight Artist, September 2021](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/09/lady-denim-colorado-sound-spotlight-artist-september-2021/) - “We were desperately trying to stay optimistic,” Lady Denim’s lead vocalist Nick Lundeen tells BandWagon, “which - to be honest, was a lot easier said than done.” On September 10, Fort Collins indie-pop quartet Lady Denim release "Loosely Held Hands" with plans to rock the block at Downtown Greeley’s Block Party festival that night in celebration of the EP’s release. “Loosely Held Hands is about holding on to something during tough circumstances," Lundeen says. "We became a lot more dependent on one another and the songwriting became more fluid.”
- [Album Review: We Are William - We Are William](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/09/album-review-we-are-william-we-are-william/) - Listening to Fort Collins-based We Are William gives a refreshing perspective on just how difficult it is to play progressive metal, and the band deserves props. Though they may not have reached the peak of “metal Everest” on their self-titled, first full-length album, the effort is admirable and the band shows a lot of potential, and flashes of greatness can be heard.
- [Album Review: Diez De León - Death of a Martyr, Birth of a Phoenix](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/09/album-review-diez-de-leon-death-of-a-martyr-birth-of-a-phoenix/) - What’s impressive about Death of a Martyr, Birth of a Phoenix from Diez De León is that the album occupies two worlds simultaneously. It’s thoughtful, introspective and authentic, and effortlessly pairs it with the best qualities of modern hip-hop: catchy hooks, head-nodding grooves, and addressing the all-important question, “but does it slap?” Formerly known as B.B.T.U.C. of Colorado rap trio Soul Brothers, Diez De León showcases a high level of artistic maturity on his debut album. Death of a Martyr, Birth of a Phoenix displays a degree of lyrical finesse that’s refreshing in today’s musical landscape.
- [Album Review: The Cuddies - Fix It Myself](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/09/album-review-the-cuddies-fix-it-myself/) - Greeley’s jazz-leaning (Hannah &) The Cuddies put on a rock show, but shine in moments of intimacy on their full-length debut Fix It Myself, a gloss-rock review via theatrical means. The band flexes their arrangement chops with big horns and fast guitars, offering tricky rhythms in the vocal. Akin to female-fronted bands like Letters to Cleo or the Cardigans, the Cuddies cleverly twist the unexpected into four-on-the-floor fun.
- [If You Build It: That 1 Guy on Making an Instrument and Setting Songs Free](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/09/if-you-build-it-that-1-guy-on-making-an-instrument-and-setting-songs-free/) - Mike Silverman – AKA That 1 Guy – knew what it would take to make it. Only his band wasn’t willing to live that hard life. So he did it himself. “I was working so hard to fill this cosmic space,” Silverman said of the bass, “and I was playing on this thing that wasn’t meant to do that.” So he built an instrument that would help him create a big sound. “It was very hard,” he said. “Some instrument builders study their whole lives to do this.”
- [LP with Tai Verdes at Edge Fest - Cheyenne, WY August 28, 2021](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/09/lp-with-tai-verdes-edge-fest-2021/) - LP, our cover artist for August, crushed Edge Fest in Cheyenne with Tai "totally blowing up right now" Verdes as direct support. Bob Lefevre & the Already Gone opened up the night with DJ Sundown spinning to kick things off. All photos by Keith Forney.
- [September 2021 - Graham Good & The Painters](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/09/september-2021-graham-good-the-painters/) - In This Issue: GRAHAM GOOD | THAT 1 GUY | DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO | HANNAH & THE CUDDIES | DIEZ DE LEóN | WE ARE WILLIAM | ELI REY | SILVER & GOLD | LADY DENIM | 105.5 THE COLORADO SOUND
- [Album Review: Jaguar Stevens - Jaguar Stevens](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/08/album-review-jaguar-stevens-jaguar-stevens/) - If you’ve ever gone out drinking with public school teachers, you know they’re a rowdy bunch. Maybe the job requires the same kind of youthful energy that carries you through to late night karaoke. Maybe the stress of attempting to get kids excited about global conflict or quadratic formulas makes you yearn for catharsis at
- [Single Review: Silver & Gold - Saving Face](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/08/single-review-silver-gold-saving-face/) - BandWagon Magazine’s favorite band Silver & Gold are at it again, and instead of going home, they went big on their new single "Saving Face." Catch them Friday, September 10 at The Block Party in downtown Greeley.
- [Single Review: Griffith James - "Market and Black" (feat. Tennis)](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/08/single-review-griffith-james-market-and-black-feat-tennis/) - Griffith James has released his most noteworthy song yet, “Market and Black,” which features Colorado legends Tennis on backup vocals. This folky groove, with James’s almost Simon and Garfunkel vocal, feels removed from the modern era in an off putting yet infectious way.
- [Single Review: Eli Rey - That Kinda Feelin](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/08/single-review-eli-rey-that-kinda-feelin/) - With slick, red dirt country rock production and a starry-eyed demeanor, Eli Rey elevates the local country scene to a radio-ready level with "That Kinda Feelin."
- [The Infamous LP hits Edge Fest with Irreverent, Vulnerable Pop](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/08/the-infamous-lp-hits-edge-fest-with-irreverent-vulnerable-pop/) - “I don't think they could deal with what I looked like and what I sounded like,” LP tells BandWagon. “Jay-Z was there and L.A. Reid and everybody. They made me perform three or four songs in completely disparate directions. I was one of the artists dropped at the end of the session.” Fourteen years later, LP is at the height of her career as an international pop star. She has billions of streams to her name and devout fans from Italy to Poland, Mexico and all over the world. “It went from ‘who do you think you are?’ to ‘who are you?’,” she said. On August 28, LP brings her irreverent, vulnerable, one-of-a-kind pop to Edge Fest; a free show in Cheyenne’s West Edge District with special guest Tai Verdes.
- [Roll Over Reverend: Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band clings to nostalgia for Hard Times](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/08/roll-over-reverend-reverend-peytons-big-damn-band-clings-to-nostalgia-for-hard-times/) - The Reverend Peyton always had an appetite for nostalgia – everything from the traditional country blues that influenced his guitar picking, to the vintage 1950’s outfits he and his wife Breezy wear on stage. Those touches complement their rowdy rockabilly and southern roots sound, so the Rev decided to take it all the way on his new album. He recorded it using the best technology available in the 1950’s. That meant analog. If you don’t know what that means, go ask your grandfather or any recording engineer worth their weight in two inch tape.
- [Album Review: Southern Avenue - Be The Love You Want](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/08/album-review-southern-avenue-be-the-love-you-want/) - At their best live, Southern Avenue finds enough soul, R&B and pop to please middling blues fans while maintaining enough roots and respect for the genre to satisfy hardcore blues veterans. The Memphis-based band’s virtuosity and energy on 'Be The Love You Want' is pronounced and the album is a joy. The title track hits like a wallop, and “Move Into The Light,” (a co-write with Jason Mraz) is better than 95 percent of what’s on the radio. The production seems louder, tougher and sharper, with brassy horns and a clearer sound than their previous release 'Keep On.'
- [Album Review: King Crawdad - King Crawdad 3](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/08/album-review-king-crawdad-king-crawdad-3/) - Fort Collins-based rock outfit King Crawdad has hit an impressive new stride, producing an EP alive with the particular energy they are clearly looking to translate. Taking their latest material to the renowned Fort Collins recording studio The Blasting Room and adding Tucker Valentine into the mix on bass, King Crawdad 3 stands as some of their best work yet. It punches where it needs to punch, kicks out the jams when it needs it the most, and shows a band really honing in on their sound.
- [Album Review: Banshee Tree - Banshee Tree](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/08/album-review-banshee-tree-banshee-tree/) - For the past few years, Banshee Tree has played in barrooms, theaters and music festivals all over Colorado and Wyoming. Although the band’s music showcases each member’s impressive chops, the recurring theme is vibrant energy. Dancefloor denizens will sway to neo soul for one song and spin their partner to gypsy jazz for the next.
- [Orville Peck at The Chinook, Terry Bison Ranch - July 24, 2021](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/08/orville-peck-at-the-chinook-july-24-2021/) - Orville Peck live at the Chinook at Terry Bison Ranch in Cheyenne, Wyoming July 24, 2021. All photos by Jordan Dean and Michael McGrath for BandWagon.
- [Bohemian Light Brings Heavy Hitters Back to Famed Fort Collins Festival](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/08/bohemian-light-brings-heavy-hitters-back-to-famed-fort-collins-festival/) - The Bohemian Foundation will put on a music festival this summer in downtown Fort Collins, and though the headliners are big names, fans of Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest should temper their expectations somewhat. Dubbed the Bohemian Light Music Festival, free, live concerts will commence two nights instead of three, featuring psychedelic soul band Black Pumas and singer-songwriter Randy Newman, plus Shovels & Rope and dozens of Colorado's top bands.
- [Buckle Up: FoCoMX Drive and Jive Continues Despite BoHo NoGo](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/08/buckle-up-focomx-drive-and-jive-continues-despite-boho-nogo/) - Taking place on Sundays this month at the historic Holiday Twin Drive-In, FoCoMX: Drive and Jive continued its live offerings last month with further programming into August and beyond. Reimagining the series to feature a mix of established veteran Colorado acts as well as “discovery” artists from the region, Drive and Jive aims to build engaged audiences and more. In light of yesterday’s news that the Bohemian Foundation’s recently announced Bohemian Light Music Festival is now in fact cancelled due to COVID precautions, the Drive and Jive series offers a live music format which has proved to function well under pandemic restrictions.
- [Album Review: Julie Koenig - Renaissance Woman](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/08/album-review-julie-koenig-renaissance-woman/) - Julie Koenig’s debut album explores what it means to be a woman – both the strengths and vulnerabilities – through the singer-songwriter genre and jazz. Unapologetic about her features and her attitude, Koenig uses them to draw strength and elicit feminist ideals, employing a fierce set of original lyrics on being rambunctious.
- [Colorado Sound Spotlight Artist: The Burroughs](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/08/colorado-sound-spotlight-artist-the-burroughs/) - Starting now, 105.5 The Colorado Sound and BandWagon will bring you a Colorado Spotlight Artist of the Month! We couldn’t imagine a first choice better for that late summer festival season than Greeley’s hometown heroes The Burroughs, who's single, “Baby Get Down” dropped late last month. The accompanying, full-scale music video is set for an August 13th premiere, and the band is set to play several shows this month and next!
- [August 2021 - LP](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/08/august-2021-lp/) - In This Issue: Reverend Peyton & His Big Damn Band | Bohemian Light Music Festival | Edge Fest | Banshee Tree | Julie Koenig | King Crawdad | Southern Avenue | 105.5’s ARTIST OF THE MONTH
- [Orville Peck: Home On The Fringe](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/07/orville-peck-home-on-the-fringe/) - “I don’t get blowback from traditional country fans," Orville Peck said in an interview with BandWagon. “There’s always been something new introduced to that genre, whether it’s an instrument or Willie singing about weed or it’s me singing about men and wearing a mask. Everyone freaks out and says it’s not country, and then slowly it becomes part of it. I don’t mind that blowback. That means I’m doing it right. I take it as a challenge.”
- [Single Premiere: Cody - "I'm Not Really Listening"](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/07/single-premiere-cody-im-not-really-listening/) - After years of solely identifying as the co-front man of Colorado’s adored brother-band Slow Caves, Jakob Mueller steps away from those familiar indie guitar shoegaze shores. Adopting the pseudonym Cody, Mueller dips his toes into new, even washier waters. Cody’s first single “I’m Not Really Listening” premieres below, via BandWagon today.
- [Album Review: Ms. Nomer - TAOTUNU](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/07/album-review-ms-nomer-taotunu/) - Fusion and rock group Ms. Nomer are releasing their debut full-length album TAOTUNU (IE; “things are on the up n up”) July 16 at the Aggie. Ms Nomer’s music already pulls a jazz sound with their colorful chords and complex grooves, but the addition of three additional musicians pull them out of the “rock jam band” genre and into a jazz fusion realm, reminiscent of instrumental giants Herbie Hancock or Chick Corea.
- [Single Review: Lady Denim - "Old & New"](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/07/single-review-lady-denim-old-new/) - Bright, energetic and bursting with pop polish has been the name of the game for Fort Collins indie rockers Lady Denim and it’s paying off. Releasing one of their sharpest songs yet, they take a stab in the right direction with “Old & New.”
- [Album Review: Desert Dwellers - Night Visions 3](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/07/album-review-desert-dwellers-night-visions-3/) - From the Playa at Burning Man to the mountains, deserts, and jungles of world’s most iconic festivals, the seminal duo Desert Dwellers are known across the globe for their ability to craft lush, worldly soundscapes and renegade dancefloor vibes. If the wait to see the Boulder-based duo live at the Mishawaka Amphitheatre on July 17 proves too long to bear, feel comforted that the freshly-released third installment of their Night Vision series can tide you over until then.
- [Single Review: Slow Caves - "Before I Leave"](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/07/single-review-slow-caves-before-i-leave/) - When Slow Caves puts out a track, the Colorado music scene collectively gazes on in awe. A ‘90s post-psychedelic stroll through the minds of the Mueller brothers, "Before I Leave" shows signs of something different.
- [Single Review: Devin Tremell f. Dante M’$ – “Light of Mine ii”](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/07/single-review-devin-tremell-f-dante-m-light-of-mine-ii/) - Devin Tremell is one of those surprises everyone saw coming. In the last two years Tremell has cranked out an impressive amount of material, and his latest single “Light of Mine ii” – released on Juneteenth – stands on its own.
- [Yawper Goes West: Nate Cook Defies Death; Cycles Nation-Wide for Musicians' Sweet Relief](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/07/yawper-goes-west-nate-cook-defies-death-cycles-nation-wide-for-musicians-sweet-relief/) - “I’m terrified. The scope of this is insane and it’s going to be heavily publicized,” The Yawpers’ front man Nate Cook tells BandWagon. The last time he attempted a feat a quarter as intense, he stated: “I was absolutely certain I was going to die.” This summer, Cook’s attempts a nation-wide, musicians charity bike ride stretching from Greeley Square in NYC, through Death Valley in August, to LA in September with live gigs along the way. With characteristic dark wit, he quips: “I’m concerned about failing, although, I feel like if I get hit by a car or something it will drive donations even more.”
- [July 2021 - Orville Peck](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/07/july-2021-orville-peck/) - In This Issue: Orville Peck | Ms. Nomer | Desert Dwellers | Slow Caves | Devin Tremell | Lady Denim | Make More Everything | Nate Cook Cycles Nation Wide
- [Make More Everything: FoCo Film and Music Collide and Connect](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/06/make-more-everything-foco-film-and-music-collide-and-connect/) - “A lot of people that are emotionally driven tend to gravitate towards the arts,” musician Maxwell Tretter tells BandWagon. “But, then they also hit this pivotal moment between the path of isolation or the path of connection. I’m sick of hearing about the tragic origin story. I want to hear about the well connected, like, ‘life went great for me and I made amazing shit’ story.” And thus sparked Make More Everything, a “game of telephone between writers, musicians and visual artists.” Tretter collaborated with film-slam organizer Jesse Nyander, culminating in a bonanza, multi-media event Friday, July 2nd at The Lyric in Fort Collins.
- [CharlestheFirst at The Chinook - May 30, 2021](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/06/charlesthefirst-at-the-chinook-may-30-2021/) - CharlestheFirst live at the Chinook at Terry Bison Ranch in Cheyenne, Wyoming. All photos by Jordan Dean and Peary Schroeder.
- [Ian Munsick Finds His Own Lane](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/06/ian-munsick-finds-his-own-lane/) - When he’s reminded that he will open for Dwight Yoakam, who was country before country was hip the way it is now, Ian Munsick’s reflexive response is exactly what you’d expect from a rising young star: “Oh, man, that’s gonna be awesome,” says the Wyoming native. But then he pauses and chuckles when asked how he thinks the crowd will respond to him at the 99th annual Greeley Stampede. Are those nerves? “It’ll be interesting,” Munsick tells BandWagon. Munsick, after all, is doing what he can to push the music beyond the traditional sound that made Yoakam and others like him a legend.
- [The Colorado Sound's My5 - June 2021](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/06/colorado-sounds-my5-june-2021-2/) - ((( Don’t forget: each My5 title is a link. Click on, NoCo! ))) Colorado Sound is again the Presenting radio sponsor for the Boulder International Film Festival June 24 – 27, featuring these music films this year! Check BIFF1.com for more. 1. Summer Of Soul – This Questlove-directed doc about the “Harlem Woodstock” in ’69
- [May Play 2021](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/06/may-play-2021/) - Concert photos from the 2021 MayPlay event featuring Mike Zito's Big Blues Band, The Great Salmon Famine, Hannah & The Cuddies, DEBR4H. Estin & the 86'd, Charlie Stevens Band and shots of the crown from the year's first Friday Fest on May 28, 2021. Photos by Backstage Flash and Peary Schroeder.
- [Album Review: Magic Beans - Slice Of Life](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/06/album-review-magic-beans-slice-of-life/) - Longtime fans of Magic Beans keep coming back for their staple rock-funk sound, filled with high energy grooves and invigorating rock organ. Their new album, Slice of Life, still has that, but those fans might also cock their head in confusion. Catch them live at The Beanstalk Festival on June 24 in Bond, CO.
- [Album Review: Tenth Mountain Division - Butte La Rose](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/06/album-review-tenth-mountain-division-butte-la-rose/) - On Butte La Rose, Colorado’s mountain-bred quintet Tenth Mountain Division find space between extremes: A party with a big band, booze, questionable substances and endless jams; and relatable, folk-influenced storytelling. They stamp a crisp modernity on top, incorporating styles as far reaching as the Rockies themselves.
- [Album Review: Lighthouse Sessions - D.C. Myers](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/06/album-review-lighthouse-sessions-d-c-myers/) - 'Lighthouse Sessions' is the debut EP from Denver’s D.C. Myers, and while it’s a dark catalogue of a sad man alone in a room with his electronics, it’s also one of the most engaging, smart and fun records to come out of Colorado in months. Myers knows this well: stimulate the more sophisticated neurons of those goths and their black-leather-clad hips will follow.
- [Flobots: Our Patriotism Is Future-Facing](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/06/flobots-our-patriotism-is-future-facing/) - As footage of the capitol riots circulated online, James Laurie, aka Jonny 5, watched with a unique kind of discomfort. A discomfort that stemmed from familiarity. Some of the rioters looked like they could have been at a Flobots concert circa 2008 — an era where the band’s merch was decorated with stars and stripes and their music was the soundtrack to protests against the Iraq war. Their latest single, "When It All Falls" directly addresses the tumultuous, to say the least, landscape of the past year – one which mobilised, yet polarised much of the nation on both intimate and massively public scales.
- [Single Review: People In General - "icicic"](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/06/single-review-people-in-general-icicic/) - Fort Collins indie poppers People In General find themselves aptly named for the theme of their upcoming single “icicic.” Seeking universality in songwriting is usually a great idea. If lightning strikes and the writer finds a deeply human moment experienced by not just one demographic, but, well, people in general, that sentiment can make for
- [For Life: Emily Nelson on The Drums](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/06/for-life-emily-nelson-on-the-drums/) - Emily Nelson had a feeling the universe had something in mind for her. “The drums were just a fun way to get healthy again,” she said, “and a year later, Erica was there.” Erica, Brown, the Denver blues diva and Greeley favorite, brought Nelson in to her all-woman band the Cast Iron Queens after several life-changing events gave Nelson the strength not to be paralyzed by perfectionism.
- [June 2021 - Ian Munsick](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/06/june-2021-ian-munsick/) - In This Issue: Ian Munsick | Magic Beans | D.C. Myers | Tenth Mountain Division | Ian Munsick | Emily Nelson | Flobots | The Colorado Sound’s My5
- [Single Review: Cous - "Turpentine"](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/05/single-review-cous-turpentine/) - Smooth and understated, Denver’s Cous, continues to find ways to make writing simple and approachable music look easy. “Turpentine” is easy going yet packed with a loneliness just below the surface that gives some wonderful depth to its sentiments.
- [Single Review: NGHT WLVES - “C’est La Vie”](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/05/single-review-nght-wlves-cest-la-vie/) - “C'est La Vie,” the latest from NGHT WLVS, clearly shows them taking the things they’ve learned through 2020 and stepping up their game. Staying true to their synth-hop nature, crisp and pristine.
- [Album Review: LVDY - Gold](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/05/album-review-lvdy-gold/) - The Denver-based acoustic duo LVDY (pronounced “lady”) show what beautiful sounds two women and a guitar can make on their full-length album, Gold. In 11 songs, Kathleen Hooper and Aubrey Mable give us tight harmonies, the sway of natural acoustic pop refrains and a warm folk ambience, showcasing the creative ways two women use sparse instrumentation and vocals to create full sounds.
- [Single Review: Cole Scheifele](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/05/single-review-cole-scheifele/) - Cole Scheifele writers heartbreaking music and delivers a soaring melody with unrestrained emotion. Behind his voice, an ambient brew of siren-like drones creates texture while he keeps time on an acoustic guitar.
- [The Colorado Sound's My5 - May 2021](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/05/colorado-sounds-my5-may-2021/) - 50 years of NPR, the history behind Goth, the 36th Godzilla movie, the return of Red Rocks Shows, your influence on Colorado radio and so much more in this month's My5 from the Colorado Sound.
- [Home Team For The Win: The Burroughs' "Zero Sum Game"](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/05/home-team-for-the-win-the-burroughs-zero-sum-game/) - After a year, The Burroughs have re-emerged with a new video and single, “Zero Sum Game,” a first time songwriting collaboration between drummer Mary Claxton and frontman Johnny Burroughs. It marks Claxton’s official debut as a lead vocalist with The Burroughs. On one Saturday afternoon at Greeley’s huge, vacant Union Colony City Center stage, the video was filmed in a single, continuous shot, keeping focus on Claxton’s unbroken gaze as her environment seamlessly changes around her.
- [Album Review: VYNYL - The World Is On Fire, and I'm Lonely](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/05/album-review-vynyl-the-world-is-on-fire-and-im-lonely/) - In Denver, a hyperactive, fashion-forward group is making music that could just be the cutting edge of this pop punk resurgence. Though VYNYL strayed into synth-pop territory with their first EP, Pink, 2021’s aptly titled The World Is On Fire, and I’m Lonely is full of grit without losing any of the hookiness of the band’s earlier work. Catchy melodies are paired with crisp production and colossal energy, making it a good case as the perfect bittersweet summer soundtrack into the final stretch of the pandemic.
- [Single Review: OptycNerd - "Realistic"](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/05/single-review-optycnerd-realistic/) - When it comes to writing and recording modern dance music in Colorado, OptycNerd are in a class of their own and “Realistic” is their latest.
- [May 2021 - Pump Up The Jam](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/05/may-2021-pump-up-the-jam/) - In This Issue: LVDY | MLADY | VYNYL | The Beeves | Cole Scheifele | The Colorado Sound’s My5
- [Album Review: Mlady - Maladaptive Daydreaming](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/05/album-review-mlady-maladaptive-daydreaming/) - While Mlady’s music conveys the feeling of dreams, the lyrics reflect vivid storytelling. “Class of 09” tells a story about running into a crush while in high school, passing each other in the cafeteria and standing next to each other at a football game. Despite her attraction, she knows that it will be unrequited or
- [Pump Up The Jam: Festivals Get the OK in Vaccinated NoCo – We Break It Down](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/05/pump-up-the-jam-festivals-get-the-ok-in-vaccinated-noco-we-break-it-down/) - Justin Watada sighed through a tired laugh. “I’ve had better years,” he said. Watada’s run 17 Greeley Stampedes and this year’s been the toughest. Yes, this year, even with the good news that there will actually be a 2021 Stampede. “We are on version 10 of our budget this year,” Watada said. “We are 50-some days away, and there’s still so much unknown.” Still, even more big events look promising, The Greeley Blues Jam, May Play, Friday Fest, The Greeley Arts Picnic and more promise to happen, but what they’ll look and sound like remains to be seen. If last year was a bummer, this year is more like chaos. Let’s Dig In.
- [DEBR4H - "The Court Of Richard II"](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/04/debr4h-the-court-of-richard-ii/) - “This isn’t the normal, like, girl-joins-the-band story,” DEBR4H’s Jed Murphy tells BandWagon. “I was really kinda hitting the end.” Murphy’s dead-end feelings were palpable to his audience and especially to his romantic partner. “Kayna literally got tired of going to shows and just sitting there,” Murphy laughs, “so she joined the band.” But it’s not that simple. “It’s more about having a team,” Murphy says, citing DEBR4H’s newest single “The Court Of Richard II” as a turning point, with synth modulations atop an ever-steady beat, while stabs of disoriented Kraftwerk-keyboard undercut Murphy’s Morrisey-like monotone. “Richard the 2nd was a boy king. He did whatever he wanted. Then he’s overthrown and they starve him to death. I really liked that idea: have whatever you want, but it can turn bad.”
- [The Colorado Sound's My5 - April 2021](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/04/colorado-sounds-my5-april-2021-2-2/) - A true Colorado story becomes a gripping film, a Summer Music Camp for adults hosted by famous rockers, a new release from French / Cuban sisters, a father singing a song written by his late son, and lots of fun Oscars / Music cross-over. That’s The Colorado Sound's My5 for April! This month’s top picks for what to check out include all that and more, courtesy of Colorado's home for music discovery, 105.5 The Colorado Sound.
- [Failure to launch: Shuttered Venue Operators Grant application is delayed after months of anticipation](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/04/failure-to-launch-shuttered-venue-operators-grant-application-is-delayed-after-months-of-anticipation/) - For the past three-and-a-half months, independent venue owners around the country have anxiously awaited an application for the now $16 billion in grant funds that the U.S. Congress allocated to “shuttered venues” at the end of last year, otherwise known as the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG). “We’ve been anticipating this day for the past
- [April 2021 - Into The Great Wide Open](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/04/april-2021-into-the-great-wide-open/) - In This Issue: Ellsworth | Debr4h | Carti Ferrari | Devin Tremell | CO Sound’s My5 | Tom Amend | Colorado Arts Relief Grant | Will Venues see a Full-Capacity Fall?
- [Album Review: Ellsworth - Ellsworth](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/04/album-review-ellsworth-ellsworth/) - Denver’s Ellsworth has struck a vein with her eponymous 11-song LP, traversing anxiety, self-doubt and lost love in gorgeously graceful strides. Soft but with immense conviction, her quiet tone conveys intimacy, like an earnest conversation meant for one person’s ears in a crowded room. “When we push away our feelings of sadness or anxiety, we are in fact pushing away a part of ourselves,” says Ellsworth. In just a handful of masterfully crafted folk songs, she taps into the shared trauma of a generation.
- [Just Wanna Have Funds: Did the Colorado Arts Relief Grant Support the Organizations it Intended?](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/04/just-wanna-have-funds-did-the-colorado-arts-relief-grant-support-the-organizations-it-intended/) - Over 63 days, Colorado Creative Industries (CCI), created a set of criteria, launched an application, administered the selection process and allocated just under $6 million to organizations and businesses state-wide including music venues. “We were given the charge to distribute the funding as quickly as possible,” a CCI spokesperson told BandWagon. This hasty allocation of public funds was met with cynical speculation from independent venue owners who were not awarded money. Until now, the controversy over the grant has remained purely speculative. No one has pointed to specific evidence of nepotism or neglect on CCI’s part. But, thanks to the Colorado Open Records Act, BandWagon was able to obtain a copy of the scoring rubric used to evaluate grant applicants.
- [Tom Amend: Ditching the Band Scene for an Improvised Life](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/04/tom-amend-ditching-the-band-scene-for-an-improvised-life/) - Tom Amend has been in a band since he was 6 years old, playing piano for his dad’s yacht rock cover band (when his hands were just big enough to reach a few chords) up until 2019 when he stepped down as the Burroughs’ keyboardist of many years. Now at 26, he’s making his mark in the Denver jazz scene as one of Colorado’s best pianists, playing one-off shows every other night with a constantly rotating collection of musicians. “It’s the freedom of everything – the spaces, the sound, the tunes... [jazz] is a free form of music. It's cliche, but it’s truly why I love it,” Amend tells BandWagon.
- [Single Premiere: Carti Ferrari - The Farthest](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/04/single-premiere-carti-ferrari-the-farthest/) - The term “in the box” has taken on more meaning over the past year, especially for musicians forced to do almost everything from only (and often for only) their computers. But that doesn’t mean artists like Carti Ferrari aren’t thinking outside of it. On his new single “The Farthest,” Ferrari flexes a talent for wordplay, compressing all the feelings of a sad, romantic saga into a tight two and a half minutes of sharp rhymes. “The Farthest” premieres exclusively today via BandWagon.
- [Into The Great Wide Open: NoCo & WY Venues Hopeful for a Full-Capacity Fall](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/03/into-the-great-wide-open-noco-wy-venues-hopeful-for-a-full-capacity-fall/) - President Joe Biden believes we’ll have smaller gatherings with family and close friends by the Fourth of July. But this Labor Day sounds like it could be a party. Northern Colorado venues say they are hopeful they can host full concerts again by September and venue operators still plan to hold limited-capacity concerts throughout this spring and summer. “There are people saying July or August, but we are confident things will be returning to normal in September,” said Dani Grant, owner of the Mishawaka Amphitheater. Other venues don’t have to follow the same restrictions as Colorado, such as the Chinook Drive In at the Terry Bison Ranch in Cheyenne. “We are super stoked,” Hamilton Byrd, a promoter with the Chinook says. “That definitely creates a ton of optimism.” As for restrictions? “We have 27,000 acres. That’s a pretty wide net.”
- [Arts Funding Rubric](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/03/arts-funding-rubric/) - Click HERE to read the original Bill 20B-001 And Click HERE for a complete list of which entities received funding and how much each venue was awarded.
- [BandWagon Battle of the Bands 2020-2021 Finale @ Union Colony Civic Center - Dowtown Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/03/bandwagon-battle-of-the-bands-2020-2021-finale-union-colony-civic-center-dowtown-greeley/)
- [Album Review: A.J. Fullerton - The Forgiver & The Runaway](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/03/album-review-a-j-fullerton-the-forgiver-the-runaway/) - Colorado’s A.J. Fullerton is a roots, blues artist with a reputation for slick, fingerpicking guitar and bottleneck slide talent. He has won 16 Colorado Blues Society Members Choice Awards in 9 different categories – all while under 30 years of age. Featuring a Canadian cast of handpicked session musicians, AJ leaps from the acoustic to a rich full-band sound on The Forgiver and The Runaway. Intense, haunting guitar work, funky bounce and searing soloing pair with tasty, powerful harp from guest harmonica players Paul Reddick and Jake Friel throughout.
- [Video Premiere: Devin Tremell - Lord Knows](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/03/video-premiere-devin-tremell-lord-knows/) - Devin Tremell gives us glimpses of his dual lives as the artist and as the worker in the “Lord Knows” video which premieres today, exclusively via BandWagon.
