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Giants & Pilgrims Bellwether
Kevin Johnston
BandWagon Magazine
Giants & Pilgrims call themselves “a marriage of art and music.” Aptly, Bellwether, the Greeley group’s forthcoming full-length, feels like an impressionist painting, lush with color and rife with rustic detail. The picture painted here explores three examples of sacred spaces via an array of instruments and close mic’d vocals whispering almost mythic indie-folk wisdom. The project’s ringmaster Timothy Coons describes the three sacred spaces as “moments in life that take your breath away (The Cathedral), the holiness of the everyday (represented by The Table), and perhaps the most difficult: The Dark Field. It’s in that space that we feel alone, yet some of the best growth for our soul happens,” he says. We’re lucky that Coons and crew let us in on those dark spots - it’s in their vulnerability where Giants & Pilgrims show the most strength.
“Settled Down” opens the album in a cinematic hilltop fog with a trusty, whistling melody at the vocalist’s’ side. “Everything Gets Better” feels like a deep cut by The National with fluttering snare drums, subtly proud piano and a deep, monotone vocal. Like love emerging from the magic clockwork of some nimble machine, “Guide Your Wild Eyes Down” spins a loom of wonder, while “Empty” drifts along with the putter of soft saxophones evoking a folkier Future Islands. The album’s finish, “David And I” culminates with a tea kettle vocal harmony of “joy.” Their love for subtle, sonic textures create the palette of one of the most nuanced albums coming out of Colorado this month. And while sweeping major choruses of “Gloria” could easily slip Bellwether into the realm of cheesy Christian music, they don’t. Deftly, Giants & Pilgrims manage to keep an honesty in this recording, using organic sounds, acoustic instruments, and tame production. Looking at these songs through the microscope of this intimate recording, we believe them. Regardless of doctrine, we identify with the raw emotions Coons and his band display through their lush minimalism. Bellwether is available for prefor pre-sale via giantsandpilgrims. com and will release everywhere March 13.
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Andy Sydow
Reasons For Departure Jay Wallace
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sounds like a mix of Joel and Pete Townshend.) The organ playing of Luke Maxson in the background of most of the album contributes to that ‘70s taste, as does Sydow’s raspy/ twangy vocals. Combined with Sydow’s Pop-ish lyrics (which are really good, to be honest) the album is easy listening done right. You are put at ease when you put it on. Your worries melt away when you lean back into your favorite chair and let
At age 26, Andy Sydow has al- Sydow’s lyrics and piano playready put out four albums since ing whisk you away for 40 min2013, Reason for Departure be- utes. While the production of ing his newest. BandWagon Magazine hasn’t heard much Sydow’s fourth album is flawof his stuff, but his new al- less, there was one flaw with the bum, a relaxing rock album rife physical itself album. The lyrics with blues touches – possibly booklet included with the CD is thanks to album producer and printed/assembled incorrectly, guitarist Chris Daniels of Chris at least the one BandWagon Daniels & The Kings – is not a Magazine received was. The bad introduction to the Denver- pages are out of order, which we initially thought was done based singer-songwriter. The hype sheet that came with the album places Sydow’s latest in the Americana genre. We understand why, but Reasons for Departure is not Americana in the traditional sense. It’s
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for artistic reasons until realizing the first page is the majority of “Bus Driver” while the title and first four lyrics are located
more along the lines of bluesinfluenced Classic Rock of the ‘70s. Sydow’s piano playing, in particular, tends to bring to
on page nine. That aside, if you’re looking for something along the lines of Billy Joel and Pete Townshend, you should absolutely give Andy Sydow’s Reasons for
mind Billy Joel. (“Bus Driver”
Departure a listen.
TyJa3 3Piece
Mario Samuel Diaz BandWagon Magazine
Recently, I was given the opportunity to sit down with Tyja3’s newly released project 3Piece. Tyja3 bleeds hyphy and embodies fun on the project, bringing a very new school vibe to old school braggadocio bars and flow. Even the deeper track “Time of My Life Life” keeps the momentum of the feel-good vibes while still giving a story of facing adversity. For old heads on the search for a nostalgia kick, tracks like “Dope” and “Forces” give the feeling that Tyja3 just snatched the mic from the DJ and started spittin’ his heart out. Like any other project, there are
ups and downs. You might not love everything on 3Piece, but everyone can find something to love. To prove my point, the song “Moxi” is very reminiscent of early Hollywood Undead songs; a totally different genre from the rest of the record. Praise to Tyja3 for covering everyone from MCs to the emo kids chilling at smoker’s corner. From the bars to the hooks that caught me off guard, I wasn’t ever really bored listening to this project. If you’re an artist setting out to make this kind of music, 3Piece sets the standard. Strive to make your project at the very least live up to this one. I know a lot of people making this “concert” type of music - none seemed to have kept me listening the entire way through like this one did. However, I hope Tyja3 decides to get more personal in the future on his projects. That’s coming from someone who respects and enjoys what he’s doing. Go listen for yourself and share around. Your local music scene is waiting for you to discover what it has to offer.
