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ALBUM REVIEWS

PANAMA ALWAYS EP

CHRIS SHERIDAN

BandWagon Magazine As electronic music continues to fill the market, it’s becoming easier with each new act to separate the wheat from the chaff. A tragically high number of up-and-coming electronic/alternative acts are either forgettable or just plain boring. Thankfully, Panama not only avoids mediocrity, but races forward with memorable energy. Far more than merely passable, the Always EP is just a great piece of alternative music.

Panama boasts a well-rounded, satisfying sound that expertly blends several different ideas. Opening track “Always” throws pounding keys and hand claps during the chorus with a mild synth undercurrent as multiple voices join together for the main hook. It’s the best kind of electronic track; simultaneously exciting and soothing, pressing all of the right buttons in the brain. It’s incredibly catchy and worth the price of admission alone.

No two tracks are the same in the first half of the album. Panama isn’t afraid to be daring with their style. Right after the initial driving anthemic “Always”, “Destroyer” is much more electronicheavy and relaxing. And while Panama clearly shows off how good they are with the excitement of “Always”, they refuse to settle into that comfort zone and instead

make something quite different with each track. Even the haunting vocals of that second track are somewhat different from what comes before.

And of course, the album would be remiss without at least one appearance of electronica’s current staple seasoning, the saxophone solo. “Strange Feeling” utilizes the trendy addition quite well, letting the instrument slip in towards the end of the song and burn away energy to trail off in a distinctly soothing, Dan Bejar-esque way. The lyrics of “How We Feel” bounce along in perfect rhythm to the music. It’s all just so airtight, produced and mixed with meticulous care.

The second half of the album is mostly remix-focused, with no fewer than two additional versions of title track “Always” as well as some other cuts.

Remixes can be tricky, either chopping up the original version so badly it’s nearly unrecognizable, or doing so little that the new version barely pays the rent on the album. The remixes on Always mostly do it right. The first “Always” remix (Classixxx) is a great twist that shuns the piano for a more bass-centric, Cut Copyflavored version that works quite well even if it doesn’t match that anthemic high of the original.

The second “Always” remix (Wave Racer), however, is a nearly-disastrous cut that twists the vocals to Chipmunk levels and uses bass drops and repetitive, hyper-recycled samples. It’s the one

misstep in an album that otherwise blows the electronic scene out of the water. The Cosmos Midnight Remix of “Destroyer” is interesting for its strange parallel works to something you might expect to see from a Childish Gambino album—not a criticism by any stretch of the imagination.

While never derivative, there are pieces of Always that feel stylistically similar to other current electronic artists. This is by no means a bad thing, as it gives the album a chameleon-like feel, consistently changing and getting a different feel with each new cut while feeling like the same beast overall. It is by turns soothing and invigorating, a wonderfully dancy album that feels like it works best during a rainy afternoon or a midnight drive.

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BandWagon Magazine northern colorado’s arts & entertainment AUGUST 2014 TWIN PEAKS WILD ONION

CHRIS SHERIDAN

BandWagon Magazine To dismiss Twin Peaks simply because they share a name with an old television show beloved by some and forgotten by others would be a mistake. Indeed, the Chicago quartet is rudimentary at face value, but the second the disc starts spinning they reveal their true colors as something much more exciting and special.

Their newest LP, Wild Onion, is an entertaining piece that keeps things relatively grounded to huge success.

Right out of the gate, Wild Onion is just straight-up fun. Album opener “I Found a New Way” is immediately endearing for its apparent Iggy Pop influences. Track titles and lyrics are delightfully bizarre and nonsensical, from “Strawberry Smoothie” to “Making Breakfast”, which is musically one of the absolute best tracks on the album.

There are a lot of memorable stuff here; Twin Peaks have the endangered ability to craft tantalizing, catchy riffs and scratch the itch for that earlycollege-years garage rock. It’s lazy without feeling lackadaisical, simple without being stripped down. There’s an endearing sort of relaxed quality to the music, despite the catchy energy.

It’s difficult bordering on impossible to cherry pick the best tracks to talk about on Wild Onion; they’re nearly all fantastic, and even the weaker tracks like “Flavor” have such a cheerful exuberance that dismissing them almost instills guilt. These four Chicagoans have been playing

together since high school, and since their original show for an audience of three people they’ve been saluting and subverting the musical stylings of classic artists ranging from The Beatles to The Pixies.

A third of the way through the release, “Strange World” is an odd little track that plays like an intermission between the wilder parts of the album, but picks up again with a more energetic, fuzzy second half. Three tracks later, “Stranger World” follows along the same lines but adds a terrific saxophone solo as the centerpiece. It’s mostly the exact same music, but that sax dominates the entire 75 seconds of the track. Once again, it breaks the album up quite well and gives the release as a whole some necessary structure.

“Ordinary People” is truly something special, however. Ditching most of the heavier guitar found on the rest of the album, this track takes their swimmy vibe and pushes it to 11 for a completely psychedelic and delightful three and a half minutes, ending with a perfect coda. Granted, an entire album of this might be too much, so a single song is like unexpectedly getting to the delicious core of a piece of candy.

God forbid, if forced to choose other choice cuts from the consistently solid album include the memorable riffing of “Good Lovin’” even as the lyrics continue to make little to no damn sense (to their credit), or the more elaborate vocalization and guitar work of “Mirror of Time”. Beneath the fun, there are layers of darkness as the album serves as a way for the members to confront the challenges of growing

up faster than expected, and the insecurities that we all went through in our early twenties. Their angst is our gain, with those insecurities being channeled into one of 2014’s best albums.

Wild Onion is the perfect soundtrack to the epic battle between a sweltering summer day and a barely-sufficient air conditioner.

This is a warm, exciting album that’s memorable in how straightforward it is. The way it manages to be both gently fun and packed with verve is incredibly satisfying. As simplistic as some of these elements are, the release gets more and more eclectic as it goes on, adding instruments here and there or slightly tweaking the style so as not to go stale. Yet, these 20-somethings never let the machine get too big or take control. That’s impressive enough on its own, because with Wild Onion, these boys from Chicago have assembled one hell of a machine indeed.

BEAR IN HEAVEN

TIME IS OVER ONE DAY OLD MATT HUTCHESON BandWagon Magazine

Formed in 2003, Bear in Heaven have been releasing contemplative, psychedelic synth music since before (and now quite a while after) such a sound stumbled its way into the zeitgeist. Up to this point the highlight of their career is probably 2009‘s Beast Rest Forth Mouth, a dark, spiraling collection of mind-bending synth-pop.

With Time Is Only One Day Old, Bear in Heaven seek to improve their sound while also leading the listener down a stranger, more introspective path, and it’s difficult to listen to this ten-song collection without thinking they have succeeded.

This is an album seemingly designed to deny catchphrases and avoid easy placement, remaining subtle and tightly paced throughout its length while never quite going where one expects. Songs like “If I Were to Lie” and “Demon” are positively danceable, revealing the album’s roots in improvisation while also serving as stark musical counterpoint to the relatively anxious lyrics.

The idea of time is prevalent if only to force the narrative and the listener

outside of it, as there is no central location or linear path to locate oneself on the album. Saying the songs ‘blend’ may have negative connotations, but they certainly possess an ethereal, boundless quality that is far more conducive to start-to-end listening.

