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RUBEDO

Love Is The Answer Clark M. Lamson

BandWagon Magazine Epiphany can come in a myriad of strange and unexpected ways. In the the 1978 Superman film, Lex Luthor pontificates that “Some people can read War and Peace and come away thinking it’s a simple adventure story. Others can read the ingredients on a chewing gum wrapper and unlock the secrets of the universe.” In the case of Kyle Gray, epiphany came in the form of a spiritual journey across America, on foot, in the style of the great and enigmatic Werner Herzog, the striating stipples of America’s starscape, his gum wrapper, the band he would come to form his universe’s secrets. With roots in free jazz, and newly energized by his cross country travels, Gray joined with fellow musicians and high school mates, Alex Raymond and Gregg Ziemba to create the fun loving musical adventure that is Rubedo. It’s name, a tip of the hat to a long retired alchemical process, infuses the project with a note of progress and evolution. I had the pleasure of stumbling across their newest record, Love Is The Answer, a raucous and relentless tumble down the Rubedo rabbit hole. The first sound you hear on Love Is The Answer is a pulsing electric whir and humming amp, encapsulating Rubedo’s love for the blending of modern production with a largely traditional set of Rock instruments. After a few hat taps, a snare blast sets the fuze, lighting the fire that burns through the albums ten meaty tracks. This hapless dancing between old and new school reminds me of some of my favorite alternative groups of the late 2000s like Band of Horses, or Colorado Natives and BandWagon besties In The Whale; blending the vocal and lyrical content of Arcade Fire with the vast musical atmospheres of Explosions In The Sky. While filled predominantly by traditional rock instrumentation, the gaps in the track are filled with the a

smattering of electronic bits and bobs, like the squealing synth that leads us into “Whom You Fear,” or the whispering synths that accompany the bluesy romp of “Ain’t it Funny.” Some songs take a heavier helping of digitization, like “Who,” which saunters, dead eyed, down a sad future’s alley. While it’s unfeeling metronymic beat does give the record some depth of content, my favor lies with their more traditionally rock charged tracks, using the electric production to punch up rousing melodies and bossy beats. With an album title so glaringly positive, you wouldn’t be crazy to assume content that follows suit. Luckily, the tunes that follow are complex and nuanced, emotionally and musically. “Psychic Tune” is a warped and mind bending tune, blending the acoustic weirdness of Cat Power with eerie multilayered vocals, giving the entire track an ethereal, quasicorporeal glint. If “Psychic Tune” is one end of the spectrum, “Law of Attraction” may be the other. Heralding the doctrine of happiness, the track goes through many different stages, at first a head bobbing Blues jam, then a neck-breaking break down, followed by a rustling, whirling refrain, which boils back up towards the original riff. While I’ve never had the pleasure of seeing the group live, the track betrays an inner jam band, trailing out to a little over eight minutes. The album’s closer “Its All Fine” goes almost two

minutes longer, without losing an ounce of finesse or intensity, qualities paramount to the kind of supercharged tunes Rubedo bangs out. An insight into the writer’s process: If I can help it, I try to listen to an album from a new artist knowing as little as possible about them before I do. The fewer assumptions I put on the album, the better. When I stumbled onto this record, via a friend’s recommendation, I didn’t need a press release (or the album name) to feel the love radiating from its uproarious choruses and battering bridges. Love Is The Answer is equal parts battering, challenging, and fun as hell. You can catch these Denver locals in their hometown on a semi-regular basis, including a New Years Eve show at the Bluebird Theater.

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BOB DYLAN

The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 Clark M. Lamson

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At some point in the career of a band or artist, there’s a switch made from “chart topper” to “main stay.” Their weight in social currency is edged out by a growing wealth of respect and ubiquity. While they may not be as exciting as the hot new song from the hot new artist, there’s a safety in music from artists like these. Sometimes this manifests in the form of post-mortem dedications (Amy Winehouse, Elvis, Tupac) and sometimes, in the case of the titans who have not left us yet, the empty spaces between new content is peppered with bootleg releases, alternate takes, rehearsal takes, peeks at the gaffs and goings on of our favorite musical people. This month, possibly the most prevalent modern musician, the truly singular Bob Dylan, has released the 12th Volume in his ever adored (at least by me) Bootleg Series. This

particular edition, The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12, examines content from the equally legendary albums Blonde on Blonde and Highway 61 Revisited. Months back, following the content blast that was the massive double release of the fabled “Basement Tapes,” and the (for lack of a better word) cover band/ super group “The New Basement Tapes,” I was listening to an interview with executive producer, T-Bone Burnett, on the project. He had this to say about the quasicollaborative nature of the project: “It’s irresistible to get to collaborate with a 27-year-old Bob Dylan. We felt maybe we could catch up with him at this point.” In a way, this and every other volume function in the same way. Each track is an insight into one of the greatest modern musical minds. In Vol. 12, we get the same chance that T-Bone and co. received: a chance to work with Bob Dylan in his prime years. The music for its part is utterly Dylanian. Effortless and