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Ron – Calexico, The Thread That Keeps Us On the 15-track new Calexico album, I can hear the almost-30-year musical history Joey Burns and John Convertino have between them. Ever since their pre-Friends Of Dean Martinez days, they’ve been a top notch rhythm section, playing Latin-tinged grooves for Victoria Williams, Richard Bruckner and more. This 9th studio album has moments of techno/world beat (“Another Space”), a spooky “Dead In The Water” and three under-2 minute instrumentals (more potential music beds for NPR’s This American Life show). At times you may feel a modern take on Phil Spector’s ‘Wall Of Sound’, with the band’s dense layers. And is it just me or is it funny a couple guys from Tucson named their band for a city in California? Remember, The Colorado Sound presents Calexico at the Boulder Theater on Tuesday, June 12. Margot – Superchunk, What A Time To Be Alive Superchunk have just released their 11th studio album in 30 years together. What A Time To be Alive was an unplanned record but a necessary one for them to make. The album is a blistering take on the world as Superchunk sees it. (It was written in a comparatively short period of time, in the last couple months of 2016 into first two months of 2017.) Protest albums are coming back in favor and Superchunk’s latest fits in with the best protest albums of the rock era. What A Time To Be Alive is a blistering, rocking, take on life as we know it today and can leave you breathless with its frank sarcasm. If you are used to the pensive reflection of most Superchunk albums, be ready for the stream of consciousness opinion that makes up What A Time To be Alive. It’s sharp, it’s angry, it’s hopeful, it’s unapologetic, and it’s a terrific listen. Recommended tracks: “What A Time To Be Alive”, “Erasure”, “Lost My Brain” Stacy – The Wood Brothers, One Drop Of Truth In this face-paced digital era of everything now, sometimes taking your time makes a difference, and the Wood Brothers have done just that. For the new album, One Drop of Truth, they worked at their own speed, self-producing and recording over the course of 2017. During that time, they enlisted four different engineers to ensure an eclectic, but cohesive piece of work that stands as one of their very best. From the reflective “Strange as it Seems,” with Oliver’s gravely vocals over a stripped down acoustic guitar and string section to the jubilant, tongue in cheek ode to being happy, “Happiness Jones,” One Drop of Truth stands as a lovely family snapshot of a band only getting better with age. And although the band now calls Nashville home, the Boulder raised Wood Brothers still sound very much like an earthy, Colorado grown band. Benji - Chris Smither, Call Me Lucky Chris Smither is one of those artists that has been hanging around the music scene so long he is often taken for granted. You may not recognize his name, but you definitely know his music. Smither has been Bonnie Raitt’s guitar player for years and someone she lovingly refers to as: “her Eric Clapton”. It’s been nearly fifty years since Smither released his first recording and since that time he has continued to develop his craft both as a guitar player and a songwriter. His new album “Call Me Lucky” is an ambitious two CD collection of originals and covers. The interpretation of Chuck Berry’s “Maybellene” is worth the price alone. Smither serves up a haunting version that makes you double check the credits to make sure Berry really wrote it. On the original “The Blame’s On Me”, Smither displays his self-deprecating style and whimsical word play. The entire album drips with tight performances and clever interpretations. If you’re just discovering Chris Smither, lucky for you he has saved his best for last.
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Kyle Eustice | BandWagon Magazine Nigerian artist Amayo is forced to stand outside of Brooklyn Bowl as opening band Here Lies Man gets ready for its upcoming show that evening. The sound emanating from the space was too consuming to conduct a proper interview. Consequently, the unforgiving noise of New York City traffic momentarily replaces the sporadic clashes of cymbals and soaring guitars. As the lead singer of Antibalas, Amayo is used to juggling the various demands that come along with being a working musician. Founded in 1998 by Martin Perna, the 11-piece outfit was inspired by Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, who wove jazz, funk, Ghanaian/Nigerian highlife, rock, and traditional West African chants and rhythms into one cohesive fabric.
Perna stumbled onto Amayo almost
“The band had no idea that I even
friend was there and he’s like, ‘Who
by accident. Amayo, who had reloca-
knew how to play percussion,” he
are these guys? I’m not into these whi-
ted to New York City from Lagos, was
says. “They just saw my poster in the
te boys playing Afrobeat [laughs]. I’m
focused on martial arts and running
neighborhood, so they would come to
like, ‘You never know.’ I told my friend,
his clothing store at the time. Perna
my clothing store. One day they told
‘I’m going to check them out.’”
walked into his shop one day and told
me, ‘We have this Afrobeat band and
Amayo about his new Afrobeat band
we are playing later, so you should
“So, I saw the band and thought they
that he’d formed the year before.
check us out,” he explains. “My best
were alright,” he continues. “They
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didn’t have an Afrobeat drummer
gether is hard because someone
“That’s what our new album is about.
back then. They just had a funk drum-
always has something that comes up.
