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excellent singer, even if his voice seems really familiar in a way that’s almost generic, at least until the ending. The ending sort of pumps you up, and the only issue I have is the fact that it gets exciting… and then it stops.
“Strange Giant” recalls the score of Pacific Rim, until the horn section comes up, which really makes this track stand out. I think this is potentially my favorite track on Synesthesia, and it mostly has to do with the inclusion of the horns. Lots of electronic music is Generic Movie Trailer Music, Shitty Club Music or Daft Punk/Glitch Mob knockoffs with not much to really distinguish itself. This is truly a unique-sounding track, and for that I love it.
The album closes out with “Gold Blooded,” a melancholic-turn-choleric-and-back-again piece that tries to be hypnotic and then jerks you back out and cranks up the rock. This is another unique track, and a long one at that so you really come to appreciate it. “Gold Blooded” is a good “summary,” if you will, of what The Echo Chamber is good at, and it has convinced me that if you dig electronic music, you should track down Synesthesia.
The Echo ChamberSYNESTHESIA
I’m going into The Echo Chamber’s new release, Synesthesia, completely blind. While I have an interest in electronic music, I don’t necessarily listen to a lot of it, and while The Echo Chamber has played here in Greeley, I can’t recall ever attending one of their shows. So I’m largely judging it as if this is the group’s first album, even though this is the Fort Collins-based group’s second release.
Electronic music–particularly albums filled with Instrumentals, like Synesthesia–can sometimes be difficult to judge due to the experimental nature of the genre. What do you compare it to that people are aware of? The Echo Chamber compares themselves to the likes of Radiohead, Battles and Explosions In The Sky, but I’m not thinking of those groups while listening to the album.
“Into The Machine” is reminiscent of Greeley musician Joe Lee Parker’s solo Sound Art performances, a tonally dark electronic piece that’s interlaced with electric and bass guitar as well as drums. It also brings to mind the score from 28 Days Later. The title track, “Amorphous Colors in Dreams” and “Terrorvison” continue this aesthetic. A note on “Terrorvision”, despite its title, it’s much more upbeat in terms of tone and really rocks out towards the end.
“In Battle,” weirdly, reminds me of classic rock from the 70s, mostly due to the guitar playing of Ryan Gaudie, and mixed in with the MIDI work of Chris Thompson, giving this rock track a strangely relaxing mellow vibe.
“Morphine Tiger” is the one track with lyrics, bassist Brian Weikel providing the vocals. Weikel is an
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Springtime CarnivoreSELF-TITLED
through her musical roots. The vocals fans have come to expect, twinkling and young, have since matured, taking on a much more affected, shimmering tone, which suits the fuzzed-out pop style of the album. Here, the artist speaks on her vocal choices, and the inspiration she draws from actor Jared Leto.
For now though, the 26 year-old is taking time to enjoy the another successful debut. “I feel really good about it right now. I think there’s always a process of releasing something and then outgrowing it, and that’s positive. So I’m happy now. Maybe in a year or two I’ll be ready to do the next one.”
Some of of Morgan’s favorite releases this year included the new albums from Angel Olsen, Sharon Van Etten and The Orwells, who she refers to as her “musical little brothers.” Springtime Carnivore is currently touring the West Coast, but hopes to return to the Mile High City soon.
kind of experiment. I wanted to fix my relationship with music a little bit, because I feel like it had sort of become off kilter for various reasons. I just wanted it to feel more the way it did when I was a teenager.”
The effort is clear in the album. Long time fans of Morgan’s work will be able to note the maturity present in this performance. Morgan gives us a fun, lilting, flowing collection of tunes that would be better suited for a summer release. With it’s ‘60s and ‘70s charm, this album is best suited for sipping an icy drink and soaking up rays, or cruising highways with the top down.
The Springtime Carnivore debut plays cohesively, which speaks to the talent of its author, as some of its tracks were written back in her Gold Motel days, some after their break up. This time around, it was important to Morgan to let the ideas flow freely. Whatever ideas came, came as a result of her personal brand of organic musical meditation:
“The first song that I demo’d was ‘Collectors.’ So some of the early demo’s go back that far, like two years ago. So for this record, first thing in the morning, I would have a cup of coffee, and go to my rehearsal space, maybe play along to a few records, and then I would dive into whatever song I was working on for a few hours. It seriously felt like magic, just working in a trance every day, just hanging out by myself.”
Morgan makes a point to leave no musical rock unturned in this journey
Greta Morgan Salpeter (better known simply as Greta Morgan) began playing piano at the tender age of three. With a classical pianist for a mother, Morgan has many fond musical memories, especially with her father:
“My Dad is tone deaf, but he loves music. So he always took us to musicals, and I actually remember dancing with him to motown in front of our juke box as kids.” You can sense the importance of these memories in Morgan’s voice.
Music continued to be a fierce passion into her teens:
“It was this really amazing, life-giving thing to be able to listen to your favorite song before you went to bed and have it be the first thing you want to hear in the morning. I would just play out of joy and excitement every day, with no expectations.”
It was at 16 that her musical career began, as the keyboardist/vocals for the Decaydance signed The Hush Sound.