encapsulating, each song with a thousand readings and angles, all of them correct. “Visions of Johanna,” normally a bruised, windy little tune takes on a bullet train’s pace and a pirouetting blues lead. Conversely, “Like A Rolling Stone” (one of Dylan’s first electric tunes, which boiled the blood of his hard core folk fans of the time) drops its fuzzy vibes and crisp strings for a country waltz and saccharine harp, which fights Dylan for the lead in a starry eyed saunter. Even the demos play like toothy cuts through the status quo. As with “Desolation Row,” already one of Dylan’s more somber tracks, accompanied here only by bare piano chords and a plucking stand up bass. It may be a little less romantic, but rather than hearing a different portion of his soul transplanted on the track, consider instead the practical side of composition. A young, harried genius, obsessing over which bar to start on the harp, or which tempo best fits the tune. It’s unbelievably exciting to watch, especially so for a Dylanite such as myself. I know my bias is showing, and I may be “fan-boying” a little bit, but when you’re talking about a collection of tunes that is knowingly incomplete, it’s like listening to

the audio track of some strange musical nature documentary, observing his behaviors and choices in his natural habitat. My need to grind down to the facts is nullified. These are the facts; raw, spontaneous, and maybe not fully realized. It’s like watching Scorsese direct Taxi Driver, like watching Salinger writing Catcher In The Rye. When you’re listening to someone so pervasively canonized to our pop culture vocabulary, it’s just fun to listen to what might have been. A note hither or yon, and this could have been the song being played in your headphones, or discussed in your music history class, or wafting out of a lovingly pressed vinyl.

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DANNY SHAFER

Weddings, Floods and Funerals Jay Wallace

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Growing up, my mother had a record player that we brought from her hometown in Iowa to Colorado, and two records that I came to love were Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant, a Thanksgiving staple, and Cat Stevens’ Tea for the Tillerman. I kept thinking of those two artists as I listened to folk singer-songwriter Danny Shafer’s third album, Weddings, Floods and Funerals; a fun fusion of folk, country and bluegrass. Shafer’s album has more energy than Tillerman and Alice’s Restaurant to the point of feeling breezy, but that doesn’t detract from the fact that this is an excellent folk album. Shafer, initially from Chicago, has supposedly played over 200 shows a year between his solo gig and the band he’s a part of, The 21st Century, and the polished

talent that comes with that level of prolificacy shows itself with Weddings. Providing the vocals and lead guitar, Shafer is backed up by 12 different artists, including saxophone player Mirco Altenbach, harmony vocalists Lauren Stovall and Monica Whittington. But each and every song is very minimalist, they feel like tracks from different jam band sessions Shafer has done, recorded in a studio. One song that contributes to the breezy, fun feeling of this album is the third track, “Barbecue.” What’s it about? It’s a chuckle-inducing song about a dude who loves barbeque more than his girl or financial situation. It almost sounds like a song done by a modernized version of the fictional Soggy Bottom Boys from O Brother, Where Art Thou? The following song, “Darkest Hour,” also brings to mind the Soggy Bottom Boys.

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What drew me in, however, was “Worked All Day,” the second track, because it reminds me of Arlo Guthrie. It sounds like City of New Orleans-era Guthrie with a country twang in his guitar. “My Hometown Tonight” is what brings to mind Cat Stevens; it possesses that mellowness and melancholy that one hears on “Tillerman.” Shafer’s work hits the childhood nostalgia I have for Guthrie and Stevens head on, and for that, I love Weddings, Floods and Funerals. For those who wish to see Shafer’s next show and get their own copy of Weddings, visit DannyShafer.com.

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DISGUISE THE SILENCE Jed Murphy | BandWagon Magazine

it felt like drowning

“Music for me has always been this thing that is transcendent of all the other BS in life. It’s something that grounds me and makes me belong and makes me feel like I’m safe. I want other people to know that feeling,” Michael Olivier, guitarist and lead singer of Disguise the Silence, says. Olivier has made a name for himself in the northern Colorado scene as a recording and live sound engineer, as well as producer of local talent. Now taking on his own project, It Felt Like Drowning is without a doubt his most ambitious and well-executed project to date. To the average listener, Disguise the Silence is hard rock, but to the people who spend a lot of time listening to the stuff it is post hardcore. Post hardcore sits somewhere below metal and well above butt rock (which are your Nickelbacks and Creeds of the world) on the “heaviness” scale. Post hardcore brings with it more melody than the screaming of metal but still carries the emotional weight the artist is trying to get across. And there is plenty of emotion to convey on It Felt Like Drowning. Written primarily by Olivier and guitarist Zach Sheperd, It Felt Like Drowning is a train wreck of feelings. The palpable emotional energy, the pain t h a t bleeds

from every note, the anguish of the tortured soul, they all boil out on this album. All the tricks are there, and with a pair of headphones those looking for it will find plenty of ear candy. This is easily one of the most well produced local albums of 2015. The album did not come easy for Disguise the Silence. Fraught by a series of personal and scheduling problems, what was supposed to be a quick project stretched out over two years. “It was such a drawn out, emotional and personal experience, and I think the songs reflect that. Releasing it is a big sign of personal closure,” Olivier says. After wrapping up recording, drummer Dan Granger let the band know he was moving to Portland, Oregon. This ended up resulting in a falling out between Olivier and Granger. “I love the guy and I miss him a lot. That’s something I’m realizing a lot about my life, I’ve had a lot of changes in relationships with the people I’m around and it’s been really tumultuous. I don’t want to play games with people anymore. I don’t know how to start repairing things but I want to.” The future of the band sits in a vexing place. With Granger gone and a rotating cast of bass players, rebuilding the core of the outfit has proven difficult. There has been some talk of rebranding but with the anticipated success of It Felt Like Drowning the potential of a new life being breathed into the band is there. One thing is for certain though It Felt Like Drowning is an incredibly solid release. As long as Olivier and Sheperd keep writing and recording material, they will find their audience and their musicians.