- [BandWagon Magazine Battle of the Bands](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/03/bandwagon-magazine-battle-of-the-bands/) - Join us for the Final Round of BandWagon Magazine Battle of the Bands! These four great Northern Colorado acts battled it out in early 2020, and the time has come to pick a winner! Grand Prize is the cover of BandWagon Magazine + $1000 cash! Come out to to support: The Cuddies, Graham Good &
- [Album Review: Bones Muhroni - Boom Snap Clap](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/03/album-review-bones-muhroni-boom-snap-clap/) - Bones Muhroni, aka Crew Rienstra has done a lot over the years to find ways of making interesting music. While folk rock was always at the center of the breadth of material Rienstra (along with many other talented musicians) released under the Bones Muhroni name, there was always something bizarre and out of place happening underneath. Packed with nuance and texture, Boom Snap Clap is Rienstra letting go in a lot of ways, creating something that bounces between electro, R&B, grunge rock, even a metal tune.
- [The Colorado Sound's My5 - March 2021](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/03/colorado-sounds-my5-march-2021-2/) - ((( Don’t forget: each My5 title is a link. Click on, NoCo! ))) 1. More Live Music Coming Back – I know we won’t get back to pre-COVID live shows quickly, but I still get hope from recent gigs like Martin Sexton at the Boulder Theater and Lettuce at Cervantes. Fingers crossed for more! 2. Rock
- [Album Review: Wolf van Elfmand - All Blue](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/03/album-review-wolf-van-elfmand-all-blue/) - Coloradan songwriter Wolf van Elfmand’s music has always had a western flair. This remains true in his newest album All Blue released in February, but he also incorporates what the title suggests: the blues. Cool and steady like a long lost J.J. Cale gem, van Elfmand incorporates improvisation and musical playfulness between the melody and simple chord structures, leaving comfortable spaces for harmonica, pedal steel and lead guitar to add conversational nuances to the texture.
- [Album Review: Shwarma - Loveworthy Live](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/03/album-review-shwarma-loveworthy-live/) - On (yes) Valentine’s Day, Colorado’s funky genre-hopping Shwarma continued their saga of madness with the Loveworthy Live EP, debuted as a live stream. In the video, the overtly-silly mix of tightly-arranged funk jams and melodramatic ballads is accompanied by a revolving door of meticulous costumes, sets and effects.
- [Stayin' Alive: Unconventional Venues Save The Scene](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/03/stayin-alive-unconventional-venues-save-the-scene/) - When Ben Mozer was 14, he took a trip to Spain with his family. Across from their hotel, a theater was playing the newly released hit Pulp Fiction, which he and his brother had been unable to see in the U.S. due to its R rating. But what stuck with him after the movie was over wasn’t Samuel L. Jackson’s iconic monologue. What stuck with him was the theater. Earlier this winter, Mozer’s Fort Collins movie theater the Lyric was one of the only venues in Northern Colorado that was still producing live music. And Mozer isn’t the only one finding a creative way to amplify local sounds. This winter, Dan Mladenik has tapped local talent for the Mishawaka-produced Live on the Lanes series at Chipper’s Lanes, converting a bowling alley into a cosmic live music experience.
- [Turning The Dial: Radio's Stu Haskell Passes On](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/03/turning-the-dial-radios-stu-haskell-passes-on/) - Stu Haskell shot rattlesnakes for fun and shot tequila with co-workers. But he also wore a suit and tie to work every day and understood the sales part of radio as well the programming, to the point where both a DJ and a marketing president both consider him their best mentor. Haskell was market president
- [Kolby Cooper's Best, Worst Year](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/03/kolby-coopers-best-worst-year/) - Kolby Cooper returned through single-digit temperatures and deep snow to his East Texas home on January 17 to find the hallways full of water. That just sounds like a country song, doesn’t it? Well, here’s how Cooper referred to it in an interview with BandWagon: “Whatever man, it’s nothing. Yada yada yada. We were lucky, man. It was a horrible year, and a great year,” Cooper said.
- [March 2021 - Kolby Cooper](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/03/march-2021-kolby-cooper/) - In This Issue: Kolby Cooper | AJ Fullerton | Bones Muhroni | Wolf Van Elfmand | 105.5 The Colorado Sound's My5 | Unconventional Venues | Stu Haskel's Legacy See Less
- [Video Premiere: Isadora Eden - Ghosts](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/02/video-premiere-isadora-eden-ghosts/) - Denver singer/songwriter/shoegazer Isadora Eden’s history includes living in New Orleans and New York City where underground music scenes the likes of the late, great Sidewalk Cafe shaped her talent for forlorn, connectable music. The soft elocution in her young, muted alto reflects her well-traveled soul; one who’s stories we believe regardless of how few words
- [Battle Profile: Graham Good & The Painters](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/02/battle-profile-graham-good-the-painters/) - Graham Good is relentlessly upbeat. Not only is that really his last name, it’s his nature, and it’s the band’s aesthetic. Even the band’s website greets you with “I believe good things are coming.” He wants people to be happy. So after a year-long delay between the semi-finals and the finals of our Battle Of The Bands, he's ready to rock.
- [Battle Profile: Hannah & The Cuddies](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/02/battle-profile-hannah-the-cuddies/) - Hannah Rodriguez knew that The Cuddies were entering a new chapter in January of 2020 when they won the first round of BandWagons’ Battle of the Bands. She eagerly planned their finalist set and looked forward to the future. But the future had changes in store. So now, after a year-long unplanned intermission, losing / gaining new band members and the optimism of a vaccine, Hannah is ready for The Cuddies' first gig in 2021.
- [Battle Profile: Lady Denim](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/02/battle-profile-lady-denim/) - “We were starting to get the ball rolling, you know, the snowball effect,” recalls Lundeen, Lady Denim’s lead vocalist, of the band’s momentum heading into March 2020, “and then it all got paused.” Lundeen looks back on the band’s last headliner at the Aggie Theatre in Fort Collins, where the band walked out to a crowd of 450. At a show a month later on March 13, just as news of COVID-19 began to flare up, the band walked out to a crowd of less than 50. “The silver lining of it all was that we were able to set aside time and record,” Lundeen reflects. Trading rehearsals for recording sessions not only brought the band closer, but also yielded the seeds for what Lundeen said will be their next release.
- [Battle Profile: Nelsen](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/02/battle-profile-nelsen/) - “The momentum was really good,” Nick Nelsen said. “We were doing four gigs in a one month span.” On the first day of February last year, Nelsen (the band) beat out Hot Tub Wrestler, Ethan More or Less and the Able Dogs in round one of BandWagon’s 2020 Battle of the Bands. The success was three years in the making. Nelsen had also competed in 2018 and 2019, never to make it past the first round. Now, armed with tearjerkers new and old, Nelsen is poised and ready to make the audience “feel” when the Battle of the Bands returns on March 12.
- [Single Premiere: Goth Club - Sweep Me Up](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/02/single-premiere-goth-club-sweep-me-up/) - “Sweep Me Up” premieres via BandWagon today, and it’s a black lipstick affair. Goth Club’s third release, it sinks to the half-spoken, sultry depths of Monster Magnet’s “Paradise” or even Ramstein with an added layer of synths and old-school drum machines akin to an early Depeche Mode. McFadden looks directly into the black mirror on “Sweep Me Up,” finding shadows, distortion and sludge within it.
- [Single Premiere: Pie Lombardi - "Some People"](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/02/single-premiere-pie-lombardi-some-people/) - Northern Colorado’s Pie Lombardi presents his finest work to date with the moving single “Some People,” which premieres today exclusively via BandWagon. Etching honesty into the stone of post-emo indie rock, Lombardi finds a new musical space, distinct in its everyman delivery and folk-song realism.
- [The Colorado Sound's My5 - February 2021](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/02/colorado-sounds-my5-february-2021/) - ((( Don’t forget: each My5 title is a link. Click on, NoCo! ))) While listening to music beds to play at 7:30 for Today In Music History, I realized all of these could help you get through this part of the winter! 1. Cliff Nobles & Co. – “The Horse” – This ’68 gold record was
- [Single Review: Plume Varia - Hold On To Me](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/02/single-review-plume-varia-hold-on-to-me/) - A haunting tune, “Hold On To Me” is like a nighttime journey through the southwest, channelling the late night cold of the desert. For their latest single, Plume Varia return to their comfort zone of spacey goth country.
- [Album Review: Yung Lurch - B ALL IN](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/02/album-review-yung-lurch-b-all-in/) - Denver based multi-instrumentalist Brent Somermeyer, under the name Yung Lurch, is not an artist tied down by conventions. If ever that was apparent, it is on his new EP entitled B ALL IN, a four-track peek into the life and work of a unique recording artist deeply entrenched in the music making process.
- [Album Review: Isadora Eden - All Night](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/02/album-review-isadora-eden-all-night/) - Isadora Eden’s second EP, the vulnerable 'All Night,' opens like a dark, reverberated flower in your headphones. Eden’s young, muted alto offers sad solidarity to those who will listen, while she and bandmates Sumner Erhard and Corey Coffman carry her shy messages on the shoulders of stately guitars, dignified drums and echoey atmosphere.
- [Single Review: Andy Sydow - "Piece Of The Valley"](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/02/single-review-andy-sydow-piece-of-the-valley/) - Andy Sydow enters 2021 with “Piece of the Valley,” a raucous and bombastic single that pulls no punches. Leaving the mark of someone with a clear ear for what they want, Sydow shoots for the fences as one of Colorado’s most notable working songwriters.
- [Single Review: Retrofette - Photogenic](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/02/single-review-retrofette-photogenic/) - 2021 is going to see Denver’s best synth pop outfit Retrofette become one of the biggest bands in Colorado. Stripping away the frill and grandeur of modern electronic music, their new single “Photogenic” is a simple yet textured synth number throwing back to groups like Hot Chip and Hercules & Love Affair. It’s clean, simple synth tones lay the groundwork for vocalist Sean Culliton’s cool, sultry mumble-like voice to set the mood.
- [Album Review: Jess Parsons - Hear Me Calling](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/02/album-review-jess-parsons-hear-me-calling/) - Stop sifting for obscure ‘70s soft-pop on Spotify playlists like “candle-lit living room slow dance” and buy Jess Parsons' "Hear Me Calling." Denver's Parsons knows well that charm and honesty go a long way. Often compared to Fleetwood Mac, she finds her true groove somewhere between Jenny Lewis, Aimee Mann and the disco side of Feist on her new EP "Hear Me Calling." The record has a core of sweet, singer-songwriter sincerity, but keep a spot on your dance card free for that special someone, because it’s got hips.
- [Joy as Resistance: Wayne Watts Raps Decompression for Revolutionaries](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/02/joy-as-resistance-wayne-watts-raps-decompression-for-revolutionaries/) - Wayne Watts is a man of letters, but he is also an educator and activist. “I wanted to make music for revolutionaries to decompress to. While you’re fighting these things it’s really essential to remember to breathe.” The power of his dedication to words lies in the myriad of ways in which he employs them. “They’re filled up with a lot of manifestations and affirmations,” he said. “I treat my mantras like songs.” As an educator, Watts co-founded the Dream Create Inspire Tour. "The intention has always been to create an incubator to give disenfranchised creators a platform."
- [January 2021 - Holdfast.](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/01/january-2021-holdfast/) - In This Issue: Holdfast. | Antonio Lopez | Crooked Rugs | Fresh Fruit! | Dead Amps | Co’s Recording Industry | Sarah Slaton | The Colorado Sound’s My5
- [February 2021 - Battle of the Bands](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/02/february-2021-battle-of-the-bands/) - In This Issue: Wayne Watts | Pie Lombardi | Jess Parsons | Isadora Eden | Yung Lurch | Goth Club | The Colorado Sound | Battle of the Bands
- [Album Review: Fresh Fruit! - Independently](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/01/album-review-fresh-fruit-independently/) - The groovy, Denver-based soul band Fresh Fruit! released their first EP on January 1st. And while the chill, yacht rock vibes of their past occasionally surface, "Independently" accentuates their soul sounds in a way that is groovy and more commercially appealing.
- [The Colorado Sound's My5 - January 2021](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/01/colorado-sounds-my5-december-2020-2/) - ((( Don’t forget: each My5 title is a link. Click on, NoCo! ))) 1. Ken Burns Jazz Box Set – I picked up an item from Craigslist and the guy tossed in some CDs, including the 5-CD box set that went with the 10-hour Ken Burns Jazz film from 2000. It’s 94 tracks, from the
- [Album Review: The Crooked Rugs - IT!](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/01/album-review-the-crooked-rugs-it/) - On their debut LP IT!, Colorado quintet The Crooked Rugs take the compulsory ingredients of modern rock band instrumentation and create something wonderfully foreign. Echoes of psych, prog and garage rock resound, but each song is clearly the result of diligent experimentation. IT! was recorded this summer in Durango, and for an album made in a barn in rural Colorado, it’s anything but folksy.
- [Dead Amps: Where We Are Now / Harnessing the Chaos](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/01/dead-amps-where-we-are-now-harnessing-the-chaos/) - Erin O’Toole isn’t Dr. Phil, but she does have a little marital advice: “If you can record an album together and remain happy,” O’Toole says, “you can survive anything." O’Toole would know, given that she’s made music with her husband, Jonathan Payne as the band Dead Amps since 2005, a year after they met. She says when they both find something they like, it can be magical )as on their new full-length "DA4") but it’s usually more arduous than that. Just like a marriage with moments that inspire rom-coms and adult contemporary hits, there’s a whole lot of hard work behind the magic.
- [A Brother's Bond: Holdfast. Stays, Fights and Reflects](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/01/a-brothers-bond-holdfast-stays-fights-and-reflects/) - “We are three brothers” is the first sentence Holdfast. wrote in their Facebook bio and they’re not really wrong about that. Brothers Tom and Mikey Maddocks and their cousin Charlie Maddocks grew up right next door to each other in Windsor, CO. They did everything together, including signing a sync licence with Audio Network in 2020 and releasing their first full length Stay And Fight on January 8, 2021.
- [Album Review: Antonio Lopez - Roots and Wings](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/01/album-review-antonio-lopez-roots-and-wings/) - Antonio Lopez’ voice sits delicately perched at the center of his fourth full-length release, Roots & Wings. The fragile purity of his vocal delivery as the record’s focus proves a point: When given a proper chance, an honest voice can rise to previously un-reached heights. As the executive director of the music/empowerment nonprofit Sound Bridge and having funded Roots & Wings via Kickstarter, Lopez knows well that respectful contributions from those who back you is a gift as precious as family and as freeing as flight.
- [DIY Kick: Colorado’s Recording Industry Takes It Home](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/01/diy-kick-colorados-recording-industry-takes-it-home/) - Independent artists made more music online and at home during lockdown, and recording studios have adapted. Mike Davis was uniquely prepared for this shift, founding Koncept Jewel Studios, an itinerant collection of recording equipment and instruments that operates wherever Davis happens to be living at the time. “It’s kind of an amorphous thing. I’ve moved around since I started it and plan to continue moving around,” he said. This can-do, remote DIY sentiment is echoed by Ben Behrens of Wright Studios: “It doesn’t matter how cheap or weird your gear is. If it works, we can make something cool with it.” Stone Cottage studios in Boulder has even turned its space into a stage for live-streaming artist performances online.
- [Sarah Slaton Says It’s Time to Get Up and You Know It](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/01/sarah-slaton-says-its-time-to-get-up-and-you-know-it/) - Despite the chaos that was 2020, Fort Collins singer-songwriter Sarah Slaton has been able to find one gig: “I’m joining a bunch of other folks from the music industry who have been laid-off from their normal jobs," she tells BandWagon. "We are part of a Covid rapid-response team, going to small cities to build testing infrastructure and testing sites.” Because let’s be honest, if you need to build a mobile facility meant to deal with a lot of people, call are the music festival folks. “We get shit done quickly,” Slaton says. Additionally, Slaton released the "Get Up" single and video in December, which speaks to what so many are going through. She championed the Save Our Stages Act, spearheaded community events and much more.
- [Album Review: Nick Sanville & Timo Massa - Eat Out Culture, Vol. 1](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/01/album-review-nick-sanville-timo-massa-eat-out-culture-vol-1/) - For listeners looking to skip the drive-thru, Eat Out Culture, Vol. 1 from rapper Nick Sanville and guitarist-turned-producer Timo Massa (Stella Luce, VIVIAN) reminds us of the value of a home-cooked meal. This 4-track EP covers sonic landscapes seldom heard from contemporary Hip-Hop artists, combining intricately woven punchlines with masterfully crafted moody atmospheres.
- [Video Premiere: People In General - Take It Or Leave It](https://bandwagmag.com/2021/01/video-premiere-people-in-general-take-it-or-leave-it/) - People In General head straight into 2021 swinging with the premiere of the "Take It Or Leave It" video. Recorded entirely in bassist/keyboardist Matan Birnbaum’s basement, the track's production is crisp and inviting, and the video introduces us to their rabbit hole of imagination.
- [They Saved Our Stages: Pandemic Relief saves hundreds of stages just before the deadline](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/12/they-saved-our-stages/) - The “SOS” in Save Our Stages was a bit of a happy accident, but it also wasn’t a coincidence. The $15 billion in grants set aside for locally owned venues, movie theaters and performance halls in the stimulus act is exactly what places such as The Moxi needed to survive. “It’s literally going to save
- [Single & Video Review: Modern Leisure - "Rita"](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/12/single-video-review-modern-leisure-rita/) - Modern Leisure has, once again, harnessed millennial malaise and channeled it into an achingly beautiful 3-minute track. According to the band, the newest single “Rita” is a thesis statement for the series of singles they have released throughout 2020 on the whole.
- [Album Review: Alright Alright - Crucible](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/12/album-review-alright-alright-crucible/) - Alright Alright's new album Crucible is an intimate experience with dreamy orchestration and relatable lyrics, something for which they are already known. But here, that intimacy is closer than before, like the genuine musings of a close friend.
- [The Colorado Sound's My5 - December 2020](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/12/colorado-sounds-my5-december-2020/) - ((( Don’t forget: each My5 title is a link. Click on, NoCo! ))) Simply enough, here are my 5 fav holiday tunes. 1. Bruce Springsteen – “Merry Christmas, Baby” – I’ve seen him sing this and “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” live a few times, and this Charles Brown tune really gets some special
- [For Once In My Life: John March Remembers Ted Greene.](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/12/life-john-march-remembers-ted-greene/) - During the 2013 Colorado Floods, John March broke both of his elbows and then continued trying to make a living as a gigging guitarist despite crippling pain. “Two weeks later, I was playing at a fundraiser for people whose homes had been destroyed in the floods,” March said. MusiCares was the first organization to provide financial assistance to March, who is now donating a portion of the proceeds from his new album For Once In My Life to three charities, including MusiCares. The album is March’s second tribute to his former mentor and jazz guitar legend Ted Greene.
- [Album Review: Musketeer Gripweed - More Than Ever](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/12/album-review-musketeer-gripweed-more-than-ever/) - Musketeer Gripweed released "More Than Ever" late last month, taking their bluesy Americana sound and infusing it with gospel and soul. Gospel and soul sounds are appropriate for a project that was brought back to life after it was halted by COVID-19.
- [Single Review: Enzi - "Mad Chemistry"](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/12/single-review-enzi-mad-chemistry/) - As with all of Enzi’s music, her full-throated vocal performance on "Mad Chemistry" carries the track. She croons through a hooky chorus while calling and responding to a many-layered harmony of her own voice. You get the feeling Enzi is jut getting started.
- [Video Premiere: The Sickly Hecks - "Four Years"](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/12/video-premiere-the-sickly-hecks-four-years/) - Good music waits for no man, and pandemics make shit times for everyone, so what better time to release a sad-boy pop punk album?! Fort Collins-based The Sickly Hecks are doing just that with the release of their new full length album, Try and Fail, out January 8, 2021. The album’s lead single and video
- [The Thin Black Line: Venues Fight To Survive](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/12/thin-black-line-venues-fight-survive/) - “It’s nowhere near the money I need to sustain, but I was lucky," says Travis Ragan. Ragan was a partner in the Roxy Theater in Denver and the Mesa Theater in Grand Junction, booking shows in 15 different markets. Now he hauls equipment for his brother, a construction manager out of Colorado Springs. "I know venues are closing down, and yet, we have no leadership backing us and supporting us. We have no one telling us what we should do as opposed to what we shouldn’t do,” Ragan says. “The place is not made to be at a 250 person capacity,” Renee Jelenik says of The Lincoln Theater in Cheyenne, “and even then, it’s not like we sold out those shows. People just aren’t coming out.” “We’ve been asked to shut down, or told to shut down, for months now," says Ely Corliss of The Moxi Theater in Greeley. "We’ve done that, and where are we now?”
- [December 2020 - Thin Black Line: Venues Fight to Survive](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/12/december-2020-thin-black-line-venues-fight-to-survive/) - In This Issue: John March | Musketeer Gripweed | Alright Alright | The Sickly Hecks | Enzi | Modern Leisure | People in General
- [Single & Video Review: The Beeves - Mercy Be](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/11/single-video-review-the-beeves-mercy-be/) - On “Mercy Be” the Beeves leave behind their beloved flailing antics, revealing their influences to be just as loyal to the Flamingos, The Beach Boys and Elvis as they are to The Vines and The Strokes. The accompanying video is a slo-mo-rodeo prom night dream. Its beautifully shot, beautifully sequenced simplicity masks The Beeves in more intrigue; the kind of dark mystique indicative of Princes, Bowies and Mercurys.
- [The Colorado Sound's My5 - November 2020](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/11/the-colorado-sounds-my5-november-2020/) - As the holidays approach, The Colorado Sound's thoughts turn to: Things you can do to help members of your vibrant community through tough times; The best TV and film to cozy-up with; and most fun of all - the best music about food!
- [Single Review: Bones Muhroni - "I SHOULD HAVE IT RN"](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/11/single-review-bones-muhroni-i-should-have-it-rn/) - Making the best of quarantine, Crew Rienstra (aka Bones Muhroni) released “I SHOULD HAVE IT RN”, a song and video summarizing all the weirdness your average person is going through RN and a genius take on the quarantine video.
- [Single Review: Machu Linea ft. Evllqn - “Feelitboi”](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/11/single-review-machu-linea-ft-evllqn-feelitboi/) - Denver’s future-electro R&B musician Machu Linea is bringing his jazzy experimental sound back to the people with the release of “Feelitboi,” the first single ahead of his second album HeXotica (out now).
- [Single Review: 30 - "Homesick"](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/11/single-review-30-homesick/) - A Massachusetts native by the name 30 recently moved to Colorado to make the best of covid reality, releasing genre-non-specific singles in support of his full-length "Introspects Of A Psycho," out October (yes) 30.
- [Singe Review: Método ft. Neoma and Amantina - “Gold Chain”](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/11/singe-review-metodo-ft-neoma-amantina-gold-chain/) - Ecuadorian-pop-songstress-turned-Denverite Neoma has been making waves in Colorado since relocating here in 2018. Recently, she was featured on the single “Gold Chain” by Ecuadorian hip hop artist Método, a sexy down beat R&B track that will speak to people no matter what hemisphere they live in.
- [Single Review: Joel Ansett - "Ease"](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/11/single-review-joel-ansett-ease/) - Denver’s Joel Ansett says he finally noticed how much emotional energy he spent on “just trying to be liked. It's so childish,” he tells BandWagon, “but it turned into a habit; just how I would function in social settings.” “Ease” is about non-approval-based friendships, but it’s deserving of high praise.
- [Through Thick and Thin: Heartsick Heroine](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/11/through-thick-and-thin-heartsick-heroine/) - Allen and Hannah Maddox want you to believe that their world is pain. But it would be hard to find a greater contrast between Heartsick Heroine’s image and the actual lives Allen and Hannah lead together. Some of the anguish is real (2020 sucked all their gigs away) and the band is more than a hobby – but it is not their lives.
- [2GETHR 4EVR: NGHT WLVS Find The Formula](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/11/2gethr-4evr-nght-wlvs-find-the-formula/) - For Northern Colorado-based synth hop trio NGHT WLVS, creating music together was nothing new. Long-time friends Will Duran, Sam Archuleta, and Tommy Martinez began making music together over a decade ago, and while life took them down separate roads, they reconnected. Rocking a sound saturated in the lushness and sparkle of classic synth pop while sticking to their hip hop roots.
- [Everybody Loves An Outlaw: Break on Through to the Other Side](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/11/everybody-loves-an-outlaw-break-on-through-to-the-other-side/) - Before "I See Red" went viral, Longmont-based soul rock duo Everybody Loves An Outlaw were just DIY, writing the songs, producing the records, and managing the band themselves. Then, they got signed to Columbia records and "I See Red' got featured in the Polish soft-core film '365 Days.' This thrusted them into a new world, but they remember every little step along the way.
- [November 2020 - Everybody Loves an Outlaw](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/11/november-2020-everybody-loves-an-outlaw/) - In This Issue: Everybody Loves an Outlaw | Heartsick Heroine | NGHT WLVS | Bones Muhroni | Machu Linea ft. Evillqn | Metodo ft. Neoma and Amantina | 30 | Joel Ansett | The Beeves
- [Album Review: Stubby Shillelaghs - Glass To Mouth](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/10/album-review-stubby-shillelaghs-glass-to-mouth/) - The Stubby Shillelaghs’ forthcoming full-length LP "Glass to Mouth" (out October 30) will mark ten years of silly drinking songs and sea shanties for this Greeley band, complete with impressive musicianship, humor, and well-placed profanity. All-in-all, "Glass to Mouth" is as good a jolly-olde-time as it is tongue-in-cheek.
- [The Colorado Sound's My5 - October 2020](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/10/the-colorado-sounds-my5-october-2020/) - Volumes of deep-cut pop music education, celebrity voices working for you, Famous Cuban-born frontman releasing music in Spanish for the first time, your favorite one-hit-wonder and Live music options you may not have known about in Colorado! Sounds like the Colorado Sound's My5 for September.
- [Walking The Walk: New Greeley Murals Celebrate and Beautify the way Downtown](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/10/walking-the-walk-new-greeley-murals-celebrate-and-beautify-the-way-downtown/) - For her new mural on the Maddie Apartments in Downtown Greeley, Betony Coons found herself challenged with how to include Union Colony’s most famous principle: temperance. Not only is “the active moderation of libation intake” hard to paint, but ironically, one of the reasons downtown Greeley continues to thrive is the world class breweries and distilleries it inspired.
- [Album Review: Kid Astronaut & Psychologic - Kenopsia](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/10/album-review-kid-astronaut-psychologic-kenopsia/) - Pervasive feelings of extreme unknown lurk in the consciousness of most citizens on planet earth these days, which is why the similarly intangible music, soundscapes and dark, thrilling emotions on the concept EP Kenopsia hit so hard. A brilliant and concise collaboration between Denver-based R&B hip-hop vocalist Kid Astronaut and producer Psychologic, the record’s pop sensibilities are balanced by an epic, dystopian sense of drama and purpose.
- [The Long Haul: Sunsquabi Funks Through the Covid Era](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/10/the-long-haul-sunsquabi-funks-through-the-covid-era/) - Sunsquabi sit in a very unique spot in the music industry. With the career they’ve had so far and the following they’ve built, they were able to step into isolation somewhat comfortably until things return to normal. If and when things do, they’ll be hitting the scene with a lot of great momentum built on the dedication to their craft and their love of the music. "Obviously we want to play shows in [traditional] venues again but we’re grateful to the drive-in thing because we’ve been having a lot of fun with it," says guitar / synth player Kevin Donahue.
- [Album Review: Augustus - Color TV and Tall Tales](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/10/album-review-augustus-color-tv-and-tall-tales/) - Founders Colin Kelly and Jim Herlihy of the Boulder-based band Augustus have delivered a technicolor whopper. "Color TV and Tall Tales," their 5th LP due October 9, features guests from Eldren, The Yawpers and Dragondeer, who add flesh and flare to the bones of the band, but the original duo’s rock rawness remains the focus of this accessible, eccentric rock n’ roll romp.
- [Something To Vibe To: Black Pegasus Is On A Whole Different Frequency](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/10/something-to-vibe-to-black-pegasus-is-on-a-whole-different-frequency/) - 'Pandemic Proof' by Black Pegasus obviously speaks to the current times. The world has been drowning in the COVID-19 pandemic since March, subsequently bringing the music industry to its knees. "I'm doing my best to adapt," says Black Pegasus. "It’s pretty tricky, but I’ve always been a hustler and an innovator so I’m not worried.” He's also vocal about important socio-political issues and is wary, yet hopeful for the future. "I really believe in the current movement for social justice and equality," he says. "I also believe that the movement has been infiltrated by corporations and political agendas."
- [October 2020 -  Sunsquabi](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/10/october-2020-sunsquabi/) - In This Issue: Sunsquabi | Black Pegasus | The Stubby Shillelaghs | Kid Astronaut & Psychologic | Augustus | The Colorado Sound’s My5 | Betony Coons & Greeley Murals
- [Album Review: NOT A TOY - Not A Toy](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/09/album-review-not-toy-not-toy/) - Gaudy for the sake of it, NOT A TOY’s self-titled release is as bombastic as it is fearless. Coincidently signed to Fearless Records, the former Fort Collins (and formerly named Shatterproof), Denver band is hitting an incredible new level. NOT A TOY is one of the most prolific recording projects to come out of Colorado in a while.
- [Album Review: The Wild After - Former Lives](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/09/album-review-the-wild-after-former-lives/) - Colorado alt rock legends The Wild After are back with their second EP after the release of Lessons Learned in 2014. It’s a long stretch between releases but that doesn’t mean they weren't been busy. The Wild After is a sort of Colorado super-group comprised of members from The Heyday (featured on the cover of
- [Album Review: Royce DeZorzi & The New Freedom Movement](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/09/album-review-royce-dezorzi-the-new-freedom-movement/) - Royce DeZorzi & The New Freedom Movement have a pocket groove, play elongated solos, and do a great job of building energy collectively. But what really stands out about their debut album is not the notes they play, but how they want the listeners to hear them: every track on the album is a first take recorded live, directly to tape.
- [Album Review: Bison Bone - Find Your Way Out](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/09/album-review-bison-bone-find-way/) - Bison Bone is a little bit country, a little bit rock & roll, and fully led by the boisterous singer/songwriter Courtney Whitehead. Where heady, heavy, post-hippie Americana is what many find themselves drawn to these days, "Find Your Way Out" (due October 25) gets there enough times to tickle the fancy of most fans of the style. But the deeper side of the genre is what Whitehead and crew truly feel in their bones.
- [The Colorado Sound's My5 - September 2020](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/09/colorado-sounds-my5-september-2020/) - Volumes of deep-cut pop music education, celebrity voices working for you, Famous Cuban-born frontman releasing music in Spanish for the first time, your favorite one-hit-wonder and Live music options you may not have known about in Colorado! Sounds like the Colorado Sound's My5 for September.
- [Hungry for Humor: Comedy Fort Takes the Place of Hodi's HalfNote](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/09/hungry-for-humor-comedy-fort-takes-the-place-of-hodis-halfnote/) - David Rodriguez’ first comedy set, more than five years ago, was at Hodi’s Half Note, the beloved FoCo rock club which recently announced its closing. He believes it’s fitting, then, that he will open Comedy Fort in the Hodi’s building, probably sometime in January. “When this opportunity came about, it just felt perfect,” Rodriguez said.