This seems appropriate to an album so concerned with internal narrative and thought, illustrated by songs like “If I Were to Lie”, which at the beginning asks what Camus called the essential philosophical question, “Suicide or stay alive/you’re looking at the pieces”.

This is not to say Time Is Over One Day Old is a difficult or depressing listen, but it does require the listener allow themselves to be enveloped and to give into the subtleties it has to offer.

Speaking to vocalist/multiinstrumentalist Jon Philpot, the band is concerned foremost with offering a potentially transformative, encompassing experience for the listener. Asked about the inspiration for the album, Philpot said the album derives from personal and existential problems he and the band were facing during its making, stating “there was a lot of shifting and realization going on. It’s just life, it’s good and bad.” The album certainly reflects and explores

this uncertainty but always reminds us, to the very end, that “I don’t need the world/you don’t need the world”.

The lyrical honesty and unflinching yet subtle relentlessness of the music makes what could have been a mildly interesting psych-synth album into a minor artistic triumph for Bear in Heaven, showing clear signs of a growing maturity and ability to form a more cohesive artistic statement than many of their peers. Philpot said near the end of our interview, “If I could give someone an epiphany, then man, I would say (Bear in Heaven) have succeeded.”

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CHRIS SHERIDAN

BandWagon Magazine The 1920s saw the inception of a movement called German expressionism, which utilized the limitations of black and white videography for more striking use of lighting, set design and camera movements for a surreal, unsettling and fantastical aesthetic. Classic thrillers Nosferatu and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, both of which make frequent rounds through university film courses, are prime examples of expressionism. Film noir and certain classes of horror are also considered subgenres of the movement, and though it mostly died out a few decades after it began, expressionism can still be seen in more modern films such as the Alex Proyas thriller The Crow or Tim Burton’s Batman and Edward Scissorhands.

Before those, however, a relatively new director named Charles Laughton watched the early expressionist films and saw in them the perfect aesthetic

for his film. The Night of the Hunter is perhaps chiefly notable for its striking expressionistic style. Based on a true crime novel of the same name, the film follows two children on the run from a criminal posing as a reverend named Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum), who seeks dirty money left to the children by their father before his arrest. The children take refuge with an older woman named Rachel (Lillian Gish) who shelters the orphaned children as Powell tracks them across the countryside. The film is deeply bleak, opening with the arrest of the children’s father and wasting little time before the cruel Powell marries and then murders their mother Willa (his motus operandi), then psychologically tortures the children before pursuing them relentlessly across the countryside.

The finale outside Rachel’s home couldn’t be a more clear-cut battle between good and evil.

The film is steeped in Christian themes, or perhaps most directly, in

American ones. It opens with Rachel reading Scripture to a group of children, and much of Powell’s dialogue involves Scripture quotes or conversations with God, juxtaposed with his clear sexual insecurities and painted against the Great Depression. There’s also surprising attention given to the psychology of the children, John and Pearl. John is devastated from the very start at seeing his father arrested (something that is mirrored later in the film), though almost immediately becomes the father figure.

Pearl is as innocent and fragile as they come.

Laughton proves to be not only a natural at expressionism, but a full-blown tour de force. Well after the renaissance of color film, Laughton wisely chose to return to black and white film stock, and the film is littered with some of the most striking imagery in cinema. Aggressive contrast, liberal use of silhouettes, and small callbacks to other horror films are all over the place, but the most

powerful aesthetic sequence in the film comes just past the halfway point, right after the children escape from Powell in a boat on the river. Pearl begins to sing, and as her haunting voice fills the night, we see images of the fauna lining the riverbank—frogs, rabbits, even a spiderweb—mournfully watching the children. Visually, the film is almost unparalleled in its time.

However, it may be Robert Mitchum that is the film’s finest asset.

Mitchum’s performance of Powell is truly terrifying, and with Laughton’s direction, is revelatory: frequent onesided conversations with God, quoting scripture, and most chillingly, singing the old hymn “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms” as he nears the children. His initial approach to the town is heralded by smash cuts of Powell’s train, black against the dusk sky, weaved into a conversation between the doomed Willa (Shelly Winters) and her friend. In a character beat that later influenced the

brass knuckles on Radio Raheem from Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, Powell has the words “HATE” and “LOVE” tattooed across the knuckles on each hand. Powell’s quick turns of anger, almost comical evil and thinly veiled insecurities make for one of the most memorable villainous performances in cinema.

Sadly, the film’s quality was never fully realized at the time of release, and it failed to make waves with audiences or critics. As a result, this remains director Charles Laughton’s only film. After over half a century, it enjoys stronger popularity, with multiple appearances on Top lists, Empire’s 71st Greatest Movie of All Time, a release in the coveted Criterion Collection, and a permanent home in the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry. It has influenced directors from David Lynch, to the Coen Brothers, to Rob Zombie. Praise for Laughton’s masterpiece is long overdue, but absolutely deserved.

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WHENSDAY CREATORS TALK OF A RE-RELEASE, A DVD RELEASE AUGUST 9TH, FUTURE FILMS FROM NO COAST ARTISTS

JAY WALLACE

BandWagon Magazine Last fall, No Coast Artists, an offshoot of The Lyric Cinema Café in Fort Collins, released Whensday, their sci-fi tinged love-letter to Fort Collins. The story of a mysterious, magical bicycle that’s being chased after a bumbling documentarian and a billionaire bike maker, it was absolutely charming film that wore its love of Northern Colorado on its sleeve.

When BandWagon Magazine interviewed the film’s four directors (Doug Usher, Andrew Schneider, Ben Mozer and Tomas Herrera) last fall, Mozer said there were plans for a theatrical rerelease for the film in 2014 after the group took a break, including a DVD release. Well, Saturday, August 9, is the release date for Whensday’s DVD. Those interested in special features, take note: Schneider said they recorded a director’s commentary for the DVD. Kind of.

“I wouldn’t call it Director’s Commentary as much as ‘Drinking with the Directors’,” Usher said. “I’m not sure how much commentary actually takes place. Mostly us just talking to each other while the movie plays in the background (and we get steadily more intoxicated).”

Schneider also said they made a music video “from a scene we believe is one of our audience’s favorite moments.” He also added that they are not printing a large run on BluRay but said that anybody

who wants one should contact No Coast Artists ahead of the release and that they will accommodate as many BluRays as time allows. The group will also be releasing the movie online for download.

During the original release last fall, the four directos talked of banding together some of the other independent movie theaters in Colorado to create a specific market of Colorado-based films.

Both Schneider and Usher confirmed that’s still the plan.

“That is more or less the direction we are headed,” Schneider said. “Whensday gave us a lot of opportunities to learn from cinemas around the state and really start to chart out our priorities for fostering our own work and a better developed Colorado cinema ecosystem around us.

“The folks who came together to make Whensday and several other makers in Fort Collins are busier than ever before and doing great work. That is priority number one to me personally building things right in Fort Collins and identifying what elements can be scaled to help other communities. As a producer, it’s great to see Lyric Cinema Cafe ready to grow into a larger space that will better support their commitment to presenting vital cinema from Colorado and around the world. As a cinema goer, I think we could all get behind a third screen and expanded kitchen.”

Usher also said that No Coast Artists has lots of stuff in development at the moment.