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Kyle Eustice | BandWagon Magazine People basically worship Jim Heath as if he’s the Jesus Christ of unconventional rock-n-roll. Better known by his stage name, Reverend Horton Heat, the Texas native helped usher in a whole new genre of music in the mid-‘80s, which is often referred to as “psychobilly.” Upon further exploration, however, it’s a term Heath isn’t exactly comfortable with, but has grown to accept over time. “I have to explain my music quite a bit because where I live not a lot of people are up to speed on Reverend Horton Heat,” Heath says. “I say we’re a rock-n-roll band that is especially influenced by ‘50s-style music, especially rockabilly. That kind of gets the fact in there that maybe we’ll have a little surf guitar in there or maybe country or a little blues, or maybe even punk rock. Now we’re so fast and up-tempo that many people think we’re just a punk rock band. The kids are moshing. That’s all I know.”

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Before he was known as the “Reverend,” Heath was playing in high school cover bands in his hometown of Corpus Christi, Texas. He had grown up surrounded by music all his life and fell in love with good ol’ fashioned rock-n-roll. “I remember trying to play Johnny Cash when I was like 10-years-old,” he says. “I was exposed to stuff like CCR, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins really young, but I just kept gravitating towards heavy rock-n-roll. In the midst of all that, I discovered the blues. When I started listening to blues around 12 or 13-years-old, I started playing music, practicing a lot and being interested in being bands.” After moving to Austin in 1977 to attend the University of Texas, Heath was captivated by the punk music scene. He left in the spring to pursue a career in music. At one point, while visiting home, he ran into his old college roommate David Livingston

who took him to see The Cramps in Dallas. That night, Heath said he had “an epiphany.” “My epiphany was that since The Cramps were a punk band using rockabilly, I could be rockabilly using punk,” he explains. “I realized that the still somewhat new punk movement harkened back to the real rock-n-roll of the ‘50s and early-‘60s.” Rather than go after the “rock-n-roll lifestyle,” he did the opposite. Heath had recently become a young father and he decided he needed to have a “real job.” By 1985, he was known as the “Jim the Sound Guy.” This didn’t last long. Soon after, the Reverend Horton Heat was born. Almost thirty years later, a lot has changed, but all for the better. “We’re more successful now so we can take a bus, which makes it a lot more comfortable,” he explains. “Back in the van days, it was very, very difficult. We would do crazy stuff. We’d do a show, finish the show at 3 a.m. and head out driving. At some point, we might stop at a hotel and rest for a little bit then we get up and start driving to the next gig. All that driving in the van was hard on us physically. For me, it’s way easier now.” Signed to Victory Records for his 11th studio album, Heath has jumped around a lot during the course of his career. Initially signed to Sub Pop in 1990, he’s had

stints with Interscope, Yep Roc, Time Bomb, and Artemis. At the time, Sub Pop made the most sense. “It was a really good move for us,” he says. “When we signed with them, it was the real beginning of the grunge thing so when they were talking to us about signing us, Nirvana was still playing the same venues we were. At that point in time, it all made sense. In all honesty, I’m not a person that really goes, ‘I want to go be on a label with that band.’ What are you going to do? Go hang out with them? Have Thanksgiving with them just because we’re on the same label? It really makes no sense. My thing is that I just need a really good machine that’s there that will promote my music. Other bands on the label, hmm, no. What am I going to do? Go call Kurt Cobain and say, ‘hey dude, we’re label mates?’ I don’t really understand what all that is.” While Heath has never been the type to go “diva” on anyone, he knows what he’s contributed to the music world and it’s a place he’s happy to stay. His last album, 2014’s REV (Victory Records), is proof he’s not going anywhere…yet. “This is basically all I do,” he says. “I’ve been doing the music thing prior to doing Reverend Horton Heat for a long time. If I feel like if I can keep getting better then I’ll keep going. I love doing it. It’s a dream career. I try to remember that this is what I wanted and this is what I’m doing so don’t take it for granted.”

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Still Rising...

Kyle Eustice | BandWagon Magazine As a kid, Kelvin Mercer (Posdnuos) would overhear his older brothers talking about cassettes featuring rhyming on them. Unbeknownst to him, he was hearing the emerging culture of hip-hop; artists like Cold Crush Brothers, Fantastic Romantic 5 and Afrika Bambaataa. This was the ‘80s, when hip-hop was new and exciting, especially to young, curious kids. “My older brothers would be talking to my cousin about it,” Posdnuous recalls. “I was young, but even then we had a strong connection to the Bronx because of a lot of our family was still living there. For me, that was the first thing I remember. I always wanted to be around my father listening to his Motown, too. When Sugarhill Gang came into play, I was already aware of Grandmaster Flash and Furious 5 because of my brothers.” In 1987, as a high school student in Long Island, New York, he formed De La Soul with Vincent Mason (Maseo) and Dave Jolicoeur (Trugoy the Dove). Music, after all, was the common thread that tied the trio together. “Hip-hop was a major part of what I went through growing up,” Maseo says. “I grew up around the block parties and seeing a significant part of DJ and emcee