Two albums and four years later, The Hush Sound retires on a high note, and Morgan moves to her new band, Gold Motel, who went on to release two sugary ‘60s pop album. Now, Morgan embarks on her first solo adventure under the moniker “Springtime Carnivore.” Morgan cites her newest project as a chance to re-focus her relationship with music:
“I guess what I was ready for with this project was just the freedom to
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In the sequel, everything that gained the pair such rapid and impassioned adoration–the brutality, the wit, the flow–have all returned with a vengeance. The pair pull no punches in what is a far darker, grimier project than its former.
The patented RTJ lyrical savagery has returned, more cringe-worthy than ever. Killer Mike takes the lyrical cake in this performance, and often overshadows El-P as a lyricist (though,
You’re in, or you’re out. The effect is so encompassing, that their 2013 debut began with the song “Run The Jewels,” making that “Run The Jewels,” on Run
The Jewels, by Run The Jewels. The sequel, aptly titled Run The Jewels 2, is a tactically precise release that feels like it answers all questions early critics had, while simultaneously doing whatever the hell they want. If they’re careful, there will be much more to see from them in the future.
Run The JewelsRUN THE JEWELS 2
Run The Jewels has never claimed (or wanted) to be anything other than themselves. To the auteurs behind this project, Killer Mike and El-P, Run The Jewels is more than a title, more than a catchy hook. It is a call to arms; take to the streets, and raise hell.
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in El-P’s defense, its worth nothing that he is both rapper and producer to the project). In one of three singles released for the album, “Close Your Eyes (And Count to F*ck)” Killer Mike paints the bloody picture of a gang army overthrowing a prison, in splattered, gorey swipes that would do any Tarantino film justice.
Around every corner is verse after verse that are so quotable, you feel like you’re watching your favorite comedy. The wit is elevated, as is the story telling. In “Crown,” the pair share tales of past hardships; Mike, on his time as a cocaine dealer, and El-P on his brief and ill-advised bout in the military. This is done not in sadness, or regret, but in acceptance that what’s done is done. Its a song about closure, and forgiveness of
one’s self and others, and gives credence to the fact that hip hop, at its best, is a storytelling medium.
While the content takes a step up, the sounds take a notable toning down. Not quite in quality (in fact, El-P continues to grow as a producer) but in the raw and raunchy punch fans felt in the first album. That being said, the result is a slower and (if such a thing can happen) a more mellow performance, but with no loss of intensity. The move is similar to the sophomore release from Death Grips, and aimed to show that the group could find back-to-back success, even when experimenting with quieter sounds. The message is clear: they’ve only begun, and there’s much more to come.
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Los Condensadores de FluzoRockabilly “Typicat” Spanish
que rock and roll puede ser en espanol tambien como dice Antonio Gomez o “Tonino” en “Alligator Rockin” la revista “Tratamos de reclamar que un buen grupo de ‘rock and roll’ puede cantar en español y no solo en inglés.” Y vaya como lo reclaman con mucha fuerza y talento.
El álbum Rockabilly “Typicat” Spanish
nos sube a una máquina de tiempo y nos lleva a la era de Rock ‘n Roll. Tiene un sonido alegre que hace que todo tu cuerpo se mueva de piez a cabeza.
La primera canción es el mismo nombre del álbum “Rockabilly “Typicat” Spanish.” La canción tiene un estilo clásico del rock and roll que enseñan su patriotismo a espana diciendo “Rockabilly “Typicat” Spanish made in Spain”. Nos dicen como el rockabilly nos tendrá “bailando como gatos locos.” Después su tercer cancion se llama “Indie-ferentes” donde llama a la moda indie una tontería y se burlan de su tendencia a ser “indiferentes” a la modas. Y dicen cosas como “confunden arte con exclusividad,” y que “tienen complejo social.” Su juego en palabras en el título de la canción es igual de divertido a la canción. mientras te hace bailar te causa risa con sus burlas a la moda indie. Su patriotismo continua a Jaén con sus cancion “Himno a Jaén” donde la describen como “Radiante flor” y “ bella ciudad de luz.” A lo largo de la canción llaman Jaen mujer y se expresan como si fueran una y hablan del amor que le tienen.
Los Condensadores de Fluzo son un grupo encantador con su sonido espectacular y alegre. Rockabilly ”Typicat”
Spanish es la manera en que demuestran
Condensadores de Fluzo es la traducción incorrecta de Flux Capacitor que debería de ser condensador de flujo cuál es la parte principal de la máquina del tiempo de la película Back to the Future. Esta traducción incorrecta es de España de donde se originan el grupo más exacto de Jaén. Los Condensadores de Fluzo es un grupo mas nuevo que empezaron en el 2010 que tocan música Rockabilly. Los miembros son Fernando Valverde o conocido como “Perro rabioso” que toca la batería, el bajo lo toca Tonino McFly, Juan Antonio Plutonio toca la guitarra, y el vocalista que también toca la guitarra es Carlos o conocido come “Fluzo.” Rockabilly
“Typicat” Spanish fue estrenado apenas este año después de su exitoso lanzamiento de su álbum “Back to the Fifties” en el 2012.
Rockabilly empezó en los cincuentas es la convinacion de musica rock and roll y música country. De donde su nombre se derive de las palabras rock and roll y hillbilly que resulta en rockabilly como el nombre. Sus influencias de música varían pero uno que resalta más es claro el famoso y destacado Elvis Presley.