“Some short films, a couple of serial pieces and a few different features are all bouncing around,” Usher said. “One thing I think we really learned from Whensday was that we want to make sure whatever we do next has a bit more planning and prep behind it. Whensday was a fun, unique experience, but I don’t think any of us want to make another movie that takes a full year of shooting to accomplish.

So right now, its all about planning so when we do go into production on some things, we can make sure to accomplish them efficiently.”

The four directors in the past have also said they’re looking for scripts and ideas for future projects, as well as help on their projects.

“By no means does a person have to have a script to get involved with No Coast,” both Usher and Schneider said. “It takes all kinds of people to make a movie happen. If people are interested in joining a crew or developing a project, they can get in touch through our page at http:// www.facebook.com/NoCoastArtists.

If they’re anti-Facebook, we have a contact form on our website, http:// nocoastartists.com/contact-us. If they’re anti-internet, then we can often be found at The Lyric Cinema.”

Again, those interested in a DVD or digital download of Whensday can find more information at http:// nocoastartists.com. The DVD comes out August 9.

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shares the heart of rock n’ roll

ROSE HEDBERG

BandWagon Magazine Sha Na Na, the doo-wop band who began their successful career in the 1969 performance of Woodstock, is touring through Northern Colorado for the 1st Annual Rocky Mountain Rock n’ Roll Sing-Along Festival 45 years after their magical beginning.

The band started as an a cappella group at Columbia University. In the summer of ‘69 they decided to give the competitive musical scene of New York a shot. It was only their 8th musical gig when they impressed their peers at a downtown nightclub and landed the biggest live performance of their career.

Jocko Marcellino, one of the singers and songwriters of the group, shared the memory. “Jimi Hendrix came down to a nightclub and saw us. Then he got the promoters of Woodstock down, so we’re very grateful to Jimi Hendrix. That night we were booked, we were booked for Woodstock.’’

Marcellino and the young college group were assigned to play for the festival in Bethel, New York.

They waited all weekend, through the rain with patience as bigger names in music kept showing up and taking their place on the lineup ahead of them.

“They said ‘Jimi we’re going to

put you on to close the festival’ and Hendrix said, ‘Well that isn’t fair for these other acts that hung around,’ there were 3-4 that hadn’t played.

So we finally went on second to last before Jimi Hendrix as the sun came up on Monday morning.’’

Playing in front of 50,000 people for the start of their career was more than any band could ask for. But their media projects had only begun when Woodstock the documentary chose their band for a 90 second clip in the film.

“We were definitely fish out of water,’’ Marcellino said in reference to their sound against the trending music at the time. “But we were so entertaining, especially for that median, they left us in (the documentary). We were getting standing ovations in theaters. So it was pretty extraordinary stuff.’’

The band managed to begin a musical revival of ‘50s Rock that at the time was still recent history.

Growing up through the beginning of Rock n’ Roll in the ‘50s they were able to maintain the importance of where it all started.

“We were the neoclassicists, playing the roots of Rock ‘n Roll which everybody knew and loved.’’

After the documentary they had an opportunity to create 97

episodes of the ShaNa Na TV Show that went on to air for eight years including worldwide syndication, sometimes five nights a week, for what Marcellino said was better than a hit record.

The show was compiled of musical skits and guest starred names like Ethel Merman and James Brown. The publicity made the band a household name but their role in Grease is what holds their identity among the public today.

Grease was first released in 1978 making over eight million in sales its first weekend, two million over their estimated budget. The romantic musical stars John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, two unlikely high school lovers.

Since ‘78 the film has been made in to a Broadway musical and re-released for a 20th and 30th anniversary. The success of the film lead to a sequel in the ‘80s and multiple spin-offs since then.

The band was asked to play Johnny Casino and the Gamblers in Grease. They did six songs on the soundtrack to the musical including their cover of “Hound Dog’’ and “Sandy’’ which was co-written by Screamin’ Scott Simon, keyboardist for the band. Grease is the highest grossing box office musical of all

time and Sha Na Na keeps that tradition alive in their tour.

Coming from the Hollywood bowl, an outdoor amphitheater in Southern California, Sha Na Na spoke about the fans that have followed their music and attend their shows as they perform before the sing-along showings of Grease.

“You should just see. I mean around my age we used to go to the Rocky Horror Picture Show, the midnight shows and get dressed up, but these kids come to the shows dressed up, all ages with the poodle skirts, with the leather jackets.

They put rollers in their hair and sing Beauty School Dropout. It’s an amazing piece of film and media that has just lasted forever.’’

Marcellino says it’s really a celebration of Grease. The concert tour that they’ve embarked on includes the original six songs they performed on the Grease soundtrack, and they’re adding six more by other artists that were on the soundtrack, as well as the doo-wop and regular Rock n’ Roll they’re known for.

Keeping an era of music alive doesn’t get old, Marcellino said. The type of performance they’re offering isn’t just a concert but a show and we can expect that for their appearance at the Candlelight Dinner Playhouse

in Johnstown.

“The era that we started in the bands really had to do very good theatrical shows... no matter what we do people know that you’re gonna come and you’re gonna sing along, you’re gonna dance along, you’re gonna know the song. We’re sharing everybody’s music. This is a shared Americana experience and we rock. We leave them dancing in the aisles after 45 years.’’

The ‘50s nostalgia craze worked through the ‘60s and ‘70s inspiring novels like The Outsiders, TV shows like Happy Days and of course the distinct sounds of Rock n’ Roll. But the way Sha Na Na views their role in the music world is very much involved with the here and now.

“We celebrate these great American songs in the present every night. We don’t look back. You put on the leather, you grease up the hair, you have an attitude that’s Rock n’ Roll.’’

Sha Na Na, joined by legendary ‘50s teen idol Jimmy Angel, will perform for the Northern Colorado area September 29–October 1 at the Candlelight Dinner Playhouse.

Tickets and information can be found at www.coloradocandlelight. com and by calling(970) 744-3747

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“DON’T DO DRUGS AND STAY IN SCHOOL”

CHROMEO KNOWS WHAT’S UP

KYLE EUSTICE

BandWagon Magazine Canadian electro-funk duo, Chromeo, is business casual indeed. Three-piece suits and tuxedos aren’t commonly included in P-Thugg or Dave 1’s lives. These boys are all about the gold grills, leather jackets and Nike Jordans. P-Thugg (keyboards, talk box and synthesizers) and Dave 1 (guitar, lead vocals) discovered sudden notoriety after releasing their second album, Fancy Footwork in 2007. Soon, they had ad spots on MTV and were playing massive festivals like the now defunct Monolith at Red Rocks and Coachella in Indio, California. Chromeo’s third studio album, Business Casual, dropped in September 2010 and more ‘80s influenced material ensued. In May 2014, Chromeo released its fourth studio album, White Women. At this point in their career, the childhood friends have found their definitive sound, which resonates loudly on every album. P-Thugg, real name Patrick Gemayel, is still surprised Fancy Footwork was the duo’s breakthrough album when 2004’s debut, She’s In Control, spawned the massive club hit, “Needy Girl”.

“We were still kind of looking for a sound,” Gemayel says. “It was the beginning of an experiment. I think the most memorable single is “Needy Girl,” but I think with Fancy Footwork, we were really in tune with what our sound was and we just went all out. It

finally cemented our sound and gave us direction for the next album.”

Initially, they described themselves as the “first Arab-Jew partnership since the dawn of human culture,” which some people began to take too seriously.