culture. It became a bit more dynamic when I moved to Long Island, when I became a part of suburban culture. Long Island was a bit more multicultural. Black, white and Hispanics lived amongst each other as opposed to across town. In Long Island, there was a mix of everything as one community.” Another Long Island native, Paul Huston (Prince Paul) was already making a name for himself. At just 17-years-old, he had joined Stetsasonic and started getting singles on the radio. Eventually, he paired up with Mase, Pos and Dave, and magic was made. “You know how people say, ‘Like-souls find each other and gravitate towards each other?’ That’s how it was with us,” Prince Paul says. “As cool as the world may see them, initially they were just some nerdy kids [laughs]. Maybe Mase wasn’t as nerdy, he was a little more street than they were, but when it came to Pos and Dave, they seemed like little nerdy kids, but it’s not like I’m the coolest person either, but I was the first kid that had released something commercially. It played on the radio. To the kids in my neighborhood, they were like, ‘Wow he made it’ [laughs].” In 1988, De La Soul stepped into the studio to start recording their seminal album, 3 Feet High and Rising.

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As 18, 19 and 20-year-old kids, they felt playful, eager and ambitious. Coupled with being clueless in a professional setting, they felt comfortable under Prince Paul’s wing. There wasn’t any pressure to perform a certain way, not even from Tommy Boy, their label. The album managed to push the boundaries of what hip-hop was at the time. Samples from groups like Hall & Oats, Steely Dan, Johnny Cash and The Turtles were scattered across the 24-track album. Eventually, their dream of being on the radio finally came true—on the infamous Red Alert show no less. “When Red Alert played my record, I felt like I really made it among a hip-hop community I grew up respecting,” Maseo says. “I was alive in their eyes now. They realized how significant we could be to the culture. Having an opportunity to spend so much time at Red Alert’s house and play records, stuff like that was amazing. We were all content with Plug Tunin’, but we never thought we’d even make a whole album. Getting the local love felt great.” After 1991’s De La Soul Is Dead, 1993’s Buhloone Mindstate and 1996’s Stakes Is High, the group started to fall apart, with Prince Paul already taking a backseat. In 2001, however, De La Soul resurfaced and released the

second album in the trilogy, AOI: Bionix, although the third album in the AOI series never came to fruition. The Grind Date followed in 2004 and 2012 saw the release of First Serve. Between those two albums, De La Soul was featured on the Gorillaz track “Feel Good, Inc.” in 2005, which ironically would earn the group its first Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Collaboration. Again, this was further evidence of De La Soul’s seemingly limitless versatility, which is part of what makes De La Soul a permanent and extremely relevant part of hip-hop culture. De La Soul has finally announced its return, with a new album (titled And the Anonymous Nobody), sizable tour and lots of promo. Turns out, De La Soul isn’t dead. “I truly attribute the longevity to our commitment as friends regardless of the disagreements at times, as well as our common goal to be a group in the tradition of hip-hop based on what we’ve learned from the beginning when we were just fans of the culture,” Maseo concludes. “The reinvention of each album became a purpose due to the fact that we’ve learned how a label can taint the image of your music and message for sales. The reinventing became a significant part of the longevity.”

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EVERLAST

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The Ever Elusive

EVerlast

Kyle Eustice | BandWagon Magazine

efore House of Pain was telling everybody to jump around, Everlast (real name Erik Schrody) was just another punk kid running wild in the streets of New York City. In 1992, however, the trio’s massive single “Jump Around” put them on the map with bagpipes, kilts and a healthy dose of attitude. Everlast, Danny Boy and DJ Lethal were quickly catapulted to international recognition thanks to the incredible success of their self-titled Tommy Boy debut. Fast-forward to 2015 and Everlast can be found putting out countless songs/albums as a solo artist. From 1998’s explosive success Whitey Ford Sings the Blues to 2013’s acoustic album, The Life Acoustic, he stays busy. We caught up with Everlast to discuss meeting Chuck D, winning a Grammy and getting kicked off a Beastie Boys tour.

BandWagon Magazine (Kyle Eustice): In 1992, you signed something for me in the parking lot of a Marriott hotel in Omaha, when you were on the “Check Your Head Tour” with the Beastie Boys. Everlast: We got kicked off that tour. Why? I guess we were too crazy for the Beastie Boys. That’s pretty crazy. They were Buddhists at that point. It wasn’t the same. I thought it was strange you only got a few songs at the Peony Park show. We kind of had that same argument. [Laughs] Good times. How old were you at the time? I think I was 21. You went a different route with your music career, most notably with 1998’s Whitey Ford Sings the Blues, which eventually went double platinum. Why the change in direction? I was kind of bored with

everything that I was doing. I stumble on this style and ran with it. You won a Grammy shortly after that with Carlos Santana? Did they change anything for you? It was cool, I guess. I never really vested much in the award show thing, but I guess it’s cool to win a Grammy and to have written a song with Santana to get it. It was worth it. Do you feel like it opened doors for you that previously hadn’t been opened? Hell no. I’m so like the antithesis of the music business. I make music, but I don’t keep my head in that at all. I don’t know if it opened more doors. I’m sure it did, but I wouldn’t be able to identify it or which ones they were. I just want to make music. That’s it. That’s really what it’s about. Are you making music to be making music or are you making music to be seen? You had quite a health scare back then, right? Well, I was born with a heart defect. I had to have surgery for you.

