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Parquet Courts: Post-punk for now people

L. Kent Wolgamott — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0600

by L. Kent Wolgamott Ask Austin Brown who Parquet Courts listened to when putting together its taut, twitchy punk rock, and he gives a nonchalant response. "It's all the usual suspects, all the great records that everyone seems to like," says the guitarist.…

Anberlin gets a new lease on life

Chris Parker — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0600

The Florida alt-rockers figure out what matters most by Chris Parker When you start out rattling the basement walls with your friends, there are no expectations beyond a gig, beer, and maybe some girls. But if you're good, that can change quickly, and it's a challenge not to lose your head in the whiplash.…

VIDEO: Emotional crowds gather to thank firefighters

Craig Lemley — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:18:27 -0600

As the sun set on Saturday, the fifth day of the Black Forest Fire, a tragic time became a joyous occasion in front of Pine Creek High School. People lined the intersection with American flags, signs, banners and noisemakers to show their gratitude to the first responders, something that many firefighters had never seen before.…

VIDEO: CSFD saving a house in Black Forest Fire

Bryce Crawford — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:42:00 -0600

Another post showed the heroics of the militarily minded, air-based firefighting personnel. Now come the ground troops from the Colorado Springs Fire Department.…

VIDEO: Fighting the Black Forest Fire

Bryce Crawford — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:56:00 -0600

The military, and more specifically the U.S. Northern Command public-affairs office, is taking video from a variety of mostly first-person viewpoints and releasing them copyright-free to the public. They're very, very cool, with viewpoints shot from the Chinook helicopters dropping water from their Bambi Buckets; USAFA firefighters cutting lines, and a variety of other efforts.…

Meat Locker chefs show respect for the whole beast

Bryce Crawford — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Charcuterie by Bryce Crawford Filling sausage casings is harder than it looks, and if you watch some dumb Indy journo who nearly ruined the first batch ever made in Ivywild School do it, it looks impossible. Luckily, better hands are at work.…

A neighborhood full of food, beer and art at Ivywild

Matthew Schniper — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0600

The big picture by Matthew Schniper 'I'm late! I'm late!…

Bristol Brewing goes all in

Bryce Crawford — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Craft beer by Bryce Crawford Laughing Lab Scottish Ale has won more medals at the Great American Beer Festival than any other Colorado beer. But when the inspiration for the name passed away in 2010 — Camden, a 16-year-old yellow Labrador retriever — it wasn't all the acquired hardware that drew dozens to the couple's neighborhood brewery in support.…

Get paddled inside The Principal's Office

Matthew Schniper — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Booze and beans by Matthew Schniper 'You have been naughty ... report to the Principal's Office." So reads the menu at the Ivywild School's other drink spot, the one for serious coffee, smart cocktails and respectable wines — all drinkables that aren't Bristol beer down the way.…

Old School Bakery brings a twisted transcendence

Matthew Schniper — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Baked goods by Matthew Schniper Alicia Prescott has given me a chef's coat and rolling pin and set me to work over a flour-dusted cutting board, pressing a mound of pastry dough that's been patiently resting for two days in a fridge. Inside a restaurant menu-like trifold, which creates "little layers of goodness" that keep the dough from drying out, the Blue Star's executive pastry chef has already spread cinnamon-sugar.…

Be part of the ReMINDers video shoot

Bill Forman — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:14:00 -0600

A tip for local hip-hop fans: If you’re going up to the big city this Saturday, here’s your chance for a cameo in the ReMINDers’ next video.

Colorado Springs’ favorite hip-hop duo — as chosen by last year’s Indy Music Awards voters — will be shooting a clip for “If You Didn’t Know” in Denver beginning at 10 a.m.

The street performance will be filmed on the Barnes and Noble block of the 16th Street outdoor mall.…

Springs embraces CD revolution

Bill Forman — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:57:00 -0600

The decline of the record industry may or may not be real, but the death of the compact disc is definitely being exaggerated. How else to explain the avalanche of shiny plastic discs being released here in town?

At the Black Sheep tonight, instrumental band Autumn Creatures will share the stage with Knight in Colors and Mobdividual, all of whom are celebrating brand new CDs.…

Willy Moon lifts off

Chris Parker — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0600

With an assist from Apple, the New Zealander's 'Yeah Yeah' rockets to success by Chris Parker There's a fine line between homage and expropriation, and Willy Moon is fast erasing it. The 24-year-old New Zealand native first garnered attention with "Yeah Yeah," which went viral last fall after its placement in an iPod Touch ad.…

They Might Be Giants widen their niche

Alan Sculley — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Flansburgh and Linnell move the mainstream in their own direction by Alan Sculley Precious few bands survive nearly as long as They Might Be Giants. What's even more amazing is that John Flansburgh and John Linnell — whose recently released Nanobots is the 16th album of a more than 30-year creative partnership — still sound as fresh and creative as ever.…

Inelements CD preview!