Now that we have this power in place,
mer. It was exciting that someone was
Somehow people makes themselves
why don’t we just transport ourselves
even doing it though. A lightbulb went
available. When it’s really important,
to another place where the gods are
off in my head, but I did not act. Two
people become available.”
in peace? Everybody’s in a real bad
weeks later, Martin called and said his percussionist was taking off.”
place. When we come back, we’ll be “Where The Gods Are In Peace only
able to handle this better. Music is
took two days — the material was
medicine for the soul.”
Amayo, who grew up going to Fela’s
already together,” he adds. “Most of
club Afrika Shrine in the ‘70s, ended
the material I wrote a while ago, so
All 11 members of the group are ma-
up sitting in and quickly realized Anti-
we were able to pick back up quickly.
king their way towards Colorado,
balas had upped their game.
Once you’ve been playing a certain
where the culturally diverse group
genre for years you develop a feeling
will play at Fort Collins’ newest venue
“Now, they had a real drummer,” he
for what’s good, what’s right. Inspira-
— Washington’s — on March 29.
says. “They had a guy who used to
tion comes at different times.”
play with Fela Kuti. I was like, this is
“We’re coming up on 20 years as a Antibalas plans to perform a selec-
band,” he says. “I don’t see myself
tion of material from the aforementio-
stopping anytime soon. It’s because
Over the past 20 years, Antibalas has
ned Where The Gods Are In Peace, an
of this feeling I get from playing mu-
delivered six full-length studio al-
album that speaks to the politically
sic, writing music and performing mu-
bums, culminating with 2017’s Where
divisive times we’re living in.
sic, especially now that our live shows
serious now. That was the beginning.”
The Gods Are In Peace, which took only two days to make. The most complicated part was getting everyone together. “It takes time, but its more of the logistics of it that is the complex part,” Amayo says. “To get schedules to-
are more awesome. It was great befo-
“We try not to only speak about but to also offer solutions, offer a different way of thinking, offer a different mindset,”
re, now it’s just off the chain [laughs].”
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Kevin Johnston
BandWagon Magazine
Slow Caves evoke a depth of maturity that belies their youthful, blonde, surf-rock appearance. Their freshly squeezed 7-Inch release Poser / Rover stays the chilled-out course for the Denver/Ft. Collins quartet’s consistent brand of loveable, lilting slack-rock.
Poser / Rover sets cruise control smack-dab between Morrissey and Ric Ocasek era Weezer, with both tunes coasting in at a steady 135 bpm. It’s just enough drive to let your hair blow in the breeze – like a Mac Demarco tape was in the deck as you drove down Colfax to Poser / Rover’s release show a few Fridays ago. Glossy production awash in tasteful reverb, Beach Boys “oohs” and frequent whammy bar dips are expected road signs for Slow Caves, but a favoritism for minor 6th chords breaks up the four-on-the-floor rock acting as indications of “curves ahead.” “Your acid wash is so classic posh . . . I’m a poser - yeah that’s me,” side one says. It’s an homage to band-mates Jakob Mueller and Jackson Lamperes’ early
days on the Ft. Collins skateboard scene; a realm where ridicule forced them to “carve out their own identities” according to Mueller. Maybe Slow Caves are posers – with a facade of California cool luring us towards their effortless vibe, when in fact, repeated listens reveal the articulated details of a band with very particular intentions. Mueller’s baritone croon gives us that sense of depth behind the beach-rock party feels too, while Rover’s obscure reference to a Simpsons episode about Jimi Hendrix’ posthumous, wandering dog, shows there is depth behind the rock – however goofy. Whatever the mystery behind the appeal, Slow Caves deliver the goods and the fun on Poser / Rover. Their head-nodding rock satisfies those of us already craving spring/summer guitar jams. It proves they’ve got a long, sunny highway ahead of them, and we can’t wait to hear where they’re taking us next. Skate or die, dog!
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Jed Murphy | BandWagon Magazine Alex Cameron and his business partner/saxophonist Roy Molloy know what it means to put in time. From their humble beginnings in Sydney, Australia to the consistently sold out shows around the world, the name of the game has been stay on the grind and cash those checks when you can. Who is this Alex Cameron and his mysterious business partner Roy Molloy you ask? They are a hard look at pop music, and the future of the genre at the same time. Alex Cameron’s music pokes fun at the male ego while encapsulating it in a hypnotising performance. After releasing his second full length album Forced Witness in 2017 (which features an impressive list of guests such as Angel Olsen and Brandon Flowers of The Killers), every step they take is another step forward for their careers. We caught up with Al’s business partner Roy Mozlloy and chatted about all the things that make them tick.