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The song has a classic style of Rock ‘n Roll where they demonstrate their patriotism to Spain by stating “Rockabilly Typicat Spanish Made in Spain”. They tell us how the rockabilly will have us “dancing like crazy cats.” Their third song is called “Indie-ferent” which calls indie fashion silly and makes fun of the tendencies to be “indifferent” to trends. They say things like “confuse art with exclusivity,” and that they “have a social complex.” Their play on words in the title of the song is just as fun as the song. It makes you dance while you laugh at the teasing towards the indie trend. They continue their patriotism with to Jaén with their song “Anthem to Jaén” where Jaen is described as “radiant flower” and “beautiful city of light.” Throughout the song called Jaen is described as a woman and they express themselves as if they speak of the love they have for it.
Los Condensadores de Fluzo are a lovely group with a dramatic and lively sound. Rockabilly “Typicat” Spanish is the way they show that rock and roll can be in Spanish as well as Antonio Gomez or “Tonino” says in the magazine “Alligator Rockin” “We try to claim that a good group of ‘rock and roll’ can sing Spanish and not just in English.”and go and claim it with great force and talent.
Los Condensadores de Fluzo is the incorrect translation of flux capacitor, which is the main part of the time machine from the movie Back to the Future. This mistranslation occurs in Spain where the group originates from specifically from Jaén, Spain. Los Condensadores de Fluzo is a newer group that started in 2010 playing rockabilly music. The members are drummer Fernando Valverde or known as “Perro Rabioso (Rabious Dog)”, bass by Tonino McFly, Juan Antonio Plutonium on guitar, and vocalist Carlos also known as “Fluzo.” Rockabilly “Typicat”
Spanish was released just this year after its successful launch of the album “Back to the Fifties” in 2012.
Rockabilly began in the fifties which is the combination of rock and roll and country music. Hence its name is derived from the words rock and roll and hillbilly resulting in the name. Their music influences vary but one that stands out most is of course the famous and outstanding Elvis Presley.
The album Rockabilly “Typicat” Spanish puts us in a time machine and takes us to the era of rock and roll. They have a joyful sound that makes your whole body to move from head to toe.
The first song is the same name as the album “Rockabilly” Typicat “Spanish.”
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SHATTERPROOF
HYPNOTIC VIBES
ELECTRIC STAIR CHILD
Shatterproof is known as one of the rising stars of the Northern Colorado music scene. Based out of Fort Collins, they have built a name for themselves with their brand of alternative rock with punk influences, a term they use to
describe themselves on their Facebook and website but one that does not come to doing their sound justice.
Shatterproof ‘s sound is emotional and raw, tapping into the band’s deep seeded frustration and aw with the world around them. It’s energetic, engaging, and fun. The violin instead of a lead guitar is a nice touch too. If they win they plan to add their earrings to their band fund as they are saving up for an 8-track album that will cost roughly $10,000.
When asked what the band feared, lead vocalist and acoustic guitarist Bransen Hoog had this to say; “As a band, we have a general fear of a stop in growth. We fear that we will stop growing as musicians, that our fanbase will stop growing, and that our songs will stop getting better. In general, we strive to better ourselves as musicians and as songwriters with every new song we write. We strive to write each song better than the previous one. I am afraid one day the songs will stop improving.”
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Hypnotic Vibes, round one winner of Battle of the Bands looks forward to the compe-tition in the final round. Their cosmic, funkadelic, reggae, ambient sound is a jam the band continues to morph as they go. Their presence is undeniably precise, entertaining
and dedicated in feeding the energy of the crowd. For the final round they’ve created all original work. They’re passionate in creating an unconditional relationship between their music and the way people enjoy it. They feel their responsibility to music is to nurture a new sound as much as possible, but then let it speak for itself to learn and grow from where it originally started, constantly evolving.
The band started out as a simple acoustic act from Joe Solano (lead vocalist/guitar) and Stefan Lopez (lead guitar-ist/vocalist) but has bloomed in to a full band accompaniment to complete their musical destiny. The six member band consists of drummer Mario Alvarado, bassist AJ Garner, trombonist Sterling Swanson, trumpeter Alex Vilanova as well as the two original members. If HV sweeps the final round they plan to use the winnings to continue their journey out of Colorado and record a full length album, but they plan to do this regardless of the BOFTB results.
When asking the finalist what their collective fear as a band was, HV decided on being alone. Not in a traditional sense of being desperate for human attention or being physically alone, but being unconnected, divided as a band.
“When you’re in a band, you’re essentially married to your band mates,” Lopez said. “It takes all of us to be sure these dreams are accomplished. Stardom is meant to be all of us doing it together. But fear is necessary, because if you’re not afraid then you’re not challenging yourself or the world around you.”
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Electric Stair Child are a jam rock band based out of Greeley and have been laying down their weird amalgamation of jam funk rock there for several years now. Their set wonders through the realms of desert rock, reggae, funk,
and even a touch of hip hop, creating something tailored to a live experience. This appreciation of the live show is what they brought with them to this year’s battle and it paid off. Returning from last year, ESC came prepared with a solid game plan, bringing an epic live show that took them to the next level.
ESC enjoys things like cool solos, some nice spacey synth, and shenanigans with people in banana
and monkey suits. Speaking with guitarist and vocalist Caleb D’Aleo he says as a band, they collective-ly fear nothing. Together they will withstand anything the universe will throw at them and through positive jams they will destroy their enemies and triumph over evil. He also said that if they win the $1,000 the band intends to invest it back into merchandise in order to continue generating income.