- [Girls Just Wanna Own A Label: 17-Year-Old Maddie Hein's Dream Cult Press Provides a Platform For DIY Musicians](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/09/girls-just-wanna-own-a-label-17-year-old-maddie-heins-dream-cult-press-provides-a-platform-for-diy-musicians/) - “I mean, what is stopping us? Why don’t we?” said Maddie Hein of Dream Cult Press. Well, she was 17, but that wasn’t enough, apparently. Nor was the fact that they met online and not in her hometown of Greeley (one of them, in fact, was from Kazakhstan). The new indie label released their first album in July 2019 and started picking up fans and followers, but quickly also decided to use their platform to benefit individuals and organizations that were helping out during protests across the country.
- [Album Review: Gasoline Lollipops - All The Misery Money Can Buy](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/09/album-review-gasoline-lollipops-all-the-misery-money-can-buy/) - One of Colorado’s most popular bands, The Gasoline Lollipops, will be delivering what can arguably be considered their masterpiece on September 11, 2020. "All the Misery Money Can Buy" has been described by the band as a politically charged union of soul music and Southern rock, blending singer Clay Rose’s gritty singing style with what appears to be a full-on gospel choir. It sounds like it was recorded at the Crossroads in the presence of the devil himself.
- [Kyle Hollingsworth Band Finally Jams On A Full Tank](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/09/24120/) - Kyle Hollingsworth and his bandmates in The String Cheese Incident had been on tour for a solid decade. They needed a break, so they took 6 months off. Then, live music itself took a break for the foreseeable future. Ironic, isn’t it?,” Hollingsworth said. On September 11th, Kyle Hollingsworth Band will play a socially-distanced Drive-In Theater show at The Chinook in Cheyenne, Wyoming, another first for him. “We’re just, so excited to be playing - it’s shining out of us. We’re bringing great energy."
- [September 2020 - Kyle Hollingsworth](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/09/september-2020-kyle-hollingsworth/) - In This Issue: Kyle Hollingsworth | Dream Cult Press | Comedy Fort at Hodi’s Half Note | FoCoMX at the Drive-In | Bison Bone | Gasoline Lollipops | NOT A TOY | Royce DeZorzi | The Wild After
- [August 2020 - Devin Tremell](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/08/august-2020-devin-tremell/) - In This Issue: Randy Perkins | Downtown Greeley Reunited | The Colorado Sound’s MY5 | Cary Morin | Charlie Stevens | Estin & the 86’d | Daniel Rodriguez | Premieres
- [Writing on the Wall, Festival on the Screen: FoCoMX at the Drive-In and On the Web](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/09/writing-wall-festival-screen-focomx-drive-web/) - This weekend, in lieu of the real, re-scheduled thing, FoCoMX will offer “A Digital Retrospective” of photos taken by fans as well as rare backstage shots by FoCoMX staff on September 4-5 via the festival’s social media channels. The festival wants to celebrate the fan perspective and involvement as well as host live, in-person music to folks in their cars every Tuesday via Drive & Jive, pulling from its scheduled lineup of more than 400 acts.
- [The Colorado Sound's My5 - August 2020](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/08/colorado-sounds-my5-august-2020/) - The best Colorado bands, eye-opening music documentaries uncovering stuff you never knew about artists you know oh-so-well, music made by typewriters and maybe the best Beatles cover ever ... Must be The Colorado Sound's My5 for July!
- [Album Review: Daniel Rodriguez - Sojourn Of A Burning Sun](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/08/album-review-daniel-rodriguez-sojourn-burning-sun/) - Going solo after the end of the renowned Elephant Revival, Daniel Rodriguez entered a new world. His music changed, some of his relationships changed, and the world changed around him. That’s where his new album Sojourn of a Burning Sun (out August 28) finds us. Stepping away from some of the more existential elements of Elephant Revival but taking the smokey folk music with him, Rodriguez safely steers his boat to that lonely island meant just for him.
- [R.W. Perkins: Small Town Remedies](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/08/r-w-perkins-small-town-remedies/) - A comedy-drama from R.W. Perkins of Loveland, "Small Town Remedies" tells the story of two siblings (Andrea Dratch and Ty Sells; Dratch is also an executive producer) dealing with their relapsing alcoholic mother (Sally Knudsen) while juggling their own personal struggles and surprises. It’s not a prototypical film about addiction, and that was Perkin’s intent, saying he had a different take on addiction as a family dynamic. The film premieres September 10 at the Horsetooth International Film Festival.
- [Album Review: Estin & The 86'D - Long Live The River](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/08/album-review-estin-the-86d-long-live-the-river/) - Long Live the River by Estin & The 86'D kicks off with an ode to classic southern rock filled with pure, unadulterated attitude. With lyrics referring to being baptized in rock and roll, it’s a hell of a way to be introduced to the band. Full of emotion, great songwriting and musicianship, "Long Live the River" (out August 14) is like a stiff drink at the end of a long day.
- [Album Review: Charlie Stevens - Charlie Stevens](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/08/album-review-charlie-stevens-charlie-stevens/) - Charlie Stevens by Charlie Stevens is the first official album release from Northern Colorado’s young bluegrass extraordinaire of the same name. The first to ever graduate from the University of Northern Colorado’s world renowned music program with a degree in bluegrass, Stevens possesses dual credentials in classical and bluegrass guitar. The album is what any bluegrass fan could ask for, featuring traditional elements of stringed instrumentals and folksy storytelling.
- [Album Review: Cary Morin - Dockside Saints](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/08/album-review-cary-morin-dockside-saints/) - Fact is, on "Dockside Saints" it’s all really good stuff. Throughout, Cary Morin has an amazing ability to mix in a little of just about everything, while staying unique and true to himself. A masterful guitarist, songwriter and singer, he honors his Native American Crow background with some of the most beautiful blues ever heard and a powerful mix of rock, jazz and zydeco.
- [Reunited and it Feels So Downtown - Greeley's United Plaza and Socially Distanced District](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/08/reunited-and-it-feels-so-downtown-greeleys-united-plaza-and-socially-distanced-district/) - Downtown Greeley's been quiet since March, when the outbreak shuttered bars (for the second time now), restaurants and other fun places that made downtown as successful as it’s been in decades. But business owners hope to make some noise by closing 8th and 9th streets and putting open dining tables out. They also added an open container law that essentially extends the Go Cup law full-time until fall, only with loosened restrictions: Any alcohol is OK now, even if you have some from home, though the idea is to support the businesses on the blocks. The Greeley City Council approved the plan and began it July 1.
- [Can We Just Live? Devin Tremell Speaks Out with Hip Hop as a Tool of Influence](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/08/can-just-live-devin-tremell-hip-hop-action/) - Devin Tremell insisted to the crowd of hundreds looking up at him from the Lincoln Park gazebo in Greeley that he was just a regular Black dude. “The message had to reach all the nooks and crannies of the country,” Tremell, a UNC student, rapper and activist said. “Greeley is kind of out of the way, and it needs to reach there too," he says of the Black Lives matter movement. "This is a problem across the board. But I was surprised at the amount of people who felt the same way I did. I see more of that coming out."
- [Album Review: Alcario Artuso - I Will Always Be With You](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/08/premiere-alcario-artuso-will-always/) - Alcario Artuso’s tracks on his new double single EP "I Will Always Be With You "(feat Kyle Kounovsky and Terrah Schultz) revive the alternative indie rock sound of the late 2000’s, where distorted guitars and sprinkles of synthesizers met minimal production, and a live musician still stood behind every beat and note. The double-single EP premieres via BandWagMag.com
- [On The Road Again: Four Months Of COVID-19 Madness & One Bike Accident Later, Kosha Dillz Is On A Mission](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/07/on-the-road-again-four-months-of-covid-19-madness-one-bike-accident-later-kosha-dillz-is-on-a-mission/) - Going from doing at least 80 live shows a year (with everyone from Mos Def to Nappy Roots) to performing for a six-year-old’s backyard birthday party in Arvada, Colorado is just one of the many ways the coronavirus pandemic has impacted his typically flourishing career, but Kosha Dillz is a rare breed. With 16 years of sobriety under his belt (to the day) he must guard his recovery like he guards his life, something that’s even more challenging when you’re immersed in the music industry.
- [Single Premiere: Ruby Daze - "TLC"](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/07/single-premiere-ruby-daze-tlc/) - Greeley-based duo Ruby Daze’s new single “TLC” premieres via BandWagMag.com today. It is an anthem to that lover or close friend you haven’t seen since COVID-19 hit. While the song could talk about any period of separation, lines like “I’m coming over even if it kills me” are particularly tongue-in-cheek in our current climate.
- [A Change is Gonna Come: Robert Randolph Spreads the Message of Unity](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/07/a-change-is-gonna-come-robert-randolph-spreads-the-message-of-unity/) - If you ask Robert Randolph what his 2006 hit “Ain’t Nothing Wrong with That” is about, his answer would be: “It's about what’s going on today. I write songs to inspire and to love each other, because if you don't have respect, you don't have love." Randolph’s songwriting focuses on bringing people together, which is his mantra as an individual and an artist. He continues to uphold that mantra with every album he’s released since then. He believes those messages are more relevant now than ever. Join Robert Randolph and his All Star Super Band at The High Plains Buffalo Jam on Saturday, July 25 in Cheyenne, Wyoming with Allman-Betts Band, Deitch & Shmeeans (Lettuce) Blackberry Smoke and The Burroughs.
- [Video Premiere: Oliver Mueller - "I Wanna Play At The Moxi"](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/07/video-premiere-oliver-mueller-i-wanna-play-at-the-moxi/) - The music video for Oliver Mueller’s new single “I Wanna Play At the Moxi'' premieres via BandWagon today. Under his solo-project pseudonym oliverrr, the track is a love-letter to his favorite NoCo music venue, as performers and concert go-ers alike bemoan the absence of live music. Mueller brings the same dreamy alternative style he displays in his band Slow Caves, but combines it with punk flare and humor.
- [The Colorado Sound's My5 - July 2020](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/07/the-colorado-sounds-my5-july-2020/) - The best Colorado bands, eye-opening music documentaries uncovering stuff you never knew about artists you know oh-so-well, music made by typewriters and maybe the best Beatles cover ever ... Must be The Colorado Sound's My5 for July!
- [Album Review: David Burchfield - State To State](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/07/album-review-david-burchfield-state-to-state/) - Whether it’s your first time going on a hike since lockdown, or an anticipated camping trip, David Burchfield’s album "State to State" makes for a proper soundtrack to a mountain getaway. He combines elements of Americana, Country, and traditional Celtic to set the scene for a night around the campfire. Songs like the opening and title track show that this folk style is his fluent language.
- [EP Review: Polyakov - Hazy](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/07/ep-review-polyakov-hazy/) - Dream pop, as a genre, has a home in Northern Colorado, and in a way has come to represent the leisurely stroll through anxiety you get from living here. Capturing this is Polyakov's four track debut EP 'Hazy' – a luscious and well textured delivery that lives up to the title. Killer vocal harmonies, guitar effects and layering techniques here are mesmerizing, making Polyakov another NoCo artist to watch.
- [Album Review: My Dog Ate Chad - Krakatoa](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/07/album-review-my-dog-ate-chad-krakatoa/) - My Dog Ate Chad is exactly what it should be. A conglomeration of 5 flanneled friends from high school throwing their influences at the wall to see what sticks. They’re looking for their true identity on their full-length debut Krakatoa with wide eyes, open ears and loud-ass guitars.
- [Double Single Review: The Beeves - "Playing Bingo" & Slow Caves "Walk In The Park"](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/07/double-single-review-the-beeves-playing-bingo-slow-caves-walk-in-the-park/) - With top production, austere turn of phrase and beautifully transparent melodic construction, "Walk In The Park" by Slow Caves sparkles with the slow motion lens-flare of memories you haven’t even made yet. Riff-heavy with the pizzaz and swagger of the White Stripes, The Beeves' new single “Playing Bingo” highlights the proper rock yelps of vocalist Ian Ehrhart and the grooving instrumental playfulness of bassist/vocalist Margot Sease and drummer Will Ehrhart.
- [Hitting The High Notes: Diane Bolden-Taylor Helps Youths Find Their Voice](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/07/hitting-high-notes-diane-bolden-taylor-helps-youths-find-voice/) - Diane Bolden-Taylor grew up in the Baptist church, where anyone with a voice would have an audience, and anyone who hit the high notes would be praised as a hero – regardless of their skin color. She received multiple degrees, sang Opera professionally in Switzerland for 18 years, became fluent in German and taught voice at the University Of Northern Colorado. Notably, she returned to her native St. Louis to expose classical vocal music to the young black community there. "And you know what?" Taylor said, "they absolutely love it!”
- [Drum As You Are: Eric Riley Throws Down The Beat As A Black Musician In Metal](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/07/drum-as-you-are-eric-riley-throws-down-the-beat-as-a-black-musician-in-metal/) - Even with all the fun Eric Riley has thrashing onstage with his longtime friend Nate Valdez, there is always that one drunk person who has to point it out: a black guy in a metal band! "I mean, there's not a lot of diversity [in the Colorado Metal scene] but it’s not really anyone's fault,” said Riley, drummer for heavy rock duo In The Whale. Riley grew up listening to black soul artists from the 60’s and 70’s, but the harder rock acts were where his heart was.
- [Hayden Farr: Love and the March of an Angry Introvert](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/07/hayden-farr-love-and-the-march-of-an-angry-introvert/) - Until recently, the pandemic, and our directive to stay put, wasn’t all that hard for Hayden Farr, baritone sax player for The Burroughs and Trash Cat. Farr is an introvert, so when was invited to protest for Black Lives Matter in Denver, he declined. “But I’m wondering,” Farr asked, “why do we need to have this conversation every two years? I wonder if it’s because people are stuck at home and forced to see what’s going on, or is it because people want to see a change?”
- [If You're Listening: Greg Carroll on the Black American Art Form with an Inherent Sense of Democracy](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/07/if-youre-listening-greg-carroll-on-the-black-american-art-form-with-an-inherent-sense-of-democracy/) - Even though it was the music that got Greg Carroll into his jazz career, he became a champion of the art form, teaching, preserving and protecting the history of it, because it is the music of his fellow black Americans. “It excites me to see everyone play it, but jazz was created by African Americans, born out of the experiences of people forced on this land as a way to honor their culture – the only thing that couldn’t be ripped away from them. It’s a gift to the world, and it’s welcome to everyone. But it’s historically black, and the more I got into it and learned the history of it, the more I appreciated that. It made me proud.”
- [July 2020 - Black Lives Matter](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/07/july-2020-black-lives-matter/) - In This Issue: BLM | Drive-Ins, The New Music Experience | Live Music Returns at a Distance | David Burchfield | My Dog Ate Chad | Polyakov | The Beeves & Slow Caves
- [Highway To Heaven: Drive-Ins Revive The Live Music Experience](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/06/highway-heaven-drive-ins-revive-live-music-experience/) - “I’ve reset my expectations with everything we do in the music business,” said Adam Aijala. “The best attitude is to just roll with it.” The last time his group Yonder Mountain String Band played was March 12, 2020. Then coronavirus hit. With band members scattered across different time zones in the lower 48, they made video collaborations. But then, their agent called. They had a gig. A live one. Blue Pig Presents in Cheyenne took a chance and installed a drive-in theater set-up at Terry Bison Ranch, booking Yonder Mountain live. The idea of drive-in concerts spread almost as fast as the virus itself, with The Holiday Twin Drive-In Movie Theater in Fort Collins collaborating with FoCoMX to fill the festival void with their Drive & Jive concert series.
- [Going For It: Live Music Returns, At A Distance](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/06/going-live-music-returns-distance/) - The Mishawaka Amphitheatre's second live show during the pandemic happens at the night before Independence Day – and it's not for the money. For independent music venues and clubs across Colorado, July 1 is perhaps as important as the day we celebrate our independence as a nation. Governor Polis’ new guidelines take effect that day, allowing the assembly of crowds which make live music possible, if not exactly feasible.
- [June 2020 - The Fate of Festival Future](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/06/june-2020-the-fate-of-festival-future/) - In This Issue: Music School Goes Online | National Independent Venue Association | VIVIAN | A.M. Pleasure Assassins | Andy Sydow | 105.5 The Colorado Sound’s My5
- [Album Review: VIVIAN - The Warped Glimmer](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/06/album-review-vivian-the-warped-glimmer/) - Even during the pandemic, Fort Collins-based dream pop band VIVIAN pushed forward the release of their debut full length album The Warped Glimmer, and according to the band, are already well into producing a full length follow-up. Spacy in all the right ways and saturated in the tell tale signs of art-rock gone pop, The Warped Glimmer is VIVIAN turning on cruise control and putting the seat back for you. It’s a warm envelope to rest in but exciting enough not to put you to sleep.
- [Album Review: Andy Sydow - Wicked Dreams](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/06/album-review-andy-sydow-wicked-dreams/) - 'Wicked Dreams' - the title track of Andy Sydow's most recent EP, is an alt-country story about nation-wide travel and going through the motions, while deep down the storyteller longs for true purpose. Reminiscent in style of early Wilco and Ryan Adams, it’s highlighted with a slide guitar solo that might appear in one of Derek Trucks’ dreams. After rambling through several states, the protagonist lands in Colorado which he “calls home,” full of "beauty, adventure, and a different kind of tone."
- [Album Review: A.M. Pleasure Assassins - Careless Laughter](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/06/album-review-a-m-pleasure-assassins-careless-laughter/) - With their (yes) fifteenth release Careless Laughter, A.M. Pleasure Assassins remind us there’s a whole scene of bands in Northern Colorado who refuse to care what you migh think. They remind us that making music is supposed to be fun; it’s about putting yourself out there.
- [Single Premiere: Corsicana - "Wreath"](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/06/single-premiere-corsicana-wreath/)
- [The Colorado Sound's My5 - June 2020](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/06/the-colorado-sounds-my5-june-2020/) - Honoring the legacy of musicians who passed away due to COVID19, your role in controlling content on the airwaves, the best music made during Quarantine, and a legendary punk band's first record in 35 years ... what could it be but The Colorado Sound's My5? Find some gems, learn some stuff and be a part of the scene every month.
- [The Fate Of Festival Future](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/06/the-fate-of-festival-future/) - Even right after she was the sickest she’d been in her life, Alison Hamling still cried after she essentially canceled Friday Fest in Downtown Greeley. Live music “pales in comparison” to the need to avoid a second wave, Hamling said, even as she hated her decision. Concert producer Colin Bricker says "I find it hard to imagine pulling off any live music this summer. There’s just no way to do that." But WAIT! If you don’t mind sitting by your computer, part of Greeley’s summer festival season may in fact, still be on.
- [Band Together: National Independent Venue Association Saves Our Stages](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/06/band-together-national-independent-venue-association-saves-our-stages/) - “There was no one to speak for us,” Stephen Chilton said. “Everyone was talking about the big events and festivals, and no one was talking about the mid-size venues and clubs." Chilton heads the National Independent Venue Association which is fighting to #SaveOurStages in the fallout of coronavirus repercussions. “What is the most unsafe thing right now? It’s mass gatherings, and we produce mass gatherings," he said. In two months time, more than 1,600 have joined NIVA, but it still pales in comparison to the thousands in the restaurant industry.
- [The Colorado Sound's My5 - May 2020](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/05/the-colorado-sounds-my5-may-2020/) - A stunning bootleg recording method from the 70's revived by The National, life during quarantine - 40 year old albums and the best time-killing websites, Radiohead's Ed Obrien goes solo, Coloradans climbing the deadliest cliffs, Lucinda Williams bringin' it, and a Nicholas Cage movie that's ... actually, pretty underrated! Lots of goodies to check out in this month's My5 from the Colorado Sound. Dig in!
- [Album Review: King Crawdad - King Crawdad 2](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/05/album-review-king-crawdad-king-crawdad-2/) - Two-piece Northern Colorado rockers King Crawdad entered 2020 like many bands around the world; with high aspirations and a sudden wipe-out of the entire music industry. But a little pandemic isn’t going to stop a band self described as a “hug you can hear” in a time when we could all use one. "King Crawdad 2" is Miles Mercer (guitars/vocals) and Nick Perich (drums) tackling their older material in a way they felt it deserved.
- [Album Review: I Am The Owl - I Can't See](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/05/album-review-i-am-the-owl-i-cant-see/) - "I Can't See" is an evolution for I Am The Owl. Their no-nonsense shredding with a twist of experimentation has flourished into a galloping monster of thought-out riffs and rhythms that will have Every Time I Die fans grinning from ear to ear. It deserves to be heard and supported, so buy this EP if you can.
- [Album Review: Michael Morrow & The Culprits - I'm With The Banned](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/05/album-review-michael-morrow-culprits-im-banned/) - Michael Morrow & The Culprits have proved themselves to be a mainstay in the Colorado music scene with their latest effort: I’m With the Banned. Their grasp on classic 1970’s rock with bluesy undertones allows them to carry the KISS-like torch for Northern Colorado as proudly now as they would have back in the day.
- [Album Review: Bones Muhroni - Triquetrum](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/05/album-review-bones-muhroni-triquetrum/) - Bones Muhroni and it’s figurehead Crew Rienstra have been a lot of things over the years: cheeky, folksy, a touch uncouth, but always a good time. Triquetrum is the happy and painful accident that, in my opinion, gave us his best music to date. It has some of the country quality old friends and fans of Bones have come to love on “The Ballad of Clifford Griffin,” but musically Rienstra has clearly moved beyond that being his primary sound.
- [Album Review: JuiceBox - JuiceBox EP](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/05/album-review-juicebox-juicebox-ep/) - JuiceBox emerges from the ashes of Colorado funk outfit Moves at Midnight to produce retro, funky sounds reminiscent of times before most of us were even sipping on Capri Suns. They combine funk, rock, and R&B with strong horn lines under a 70’s aesthetic umbrella, curating a collection of fun jams for bouncing while they search for Soul with a capital S.
- [May 2020 - Redefining the Music Industry Online](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/05/may-2020-redefining-the-music-industry-online/) - In This Issue: Rocky Mountain Music Relief | I Am The Owl | Quinn Ayers | Juicebox | Michael Morrow & The Culprits | King Crawdad | 105.5 The Colorado Sound’s My5
- [With A Little Help From My Friends: Resources & Relief For Musicians During The Pandemic](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/04/with-a-little-help-from-my-friends-resources-relief-for-musicians-during-the-pandemic/) - In 2013 and 2017, Chris "K" Kresge had what he called “crazy ass idea” to raise a million dollars for the musicians affected by natural disasters and community devastation, now called Rocky Mountain Music Relief. With live music shut down due to DOVID-19, every week, RMMR updates a spreadsheet that points musicians and music industry professionals to grants and resources. A slew of financial resources are available to musicians, but there's more. The Music Minds Matter organization provides a platform for mental first aid as well via free, weekly online meet-ups.
- [Redefining The Industry: Could Live Streaming be the Woodstock of the COVID Era?](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/04/redefining-industry-live-streaming-woodstock-covid-era/) - Coronavirus continues to devastate bar and club owners, restaurants and musicians, but there may be a bright spot: the power of streaming live concerts. Some are even making good money at it. “We’ve learned how to use the tools of social media better now. We are using them rather than just placing facades online," said Tim Coons of Giants & Pilgrims. "If I can make $100 sitting on my couch, that redefines the industry for me," said Brandon Harris of NoCo Band Meat & Potatoes.
- [The Colorado Sound's My5 - April 2020](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/04/the-colorado-sounds-my5-april-2020/) - What to do under quarantine? The Colorado Sound's My5 has some of the best albums and shows to "quarentine to" and upcoming releases to get you stoked. But they've also got tips on how YOU can make life for others in your community a little easier during this global pandemic.
- [All Together Now: The Burroughs' Bands Give Back Initiative](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/04/all-together-now-the-burroughs-bands-give-back-initiative/) - “The arts are a mental lifeline for kids in the public school system,” says Mary Claxton, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and singer for Trashcat and the Burroughs. “Everyone deserves to express themselves and have joy throughout the school day. It’s not a privilege.” Her band The Burroughs have launched the Bands Give Back Initiative, engaging students in music education while raising funds, constructing instrument storage and more for the Greeley, Evans School District 6.
- [Album Review: Trash Cat - Welcome To Trash City](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/03/album-review-trash-cat-welcome-to-trash-city/) - Try not to say “quirky” when describing Trash Cat. Red-headed singer/bandleader Mary Claxton wields a sassy ukulele, backed by her husband Brian, a beardy University jazz instructor, and funky, mohawked baritone saxophonist Hayden Farr. (Say what?) Throw in references to Scooby Doo and titles like “Robot Girlfriend” and it pretty much seals the quirky deal. Plus, their release show takes place inside a laser tag arena. Say what?
- [Album Review: Space Force - EP 1](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/04/album-review-space-force-ep-1/) - Space Force does not play smooth jazz. Their true genre, Jazz fusion, is easily mistaken for commercial artists like Kenny G (you know, your dentist office’s official soundtrack) but it deserves more credit. The 6-piece Fort Collins outfit debut their record Space Force: EP 1, and it celebrates what jazz fusion really is: a melting pot of rock, jazz and funk.
- [April 2020 - NoCo Music NoGo](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/04/april-2020-noco-music-nogo/) - In This Issue: NoCo Music NoGo and Covid-19’s Massive Impact on Colorado’s Music Industry | Bands Give Back | The Burroughs | Cory Wong | Space Force | 105.5 The Colorado Sound’s My5
- [March 2020 - Old Man Saxon](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/03/march-2020-old-man-saxon/) - In This Issue: Old Man Saxon | Tyler Walker & John Dewitt | Jim Curry as John Denver | Max Barcelow | Glass Cases | MountainUs | Gabrielle Louis | Safekeeper | Colorado Sound’s my5
- [NoCo Music NoGo: COVID-19's Massive Impact On Colorado's Music Industry](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/03/noco-music-nogo-covid-19s-massive-impact-on-colorados-music-industry/) - “It’s pretty easy to see how unprepared everyone was," said Brian Claxton - a touring drummer and music educator based in Greeley, Colorado. Music venues, restaurants and bars across the globe and in Colorado have been ordered to close due to coronavirus precautions, essentially cutting off the lifeblood of the music industry. But the ramifications go deeper, from the 50th anniversary of the huge UNC Jazz Festival delaying one year to smaller bands such as Float Like A Buffalo cancelling their shoestring budget tours. “I think it will take a year to recover, not just in the economy but in the entertainment industry here,” Moxi Theater Ely Corliss said, “and that’s if we resume in April. If this goes until May 11 or so, it’ll be catastrophic for the Moxi and (his restaurant) Luna’s both.”
- [Out Of The Perils: Old Man Saxon](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/03/out-of-the-perils-old-man-saxon/) - “This is like some horror movie shit.” Old Man Saxon is looking back on one of the scariest moments during the 13 months he was living in his 2001 Ford Explorer Sport while trying to “make it” in Los Angeles. It was the middle of the night and he was sound asleep when a loud noise jolted him awake ... ... but with homelessness now in his rearview, Old Man Saxon was able to focus on his next adventures, which included landing a song on HBO’s Silicon Valley soundtrack (“That was a miracle,” he says), a teaching role at the Musician’s Institute in Hollywood where he taught rap and a spot on the Netflix competition show Rhythm + Flow. 
- [Album Review: Glass Cases - In Between](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/03/album-review-glass-cases-in-between/) - In Between, the debut album from Fort Collins trio Glass Cases, strives to relate to the band’s own demographic: a generation disillusioned with adulthood. Combining elements of synth-pop and alternative rock, Glass Cases create a vibe that’s both interesting and marketable. With rapid, spoken-word, and sung vocals that shine like Keane, Glass Cases’ topically relevant lyrics about social media and insecurity hit close to home for any millennial or gen Z-er. The band's originally planned release show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre March 21 was to be their debut at the famed venue, but has been cancelled due to coronavirus precautions.
- [Max Barcelow: The Fragile Big Time and Saying Yes](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/03/max-barcelow-the-fragile-big-time-and-saying-yes/) - Max Barcelow’s life as a professional musician in Fort Collins has had plenty of twists and turns. Drumming for prolific folk artist Gregory Alan Isakov, he’s played Red Rocks, in Europe, with the Colorado Symphony and attended this year’s Grammy ceremony on January 26 at The Staples Center, long dubbed “Kobe’s House,” on the day of Kobe Bryant’s death. An evening torn between celebrating music and hastily trying to address and honor Bryant, Barcelow witnessed the pomp and grandeur of the Grammy’s while being reminded of how no one can escape life’s fragility – even with success and money. “It’s funny how death just brings it all back home,” Barcelow said.
- [Album Review: safekeeper - bummer beach bonanza](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/03/album-review-safekeeper-bummer-beach-bonanza/) - When it comes to good music in Northern Colorado, everyone has their own approach. Some seek perfection with meticulous engineering, and then there are bands like safekeeper who just don't give a shit. "bummer beach bonanza" (out March 21) is a glorious mess, painting a dreary, apathetic picture, but the lo-fi quality gives it charm and that extra something special you need in making a stand-out indie rock record.
- [Into The Original: Tyler Walker & John DeWitt at the RMCMAs](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/03/into-the-original-tyler-walker-john-dewitt-at-the-rmcmas/) - As the talent booker for the Greeley Stampede’s music acts, John DeWitt always liked the Tyler Walker Band. But now that he’s in the band, he’s an even bigger fan. "I believed in him for a lot of different reasons," DeWitt says. DeWitt and Walker will be part of this year's Rocky Mountain Country Music Awards at the UCCC in Greeley on March 13.
- [The Colorado Sound's My5 - March 2020](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/03/colorado-sounds-my5-january-2020-2/) - Cherokee Heirloom seeds locked in an arctic vault. An unsung hero known as "The Female Elvis." The most famous mime saving children during a world war. Girls skateboarding in Kabul. The demise of the most rock' n' roll magazine ever (no, not us...). What do they have in common? Why they're in this month's My5 from The Colorado Sound, of course! Always worth checking out what's on the minds of our radio gurus - March is no different!
- [Album Review: MountianUs - Captured Live at Chimaera](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/03/album-review-mountianus-captured-live-at-chimaera/) - Since their inception, MountainUs has been leading the way in Northern Colorado’s expanding reggae world. The Fort Collins fivesome has a new EP, 'Captured Live At Chimaera,' which holds the kind of energy that would never be attainable from a studio recording. They release the album at Hodi's Half Note in Fort Collins on March 13.
- [Jim Curry Is Not John Denver](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/03/jim-curry-not-john-denver/) - Jim Curry is not John Denver. Well, no #@%*!, you say, but when you see him sing on stage, you may have doubts. Curry brings his Denver act to Greeley, performing with the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra March 6. Curry has worked with Denver's old bandmates themselves, though admitting: “I never did embrace the idea that I could have a music career."
- [Single Review: The Burroughs - Love & Unity](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/03/single-review-the-burroughs-love-unity/) - Colorado’s ‘Sweaty Soul’ band The Burroughs step out of their James Brown and retro-funk style to deliver two distinctive tracks. Love & Unity, released on March 3rd, is a digital two-sided single featuring a new evolution of The Burroughs: modernized funk mixed with psychedelic texture via producer Eric Kranso.
- [Album Review: Gabrielle Louise - The Unending Alteration of the Human Heart](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/03/album-review-gabrielle-louise-the-unending-alteration-of-the-human-heart/) - Gabrielle Louise lived alone for the past couple of years, existing in slow, rural life in Paonia, CO. Her new album 'The Unending Alteration of the Human Heart' (out March 20) is the soundtrack to that life. She captures the earthy, folk essence with twangy guitars, acoustic bass, and her clean, lightly brassy voice. But she’s comfortable letting the music breathe by providing sparseness and leaving herself exposed in the record's intimate tracks.