BW: As long-time friends, clearly you and Alex have seen a lot over the years. At what point did you decide you wanted to be his business partner instead of just a band member or his manager? MOLLOY: Me an Al Cam been in business together to some degree since we were about 16. Workin together, little grifts, projects. The official business partnership was a natural progression I guess. Jumping the Shark was a beautiful album in my opinion, but at the time we really had to work to get it in front of people. To get its hooks in. We saw it affecting people at shows but the industry was largely deaf to it. We realised that it wasn’t gonna get heard unless the two of us tipped all our funds and expertise into it an took it on the road. We realised early on it’d be a long game, high risk kind of situaish’, an we figured we aught to make
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the business side of it official in case we had to liquidate the whole thing and walk away. So we started Cameron, Molloy and Associates. Then we went to work. What are some of the biggest changes you’ve experienced in the last year, particularly with the release of Forced Witness? Al said once that 2017 was the pill an 2018’s the come up. That made sense to me. We’re playin bigger clubs and the crowds are more jacked up. We’ve got the money to employ a full band and really get the music cookin on stage. There’s rarely any question that we’ll sell out a show or have any trouble getting booked, so that anxiety’s gone. Other than that we’re still doin the hard graft like we used to. Playin shows every night and driving to the next town. Tryin to keep the work rate up.
When was the last time you were starstruck? I don’t get easily starstruck. I encountered Kirsten Dunst about a year back. That really got me. I guess I was twelve when Bring It On came out, and she was this impossibly beautiful leading lady. I remember I had a vivid dream at the time that she’d crawled into bed with me, warm and sweet, and whispered in my ear that she loved me, just me, all along, and of course it had always been me she’d loved. And then I woke up just hollow and sick with longing. Like a door with a draught under it. I got over it, I was only very young, but man it fucked me up when I saw her in person. A real ache in my heart. She’s very beautiful and charming in person and I was 100% starstruck.
Russell Crowe reached out on Twitter to say he liked the music. In a million years I wouldn’t have seen that coming. What a strange morning. What’s the best meal you’ve had on tour so far? Every now and then we catch a really fancy meal off the label or Sony or someone. I aint a cheap date an I normally get the seafood if it’s someone else’s shout. That bein said it tends to be the home cooked meals that really get me. Our friend Matt in Melbourne had us around for lunch the other day for roast chicken. Our guy Samoyed cooked us an asian breaky in his flat in Scotland with his girlfriend that I still think about. There was a french venue that had the promoter’s mum out in the kitchen knockin up pasta and salad. A home cooked meal in a loving environment can easily bring me to the brink of tears. Happy, grateful tears. Man. What a world.
What advice would you give for maintaining physical and mental health on a long tour?
If you weren’t living the dream as a professional musician, what would be your ideal job?
Eat vegetables, stay hydrated and keep ya arsehole an dick or vagina clean. If you’re mentally collapsing you’re gonna wanna lay off the booze, an don’t be afraid to talk to your mates. I made that mistake before. Drinkin 8 beers a day an not talkin candidly with my friends really caged me for a minute there. Made me very unstable and sad.
I done a lot a different jobs an been pretty happy in all of them. Furniture moving really appealed to me and so did workin as a tram conductor.
When it comes to blogs and posts on social media, it sure seems like you guys give a damn. What brought you to this point? Me and Al are writers an we’ve got plenty to
I was a particularly adept chauffeur. I think if it all fell apart I’d go try an get my chauffeur work back, or failing that I’d go get my commercial driver’s license and get work at the bus depot. Get the morning shifts and just ride it out real cool and calm. I’m just happy to be out here runnin’ around. Cheers.
say. It’s easy and pleasurable for us to write. We’ve done it since we had less than a hundred followers, so it started as us just kind a shouting into the void. Trying to get people interested. Expressing ourselves for cathartic reasons. It’s ended up bein a large and long winded chronicle of the last four or so years. A document of what we’ve done and how we feel about it. Also we were tryin to g people up to come to the show.