“That was a bunch of non-statements to just to have fun,” he explains. “It’s such a non-issue to us that it’s kind of funny to us.

People started to take it seriously. We have never thought like that, never. We really don’t care.”

Obviously, comedic value is integral to Chromeo’s lyrical content, video concepts and album art. Most songs are about breaking up and making up, but it’s all done with sly humor and wit.

“It’s very important to our music,” he says.

“In real life, we are two funny dudes and we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We make sure everything is perfect on the albums and while we‘re in the studio because we’re both perfectionists. We pay close attention to details. Recording is so intense that when were done, it’s nice to alleviate the mood with funny lyrics. It makes it fun. That’s the balance we come up with.

“It’s all about me and Dave in the studio making each other laugh at musical references,” he adds. “We’re constantly making fun of ‘80s clothes and all the funny glasses.”

Chromeo has definitely succeeded in finding its niche sound (and look), which is

evidence of some of their earlier influences.

From start to finish, each carefully crafted track is an ideal combination of pop and ‘80s revivalist style music.

“We both listened to a lot of funk from the early ‘80s like Phil Collins, Hall and Oates, Michael Jackson and some classic rock like Fleetwood Mac,” he says. “We like a lot of stuff from the late ‘70s, too. I listen to a lot of Scissor Sisters, Vampire Weekend, The Roots and Big Boi.” In 2009, when Chromeo performed at Monolith Festival at Red Rocks, their live show was off the chain. It was easily one of the most energetic sets of the evening, even with stiff competition from Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Mars Volta, Passion Pit, and Phoenix.

They truly shine in a live setting. As P-Thugg wails on the talk box and bangs away on the keys, Dave 1 sings his heart out, making it clear they’re just having a good time and enjoying the moment.

“We’re having a blast,” he says. “It’s a miracle when there’s more than five people at our shows. It naturally puts us in a good mood, which is pretty gratifying. Some bands take their fans for granted, but we don’t.

Seeing people sing our songs is amazing. The talk box is a bit hard to juggle. The sound goes into the tube and you have to make the sound with your voice. But it’s a lot easier now that I’ve done it so many times.”

White Women is a natural continuation of Chromeo’s inventive, yet dependable,

catalog. There aren’t too many changes in sound from Business Casual, but it’s a bit of a departure from Fancy Footwork.

“There’s a lot more work put into the chord selections and vocal harmonies,” he says. “It‘s a bit more musical without being too serious. We are music nerds, but not in the technical sense. We’re not trying to create a jazz album. We’re still just having fun.”

The strength of their songwriting never wavers and neither do they. It could have something to do with the fact that both of them are straight edge, something that’s (more often than not) almost looked down on in the music business. ‘What?! You don’t want a fifth of Jack Daniels and an ounce of weed on your rider?’ Um, no.

“We’re straight edge,” he says. “We don’t do drugs at all. We casually drink every once in a while. Promoters love us because we don’t trash the green room. That idea of ‘sex, drugs and rock-n-roll’ should stay in the late ‘70s and ‘80s. We know way too much about the dangers. Back then they kind of had an excuse because they were more uneducated.

Stay in school, don’t do drugs and if you like music, go full force. Consistency is the secret.”

Chromeo and Cut Copy with special guest Duke Dumont, August 5, at Red Rocks, Morrison, 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $39.95 to $44.50. Visit www.redrocksonline.com for more information.

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The last time Lyrics Born was in Fort Collins (3/16/14), he was performing with Lateef the Truthspeaker, the other half of the hip-hop duo, Latryx. Despite the thin crowd, Lyrics Born rapped like he had never rapped before. This time, he’s joining Jurassic 5 emcee Chali 2na in Loveland for the ARISE Music Festival August 8-10.

As we all know, hip-hop has a revolving door of rappers. With contemporary artists being chewed up and spit out faster than you can say Lil Jon, the probability of a career spanning multiple decades is highly doubtful. Notable East Coast emcees such as KRS-One, Mos Def and Talib Kweli are among the few that can claim years of longevity. Lyrics Born (real name Tom Shimura), however, has been at it since the early ‘90s and is still going strong with his latest release, As U Were. Growing up in Berkley, Shimura had a hard time getting his hands on good hip-hop. Fortunately, he crossed paths with future label mates, Gift of Gab (Blackalicious) and Lateef the Truthspeaker (Latyrx) while attending school at UC-Davis where the idea for Quannum Projects was born. In addition to putting out their own records, the three entrepreneurs started putting out material by artists like DJ Shadow, Lifesavas and Pigeon John under the Quannum moniker. As Lyrics Born, Shimura has reveled in plenty of success with his funk and soul-infused hip-hop, something he learned as a college radio DJ in California.

“Those were my formative years,” Shimura says. “It was cool because there was so much music in that radio station.

There was an incredible music library.

It was really amazing. I was in college at the time, but to be honest, that’s where I felt I really got my education. They had everything from jazz to old soul to funk to blues to reggae. The library was so bad! All the rare and collectable shit was right there.”

Growing up in the Bay Area had its advantages and it wasn’t just about the beach or the stunning views of the Bay Bridge. It has its own unique culture and innovative styles, which Shimura embraced since day one. After living in Japan, Salt Lake City and finally Berkeley, he couldn’t imagine living outside of the Bay Area.

“It’s so diverse in terms of, not just culturally, but in terms of the amount of different political ideas, cultural, religious ideas,” he says. “There’s a lot of alternative thought. Actually, all that stuff trickled into my music. I don’t think I could have made the kind of music I make coming from anywhere else.”

The “Hyphy Movement” and “Thizz Nation” genres of rap that evolved out of San Francisco are definitely in their own categories. Artists such as E-40, Dubee, Mac Dre, and Keak da Sneak (who is often credited for establishing the “Hyphy Movement”) was a response from Bay Area rappers who were against commercial hip-hop for not acknowledging their region for setting trends in the hip-hop industry. Lyrics

Born, however, was not swayed by any trends and stayed true to his own unique style.

“I make a conscious effort to always keep trying and pushing, trying new things,” he says. “Sometimes it’s easy, sometimes it’s hard. Sometimes it comes naturally and sometimes it doesn’t.

With every album I put everything into it.”

Originally, Lyrics Born went by Asia Born, an obvious nod to his Asian heritage. He changed it in 1994 and hasn’t looked back.

“I think it was initially because I was getting these reviews saying stuff like ‘he’s pretty good for an Asian rapper or a Japanese guy,’” he recalls. “I wanted to be recognized for my abilities rather than my race.”

While he was still in college, he co-founded the hip-hop collective Solesides, which included Timothy Parker (Gift of Gab of Blackalicious), Josh Davis (DJ Shadow), Lateef Daumont (Lateef the Truthspeaker), and Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim). They would eventually change the moniker to Quannum Projects, the same name as the independent record label that releases their records, as well as those of a number of other artists. The label continues to be 100% independently owned and operated.

“We all met at the radio station at UC-Davis,” he says. “The idea for starting a record label came from there. We knew we had the talent, but we didn’t have the means or backing so we figured if no one else is going to put us out, we will.”

In 2003, Shimura released his first album, Later That Day and followed up with 2008’s Everywhere at Once, which spawned the singles “I Like It I Love It” and “Differences.” The latter featured his wife, singer Joyo Velarde.