- [Album Review: Whitewater Ramble - Pseudonymous](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/03/album-review-whitewater-ramble-pseudonymous/) - Whitewater Ramble recently dropped their third full length, the long awaited non-live release Pseudonymous. Bluegrass at their core, Ft. Collins-based WWR stray from the norm with rock, soul, and dance infusions. Self-branded as “High Octane Rocky Mountain Dance Grass,” Pseudonymous gives fans what they’ve been waiting for and challenges new listeners too.
- [Album Review: Amaya Arevalo - Love Wears Many Faces](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/02/album-review-amaya-arevalo-love-wears-many-faces/) - Amaya Arevalo is starting to make her mark in the Northern Colorado and Denver jazz scene. She frequents the stages at Dazzle and Nocturne, supporting various bandleaders and groups with her expressive saxophone playing or on accompanying piano. But jazz isn’t her only language. Her debut solo album Love Wears Many Faces shows her audience everything she can do as she looks for her voice as a solo artist.
- [The Colorado Sound's My5 - February 2020](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/02/colorado-sounds-my5-february-2020/) - Probably the best short read you'll do all month. Internet overwhelming? We get you. So does the Colorado Sound. Check out their My5 for February and sift through the music and culture mire no longer!
- [Album Review: Saints Of Never After - Return to Tower: Part 2](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/02/album-review-saints-of-never-after-return-to-tower-part-2/) - Saints Of Never After are Fort Collins’ answer to the amalgamous sub-genre known as post-hardcore. Combining the somewhat contrary elements of metal and emo to create a truly unique sound, the band returns with full force on their latest EP, Return to Tower: Part 2, due out Feb 21 at The Moxi Theater.
- [Cover Story: Kyle Emerson - Coming Down and Into His Own](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/02/cover-story-kyle-emerson-coming-down-and-into-his-own/) - At the end of every show on his first tour as a solo artist, Kyle Emerson found himself exhausted. Emerson supported his first solo record, 2017’s Dorothy Alice, which he named for his late grandmother, with a lengthy tour. Now, with his release Only Coming Down, Emerson focuses on the energy and connection with the crowd, bringing his more upbeat band shows to The Moxi Theater in Greeley on Thursday, February 20, presented by The Colorado Sound.
- [Album Review: Cold Reading - ZYT](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/02/album-review-cold-reading-zyt/) - Precision has long been one of the favorite descriptors the world uses when talking about the Swiss, and Lucerne, Switzerland-based indie rock quintet Cold Reading certainly don’t break the mold set-forth by the neatly ticking clocks their ancestors meticulously crafted. Their newest concept album, a three-part guitar-drum-bass-keys opus called ZYT is literally an homage to the concept of time in it’s lyrics and musical composition (and the title if you speak Swiss German). But the long-running Swiss ideology Cold Reading also exemplify on is that of staunch autonomy and independence.
- [Album Review: Satellite Pilot - Toad Tone and His Symphonic Swamp Creatures – Deluxe](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/02/album-review-satellite-pilot-toad-tone-symphonic-swamp-creatures-deluxe/) - As far as local bands go, Loveland, Colorado-based Satellite Pilot can be a lot. Identifying as something like Dr. Dog meets Polyphonic Spree, Flaming Lips, and The Kinks, Satellite Pilot push all their weirdness to the front. Yet that weirdness feels as natural as sliding on an old pair of shoes. This is the case with their fourth full length album titled Toad Tone and His Symphonic Swamp Creatures - Deluxe: on the surface, it’s the psychedelic mess you might imagine it being, but underneath it is so much more. Satellite Pilot release Toad Tone and His Symphonic Swamp Creatures - Deluxe on February 14, at Pinball Jones Campus West in Fort Collins, accompanied by a children's book co-written by the band and illustrated by Bailey Corimer.
- [Sultans of Shred: Greeley Teen's World-Class Guitar Chops Run In La Familia](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/02/sultans-of-shred-greeley-teens-world-class-guitar-chops-run-in-la-familia/) - Greeley's Liam Garcia is 17, a junior at Greeley West High School, and by all accounts plays guitar better than just about anyone else in the world his age (and honestly, most people twice his age). He traveled to London in September for the Young Guitarist of the Year competition as the only American selected for the finals. He plans to study at the Berklee College of Music, but the biggest exhilaration is playing with his dad Socrates on stage.
- [Ani DiFranco: Still Righteous After All These Years](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/02/ani-difranco-still-righteous-after-all-these-years/) - Since the 90’s, Ani DiFranco has been steadily creating a legacy for herself. She released 20 albums under her own record label Righteous Babe, and inspired an entire movement of women artists. Now the year is 2020, and the industry has changed once again. But Ani’s message hasn’t. “I think there’s many people who think feminism doesn't seem urgent,’ but you can’t prevent imbalance without addressing it,” DiFranco said.
- [Marco Benevento: The Fourth Voice In A Trio](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/02/marco-benevento-the-fourth-voice-in-a-trio/) - An instrumental jazz pianist at heart, Marco Benevento has always searched for new sounds, musical tools or ways of composing, though his newest discovery is that of his own voice, and that’s worth a champagne toast. Benevento calls his vocals a direct extension of his composing. “It’s just like another instrument,” he says. “It’s the fourth member of our trio, but it's still the trio.” The Marco Benevento Trio play The Aggie Theater on Thursday, February 6.
- [February 2020 - Kyle Emerson](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/02/february-2020-kyle-emerson/) - In This Issue: Kyle Emerson | Ani DiFranco | Marco Benevento | Liam & Socrates Garcia |Saints Of Never After | Satellite Pilot | Amaya Arevalo | 105.5 The Colorado Sound’s my5
- [Theo Katzman: Modern Johnny Explores The Darkness With The Light](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/01/theo-katzman-modern-johnny-explores-the-darkness-with-the-light/) - In 2017, Theo Katzman's father died, he had a bad breakup, and he lost a bunch of money on what he thought was a cool professional opportunity. This is how he discovered his sense of humor. “Out of the wake of all that was sort of this ‘f— it’ attitude,” Katzman said, and though a core member of the very funny Vulfpeck, he says: “I don’t think I’m making comedy music. If I’m doing my job right, the people in my audience at times will be insanely sad. You can explore the light along with the dark." Katzman released Modern Johnny Sings: Songs In The Key Of Vibe mere days ago, "tackling the issues" of our times with unique poignancy.
- [Album Review: Brian Claxton - When I Get Home](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/01/album-review-brian-claxton-when-i-get-home/) - Brian Claxton is one of the Colorado music scene’s most treasured side-men. The bassist for Greeley’s sweaty-soul band The Burroughs and drummer / shenanigan-conductor of the quirky power-trio known as Trash Cat, he wears many musical hats. Claxon's debut solo album When I Get Home sheds his outer layers and makes this very clear: He is first and foremost a jazz drummer. Quarter notes have never swung so hard.
- [The Colorado Sound's My5 - January 2020](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/01/colorado-sounds-my5-january-2020/) - We have a feeling 2020 is going to be epic. The pop, alternative, rock, folk scholars at The Colorado Sound sift through the flotsam of the new decade and deliver their top 5 notable arts thaangs each month right here, from 5,000 years of Chinese culture to Colorado artist's Grammy nominations.
- [Hit The Ground Running – Hodi’s Half Note: 10 Years of the FoCo Music Mainstay](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/01/hit-the-ground-running-hodis-half-note-10-years-of-the-foco-music-mainstay/) - "I have a deep love for music,” Daniel Mladenik, owner of Hodi's Half Note says. “I feel like this is what I was put here to do.” Mladenik may be the big boss at Hodi’s now, but he began his time at the Fort Collins music mainstay as the “heavy” demanding derailed drunks to chill. This January 24, Hodi's celebrates 10 years on North College Avenue with a performance by Dave Watts and Friends, a Motet / String Cheese Incident supergroup.
- [Album Review: Mike Shamrock - "Not I" Said The Lil' Mouse](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/01/album-review-mike-shamrock-not-said-lil-mouse/) - Mike Shamrock is the on-stage moniker for Mike Robertson, a leader in one of Northern Colorado’s most well loved, yet under-celebrated categories: cover bands. The number of tribute acts in Colorado alone has grown significantly in the past handful of years, with live bands reenacting everything from Devo to Slipknot. Shamrock currently leads at least three heavy rock tribute acts in the region, but what happens someone who makes his living playing covers wants to release original material?
- [Album Review: Tyler T - Wild Flower](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/01/album-review-tyler-t-wild-flower/) - Wild Flower features so many different instruments that it’s hard to keep track. In addition to Tyler T's signature vocal rasp, the record boasts both acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, banjo, organ, saxophone, flute, dobro, and two notable staples of every Tyler T. show: marimba and didgeridoo, provided by Tyler himself.
- [Album Review: Meat And Potatoes - After Math](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/01/album-review-meat-and-potatoes-after-math/) - Brandon Harris has lived the first few chapters of a quintessential Fort Collins musician success story. He started out playing a $15 guitar nicknamed “Trash-tar,” without a car or mode of independent transportation until a bike was gifted to him by a friend, and now makes his living playing music. His solo musical pseudonym is called Meat and Potatoes, although it more accurately translates to his bread and butter.
- [Who Gives A Scrap About Your Art? Blasti Does](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/01/gives-scrap-art-blasti/) - One look around Blast N Scrap and the authenticity is palpable. A new Fort Collins DIY performance art venue located inside the art reuse center called Who Gives a SCRAP, Blast N Scrap finds itself with the right combination of quirky and weird for a unique line-blurring artistic experience that the people of Fort Collins didn’t even know they needed. At its helm is Blasti, a scrappy 36 year old New Yorker with a vision for an all-ages punk rock art space for everyone. “How are you going to tell teenagers they can’t go to shows?" Blasti says. "They invented rock and roll.”
- [Rapper's Delight: Andy Seth Breaks The Struggle Through The Wisdom Within Hip Hop](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/01/rappers-delight-andy-seth-breaks-struggle-wisdom-within-hip-hop/) - Not everyone has to meditate for an hour and a half every day like author/rapper Andy Seth does, but he wants everyone to achieve their goals, as they resolve to do in the New Year. He chose the parable of a rapper to communicate his philosophies in his book and album Bling. “Hip-hop is a big part of my life. I wanted to provide a book that’s accessible, along with music that is a part of our culture, to make [life] lessons stick,” Seth says. With reflection and flow, he believes success and balance – not only the struggle – is real.
- [January 2020 - Theo Katzman](https://bandwagmag.com/2020/01/january-2020/) - IN THIS ISSUE: Hodi’s Half Note | Andy Seth | Blast N' Scrap | Brian Claxton | Mike Shamrock | Tyler T | Meat and Potatoes | 105.5 The Colorado Sound’s My 5
- [Wildermiss: Star-Faced but Grounded](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/12/wildermiss-star-faced-but-grounded/) - In many ways, Wildermiss made it big a couple years ago with their first album "Lost With You," spawning regular rotation on 93.3 KTCL, performances at Red Rocks and a slot on Last Call With Carson Daly. But they’re not exactly flying in private jets when outside the comfort of Colorado. In fact, they’re still driving vans that suck. Wildermiss haven’t forgotten where they came from because they can’t afford it yet. And that’s reflected in their new album "In My Mind".
- [The Colorado Sound's My5 - December 2019 - Top 105 albums of 2019](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/12/colorado-sounds-my5-december-2019-top-105-albums-2019/) - This month, the Colorado Sound’s My 5 is our choices for the Top 5 albums released in 2019. On December 31, we’ll once again count down the Top 105 Albums Of The Year as voted by Colorado Sound listeners. What are YOUR Top 5 of 2019? Go to ColoradoSound.org to submit your picks by December 21 – each submission enters you to win a pair of tickets to The Colorado Sound’s 4th Birthday Party show at Washington’s on Saturday, February 29. Tune in on New Year’s Eve from 6am to midnight to see where YOUR choices land on the list!
- [Breaking the Cycle - UPLIFT: FOCO Plucks For a Good Cause](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/12/breaking-cycle-uplift-foco-plucks-good-cause/) - Andy Whilden knew exactly who to turn to when he was putting together a house band for his first music festival: bluegrass players. Uplift: FoCo is a fundraiser for the The Matthews House, an organization based in Old Town Fort Collins that works to break the cycle of poverty by empowering families and young people. The event is December 21 at The Aggie Theater in Fort Collins featuring a house band of the region's finest bluegrass musicians backing a slew of top folk and Americana singer/songwriters.
- [Album Review: Last Call Romance - Double Funeral](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/12/album-review-last-call-romance-double-funeral/) - Emily and Chris Winters are the duet behind Last Call Romance, a six-person Rockabilly band out of Fort Collins. Within the Rockabilly world, they’re a fairly well respected outfit, traveling to the Hemsby Rock n’ Roll Weekender festival in the UK and pulling accolades from Blue Suede News Magazine. Their 2019 release, Double Funeral Volume 1, is a perfect example of the genre, aimed straight at the hearts of Rockabilly die-hards.
- [A Shared Approach: Silver & Gold Collaborate with Brix Brewery, support Boys & Girls Club](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/12/shared-approach-silver-gold-collaborate-brix-brewery-support-boys-girls-club/) - A shared approach to creation is the driving force behind an upcoming collaboration between rock band Silver & Gold and Greeley’s Brix Brewery and Taphouse. On December 19, a collaborative beer release and concert benefiting the Boys & Girls Club of Weld County will take place in Downtown Greeley’s Moxi Theater, showcasing the spirit of collaboration.
- [Album Review: Marbin - Strong Thing](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/12/album-review-marbin-strong-thing/) - Marbin’s new album 'Strong Thing' is the love child of prog rock and jazz fusion. Eddie Van Halen and Charlie Parker surely smiled down on the Chicago based quartet when they recorded it; their collective energy and virtuosic solos are enough to invigorate both long-distance runs and epic boss-battles royale.
- [Video Premiere: The Great Salmon Famine - Ebekeneezer's Tweezers](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/12/video-premiere-the-great-salmon-famine-ebekeneezers-tweezers/) - Space Exploration, goofy rhymes, fantasy cartoons and reggae-nspired funk. This eclectic combination of aesthetics is perfectly indicative of the pastiche of style, genre and humour abundant throughout everything The Great Salmon Famine does. The Fort Collins quintet premiere the music video for "Ebekeneezer's Tweezers" exclusively via BandWagon today.
- [Album Review: The Great Salmon Famine - Kelp!](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/12/album-review-the-great-salmon-famine-kelp/) - The Great Salmon Famine’s newest release 'Kelp!' along with their recent, packed Aggie Theater CD release party are helping to solidify their place among the Burroughs, Silver & Gold and other stellar Northern Colorado bands of note. From breakneck speed funk to deep grooves, 'Kelp!' is a record no lover of good times can afford to miss.
- [Album Review: People In General - Piglet](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/12/album-review-people-in-general-piglet/) - People In General is a self-described jazz-pop band out of Fort Collins, though their new record 'Piglet' is no One-Note-Samba. Delivering complex sound behind the cutesy lyrics guitarist Abe Dashnaw sings, the trio deftly use the technicality of their compositions to draw the listener in without being heavy and pretentious.
- [Video Premiere: Mitchell James - Monte Carlo](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/12/video-premiere-mitchell-james-monte-carlo/) - Fresh on the heels of 'Further Notice,' NoCo hiphop artist Mitchell James continues his collaborative efforts with the swahv-produced music video for "Monte Carlo," which premieres exclusively via BandWagon Magazine today, involving multiple members of the Colorado Hip Hop scene.
- [Album Review: Mitchell James - Further Notice](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/12/album-review-mitchell-james-notice/) - Have you ever been so fed up with your 9-to-5 that you decided to quit your job and pursue your true calling? Further Notice, the new album by NoCo rapper Mitchell James, paints the picture of somebody who chooses to act on that urge and all the dreams and nightmares that come along with it. Catch his switch-up flow live at The Moxi in Greeley December 13 and Hodi's HalfNote December 28 in Fort Collins.
- [Trying To Catch A Wave: Murs & The Music District Bring Open Mic Hip Hop Back](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/12/trying-catch-wave-murs-music-district-bring-open-mic-hip-hop-back/) - Murs was well aware the open mic part of hip-hop culture was dying, or at least inching toward its last breath. So he and The Bohemian Foundation started Groundwaves: a monthly hip-hop open mic / proving ground mentored by Murs himself,the finale of which was lat month. There, hopeful MC's would spit their stuff in front of a critical, constructive audience of their peers. “I think you can get your feedback right there. That one little word of feedback (from the crowd) is all you needed to do more work,” Murs explains. Before Groundwaves returns in 2020, Hodi's Halfnote will house Co-Op, an open mic workshop hosted by Bad Neighbors.
- [December 2019 - Wildermiss](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/12/december-2019-wildermiss/) - IN THIS ISSUE: Wildermiss | Groundwaves with Murs | Uplift: FoCo | Boundless Septet | People In General | The Great Salmon Famine | Mitchell James | 105.5 The Colorado Sound's My 5
- [Album Review: Liam Maye - Overthinker](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/11/album-review-liam-maye-overthinker/) - Born from a young perfectionist’s downward spiral of indecision, 'Overthinker' is a confident, polished and mature debut from Swiss/American pop artist Liam Maye. Though he laments “I forgot who I was” in the EP’s first single “Note To Self,” it’s clear that his unique voice as an artist makes him who he is.
- [Album Review: Boundless Septet - Boundless](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/11/album-review-boundless-septet-boundless/) - Boundless, the debut record by the jazz septet of the same names sounds like many other modern jazz projects to come out in the past few years. But that isn’t a bad thing. Rather, it’s an accomplishment for three young composers Zach Rich, Matteo Sabattini and Joey LeClerc (as well as Daniel Thompson, who penned
- [The Colorado Sound's My5 - November 2019](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/11/colorado-sounds-my5-november-2019/) - An amazing month of gems from The Colorado Sound, from the best music you've never heard of from Zambia to the West and The Netherlands. Plus amazing choices for music documentaries on the punchy times of Ginger Baker and events like the Colorado Music Hall Of Fame's induction December 3rd and music and mental wellness in Fort Collins.
- [The Blasting Room: FoCo's Punk Rock Heart Beats For 25 Years](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/11/blasting-room-focos-punk-rock-heart-beats-25-years/) - The Blasting Room didn’t start with a Big Bang, as you might expect, but a drunken nap. The engineer for one of the Descendents’ mid-80s records fell asleep at the recording console. As he snored, Bill Stevenson, the band’s drummer, rolled the engineer’s chair out of the way to work the dials himself. 25 years later, the studio he built with Jason Livermore has become a punk rock recording institution, producing pop and folk records too. But the heart of the original Blasting Room still beats like a punchy snare, a place where young bands make their punk rock dreams come true.
- [Album Review: Luna Shade - Flock Together](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/11/album-review-luna-shade-flock-together/) - What sets FoCo's Luna Shade apart from many reggae bands is their use of the Spanish language: the majority of the stand-out tracks on Flock Together' feature a Spanish verse. And as 'invierno' approaches in Colorado, we'll need a break from the snow. Thankfully, when 'Flock Together' drops on November 28, it’ll be a sunny day in reggae paradise.
- [A Tempest Of Inspiration: Whippoorwill and The Nature Of Storms](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/11/tempest-inspiration-whippoorwill-nature-storms/) - Alysia, Staci, and Tobias were in the middle of nowhere, Oklahoma when the sky turned green. They could see the tornado dead-ahead through an eerie, rainy clearing in the atmosphere. Even though the gusts of winds were powerful enough to lift their van packed with equipment, the three friends made it safely to the next stop. Literally and metaphorically, this resulted in Fort Collins folk trio Whippoorwill's first full length album The Nature Of Storms. The album releases November 15 at Washington's in Fort Collins.
- [Album Review: Post Paradise - Lonely Worlds](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/11/album-review-post-paradise-lonely-worlds/) - Post Paradise has been a staple of the Northern Colorado music scene for several years with their blend of cello, piano and guitar-driven alternative prog rock. Their latest record 'Lonely Worlds' (recorded at The Blasting Room) solidifies their place as high-ranking NoCo musicians, exhibiting their potential as contenders for international acclaim.
- [Album Review: Kenyon Brenner - The Long and Short of It](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/11/album-review-kenyon-brenner-long-short/) - Colorado-based Jazz saxophonist Kenyon Brenner steps into the spotlight on his first solo album The Long and Short of It. He doesn’t rely too much on his soloing prowess to showcase his personality - the album listens like a novel, each piece communicating an emotional story through beautiful composition and sensitive playing.
- [November 2019 - The Blasting Room](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/11/november-2019-the-blasting-room/) - In This Issue: The Blasting Room | Whippoorwill | Post Paradise | Luna Shade | False Report | Kenyon Brenner | 105.5 Colorado Sound’s my5
- [Album Review: False Report -  Tear The Pages](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/10/album-review-false-report-tear-the-pages/) - False Report is a band that hasn’t played by anyone’s rules. Their latest EP, Tear The Pages is proof that great emo music in Colorado isn’t going anywhere. Their fourth release in just as many years, Tear The Pages is the sound of False Report hitting their stride. Striking a more somber tone than some of their previous work (which says a lot for this band), they touch the nerve of something special with this release.
- [Album Review: Grey Paris - Medea](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/10/album-review-grey-paris-medea/) - Berlin iconically represents the concepts of borders and breaking through them. Electronic Berlin-based piano, bass and drums trio Grey Paris exemplify that attitude on their second full-length electronic jazz release Medea, channeling the sounds of the established past through the fiber optic feel of the future.
- [Video Premiere: Casual Male - Takin' It Easy](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/10/video-premiere-casual-male-takin-it-easy/) - Tim Lappin set out to make something of his own after years of playing in different projects like Nick Murphy (fka Chet Faker) and more. His new band Casual Male premiere their video for "Takin' It Easy" via BandWagon today. The so-called "skate video's" narrative depth hints at the flux of group dynamics with perhaps a not-so-on-the-nose influence bleeding through: Lappin’s hard-earned experience in the music world. Groups form, members join, and when the golden light hits just right, it’s beautiful.
- [The Lone Vulf: Cory Wong Ventures Outside The Pack](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/10/lone-vulf-cory-wong-ventures-outside-pack/) - As much of a beast as Cory Wong is on the guitar (and how catchy his composing and songwriting is) "Motivational Music For The Syncopated Soul" isn’t exactly a pedestal of attention for himself. Instead, he collaborated with several well established musicians, evoking a collaborative vibe like that of his other band Vulfpeck. Wong (with support from Paris Monster) play sThe Aggie Theater on Halloween night as well as Boulder and Denver November 1 and 2.
- [Album Review: Paris Monster - Lamplight](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/10/album-review-paris-monster-lamplight/) - The initial jaw-dropping shock one goes through at their first Paris Monster show is thus: how are just two people doing this? Josh Dion simultaneously sings unstoppably pure, mammoth-powered soul while drumming and playing keys, and the ominous bass murk and whine of feedback via Geoff Kraly's electric bass wired through modular synth pulse hard. Dion’s pure, eloquent vocal soars in an open atmosphere of Kraly’s electro-arpeggios; making high art out of foggy funk. The duo support Cory Wong at The Aggie on Halloween night as well as the Fox on November 1 and The Bluebird November 2.
- [Album Review: Lacy Jo - Self-Titled EP](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/10/album-review-lacy-jo-self-titled-ep/) - Greeley-based country singer-songwriter Lacy Jo's forthcoming, self-titled EP is mainly ballads – raw songs focused on being real, which Lacy wrote based on her own life. Produced by Dave Beegle, the EP releases October 25 with a Moxi Theater show with Smooth Hound Smith.
- [Rebirth Brass Band: Old Tradition, Different Groove](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/10/rebirth-brass-band-old-tradition-different-groove/) - The Rebirth Brass Band have to answer two questions every time they play a gig: 1 - Are you going to play some traditional stuff? 2 - Are you going to play your own stuff? "We’re not trying to recreate the wheel,” founder and and bass drummer Keith Frazier said, "but we want to do something different." Catch the Grammy-winning band October 25 at Washington's in Fort Collins and October 26 at The Ogden in Denver.
- [Album Review: Catcalls - The Catcalls EP](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/10/album-review-catcalls-catcalls-ep/) - The Northern Colorado music scene is truly a unique animal. We’ve got everything from bluegrass, new-grass, indie, alternative, and metal. However, if there was ever a void for a sultry, chill style of blues rock, The Catcalls have filled it with the polished purr of their self-titled release. Led by singer and songwriter Riley Ann,
- [Album Review: Jarrod Gipson - Heart Eyes. Cycles. Clear Mind.](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/10/album-review-jarrod-gipson-heart-eyes-cycles-clear-mind/) - Jarrod Gipson, known in the local scene as the drummer for Colorado’s own Nina and the Hold Tight, ventures out with debut solo album Heart Eyes. Cycles. Clear Mind. It's an impressive, ambitious introduction to him as a soloist, where he throws everything he’s got at us. Look for it October 11 and check him out live on November 9 at ALMAGRE in Colorado Springs.
- [The Colorado Sound's My5 - October 2019](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/10/colorado-sounds-my5-october-2019/) - Each month, The Colorado Sound's My5 open your ears and eyes to the all the haps in Colorado music and beyond, from The Downtown Artery changing it's tune to Sacha Baron Cohen's new, serious role and the best music books to curl up with this fall. Don't miss their music meeting in Loveland October 10th!
- [First Class: Greeley Arts Legacy's Hall Of Fame](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/10/first-class-greeley-arts-legacys-hall-fame/) - “We do not want to forget what happened,” said Ed Rogers, chairman of the Greeley Arts Legacy board. “It’s easy to select what we know, but we also want to go back and make sure our past is remembered.” The Arts Legacy board did just that, honoring Ruth Savig, a visual artist for decades in Greeley, Hellen Langworthy who started Little Theater Of The Rockies 80 years ago, the Greeley Philharmonic and more. Friday, October 4 at Union Colony Civic Center, all 6 inductees will be celebrated.
- [October 2019 - Rebirth Brass Band](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/10/october-2019-rebirth-brass-band/) - In This Issue: Rebirth Brass Band | Cory Wong | Greeley Arts Legacy | Catcalls | Jarrod Gipson | Paris Monster | Lacy Jo | Colorado Sound My 5
- [Mike Doughty: Escape and Return to Ruby Vroom](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/09/mike-doughty-escape-return-ruby-vroom/) - Mike Doughty knew he wouldn’t be able to shed his association with Soul Coughing, though he describes the band as "a dark, abusive marriage." The only thing he chose to keep was their approach to music: the idea that compositions were fluid, not songs to be played in their recorded forms to-the-note. “You reinterpreted it,” Doughty said. For his current tour he broke his own rule and listened to 'Ruby Vroom' (Soul Coughing's debut) for the first time in decades, using it as a reference to honor the 25th anniversary of the recording. He performs 'Ruby Vroom' in its entirety October 5 at Washington's in Fort Collins.
- [Weld Found: Tim Coons And The Anti-Isolation Movement](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/09/weld-found-tim-coons-and-the-anti-isolation-movement/) - Tim Coons, a longtime spiritual musician in Greeley who’s released several albums now works for the Weld Community Foundation. He recently launched Weld Found - a new podcast examining the phenomenon of isolation and loneliness in the modern world, particularly in Weld County. Episodes feature Neyla Pekarek, Sociologist Dr. Josh Packard and more.
- [Slim Cessna's Auto Club: Denver's Dark, Prolific Mess Passes The Test Of Time](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/09/slim-cessnas-auto-club-denvers-dark-prolific-mess-passes-test-time/) - “Our audiences are like us,” Slim Cessna says. “They don’t belong in any category. More often than not, they’re just music lovers, and those are the people we attract." With 27 years as a Colorado band, and several side-projects under their cowboy belts, Slim Cessna's Auto Club brings their macabre, avante-garde roots music to Greeley for the first time, Friday, September 20 at the Moxi.
- [Video Premiere: chitchat - Right Here](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/09/video-premiere-chitchat-right/) - Denver synth-pop duo chitchat premiere the video for "Right Here" via BandWagon Magazine. Josh Kern, multi-instrumentalist, engineer and producer from such institutions as Rocky Mountain Recorders and the now-defunct band Left Hand Shakes teamed up with musical theater turned pop-punk vocalist Madisen Kwon forming the light yet emotive, nuanced electro-pop duo.
- [Album Review: Race To Neptune - Share My Frequency](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/09/album-review-race-to-neptune-share-my-frequency/) - Since Race to Neptune's inception in 2015, they've been delivering gritty yet fun, melodic alternative rock to Northern Colorado. Their upcoming EP Share My Frequency kicks off with the angsty “Unnatural Desires,” which delightfully reeks of flannel and Converse, though it doesn't stay in one vein, drifting into pop-punk territory, employing spooky vibes and even cinematic, sentimental imagery. Catch them September 13 at Blast N' Scrap and September 28 at The Downtown Artery with Valdez and Plasma Canvas.
- [The Colorado Sound's My5 - September 2019](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/09/the-colorado-sounds-my5-september-2019/) - You'll be cooler and smarter once you read The Colorado Sound's My5. The top things in music, Colorado, film and more - from Jon Batiste's new Jazz Record featuring members of Lake Street Dive and Iggy Pop's The Stooges self-titled turning 50 to Ken Burns making you a country music fan, read up on what's piqued the interest of 105.5 The Colorado Sound's DJ's each month!
- [Album Review: VYNYL - PINK](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/09/album-review-vynyl-pink/) - The moody synth-pop elements on VYNYL's new record PINK, out October 3, are reminiscent of vintage synth groups from the late 80’s like Erasure, a departure from their former alternative rock sound. Dark and moody, they take some classic new wave ideas, dressing them up in 2019’s clothes. Dig them live at White Groves Barber & Taproom September 13 and Lost Lake Lounge October 3.
- [Album Review: The 14ers - Mountaintop Folk-Pop](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/09/album-review-the-14ers-mountaintop-folk-pop/) - Ryan Kirkpatrick, frontman and songwriter for Fort Collins’ The 14ers, has a love of the outdoors, to say the least. His lyrics and crystal-clear tenor are reminiscent of the band Fun, and fun seems to be the point on 'Mountaintop Folk-Pop.' The band's "pay-what-you-want" release has a joyous, travelling feel, and The 14ers celebrate it's release Friday, September 13 at Washington's in Fort Collins.
- [My Favorite Band Of People](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/09/favorite-band-people/) - Peter Paul & Gary (yes, Gary) are going into their 24th year as a band, and they are unoriginal in every way. Intentionally. On September 13 they will headline the 12th Annual My Favorite Bands entertaining the patrons of the Moxi Theater with a performance of, as per their own tradition, an iconic movie soundtrack. This time, it's "Back To The Future" with Trash Cat performing Flight Of The Conchords and Matt Skinner performing Willie Nelson.
- [September 2019 - Mike Doughty](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/09/september-2019-mike-doughty/) - IN THIS ISSUE: Mike Doughty | Slim Cessna's Auto Club | My Favorite Bands | Race To Neptune | The 14ers | VYNYL | 105.5 The Colorado Sound's My5
- [Album Review: David Baker - Minus Piano](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/08/album-review-david-baker-minus-piano/) - David Baker’s new jazz album "Minus Piano" is just that. A trio without a piano, or any chordal instrument. Ironically, Baker chose to feature songs written by famous pianists. Without the density of a chordal instrument, the arrangements allow space, demonstrating that bells and whistles can drown-out the tune itself. Baker plays Jay’s Bistro in Fort Collins August 23 & 24, and at Tower 56 in Greeley on August 29.