Wow. How did that change your life? I really don’t know. I thought we were talking about the new music I put out [laughs]. Well, I like to get a little background. I wasn’t prepared to think a lot. It’s a fifteen-minute interview.

I thought the Slick Rick cover was pretty interesting. What made you decide to pick that one? I covered it on one of my albums with me and Rahzel. I just wanted to see what it sounded like acoustically and I liked it. You also did an acoustic version of “Jump Around.”

Well, don’t be a dick [laughs].

It was just a joke kind of. It was supposed to be funny. That’s why there was a question mark next to it. I don’t even like to do it live because it’s so confusing to an audience. They can’t really jump around to it. It’s like an oxymoron in a song.

That was twenty years ago.

How did you meet Chuck D?

I guess I’m just trying to paint a picture for myself of how you have gotten to this point today and how you ended up making acoustic music. Did that experience make you more mellow?

I met Chuck when I was like 17. He was involved with Ice-T on certain levels. I think it was at a media event. I was under the impression he wouldn’t fuck with me because I was white [laughs]. I remember meeting him and he was so friendly and nice. He’s been that same dude every time I see him over the past twenty past years. That’s a pretty good accomplishment right there to be that consistent of a person. You’re doing something right.

We can cover a lot in fifteen minutes [laughs]. [Laughs] I could answer your question by saying, ‘How didn’t it change my life?’ if I wanted to be a dick.

The acoustic record just came because that’s how I write all of my music. Instead of producing it into some lavish songs, we just went the other way. I took some old songs and recorded them the way I wrote them.

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BY KYLE EUSTICE | BANDWAGON MAGAZINE Night Riots singer Travis Hawley is riding in the back of a van to his next tour destination and hitting every bump on the road, his “least favorite” part of touring. With a staggering 10 hours to go, he will presumably keep himself busy checking his Facebook, Instagram and other social handles we all rely on as a way to pass the time. It’s something he’s become accustomed to doing. “We calculated recently that we have only been home for a grand total of one month this year,” Hawley says. “The rest has been spent in Los Angeles recording or driving around the U.S. and Canada in busses and vans or flying around the country. My favorite part is playing shows, meeting people and going new places.” After all, Night Riots—Hawley, guitarist Nick Fotinakes, bassist Mikel Van Kranenburg, guitarist Matt DePauw and drummer Rico Rodriguez— have been on the ride of their lives since emerging out of San Luis Obispo, California in 2011. Hawley’s background goes a bit deeper, having spent many of his formative

years in his home country of England. “Being born overseas and spending time in the U.K. greatly influenced me as a person and possibly lead to influencing my musical tastes,” he says. “I think it mostly just gave me a different perspective of the scope of things that I would have not seen. It also left me in a love affair with gloomy weather and a subtly warped way of speaking.” It’s ironic his path would take him to one of the sunniest places in the United States. After meeting his bandmates, they quickly got to work writing music, recording and playing shows. “We were friends first and always played music together as a mutual hobby,” he says. “I couldn’t imagine being in a band or playing music with anyone else on the planet, let alone people I didn’t know or necessarily like. Being in a band means you are in close proximity for months, years on end so understanding and feeling connected with the people you are with is incredibly important.”

Initially called PK (inspired by the character PeeKay in Australian author Bryce Courtenay’s novel The Power of One), they decided to change their name to Night Riots in order to eliminate any trademark concerns, which Hawley says gave them a chance “to recalibrate and choose a name that we really felt represented who we are and the art which we create.” According to the band, it represents its darker side, as it “explores the deeper aspects of music with varying tempos and somber, haunting melodies juxtaposed against uplifting choruses.” Currently on the road in support of its latest EP, Howl, Night Riots is just beginning to see the light of day as their fan base expands and they introduce the world to their hauntingly beautiful brand of music. “We put everything we are into our music and can only hope that it will be received positively,” he says. “We have been blown away by the response Howl has gotten.”

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2MX2

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2MX2 es un dueto de música hip hop alternativa bilingüe. Owen Trujillo de Zacatecas, MX y Juice ET Hugo de Denver, CO documentaron sus sentimientos en su nuevo disco, The Truman Show Mixtape para comunicar las batallas que se afrontan en nuestra sociedad. En “Shots Fired” dicen, ”todos queremos arreglar este sistema quebrado que se enfoca en negocio y volvernos contra otros”. Y al decir “O calmados que apenas vamos comenzando” presagian el proyecto cual los ha ocupado este verano y otoño. Los miembros de 2MX2, se han juntado con las Industrias Creativas de Colorado y los Flobots en el DeTour girando por 18 ciudades para inspirar y motivar a jóvenes. Firmemente declaran, “sí se puede” a través de sus líricas a su audiencia e insisten que sean conscientes del poder de la música de protesta. El equipo, No Enemies visitó escuelas, actualizaron al público con sus blogs, y han usado la experiencia positiva como oportunidad de