“Sometimes it’s difficult to work together because it’s a lot of hours,” he says. “We do things together, we travel together and we make music together.

We really understand each other really well. Other people can’t understand the lifestyle or the focus because a lot of times there’s a disconnect.

But because we understand the industry, it works.”

Shimura dropped 2010’s As U Were on Mobile Home Recordings/Decon Media, a project that flowed effortlessly from pen to paper.

“I wasn’t concerned about writing hits or any of my previous success or what the industry people thought of me or what the label thought of me,” he continues. “I sat back and made the kind of record I wanted to hear, as if I was listening to my

iPod. At the time, I was inspired by everyone from EPMD to David Bowie to Grace Jones to Andre 3000 to The Killers to Franz Ferdinand and Kraftwerk. I always picture myself as a curator. I try to put together albums that tie in all my influences.”

In 2010, he spent most of the year on the road in support of the effort, this time with a full band.

“I love working with the band,” he says. “I still do work with DJs. As far as the band is concerned, we put it together in 2004. We wanted to try something new.”

Shimura is currently putting the finishing touches on his upcoming album, Real People, and preparing his set for the ARISE Festival.

“I make hip-hop inspired, progressive urban alternative Lyrics Born records. I really just care about making art.”

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THE BURROUGHS

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The Burroughs have truly become a Greeley favorite in their relatively short life as a band. This old school soul outfit went from fun side project of a few talented musicians to the darlings of the Northern Colorado music scene. Consistently drawing large crowds of all ages, their sound is energetic, technical, the embodiment of soul, and above else; fun. Easily the most popular band in Greeley, they have successfully bridged the gap between the local music scene and the talent of the University of Northern Colorado’s music school.

Currently going through a line up change, trumpeters Craig Basarich and Jordan Skomal have departed the band to pursue their music educations, but this does not mean the end of the band. It is rather a new beginning as the band continues to reach new levels of success. A live show that can’t be beat, Johnny Burroughs is a powerful front man who milks every performance for what it’s worth and embodies what the frontman should be all about. An allstar horn and rhythm section, if there is any show at the Block Party not to miss, it is this one.

POST PARADISE

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Indie rock group Post Paradise got their start in 2008 and has emerged as a recognized Colorado musical force. The band released their second album in May of 2013 Digging Secrets following their debut album entitled The New Normal. The band comprises of four members including the unique sounds of an electric cello among the traditional set up of a rock group. The band has played in multiple festivals around the states including South by South West (SXSW) in Austin, Texas and the recent Underground Music Showcase (UMS) in Denver.

The band combines ‘90s garage roots with the enriched sounds of classical music. The cello and guitar play a back and forth game of tag on stage as the classic sound of orchestra nicely compliment the almost emo grunge lyrics of the band. Their songs question themes of identity, love and independence and their melodies create an enlightening sound making you want to sacrifice your voice to the chorus and dance.

Their power as a band comes with their live performance as they coordinate a show of lights and audience interaction on stage. Together Nick Duarte (guitar/vocals), Chris Santolla (bass), Mark Roshon (drums) and cellist Amy Morgan form a place between the electronic sounds of Lindsey Sterling and the rock of Three Days Grace. Their creative indie rock identity is altogether badass and anything but a trip to the symphony.

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THE LOW END

Everyone remembers Trichome. Everyone remembers the spanning and successful six-year run of the reggae/electro/funk band that played the Wakarusa and Summer Camp festivals and sold out show after show throughout Colorado. Everyone knows Ben Pu. Everyone knows the lead guitarist of Greeley who can be found almost nightly working the bars and venues of Northern Colorado.

And when you bring the two together you’ve got Low End Theory. It might quite possibly be a match made in heaven.

Between the core of Trichome and Ben Pu on lead, the collective talent is outstanding

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COOLER THAN A POLA

OUTKAST HITS UP THE MAD DECE

KYLE EUSTICE

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When Big Boi walked out on to the Red Rocks Amphitheater stage in 2010 for a Rock the Bells performance, Andre 3000 was noticeably absent. Nonetheless, he performed many of Outkast’s singles, including “Elevators (Me and You),” “ATLians” and “Rosa Parks.” However, it just wasn’t’ the same. This year, when Big Boi and Andre 3000 perform at Denver’s Mad Decent Block Party on August 22, things will be a little different.

As one half of Outkast, Big Boi (aka Sir Luscious Left Foot, Daddy Fat Sax, General Patton, etc.) has reveled in a career spanning over two decades in one of the most successful hip-hop groups of all time. With six Grammy Awards and six albums under their belts, Big Boi and Andre 3000 took an extended hiatus from any collaborative work, but stayed relatively busy working on their own projects.

Big Boi’s highly-anticipated debut solo record, Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty, hit the shelves in July 2010 and hit number 3 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart immediately. In 2012, he released Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors and is currently on tour again with Andre, something many people didn’t see coming. Much like Jurassic 5’ recent reunion, Outkast’s reunion came from a little nudging from the Coachella Music Festival. Big Boi (real name Andre Patton) realizes it’s rare to have this kind of longevity, especially in the hip-hop world.

“Music comes to me every day,” Patton says. “The beats, the rhymes and ideas – they’re always there. And I’m thankful for that. Also, believing in what you put

out there and stand just making good mu other people think.”

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doing his own thing and Andre 3000 was in the background taking a break from hip-hop, although he did start rapping again in 2007. He made a string of guest appearances and a few were questionable choices, especially for Outkast fans. He did tracks with pop princesses Kesha and Beyonce then jumped on an album with singer John Legend and crunk rapper Young Jeezy. Not too many people were sure what Andre 3000 was up to. His focus has really been more on acting than music up until recently when the Outkast reunion tour dates were announced. Big Boi and Andre are in the middle of a massive international tour, which kicked of in April 2014 at Coachella wraps up in November 2014 in New Orleans. While it’s unclear if Outkast will put out any new material in the near future, music is something Big Boi is constantly creating so hopefully he can’t hold out much longer. After all, it’s been over eight years since they released their last Outkast record.

“I’ll be out and about and it hits me or it depends on my mood and what I am jiving on,” he says. “That reflects in my music. Sometimes it’s a collaborative thing. I just get beats and rhymes in my head and put them down right away.

I can’t do without my George Clinton.

I do call upon his expertise for a reason.

“A lot of cats out here just worship money and I’m not in it for the money,” he adds. “I’m in it for the feeling of the music, so I don’t have to do certain things to conform to what’s going on to make that what’s popular. Outkast is the name of the group and it’s a mind frame too, you never want to be a part of what’s going on.”

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BEATS ANTIQUE

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Beats antique is a world fusion electronic group composed of Zoe Jakes, David Satori, and Tommy “Side Car” Cappel. The band officially came together under producer Miles Copeland in 2007 with their debut album Tribal Derivations. Satori graduated from the California Institute of the Arts and started his touring career with an experimental instrumental group called The Funnies which was known for touring on a bus fueled entirely by vegetable oil. Later, he joined a afrobeat 10 piece band called Aphrodesia. Aphrodesia successfully toured Nigeria in 2003 and heavily influenced Satoris future style of music.

Similarly, Jakes came from an impressive 10 year dancing career including ballet, jazz, belly dancing, and various art performance groups. She met Satori in San Francisco Bay underground music scene. The two came along side Berkley graduate in percussion, Tommy Cappel and the rest is history.