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CONCERT CALENDAR Thursday March 1st
Friday March 2nd
“These Jokes Are For You” @Moxi Theater, Greeley – 8pm
Laugh Out Loud Comedy Tour Featuring: Comedian Trump, Comedian Jessi Saldana @Moxi Theater, Greeley – 8pm
Kyle Hollingsworth Band - Kyle’s 50th Birthday & Album Release Party @Aggie Theatre, Ft. Collins – 7pm w/ Hot Buttered Rum
Fort Comedy Presents: Marcella Arguello EARLY SHOW @ Aggie Theatre, Ft. Collins – 6:30pm
Kessel Run @Hodi’s Half Note, Ft Collins – 8pm w/ Home Fried Boogaloo
Dead Floyd @The Aggie Theatre, Ft. Collins – 8pm w/ Midnight North
First Friday Opening Reception: Borrowed Light @ Downtown Artery, Ft. Collins – 6pm w/ The Social Animals
Toadface @Hodi’s Half Note, Fort Collins – 8pm w/ Eazybaked, Bankaji, Waylo, and $az
Burlesque @Surfside 7, Fort Collins – 9pm w/ Bang Bang Septicflesh @Bluebird Theater, Denver – 8pm with Dark Funeral, Thy Antichrist, Helleborus Mura Masa @Ogden Theatre, Denver – 9pm Dan Aid @Larimer Lounge, Denver – 7pm w/ VALDEZ (of In The Whale), Sarah Slaton (of Edison) Jonathan Scales Fourchestra @Lost Lake, Denver – 7pm w/ Mono Verde Collective, Beyond Bridges EyeHateGod @Marquis Theater, Denver – 7pm Blitzen Trapper @Washington’s, Fort Collins – 6pm w/ Liz Cooper & The Stampede Glass Cases @Avogadro’s, Fort Collins – 7pm w/ Macy Warner
First Friday Showcase: Kayla Moore @Surfside 7, Fort Collins – 7pm Goth @Surfside 7, Fort Collins – 9pm w/ Darkwave Night, Jesse Kulenski Classical Mystery Tour @ Union Colony Civic Center, Greeley – 7:30pm w/ The Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra Dorothy @Bluebird Theater, Denver – 9pm w/ Tyto Alba PVRIS @Ogden Theatre, Denver – 7:30pm w/ Flint Eastwood, Birthday Avenhart @Larimer Lounge, Denver – 8pm w/ Dear Me, Dollhouse Thieves Modern Leisure @Lost Lake, Denver – 8pm w/ Kissing Party, Bark Wilson Icon For Art - Turn Your Pain Into Art Tour @Marquis Theater, Denver – 7pm
JOSH HOYER & SOUL COLOSSAL SATURDAY MARCH 3RD @ MOXI THEATER IN GREELEY
NF - Nate Feuerstein @Fillmore Auditorium, Denver – 7pm
@Ogden Theatre, Denver – 8pm w/ Buku, Probcause, Homemade Spaceship
Halden Wofford and the Hi Beams @Avagadro’s, Fort Collins – 8:30 pm
Robert Stevenson of A Silent Film @Larimer Lounge, Denver – 8:30 pm w/ I Am Strikes
Saturday March 3rd
Augustus @Lost Lake, Denver – 8pm w/ Scotty & The Late Nights, Plutinos
Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal @Moxi Theater, Greeley – 8pm w/ Ben Pu & Crew 3OH!3 Day feat. 3OH!3 (SOLD OUT) @The Aggie Theatre, Ft. Collins – 8pm w/ Special Guests Musketeer Gripweed @Hodi’s Half Note, Ft Collins – 8pm w/ Tenth Mountain Division and Bill Smith By The Lee @The Downtown Artery, Ft. Collins – 7pm w/ Honeytree Nate Valdez (In The Whale) @Surfside 7, Fort Collins – 9pm w/ Josh Cornal United States Navy Concert Band @Union Colony Civic Center, Greeley – 7pm Skinny Lister @Bluebird Theater, Denver – 8pm w/ Will Varley, One Flew West Betty Who @The Gothic Theatre, Denver – 9pm w/ Pretty Sister, Spencer Ludwig
Mat Kearney @Fillmore Auditorium, Denver – 7pm Bonnie and the Clydes @Avogadro’s, Fort Collins – 7pm
Sunday March 4th The Social Animals @Larimer Lounge, Denver – 7pm The Rainbow Treatment @Lost Lake, Denver – 8pm w/ Waiting Til Three, Speedboat, Halleway I Set My Friends On Fire @Marquis Theater, Denver – 7pm
Monday March 5th Mug Night: Stand-Up Comedy @Hodi’s Half Note, Ft Collins – 7pm Funk Jam – 10pm Watain @The Gothic Theatre, Denver – 7pm w/ Destroyer 666, Ares Kingdom
Sodown
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We Came as Romans @Marquis Theater, Denver – 6pm Awolnation & Nothing But Thieves @Fillmore Auditorium, Denver – 8pm
Wednesday March 7th Aaron Kamm & The One Drops @Hodi’s Half Note, Ft Collins – 8pm w/ MountainUs and Special Guests