Bill Forman — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:24:00 -0600

“There’s a couple of ‘Fuck, yeah!’ moments where everything just really worked on this record,” says Inelements’ Eric Madrid in the “sneak peek” video below. “When the guitar parts start crossing, it just comes in and it’ll make you cry.”

Colorado Springs most eclectic hard rock band will be unleashing its new EP next month, and celebrating with a CD release show at the Black Sheep on July 13.…

Blues run the game: Gina Sicilia earns the right to sing her favorite music

Chris Parker — Wed, 29 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

by Chris Parker Although she'd been singing since childhood and writing songs since her tweens, it wasn't until Gina Sicilia saw Susan Tedeschi open up for B.B. King that she discovered her own destiny. "I remember leaving the show and I told my mom, 'This is what I want to do, exactly what she's doing,'" says Sicilia of her Tedeschi-inspired epiphany.…

Marilyn Manson's random acts of weirdness

L. Kent Wolgamott — Wed, 29 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

The antichrist superstar transitions from tabloids to tour bus by L. Kent Wolgamott Marilyn Manson doesn't want to be shocking. In fact, he feels that's impossible.…

Foals' paradise

Tom Lanham — Wed, 29 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

The post-punk throwbacks search for something archaic and pure by Tom Lanham Yannis Philippakis was just 5 when he and his mother moved from the Greek island of Karpathos to England. Still, the Foals front man often returns there to find peace of mind — or, as he did most recently, to compose music; in this case, for his band's third studio album, Holy Fire.…

The American Cheese Racer triumphs abroad

Matthew Schniper — Mon, 27 May 2013 10:41:00 -0600

American Kenny Rackers proved he’s crackers as he beat other daredevils who hurled themselves down a hill in the name of English tradition.

The army veteran stole first place at the annual cheese rolling competition at Coopers Hill, Gloucestershire, today in a race to the bottom.

And that's the big news, as told here by the UK publication Mirror.…

MeadowGrass kicking into gear

Bill Forman — Fri, 24 May 2013 17:28:00 -0600

The gods of weather are smiling down upon the promoters of MeadowGrass, the three-day music fest that kicked off earlier today. If you still haven’t worked out which artists you’re planning to see, scroll down for the performance schedule below.…

Gasland Part II lights up UCCS crowd

Matthew Schniper — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:44:00 -0600

Filmmaker Josh Fox, propelled into fracking fame with Gasland, screened a pre-HBO preview of Gasland Part II at UCCS last night. (Editor's note: See our May 22 cover story on Fox's latest film here.)

Though Gasland Part II premiered at Tribeca Film Festival on April 21, last night's showing, as part of the Grassroots Tour, was only the seventh for the film — a rare treat for Colorado Springs audiences.…

Recalling a past public-safety sham, Josh Fox returns to the fracking fracas

Matthew Schniper — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

Contami-Nation by Matthew Schniper Of all things flammable in the wide world, tap water shouldn't be one of them. At least that's the consensus — call it crazy — among environmentalists and fracking foes, for whom the phenomena, supposedly brought on by nearby hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas extraction, has grown into quite a powerful symbol.…

Todd Snider trips the life fantastic

Chris Parker — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

The folk-punk-hippie troubadour gets by with a little help from his drugs by Chris Parker In some ways, closing night MeadowGrass festival headliner Todd Snider is the living embodiment of Richard Linklater's film, Slacker. While a football player at his Beaverton, Ore., high school, Snider literally turned on, tuned in, and dropped out after sampling some psychedelic mushrooms.…

The ballad of Anais Mitchell

Loring Wirbel — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:00:00 -0600

The MeadowGrass fest artist on the future of Hadestown and the virtues of the past by Loring Wirbel In less than 10 years, Anais Mitchell has launched a traditional folk-music career, diverted to an operatic retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, and released a heartfelt album-long ode to her father. This weekend, she appears at MeadowGrass with former Colorado resident Jefferson Hamer, promoting Child Ballads, a new album devoted to the work of a 19th-century curator of traditional folk tunes.…

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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