preparar un álbum colaborado y continuar eventos locales. En mucha de su música, 2MX2 incorpora el español para afirmar su estilo. El público primero los descubrió cuando fueron finalistas en competencias televisadas de Telemundo, Tengo Talento Mucho Talento, y Vámonos De Fiesta. Los músicos continúan a dar elogio a la música tradicional que representa su cultura mexicana y chicana, pero su enfoque siempre ha sido en testificar sobre sus experiencias con la inmigración, reformas que exige nuestra comunidad, la salud y otras necesidades. Alzan sus voces para “aquellos que se levantan para el progreso…”, los dos son “soñadores hasta el último suspiro y se estimulan al ver el ferviente deseo por un mundo mejor”. Su talento bilingüe recibe enhorabuena y la asistencia que tienen sus eventos demuestra que no están solos en este movimiento creativo para mejorar el estado de nuestra sociedad.

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2MX2 is a bilingual alternative hiphop duo consisting of members Owen Trujillo of Zacatecas, Mexico and Juice ET MX Hugo Denver, Colorado. They’ve documented their feelings on their newest mixtape, The Truman Show to communicate the battles our society faces. In “Shots Fired” they say, “all of us want to fix this broken system grown so pissed/the focus is just growth for busines/pin us all on each other because they have no protection other than their worthless dollars.” With these messages they foreshadow the project which kept them busy last year. 2MX2 collaborated with Colorado Creative Industries and Flobots in the DeTour, playing eighteen cities to inspire and motivate young people. Exclaiming the affirmative, “Yes we can” through their lyrics to their audience, they insist the public become aware of the power of protest music. The No Enemies team visit schools, update followers with their blog, and have used the positive experience as

opportunity to prepare a collaborated album and continue local events. 2MX2 celebrate their style by incorporating their Spanish lyrics. The public was first introduced to the group as finalists in Telemundo’s televised shows, I’ve Got Talent Lots of Talent, and Let’s Party. The musicians continue to honor the traditional music that represents their Mexican and Chicano culture. They have always also focused on testifying about their experiences with immigration, reforms demanded by our community, health, and other needs. They raise their voices for “those who stand for progress...”, and are “dreamers till [their] last breath and [their] drive is fueled through your burning desire for a better world.” Their bilingual talent receives positive feedback and their events and concert attendance goes to show they are not alone in this creative movement to improve our society’s state.

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CONCERT CALENDAR Tuesday December 1st The Faceless @ Marquis, Denver —6:30pm w/ After The Burial, Rings Of Saturn, Toothgrinder, Siren Together Pangea @ Hi-Dive, Denver — 8:30pm w/ White Reaper, Dirty Few Stubby Tuesday @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley — 9pm

Wednesday December 2nd UNC Chamber Choir w/ Johnny Burroughs & Devon Hildebrandt @ Moxi Theater, Greeley – 7pm

The Little Ravens @ Lost Lake, Denver — 8:30pm w/ Scott Schuman, Maxwell Mud, Matt Rouch Open Mic Night @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley — 10pm Forevermore @ Marquis, Denver—7pm w/ The Panoramic, Heavy Hearts, Fallen and Forgotten, Remain & Sustain

SKYDYDED Friday December 4th @ Moxi Theater

Substation @ Larimer Lounge, Denver —9pm w/ Drunken Relatives

Wayne Hancock Thursday December 3rd @ Hi-Dive, Denver — 9pm w/ Hang Rounders, The ThreadHomeboy Sandman barons @ Hodi’s, Fort Collins— 8pm w/ Special Guests Irish Session @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley — 7pm Slow Magic And Giraffage @ Gothic, Englewood — 8pm w/ Lindsay Lowend HEALTH: Death Magic Tour 2015 @ Larimer Lounge — 9pm w/ Pictureplane Della Mae @ Lost Lake, Denver — 9pm w/ Josh Dillard, Ginny Mules John Brown’s Body and Juno What?! @ Aggie, Fort Collins — 9pm w/ Mindstate Sallie Ford @ Hi-Dive, Denver — 9:30pm w/ Tacocat

Friday December 4th Skydyed @ Moxi Theater, Greeley—7pm w/ luster, Nasty Niko Vices I Admire @ Larimer Lounge, Denver —9pm w/ Signs and Signals, The Host Club

Pert Near Sandstone @ Hodi’s Half Note, Fort Collins – 8pm Rowdy Shadehouse and Home Fried Boogaloo @ Aggie, Fort Collins – 9pm w/ Special Guests The English Beat @ Gothic, Englewood — 9pm w/ The Interrupters Mushroomhead @ Summit Music Hall, Denver – 7pm w/ 9Electric, Unsaid Fate, Elete Mike Floss @ Lost Lake, Denver — 9pm w/ Papa J, Andre Cash, Rob4Real The Unlikely Candidates @ Marquis, Denver — 7pm w/ The Epilogues, Red Fox Run Guilty Pleasures @ Hi-Dive, Denver — 9:30pm w/ Tyler Hayden

Saturday December 5th Disguise The Silence @ Moxi Theater, Greeley— 8pm w/ They Call Me Hero, Harkerner, Blase Fair 93.3’s Not So Silent Night @ 1st Bank Center, Broomfield — 6pm w/ Bastille, Cold War Kids, Airborne Toxic Event, The Wombats, Amzy Fol @ Larimer Lounge, Denver w/ Travellers Music, U.T.I.C.A, Welcome to the Dope Game