CHESS AT BREAKFAST WEDNESDAY MARCH 7TH @ HODI’S HALF NOTE IN FORT COLLINS
Between the Buried and Me @Ogden Theatre, Denver – 7pm w/ The Deer Hunter, Leprous Bully @Larimer Lounge, Denver – 7pm w/ Melkbelly Theo Katzman @Lost Lake, Denver – 7pm w/ Bridget Kearney Slaves @Marquis Theater, Denver – 7pm
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Tuesday March 6th Pout House @Surfsied 7, Fort Collins – 9pm w/ Sorrytown, I Am The Owl Good Old War @Bluebird Theater, Denver – 8pm w/ Justin Nozuka, River Matthews Yak Attack @Lost Lake, Denver – 7pm w/ Zeta June, Chando
Chess At Breakfast @Lost Lake, Denver – 7pm w/ Post/War, Creature Keeper Ramzoid @Marquis Theater, Denver – 8pm w/ AObeats
Thursday March 8th CharlestheFirst, Potions, Supertask - The Lab Group Tour @The Aggie Theatre, Ft. Collins – 8pm w/ Special Guests Goopsteppa and Sorrow The Heavy Pets @Hodi’s Half Note, Fort Collins – 8pm w/ Steady Flow, Banshee Tree
Some Kind Of Nightmare @Surfside 7, Fort Collins – 9pm w/ Sinister Pig, Almataha Catapult @Rialto Theater Center, Loveland – 7pm Soulection Radio Tour Featuring Joe Kay @Bluebird Theater, Denver – 9pm w/ Special Guests Why Don’t We @Ogden Theatre, Denver – 7pm Drezo @Larimer Lounge, Denver – 8pm w/ Ryan Collins, Freddy Rule Xoa @Lost Lake, Denver – 7pm w/ Boogie Lights Michael Kirkpatrick and the Honeyrider Band @Washington’s, Fort Collins – 6pm w/ Caroline Cotter & Michael Thomas Howard
Friday March 9th Canyon Collected @Hodi’s Half Note, Fort Collins – 8pm w/ House With a Yard and Tyler T
Jason Ricci & the Bad Kind @Rialto Theater Center, Loveland – 7pm Anders Osborne solo @Bluebird Theater, Denver – 8pm w/ Ryan Montbleau Havok @The Gothic Theatre, Denver – 8pm w/ Cephalic Carnage, Dreadnought, Draghoria Phillip Phillips @Ogden Theatre, Denver – 9pm w/ The Ballroom Thieves Movements @Larimer Lounge, Denver – 7:30 pm w/ Can’t Swim, Super Whatevr, Gleemer Medasin @Lost Lake, Denver – 8pm w/ Milky.WAV, Zotti Lucius @Washington’s, Fort Collins – 7pm w/ Ethan Gruska
Saturday March 10th Red and Lacey Sturm “Unstoppable Screams Tour” @Moxi Theater, Greeley – 7pm w/ Righteous Vendetta Mr. Bill @ The Aggie Theatre, Ft. Collins – 8pm w/ Au5, Covex, Evoke FUNK CLUB in Fort Collins! @The Downtown Artery, Ft. Collins – 7pm Enlightened Artists @Hodi’s Half Note, Ft Collins – 8pm w/ Revyve, Anville, Heavy Z x Al Dente, Front Range, Boo G/Steelo Bass The Elders @Rialto Theater Center, Loveland – 8pm Dragondeer @Bluebird Theater, Denver – 9pm w/ Eldren, Dendrites Pigeons Playing Ping Pong @Ogden Theatre, Denver – 9pm w/ Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers Sar Isatum @Lost Lake, Denver – 7pm w/ Horde Of Draugar, Music 1000
Miles of Fire @Marquis Theater, Denver – 8pm Shovels And Rope @Washington’s, Fort Collins – 6pm
Sunday March 11th Katharsis - A Psychedelic Funk Experience @Hodi’s Half Note, Ft. Collins – 7pm w/ Dave Watts, Chuck Jones, Todd Stoops, Marcus Rezak Vinyl Theatre / Vesperteen @The Gothic Theatre, Denver – 7pm w/ This Broken Beat, I The Victor
RED + LACY STURM SUNDAY MARCH 10TH, 2018 @ MOXI THEATER IN GREELEY
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic @Ogden Theatre, Denver – 9pm w/ Miss Velvet & The Blue Wolf Architects - Doomsday Tour @Summit Music Hall, Denver – 7pm
w/ I the Mighty, Don Broco, Jule Vera The Lone Bellow @The Gothic Theatre, Denver – 8pm w/ The Wild Reeds
Uppermost @Summit Music Hall, Denver – 7pm
Spirettes @Lost Lake, Denver – 7pm w/ Porlolo, Oxeye Daisy
Lucy Rose @Larimer Lounge, Denver – 7pm w/ Charlie Cunningham
Thursday March 15th
Rings of Saturn @Marquis, Denver – 7pm
Wyclef Jean @Summit Music Hall, Denver – 7pm
Sam Bush Band @Aggie Theatre, Ft Collins – 8pm w/ Special Guests
Sorority Noise @Marquis Theater, Denver – 7pm
Martin Sexton @Washintons’s, Fort Collins – 6pm w/ Keller Williams