- [Video Premiere: Nuancer - Scratch That Itch](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/08/video-premiere-nuancer-scratch-that-itch/) - As exciting as an en masse display of Denver pop-cluster connectivity promises to be at Nuancer's August 30 at The Hi-Dive, indie musical mastermind Daniel DiMarchi shines as a leader producing in the box. His solo project Nuancer (which is really anything but) premieres the video for "Scratch That Itch" today on BandWagMag.com.
- [Wyoming Parties On The Edge: K-Flay Plays Cheyenne's Edge Fest At New Amphitheatre](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/08/wyoming-parties-on-the-edge-k-flay-plays-cheyennes-edge-fest-at-new-amphitheatre/) - The 5th annual Edge Fest on August 24 in Cheyenne Wyoming is anything but country. The free outdoor concert in a brand-new amphitheatre park features K-Flay, a Grammy-winning, out, female rapper as the headliner.
- [Album Review: Places Back Home - The Color & Decay EP](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/08/album-review-places-back-home-color-decay-ep/) - Seeing music as a chance to honestly express complicated realities, Fort Collins rock quartet Places Back Home focus their music on darker topics brought earnestly to the forefront on The Color & Decay EP, out August 20. But don't be fooled by the sincerity - the band will have you on your feet nodding your head at their release parties August 23 at Lost Lake and August 24 at The Downtown Artery.
- [The Colorado Sound's My5 - August 2019](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/08/the-colorado-sounds-my5-august-2019/) - Tonight The Rolling Stones play Mile High and Bonnie Raitt plays Bohemian Nights. 30 years ago, Raitt released 'Nick Of Time' and 50 years ago, the Stones played Fort Collins! So much more cool stuff is paralleled in August's My5 - Colorado Sound's DJ's top picks for what's up in music history and more - read on!
- [Album Review: Oxeye Daisy - They Say You're A Demon](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/08/album-review-oxeye-daisy-they-say-youre-a-demon/) - Even when Denver's Oxeye Daisy steps out of the box from the feel of their newest EP 'They Say You're A Demon,' they find ways to integrate new textures without sacrificing the dark, spacey vibe. Straying from the dreamy atmosphere by evoking Dick Dale playing punk, Lela Roy’s fearless wails embellish the band's frantic tension until it floats off to vivid, dreamy Pink Floyd territory mid way. Catch them at Bohemian Nights August 10th in Fort Collins
- [August 2019 - Jared & The Mill](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/08/august-2019-jared-the-mill/) - IN THIS ISSUE: Jared & The Mill | Charley Crockett | DJ DREZ at Arise | Charley Crockett | Places Back Home | David Baker | Colorado Sound My5 https://issuu.com/bandwagmag/docs/august_2019_bandwagon_-_final_web?fr=sZTEwNTEyODE1OA
- [July 2019 - Swerve](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/07/july-2019-swerve/) - In This Issue: Swerve | DeVotchKa | Built To Spill | Soul Brothers | American Tomahawk | Colorado Sound's MY5
- [One Flew West w/ Wildermiss @ Moxi Theater - Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/06/one-flew-west-moxi-theater-w-wildermiss/) - Photos By Peary Schroeder
- [Cody Johnson @ Greeley Stampede](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/07/cody-johnson-greeley-stampede/) - Photos By Laurence Wilson
- [Brett Eldridge w/ Jared Daniels @ Greeley Stampede](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/06/brett-eldridge-w-jared-daniels-greeley-stampede/) - Photos By Peary Schroeder
- [Brothers Osborne w/ Teddy Robb and Resurrection A Tribute to Journey @ Greeley Stampede](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/07/brothers-osborne-w-teddy-robb-and-resurrection-a-tribute-to-journey-greeley-stampede/)
- [Jared & The Mill: Big Statements and A Sense Of Home](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/08/jared-the-mill-big-statements-and-a-sense-of-home/) - Jared & The Mill was birthed into the hot Phoenix sun by Jared Kolesar and his Arizona State University buddies in 2011. Since then, they've been consistently creating their own brand of what Kolesar refers to as “Western Indie Rock." Touring the country and even performing for US troops on an aircraft carrier, the band hits The Moxi Theater Friday, August 16 in support of their "big artistic statement," aka their newest album This Story Is No Longer Available.
- [Rock Om: DJ Drez heads to ARISE](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/07/rock-om-dj-drez-heads-to-arise/) - DJ Drez is rooted in the Los Angeles hip-hop scene. He's rubbed elbows with Eminem, collaborated with Macy Gray, Black Eyed Peas, Black Star and KRS-One. Now, Drez his wife Marti Nikko are heavily involved in the yoga world, founding the Rock Om program and headlining Loveland's ARISE August 2-4 in the festival's Yoga village.
- [It Takes A Village: Arise Festival Leaves No Trace](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/07/it-takes-a-village-arise-festival-leaves-no-trace/) - If you’re considering the Arise Music Festival in Loveland August 2 - 4, here’s a tip: Bring your own water bottle. The festival provides water itself, but no single-use plastic. They even plant a tree for every ticket sold. Bands and performers who follow the guidelines of 'Leave No Trace,' headline the event: Tipper, Leftover Salmon, Railroad Earth and more. "We are more than a music festival,” organiser Mo Hnatiuk said. “It’s a movement. Music is supposed to feed your soul.”
- [Still At It: Producing the Greeley Arts Picnic Ain't Just A Day In The Park](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/07/still-at-it-producing-the-greeley-arts-picnic-aint-just-a-day-in-the-park/) - Rhonda Welch, festival / event coordinator for the City of Greeley answers calls from close to 150 artists and crafters, 24 performers (including 18 music groups) more than a dozen food vendors and representatives for the Coors beer garden at The Greeley Arts Picnic. She’s spends most of June and July inside so you can be outside in Lincoln Park the weekend of July 27 for the 41st annual Arts Picnic, featuring a kick-off party on the 26th by Funkiphino. For now, Welch is still at it.
- [The Longest Curve: DeVotchKa returns, plays The Moxi](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/07/the-longest-curve-devotchka-returns-plays-the-moxi/) - “Songwriting was the longest curve,” Nick Urata of DeVotchKa says. “You have to write all these bad songs before a good one comes out. It took a lifetime really." Formed in the 90's, each member of the band make up an orchestra themselves and they each 'got it' from the beginning. After years as a famed Colorado act, DeVotchKa play Greeley for the first time July 17 and 18 at The Moxi Theater.
- [Album Review: American Tomahawk - Mr. Griever](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/07/album-review-american-tomahawk-mr-griever/) - American Tomahawk has been a well regarded name in the Colorado music scene for years despite being Los Angeles residents since 2011. Growing up in Ault, Colorado, frontman and mastermind Adam Halferty formed his musical identity in Northern Colorado as an active member in a surprising and sorted list of Colorado bands. "Mr. Griever" is achingly beautiful in its simplicity with a slight stench of toxic masculinity lingering over it, bringing a brutality to that honesty. Catch "Mr. Griever" live at Magic Rat on Friday, July 26 in Fort Collins.
- [Single Premiere: Kind Dub featuring Sarah Slaton - Limited Time](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/07/single-premiere-kind-dub-featuring-sarah-slaton-limited-time/) - Limited Time” is a ‘life is short’ anthem aligned with vocalist Sarah Slaton and FoCo Hip Hop duo Kind Dub’s perspectives on collaboration. Stream it exclusively at BandWagMag before it drops worldwide tomorrow, July 12 and catch them at Hip Hop On The Hillside on Friday, July 19 at The Mishawaka Amphitheatre.
- [Don’t Keep It Like A Secret: Built To Spill Comes To The Mish](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/07/dont-keep-it-like-a-secret-built-to-spill-comes-to-the-mish/) - Built To Spill was ultimately grouped in with the “Northwest sound” from the outset, a result of being signed to Up Records. Although they left and signed with Warner Bros., they managed to retain their independence. After eight albums, the Doug Martsch-led group are still a mainstay in the indie rock world. "The main key is, of course, luck. But there’s also the fact that I am so simple, I don’t get bored playing these songs over and over again," Martsch jokes. Built To Spill play The Mishawaka Amphitheatre July 26.
- [Los Lonely Boys @ Washingtons - Ft. Collins](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/02/los-lonely-boys-washingtons-ft-collins/) - Photos By Peary Schroeder
- [Greeley Blues Jam 2019 @ Island Grove Regional Park - Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/06/greeley-blues-jam-2019-island-grove-regional-park-greeley/) - Photos By Peary Schroeder
- [Reverend Horton Heat @ Moxi Theater - Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/06/reverend-horton-heat-moxi-theater-greeley/) - Photos By Peary Schroeder
- [REO Speedwagon with Romero at Greeley Stampede](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/06/reo-speedwagon-at-greeley-stampede/)
- [The Colorado Sound's My5 - July 2019](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/07/the-colorado-sounds-my5-july-2019/) - What do the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, American Ninja Warrior, Paul Sherwin, Fontaines DC and Iron + Wine's collab with Calexico all have in common? They're all part of The Colorado Sound's My5 this month! Check out what else is on the radar at NoCo's home for music discovery.
- [Concert Under The Stars Under A New Roof: FY5 And More](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/07/concert-under-the-stars-under-a-new-roof-fy5-and-more/) - At this summer's Concert Under the Stars series at the University of Northern Colorado, Fort Collins bluegrass band FY5's performance will be in a new, indoor venue. Although the concert series name directly refers to its typical venue, the university's outdoor Garden Theatre stage, more than half of this year's shows will be in the new Campus Commons Performance Hall. A first since the series began in 1931.
- [June 2019 - Cody Johnson](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/06/june-2019-cody-johnson/) - IN THIS ISSUE: Cody Johnson | Nappy Roots | Red Baraat | Dressy Bessy | Johnny Burroughs | The Trujillo | Friday Fest in Downtown Greeley
- [September 2018 - The Great Salmon Famine](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/09/september-2018-great-salmon-famine/) - In This Issue: The Great Salmon Famine | Shatterproof | Gallagher | Murder By Death | Draghoria | Jungle | The Colorado Sounds Top Picks
- [Swerve: From The Classroom To The Stage - Cover Story July 2019](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/07/swerve-from-the-classroom-to-the-stage-cover-story-july-2019/) - Led by singer Lauren Johnston, Swerve are colorful, quirky, exciting and eccentric, but they all wanted to be in a band playing music that was not only fun, but their own. "You don't need permission to do anything musically, which is great," said bassist and back-up singer Julian Cary. After winning the 2019 BandWagon Battle Of The Bands, Swerve's future is uncertain, but they will hit the Stampede Free Stage Tuesday, July 2nd.
- [Album Review: Soul Brothers - Inertia](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/06/album-review-soul-brothers-inertia/) - Sampling is an art. Though you’ll hear a few you recognize on Greeley hip hop group Soul Brothers' new album Inertia, which dropped today, what an artist does with the chopped-up interpolation can be the difference between a good song and a great song. Catch the trio live at the Greeley Stampede Extraction Stage on July 5 and The Moxi Theater July 20.
- [Cody Johnson Stays True By Singing A Different Song](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/06/cody-johnson-stays-true-by-singing-a-different-song/) - “Good luck trying to find someone to sign this contract,” remarked the label representative. Cody Johnson knew country artists rarely demand complete creative control, but he insisted upon it. As his 2016 album title states, he’s just 'Gotta Be Me.' “You don’t work for 12 or 13 years to give up all you worked for,” Johnson said in an Interview. He headlines the Superstar Concert Series at The Greeley Stampede July 5th and 8pm.
- [Home Is Where The Hip-Hop Is: Nappy Roots On The Greeley Stampede Free Stage](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/06/home-is-where-the-hip-hop-is-nappy-roots-on-the-greeley-stampede-free-stage/) - “You can drop us anywhere in Colorado,” Nappy Roots emcee Fish Scales says. "We bring entertaining hip-hop to people who otherwise wouldn’t see a hip-hop show." The Kentucky rappers play The Greeley Stampede on July 5th at the free Extraction Stage, adding: "I definitely am country.”
- [Red Baraat: Hear The World In The Beat Of The Bhangra](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/06/red-baraat-hear-the-world-in-the-beat-of-the-bhangra/) - Colorado may not be as familiar with the bhangra as is Red Baraat’s home city of New York. The upbeat North Indian style of playing which colors the band’s music might be rare to these parts, but everyone can relate of the musical elements the band incorporates. Bandleader Sonny Jain says: “I would argue that our sounds aren’t foreign really anywhere.” Red Baraat bring their colorful, amazing show to Fort Collins June 27 at Washinton's.
- [Stampede's a comin': a first look at acts to catch in 2019's Independence bonanza](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/06/stampedes-a-comin-a-first-look-at-acts-to-catch-in-2019s-independence-bonanza/) - Kimberly Dunn has described her sound as country-without-a-box, Eli Young Band started out as just an acoustic duo and Resurrection have more connections to the real Journey than you might think. They'll all crush the Greeley Stampede stages this summer.
- [Album Review: The Trujillo Company - Home](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/06/album-review-the-trujillo-company-home/) - The vibe of The Trujillo Company could be summed up as a steady cloud of reefer smoke wafting out of a storm drain into the misty Seattle air, we'll say circa 1991. Despite this, the Denver outfit is nothing short of a breath of fresh air for the Colorado music scene, releasing "Home" June 22nd at Larimer Lounge.
- [Music Video Premiere: Swerve - "Green"](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/06/music-video-premiere-swerve-green/) - Swerve premiere "Green" - their debut music video - today via BandWagon Magazine. Goofy though they are, the Greeley's quintet are an impressive and funky force newly unleashed on the Northern Colorado music scene. Having won the 2019 BandWagon Battle Of The Bands, the outfit play The Greeley Stampede on Tuesday night, July 2.
- [The Colorado Sound's My5 - June 2019](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/06/colorado-sounds-my5/) - What do the "20 Feet From Stardom" background singer's documentary, My Dog Ate Chad, The Denver Zine Library and Bee Savior Cards have in common? They're all part of The Colorado Sound's My5 this month! Check out what else is on the radar at NoCo's home for music discovery.
- [The Burroughs @ Moxi Theater - Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/12/the-burroughs-moxi-theater-greeley-2/) - Photos by Peary Schroeder
- [Ben Pu & Crew @ Moxi Theater - Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/12/ben-pu-crew-moxi-theater-greeley/) - Photos by Michael Olivier
- [Chitlin Dixon @ Moxi Theater - Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/11/chitlin-dixon-moxi-theater-greeley/) - Photos by Michael Olivier
- [Its Just Bugs @ Moxi Theater - Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/11/its-just-bugs-moxi-theater-greeley/) - Photos by Michael Olivier
- [Todd Rundgren @ Washington's - Fort Collins](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/11/todd-rundgren-washingtons-fort-collins/) - Photos by Peary Schroeder
- [The Burroughs @ Moxi Theater - Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/10/the-burroughs-moxi-theater-greeley/) - Photos by Peary Schroeder
- [Stephen Marley @ Washington's - Fort Collins](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/03/stephen-marley-washingtons-fort-collins/) - Photos by Peary Schroeder
- [Album Review: Johnny Burroughs - DAY 1](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/06/album-review-johnny-burroughs-day-1/) - When you think about contemporary worship music, you think of 20 piece bands singing with at least three acoustic guitars. When Northern Coloradans hear the name Burroughs we think of the 9 piece “sweaty soul band” fronted by Johnny, the eccentric red-haired dude who commands you to get up and dance. "DAY 1," Johnny Burroughs' debut solo record is clearly not The Burroughs and is distinctively about singing praise to God, but it’s done with soul, in both the literal and metaphorical senses.
- [2019 May Play Music Festival  Photos - Downtown Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/05/2019-may-play-music-festival-photos-in-downtown-greeley/) - Photos by Juan Gonzalez Photos by Peary Schroeder
- [BandWagon Battle of the Bands @ Moxi Theater - Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/04/bandwagon-magazine-battle-of-the-bands-moxi-theater-greeley/) - Photos by Peary Schroeder
- [Keeping It Fresh: Friday Fest Kicks Off Greeley Outdoor Concert Season](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/06/keeping-it-fresh-friday-fest-kicks-off-greeley-outdoor-concert-season/) - You’ll see more variety at this year’s Friday Fest series in downtown Greeley. You also won’t see many bands that you saw last year. But one thing is for sure: You’ll want to dance once they play. “It has to be danceable,” said Alison Hamling, of the Downtown Development Authority. You'll notice some changes in this year’s lineup too, starting Friday, June 7 at the Greeley Blues Jam kickoff.
- [Album Premiere: Bellhoss - Geraniums](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/06/album-premiere-bellhoss-geraniums/) - Geraniums, Bellhoss’ debut record, premieres today via BandWagon Magazine! The ennui of this 7-song bummer-rock collection engages without dragging it’s heels; a credit to Becky Hostetler’s honest, forward-leaning twang which distinctly brightens up the mid-tempo telecaster sway throughout, bringing to mind Pinegrove, ALVVAYS, and even Kurt Vile in feel and frankness.
- [BandWagon Battle of the Bands @ Moxi Theater - Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/03/bandwagon-battle-of-the-bands-moxi-theater-greeley/) - Photos by Peary Schroeder
- [Shemekia Copeland Says What She Wants: Blues Jam Headliner Speaks Her Mind Through Her Music](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/05/shemekia-copeland-says-what-she-wants-blues-jam-headliner-speaks-her-mind-through-her-music/) - Shemekia Copeland was pissed off on a Tuesday morning. It was something she heard from one of Trump’s “offspring,” as she calls him, about how if poor people want more in life, they just have to work harder. Recognized by many as the finest blues singer of her generation, Copeland headlines the Greeley Blues Jam June 8. She also draws attention for being outspoken in a world that tends to be surprisingly silent about social issues.
- [Cha Wa: Mardi Gras Indian Funk Stirs Greeley Like Gumbo At The Blues Jam](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/05/cha-wa-mardi-gras-indian-funk-stirs-greeley-like-gumbo-at-the-blues-jam/) - Cha Wa, the New Orleans funk band incorporates the tradition of Mardi Gras Indian music and the feel of a New Orleans brass band with all the attitude of a proper funk ensemble. “It was a perfect pot of gumbo,” said J’Wan Boudreaux. Cha Wa performs Saturday, June 8 at The Greeley Blues jam at Island Grove Park.
- [The Colorado Sound's My5 - May 2019](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/05/the-colorado-sounds-my5-may-2019/) - The top 5 music and culture blips on the collective DJ radar at Northern Colorado's home for music discovery, from Marvin Gaye postage stamps and the new venue Mission Ballroom to the film Generation War andThe Miami Showband Massacre via Remastered on Netflix. Read up, tune in!
- [Album Review: Ethyl and the Regulars - Honest Work](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/05/album-review-ethyl-and-the-regulars-honest-work/) - Ethyl and the Regulars’ new album "Honest Work" is a reflection of just that - a mature Americana sound grounded in tradition, yet they incorporate jazz elements including a Thelonious Monk melody as a thematic tool for instrumental conversation.
- [Leave It To The Beeves: Erie Rock Trio's Release 'Adam And Beeve' Brings It](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/05/leave-it-to-the-beeves-erie-rock-trios-release-adam-and-beeve-brings-it/) - The band needed a name. Matthew Sease pulled the biggest book from his mom’s shelf, opened to a random page and pointed to a word. "The." That wasn't going to work. Now properly named, The Beeves will be hitting the Fox Theatre May 17 in Boulder to release their first album Adam and Beeve. Their sound mixes punk, 60s mod, and country – and it comes out like an exorcism on stage.
- [Southern Avenue: Keep On](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/05/southern-avenue-keep-on/) - Ori Naftaly grappled with his record label, Concord Records, over Southern Avenue’s upcoming album, Keep On, out May 10. Fortunately for us, they both came out on top. “I want people to listen to this in 2040 and think we sound as relevant honoring the music that we love from back in the day,” Ori says.
- [Album Review: Chess At Breakfast - Wealthcare](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/05/album-review-chess-at-breakfast-wealthcare/) - "Wealthcare" is an eight track wander through the vast scope of Rock n’ Roll. Anxious yet contemplative, the new record from Chess At Breakfast burns hot at times with tracks like “Ambulance” and “POTUS Blues” but bounces quickly to the cool modes of “Hello Haunt” and “Glaciers.” "We love that super trapped-in-the-head kind of weird, wonky stuff,” says lead vocalist Caleb McFadden.
- [Video Premiere: Johnny Burroughs - God Is Love](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/05/video-premiere-johnny-burroughs-god-is-love/) - BandWagon premieres the video for Johnny Burroughs' first single "God Is Love" from "Day 1," his debut solo release out May 24.
- [May 2019 - Shemekia Copeland](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/05/may-2019-shemekia-copeland/) - In This Issue: Shemekia Copeland | Cha Wa | The Beeves | Southern Avenue | Chess At Breakfast | Ethyl & the Regulars | Tyto Alba
- [Album Review: Tyto Alba - Sucker](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/04/album-review-tyto-alba-sucker/) - A newfound polish and poise comes to Denver dream pop / shoegaze indie rockers Tyto Alba with their forthcoming record Sucker, out May 4. Melanie Steinway’s yelp of “we gotta bring this sucker down” peeks out amidst rich, swirling builds like something off The Cure’s "Disintegration."
- [Bands To See At FoCoMX 11](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/04/bands-to-see-at-focomx-11/) - FoCoMX is this weekend! There's too much amazing music to see for even a whole magazine, so here are five favorites of ours this year. See you in Old Town Fort Collins!
- [UNC Jazz Fest Hits A New Home](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/04/unc-jazz-fest-hits-a-new-home/) - The Greeley/UNC Jazz Festival is more than just a way to celebrate America’s original form of music. It’s a recruiting tool. The University is excited to bring the festival to its campus for the first time ever at the new Campus Commons venue. “We’ve been doing this for however many years without anyone seeing the campus,” said Michael Alexander, the director of the UNC School of Music.
- [311 Plays The Aggie and S.A. Martinez is 'Bout it 'Bout it.](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/04/311-plays-the-aggie-and-s-a-martinez-is-bout-it-bout-it/) - My reaction to 311 playing the modest Aggie Theatre was probably similar to other locals. ‘What!? How!? It’s so small. These guys sell out Red Rocks and have their own 311 cruise for god’s sake.’ But I quickly remembered the same people who book the Mishawaka Amphitheater took over the Aggie’s booking in March, so maybe they really wanted to kick off the concert season with a bang?
- [Take 6: What It Takes To Be Iconic](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/04/take-6-what-it-takes-to-be-iconic/) - The first time Take 6 came to the UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival the guys packed rooms full of squealing girls who asked questions such as “boxers or briefs?” That was in 1999, a time before smartphones, streaming or even much of an internet. Take 6 returns 20 years later to the Jazz Fest at UNC's new Campus Commons venue April 25.
- [Album Review: Goatz! - Sweet Inspiration](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/04/album-review-goatz-sweet-inspiration/) - “40 years in radio. 50 years as a working musician. This is my official debut, at age 64. Crazy huh?” This is the line we got from Chris Kresge, frontman of GOATZ! when he sent us his debut bluegrass/Americana record "Sweet Inspiration"
- [Block Party 2018 - Wildermiss, Silver & Gold, Shatterproof, The Great Salmon Famine and Bryce Merritt](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/09/block-party-2018-wildermiss-silver-gold-shatterproof/) - The Block Party in Downtown Greeley - September 21st, 2018 - Photos by Talia Lezama. Live photos of Silver & Gold, Wildermiss, The Great Salmon Famine, Shatterproof and more!
- [Michael McDonald: A Fool Who Still Believes](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/04/michael-mcdonalda-fool-who-still-believes/) - When Michael McDonald is on stage Thursday, April 11 at Union Colony Civic Center in downtown Greeley, singing our favorite songs like “Taking It To The Streets,” or “I Keep Forgetting,” for the millionth time, he is thanking us for continuing to love who he is.
- [Album Review: Julian Cary - heaven?indeed](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/04/album-review-julian-cary-heavenindeed/) - Julian Cary is a jazz artist, but he doesn’t allow the idea of what jazz should be interfere with his expression: On "heaven?indeed" he neglects traditional song form, adapting the music to fit the form of E.E. Cummings’ poems. The record retains a subtle honesty wrapped in moments of dynamic, tonal beauty.
- [Album Review: Graham Good & The Painters - Good Things](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/04/album-review-graham-good-the-painters-good-things/) - The Fort Collins “Funk-n-Rock-n-Roll” band Graham Good & The Painters' second EP opens with the uplifting gospel-esque of “Good Things,” like the start of Sunday morning service, but Graham Good & The Painters take it further than church.
- [April 2019 - Take 6](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/04/april-2019-take-6/) - IN THIS ISSUE: Take 6 | 311 | Michael McDonald | FOCOMX 2019 | Overslept | Julian Cary | Graham Good & The Painters | Goatz! | The Colorado Sound's My5
- [Album Review: Overslept - With Or Without](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/03/album-review-overslept-with-or-without/) - "With Or Without" (Overslept's newest) is melodious and melancholy, yet it’s jarring enough to keep discerning pop rock ears piqued, pushing past the boundaries of traditional indie into new, dissonant territory.
- [Album Review: Triton - The Abyss](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/03/album-review-triton-the-abyss/) - Though it’s impossible to know, it’s safe to assume that while the world was “doing the Charleston,” H.P. Lovecraft had a very different tune in his head. Whilst writing his masterpiece about the terrifying sea beast Cthulhu, Triton’s The Abyss could easily have been the soundtrack.
- [Album Review: Slow Caves - falling](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/03/album-review-slow-caves-falling/) - On March 22, Slow Caves will release their long-awaited debut full-length, falling: an eleven-song suite of the chillest right-crosses to the thorax you will find committed to wax in 2019.
- [The Steady Hand Behind The Jam: Leftover Salmon's Jeremy Grant](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/03/the-steady-hand-behind-the-jam-leftover-salmons-jeremy-grant/) - Jeremy Grant admits he doesn’t even really like jam bands. Regardless, the 40-year-old Greeley native is the monitor engineer and stage manager for Leftover Salmon, one of the most celebrated jam bands around.
- [He Will Rock You: Gary Mullen and One Night Of Queen](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/03/he-will-rock-you-gary-mullen-and-one-night-of-queen/) - Every time Gary Mullen sings, he says grace. His uncanny ability to sing like Freddie Mercury gave him a nice career as the frontman for One Night of Queen, a tribute to one of the greatest bands in history. Mullen and crew play in Greeley on March 8 at the Union Colony Civic Center in downtown Greeley.
- [Millions Of Views, Millions Of Notes: Andy McKee On Finding Your Own Thing](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/03/millions-of-views-millions-of-notes-andy-mckee-on-finding-your-own-thing/) - Andy McKee’s technical brilliance, so unique that many had never seen it before, went viral in 2005 (which, back then was just called popular) earning him millions of views in just a few weeks. It wasn’t long before people wanted him to play – in person – around the world. Catch McKee at The Moxi Friday, March 8.
- [March 2019 - The Unlikely Candidates](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/03/march-2019-the-unlikely-candidates/) - In This Issue: Andy Mckee | Jeremy Grant | One Night of Queen | Triton | Slow Caves | Trash Cat
- [The Unlikely Candidates: Kyle Morris On Seeking The Unexpected](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/02/the-unlikely-candidates-kyle-morris-on-seeking-the-unexpected/) - Since their beginnings, The Unlikely Candidates have toyed around with a slew of different sounds, despite charting more than once in Billboard’s Alternative Rock category. "We've Always been influenced by bands who weren't stuck on one particular sound," Kyle Morris Says. The Unlikely Candidates play The Moxi Theater on March 3.
- [Luis Coronel @ Moxi Theater – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/02/luis-coronel-moxi-theater-greeley/) - Luis Coronel at Moxi Theater in Greeley on February 16th
- [Silver & Gold @ Moon Room – Denver](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/02/silver-gold-moon-room-denver/) - Silver & Gold 'Color' Ep Release at Moon Room at Summit in Denver on February 8th.
- [Silver & Gold @ Moxi Theater – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/02/silver-gold-moxi-theater-greeley/) - Silver & Gold 'Color' Ep Release at Moxi Theater in Greeley Co.
- [Album Review: DEBR4H - Taipei Rock City](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/02/album-review-debr4h-taipei-rock-city/) - Moving forward takes change. Luckily for indie synth pop fans, Jed Murphy did just that. He stepped down as editor of BandWagon Magazine, fell in love, moved to a different city and extinguished the torch he held for his band Futurebabes. Kind of. Bringing his girlfriend, vocalist, keyboardist and designer (yes, your band needs a designer) Kayna Hobbs into the creative fold, the two re-branded as DEBR4H.
- [Album Review: Race To Neptune - Abandon Fashion](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/02/album-review-race-to-neptune-abandon-fashion/) - "Abandon Fashion" from Fort Collins’ Race To Neptune is a sturdy four track EP and one of the better modern interpretations of early ‘90s grunge and alternative rock. It’s reminiscent of the music that followed hair metal’s death in the ‘80s. But this is not a throwback album. Check R.T.N. out at Pinball Jones on March 1.
- [Album Review: Infinite Conscious - Becoming](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/02/album-review-infinite-conscious-becoming/) - Greeley's Infinite Conscious has not only succeeded in paying offerings to the gods of the riff, but have also created a dark, adrenaline-pumping hunk of metal that caters to headbangers across the board. Catch Infinite Conscious at The Moxi Theater March 23 with Triton.
- [Album Review: Jenna McLean - Brighter Day](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/02/album-review-jenna-mclean-brighter-day/) - Jenna McLean abandons the path of the lounge songstress, instead programming "Brighter Day" like a horn player. As winner of Downbeat’s 2018 Outstanding Vocal Jazz Soloist award in the graduate category, McLean has truly refined her craft.
- [Old Ghosts Make For New Friends - A Diverse Greeley Brought To Life By Its Legends](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/02/old-ghosts-make-for-new-friends-a-diverse-greeley-brought-to-life-by-its-legends/) - Noel Johnston envisioned a play where the protagonists are group of smart, curious kids who are – most importantly – different from one another. Three speak Spanish and English fluently, and several other characters give a second language a solid effort. The Stampede Troupe premieres this original play February 22-23 in Downtown Greeley.
- [Album Review: Pedro The Lion - Phoenix](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/02/album-review-pedro-the-lion-phoenix/) - After the release of Pedro The Lion's 2004 record Achilles Heel, the term “emo” would be weaponised as a slur—by outsiders and longtime acolytes alike—and earnest and plaintive music was largely cast aside for the irreverent, angular, and abstract indie rock that would define much of the next decade. Fifteen years after the band’s last release, hordes of music listeners will gather in front of stages throughout 2019 t(including The Bluebird Feb 10) to see Pedro the Lion in support of its long-anticipated return on Polyvinyl Records.
- [The True Colors Of Silver & Gold](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/02/the-true-colors-of-silver-gold/) - Silver & Gold’s new EP Color (out February 8) used the influence of a short production span, their closeness as a band (both geographically and emotionally) a man named Dan Diaz to create an album that stands out from the rest of their work.
