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Album release show marathon begins tonight

Bill Forman — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:44:25 -0600

The weekend is upon us, and with it three worthy CD release shows from local artists.

Tonight, local hip-hop collective Bullhead*ded is celebrating the release of its long-awaited debut album, 4Play, at the Black Sheep.…

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Joey Diamond lives the dream

Bill Forman — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:05:46 -0600

Good news: Joey Diamond is coming to Colorado Springs!

Now if that sentence didn't trigger an endorphin rush, it may well be that you don’t belong to a certain demographic, the same one that’s hormonally predisposed to worship Justin Bieber.…
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Guthrie, Helm and Croce set for local summer shows

Bill Forman — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:57:18 -0600

Granted, Colorado Springs doesn’t always get the best-known musicians coming through, but we’ll soon be getting a lot of their offspring. In a genuinely odd coincidence, at least three of them have been booked so far to perform here this summer.…
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MeadowGrass benefit Wednesday, plus Son Volt surprise

Bill Forman — Tue, 07 May 2013 12:15:34 -0600

Memorial Day weekend is just around the corner, and with it, the MeadowGrass Music Festival.

Tomorrow evening, you’ll be able to get a small preview of things to come, while also lending support to help pay for the musical acts who’ll be performing at the three-day fest.…
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Fun with electronica, skin-whiteners and death cults

Bill Forman — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:41:36 -0600

Assuming you haven’t been completely put off by viral marketing campaigns like Dove’s genuinely offensive “Real Beauty” ads — hey, there’s nothing like taking body-image advice from a company that sells skin-bleaching products in India — then you might want to check out the decidedly quirky campaign currently being run by Boards of Canada.

Actually, if there are any hardcore electronic music fans on your Facebook timeline, you probably have already seen their obsessive posts this week about “BOC,” which normal people would assume stands for Blue Oyster Cult.…
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Blues Under the Bridge unveils 2013 lineup

Bill Forman — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:37:00 -0600

In our recent cover story on music promoters (“Backstage Confidential,” March 27), Blues Under the Bridge promoter Amy Whitesell talked about her favorite headliner since the local festival started up six years ago. And that would of course be Koko Taylor, the legendary “Queen of the Blues” who co-headlined the 2008 festival and would pass away the following year.…
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Concert update: Free outdoor Cassie Taylor show

Bill Forman — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:38:00 -0600

So we just got word of a free outdoor show with Cassie Taylor this Saturday evening, and with predictions of clear skies and high 60s throughout the weekend*, that's gonna be pretty hard to pass up.

For those who aren't familiar, Cassie is the daughter of blues legend Otis Taylor, and as you'll hear below, a powerful singer and guitarist in her own right.…
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Amendment 64 goes bluegrass with Bear Scat Mountain

Bryce Crawford — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:53:00 -0600

There's a full-on revolution in Colorado music, driven by last November's passage of Amendment 64. OK, actually maybe there's just been a handful of songs, but that's still more than Amendment 65 has generated.…
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Record Store Day performances

Bill Forman — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:58:00 -0600

Since its founding in 2007, Record Store Day has helped music retail outlets, what’s left of them, recapture an era in which they were an indispensable part of our cultural landscape. Each year has seen an increase in the number and quality of special-edition vinyl releases, often packaged with exclusive collectibles ranging from shirts to lunch boxes.…
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Telluride Jazz Fest announces 2013 schedule

Bill Forman — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:25:00 -0600

While most of the country’s bigger festival lineups have been announced, here’s one more you’ll want to know about.

The lineup for this year’s Telluride Jazz Fest, which runs from August 2-4, will feature “Guest of Honor” Dr. Lonnie Smith and his trio.…
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Outside Lands reveals lineup, Coachella lives on

Bill Forman — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:06:00 -0600

If you missed this weekend’s Coachella Festival, either in person or streaming, you can still go to YouTube to watch full sets by the likes of Blur, Stone Roses, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Jurassic 5, Of Monsters and Men, the XX, Tame Impala, and Passion Pit.

But for those who prefer to focus on the future, San Francisco’s Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival just announced its 2013 lineup this morning.…
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Show alert: A Windchime's 7" celebration

Bill Forman — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:07:00 -0600

Still making plans for this coming Friday? Then definitely consider catching Desirae Garcia’s record release concert at the Loft.…
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The man can't bust our music

Bill Forman — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:31:00 -0600

As the local promoters who gathered together for last week's Indy cover story pointed out, putting on house shows can be the gateway drug that leads to becoming a club or concert promoter. Of course, there can be obstacles along the way, like visits from the police due to noise complaints or vans being set on fire.…
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The three-city open mic challenge!