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SHATTERPROOF
HYPNOTIC VIBES
ELECTRIC STAIR CHILD
Shatterproof is known as one of the rising stars of the Northern Colorado music scene. Based out of Fort Collins, they have built a name for themselves with their brand of alternative rock with punk influences, a term they use to
describe themselves on their Facebook and website but one that does not come to doing their sound justice.
Shatterproof ‘s sound is emotional and raw, tapping into the band’s deep seeded frustration and aw with the world around them. It’s energetic, engaging, and fun. The violin instead of a lead guitar is a nice touch too. If they win they plan to add their earrings to their band fund as they are saving up for an 8-track album that will cost roughly $10,000.
When asked what the band feared, lead vocalist and acoustic guitarist Bransen Hoog had this to say; “As a band, we have a general fear of a stop in growth. We fear that we will stop growing as musicians, that our fanbase will stop growing, and that our songs will stop getting better. In general, we strive to better ourselves as musicians and as songwriters with every new song we write. We strive to write each song better than the previous one. I am afraid one day the songs will stop improving.”
Jed MurphyBandWagon Magazine
Hypnotic Vibes, round one winner of Battle of the Bands looks forward to the compe-tition in the final round. Their cosmic, funkadelic, reggae, ambient sound is a jam the band continues to morph as they go. Their presence is undeniably precise, entertaining
and dedicated in feeding the energy of the crowd. For the final round they’ve created all original work. They’re passionate in creating an unconditional relationship between their music and the way people enjoy it. They feel their responsibility to music is to nurture a new sound as much as possible, but then let it speak for itself to learn and grow from where it originally started, constantly evolving.
The band started out as a simple acoustic act from Joe Solano (lead vocalist/guitar) and Stefan Lopez (lead guitar-ist/vocalist) but has bloomed in to a full band accompaniment to complete their musical destiny. The six member band consists of drummer Mario Alvarado, bassist AJ Garner, trombonist Sterling Swanson, trumpeter Alex Vilanova as well as the two original members. If HV sweeps the final round they plan to use the winnings to continue their journey out of Colorado and record a full length album, but they plan to do this regardless of the BOFTB results.
When asking the finalist what their collective fear as a band was, HV decided on being alone. Not in a traditional sense of being desperate for human attention or being physically alone, but being unconnected, divided as a band.
“When you’re in a band, you’re essentially married to your band mates,” Lopez said. “It takes all of us to be sure these dreams are accomplished. Stardom is meant to be all of us doing it together. But fear is necessary, because if you’re not afraid then you’re not challenging yourself or the world around you.”
Rose HedbergBandWagon Magazine
Electric Stair Child are a jam rock band based out of Greeley and have been laying down their weird amalgamation of jam funk rock there for several years now. Their set wonders through the realms of desert rock, reggae, funk,
and even a touch of hip hop, creating something tailored to a live experience. This appreciation of the live show is what they brought with them to this year’s battle and it paid off. Returning from last year, ESC came prepared with a solid game plan, bringing an epic live show that took them to the next level.
ESC enjoys things like cool solos, some nice spacey synth, and shenanigans with people in banana
and monkey suits. Speaking with guitarist and vocalist Caleb D’Aleo he says as a band, they collective-ly fear nothing. Together they will withstand anything the universe will throw at them and through positive jams they will destroy their enemies and triumph over evil. He also said that if they win the $1,000 the band intends to invest it back into merchandise in order to continue generating income.
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SHATTERPROOF
HYPNOTIC VIBES
ELECTRIC STAIR CHILD
Shatterproof is known as one of the rising stars of the Northern Colorado music scene. Based out of Fort Collins, they have built a name for themselves with their brand of alternative rock with punk influences, a term they use to
describe themselves on their Facebook and website but one that does not come to doing their sound justice.
Shatterproof ‘s sound is emotional and raw, tapping into the band’s deep seeded frustration and aw with the world around them. It’s energetic, engaging, and fun. The violin instead of a lead guitar is a nice touch too. If they win they plan to add their earrings to their band fund as they are saving up for an 8-track album that will cost roughly $10,000.
When asked what the band feared, lead vocalist and acoustic guitarist Bransen Hoog had this to say; “As a band, we have a general fear of a stop in growth. We fear that we will stop growing as musicians, that our fanbase will stop growing, and that our songs will stop getting better. In general, we strive to better ourselves as musicians and as songwriters with every new song we write. We strive to write each song better than the previous one. I am afraid one day the songs will stop improving.”
Jed MurphyBandWagon Magazine
Hypnotic Vibes, round one winner of Battle of the Bands looks forward to the compe-tition in the final round. Their cosmic, funkadelic, reggae, ambient sound is a jam the band continues to morph as they go. Their presence is undeniably precise, entertaining
and dedicated in feeding the energy of the crowd. For the final round they’ve created all original work. They’re passionate in creating an unconditional relationship between their music and the way people enjoy it. They feel their responsibility to music is to nurture a new sound as much as possible, but then let it speak for itself to learn and grow from where it originally started, constantly evolving.