- [February 2019 - Silver & Gold](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/02/february-2019/)
- [Heaven: Los Lonely Boys’ Jojo Garza On Living Their Dream](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/01/heaven-los-lonely-boys-jojo-garza-living-dream/) - Jojo Garza laughs easily. The Los Lonely Boys vocalist/bassist — who plays at Washington’s in Fort Collins February 2 alongside his brothers Henry and Ringo — applies his positive attitude to everything he does, especially Los Lonely Boys’ music, though his brother suffered major injuries on stage in 2013. "Even to this day we’re feeling the after effects,” he admits. “It hasn’t gone away at all."
- [Album Review: Pie Lombardi - Worry Lines](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/01/album-review-pie-lombardi-worry-lines/) - Pie Lombardi’s second album "Worry Lines" presents a somewhat autobiographical outlook. It’s a coming of age, but not quite a blossoming into the expectations set for oneself. “I’m trying to get into a bigger scope of just writing and not really thinking about what it’s supposed to sound like," Lombardi says. "Worry Lines" releases January 25 with a Moxi Theater appearance supporting Neyla Pekarek.
- [Album Review: Kaitlyn Williams - Sunset](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/01/album-review-kaitlyn-williams-sunset/) - There’s a youthful power to Kaitlyn WIlliams' lark-like breathiness. Her debut EP 'Sunset' reveals fun, Beyoncé-in-the-bathtub tones and vocal runs contrasting her stronger suit of vulnerable introversion a-la The Staves. Williams glides over electro-climaxes with cool touches of distant synth yowls. Slip into something more comfortable and prepare for a close, rewarding listen.
- [Open Fire - A Bond Forged By Metal](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/01/open-fire-bond-forged-metal/) - During a rare quiet moment the “Dave Cave,” a basement devoted to metal music, members of Open Fire remember the day Dave MacKenzie sent out the news that his son, Tyler, was killed in Iraq in 2005. Just two months before, they’d had so much fun playing their first big gig before thousands at the first “Thunder in the Rockies.” This month, Open Fire play their 14th anniversary show Saturday, January 26 at The Moxi Theater.
- [Neyla Pekarek: Watch Her Rattle, Hear Her Roar](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/01/neyla-pekarek-watch-rattle-hear-roar/) - Before Neyla Pekarek became a third of The Lumineers, she saw Rattlesnake Kate’s famous dress and read the story while she attended the University of Northern Colorado. The story stuck with her. "She spoke her mind and lived completely outside of what was expected of women." Pekarek says. "Western stories are so dominated by men. The tales of women have yet to be told." Her debut solo record Rattlesnake premieres at The Moxi Theater January 25.
- [Album Review: The Motet - Death Or Devotion](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/01/album-review-motet-death-devotion/) - Death Or Devotion, The Motet’s ninth album, showcases the band’s reverence for the funk tradition through masterful execution of the style. Each track exudes booty-shaking energy, thanks to airtight grooves from the rhythm section, crisp but nasty horn lines, and soulful vocals. Catch them January 11 and 12 in Aspen and Telluride and at Red Rocks this summer.
- [Everbody's Got The Blues at Cranford's](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/01/everbodys-got-blues-cranfords/) - Since June, 2018, Cranford’s Tea Tavern has hosted the The Blues Party, a recurring Wednesday night hang for musicians, from those who only know three chords to experienced professionals who’ve played their whole life. It didn't matter what instrument they played, Buchholz and Haug gave them an equal opportunity to play. In between songs, the players exchanged song choices, guided each other through grooves and made sure they knew how to kick off the songs.
- [January 2019 - Neyla Pekarek](https://bandwagmag.com/2019/01/january-2019-neyla-pekarek/) - In This Issue: Neyla Pekarek | Open Fire | Crandford Blues Party | The Motet | Pie Lombardi | Kaitlyn Williams
- [105.5 The Colorado Sound: Top Picks You Should Hear - December, 2018](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/12/105-5-colorado-sound-top-picks-hear-december-2018/) - Villagers have just released their 5th album, The Art Of Pretending To Swim, with sophisti-pop influence perfect for a snowy Sunday outside your window. David Bowie said the work of Hiss Golden Messenger put him in mind of, “mystical country, like an eerie yellowing photograph,” and Devotion: Songs About Rivers and Spirits and Children, a limited-edition box set, only reinforces that opinion. The Teskey Brothers have been making music for more than a decade but are just now releasing their debut Half Mile Harvest. The warm and sultry sounds take you back to the early Muscle Shoals and Stax era. Alejandro Escovedo has created the most ambitious release of his career with The Crossing, a concept album focused on the story of two friends: one from Italy, the other from Mexico
- [Long Cut - Shaping Up For A Hick-Hop Future](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/12/long-cut-shaping-hick-hop-future/) - Rapping is a tiring, literally breathtaking affair, and Bryan Thomas, quite honestly, didn’t have the stamina for it. He was, to be blunt, too fat to rap. He then endured a sickly stint in the hospital that led to him having throat surgery. So he quit drinking, stopped taking street drugs and started eating better, including flirting with a Vegan diet, and exercising. Since he and Adams formed the hip-hop/country band Long Cut in January, he’s lost 115 pounds.
- [Album Premiere: Anthony Ruptak - A Place That Never Changes](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/12/album-premiere-anthony-ruptak-place-never-changes/) - In a musical era defined by digital austerity, A Place That Never Changes is a powerful ode to maximalism, a carefully layered production of towering melodies and micro-cacophonies that cede just the right amount of space for Anthony Ruptak’s searing lyrical attack. Stream the album exclusively at BandWagMag.com
- [Album Review: Anthony Ruptak - A Place That Never Changes](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/12/album-review-anthony-ruptak-place-never-changes/) - In a musical era defined by digital austerity, A Place That Never Changes is a powerful ode to maximalism, a carefully layered production of towering melodies and micro-cacophonies that cede just the right amount of space for Ruptak’s searing lyrical attack. It captures 2018 America’s prevailing feelings of confusion, anxiety and dread.
- [December 2018 - Gogol Bordello](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/12/december-2018-gogol-bordello/) - IN THIS ISSUE: Gogol Bordello | The Stubby Shillelaghs | Long Cut | Igaus Davis | Safekeeper | Anthony Ruptak | Greta Van Fleet
- [Gogol Bordello - An American Band Of Gypsies](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/12/gogol-bordello-american-band-gypsies/) - Each member of Gogol Bordello's multicultural melange grandstands throughout, exuding practically nuclear energy. From Russian-born Pelekh’s dizzying solos to Pedro Erazo’s spitfire Ecuadorian rapping en Español, native Ethiopian Thomas Gobena’s rich, reggae bass and more, the whole band take the spotlight with a prowess that commands respect, invigorating Gogol’s crazy crowds. Catch their New Year's shows at The Aggie December 30, The Ogden December 28 and 29, and The Boulder Theater December 31.
- [Album Review: Greta Van Fleet - Anthem Of The Peaceful Army](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/12/album-review-greta-van-fleet-anthem-peaceful-army/) - Greta Van Fleet have gained a lot of popularity by appealing to rockers both young and old. Their second full-length album Anthem Of The Peaceful Army once again pays homage, both musically and lyrically, to their heroes. You can hear melodic bits of John Paul Jones and the energy of Pete Townshend supporting the aggressive wails of Josh Kiszka, especially in tracks such as “When The Curtain Falls” and “Age of Man.”
- [Single Review: Chess At Breakfast - Paper Crane](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/11/single-review-chess-breakfast-paper-crane/) - With Paper Crane, Chess at Breakfast stay true to their blend of atmospheric psychedelia and gut-hammering riffs, paired with lyrical themes of despair, angst and fantasy. The band goes on a musical journey from soft and subtle, gradually building with spacey synth leads to an all-out head bang, complete with a Gilmour-esque guitar solo and vocal effects spiced in for grungy flavor. The track ends with a satisfying glam-rock supernova for its climactic finale.
- [Album Review: safekeeper - On Sludge Summit](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/12/album-review-safekeeper-sludge-summit/) - Boiled down into an emotional lo-fi art rock reminiscent of an early Modest Mouse, safekeeper is releasing the aptly named On Sludge Summit December 14. This five-track EP glistens with slow ride emo guitar licks and drunken yawls that drudge through at a satisfying pace. Catch them at Pinball Jones December 21.
- [The Stubby Shillelaghs: Growth, Depth and The Great War](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/12/stubby-shillelaghs-growth-depth-great-war/) - On the new Stubby Shillelaghs EP, The Great War, the band covers classic tunes that detail the horrors of war, with a special focus on World War I. Knaub got the idea for the record from a popular podcast, Hardcore History, by Dan Carlin, a show that details “the extremes of human existence,” Knaub said. The band will play at the Moxi Theater on Saturday, December 15 performing The Great War in its entirety, but you shouldn’t expect to see the Stubbies play many gigs in Greeley any longer.
- [Album Review: Igaus Davis - Keep Your Candles Close By](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/12/album-review-igaus-davis-keep-candles-close/) - Keep Your Candles Close By is sonically, emotionally intimate and thematically concise, teasing at something we won’t see pan out. Some strife within the band Igaus Davis has lead to this being their final release, creating sonically solemn vignettes of despair and resignation.
- [Single Premiere: Chess At Breakfast - Paper Crane](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/11/single-premiere-chess-breakfast-paper-crane/) - "From soft and subtle, gradually building with spacey synth leads to an all-out head bang, complete with a Gilmour-esque guitar solo and vocal effects spiced in for grungy flavor." Stream the exclusive premiere of Paper Crane below, read the full review HERE and catch Chess At Breakfast Saturday, December 1 at Magic Rat in Fort Collins with Bright Silence and December 6 at The Moxi Theater in Greeley.
- [Album Review: The Panoramic - Dead Trumpet Call](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/11/album-review-panoramic-dead-trumpet-call/) - Northern Colorado’s metal fans have needs, and those needs are filled by the sheer sonic brutality of The Panoramic who surprise-dropped the independently released EP Dead Trumpet Call on October 13th. It's fresh as new blood and proves that The Panoramic is as heavy as ever.
- [105.5 The Colorado Sound: Top Picks You Should Hear - November, 2018](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/11/105-5-colorado-sound-top-picks-hear-november-2018/) - Kurt Vile has left behind the ‘galloping tempo’ of his former group War On Drugs. Here, his reverbed, moody voice and banjo (his 1st instrument) take “Come Again” from sounding like it’s of the Mother Maybelle Carter catalog to “Oh, that’s Kurt Vile” territory. Southern Culture On The Skids release Bootlegger’s Choice featuring 16 new recordings of the most requested songs from their out-of-print major label releases. Carl Broemel, the classically trained guitar player, holds down the lead-guitar spot in My Morning Jacket and has three solo albums under his belt. He and has just released his fourth, Wished Out. Loretta Lynn has just released her 41st album: Wouldn’t It Be Great. The album features songs written by Lynn over the years which she has decided to re-work for a more contemporary feel.
- [Saved By The Nerve: Gary Dean Smith's Voice Returns](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/11/saved-nerve-gary-dean-smiths-voice-returns/) - For Gary Dean Smith it’s been a transformative year. The 55-year-old singer-songwriter signed a deal with The Symbols’ vocalist Mer Sal and Grammy winning Jazz musician Jeff Lorber to Manta Ray records - a division of Sony. But one year ago, Smith was bouncing back from a botched surgery that destroyed his vocal chords, leaving him uncertain of his musical future.
- [Album Review: Bryce Merritt - CHROMA: III](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/11/album-review-bryce-merritt-chroma-iii/) - Freshly releasing CHROMA: III (the five-track follow up to 2017’s CHROMA: II) on October 26, Bryce Merritt is at it again with some of his best work yet. Both sexy and sleek, it could be read as disingenuous on the surface, but it shows a musician stepping out of his comfort zone and going for it. At its heart, that’s what all Bryce Merritt’s previous releases have been as well: pulling out all the stops and going for it.
- [Album Review: Trash. - January](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/11/album-review-trash-january/) - Trash., in a way, has been a long time coming. Kayleigh Gutskey and Michael Olivier have been very active in the Colorado music scene for years, both together and separately. Once upon a time they were Greeley punk heroes Nasty Bunch of Bitches. Love it or hate it, there is a lot to respect - they are independently doing everything themselves. These aren’t your Bitches anymore, this is Trash.
- [Album Review: Nelsen - The Wind](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/11/album-review-nelsen-wind/) - Fashioning themselves as Americana rock, there’s a streak of folk influences in The Wind, but it’s really a rock album with nothing to prove. Nelsen showed up to BandWagon’s Battle of the Bands with only their raw talent and came close to winning their round. The Wind is the result of that polished, raw talent showcasing each member’s abilities.
- [The Greeley Phil's Got You (And Your Kazoo Too)](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/11/greeley-phils-got-kazoo/) - The next time you attend a Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra concert, you may want to bring your kazoo. Oh, you don’t have one? That’s OK. The Philharmonic’s gotchu. On November 9, the orchestra will play, among other classics, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, perhaps the most striking and well-known piece in classical music (yes, you’ve definitely heard it). To celebrate the performance of this masterpiece, the Philharmonic wants the audience to play along using, yes, a kazoo.
- [The Collection - The Natural Order Of Chaos](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/10/collection-natural-order-chaos/) - “I was so down-and-out mentally,” says David Wimbish the vocalist and bandleader of The Collection. We spoke over the phone while he was in Asheville, North Carolina safely just outside the path of Hurricane Florence where he was preparing for a five-week tour to support The Collection’s latest album Entropy which perfectly describes where Wimbish was in his life. Entropy is defined as the gradual decline into chaos and Wimbish was feeling it after a rough string of life events, from an almost crippling bike accident in Frisco, Colorado to core members of The Collection doing some real soul-searching about the longevity of the project. Wimbish is excited for Entropy’s recent October 5 release and upcoming tour dates, including a three-date run with Greeley’s Silver & Gold culminating in a combined Moxi Theater appearance Saturday, October 27.
- [Album Review: Alright Alright - Nearby](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/10/album-review-alright-alright-nearby/) - Seth and China Kent are the married couple behind Alright Alright, each of whom have very different musical backgrounds, explaining AA’s unique, diverse sound. China is a classically trained pianist from Vanderbilt University; Seth a former guitar tech for The Fray (“How to Save a Life”). Alright Alright stand out from the masses with a gentle sense of depth and even gravitas on their new album, Nearby.
- [Eminem - Kamikaze](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/10/eminem-kamikaze/) - Eminem fans were elated when he surprise-dropped his 10th studio album Kamikaze at the end of August. The album was chock-full of carefully plotted disses aimed at everyone from Lil Pump and Tyler The Creator to Machine Gun Kelly. “The word I called him on that song was one of things that I felt like, ‘This might be too far,’” Em told Sway. Machine Gun Kelly continues to milk the “Killshot” diss track for publicity. Mathers just released the viral, so to speak, music video for Venom.
- [Widow's Bane - The Afterlife Is A Never-Ending Party](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/10/widows-bane-afterlife-never-ending-party/) - You think your life is bad? Let's consider the life of Gov. Mortimer Leech. It would seem that Leech would make you jealous. Leech is eternal, so his nasty coke and hooker habits don’t harm him. He’s a musician, and he lives the lifestyle, partying with Stevie Wonder in Denver, gigging for hundreds of years, getting to be a snarky smartass in interviews with the press. His band, The Widow’s Bane, is still relatively hip, even if they’ve been around for hundreds of years. The band will release an album of the music they wrote for the production and will perform a proper headlining full-band show at Washington’s in Fort Collins on Halloween night, October 31.
- [November 2018 - Ubiquitous](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/11/november-2018-ubiquitous/) - IN THIS ISSUE: Ubiquitos of Ces Cru | Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra | Gary Dean Smith | The Panoramic | Nelsen | Bryce Merritt | Trash.
- [Album Review: Soul Brothers - God's Sons](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/10/album-review-soul-brothers-gods-sons/) - Greeley Rap trio Soul Brothers show off their talent while furthering their immersion into the culture of Hip-Hop, both on God’s Sons and live in concert, so pay close attention. With inspiring performances that promote crowd participation, their lyrics are relevant and relatable to anyone with even a mild appreciation for rap and hip-hop
- [Misty Boyce - Lady Boss Among Lords](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/10/misty-boyce-lady-boss-among-lords/) - Misty Boyce is no stranger to big stages in Colorado. The New Mexico native has performed at Red Rocks, The Gothic Theater and plays a sold-out show at Denver’s Ogden Theater on October 5th, clocking more performance time than the headliner. How? By not quitting her day job. “If I’ve had a big break it was playing with Sara Bareilles. It was life-changing. That propelled me into a sphere of musicians that elevated everything.”
- [October 2018 - The Widow's Bane](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/10/october-2018-widows-bane/) - IN THIS ISSUE: MISTY BOYCE | THE COLLECTION | EMINEM | SOUL BROTHERS | ALRIGHT ALRIGHT | THE COLORADO SOUND’S TOP PICKS
- [105.5 The Colorado Sound - Top Picks You Should Hear In October](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/10/105-5-colorado-sound-top-picks-hear-october/) - If you were to play this album for anyone unfamiliar with Boz Scaggs, they’d be VERY surprised to learn his first album came out in 1965. A few bars into the leadoff track “Rock And Stick,” that unique and still-smooth voice belies his 74 years. If you aren’t familiar, Great Lake Swimmers are a Canadian band built around a loose collective of musicians and the guiding light of singer/songwriter Tony Dekker - they went into the studio with the idea of creating an album without one instrument: the acoustic guitar. On Jungle's For Ever, you'll hear catchy, synth-laden goodness worthy of the needle drop. Don’t miss the stand-outs: “Beat 54” (an homage to Studio 54), “Happy Man” and “Heavy California.” Rarely do bands have record labels get into bidding wars for their services with only has one song in their repertoire. Such is the case with Austin’s Black Pumas.
- [105.5 The Colorado Sound - Top Picks You Should Hear In September](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/09/105-5-colorado-sound-top-picks-hear-september/) - On their 9th studio album, Death Cab For Cutie continues the sound that started bringing them fans 20 years ago. Rich Costey’s ethereal production keeps Ben’s light & dream-like vocals out front so we can hear the nuances in his thought-provoking lyrics. Brooklyn’s Josh Karpeh (aka Cautious Clay) is a 25-year-old artist with a very clear sonic vision. He made a splash earlier this year with his debut EP Blood Type and a quick follow up with the Resonance EP in June. Charley Crockett is a troubadour in the truest sense of the word. Crockett left home in his teens, hopping railroad cars and busking on the streets to earn his keep. He even spent a year in Paris before returning to his native Texas. In the late 90’s and early 2000’s, The Rock*A*Teens were a band you liked so as to be cooler than your Pavement & Liz Phair-loving friends. Over their 5 albums, no band has combined the ethos of indie rock, rockabilly, and punk better. Hailing from the thriving music neighborhood of Cabbagetown in Atlanta, GA, their influence has been crucial to indie rock.
- [Album review: Jungle - For Ever](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/09/album-review-jungle-ever/) - London based neo-soul band Jungle are gearing up to release what is going to be the best sleeper album of the year. For Ever is a vibrant cosmopolitan display of what it means to be a musician in 2018. What started as two multi-instrumentalist friends in 2014 making music in their London bedrooms is now a seven-piece musical movement making infectious dance music. Catch Jungle fever, so to speak, at The Aggie in Fort Collins on Saturday, September 29.
- [Album Review: Murder By Death: The Other Shore](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/09/album-review-murder-death-shore/) - In 2014, Murder By Death was the first Rock & Roll act to play the historic Stanley Hotel in Estes Park; this year, their fifth annual winter residency extended to five sold-out shows. As much as the American Gothic sound of Murder By Death fits the open prairies and rugged mountains of Northern Colorado, it is equally out of this world. It’s fitting, then, that their latest studio album, The Other Shore is a space western.
- [Shatterproof: The Re-Definition of Fine](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/09/shatterproof-re-definition-fine/) - Speaking with Shatterproof drummer Benji Spoliansky over the phone, the excitement he had looking forward to 2019 was almost palpable. So much was in the works for this Ft. Collins hardcore gypsy alt-rock band but… he couldn’t really talk about it except in cryptic, nondirect affirmations so as to not give it away. “I feel like everything we’ve done this far as a band has led to what’s going to be happening next year,” says Spoliansky.
- [Breaking News: Comedian Gallagher Suffers Heart Attack, Postpones September Dates](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/09/breaking-news-comedian-gallagher-suffers-heart-attack-postpones-september-dates/) - Legendary smash-comedian Gallagher has suffered a heart attack early this morning, September 11th, 2018. Postponing a slew of shows including his only scheduled appearance for September at The Moxi Theater in Greeley, Colorado September 16th, the 72-year-old performer is currently in recovery at a Los Angeles hospital. At the of time of this article, his recovery status is unknown.
- [Album Review: Draghoria - Thrash AD](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/09/album-review-draghoria-thrash-ad/) - Draghoria is a multi-generational metal band from Greeley with a recurring theme that describes their music to a tee – thrash metal. The follow up to their first EP, appropriately titled Thrash AD, will be released during Downtown Greeley's 12th annual Block Party (via Sweden's Big Balls Production) undoubtedly to a room of sweaty kids in black shirts that beat up their friends for fun, but pick them up when they fall.
- [Greg Holden Is Ready For The Power Shift](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/09/greg-holden-ready-power-shift/) - Greg Holden’s music has always been incredibly timely and inspired. Rallying the emotions of a global fan base, the British born singer-songwriter’s tunes might be more familiar to you than you think. “Half of it boils down to the fact that I’m writing about current events. The way I’ve written has always changed and it really is just whatever has been swirling around in my head. I don’t sit down and say ‘I’m gonna write a song about a Sudanese refugee now’ - I just wait for it to hit me." Catch him with Butch Walker at The Bluebird Theater this Sunday, September 9th.
- [Single Premiere: The Great Salmon Famine - The Funky Circus](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/09/single-premiere-great-salmon-famine-funky-circus/) - This month's cover story and 2018 Bandwagon Battle Of The Bands winner The Great Salmon Famine premiere their lead single The Funky Circus via Bandwagmag.com today. A downtempo bass guitar pulse thumps along with a Sgt. Pepper organ twirling about in the background setting the perfect scene for The Great Salmon Famine’s mantra: play.
- [The Great Salmon Famine - Pinnacle Fun](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/09/great-salmon-famine-pinnacle-fun/) - A fun-focused consideration of audience perspective permeates the party ethos of The Great Salmon Famine. Releasing the single “The Funky Circus” September 4 via bandwagmag.com and winning our 2018 Battle Of The Bands with a dancey, fan-favorited final round, their energetic live show is an expected highlight at this year’s Block Party in downtown Greeley on Friday, September 21.
- [Gallagher - Smashing The Script](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/09/gallagher-smashing-script/) - As tempting as it would be for legendary comedian, performer Gallagher to cull from his many stand-up comedy shows on Showtime or his fame as one of the more well-known comics of the 1980s because he smashed stuff on stage, Gallagher doesn’t want to rehash those gags or rely on a bit that he’s performed thousands of times. He couldn’t work that way. Gallagher will play on Sunday, September 16 at the Moxi Theater, which, as cool as it is, is not an art center. It’s a concert venue, which means Gallagher can make a mess.
- [DeVotchKa at Mishawaka Amphitheater ("This Night Falls Forever" Released Today)](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/08/devotchka-mishawaka-amphitheater-night-falls-forever-released-today/) - Drew Carlson photographs DeVotchKa at Mishawaka Amphitheater for Bandwagon Magazine
- [New West Fest 2018 – Fort Collins](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/08/new-west-fest-2018-fort-collins/) - New West Fest 2018 in Old Town Fort Collins
- [Single Review: Gingerbomb - Wildfire](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/08/single-review-gingerbomb-wildfire/) - Getting a 5-piece, all-redhead band with members from New York, Denver and Los Angeles together is an accomplishment. Colorado songstress Megan Burtt has wrangled such a group, aptly named: Gingerbomb. LA via NYC producer/drummer Ryan Vaughn and engineer/multi-instrumentalist Zach Berkman along with Burtt, vocalist / keyboardist Sara Dee and bassist Casey Sidwell join forces for the project with a maturity that defies any red-headed stepchild jokes critics might conjure. They kicking off the Bohemian Nights New West Fest in Fort Collins August 11th, 2018.
- [August 2018 - Flatland Cavalry](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/08/august-2018-flatland-cavalry/) - In This Issue: Flatland Cavalry | DeVotchKa | Eugene Mirman | Paul Noffsinger | Gingerbomb | The Colorado Sound's Top Picks
- [Eugene Mirman Has A Voice For Comedy](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/08/eugene-mirman-voice-comedy/) - Eugene Mirman has a voice for comedy. Speaking with him over the phone for this interview with BandWagon Magazine ahead of his performance at Washington’s in Ft. Collins on August 8, it was almost hard to believe the man on the other end was responsible for so many beloved comedy characters (most notably Gene from Bob’s Burgers) but there he was. After a few minutes of back and forth with the comedian, it became clear how this sharp and experienced Massachusetts native has become one of the most well-liked names in the business.
- [Ben Pu & Crew, One Flew West, Graham Good & The Painters @ Moxi Theater – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/06/ben-pu-crew-one-flew-west-graham-good-painters-moxi-theater-greeley/) - Ben Pu & Crew, One Flew West, Graham Good & The Painters at Moxi Theater in Greeley on June 23rd
- [105.5 The Colorado Sound - Top Picks You Should Hear In August](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/08/105-5-colorado-sound-top-picks-hear-august/) - Sparrow is Ashley Monroe’s 4th album, a record that shows the Nashville singer-songwriter heading in a new direction. Since 2014, Mike Peters, lead singer for The Alarm, has taken on ‘re-imagining’ some of his band’s catalog for 30th-anniversary tributes. Reflecting the world today is the angle Peters takes on the new Alarm album “=” (pronounced “Equals”). Iggy Pop, one of the grandfathers of punk, continually collaborates with interesting musicians; musicians one would not expect Iggy to venture into the studio with. But perhaps that’s his point.
- [DeVotchKa’s 'Night' Finally Falls On Fans' Ears](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/08/devotchkas-7th-finally-falls-fans-ears/) - “Straight Shot,” the lead single from DeVotchKa’s forthcoming release This Night Falls Forever, takes both citizens of “Old Denver” and global fans of the pioneering Gypsy-Folk band “right back to the good times - before the paperwork got signed.” After years of soon-to-be-released announcements, the album finally arrives this August 24. “We have been extremely lucky in attracting so many great collaborations,” Nick Urata says. He admits, however, “with the benefit of hindsight, we now see that it took us away from finishing our album. We can only hope that the projects we have done will somehow find a way to influence our latest music.”
- [Paul Noffsinger - Most Magic Sucks](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/08/paul-noffsinger-magic-sucks/) - “Most ‘magic’ sucks,” Paul Noffsinger says. In our interview with the magician and member of The Mystery Collection, this stuck out like a joker in a stack of spades. Noffsinger returns to The Moxi Theater on August 23 to perform a show called “Unreal.” It’s a showcase of unexpected, bigger, more involved routines that he can’t do in the smaller venues and private house shows which are his bread-and-butter.
- [Flatland Cavalry - The Real Stuff](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/08/flatland-cavalry-real-stuff/) - Cleto Cordero grew up in Lubbock, Texas, a dusty city in an area dominated by oil rigs and the badlands. Like most kids who live in a quiet hometown, Cordero believed there wasn’t much to do. But he looks back on that time with fondness: That’s how he grew into the eventual frontman and songwriter for Flatland Cavalry, a Country-Folk and Americana band on the verge of a breakout. The band plays on August 16 at the Moxi Theater.
- [Dynohunter - A Constant Evolution](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/07/dynohunter-constant-evolution/) - Boulder-based Dynohunter never want to completely fit in with what’s going on around them. Cutting a way for themselves through the festival and EDM scene across the country, they have opened for legends such as Infected Mushroom, Papadosio, and Bonobo. A household name amongst the Colorado festival circuit, each year their name climbs higher and higher on the line-up posters. We spoke with the Dynohunter guys ahead of their gig at ARISE about all the things that make them tick. "We love that house and techno seem to be catching on with a larger festival and jam audience. Being born out of the jam scene and gravitating towards house and techno ourselves, we have helped others see how, for example, a DJ is able to weave together a 2-hour set and take the audience on a ride in a similar way to a jam band."
- [Living Legends Arise - "We Are Definitely Back Together"](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/07/living-legends-arise-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 with their classic boom bap, no-frills hip-hop. Over the years, the group have taken a couple of hiatuses, but Aesop confirms their reunion is official (however, it’s unclear if Murs will be at the Arise Festival). “We are definitely back together,” says Aesop. “Our break was for spiritual reasons if you can call it that."
- [Thievery Corporation - Inside The Temple Of I & I](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/07/thievery-corporation-inside-temple/) - One cold February morning in 2015, the two masterminds behind Thievery Corporation—Rob Garza and Eric Hilton—left the frigid air of Washington D.C. and touched down in Kingston, Jamaica. They then made the 60-mile journey to the jungle-hemmed city of Port Antonio, a place the locals call the “real Jamaica,” where they would record their 10th studio album, The Temple Of I & I.
- [Jukebox The Ghost: Off To The Big Gig](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/07/jukebox-ghost-off-big-gig/) - Queen. 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.
- [Darius Rucker @ Greeley Stampede – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/06/darius-rucker-greeley-stampede-greeley/) - Darius Rucker at The Greeley Stampede in Greeley, Co on Wednesday, July 24th
- [Aaron Watson and Chancy Williams @The Greeley Stampede – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/07/aaron-watson-chancy-williams-greeley-stampede-greeley/) - Aaron Watson and Chancy Williams at The Greeley Stampede on July 1st
- [Sublime w/ Filter, Hairball @The Greeley Stampede – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/06/sublime-w-filter-hairball-greeley-stampede-greeley-2/) - Sublime with Filter, Hairball at The Greeley Stampede in Greeley Co on June 29th
- [Sean Curtis & The Divide / Cale Dodds @ Greeley Stampede – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/06/sean-curtis-divide-cale-dodds-greeley-stampede-greeley/) - Sean Curtis and The Divide and Cale Dodds at The Greeley Stampede on June 22 and 23rd
- [Greeley Blues Jam @ Island Grove – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/06/greeley-blues-jam-island-grove-greeley-2/) - Greeley Blues Jam in Island Grove Park on Wednesday, June 6th.
- [July 2018 - Thievery Corporation](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/07/july-2018-thievery-corporation/) - IN THIS ISSUE: LIVING LEGENDS | DYNOHUNTER | I AM THE OWL | MODERN LEISURE | HEAVY BEAUTY | THE COLORADO SOUND’S TOP PICKS
- [Album Review: Modern Leisure - Super Sad Rom-Com](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/06/album-review-modern-leisure-super-sad-rom-com/) - Modern Leisure’s Super Sad Rom-Com is a chilled-out / bummed-out illustration of a songwriter’s studio apartment life. Having departed from former Denver bands The Outfit and Shady Elders, mastermind Casey Banker “wanted to express the loneliness and euphoria of being a guy living in a semi-big city in my 20's.” Made layer by layer and then re-recorded from scratch, the resulting collection of mid-tempo dream-folk jams make us want to hit the beach and text our ex with a Bluetooth boombox and ice-cold LaCroix in hand.