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Denver Black Sky III: Pig Destroyer & Skinless @ Gothic, Englewood — 6pm w/ Havok, Ringworm, In The Company Of Serpents, Nekrofilth, Khemmis, Axeslayer Muscle Beach @ Hi-Dive, Denver—9pm w/ Zebroids, Plastic Daggers, Echobeds The Velvet Rope: Live 80’s Music @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins— 8pm Lightning Rodney: EP Release @ Marquis, Denver— 7pm w/ Finding Common Ground White Water Ramble: Pickin On Paul Simon @ Aggie, Fort Collins — 8pm w/ Cosmic Mesa Valley Till Valhalla @ The Pit, Greeley— 7pm

Sunday December 6th “Syrian Shock Hop”: A UNHCR Benefit @ Hi-Dive, Denver — 8pm w/ Rubedo, Safe Boating Is No Accident, Milk Blossoms

White water ramble Saturday December 5th @ Aggie Theater

Geeks Who Drink @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley— 7pm

Monday December 7th

Tuesday December 8th Stubby Tuesday @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley— 9pm

Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience @ Summit Hall, Denver – 8pm

Taking Back Tuesday : Emo Night @ Marquis, Denver —9pm

Adam Selene @ Lost Lake, Denver — 9pm w/ Bianca Mikahn, Snailmate, Fleetwood Deville, Derain

Graveyard @ Summit Music Hall, Denver— 8pm

Wednesday December 9th Open Mic Night @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley— 10pm The McLovins @ Hodi’s, Fort Collins — 8pm w/ Mister F

Rhizome @ Lost Lake, Denver — 9pm w/ Hookfish, Ben Hand and the Night Hawks, Benson The Dog Jared & The Mill @ Marquis, Denver — 7pm w/ Brumby

Thursday December 10th SPAFFORD @ Hodi’s Half Note, Fort Collins – 8pm w/Vine Street Vibes Irish Session @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley — 7pm Niykee Heaton @ Larimer Lounge Denver— 9pm

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BandWagon Magazine northern colorado arts & entertainment DECEMBER 2015 Felix Fast4ward @ Lost Lake, Denver — 8:30pm w/ Emma Mayes, Kid Astronaut, Kayla Marque, Tronczarmee Everlast @ Aggie, Fort Collins — 9pm w/ special guests Overslept & Wild Trees : Dual Album Release Show @ Marquis, Denver— 7pm w/ Evinair, Anterrior

Friday December 11th As the Sky Darkens @ Moxi Theater, Greeley— 7pm w/ ARRAS, Riverdale, Dead Set, Remain & Sustain SpokesBuzz Band Together: Volume VI - Annual Compilation CD Release Party @ Hodi’s Half Note, Fort Collins — 7pm w/ Eldren, Wiredogs, American Blackout, Qbala, iZCALLi, Red Fox Run, Slow Caves, Chemistry Club, The Burroughs, Gasoline Lollipops, Pandas & People, Grim & Darling Be Brave: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly Holiday Sweater Party @ Marquis, Denver— 7pm w/ 888, American Slang, Saving Verona JJ Grey & Mofro @ Aggie, Fort Collins — 7pm w/ Musketeer Gripweed Dream Gig For Youth On Record @ Gothic, Englewood — 8pm w/ Twenty One Pilots

PLUM : Debut EP Release @ Hi-Dive, Denver — 9pm w/ Colfax Speed Queen, Rootbeer and Mermentau, The Velveteers As The Sky Darkens @ Moxi Theatre, Greeley — 7pm w/ Arras (EP Release), Riverdale, Dead Set, Remain & Sustain Edison @ Larimer Lounge, Denver — 9pm w/ Shatterproof, Crl Crrll, Jilly. FM

Saturday December 12th Somerset Catalog ‘Album Release’ @ Hi-Dive, Denver — 9pm w/ Panther Martin, Ambit

bob schneider Saturday December 12th @ Mishawaka

Rebirth Brass Band @ Gothic Englewood — 9pm

Edison and Strawberry Runners Limelight Media Production @ Hodi’s Half Note, Winter Electronic Showcase Fort Collins— 8pm @ Larimer Lounge, Denver—8pm w/ Post Paradise w/ Bonkerz!, Flurant, Kavsco, Ozmodeous, GB Sunday December 13th Bob Schneider @ SpokesBuzz Lounge Fort Collins— 8pm Genetics and Gravity A : Performs The Music of Talking Heads @ Aggie Theater, Fort Collins —9pm w/ Pho Everlast @ Marquis, Denver— 8pm w/ Tattooed Strings (acoustic)

Radio 94.9’s “Deck The Hall Ball” Presents: Night Riots @ Moxi Theater, Greeley— 7pm w/ Silver & Gold, Racing on the Sun

Defy You Stars @ Lost Lake, Denver — 8pm w/ Redlands, The Sons of Rome, Dear Vienna Hip Hop Gives Back @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins— 8pm

Monday December 14th

Geeks Who Drink @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley— 7pm

Night Riots @ The Downtown Artery, Fort Collins— 7pm w/ Shatterproof

A Holiday Evening With Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers @ Gothic, Englewood — 8pm