With this much classical musical talent in one band “Beats Freaks” everywhere can agree that Beats Antique puts on one helluva show. Their newest album A Thousand Faces Act II is the final installment of a two part process in which Beats Antique enlisted their faithful fans for financial and creative support.

A hugely successful kickstarter promises their summer performances to be the most extravagant yet (Yes, that means you, ARISE goer.) while also producing a music video completely casted by their fans.

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THE INFAMOUS STRING DUSTERS

The Infamous Stringdusters, is a touring bluegrass group making a prominent impact on the bluegrass scene, have released five albums since their inception in 2006, all of which have been well received by critics. Their song “Magic Number 9” from their album Things That Fly was nominated for “The Best Country Instrumental” Grammy in 2011.

The Infamous Stringdusters also received three awards from the International Bluegrass Music Association in 2007; Emerging Artist of the Year, Album of the Year (Fork in the Road) and Song of the Year (“Fork in the Road”). Aside from that, The Dusters boast an extensive touring career, having played over 80 shows in the past year alone. The band also helps produce their very own music festival in central Virginia, dubbed The Festy Experience.

Their studio recorded music, seems to be rooted in bluegrass with a pop country feel, bright and light. All the members, Andy Hall (Dobro), Andy Falco (guitar), Chris Pandolfi (banjo), Jeremy Garrett (fiddle) and Travis Book (upright bass), seem to have a solid understanding of their respective instruments. Their live shows poses some serious evidence that these guys know how to pick, very fast, and technically, while remaining well balanced. The band says that live performances are their main focus. Traditional bluegrass fans need not be frightened, although an over-reaching record company may have hold on their artistic freedom in the studio, it seems their live performances can hold true. We are definitely looking forward to seeing what these guys can throw down for us at ARISE.

GIPSY MOON

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Residing in the friendly town of Nederland, Colorado the five member band called Gipsy Moon feature’s Silas Herman (mandolin), David Matters (banjo/vocals/guitar), Mackenzie Page (guitar/ vocals/tenor banjo/washboard), Andrew Conley (cello), and Matt Cantor (bass). The band is categorized under “gipsygrass” as Page and Matters dusty voices communicate naturalistic love songs. Their civil disobedience and other gypsy themed songs are in perfect harmony with cello melodies played by Conley to create sounds that will be buzzing about your head all day.

Dan Rodriguez of fellow successful gypsy folk band Elephant Revival, produced Gipsy Moon’s 2013 album Eventide. The album has an even mix of around the campfire lyrics and love songs dedicated to the mountains. In “These Mountains” Colorado natives can relate to the verse “I’m gonna live and die in these mountains/living here will keep me free….They can’t buy these mountains/but they sure as hell are gonna try.” The rebel anthems of Gipsy Moon provoke a lingering image of Spanish thieves running through the desert night with gold spilling out of their pockets, and whiskey in their fists. Gipsy Moon’s music inspires ones inner rebel to burst out in full force resulting in a live show full of rambunctious dance moves.

The track after “These Mountains” is a momentous jam called “Foggy Jungle Breakdown”. All members of the band work together like true professionals, not one instrument outshines the others for a beautiful result of a well rounded, danceable sound. This track demonstrates the bands easy movement through fast picking, grounding cello lines, and pixie like melodies that float on top of Cantor’s controlled bass.

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COLORaDO CONCERT CALENDAR Kraddy Eprom @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver – 8pm w/ Crazy or Nothing, and Sonic Geometry

SATURDAY August 2ND

Rustie @ The 1up Colfax Denver – 8:30 pm | w/ Darq E Freaker

Bubba Sparxxx @ The Moxi Theater Greeley – 8pm w/ DJ Dabble

Shakedown Street/ Henhouse Prowlers @ Quixotes True Blue Denver – 9pm

Wasteland Hop @ Hodi’s Half Note Ft. Collins – 8pm w/ Sarah and the Meanies

Avograss Bluegrass Festival @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – All Day

Archive Nights @ The Hi-Dive Denver – 8:30 w/ The Patient Zeroes, Lucida Tela, Walter

Brothers Keeper @ The Aggie Theatre Ft. Collins – 7pm | w/ Dean Ween

Rowdy Shadehouse @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 9pm w/ Eldren, Champagne Charlie

MYTHirst @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 8pm w/ Furbie Cakes and More!

Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver – 8pm w/ Mike Dillon Band and Wood & Fire

Rx Bandits & The Deer Hunter @ The Summit Music Hall Denver – 7pm w/ From Indian Lakes

Friday August 1st RETRO 80’s Tribute Band @ The Moxi Theater Greeley – 8pm Dan Lovett @ Cranford Cove Tea Tavern Greeley – 9:30pm w/ Bill Varn The Shaley Scott Band @ Hodi’s Half Note Ft. Collins – 8pm w/ Lunde Station, Crane Wives

bubba Sparxxx @ Moxi Theater ~ 8/2/14

Avograss Bluegrass Festival @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – All Day Daniel and the Lion @ Road 34 Bike Bar Ft. Collins – 9pm Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver – 9pm w/ Ignatius Reilly

Sunday August 3rd Chemistry Club @ The 1up Colfax Denver – 8:30pm w/ Post Paradise, Instant Empire Shakedown Street/ Henhouse Prowlers @ Quixotes True Blue Denver – 9pm Kacey Musgraves @ The Ogden Theatre Denver – 8pm The Worth @ The Hi-Dive Denver – 8:30pm w/ Cult of the Lost Cause, Throttlebomb, The Heroine, Remember the Radio Oko Tygra @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 9pm w/ Umbrella Weather, Hiraeth, Curta

Avograss Bluegrass Festival @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – All Day Us the Duo @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 8pm Raquel Rodriguez @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver – 7pm w/ Bad Cactus Brass Band Afton Showcase @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver – 6pm ft. Waylo, DINOBOT, Quintic Calabi, & many more Snarky Puppy @ The Ogden Theatre Denver – 9pm w/ Analog Son

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Stooges Brass Band @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 9pm w/ Hot Soup

Monday August 4th Vinyl Mondays @ The Hi-Dive Denver – 9pm ft. Dj Suck T Nutz & Dj Eazy Dick

Tuesday August 5th The Littlest Birds @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 8pm Open Jazz Jam @ Pourhouse Loveland – 7:30pm w/ Pourhouse Jazz Trio Electronic Tuesday ft. O-Neb @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver – 8pm | w/ Lost Optical, Stone Soul, Templo & More TBA Natural Vibrations @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 9pm

Wednesday August 6th Kofi Baker & Friends @ The Moxi Theater Greeley – 8pm Featuring the music of Cream Mary Gauthier @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 8pm

Kevin Gates @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver – 8pm w/ Chevy Woods, Future Heroes, and Tommy Brown & Hustle Man RE:UP Wednesdays ft. Wave Racer @ The 1up Colfax Denver – 8:30pm w/ Marcelo Moxy The Meditations @ Quixotes True Blue Denver – 9pm Dead Rider @ The Hi-Dive Denver – 8:30pm w/ Mako1972, Moon Pussy, Gleemer