- [Album Review: I Am The Owl - A Mission to Civilize: Part II](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/07/album-review-owl-mission-civilize-part-ii/) - I Am The Owl’s newest release is for longtime fans of the Fort Collins punk/metal band and new listeners alike. Recorded at the Blasting Room, a heavy hitting local recording studio readers should familiarize themselves with (if you haven’t already), A Mission to Civilize: Part II rips. Fans of the hybrid genre will dig the searing guitars and signature “tight, but huge” drums. Following up their first release, A Mission to Civilize: Part I, the new drop expands on I Am The Owl’s galvanizing sound with much-welcomed production value increase. Fans of local DIY punk rock, don’t let that turn you off.
- [Album Review: Heavy Beauty - Self-Titled EP](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/07/album-review-heavy-beauty-self-titled-ep/) - The Golden-based "Desert Grass" quartet Heavy Beauty has a clean but unfiltered sound to their work. The three songs on the EP – “Dreams,” “Butterflies” and “Stars” – are simple but elegant. They possess a slow, even flow to their singing that never stutters or overpowers certain elements. Dobro player Mike Testagrossa, bassist Angel Edgemon and Willie Thomas on the mandolin provide vocals, with Dax Hunter Jordan on drums.
- [105.5 The Colorado Sound - Top Picks You Should Hear In July](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/07/105-5-colorado-sound-top-picks-hear-july/) - Lake Street Dive vocalist Rachael Price says she’s this generation's heir apparent to Bonnie Raitt. You'll hear it in the torch of "I Can Change" and the defiant grit of "Good Kisser." Their seventh album Free Yourself Up proves this is no novelty act. Dr. Dog’s new album Critical Equation is the band’s first album of new material in over 5 years. On his third solo album, Call The Comet, Johnny Marr seems at long last to have found his voice, literally. It’s rare to have the first song you record top the charts, but that’s exactly what happened to Alice Merton.
- [Charley Crockett, Pie Lombardi & Samantha Brewer @ Moxi Theater – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/06/charley-crockett-pie-lombardi-samantha-brewer-moxi-theater-greeley/) - Charley Crocket with Pie Lombardi & Samantha Brewer at Moxi Theater on Thursday, June 14th 2018
- [Hawthorne Heights, Listener, Hotel Books @ Moxi Theater – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/06/hawthorne-heights-listener-hotel-books-moxi-theater-greeley/) - Hawthorne Heights, Listener and Hotel Books at Moxi Theater in Greeley
- [Video Single Premiere - Kinesics: Back To You](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/06/video-single-premiere-kinesics-back/) - In anticipation of their melodious full-length debut album Surfacing on June 22nd, Denver indie-rock quartet Kinesics premiere the album's video single "Back To You" exclusively via Bandwagon Magazine. Comprised of singer-songwriter Kenzi Everitt, her fianceé Jason Barteck on guitar and a married rhythm section (Corban and Malena Robers - drums and bass, respectively) the prog-leaning band arrangements provide a bed for a lilting alto voc
- [Big Head Todd @Aggie Theater – Fort Collins](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/12/big-head-todd-aggie-theater-fort-collins/) - Big Head Todd at the Aggie Theater in Fort Collins on December 21st
- [Quentin @ Moxi Theater – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/03/quentin-moxi-theater-greeley/) - Quentin Album Release at Moxi Theater in Greeley on March 31st 2018
- [Album Review: Chloe Tang - Stranger](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/06/album-review-chloe-tang-stranger/) - Hometown For The Holidays finalist Chloe Tang’s newest EP Stranger has the Denver songstress aiming for the fences. Rich with a pop sound that is accessible as hell, Stranger shines. This five track EP comes to us after a series of singles since 2016’s “Forgive You Again,” and gives listeners a songwriter and vocalist taking herself to the next level.
- [Help Greeley Folk Band Igaus Davis Complete Their Next Album](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/02/help-greeley-folk-band-igaus-davis-complete-next-album/) - Since 2016, orchestral folk band Igaus Davis has been playing up and down the Front Range to great acclaim, even winning the first round of BandWagon Magazine’ 2018 Battle of the Bands on February 1. They are close to completing their next EP, “Keep Your Candles Close By”, but need some help completing it. Currently
- [Album Review: Covenhoven - A Kind Of Revelation](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/06/album-review-covenhoven-kind-revelation/) - “Where To Begin” - a simple question revealing that there’s much to tell. So is Covenhoven mastermind Joel Van Horne’s gift: the ability to fill oceans of meaning through simple use of poetry, guitar and voice. This opening track and the entirety of A Kind Of Revelation weaves an arpeggiated spell on us with its haunting mix of plucked strings, synth beds and cavernous vocal reverberations. Inspired by time on the west coast, Van Horne calls A Kind Of Revelation his “ocean record.” Impressively self-produced, his only additionally credited recording engineer is his late brother Ben.
- [Bad Frequencies Ring Familiar - Hawthorne Heights Return](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/06/bad-frequencies-ring-familiar-hawthorne-heights-return/) - Almost 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. Lead vocalist and frontman JT Woodruff says Bad Frequencies (their first release as a band in almost 3 years) “is about going back to some of your favorite times in life and using those memories to push you forward.” It’s a compilation of undoubtedly new yet strikingly familiar emo-rock anthems akin to the ones that kept the class of 2007 company in high school. Catch them live at The Moxi Theater in Greeley on Saturday, June 2nd.
- [Cold War Kids - The Best Versions Of Themselves](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/06/cold-war-kids-best-versions/) - Cold 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.
- [105.5 The Colorado Sound - Top Picks for June, 2018](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/06/105-5-colorado-sound-top-picks-june-2018/) - If you’re going to be born Alejandro Rose-Garcia, and want to stand out in the music world, it makes sense you’d adopt a stage moniker given to you by friends at a campfire when you’re all coming up with Indian guide names. Whether he liked the name or not, Alejandro became firmly attached to Shakey Graves after the massive success of “Dearly Departed” with former Paper Bird member Esmé Patterson singing along. On this 5th full-length CD, I got the feeling Shakey opened his mind to aural possibilities. In December he Tweeted “Next album. New sound. Sell your suspenders.”
- [June 2018 - Cold War Kids](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/06/june-2018-cold-war-kids/) - In This Issue: Cold War Kids | Devon Allman | Hawthorne Heights | Chloe Tang | Covenhoven | Kinesics | The Colorado Sound's Top Picks
- [Album Review: Kinesics - Surfacing](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/06/album-review-kinesics-surfacing/) - The release of Kinesics’ full-length album Surfacing will be its third attempt at seeing the light of day. Self-proclaimed “sad rock songs” sung mournfully and deep, this is the full and final realization of music which began its journey back in 2015. There’s a beauty in the unexpected here, most notably the fact that the somber, low voice of Kinesics’ songwriter belongs to the diminutive, dare we say cute, alto - Kenzi Everitt. A solo project on her first two tries, there’s now a universality to the work. The androgyny in her liquid vocal delivery, fully-invested band arrangements, and the fact that her main collaborator (guitarist Jason Bartek) is also her fiancé reflect the band’s mantra of community, teamwork, and equality. Did I mention that the drummer and bassist are married to each other too? They are. It’s adorable.
- [Big Bill Morganfield, Delta Sonics @Moxi Theater – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/05/big-bill-morganfield-delta-sonics-moxi-theater-greeley/) - Big Bill Morganfield with Delta Sonics May 4th 2018
- [The Burroughs @ Washington's – Fort Collins](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/04/burroughs-washingtons-fort-collins/) - The Burroughs at Washington’s in Fort Collins April 30th, 2018
- [Redlands, Its Just Bugs, this broken beat, Valienta @ Moxi Theater – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/01/redlands-just-bugs-broken-beat-valienta-moxi-theater-greeley/) - Redlands with Its Just Bugs, this broken beat and Valienta at Moxi Theater on January 14th, 2018.
- [Silver & Gold, Overslept, The Bright Silence, Tyto Alba @ Moxi Theater – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/01/silver-gold-overslept-bright-silence-tyto-alba-moxi-theater-greeley/) - Silver & Gold album release show with Overslept, The Bright Silence and Tyto Alba at Moxi Theater on January 19th, 2018
- [2018 May Play Music Festival – Downtown Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/05/2018-may-play-music-festival-downtown-greeley/) - 2018 May Play Music Festival in Downtown Greeley on May 11th 2018
- [105.5 The Colorado Sound - Top Picks you should hear in May](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/05/colorado-sound-top-picks-hear-may/) - Joshua Hedley’s Mr. Jukebox is one of the most anticipated releases of 2018. Hedley has been a fixture around the Nashville music scene for years. He holds a standing gig at Robert’s Western Wear and has become affectionately nicknamed “The Mayor of Lower Broad” for being in such high demand as a player for almost every genre of music. Glen Hansard spent many years making and playing music before that Oscar-winning film Once.
- [May 2018 - Brent Cowles](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/05/may-2018-brent-cowles/) - In This Issue: Brent Cowles | Trout Steak Revival | Del & Amp Live | Steve Harms | Bitter Suns | Chain Station | The Colorado Sound's Top Picks
- [Brent Cowles Hasn't Figured A Damn Thing Out](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/05/brent-cowles-hasnt-figured-damn-thing/) - It’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.”
- [Iller Than Most: Del The Funky Homosapien On His New LP With Amp Live & His Reason For Rapping](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/05/iller-del-funky-homosapien-new-lp-amp-live-reason-rapping/) - As 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.
- [Trout Steak Revival - Play Us Some Mountain Music](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/05/trout-steak-revival-play-us-mountain-music/) - I 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!
- [Steve Harms - Sound Life Choices](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/05/steve-harms-sound-life-choices/) - Walking 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. But Harms is a discovery all his own. The Chicago native, whose father wanted to name him DoNo (as in ‘Do No Harms'), attended Colorado State University in the ‘70s, where he stumbled upon his life’s work. Harms, who started building speakers at 14, was an electrical engineering student at the time. He started to realize speakers were his future when he unexpectedly had to provide a P.A. for a band whose monitors had blown out during a campus party.
- [Album Review: Bitter Suns - Broke Off Blues](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/05/album-review-bitter-suns-broke-off-blues/) - Bitter Suns is on to something with Broken Off Bones. Produced by Alan Hlavacek of the Ft. Collins band Attack On Venus, the tracks are tight and the guitar tones crisp, making a fine punk record. It’s less of a ‘fuck the man’ style of punk and more of a ‘what’s your damage dude, I’m trying to get pitted with my boys’ sound. The song “Pitted” summarizes the whole vibe of the EP (and the band) with lyrics like; “yesterday I got totally pitted, it’s been a while since I’ve been this broke off.” Not exactly Shakespearean level poetry, but coupled with the rich punk instrumentals throughout, it hits the mark more closely than if they sang about something they didn’t care about.
- [Album Review: Chain Station - Where I Want To Be](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/05/album-review-chain-station-want/) - This proud bluegrass band – consisting of Jarett Mason on the mandolin, Jon Pickett on bass, Alex Thoele on guitar, and James Weatherly on Banjo – is held together by the harmonizing voices of Mason, Pickett, and Thoele and the fast-paced picking of all four members. Where I Want To Be, released in 2016, is probably the most pure bluegrass album we’ve heard in some time.
- [Wild Child: Connecting with Their Audience One Show at a Time](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/04/wild-child-connecting-audience-one-show-time/) - We spoke with Alex from Wild Child about their show at the Bluebird Theatre this past Saturday. The Austin based indie-pop band performed a very intimate and lively show to a sold out crowd in Denver. The seven piece group played some of their oldest songs from their first record as well as played their brand new songs from their recently released album Expectations, which came out February 9th of this year. The group’s refreshing songs had everyone dancing and singing while lead vocalist and violinist Kelsey Wilson went into the crowd to perform their song "Pillow Talk" off of their first album that was released in 2011.
- [105.5 The Colorado Sound: Top Picks - February 2018](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/03/105-5-colorado-sound-top-picks-february-2018/) - Ron – Calexico, The Thread That Keeps Us On the 15-track new Calexico album, I can hear the almost-30-year musical history Joey Burns and John Convertino have between them. Ever since their pre-Friends Of Dean Martinez days, they’ve been a top-notch rhythm section, playing Latin-tinged grooves for Victoria Williams, Richard Bruckner and more. This 9th
- [Album Review: Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats – Tearing at the Seams](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/04/album-review-nathaniel-rateliff-night-sweats-tearing-seams/) - Nathaniel Rateliff is a name that carries a lot of weight in the Colorado. Born out of the south Broadway scene in Denver, those running in music circles watched as year after year his star continued to rise until one day to the surprise of no one, his soul band Nathaniel Rateliff and Night Sweats popped with a little song called “S.O.B”.
- [105.5 Colorado Sounds Top Picks: April 2018](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/04/105-5-colorado-sounds-top-picks-april-2018/) - Ron – Little Steven, Soulfire If you’re waiting for that next Springsteen album to come out, I have the next best thing for you. After almost 20 years, Steve Van Zandt (Miami Steve, Little Steven) has come out with Soulfire. A collection of songs that sound like they’d all fit nicely into a Bruce setlist
- [Quentin Turns Away and Finds Themselves](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/04/quentin-turns-away-finds/) - I 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.
- [Album Review: Left Hand Shakes – Sit Still](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/04/album-review-left-hand-shakes-sit-still/) - First and foremost, while the band is breaking up after the release of this album, it is not the end. When a band separates there is usually a negative connotation that is associated with it. Immediately people often conjure up images of blow out fights between members or self destructive drug habits catching up with them, but for Left Hand Shakes, this is not case.
- [Album Review: Chris Daniels and The Kings with Freddi Gowdy – Blues with Horns Vol. 1](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/04/album-review-chris-daniels-kings-freddi-gowdy-blues-horns-vol-1/) - He was inducted in the Colorado Music Hall of Fame in 2013. He’s an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado’s Denver campus. He beat back Leukemia after being diagnosed in 2010. He’s been featured in commercials for Ford and McDonalds, made music for television, and acted as a record producer. (He helped put together Andy Sidow’s Reasons for Departure, which we reviewed recently.) And since 1984, he’s been fronting the blues outfit Chris Daniels and The Kings, putting out album number 15 in September of last year. That album, now featuring Freddi-Henchi frontman Freddi Gowdy, is Blues with Horns Vol. 1.
- [Cut Chemist: Fresh to Death](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/04/cut-chemist-fresh-death/) - As 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. But it’s all par for the course. At this stage in his nearly three-decade career, he’s learned to adapt to whatever life (and tour) throws at him.
- [April 2018 - Cut Chemist](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/04/april-2018-cut-chemist/) - In This Issue: Cut Chemist | Left Hand Shakes | Quentin | Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | Jenny LaJoye | The Colorado Sound Top Picks
- [BandWagon Magazine Battle of the Bands @ Moxi Theater – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/03/bandwagon-magazine-battle-bands-moxi-theater-greeley/) - The Great Salmon Famine, Soul Solum and Igaus Davis at BandWagon Magazine Battle of the Bands in Greeley on March 24th 2018,
- [The Mowgli's Find That "Real Good Life"](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/03/mowglis-find-real-good-life/) - Last Friday, Los Angeles based band The Mowgli’s hit the stage at Globe Hall playing to a sold out crowd. The feel-good alternative rock band played their Denver show on one of the last dates of their “Real Good Life” national headlining tour. Finishing the tour with them was Mainland out of NYC to open their show. The Mowgli’s also celebrated the release of their new single “Kansas City,” which also came out Friday. We chatted with Andy from the band to talk about their upcoming single and what’s next to come for the band.
- [Alex Cameron @ Globe Hall – Denver](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/03/alex-cameron-globe-hall-denver/) - Alex Cameron w/ Holiday Sidewinder and Molly Burch @ Globe Hall
- [Alex Cameron & Roy Molloy Are No Cheap Dates](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/03/alex-cameron-roy-malloy-no-cheap-dates/) - Alex 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.
- [Antibalas Is The Medicine Everyone Needs](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/03/antibalas-medicine-everyone-needs/) - As 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.
- [Slow Caves - Poser / Rover 7" Release](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/03/slow-caves-poser-rover-7-release/) - Slow Caves evoke a depth of maturity that belies their youthful, blonde, surf-rock appearance. Their freshly squeezed 7-Inch release Poser / Rover stays the chilled-out course for the Denver/Ft. Collins quartet’s consistent brand of loveable, lilting slack-rock. Poser / Rover sets cruise control smack-dab between Morrissey and Ric Ocasek era Weezer, with both tunes coasting in at a steady 135 bpm. It’s just enough drive to let your hair blow in the breeze – like a Mac Demarco tape was in the deck as you drove down Colfax to Poser / Rover’s release show a few Fridays ago.
- [Album Review: Giants & Pilgrims - Bellwether](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/03/album-review-giants-pilgrims-bellwether/) - Giants & Pilgrims call themselves “a marriage of art and music.” Aptly, Bellwether, the Greeley group’s forthcoming full-length, feels like an impressionist painting, lush with color and rife with rustic detail. The picture painted here explores three examples of sacred spaces via an array of instruments and close mic'd vocals whispering almost mythic indie-folk wisdom.
- [Album Review: Andy Sydow - Reasons For Departure](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/03/album-review-andy-sydow-reasons-departure/) - At age 26, Andy Sydow has already put out four albums since 2013, Reason for Departure being his newest. BandWagon Magazine hasn’t heard much of his stuff, but his new album, a relaxing rock album rife with blues touches – possibly thanks to album producer and guitarist Chris Daniels of Chris Daniels & The Kings – is not a bad introduction to the Denver-based singer-songwriter.
- [Album Review: Tyja3 - 3Piece](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/03/album-review-tyja3-3piece/) - Tyja3 bleeds hyphy and embodies fun on the project, bringing a very new school vibe to old-school braggadocio bars and flow. Even the deeper track “TML” keeps the momentum of the feel-good vibes while still giving a story of facing adversity. For old heads on the search for a nostalgia kick, tracks like “Dope” and “Forces” give the feeling that Tyja3 just snatched the mic from the DJ and started spittin’ his heart out.
- [105.5 The Colorado Sound - Picks for 2018](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/01/105-5-colorado-sound-picks-2018/) - Get hip to Alex Lahey now before she’s playing SNL. Actress and musician Charlotte Gainsbourg (daughter of Serge Gainsbourg, arguably one of France’s most revered musicians) has released an achingly pretty pop album Rest." "It’s evident in the opening track off “Milano,” Luppi’s tribute to Milan in the ‘80s which spotlights the decadence and deviance of the time. The city was alive, and the possibilities appeared endless. The track, “Soul and Cigarette,” shares this optimism opening with the whimsical sounds of a glockenspiel and containing lush lyrics rich with imagery.
- [March 2018 - Alex Cameron & Roy Molloy](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/03/march-2018-alex-cameron-roy-molloy-2/) - In This Issue: Alex Cameron & Roy Molloy | Antibalas | Slow Caves | Giants & Pilgrims | Tyja3 | Andy Sydow | Colorado Sound Top Picks
- [Bitter Suns Premier New Video for "Skate or Die"](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/02/bitter-suns-premier-new-video-skate-die/) - If anything is clear in their latest video "Skate or Die", our Bitter Suns boys came to do two things: Skate and party.
- [105.5 The Colorado Sound - Top Picks You Should Hear](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/02/105-5-colorado-sound-top-picks-hear/) - Ron – Aretha Franklin: Lady Soul January 22 was the 50th anniversary of Aretha Franklin's Lady Soul album. A week prior, Rhino Records released this seminal collection in a limited edition, 180-gram vinyl version. It's worth revisiting this landmark album, not just for the songs that have become like old friends ("Since You've Been Gone,"
- [Chillin’ with The John Adam Smith Experience](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/02/chillin-john-adam-smith-experience/) - John Adam Smith is a one man band whose smooth and raspy vocals accompany his guitar in a captivating way. His looping skills and homemade stompbox allow him to focus on the melodies and intricate stylings he plays on his slide and acoustic guitars, while singing his all original self-written songs.
- [Washington’s Opens to Sold Out Crowd](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/02/washingtons-opens-sold-crowd/) - Saturday, February 3, the historic Ft. Collins landmark will once again be re-birthed as a 900 capacity music venue simply dubbed: Washington’s. A sold-out crowd will unite that evening for the venue’s inaugural performance by Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue.
- [Michael Olivier - Tired Bones](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/02/michael-olivier-tired-bones/) - Tired Bones is still very much an emo/hardcore album, which is Olivier’s natural habitat, but his rock and roll roots peek out from time to time, giving us a glimpse at the scope of this maturing songwriter. While his work in Disguise The Silence pushed for an intense heaviness, the end result could at times come across as sporadic to the casual listener. Tired Bones is much more concise, with tight guitar licks and dare I say poppy melodies, clearly showing Olivier as the captain of the ship.
- [.idk - Money Moves](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/02/idk-money-moves/) - Maryland-based rapper .idk (formerly Jay IDK or IDK for short) lost his mother in 2016. Out of that tragedy, he’s delivered some of his most personal work to date with his debut album IWasVeryBad. Released in October 2017 on Adult Swim’s imprint, the 12-track project features hip-hop royalty like Del The Funky Homosapien and MF Doom (now DOOM), and veteran beatsmith Swizz Beatz.
- [Blitzen Trapper’s Eric Earley Explains The Road To Americana Gold](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/02/blitzen-trappers-eric-earley-explains-road-americana-gold/) - Nine 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.
- [One Flew West - Explicitly Themselves](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/02/one-flew-west-explicitly/) - Tried 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.”
- [Decatur - Self-Titled](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/02/decatur-self-titled/) - Denver-based quintet Decatur proclaim their sound as “slithering guitar rock.” It’s an apt descriptor for the ominous atmosphere, overdriven guitars and cigarette-flecked vocals that permeate their eponymous EP.
- [February 2018 - Blitzen Trapper](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/01/february-blitzen-trapper/) - In This Issue: One Flew West | IDK | Washington's Grand Opening Decatur | Michael Olivier | The Colorado Sound's Top Picks
- [MTV's Star of "Are You the One" Ryan Malaty Sees Love as a Spectrum](https://bandwagmag.com/2014/03/mtvs-star-of-are-you-the-one-ryan-malaty-sees-love-as-a-specturm/) - MTV has called him, “a quirky, playful guy with exotically hot looks,” saying, “His charisma and sweet demeanor are magnetic.” Ryan Malaty, who calls Greeley home now promotes himself and the Television show Are You the One around the state to earn a wage.
- [Wildermiss Carry Each Other All The Way](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/01/wildermiss-carry-way-2/) - Denver indie-pop group Wildermiss combine rhythmic, harmonic tension with the chart-tested power of hook repetition. Though first looks at synth-wielding front-woman Emma Cole may conjure pop stereotypes, look deeper. Wildermiss are a guitar band in the truest sense; evidenced by their debut EP Lost With You and their engaging live shows. The quartet won both
- [Album Review: False Report - Your Addiction Sleeps Tonight](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/01/album-review-false-report/) - Your Addiction Sleeps Tonight is the newest EP from Denver based pop-punk band False Report. The four-piece has steadily been putting out quality releases since they released Same Mistakes in 2016.
- [Album Review: Wildermiss - Lost With You](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/01/wildermiss-carry-way/) - Denver indie-pop group Wildermiss combine rhythmic, harmonic tension with the chart-tested power of hook repetition. Though first looks at synth-wielding front-woman Emma Cole may conjure pop stereotypes, don’t be fooled. Wildermiss are guitar rock kids at heart - Heart they carry through their debut EP Lost With You and their engaging live shows.
- [January 2018 - Silver & Gold](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/01/january-2018-silver-gold/) -  In This Issue: Silver & Gold | Demun Jones | Wildermiss | False Report | Ian Cooke | Vektroid | Danielle Luppi | Parquet Courts
- [Demun Jones - Listen to ‘Ya Speaker’](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/01/demun-jones-listen-ya-speaker/) - Jones County, Georgia musician Demun Jones is almost the last person you’d expect to draw musical inspiration from hardcore gangsta rappers N.W.A — but don’t judge a book by its cover. Jones has been rapping along to songs like “Fuck The Police” and “Straight Outta Compton” since the ‘90s.
- [Album Review: Vektroid - Seed & Synthetic Earth](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/01/album-review-vektroid-seed-synthetic-earth/) - Vaporwave is probably one of the most niche music genres in existence, as well as the only one that the Internet could claim as its own. Mostly found on Bandcamp, Vaporwave is a nostalgia-tinged, remix-heavy genre of ambient electronic music that sets out to recreate mall music/elevator music of the 1980s and 1990s. Its name is a take-off of Vaporware, a tech industry term for hardware that never really existed outside of tech demo and trade shows. And the most prominent artist of Vaporwave is Vektroid.
- [Album Review: Ian Cooke - The Flight I Flew](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/01/album-review-ian-cooke-flight-flew/) - Denver music scene icon/Greeley kid Ian Cooke leaves us with a night-sky full of memories after 15 years. The Flight I Flew is an homage to his 2007 debut The Fall I Fell which put him on the cello-based prog-folk map in Colorado. There’s a map for that, right? The new album, allegedly written under starlight exclusively, parallels the vastness of the cosmos with that of love lost and found, released upon Cooke’s end as a Colorado resident this fall.
- [Flaaaavor Flaaaaav!!  The Public Enemy Legend’s Next Chapter](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/01/flaaaavor-flaaaaav-public-enemy-legends-next-chapter/) - People tend to equate Flavor Flav with being the star of VH1’s now-defunct reality show Flavor Of Love. Every week, he’d floss his oversized clock while yelling his signature catchphrase, “Yeahhhhh boyyyeeee” at the top of his lungs. But there’s much more to the New York native. As a member of the legendary hip-hop group Public Enemy, he’s established himself as one of the best hype men in the music business. In fact, he essentially invented the role. Perhaps surprisingly to some, he’s also a self-taught musician who plays over a dozen instruments.
- [Silver & Gold - The Long Road Home](https://bandwagmag.com/2018/01/silver-gold-long-road-home/) - When Silver & Gold began five years ago in Greeley, Colorado, reaching the point where they were releasing material and actively touring was a distant dream. At the time, most of the band were students at the University of Northern Colorado and had the youthful exuberance of a group just beginning to get their feet
- [Gasoline Lollipops Dig Deep](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/12/gasoline-lollipops-dig-deep/) - Earlier this year, the Boulder area based band, Gasoline Lollipops, comprised of Clay Rose on guitar and vocals, Bradley Morse on standup bass, Adam Perry on drums, Donny Ambory on stratocaster, Jeb Bows on fiddle, and vocalist Alexandra Schwan, had their most legendary show to date -- playing on the Red Rocks Amphitheatre stage for Film on the Rocks.
- [Album Review: Giants & Pilgrims - The Joyous Mysteries](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/12/album-review-giants-pilgrims-joyous-mysteries/) - The best songs stand on their own. Shiny packaging can make for an attractive top 40 hit, holiday gift or Christmas cookie, but the ones that really resonate are the personal ones hand-made with love. Giants & Pilgrims’ The Joyous Mysteries sets out to give us such a gift, though not without some slick sonic tricks up its green sleeves.
- [Perry Farrell: Lifting The Veil](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/12/perry-farrell-lifting-veil/) - In the early ‘80s, New York native/lead singer Perry Farrell fled the concrete jungle for the sunny side of the United States and landed in California. He wanted to pursue his love for surfing and music concurrently. While living in his car and waiting tables in Los Angeles, he formed the short-lived band Psi Com,
- [December 2017 - The Burroughs](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/11/december-2017-burroughs/) - In This Issue: Jane's Addiction | Maddy O'Neal | This Broken Beat Michael Morrow & The Culprits | Modern Suspects
- [105.5 The Colorado Sound - Top Picks For Listening](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/12/105-5-colorado-sound-top-picks-listening/) - RON: Chris Daniels and The Kings with Freddi Gowdy What can you say about a 40-year friendship and waiting 30 years for a #1 album? That’s the short ‘behind the scenes’ description of the new Chris Daniels & The Kings with Freddi Gowdy album Blues With Horns. After the passing of his Freddi Henchi Band
- [Maddy O'Neal: Big Year, Bright Future](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/12/maddy-oneal-big-year-bright-future/) - For the last year, EDM artist Maddy O’Neal has been hitting the road hard. For this St. Louis native turned Denverite, it’s all been a dream come true as her music has taken her to some of the best venues in the world. With a relaxed, nuanced style of electronic music that is more about melody and rhythm than pushing cliches, it’s no wonder she is becoming one of the most sought-after artists in Colorado. We caught up with O’Neal mid-tour to discuss the industry, her music, and her goals for the new year.
- [The Burroughs Got To Feel](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/12/burroughs-got-feel/) - “I’m so proud of this, from top to bottom,” says Johnny Burroughs, vocalist and band leader of the Greeley soul band The Burroughs about their latest album, Got to Feel.
- [Album Review: Modern Suspects - II](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/12/album-review-modern-suspects-ii/) - II is, as the name suggests, the second EP from the Denver based synth-pop group Modern Suspects. Formerly known as Claymore Disco, the band updated their guitar driven sound for a more modern, synth based sound and moved from a four piece to a three piece. The five song EP is packed with tracks that make you want to get up and dance alongside tunes with more personal lyrical content.
- [Album Review: Michael Morrow & The Culprits - Raucous](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/12/album-review-michael-morrow-culprits-raucous/) - We have gotten some throwback/retro albums over the years at BandWagon from a lot of different genres, but one we never expected to get is a 1980s-style hair metal album. Michael Morrow & The Culprits’ Raucous is technically a debut album but Morrow had previously released a solo album, Bad Penny – which is very much an ‘80s metal album, bringing to mind Sammy Hagar more than Def Leppard. Raucous is relatively under-produced; it sounds like an unadorned three-piece rock-and-roll band with a distinctly ‘80s influence.
- [Album Review: this broken beat - What's On Your Mind?](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/12/album-review-broken-beat-whats-mind/) - Denver pop band this broken beat has been rising to the top for the last year since releasing their first single, “Sweat And Blood,” in 2016. What’s On Your Mind, their first album, showcases radio-ready songs, including “Sweat And Blood,” with some interesting artistic choices scattered throughout the album. While it is a solid record, this broken beat is still figuring out what their sound is.
- [The Maine, Night Riots, Dreamers @ Summit Music Hall – Denver](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/10/maine-night-riots-dreamers-summit-music-hall-denver/) - The Maine, Night Riots, and Dreamers at Summit Music Hall on October 28th 2017
- [Neyla Pekarek, Patrick Dethlefs @ Moxi Theater – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/11/neyla-pekarek-patrick-dethlefs-moxi-theater-greeley/) - Neyla Pekarek and Patrick Dethlefs at Moxi Theater on November 16th, 2017
- [Album Review: Melkbelly – Nothing Valley](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/11/album-review-melkbelly-nothing-valley/) - Melkbelly’s debut, full-length album Nothing Valley may be one of the most refreshing albums of the year. Spanning a multitude of genres such as noise rock, punk, jazz, doom, and psychedelia.
- [105.5 The Colorado Sound's Picks You Should Hear This Month](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/11/105-5-colorado-sounds-picks-hear-month/) - 105.5 The Colorado Sound's Picks You Should Hear This Month featuring Jade Jackson, Beck, Julien Lennon and Hiss Golden Messenger.
