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FeaturesTalkin’ Shop with RooneyRooney 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.Jed Murphy · Jul 5, 2017

Five men crowd around a green pool table in a brick-walled room, mugging for the camera with a can and a cue ball.

MusicAlbum Review: Bones Muhroni– GroundedFor the first time going into the recording process, Crew Reinstra found himself the principal songwriter for Bones Muhroni.Jed Murphy · Apr 3, 2017

Album cover drawing of pale blue faces floating among wavy brown hair, reading Shady Elders and Inside Voices.

MusicAlbum Review: Shady Elders–Inside VoicesInside Voices is the debut, full-length album from the Denver based quartet, Shady Elders.Noel Billups · Mar 1, 2017

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MusicAlbum Review: STRFKR–Being No One, Going NowhereSTRFKR’s fourth album Being No One, Going Nowhere is named after Ayya Khema’s popular book on meditation.Apryl Carnahan · Mar 1, 2017

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FeaturesBadflower: Behaving Like AnimalsFormed in Los Angeles in 2013, blossoming indie rock group Badflower is comprised of lead vocalist/guitarist Josh Katz, lead guitarist Joey Morrow, drummer/percussionist Anthony Sonetti, and bassist Alex Espiritu.Kyle Eustice · Dec 5, 2016

A couple stands hand in hand in a room covered with black-and-white hand-painted murals of an owl and symbols.

FeaturesArtist Profile: Wesley Sam-BruceThe best part of Greeley-based visual artist Wesley Sam-Bruce’s work is it’s clear he goes all the way with an idea.Jed Murphy · Aug 2, 2016

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FeaturesSpiritual Fitness: Tribal Seeds Works It Out With ReggaeGrowing up in San Diego, California made it easy to fall in love with reggae.Kyle Eustice · Apr 13, 2015