Monday March 12th A Chorus Line @Union Colony Civic Center, Greeley – 7pm
Tuesday March 13th RE:Turn Tuesdays @Hodi’s Half Note, Ft Collins – 8pm Feat. BogTroTTer and Goldy LoxX, DJ Wadada (Late Set) Shoreline Mafia @Marquis Theater, Denver – 7pm Walk Off The Earth @Fillmore Auditorium, Denver – 7:30 pm
Wednesday March 14th Chali 2na & House of Vibe @Aggie Theatre, Ft. Collins – 8pm w/ Kind Dub, Thin Air Crew, Alex Knox Our Last Night @Bluebird Theater, Denver – 6:30 pm
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Badfeather feat. DJ Logic @Hodi’s Half Note, Ft Collins – 8pm w/ Special Guest That’s Science @Surfside 7, Fort Collins – 9pm w/ The Hacks, Bad Decisions Harm’s Way @Larimer Lounge, Denver – 6pm w/ Ringworm, Vein, Queensway Hunter Burnette (Album Release) @Lost Lake, Denver – 7pm w/ Chloe Tang, Holly Lovell
Friday March 16th The Fold @Moxi Theater, Greeley – 7pm Turkuaz @Aggie Theatre, Ft. Collin – 8pm w/ Con Brio Declan McKenna @Hodi’s Half Note, Ft Collins – 7pm FACE Vocal Band @Rialto Theater Center, Loveland – 7pm Encore World Tour: Anderson East @The Gothic Theatre, Denver – 9pm
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w/ J.S. Ondara GTA @Larimer Lounge, Denver – 8:30 pm w/ Pruitt, Sergio Santana U-God (of Wu-Tang) @Lost Lake, Denver – 8:30 pm w/ Carnage The Executioner Wild Mountain & Charlie Brown Sweater Face @Avogadro’s, Fort Collins – 9pm
DECLAN MCKENNA
Saturday March 17th Magic Beans @Aggie Theatre, Ft. Collins – 8pm w/ Yamn, Amoramora Big Gay St Patty’s Party! @Downtown Artery, Ft. Collins – 7pm The Yawpers w/ Special Guests @Hodi’s Half Note, Ft Collins – 8pm
FRIDAY MARCH 16TH, 2018 @ HODI’S IN FORT COLLINS
w/ Henry Jamison
Sorry Sweetheart
COIN @The Gothic Theatre w/ The Aces GTA @Larimer Lounge, Denver – 8:30 pm w/ Elijah Moore, Fauxxy
Galactic @Fillmore Auditorium – 7:30 pm
Lawsuit Models @Surfside 7, Fort Collins – 9pm w/ Dead Key, Combatillac
The Menzingers @Summit Music Hall, Denver – 7pm
Darlingside @Bluebird Theater, Denver – 8:30 pm
The A-OK’S @Lost Lake, Denver – 7pm w/ Be Like Max, Younger Than Neil,
Anderson East @Washington’s, Fort Collins – 6pm w/ Kyle Emerson
Sunday March 18th Lil Skies @The Gothic Theatre, Denver – 8pm
Thursday March 22nd
GTA @Larimer Lounge, Denver – 8:30 pm w/ Aviva, Azon Classic
Pujol @Surfside 7, Fort Collins – 9pm w/ Sego, Serpantfoot
Dick Stusso @Lost Lake, Denver – 7pm w/ Jo Passed
EDEN @The Gothic Theatre w/ VÉRITE
Norma Jean @Marquis Theater, Denver – 6pm
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark @Ogden Theatre, Denver – 8pm w/ GGOOLLDD
Chris Collins presents A Tribute to John Denver @Union Colony Civic Center, Greeley – 7pm
Monday March 19th
Vundabar @Lost Lake, Denver – 7pm w/ Ratboys, Hello, Mountain
Esseks @Bluebird Theater, Denver – 9pm w/ Noer the Boy
Wednesday March 21st
Mt . Joy @Larimer Lounge, Denver – 7pm w/ Whitacre
Monsterwatch @Surfside 7, Fort Collins – 9pm w/ Plasma Canvas Current Joys @Larimer Lounge, Denver – 7pm Ella Vos @Lost Lake, Denver – 7pm w/ Freya Ridings
Tuesday March 20th Mimicking Birds @The Downtown Artery Ft. Collins – 7pm
Matt Carroll Trio @The Downtown Artery, Ft. Collins – 6pm w/ special guest Peter Sommer The Lil Smokies @Bluebird Theater, Denver – 8pm U.S. Girls @Larimer Lounge, Denver – 7pm Mint Field @Lost Lake, Denver – 7pm w/ Neighbor Lady
Low Cut Connie @Hodi’s Half Note, Ft Collins – 8pm w/ Special Guests
Attack on Venus @The Downtown Artery, Ft. Collins – 7pm w/ Native Station, Foreign Words and Meeting House Genocide Method (Cd Release) @Hodi’s Half Note, Ft Collins –8pm w/ Last Word, Infinite Conscious, When Darkness Falls GPO presents “The Magic of Music: a Family Concert” @Union Colony Civic Center, Greeley – 6pm Russian Circles @Bluebird Theater, Denver – 9pm w/ Eagle Twin
Moaning x Nnamdi Ogbonnaya @Lost Lake, Denver – 8:30 pm