AGAINST ME! @ Aggie Theater ~ 8/9/14

Thursday August 7th Divided Heaven @ The Moxi Theater Greeley – 7pm | w/ Pie Lombardi Hip Hop Release Party @ Hodi’s Half Note Ft. Collins – 8pm | w/ Kind Dub Krew, Dom Chronicles, VISUAL, Qbala, Drop D on the 1 and 2’s Dead Jam @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 9pm Grass for that Ass @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver - 7pm | ft. Kitchen Dwellers w/ Coral Creek String Band and Dismal Creek Quantic Live and Little People @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver – 8pm | w/ Krooked Drivers, & Human Agency

The Gaslamp Killer, & Eliot Lipp @ The 1up Colfax Denver – 8:30pm

NoCO Artist Showcase @ Hodi’s Half Note Ft. Collins – 8pm

Joshua Cook & The Key of Now @ The Hi-Dive Denver – 8:30pm w/ Six Shooter, Orbit OK

Robby Hect @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 8:30pm

Friday August 8th Autumn Burn @ The Moxi Theater Greeley – 8pm w/ Glass Delirium, Scarlet Canary, Harvestmen, The December Skyline Alpine Rose @ Cranford Cove Tea Tavern Greeley – 8pm Gii @ Chippers Lanes Greeley – 9pm

Acoustics Anonymous @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 10pm Glass Cloud/Scale the Summit @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 8pm w/ ERRA, Reflections, Monuments Brown Sabbath @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver – 8pm | w/ special guests Pink Talking Phish/Shakedown Street @ Quixotes True Blue Denver – 9pm

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones @ The Ogden Theatre Denver – 8pm w/ The Interrupters and A-Oks OK Go @ The Gothic Theatre Denver – 9pm Ivory Circle @ The Hi-Dive Denver – 8pm w/ Medic, Leash of Foxes Culturia Profetica @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 9pm w/ Izcalli Dillinger Four @ The Summit Music Hall Denver – 7pm | w/ Pinhead Circus, Arliss Nancy, The Sound Collapse

Medusa @ The Hi-Dive Denver – 8:30pm w/ Space In Time, Cloud Catcher, Chingaso

Monday August 11th

Xiu Xiu @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 7pm w/ Circut Des Yeux, Erox and The Eschaton

Surreal Studios Takeover @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver – 8pm ft. Yukana & Dillard w/ Umple, Berrick, Spinson and Damru

Iconoplasty @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 10pm w/ New Leverage

Mimicking Birds @ The Hi-Dive Denver – 7pm | w/ Poet’s Row

Saturday August 9th J. Luke & The Drifters @ Chippers Lanes Greeley – 9pm Unreasonable Human @ Hodi’s Half Note Ft. Collins – 8pm w/ Demise Unseen, Execration, Eye of Minerva, Nekrovore Against Me! @ The Aggie Theatre Ft. Collins – 8pm w/ Creepoid, Venus De Mars

Women’s Jam @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 7:30pm

Tuesday August 12th Future Islands @ The Aggie Theatre Ft. Collins – 7pm w/ Operators Open Jazz Jam @ Pourhouse Loveland – 7:30pm w/ Pourhouse Jazz Trio

Wednesday August 13th Eldren w/ Branded Bandits @ The Moxi Theater Greeley – 7pm

The Both (Aimee Mann & Ted Leo) @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 9pm w/ A Band in Pictures

Jason Boland and The Stagglers @ The Aggie Theatre Ft. Collins – 7pm w/ special guests

Brown Sabbath @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver – 8pm w/ special guests

Chimaira @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 8pm w/ The Plot in You, Upon This Dawning, Allegaeon, The Charm THe Fury

5280: Extra Elevated @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver – 8pm Pink Talking Phish/Shakedown Street @ Quixotes True Blue Denver – 9pm

The Wiley Ones @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver – 8pm w/ A-Mac DZ

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Dooleon @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver – 7pm w/ Torida, Nick Vann, True School Beats and B2B x Torida

WHITE NOIZE ft. BAR9, Nerd Rage and Mr. Skeleton @ The Summit Music Hall Denver – 7pm

Presidents of the United States of America @ The Gothic Theatre Denver – 8pm

Sunday August 17th Swashbuckling Doctors @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 8pm Bud Bronson and the Goodtimers @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 2pm w/ Many More!

REVEREND HORTON HEAT @ Moxi Theater ~ 8/23/14

Thursday August 14th

Monday August 18th

Guillermo “Gii” Astorga @ Cranford Cove Tea Tavern Greeley – 7pm

Omatai @ The Hi-Dive Denver – 9pm w/ Abrams, Deer Creek

Mr. Scruff and Peanut Butter Wolf @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver – 8pm w/ Mikey Thunder

Hillary Scott @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 8pm w/ Elyse Miller

Great American Taxi @ Hodi’s Half Note Ft. Collins – 8pm | w/ Tallgrass

Swear and Shake @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 9pm w/ Von Stomper

Chasing Addiction @ The Summit Music Hall Denver – 6:30pm w/ No Fair Fights and More!

Eric Johnson @ The Aggie Theatre Ft. Collins – 7pm | w/ No Sinner

Vinyl Mondays ft. el brian does honkey TONK @ The Hi-Dive Denver – 9pm

Friday August 15th

Jenny Lewis @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 8pm Grass for that Ass @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver – 7pm ft. Left Coast Country w/ Locust Honey, Caribou Mountain Collective, Acoustics Anonomous, Hog MaGundy Herbie Hancock Tribute ft. Members of the Motet, Big Gigantic, Kyle Hollingsworth Band, Juno What?! @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver – 8pm w/ Jalbatross Marco Benevento @ The 1up Colfax Denver – 8:30pm Yellowman @ Quixotes True Blue Denver – 9pm

Moses Jones Band @ The Moxi Theater Greeley – 8pm McDailey’s Roots Bluegrass Band @ Cranford Cove Tea Tavern Greeley – 8pm Post New West @ Hodi’s Half Note Ft. Collins – 8pm w/ Hog MaGundy, Bill Smith, TIffany Christopher After the Fire @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 8:30pm Deer Tick @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 9pm Fishbone @ Cervantes’ Other SIde Denver – 8pm w/ Judge Roughneck

Saturday August 16th Duchovny @ Chippers Lanes Greeley – 9pm Cupcake Cabaret @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 8pm Eric Johnson @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 9pm w/ No Sinner

Tuesday August 19th Open Jazz Jam @ Pourhouse Loveland – 7:30pm w/ Pourhouse Jazz Trio Ziggy Marley @ The Ogden Theatre Denver – 8pm The Coathangers @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 9pm w/ White Fang, Ned Garthe Explosion

Rising Appalachia @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver – 8pm w/ special guests

Wednesday August 20th

Jakubi @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver – 8pm w/ Koa

Brother Moultrie @ The Moxi Theater Greeley – 8pm w/ Patrick Atwater and Darrel Cozzi of Leghounds

Suicide Machines / Morning Glory / Lower Class Brats / Suburban Legends

@ The Gothic Theatre Denver – 3pm w/ Many More!