The band started out as a simple acoustic act from Joe Solano (lead vocalist/guitar) and Stefan Lopez (lead guitar-ist/vocalist) but has bloomed in to a full band accompaniment to complete their musical destiny. The six member band consists of drummer Mario Alvarado, bassist AJ Garner, trombonist Sterling Swanson, trumpeter Alex Vilanova as well as the two original members. If HV sweeps the final round they plan to use the winnings to continue their journey out of Colorado and record a full length album, but they plan to do this regardless of the BOFTB results.
When asking the finalist what their collective fear as a band was, HV decided on being alone. Not in a traditional sense of being desperate for human attention or being physically alone, but being unconnected, divided as a band.
“When you’re in a band, you’re essentially married to your band mates,” Lopez said. “It takes all of us to be sure these dreams are accomplished. Stardom is meant to be all of us doing it together. But fear is necessary, because if you’re not afraid then you’re not challenging yourself or the world around you.”
Rose HedbergBandWagon Magazine
Electric Stair Child are a jam rock band based out of Greeley and have been laying down their weird amalgamation of jam funk rock there for several years now. Their set wonders through the realms of desert rock, reggae, funk,
and even a touch of hip hop, creating something tailored to a live experience. This appreciation of the live show is what they brought with them to this year’s battle and it paid off. Returning from last year, ESC came prepared with a solid game plan, bringing an epic live show that took them to the next level.
ESC enjoys things like cool solos, some nice spacey synth, and shenanigans with people in banana
and monkey suits. Speaking with guitarist and vocalist Caleb D’Aleo he says as a band, they collective-ly fear nothing. Together they will withstand anything the universe will throw at them and through positive jams they will destroy their enemies and triumph over evil. He also said that if they win the $1,000 the band intends to invest it back into merchandise in order to continue generating income.
Jed MurphyBandWagon Magazine
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It was a big surprise to hear Grand-
master Dee wouldn’t be joining the
other two members of Whodini for
the Winter Wonderland Jam on
December 6 in Denver. After all, as DJ
for the ‘80s soulful hip-hop group
Whodini, Grandmaster Dee carved
out a permanent place for himself in
hip-hop history with the celebrated
group. Hailing from Brooklyn, New
York, the trio’s second album, Escape,
was certified platinum and delivered
eight solid tracks, including hit
singles “Five Minutes of Funk,”
“Freaks Come Out at Night” and
“Friends.” Unfortunately, due to a
dispute over the Whodini name, the
three longtime friends can’t quite
commit to touring together again.
Nonetheless, the show must go on.
Whodini joins The Sugar Hill Gang,
Ohio Players, Zapp, Newcleus, Slave,
and Freestyle for a night of classic ‘70s
and ‘80s funk, R&B and, of course,
hip-hop, although a few musicians
will be noticeably absent. Sadly, Big
Bank Hank of The Sugar Hill Gang
passed away November 11, 2014 after a
long battle with cancer. It’s unclear
how his passing will affect the future
of the group. However, the remaining
members, Wonder Mike and Master
Gee, are still making the Denver trip.
Newcleus also suffered their own loss
when Chilly B died of a stroke in 2010.
Nonetheless, they forged ahead and
surviving member Cozmo D is look-
ing forward to the performance.
“There are a lot of kats I haven’t
played with before,” Cozmo says. “I’m
honored to share the stage with so
many legendary groups. There are a
lot of people on the bill I’ve looked up
to for years as a DJ.”
Born Ben Cenac, Cozmo grew up in
Brooklyn, New York in the ‘70s and
‘80s, which was around the time
While Cozmo is able to manipulate
vinyl, scratch and do all the things
that turntablists do, he’s not above
using Serato or a CDJ every once in
awhile.
“I have always used every tool at
my disposal,” he says. “ It’s all about
rocking the crowd. Right now, I just
built a new DJ room in my basement.
I have Technics 1200s, CDJs, Serato,
and controllers in there. I have it all.
Now if somebody just gets their
laptop out, just selecting records and
doing it poorly, you’re not DJing
because you don’t know the basics of
moving the crowd. There are kats I’ve
respected for many, many years that
now only use CDJs or only use Serato.
I know they can scratch, but they use
the tools around them to make the
crowd move. As long as they keep the
crowd jumping, I don’t care what
they use.”
The fact Whodini and Newcleus
are still doing shows in 2014 is a testa-
ment to the longevity of classic
hip-hop. There will always be an
audience for the people who laid the
foundation for so many others.
Although Grandmaster Dee won’t be
with his Whodini brothers, he recog-
nizes what they’ve all done collec-
tively for the culture.
“Your career lasts when you gravi-
tate towards the people, reach the
people and get in touch with the
people,” Dee says. “You keep it real
and don’t hold back. That’s what they
love. What makes me so happy still to
this day is I can walk into a Sprint
store or whatever and people will
recognize me. They tell me they
respect me for what I’ve done for
hip-hop. That’s a blessing. You have
artists that might just say what’s up
and keep going. Not me. I want to
share talks with them. It’s about
keeping it real. Reach one, teach one.
It’s all about love.”
hip-hop was beginning to emerge.
Needless to say, it was an exciting
time.
“It was magic,” he says. “That’s all I
can really say. We were just doing
what we were feeling. It wasn’t about
money. It was all about moving the
crowd and expressing ourselves.”
Cozmo came up during the block
party era, when people would get
together on their block to play music,
dance and hang out with other
like-minded friends. He credits those
block parties with carving his path.