Vinyl Mondays @ Hi-Dive, Denver —9pm w/ Kevin Wesley, Kim Shively

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NASHVILLE PUSSY Tuesday December 15th @ Aggie Theatre

Terror @ Marquis, Denver— 6pm w/ Code Orange, Take Offense, Malfunction, Blistered

Thursday December 17th

Tuesday December 15th

A Very Special Holiday Show Featuring Victor Wooten @ Aggie, Fort Collins —9pm w/ Joey Porter’s Vital Organ, Punch Drunk Monkey Funk

Nashville Pussy @ Aggie, Ft Collins— 8pm w/ In The Whale, Attack On Venus H2O @ Marquis, Denver—7pm w/ Allout Helter, Line Brawl, Anchor Paint

Agnostic Front @ Marquis, Denver— 7pm w/ 99 Bottles, The Kaotix

Ian Mahan-Neef @ Lost Lake, Denver — 8:30pm w/ Jay J and the Arctic Hunter Reece, M. Smith

Stubby Tuesday @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley — 9pm

Vibe Street, SoDown and Brightside @ Hodi’s Half Note, Fort Collins— 8pm

Wednesday December 16th

Irish Session @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley — 7pm

Unlimited Aspect Live Band, Unlimited Gravity & Project Aspect @ Aggie Theater, Fort Collins —9pm w/ The Dirty Gemstones (Kruza Kid & Brisco Jones), Miss Jaedha, Pitta Patta Vampires Everywhere! and Consider Me Dead @ Marquis, Denver — 6pm w/ Set To Stun Open Mic Night @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley — 10pm The Limbs @ Lost Lake, Denver — 8:30pm w/ Breakneck Betty, To Be Astronauts, The Ephinjis

Israel Nash @ Hi-Dive, Denver— 9pm w/ Anthony D’amato Before The Bulb @ Larimer Lounge, Denver— 9pm w/ The Patient Zeros, The Tickle Mafia

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Tuesday December 29th Stubby Tuesday @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley— 9pm

Wednesday December 30th People Under The Stairs @ Aggie, Fort Collins— 9pm w/ Kind Dub The Black Angels @ Gothic, Englewood — 9pm w/ Snake Rattle Rattle Snake, Eldren Open Mic Night @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley— 10pm

THE BURROUGHS Thursday December 31st @ Moxi Theater

Caramel Carmela : Farewell Show @ Marquis, Denver— 7pm w/ Forty Fathoms, The Coast Is Ours, Kid Astronaut, Tyler Glasgow David Wax Museum @ Hodi’s Half Note, Fort Collins—8pm w/ Marty O’Reilly

Saturday December 19th Undeclared’s Naughty X-Mas @ Moxi Theater, Greeley— 8pm w/ Seen and Unseen, Ubre Brown and the Dream Team, Prana Reverend Horton Heat @ Aggie, Fort Collins— 9pm w/ The Bell Rays, The Lords Of Altamont Channel 93.3’s Hometown For The Holidays @ Summit Music Hall, Denver —7pm w/ The Epilogues, top 3 bands from #HTFTH 2015 Rossonian @ Lost Lake, Denver — 9pm w/ Sur Ellz Roger Clyne And The Peacemakers @ Gothic, Englewood — 9pm Shady Elders @ Larimer Lounge, Denver— 8pm w/ Male Blonding, The Sausage Blush Undeclared’s Naughty X-Mas @ Moxi Theatre, Greeley— 8pm w/ Seen And Unseen, Ubre Brown and the Dream Team, Prana

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Christmas Karaoke @The Key Largo Lounge, Greeley—8:30pm

The Burroughs @ Moxi Theater, Greeley—8pm w/ The Too Short Brass Band Wild Nights @ Key Largo Greeley — 8pm

Sunday December 20th

Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts @ Lost Lake, Denver — 9pm w/ Brent Loveday & The Dirty Dollars

Geeks Who Drink @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley— 7pm

J Dirty @ Marquis, Denver— 7pm w/ Troxy Cotton

David Wax Museum ‘Album Release Tour’ @ Hi-Dive, Denver— 9:30pm Tricoma: Album Release Show @ Marquis, Denver—8pm w/ Blighter, Dr. Zilog

Tyler Jakes @ Lost Lake, Denver — 8pm w/ And The Black Feathers, Maxwell Mud, Radical Action Bell Witch @ Marquis, Denver— 7pm w/ Wrekmeister Harmonies, Khemmis

Tuesday December 22nd Stubby Tuesday @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley— 9pm Slim Jesus @ Bluebird, Denver — 7pm

Wednesday December 23rd Open Mic Night @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley— 10pm My Body Sings Electric @ Bluebird, Denver — 7pm with Input + Broken, Sur Ellz

Thursday December 24th Irish Session@ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley— 7pm

Sunday December 27th Geeks Who Drink @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley— 7pm

The String Cheese Incident @ 1st Bank Center Broomfield — 8pm New Years Eve: Euforquestra @ Hodi’s Half Note, Fort Collins— 8pm w/ Dechen Hawk’s, Jus Sayin New Years Eve: Michal Menert & Friends @ Aggie, Fort Collins— 9pm w/ special guests

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