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FeaturesJoe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers: Music for the SoulJoe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers create music that feels like a celebration of life itself.Rowen Clark · Oct 15, 2024

FeaturesHunter James & The Titanic: The Ghost Inside Searching for Solace“What a lovely surprise to discover how unlonely being alone can be.” With these words, American treasure Ellen Burstyn sums up a lesson many of us spend a lifetime learning.Landon Ungerman · Jul 17, 2024

Featuresclementine: Growing Up PunkOrganic Beginnings A young alternative rock band is making waves in the Rockies, with black Sharpie X’s on their hands, handed out by security bouncers at venues across the state.Landon Ungerman · Jun 27, 2024

Concert PhotosFlobots @ Moxi Theater | 11 Year Anniversary ShowColorado legends, Flobots, have been friends of the Moxi Theater since it’s opening 11 years ago, and they returned to celebrate it’s 11 year anniversary on April 27th, 2024.Taylor Lyons-Benner · Apr 30, 2024

ReviewsSelfish Health (Toxic Pain) by Shanghai Metro Temple | Single ReviewWhen someone close to you is constantly in crisis, you can spend all of your energy on that person without even realizing it.Gabe Allen · Mar 11, 2024

FeaturesThe Legend of Danno SimpsonAs 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.Gabe Allen · Feb 6, 2024

Concert PhotosUnderseer WINS The 2023 BandWagon Magazine Battle of The BandsAfter 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…Jason Alfaro · Dec 21, 2023

FeaturesAn Interview with Emerging Artist, COLLURIn the heart of Colorado’s music scene, COLLUR, an alternative artist and college student, has been making noise with his genre-defying sound.BandWagon Magazine · Nov 20, 2023

FeaturesOvira is on a Mission to Spread Intergalactic LoveFighting 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.Nate Wilde · Nov 15, 2023

FeaturesThe Greeley Block Party Unveils its Lineup for FREE Upcoming Music FestivalSchool 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!Landon Ungerman · Sep 5, 2023

ReviewsPRBLMS by NOT A TOY – Album ReviewNOT 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, NOTLandon Ungerman · Aug 21, 2023

FeaturesBen Chapman: The Trail to and from NashvilleThe 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.Landon Ungerman · Aug 8, 2023

MusicThe Burroughs – Honey Imastar Album ReviewThe Burroughs Don’t Settle For Singles In Their Second Full-Length AlbumValerie Vampola · Jun 2, 2023

EditorialsLindsey Jordan Doesn’t Want To Write Sad Songs— At Least Not Right NowSnail Mail’s bandleader on love, existential dread and losing her voiceGabe Allen · Apr 17, 2023

FeaturesThe Bones of J.R. Jones: Desert Rhythms and Dancing Through the BluesJ.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.”Gabe Allen · Jul 14, 2022

MusicAlbum Review: Pathos & Logos – CultWhen 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…Nate Wilde · Jul 13, 2022

105.5 The Colorado Sound's Featured ArtistsJen Korte: 105.5 The Colorado Sound’s Featured ArtistJen KorteKevin Johnston · Jun 21, 2022

FeaturesHow The Arcadian Wild was Loved Into BeingThe 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.Gabe Allen · Jun 9, 2022

MusicAlbum Review: Companion – Second Day of SpringFort 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.Valerie Vampola · Jun 8, 2022

FeaturesPolyrhythmics and the Definition of VibeWhen 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.”Dan England · May 31, 2022