“The block parties were every-
thing,” he says. “I would not be doing
what I’m doing now or any music if it
wasn’t for those block parties. We
started out as disco DJs, but as soon as
we got enough equipment and
hip-hop was hitting Brooklyn hard,
we were rocking crowds with
hip-hop. It transcended everything.
Every night was an event. It honed
our skills. We were feeling the
crowds and giving them what they
wanted. Half the time, you were
battling someone else. You had to be
on your toes. Eventually I got to the
point where I was moving crowds
with other people’s records. I started
thinking I could do that, too. I wanted
to produce and make music. It all
stems from that. I still have the same
attitude. I tell people all the time, I
have a battle mentality.”
It must have been incredibly
competitive back then. It seemed like
all of the music being made was
impeccably good. Groups like Whodi-
ni, Grandmaster Flash and the Furi-
ous Five, Funky Four Plus One, and
Kurtis Blow were all coming out
with their own distinct take on
hip-hop.
“When hip-hop first came out, it
wasn’t about stealing rhymes ‘cuz
everybody stole rhymes,” he remem-
bers. “It was about the style. Every-
body was for a unique style, but
everyone was trying to top everyone
else’s style. A major difference
between Uptown in the Bronx and
Brooklyn was in Uptown, they had
huge DJ and emcee crews up there
where they would do routines. We
didn’t do that in Brooklyn. Even
though we were in a crew together, I
was trying to do better than the next.
Every time you got on the mic, it was
a battle.”
As Cozmo’s style started to evolve,
he realized he was on to something. A
precursor to Newcleus was the group
Jam On Productions, which Cozmo
founded in 1977. He was a teenager at
the time and his uncontainable ambi-
tions easily guided him. By 1979, the
primary group's members were
Cozmo, Yvette "Lady E" Cook (who
would later marry Cozmo), Monique
Angevin and Bob "Chilly B" Crafton
(who would later marry Angevin).
The coming together of families
inspired the name change to Newcle-
us. Their first big single was 1983’s
“Jam-On Revenge,” which revolved
around the phrase, “wikki wikki
wikki.” It was originally just a joke.
“Remember, we started out as disco
DJs,” he explains. “We had crew at
one point with ten emcees and six
DJs. There were two kats in our crew
who scratched. Everybody else blend-
ed their breaks. So we battled this
crew and there was a younger kat. He
was really good, but we blew them
out of the water. He came up to me
and said, ‘Wow, you guys are bad! But
I bet you can’t do this!’ And he goes,
‘Wikki, wikki, wikki, wikki’ like it
was a movement he did with his
hand. I said, ‘Man, get the hell out of
here!’ That always stuck with me.
Later on, when I was making music
with our crew, I made a joke and that
joke ended up being ‘Wikki, wikki
wikki.’ That was it.”
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“I’ve seen a lot of personal friends lives be damaged, destroyed or ended through making the wrong decisions with drug use,” Lorin Ashton says. “I’ve also seen some amazing transformations happen from very limited and responsible experi-mentation. I want to be ultra careful about not condoning anything without express-ing how important it is to be safe and aware.”
Ashton, better known by his stage moniker Bassnectar, is often at the helm of massive EDM parties and has undoubtedly seen all sorts of debauchery in the crowd. However, at age 36, he’s learned valuable lessons over the years— not only as a musi-cian, but also simply as a human being.
Based in the Bay Area, the electronic mastermind behind 2007’s Underground
Communication and this year’s Noise Vs.
Beauty, he’s in a place in his career where he can finally coast on his laurels. In antici-pation of his upcoming Denver show on December 30, we talked to Ashton about everything from prevalent drug use in the festival circuits to death metal.
You cite metal as being a huge influ-
ence on you. How did you end up making
electronic music?
I definitely feel like each step in my musical evolution moved from one step to the next with a very related, but cryptic path. I appear to have interests that are very diverse, but to me, are very connect-ed. The death metal scene especially the underground scene when I was in high school was so remote that you were lucky to find one person that lived close to you that liked music as satanic, as filthy, as horrible and disgusting as you liked it. It
safety and awareness should be practiced when taking antibiotics, Ambien or Adderall. Any parent that is worried their kids are taking drugs and are letting their kids take Adderall is completely missing the point. It’s important to treat your nervous systems as absolute treasures. That goes for recreational drugs, coffee and diets, so of course, I’m horrified by how much drugs use goes on, not even at dubstep shows, but at concerts in general.
You’ve been touring nonstop for years
now. Is it difficult to recreate that same
magic in a studio setting?
I don’t really try to. They are different worlds. The live setting is all about how many live human beings are in the room. It’s basically me putting together a soundtrack for people to enjoy themselves to. The whole entire premise of the experi-ence is what is the atmosphere like and how does each human being feel? And again, I’m playing with their nervous systems.
How do you feel about the music you
make?
The music that I make is a very personal reflection. It isn’t always intended to satisfy your every need. It may be intended for something entirely different. I think some people get confused and think I’m trying to please them with every song I make and I’m not. When someone asks me to go back to my old style or return to my roots, that’s usually a sign that they have no idea what my real style is or what my roots are. I am fascinated by so many different styles and sound combinations that everything I make is just a natural result of combining those influences. And if something you hear doesn’t sound like Bassnectar to you then you just don’t know what Bassnectar sounds like yet. Enjoy it or don’t, but I hope you do.
was really tough to feel a community. There’s nothing like the rush of enjoying your favorite song with thousands of other people in one room and that was some-thing you couldn’t have in death metal. That was before the Internet so that meant we needed to gather in unique ways. One way we did it was by a really aggressive grassroots campaign of co-promoting each other’s music. I was really used to playing really small DIY type death metal shows and also promoting all of my friend’s music as well. When I found the rave scene it was a similar underground type of sound, but this time it was extremely friendly and open hearted and I felt a lot more resonance with that than I did with the death metal scene, which made it an easy transition.