- [The National Parks Tell Their Story](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/11/national-parks-tell-story/) - Brady Parks, vocalist and songwriter of The National Parks, was drawn to folk music by the storytelling aspect of the genre. “There is something about telling a whole life story in a three minute song,” he said in a recent interview with BandWagon Magazine. It’s this love for folk music and conveying himself artistically that eventually led him to form The National Parks in 2013 and there was no turning back.
- [(hƏd) p.e.: Sustaining The Dream](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/11/həd-p-e-sustaining-dream/) - (hƏd) p.e. is a highly energetic, socio-political, in your face band that brings a sense of familiarity to their listeners. (hƏd) p.e. has shared lineups with bands like Black Sabbath, deftones, System of a Down, Skindred, Primus, Snot, Powerman 5000, Kottonmouth Kings and Tech N9ne just to name a few. Studio albums have been recorded from 1994 to 2016 scattered over four different record labels. The spirit of the band has evoved over the years, but the above-mentioned description stands the test of time. The one common denominator throughout the years has been their frontman Jhared. We caught up with (hƏd) p.e. to gain some more insight.
- [Something from Nothing: The Music District Presents ‘Hip Hop History Week’](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/11/something-nothing-music-district-presents-hip-hop-history-week/) - Although Fort Collins is often considered a creative hub of music and art, Hip Hop often gets underrepresented in the overall big picture. There are a few sporadic shows with artists like EPMD, Doomtree’s P.O.S. or Zion I, but for the most part, indie rock acts and folk music is more common in the Front Range-area. The Music District aims to change that with November’s week-long celebration of Hip Hop culture.
- [Album Review: Matthew Wilburn Skinner– Play For The King](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/11/album-review-matthew-wilburn-skinner-play-king/) - Matthew Wilburn Skinner makes up one-third of the band Tallgrass, picking up the banjo and guitar, playing the harmonica and contributing his raspy vocals to the band. Tallgrass managed to nab a spot on NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest as well as share a stage with former President Barack Obama. Skinner is a solo performer and earlier this year put out Play For The King, a perfect showcase for his Delta Blues/jazz style of playing.
- [Album Review: The Great Aerodome– Happy Birthday to Me, I Guess](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/11/album-review-great-aerodome-happy-birthday-guess/) - Genre-bending rockers, The Great Aerodrome knock it out of the park with their debut album Happy Birthday to Me, I Guess. The band is comprised of members: Justin Maul, Philip Sellabarger and Michael Ross, but they have a larger than life sound. Combining elements of punk, dance-rock and metal makes for a high energy album that is fun to listen to from start to finish.
- [November 2017 - The National Parks](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/11/november-2017-national-parks/) - In This Issue: (Hed) P.E. | FACE | The Great Aerodrome | Melkbelly | Matthew Wilburn Skinner | Hip Hop History Week
- [The War On Drugs Pay Tribute to Tom Petty](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/10/war-drugs-pays-tribute-tom-petty/) - Selling out two nights at the Ogden Theatre October 14th and 15th, The War On Drugs established themselves as a Colorado favorite. Playing material primarily from their new album A Deeper Understanding and crowd favorites from their 2014 album Lost in a Dream, The War On Drugs gave an impassioned performance that showed both the complexity of their sound and the simplicity of their arrangements that has made them so successful.
- [BandWagon Release: Bitter Suns - Surfin' With Scoob](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/10/bandwagon-release-bitter-suns-surfin-scoob/) - If anyone knows how to get weird in the Northern Colorado music scene for Halloween it's going to be the dudes from Bitter Suns. Staying true to themselves and the season, Bitter Suns released a new instrumental single called "Surfin' With Scoob", a fun and spooky horror surf rock tune inspired by doom metal and everyone's favorite monster hunting, crime solving dog.
- [Greeley Celebrates Dia de Los Muertos](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/10/greeley-celebrates-dia-de-los-muertos/) - To honor the memory of their deceased loved ones, the peoples of ancient mesoamérica (e.g., the Azteca, Tolteca, and Olmeca) held elaborate festivals and processions with music, dance, food, and flowers. Today, the tradition—known as Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead)—is continued by Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and the U.S. mainstream society as well. Celebrations take place on November 1st and 2nd.
- [Greeley Blues Jam @ Island Grove – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/06/greeley-blues-jam-island-grove-greeley/) - Greeley Blues Jam held at Island Grove in Greeley
- [Mayplay 2017 @ Downtown Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/04/mayplay-2017-downtown-greeley/) - Mayplay 2017 held in Downtown Greeley
- [Pandas & People Release New EP Out to Sea](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/10/pandas-people-release-new-ep-sea/) - Pandas & People’s debut album, Out to Sea, is good. And, frankly, it should be. Pandas & People have been together since 2013, putting out EPs and singles, opening for the likes of The Doobie Brothers and Twenty-One Pilots, and placing in the top three of 93.3’s “Hometown for the Holidays” twice over the last
- [Album Review: Pandas & People – Out to Sea](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/10/album-review-pandas-people-sea/) - Pandas & People’s debut album, Out To Sea, is good. And, frankly, it should be. Pandas & People have been together since 2013, putting out EP's and singles, opening for the likes of the Doobie Brothers and Twenty- One Pilots, and placing in the top three of 93.3‘s “Hometown for the Holidays” twice over the last couple years. Not bad for a folk/alternative band formed in Greeley only four years ago.
- [The Burroughs Premier New Video "Touch the Sky"](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/10/burroughs-premier-new-video-touch-sky/) - I hope you are ready because The Burroughs are back at it! Premiering their new video "Touch The Sky" in anticipation of their new album out January 9th, The Burroughs show why they are so good at what they do.
- [Silver & Gold and Valienta @ Marquis Theatre – Denver](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/06/silver-gold-valienta-marquis-theatre-denver/) - Silver & Gold and Valienta at the Marquis Theatre
- [Bad Suns, Hunny @ Boulder Theater – Boulder](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/06/bad-suns-hunny-boulder-theater-boulder/) - Bad Suns and Hunny at the Boulder Theater in Boulder.
- [BandWagon Records Showcase - My Body Sings Electric, Silver & Gold, Bryce Merritt @ Moxi Theater – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/09/bandwagon-records-showcase-mbse-silver-gold-bryce-merritt-copy-moxi-theater-greeley/) - BandWagon Records Showcase at the Moxi Theater featuring My Body Sings Electric, Silver & Gold, Bryce Merritt
- [The Block Party 2017 – Downtown Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/09/block-party-2017-downtown-greeley/) - 11th annual Greeley Block Party in Downtown Greeley
- [This Broken Beat, Valienta,Overslept, VYNYL @ Larimer Lounge – Denver](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/04/broken-beat-valientaoverslept-vynyl-larimer-lounge-denver/) - This Broken Beat, Valienta,Overslept, VYNYL at the Larimer Lounge in Denver
- [Judah & The Lion, Wilderado @ The Ogden Theater – Denver](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/04/judah-lion-wilderado-ogden-theater-denver/) - Judah & The Lion, Wilderado at The Ogden Theater in Denver
- [Shatterproof, Valienta, Bedford Falls, This Broken Beat @ Moxi Theater – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/04/shatterproof-valienta-bedford-falls-broken-beat-moxi-theater-greeley/) - Shatterproof, Valienta, Bedford Falls, This Broken Beat at the Moxi Theater in Greeley
- [Underoath @ 1st Bank Center – Broomfield](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/03/underoath-1st-bank-center-broomfield/) - Underoath at the 1st Bank Center in Broomfield
- [Poets & Wolves, One Flew West, The Fame Riot, The Unlikely Candidates @ Moxi Theater – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/03/poets-wolves-one-flew-west-fame-riot-unlikely-candidates-moxi-theater-greeley/) - Poets & Wolves, One Flew West, The Fame Riot, The Unlikely Candidates at the Moxi Theater in Greeley
- [Igaus Davis and The Collection @ Moxi Theater – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/03/igaus-davis-collection-moxi-theater-greeley/) - Igaus Davis and The Collection at the Moxi Theater in Greeley
- [This Broken Beat, The Fame Riot, The Unlikely Candidates @ The Black Sheep – Colorado Springs](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/03/broken-beat-fame-riot-unlikely-candidates-black-sheep-colorado-springs/) - This Broken Beat, The Fame Riot, The Unlikely Candidates The Black Sheep in Colorado Springs
- [STRFKR with Psychic Twin @ Moxi Theater – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/03/strfkr-psychic-twin-moxi-theater-greeley/) - STRFKR with Psychic Twin at the Moxi Theater in Greeley
- [Eisley, CIVILIAN, Backwards Dancer, Silver & Gold @ Moxi Theater – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/03/eisley-civilian-backwards-dancer-silver-gold-moxi-theater-greeley/) - Eisley, CIVILIAN, Backwards Dancer and Silver & Gold at the Moxi Theater in Greeley
- [Milky Chance @ Bluebird Theater – Denver](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/03/milky-chance-bluebird-theater-denver/) - Milky Chance at the Bluebird Theater in Denver
- [Reel Big Fish @ Aggie Theatre – Fort Collins](https://bandwagmag.com/2016/03/reel-big-fish-aggie-theatre/) - Photography by Ben Stivers
- [The Panoramic @ Moxi Theater – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2016/03/the-panoramic-moxi-theater/) - Photography by Ben Stivers
- [Trapt with Shatterproof @ Moxi Theater – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2016/03/15519/)
- [Badflower, In The Whale, Austin Young, this broken beat @ Moxi Theater – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/01/badflower-whale-austin-young-broken-beat-moxi-theater/) - Badflower, In The Whale, Austin Young, this broken beat ~ Live in Concert @ Moxi Theater on 1/6/17. Photos by Talia Lezama for BandWagon Magazine
- [Slow Caves and My Body Sings Electric @ Moxi Theater – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/03/slow-caves-body-sings-electric-moxi-theater-3-11-17/) - Slow Caves and My Body Sings Electric at the Moxi in Greeley.
- [this broken beat and Ian Mahan @ Moon Room – Denver](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/06/broken-beat-ian-mahan-moon-room-denver-6-23-17/) - this broken beat and Ian Mahan at the Moon Room in Denver.
- [Family and Faith Night featuring Toby Mac @ Greeley Stampede 2017](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/06/family-faith-night-featuring-toby-mac-greeley-stampede-2017/) - Family and Faith Night featuring TobyMac
- [Barenaked Ladies and Face Vocal Band @ Greeley Stampede 2017](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/06/barenaked-ladies-greeley-stampede-2017/) - Barenaked Ladies at the Greeley Stampede
- [ARISE Music Festival 2017 – Loveland](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/07/arise-music-festival-2017/) - Arise 2017 Photos of Rising Appalachia, Brother Ali, Sunsquabi, Fractal Tribe (dancers), Jeff Austin Band
- [David Cook @ Moxi Theater – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/08/david-cook-moxi-theater/) - David Cook at the Moxi Theater in Greeley, August 18th, 2017
- [Rooney and Run River North @ Moxi Theater – Greeley](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/07/rooney-run-river-north-moxi-greeley-7-22-17/) - Rooney and Run River North at the Moxi in Greeley.
- [Multicultural Festival Shines Light on Greeley's Diversity](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/10/multicultural-festival-shines-light-greeleys-diversity/) - As the time goes by, the fabric of Greeley is changing. With over 65 languages spoken in Weld County’s school district alone, it is clear that our beautiful city is growing, being woven into a colorful, unique tapestry. Realizing this, community members decided it was time to celebrate this diversity on a local level and partnered with the Downtown Development Authority to create the 2017 Greeley Multicultural Festival.
- [Gasoline Lollipops and The Artistic Vision of 'Soul Mine'](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/10/gasoline-lollipops-artistic-vision-soul-mine/) - The Boulder-based folk/punk/alt-country outfit Gasoline Lollipops launches a successful Kickstarter campaign to complete their new album, Soul Mine, back in July, resulting in their first vinyl release. We quizzed drummer Adam Perry about the creation of Soul Mine, the Kickstarter campaign and releasing their first vinyl record.
- [ITS JUST BUGS。](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/10/its-just-bugs。/) - Its Just Bugs。 are one of the most outrageous bands to ever win the BandWagon Battle of the Bands. Entering as the underdogs, no one saw them coming as they swept the whole thing, winning the cover of this magazine and taking home the $1,000 prize. Essentially a hip-hop band, Its Just Bugs。 mixes elements of hardcore, electronic, and comedy into an honest and insanely original wrapped package. Made up of MCs Patrick Richardson and Alex Koutsoukos, Noel Billups on keys, Tyler Sanderson on drums, and Jack Jordan on bass, Its Just Bugs。 has found themselves resonating with audiences. We spoke with Richardson and Koutsoukos about winning the battle of the bands and the answers weren’t quite what we thought they would be.
- [Gleemer– Meticulously Curated](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/10/gleemer-meticulously-curated/) - With the dreamy, shoegaze Fort Collins band's newest record on the way, songwriter, frontman and engineer Corey Coffman reflects on conviction in inspiration, friendships, and the writing and engineering process behind new album Anymore.
- [BADBADNOTGOOD](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/10/badbadnotgood/) - Canadian Jazz collective BADBADNOTGOOD is currently comprised of four dudes— Matthew Tavares, Chester Hansen, Alexander Sowinski and Leland Whitty. Since emerging in 2010, they’ve inched their way towards notoriety with albums like 2011’s BBNG and the aptly titled BBNG2, which they released in 2012.
- [105.5 The Colorado Sound's Top Picks You Should Hear This Month](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/10/105-5-colorado-sounds-top-picks-hear-month/) - 105.5 The Colorado Sound's Top Picks for October featuring Nick Lowe, The National, Deer Tick and Tyler Childers.
- [Album Review: Get Along– Let My People Go](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/10/album-review-get-along-let-people-go/) - Get Along is a husband and wife indie-pop duo made up of Nicholas and Cara Yañez, who just released their diverse EP, Let My People Go. They may be a two piece but they don’t let that limit them in the studio as their arrangements are bold and ambitious. Their songs range from upbeat, danceable synth-pop to orchestral ballads and everything in between.
- [Album Review: Protomartyr– Relatives in Descent](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/10/album-review-protomartyr-relatives-descent/) - Relatives in Descent, Protomartyr’s third full-length record reads like an existential crisis, full of the bitterness and anger we have come to expect from their style of post punk. Anxiety and frustration rides high on this record, and brings with it a tension that gives their sound form. At the front of it all is vocalist Joe Casey, who’s mumbled crooning is delivered like the venomous philosophies of a drunk and angry step dad.
- [BandWagon Magazine - October 2017](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/09/bandwagaon-magazine-october-2017/) - In This Issue: Badbadnotgood | Gleemer | Pandas & People Gasoline Lollipops | Protomartyr | Get Along
- [Album Review: She-Devils – Self Titled](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/09/album-review-devils-self-titled/) - The self-titled debut from Montreal-based rock band She-Devils possesses a fresh eccentric edge and is a well put together album as far as composition, songwriting and singing is concerned.
- [Album Review: Attack On Venus – XO](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/09/album-review-attack-venus-xo/) - Attack on Venus is your local pissed off galactic explorers. With the release of the album XO they explore new territory. XO is a fairly short release that focuses on bringing you along their journey. If you have listened to Attack on Venus live it is very much a sonic exploration, however this EP directs you more towards structure and catchy hooks with an occasion sonic bloom.
- [Album Review: Ian Mahan – Rockford](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/09/album-review-ian-mahan-rockford/) - Ian Mahan, based out of Denver, says he blends together pop, blues, folk, “and old-time entertainment,” and his latest album, Rockford, particularly leans toward an acoustic indie/pop blend with gentle, relaxing lyrics. The album could be called sweet, or in less generous terms, sappy. But for an independent singer-songwriter, Rockford is a good step forward.
- [Album Review: Victim Culture – Self-Titled](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/09/album-review-victim-culture-self-titled/) - Back in April, Denver-based hardcore band, Victim Culture, released their debut, self-titled album. Coming in at eight songs and a breezy 23 minutes, the album packs a heavy, but swift punch from start to finish. Comprised of Zack Hill on guitar and vocals, Connor Hampton on vocals and bass, and Noah Shockley on drums, the band’s sound is rooted heavily in punk. They have a raw but defined sound, blending together melodicism with dissonant, angular guitar riffs.
- [In The Whale – Not Their First Rodeo](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/09/whale-not-first-rodeo/) - For Nate Valdez and Eric Reilly of the two-piece rock band In The Whale, the last seven years has been a wild ride on the slow burn to success. From their humble beginnings in the early days of the Greeley music scene to their grind touring at a national level, In The Whale has evolved both sonically and professionally.
- [Thundercat Comes Into His Own](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/09/thundercat-comes-into-own/) - “As long as I don’t start murdering people are robbing banks in the name of Thundercat, I’m good,” Stephen Bruner says regarding his fixation with the ‘80s action figures and cartoon series. “I kind of had a creepier fascination with it when I was younger. It scared my parents a bit. My mom had to be careful and pay attention because if she didn’t, she would turn around and I would seriously be worshiping the toys. I’m sure eating the cat food, staring at the toys and not really playing with them would scare anybody though [laughs].”
- [Don't Always Believe What You See: Brotha Lynch Hung](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/09/dont-always-believe-see-brotha-lynch-hung/) - Infamous for his tendencies towards dark, twisted rap tales, or what many call “horrorcore,” Sacramento native Brotha Lynch Hung (real name Kevin Mann) has established himself as an inimitable force in the business. Since stepping out with the 24 Deep EP in 1993, he’s continually pumped out solo albums, only taking a hiatus between 2003‘s Lynch by Inch: Suicide Note and 2009’s The Gas Station Mixtape Volume One. Admittedly, he was not exactly sure what he was going to do during that period of his life.
- [105.5 The Colorado Sound's Top Picks](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/09/105-5-colorado-sounds-top-picks/) - 105.5 The Colorado Sound shares its picks for the albums you should be listening to.
- [September 2017 - In The Whale](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/09/september-2017-whale/) - In This Issue: Thundercat | Brotha Lynch Hung | Ian Mahan | Attack On Venus | Victim Culture | Whitehorse | Dan Auerbach
- [June 2017 - Southern Avenue](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/06/june-2017-southern-avenue/) - In This Issue: Southern Avenue | Corey Feldman | Twiztid | Samantha Fish | Walter Trout | My Blue Sky | Inner Oceans | Scarlet Canary
- [August 2017 - Atmosphere](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/08/august-2017-atmosphere/) - In This Issue: Atmosphere | Josh Blue | Bryce Merritt | Foxxes | Bad Ass Freaks | Leslie Tom | FOCO Music Scene
- [Atmosphere: Freeing the Ego](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/08/atmosphere-freeing-ego/) - Roughly one year ago, Atmosphere released its most personal album to date – Fishing Blues. MC Sean “Slug” Daley rapped about fatherhood and marriage, or what he calls #DadRap, ad producer Anthony “Ant” Davis got a new creative burst after putting down the Budweiser and cigarettes. In particular, Daley appeared to present a new, more mature side and seemingly shed the once overbearing ego that was often so prevalent on older albums like 2002’s God Loves Ugly.
- [Josh Blue– Can't Knock Me Down](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/08/josh-blue-cant-knock/) - Life as a stand-up comedian is not easy, just ask Josh Blue. Winner of the fourth season of Last Comic Standing, this Denver resident made a name for himself for his unapologetic candor regarding his cerebral palsy. His national success has made him an important figure in the Denver comedy scene where he’s maintained a strong presence over the years. His success has also attracted the attention of some unsavory characters and recently during his show in St. Paul, Minnesota, he was assaulted in the bathroom of the venue. We got the chance to speak with Blue about the assault and his life as a Denver comic.
- [Fort Collins Is a Thriving Music Hub](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/08/fort-collins-thriving-music-hub/) - Fort Collins, Colorado is a collaborative, non-competitive, startup music city without a big ego. This is a city built for musicians by musicians. For over ten years, musicians laid the groundwork for the next golden era of “musicprenuers“ by constructing an ecosystem built on encouragement, support, and empowerment. This shifts the paradigm and disrupts the music industry systems of the past.
- [Album Review: Bryce Merritt: Chroma II](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/08/album-review-bryce-merritt-chroma-ii/) - Last November, we spoke to Oklahoma native Bryce Merritt, a singer-songwriter and YouTuber, who had released his first album CHROMA I at the time. Growing up, Merritt had thought only country music existed since that’s all his parents listened to in the car, and began to write country songs. Upon getting his own car and picking his own stations, he discovered Motown and other genres which pushed his songwriting into a Pop direction. Merritt’s follow-up, CHROMA II, is a continuation into pop music, but it’s still a really good album.
- [New on 94.3 The X: 'Songs You Need To Hear'](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/08/new-94-3-x-songs-need-hear-7/) - New from Royal Blood, Cage The Elephant, Lorde, Foo Fighters and Dirty Heads.
- [Album Review: Leslie Tom– Self-Titled EP](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/08/album-review-leslie-tom-self-titled-ep/) - Hailing from Denver, traditional country music songstress Leslie Tom spent a few years traveling around the country, opening for the likes of Josh Turner and sharing the stage with Jeff Bates and Lee Roy Parnell.
- [Album Review: Foxxes– Self-Titled](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/08/album-review-foxxes-self-titled/) - Denver-based quartet, Foxxes, make their debut with this nine-track, self-titled lo-fi album with a nice DIY vibe to it. It keeps a consistent sound throughout, bringing in elements of garage rock, psychedelic pop and indie rock. The first track “Patterns and Sequences” is a mid-tempo tune that has a ‘90s alternative feel to it. The song opens up with big whole note guitar chords before singer Chris Felbush’s washed out vocals float along on top.
- [Album Review: Bad Ass Freaks– Neighbors](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/08/album-review-bad-ass-freaks-neighbors/) - Bad Ass Freaks’ debut record showcases the joys that come from late night jams with close friends and the musical relationship between Yamirah Gercke, a one-time University of Northern Colorado music student, and her father Lenjes Robinson.
- [July 2017 - Lettuce / Rooney](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/07/july-2017/) - IN THIS ISSUE: LETTUCE | | ROONEY | BARENAKED LADIES | BRENT COWLES | COCO MONTOYA | INFINITE CONSCIOUS | ARCADE FIRE | BARNES COURTNEY
- [Talkin' Shop with Rooney](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/07/talkin-shop-rooney/) - Rooney is a band you know you’ve heard. The commercial success of songs like “Don’t Let Your Heart Go Missing” and “I’m Shakin” made them a part of the high school experience for many young people growing up in the early and mid-2000s. What many casual listeners don’t know, bandleader Robert Schwartzman is also an accomplished filmmaker. In 2016, he released his directorial debut Dreamland at the Tribeca Film Festival while almost at the same time releasing Washed Away, Rooney’s first full-length album in six years. We spoke with Schwartzman about his incredible life as an artist.
- [Lettuce: Erick “Jesus” Coomes Could Be Your Best Friend](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/07/lettuce-erick-jesus-coomes-best-friend/) - Bassist for the funk band Lettuce and accomplished studio musician Erick “Jesus” Coomes earned a degree from the prestigious Berklee College of Music in the mid-90s. Over the past couple of decades, he’s honed his craft to become one of the most prolific bass players out there. His brother, producer Tycoon, has multiple platinum hits and works with some of the most successful people in the industry, including Ron Fair, Diane Warren and Dr. Dre. Coupled with their musician father, who essentially came up with “Jesus music,” it’s truly a family affair.
- [New on 94.3 The X: ‘Songs You Need To Hear’](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/07/new-94-3-x-songs-need-hear-6/) - New music from Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Arcade Fire, Blink-182, The Unlikely Candidates and Barns Courtney.
- [Album Review: Infinite Conscious – Trials and Tribulations](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/07/album-review-infinite-conscious-trials-tribulations/) - Sludgy thrash is the best way to describe the contrasting and somewhat ironic style that Infinite Conscious brings to the table on their latest EP Trials and Tribulations. This style alone really shows the internal conflict that is explored throughout the EP. Starting the tracklist is “Passed Over and Done” which is a sledgehammer of emotion. Starting with a slow almost anthem-like guitar line, the song starts the album with a trudging drone and increases with intensity over time.
- [Album Review: Coco Montoya – Hard Truth](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/07/album-review-coco-montoya-hard-truth/) - Coco Montoya’s latest album Hard Truth demonstrates the 65-year-old Stratocaster singer’s ability to play and sing the blues. Montoya certainly holds his own with the blues community and has a storied resume. He even used to play with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, filling a spot once occupied by Eric Clapton and Peter Green.
- [Album Review: Brent Cowles – Cold Times](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/07/album-review-brent-cowles-cold-times/) - After transitioning from leading You, Me, and Apollo and opening for big names like The Lumineers, Brent Cowles has released his first solo EP titled Cold Times. With contemporary musical inspirations like Nathaniel Rateliff, he quickly learned that going solo doesn’t mean hanging up the electric guitar.
- [Album Review: Inner Oceans – I Don't Mind](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/06/album-review-inner-oceans-dont-mind/) - I Don't Mind is the first proper full-length album from synth pop Inner Oceans. Upon first listen you'll most likely think, “Wait this band is from Denver???” Originally yes, but they just recently made the big move to Los Angeles. Coming in at five members, the band packs a huge punch with their own brand of stadium ready, psychedelic, synth pop. Amid the state's craft beer-centric, bluegrass, rock, funk, and EDM saturated music scene, there is a lot of great pop music and artists that often get overlooked. The band delivers a sound that is almost too big for Colorado to contain.
- [If He Had A Million Dollars: Barenaked Ladies’ Ed Roberston Would Be Doing The Same Thing](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/06/million-dollars-barenaked-ladies-ed-roberston-thing/) - By now, most people have heard of the Barenaked Ladies — the ‘90s alternative band responsible for the Billboard Hot 100 hit “One Week” and songs like “If I Had $1000000.” Established in 1988 by Steven Page and Ed Robertson, the Canadian group never intentionally set out to use its band name as what eventually became a clever marketing tool. It just kind of…happened.
- [Southern Avenue, The Burroughs, Walter Trout, Samantha Fish @ Greeley Blues Jam 2017](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/06/southern-avenue-burroughs-walter-trout-samantha-fish-greeley-blues-jam-2017/) - Southern Avenue, The Burroughs, Walter Trout, Samantha Fish ~ Live in concert @ Greeley Blues Jam 6/13/17. Photographer by Peary Schroeder for BandWagon Magazine
- [Not Your Grandfather's "Cardiac Arrest"](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/06/not-grandfathers-cardiac-arrest/) - Los Angeles based Band Suns entered 2017 with style. With the release of their second album Disappear Here, they proved they weren’t just a flash in the pan. Their first album Language & Perspective made them a household name, but it is Disappear Here where we see Bad Suns expanding their sound. Full of the pop hooks and lush vocals long time fans have loved, Bad Suns are at their best.
- [Blues Jam 2017 Spotlight: Southern Avenue, Samantha Fish, and more](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/06/blues-jam-2017-spotlight-southern-avenue-band-samantha-fish/) - 2017 Greeley Blues Jam Spotlight featuring Southern Avenue Band, Samantha Fish, My Blue Sky and Walter Trout.
- [Twiztid: Behind the Masks](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/06/twiztid-behind-masks/) - Still riding high from his performance in Baltimore the night before, Twiztid MC Monoxide Child (real name Paul Methric) is admittedly anxious about the second show. The Detroit native was pleasantly surprised by how well the first show of The Psychomania Tour went despite the group adding several new tracks to the set list.
- [Corey Feldman & The Angels: Standing By Them](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/06/corey-feldman-angels-standing/) - When illustrious ‘80s actor Corey Feldman emerged with his recent musical project, Corey & the Angels, many people were left scratching their heads. They couldn't seem to understand how the long time thespian’s passion for music could transcend any insecurity he was apparently supposed to feel. After his now infamous Today Show performance video went viral and drew harsh criticism, he retreated from the public eye for a while, which if you know Feldman, is completely understandable. The Los Angeles native, by all accounts, is one of the most congenial “celebrities” out there.
- [New on 94.3 The X: 'Songs You Need To Hear'](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/06/new-94-3-x-songs-need-hear-5/) - New on 94.3 The X this month: Tash Sultana, Paramore, Saint Motel, Dream Car and Foster The People.
- [Album Review: Scarlet Canary– Perspective](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/06/album-review-scarlet-canary-perspective/) - Scarlet Canary’s new EP Perspective fits the band name very well, showing with this wild songbird can do. The album is a mishmash of heavy rock and' roll riffs combined with elegant vocals. The tracks have an interesting dynamic of party-starting vibes and determined vocals. The album follows a loose concept around perspective, starting with the track “I'll Be Okay,” which is a very energetic way to begin the record. Touching on the emotion of a broken heart, what led to it, and the outlook afterward, it fits the theme well. This song is a great example of the many catchy hooks that litter the album.
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- [Album Review: Montoneros – Good Bones](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/05/album-review-montoneros-good-bones/) - Good Bones is the latest release from Denver-based, math rock band Montoneros. The self-proclaimed ”Mile High Twinklers” effortlessly combine intricate guitar riffs with catchy pop melodies that makes for an accessible sound that musicians and casual listeners can both enjoy.
- [Album Review: Kris Lager Band – Rise and Shine](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/04/album-review-kris-lager-band-rise-shine/) - Rise and Shine is another big step forward for the Kris Lager Band and offered fans a satisfying place to return to. This album proves they really know how to deliver solid blues and rock tunes, but it’s some of the funk and R&B tracks that don't quite add up. I get it, they want to explore some different tunes and create something unique, but KLB fans know what they want and it's the blues.
- [Album Review: Pie Lombardi/Little Lights – Split EP](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/05/album-review-pie-lombardilittle-lights-split-ep/) - The split EP by Pie Lombardi and Little Lights molds a certain beauty to a modern-day folk sound. It’s not just the graceful vocals produced by both Lombardi and Devon Hildebrandt, but the energy in their sound.
- [BandWagon Hot Pick: Fenech-Soler](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/05/bandwagon-hot-pick-fenech-soler/) - Fenech-Soler at the Moxi Theater in Greeley. Monday, May 5th at 8pm.
- [New on 94.3 The X: 'Songs You Need to Hear This Month'](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/05/new-94-3-x-songs-need-hear-month-5/) - New on 94.3 The X from The 1975, Bleachers, LP, K.Flay and Night Riots.
- [April 2017 - Devin The Dude](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/04/april-2017-devin-dude/) - In This Issue: Devin The Dude | Tech N9ne | Peelander Z | Bones Muhroni | Kris Lager Band | Civilian | SWMRS | Weezer | Portugal.The Man | Lorde
- [The Unlikely Candidates – Bed of Liars EP](https://bandwagmag.com/2017/03/unlikely-candidates-bed-liars-ep/) - The Unlikely Candidates new EP Bed of Liars arrives in style. The EP is an elegant alternative sound that has plenty of fans tuning in. Steering away from their previous, acoustically dominant EP Follow My Feet, Bed of Liars delivers a powerful performance that fully utilizes Kyle Morris’ electric and wide-ranging vocals.
- [Album Review: A Place To Bury Strangers – Transfixation](https://bandwagmag.com/2015/06/album-review-place-bury-strangers-transfixation/) - After some much needed down time the trio reformed with a new and refreshed outlook on the project and proceeded to lay down the most raucous addition to their discography yet. On February 17th, APTBS released their new album, a perfect representation of why we need pop music and all its predictability. Transfixation exists, if only as a measuring post against the aural insanity that is Transfixation.

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