Lane 8: Little By Little @Ogden Theatre, Denver – 9pm w/ Fairchild
Rebirth Brass Band @Washinton’s, Fort Collins – 6pm
Senses Fail @Summit Music Hall, Denver – 6:30 pm
Friday March 23rd
Tyler T. and the Common Clay @Avogadro’s, Fort Collins – 9pm
Whitewater Ramble Pickin’ On Led Zeppelin feat. Jessica Jones @Aggie Theatre, Ft. Collins – 8pm w/ Special Guests
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Saturday March 24th
Tuesday March 27th
Govinda and Kaminanda @ Aggie Theatre, Ft. Collins – 8pm w/ Templo
RE:Turn Tuesdays @Hodi’s Half Note, Fort Collins – 8pm Feat. Plantrae and Sixis w/ Special Guests
The Werks @Hodi’s Half Note, Ft Collins – 8pm w/ Maxwell Mud and Special Guests Thriftworks @Bluebird Theater, Denver – 9pm w/ BogTroTTer Andy Grammer @The Gothic Theatre, Denver – 9pm Dying Fetus @Summit Music Hall, Denver – 7pm w/ Thy Art is Murder
Somo: The Reservations Tours @Bluebird, Denver – 8pm w/ Caye, Kid Quill Bianca Del Rio @The Gothic Theatre, Denver – 7pm L.A. Salami @Larimer Lounge, Denver – 7pm w/ Cat Clyde Roy Wood$ @Summit Music Hall, Denver – 7pm
Digital Beat Down (Album Release) @Lost Lake, Denver – 8:30 pm w/ Shuj Roswell
Dark Rooms @Lost Lake, Denver – 7pm w/ Mobley
The Hunna @Marquis Theater, Denver – 6:30 pm w/ Coasts
Wednesday March 28th
SHEL @Washinton’s, Fort Collins – 7pm w/ Dark Rooms
Sunday March 25th You Can’t Come: Future Heros @Bluebird Theater, Denver – 9pm w/ Safa Gaw, Legion Sailor Poon @Larimer Lounge, Denver – 7pm The Corner Girls, Vic N’ the Narwhals Scepter of Eligos + Augur (Dual EP Release) @Lost Lake, Denver – 7pm w/ Boar Worship, Vexing
Smooth Hound Smith @The Downtown Artery, Ft. Collins – 7pm Iya Terra @Hodi’s Half Note, Fort Collins – 8pm w/ Project 432
TWIN PEAKS MONDAY MARCH 26TH @ BLUEBIRD THEATRE, DENVER CO
Big Something @Bluebird Theater, Denver – 8pm w/ Funk You
Son Survivor - Album Release Show @Marquis Theater, Denver – 7pm
Matt and Kim @Ogden Theatre, Denver – 8pm w/ CRUISR, TWINKIDS
Saturday March 31st
Covex @Larimer Lounge, Denver – 7pm w/ Skyvo, Bimyo
Josh Cornal (Came and Took it) @ Surfside 7, Fort Collins – 9pm w/ Zack Michael Klingande @The Gothic Theatre, Denver – 9pm
Marc E. Bassy @Bluebird Theater, Denver – 8pm
The Milk Blossoms (Album Release) @Lost Lake, Denver – 7pm w/ Joseph Lamar
A$AP Ferg @Ogden Theatre, Denver – 8pm w/ Denzel Curry, IDK
Antibalas @Washinton’s, Fort Collins – 7pm
nothing,nowhere. @Larimer Lounge, Denver – 7pm w/ Shinigami, Lil Lotus, Jay Vee
Friday March 30th
Chrome @Larimer Lounge, Denver – 8:30 pm w/ Echo Beds
High Up @Surfside 7, Fort Collins – 9pm w/ Whispertown
Third Annual: Goth Prom @Summit Music Hall, Denver – 8pm w/ Covenant
Euforquestra @Bluebird Theater, Denver – 9pm w/ Mama Magnolia, Mlima
The Ghoulies (Album Release) @Lost Lake, Denver – 8pm The Windermeres, The Beeves, Plasma Canvas Thirdstory @Marquis Theater, Denver – 8pm
Layne @Lost Lake, Denver – 7pm w/ Selfish Things
The Casket Lottery @Marquis Theater, Denver – 7pm
Emo Nite Denver @Marquis Theater, Denver – 9pm
Monday March 26th
Thursday March 29th
Twin Peaks @Bluebird, Denver – 8pm w/ The Districts, Panther Martin
Good Gravy @Hodi’s Half Note, Ft Collins – 8pm w/ Lineage
Secrets @Marquis Theater, Denver – 6pm
LAYNE @Surfside 7, Fort Collins – 9pm w/ Selfish Things, futurebabes
Koffin Kats / The Goddamn Gallows @The Gothic Theater, Denver – 8pm w/ Against The Grain Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood @Ogden Theatre, Denver – 8:30 pm Option 4 + Worthy @Larimer Lounge, Denver – 8:30 pm
Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood @Ogden Theatre, Denver – 8:30 pm
The Drunken Hearts @Washinton’s, Fort Collins – 6pm with special guest Todd Sheaffer GOATZ! @Avogadro’s, Fort Collins – 8pm with The Monocle Band
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