What drew you to death metal? I’ve always been a goof and a little bit of
a pansy [laughs]. I liked death metal because it was so raw and intense and I also appreciated, when I was a 15-year-old boy, I appreciated the shock value. I wanted to push back on authority systems that were trying to make me believe in one thing or act a certain way and I needed help on asserting who I was and pushing back on Christianity and things that I thought were illogical. Death metal was an amazing technique to do that.
What do you like about the electronic
scene?
It’s interesting how the current electronic explosion doesn’t have that same formula to follow when it comes to style. I really like that. I like that there is more of a cross-cultural thing. It’s a more open scene with more types of people. It is open to the nerds. Calling all nerds. HAHA
Let’s talk about the hair. When was
the last time you got it cut?
[Laughs] I was 19. It’s been at least 15
years. It’s not like a hairstyle. It’s more like an anti-style. It’s been long when long hair was very popular and it’s been long when long hair was very unpopular. It’s there because I just don’t want to cut my hair. If I ever do, I will. I used to wear it up to keep it out of my face when I’d DJ, but I compul-sively twitch and bounce around and freak out and it would always fall out. I would always spend half my set having to tie my hair up. Now I just let it hang down and it’s nice because it’s like a little curtain that I can see through, but other people can’t. If you try to swing your hair in front of your face you can see through it. You gotta try it.
You said in an interview that you’ve
been sober since 1995. Is that still the case
and if so, what are your thoughts on
your shows providing an ideal platform
for drug use, something highly preva-
lent in the festival scene?
It’s a loaded topic. There are opposing views. I think it’s really important that people have freedom to explore, express and be who they want to be. On the other hand, I think it’s really important that people value their health and nervous systems and the magic and mystery of our bodies, which we can never comprehend because it’s so far beyond our grasp. So experimenting with drugs, whether it’s pharmaceuticals, whether it’s something legal like alcohol or whether it’s an illegal recreational drug, can be really dangerous. I’ve seen a lot of personal friends lives be damaged, destroyed or ended through making the wrong decisions with drug use. I’ve also seen some amazing transforma-tions happen from very limited and responsible experimentation. I want to be ultra careful about not condoning anything without expressing how import-ant it is to be safe and aware. That same
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Emcee Gift of Gab of Blackalicious is a legend.
He is so much a legend that “Harry Potter”
(Daniel Radcliffe) took it upon himself to learn
every single word of “Alphabet Aerobics” and
rap it on Jimmy Fallon. Macklemore recently
“Instagramed” a photo of Blackalicious’ first
album, 1999’s Nia, with a caption that read, “One
of the most important albums I ever came in
contact with. It influenced me on spiritual
level. It validated things I felt but couldn’t put
into my own words yet. That’s what the power
of good music.” Of course, this post blew up and
kind of shone a spotlight back on the Oakland-
based hip-hop duo.
Comprised of DJ/producer Chief Xcel and
Gab, Blackalicious is real hip-hop. It’s the kind
of hip-hop that makes you think, challenges
everything you thought you believed and
inspires you to be the best version of yourself.
However, you’d never guess the man behind
songs like “Make You Feel That Way” and
“Purest Love” (both off of 2002’s Blazing Arrow)
has his own personal demons he wrestles with
on a daily basis. “Make You Feel That Way”
was actually written as an antidote to his own
depression and he’s currently on dialysis as
he awaits a kidney transplant. Despite these
challenges, Gab can normally be found with
a big smile slapped across his face and positive
words that illustrate his deep-rooted optimism
for the future, a future that’s looking bright.
Blackalicious is putting the finishing touches
on a new album titled Imani, the pair’s first
full-length since 2005’s The Craft. Needless to
say, it’s long overdue and fans are drooling
with anticipation. In preparation for the
album release, Blackalicious has embarked
on a sizeable world tour, which kicked off in
North America on November 29 in Santa Fe,
New Mexico and winds up in Colorado mid-
December.
“The record is finished,” Gab says with a
hint of excitement in his voice. “We have a
label and good management in place. We’re
getting ready to put it out in either March or
April. We’re about to do this tour this month
then we’re going to Canada in July and Europe
in February. We just got offered an Australian
tour this May so we’re hitting the world!”
It’s a great sign he’s talking about traveling.
As mentioned before, Gab has been battling
severe health issues, which have impeded his
travel for the past few years.
“I’m feeling good today,” Gab says.
“Everything is good. I’m taking a lot of vitamins,
probiotics, supplements, and I’m learning a lot
about what I need to do as a person on dialysis
to maintain optimal health. My transplant is
also looking good. I have three people in place,
but I need to lose more weight. By the time we
get off tour, I should be at the weight I need to
be [laughs]. Hopefully, I can have a kidney in
the next six months or by summer 2015.”
