Denver Funk Pop Band Hand Turkey Reaches A New Level On Fridge Art Vol. 2′
Following the band’s victory in BandWagon’s Battle of the Bands in the spring, Hand Turkey is set to release another album this month, celebrating with a release show at Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox in Denver on August 15. Funk pop fusion outfit Hand Turkey brings groove-centric, high-energy recordings and performances. The seven-piece ensemble just won BandWagon’s […]
Deth Rali – The Fall of Neon Review
Denver goth outfit Deth Rali’s latest full-length album, The Fall of Neon, walks a fine line between scratching the itch for the genre and discomfort. Soaked in the darkwave synths and chorused-out guitar that became iconic in the ’80s, while clad in black lipstick and white face paint, Deth Rali checks all the gothic boxes. […]
Hooked From the First Bar: The Dirty Turkeys’ “Under Your Spell” Lives Up to Its Name
There are songs that ask for your attention, and then there are songs that just take it. “Under Your Spell,” the new single from Boulder’s The Dirty Turkeys, firmly belongs to the latter category. I’ll be honest: I’ve been following this band for a while now, and getting this track early felt less like a […]
Red Dirt Is Coming to Colorado. The Logan Ryan Band Is Leading the Charge.
As history has shown time and again, dramatic shifts from the mainstream are inevitable. Alternative rock pushed hair metal off the top of the mountain in the early 1990s, gangster rap overtook bubblegum hip hop and R&B around the same time, and disco met its unceremonious end in the late 1970s. All are notable chapters […]
Intern to Alpha: Celebrating 10 Years of Khary’s Intern Aquarium
A decade after the his breakout project, Khary is finding peace, touring DIY, and gearing up for his next major release: Alpha Male Podcast We are all keeping an eye on gas prices. But for an independent artist on a DIY tour, when the number at the same station jumps from $3.60 to $4.40 inside […]
Aubrey Dale’s Firewood Burns Slow and Bright
Colorado has never had a shortage of artists trying to split the difference between country tradition and something newer. Aubrey Dale actually pulls it off. Her debut full-length, Fireweed, lands somewhere between classic traditions and a production sensibility that doesn’t feel beholden to Nashville. It’s a record that earns your attention quietly, and keeps it. […]
Violet Wild Digs Deep on “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 […]
Carti Ferrari Set to Release New Album, You’ll Burn Your Eyes Out
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 […]