Bill Forman — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:07:00 -0600

Here’s a unique challenge for all of our guitar-strumming readers who want to get maximum exposure this evening.

Chauncy Crandall has begun hosting a Thursday night open mic at the Blue Moose Tavern, which recently rose from the ashes of the Silver Tongue Devil in Green Mountain Falls.…
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Michelle Shocked breaks silence, Telluride joins wave of cancellations

Bill Forman — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:04:31 -0600

“Truth is leading to a painful confrontation,” predicted Michelle Shocked on Twitter following her controversial San Francisco show Sunday evening. During the musician’s subsequent two-day silence, press and public speculation ran high as to why the born-again folksinger reportedly turned her set into a platform for criticizing gay marriage.…
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The Michelle Shocked controversy's hidden past

Bill Forman — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:25:11 -0600

The controversy suddenly surrounding Michelle Shocked may seem to have come out of nowhere, but a look at past incidents suggests a pattern of ongoing insensitivities toward minority issues.

For anyone who hasn't yet heard about it, the once-celebrated alternative folksinger's profile has dramatically risen in the wake of anti-gay remarks reportedly made at a San Francisco performance on Sunday.…
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St. Patrick's concert preview: Local Natives, English Beat

Bill Forman — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:57:25 -0600

St. Patrick’s celebrations are always pretty special, and Rawkus is definitely rising to the occasion this weekend.

On Saturday, Colorado Springs' new venue on the block will be hosting the English Beat, hot on the heels of the seminal ska-pop revivalists’ five-CD retrospective.…
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Video: Mike Clark & Sugar Sounds' Chapel Session

Bill Forman — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:02:00 -0600

In this week’s Reverb, we interview Fuel/Friends blogger Heather Browne and Changing Colors musician Conor Bourgal about their Chapel Sessions, the intimate recording project they began two years ago this month.

One of the earliest sessions featured recent Grammy darlings the Lumineers.…
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New pope releases first music video

Bill Forman — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:10:54 -0600

You’ve no doubt heard that the Vatican has just named its 266th pontiff, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina, who’ll be going by the name Francis.

But what’s been lost in the media frenzy is the fact that the new pope has also released his first music video.…
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ReMinders to play world’s largest indie-rap fest

Bill Forman — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:29:02 -0700

We’ve already blogged, with varying levels of excitement, about the lineups for this summer’s Coachella and Bonnaroo festivals. Sadly, no Colorado Springs artists are performing at those events — nor, for that matter, at the SXSW festival that's going on next week.…
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Carly Rae Jepsen exits Boy Scouts, joins Nine Inch Nails

Bill Forman — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:25:44 -0700

Just when you thought it was safe to sing at the Boy Scouts of America’s 2013 National Scouting Jamboree, along comes a petition with 62,000 signatures saying it’s not a good idea.

The petition was launched by Derek Nance, an Eagle Scout and former Boy Scout Camp leader, and directed toward Carly Rae Jepsen, a massive pop star.…
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Questlove memoir on the way

Bill Forman — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:47:47 -0700

Musician biographies and memoirs are kind of a crapshoot. For every Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper, the universe demands that there be an equal and opposite Ice By Ice: The Vanilla Ice Story in his Own Words.

That said, I’m pretty optimistic about the email I got this morning from Questlove's publicist saying that he's got a memoir called Mo’ Meta Blues coming out this summer.…
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Primus bringing full-immersion spectacle to City Auditorium

Bill Forman — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:35:34 -0700

So what are you doing this Friday morning? If you’re a Primus fan, you’ll be lined up outside a Ticketmaster outlet or feverishly clicking on its website when tickets for the band’s May 16 concert at Colorado Springs' City Auditorium go on sale at 10 a.m.…
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Bonnaroo unveils impressive 2013 lineup

Bill Forman — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:16:53 -0700

So if, like many, you were underwhelmed by this year's Coachella lineup, the newly announced Bonnaroo roster should cheer you right up.

From Wu-Tang to Wilco, Alt-J to Amadou & Miriam, and Paul McCartney to Pretty Lights, the Manchester, Tenn.-based festival has outdone its California cousin in a big way this year.…
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Postal Service, Fun. and Zac Brown Band among first wave of Red Rocks acts

Bill Forman — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:35:02 -0700

Red Rocks Amphitheatre has released its initial 2013 bookings, which includes a three-night run by the Zac Brown Band, two nights of Avett Brothers, and other familiar faces like Slightly Stoopid, Sting, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, and a reprise of DeVotchKa with the Colorado Symphony.

More recently hyped acts like Fun.…
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