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ReviewsAlbum Review: safekeeper – On Sludge SummitBoiled 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.Laura Giagos · Dec 13, 2018PremieresAlbum Premiere: Anthony Ruptak – A Place That Never ChangesIn 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.comBandWagon Magazine · Dec 7, 2018PremieresSingle Premiere: Chess At 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.BandWagon Magazine · Nov 29, 2018105.5 The Colorado Sound's Featured Artists105.5 The Colorado Sound: Top Picks You Should Hear – November, 2018Kurt 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.BandWagon Magazine · Nov 18, 2018ReviewsAlbum Review: Bryce Merritt – CHROMA: IIIFreshly 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.Jed Murphy · Nov 9, 2018105.5 The Colorado Sound's Featured Artists105.5 The Colorado Sound – Top Picks You Should Hear In JulyLake 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.BandWagon Magazine · Jul 1, 2018105.5 The Colorado Sound's Featured Artists105.5 The Colorado Sound – Picks for 2018Get 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.BandWagon Magazine · Jan 1, 2018New on 94.3 The XNew on 94.3 The X: ‘Songs You Need To Hear’New from Royal Blood, Cage The Elephant, Lorde, Foo Fighters and Dirty Heads.Shelby Taylor-Thorn · Aug 1, 2017FeaturesNew on 94.3 The X: ‘Songs You Need To Hear’New music from Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Arcade Fire, Blink-182, The Unlikely Candidates and Barns Courtney.Shelby Taylor-Thorn · Jul 5, 2017FeaturesNew on 94.3 The X: ‘Songs You Need to Hear This Month’New on 94.3 The X from The 1975, Bleachers, LP, K.Flay and Night Riots.Shelby Taylor-Thorn · May 1, 2017New on 94.3 The XNew on 94.3 The X: ‘Songs You Need to Hear’New on 94.3 The X this month from Portugal. The Man, Lorde, SWMRS, Weezer and The OrwellsShelby Taylor-Thorn · Apr 3, 2017New on 94.3 The XNew on 94.3 The X– ‘Songs You Need to Hear’New music from The Heydaze, COIN, Sundara Karma, Cold War Kids and Missio.Shelby Taylor-Thorn · Mar 1, 2017New on 94.3 The XNew on 94.3 The X: Songs You Need To HearNew this month from Bastille, Cage the Elephant, Love Thy Brother, The Shins and Sigma.Shelby Taylor-Thorn · Feb 1, 2017New on 94.3 The XNew on 94.3 The X– ‘Songs You Need To Hear’New songs from Night Riots, Young the Giant, Dirty Heads, Twenty One Pilots, and The Wind + The Wave.BandWagon Magazine · Jan 9, 2017New on 94.3 The XNew on 94.3 The X: Songs You Need To Hear This MonthDreamers – Sweet Disaster For anyone who dresses like The Rolling Stones, and dances like the Talking Heads while listening to some ‘young Ramones,’ you and I have a lot in…Shelby Taylor-Thorn · Sep 8, 2016MusicTop Tunes Thursday: Will Butler — PolicyAs the year comes to a close, all us music geeks can finally start openly discussing the “best of” lists that have been taking up valuable storage in our brains.Clark Lamson · Dec 3, 2015MusicTop Tunes Thursday: Khruangbin — The Universe Smiles Upon YouWhile I find the majority of instrumentals have a regional style, not always glaring, but almost always present. L.A. jazz, Delta Blues, the sample heavy style of production prevalent in the East coast, generally speaking there’s something you can grab on to. Khruangbin plays like a musical atlas, sending fiery frets to Japan, then Brazil, and back over to Africa. The eighth track, cheekily titled “The Man Who Took My Sunglasses,” almost creates the illusion of needing them. Blinding sun beams reflect off polished surfboards and sparkling fret boards, cutting through swirling cigarette smoke on its way. Four tracks earlier, guitarist Mark Speer cools the jets to a low roar, infusing in its exhaust at first a wiff of the Far East, then an utterly American crashing collapse of guitar, amp, and kit.Clark Lamson · Nov 19, 2015MusicTop Tunes Thursday: Coldplay — Adventure Of A LifetimeThe track is joyful in a resurgent kind of way. Driving leads and a surprisingly groovy rhythm for a pop band (let alone a pop band of such drear and atmosphere) cloud your mind like the smoke from a caterpillar’s hookah. It’s relentless and irresistibly toe tapping. Jam packed into their wooing, if not predictable, brand of pop are notes of Earth Wind & Fire, Phoenix, and fretwork from U2’s The Edge as well as modern pop titans, like Pharell, Justin Timberlake, and Daft Punk, especially the latter, considering their recent poppy-funky love affair. I feel the song chip away at winter’s frost, and as frontman Chris Martin heralds chorus after chorus of “I feel alive again!” I can’t help but agree.Clark Lamson · Nov 12, 2015MusicTop Tunes Thursday: Alabama Shakes — JoeStylistically, the track actually falls nicely between the two records, meshing cozy Southern hospitality with smoldering soul. The tune kicks off slow, enchant us with us a gated chrous across shiny pickups. Not long thereafter, the incomparable Brittany Howard welcomes herself to the track. At this point, it borders on the clichéd to talk about the thundering soul machine that are the pipes of Brittany Howard, but the vocal, as is typical for most Alabama Shakes content, truly is the star of the show. Murphy works the crowd like melted ropes of taffy, jumping from croon to croan at the pluck of a string. It’s a joy to listen to her work, and the crowd feels the same.Clark Lamson · Nov 5, 2015MusicTop Tunes Thursday: Fuzz — IITy Segal’s Fuzz looks to dustier paragons of noise like Sabbath, Wolfmother, The Hives and The Eagles of Death Metal and says “we’ll take it from here.” The sounds born within the mildewed and crawling horror swamp that is Segal’s musical brain can only be truly appreciated in the context of honestly curious rock exploration. When you’re talking about pushing the guitar to its structural and audial limits, about reaching to the very corners of our musical expectations and poking a finger over the line, Ty Segall is the only one we millennials can claim for our own. Like the artful goofballs of old (Bowie, Reed) Segall is relentlessly catapulting himself from project to project, with no love lost in between.Clark Lamson · Oct 29, 2015