Everlast @ The Aggie Theatre Ft. Collins – 7pm w/ Big B, Write Minded

The Ben Hanna Band @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 8pm w/ Wandering Natives, Threadbarons

Thursday August 21st Matt Davis @ Cranford Cove Tea Tavern Greeley – 7pm Local Alliance Music and Art Collaboration ft. Lost Optical, Six Degrees Dance Collab @ The Aggie Theatre Ft. Collins – 7pm w/ Auditory Elements and Boom Dispensary DJ’s Dead Jam @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 9pm Grass for that Ass @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver – 7pm ft. The Quick and Easy Boys and Musketeer Gripweed w/ Ashleigh Caudiill Dan Hubbard and the Humadors @ The Hi-Dive Denver – 8:30pm w/ Bear Antlers, The Bell Hours Black Magic Darkness @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 9pm Charm City Devils & Lola Black @ The Summit Music Hall Denver – 7pm w/ Pride In Pieces, Beyond Influence

Friday August 22nd Electric Stair Child @ Chippers Lanes Greeley – 9pm

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Disguise The Silence @ The Moxi Theater Greeley – 8pm w/ Harkener Fourt Kahn Jazz Duo @ Cranford Cove Tea Tavern Greeley – 9:30pm Cornmeal @ Hodi’s Half Note Ft. Collins – 8pm The Blackberry Bushes @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 8:30pm Birch Street @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 8pm w/ Robby Wicks Band, Tommy Freed and the Sound John Brown’s Body @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver – 8pm w/ Rastasaurus Blue Sky Black Death @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver – 8pm w/ special guests Phutureprimitive @ The 1up Colfax Denver – 8:30pm w/ Kaminanda, Soulacybin, Cloud D

High Plains Comedy Festival @ The Hi-Dive Denver – 6pm Morning Bear @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 9pm Corrosion of Conformity @ The Summit Music Hall Denver – 7pm w/ Bl’ast, Brant Bjork, Lord Dying

Saturday August 23rd The Reverend Horton Heat @ The Moxi Theater Greeley – 8pm w/ Piñata Protest, In the Whale Finnders and Youngberg @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 8pm w/ Bill Hearne Trio William Topley @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 9pm w/ Taylor Mesple Eli Young Band @ The Ogden Theatre Denver – 9pm w/ William Clark Green

MOE DIGGIN @ Garden City Bootleggin’ BBQ ~ 8/23/14

Vimana @ The Gothic Theatre Denver – 8pm w/ Coupstick, Flight of Sleipnir, The Bronze High Plains Comedy Festival @ The Hi-Dive Denver – 2pm Strand of Oaks @ The Hi-Dive Denver – 9pm w/ Christopher Denny

Black Kids @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 9pm Caramel Carmela @ The Summit Music Hall Denver – 7pm w/ From Thin Air, & more

Sunday August 24th Matt Skinner Band @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 6pm Kottonmouth Kings @ The Summit Music Hall Denver – 7pm w/ Imperial Sound Clash, & more

Monday August 25th Women’s Jam @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 7:30pm Vinyl Mondays - Goth Night @ The Hi-Dive Denver – 9pm

Tuesday August 26th Open Jazz Jam @ Pourhouse Loveland – 7:30pm w/ Pourhouse Jazz Trio Phora @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver – 8pm w/ special guests Jack & Jack @ The Gothic Theatre Denver – 6:30pm Jessica Hernandez and The Deltas @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 9pm w/ Varlet

Dumpstaphunk @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver – 8pm w/ Earphunk

Friday August 29th Steve Itterly Duo @ Cranford Cove Tea Tavern Greeley – 9:30pm Biz Markie @ The Aggie Theatre Ft. Collins – 8pm w/ The Beatserver & EQ Steve Johnson Group @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 5pm The Revivalists @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 10:30pm w/ Dragondeer Touchpants @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver – 10:30pm w/ special guests SF1 @ The Gothic Theatre Denver – 8pm w/ MTHDS, The Other Black Vices I Admire @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 9pm w/ Strip the Stars, Leash of Foxes

Saturday August 30th Hypnotic Vibes @ Chippers Lanes Greeley – 9pm

Wednesday August 27th

Shooter Jennings and Waymore’s Outlaws @ The Aggie Theatre Ft. Collins – 7pm w/ The Yawpers and Dragondeer

August Alsina @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 9pm

The Revivalists @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 10:30pm

Lift’d Up Wednesday @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver – 9pm ft. Flexxmob, Strait Flexin and More Feed Me WITH TEETH @ The Ogden Theatre Denver – 9pm w/ Delta Heavy, Zeroes

Touchpants @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver – 10:30pm w/ special guests

Future Islands @ The Gothic Theatre Denver – 8pm w/ Operators

Sylvan Esso @ The Hi-Dive Denver – 8:30pm w/ Dana Buoy

Thursday August 28th

Bob Log III @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 9pm w/ The Hollyfelds, The Ghost of Joseph Buck

Jaime xx @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 9pm

Glass Delerium @ The Gothic Theatre Denver – 7:30pm w/ Ronllt, Lost Point, Flood Of Souls, Resonance

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Letter to the Editor:

Taxation Without Representation

for Garden City Business Owners

FROM: MIKE SCHWARTZ

Local Business Owner // A.F. Ray’s

Tuesday, July 15th will be a day that will live in infamy for the small town of Garden City. Mayor Brian Seifried officially resigned at the town hall meeting on Tuesday leaving the business owners of the tiny town wondering what the future holds. Mayor Seifried (the owner of the Wing Shack) represented the only voice of the local business community to be involved with Garden City politics.

He was the only businessman to reside within the geographically small town and therefore the only shop owner to be eligible to run for office.

The small township of just under a square mile is wedged just south of Greeley and north of Evans. With around 300 residents and over 60 businesses, Garden City has a unique situation when it comes to taxes. Without an abundance of necessary services to provide to its residents (schools, fire department etc...), Garden City finds itself with more tax revenue than ever. These “profits” have more than doubled since the addition of

medical and now retail marijuana shops.

Councilman Clarence Krieger enacted an initiative on the 15th of July to have Seifried removed from the office of Mayor. He cited that since Mayor Seifried moved his primary residence to Greeley about a month ago, that he was no longer eligible to be mayor. Seifried claims that he still owns a property in Garden City that he considers to be his second home.

With just under two years remaining in his term, the city council had a difficult time determining whether or not Mayor Seifried’s remaining term would be legal under current Garden City law.

It was determined that since the board wasn’t sure what to do, the matter would be taken to court for a judge to interpret the legality of the issue. This was motioned, seconded, and approved. In a shocking move, Seifried simply resigned from his post as mayor. He stated that he loved Garden City so much, that he didn’t want to go to battle or cost the town any money fighting the matter in court. In a very noble move, his love and passion for the small town he had given so much to, outweighed his own political career.

Unfortunately, the way that the current law is written, a citizen of Garden City is prequalified to run for office with

no more of a skill set then a signed rental lease. With less houses in Garden City than businesses, this hardly seems fair.

Not a single business owner in Garden City actually lives within the town limits.

Not due to a lack of desire, but because of the extremely limited availability of housing.

Because of the small geographic area, and large sales tax base, this poses a unique and frustrating situation for hard working business owners of Garden City.

They are providing the majority of the revenue for the town, and have no say in how the elected officials decide to spend it. The business owners don’t even have a vote in the elections, so there is literally no representation for their tax dollars contributed.

Mayor Brian Seifried was the beacon of hope for the Garden City business community. With plans to revamp 8th avenue, and an active supporting role in the local business association, Mayor Seifried was a true executive leader and a model of civic pride. Mr. Seifried plans to play a more active role in the Garden City Business Association, spend more time with family, and work on his Wing Shack brand.

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