Perhaps that’s why the album is called Imani,
the Swahili word for “faith.” Gab has nothing
but faith in terms of his health, career, future,
and life in general.
“Life is based on faith,” he explains. “Then
there have been a lot of things that have been
going on for me personally like health and
weight. One thing in life is you gotta believe
and you gotta have hope. If you don’t have
faith, life can get dark. Life can get really dark,
really quick. You have to know all of this is
happening for a reason, or else it’s like what’s
the purpose of living?”
Although nothing has been leaked in terms
of content yet, the album will presumably
be brimming with powerful insights and
brutally honest lyricism. It’s something
Gab has perfected over the years. If you
listen closely, you can pick up on some of his
personal struggles in many of his songs. One in
particular is his love/hate relationship with
alcohol.
“There have been several songs where I’ve
written about it,” he reveals. “I’m definitely
in a better place now than I’ve ever been and
there will be songs about it on the new album,
but more so about faith than anything else and
my spiritual growth. Any addict that becomes
clean, to a degree, has to become more spiritual.
To me, there’s not a lot of middle ground. For a
person who is truly an addict, in my personal
experience, if you’re an addict you either find
God or you succumb to your drug. I don’t know,
but it’s different for everybody. I may not be
rhyming about the alcohol directly like I did
before. It will be more about how I’m growing
as a person. Once you get rid of the substance,
you have to deal with why you drank in the
first place. It will be more geared toward that.
People might not even pick up what I’m talking
about because it’s just human experience that
everyone can relate to.”
In terms of sound, Gab says there’s a lot of
funk, soul and “definitely a lot of hip-hop.”
Lateef the Truthspeaker and Lyrics Born (his
Quannum Project label mates and dear friends)
make an appearance, as well as singer Zap
Mama.
“I’m real proud of it,” he says. “Everyone I’ve
let hear it has been pretty mindblown, saying
that this is what people have been waiting to
hear from us. As a writer, I’m way more prolific
right now. I used to write in spurts when I
drank. I used to kind of get backed up, get
behind and then I’d just write here and there.
Now I find my writing is more consistent all
across the board. I’m excited about the new
record.”
Gab cites a roster of artists who inspired
him—from Run-DMC, UTFO, Big Daddy
Kane, Rakim, KRS-One, and Grand Puba to
Hieroglyphics, Freestyle Fellowship and De La
Soul.
“I’ve always been a style junkie,” he says.
“I want to hear something that takes me in a
new direction. When I first heard Criminal
Minded, my mind was blown because I didn’t
know it was possible to rap like that.”
Funny enough, his first rap was written in
self-defense. A kid from his neighborhood used
to battle everyone and one day Gab was in his
crosshairs.
“He wouldn’t even battle people,” he
remembers. “He would just destroy them. His
‘victim’ would be left crying. One day he chose
me. He just went off on me. I was like 11. So I
wrote a rap in self-defense. I was like, ‘Fuck
that, he’s not going to do that to me again.’ Seven
years later, I came back and I hung out with
this dude. They called him Star MC. I realized
I was better than that dude. And he said that,
too! He said, ‘Dude, you got better than me.’ My
confidence went through the roof. The incident
with Star MC was what really made me realize
that’s what I wanted to do.”
If you’ve never seen a Blackalicious show or
a Gift of Gab solo performance, your education
in hip-hop culture is incomplete. He’s one in
a million. It’s unclear if he even realizes just
how good he is or what he’s contributed to the
culture.
“Every now and then you stop and think
about how long you’ve been doing it,” he says.
“It’s something I’m still passionate about. I
always want to challenge myself. The day it’s
not a challenge is the day I fall off. It will never
be like, ‘Oh, I’m Gift of Gab so I don’t have to try
anymore.’
“I’m really looking forward to going back
to Europe because I haven’t been there since
2010,” he adds. “My health issues kind of
prevented that, but we’ve figured out how to
work around. I can’t wait to see some foreign
territory because I love traveling. I can’t wait
for this upcoming North American tour. I love
being on the road. I love this life.”
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When asked how he got into theater, 25-year-old Greeley native Daniel Mother-shed said he didn’t know.
“I sort of tripped into doing theater in high school,” he said. “I performed a little bit, but it was kind of on my own.”
Mothershed has put on theater produc-tions in Greeley, mostly at the Atlas Theater on 16th Street for the last few years under the title of Cheaply Intellectual Theater, a platform for skewering (and informing the audience about) topics such as The Bible, American History and Classic Literature. On November 19, Mothershed and his produc-tion partners, Shane White and Eric Long, took over The Moxi and put on their most ambitious show yet, Oh Greeley: An All Ameri-
can Musical.
Mothershed said that Oh Greeley has the essence of the Cheaply Intellectual produc-tions.
“The idea that, at its heart, it is people walking out on stage and telling jokes, and being a little informative,” he said. “It’s got that, but it’s a little bigger and, I would say, a lot less cheap. It’s cost us about a thousand some dollars… where as all the Cheaply Intellectual shows, I think the most we ever
of cropped as a necessity, and fortunately I seemed to be not terrible at it.”
Mothershed said he’s known White for 15 years, having met him in Junior high and even working with him on the doomed Alice in
Wonderland project. The pair also worked together on a web series a couple years ago. Long, who works for Frontier Academy, said he knew of Mothershed through his wife, who was his teacher.
“Daniel was a student of my wife's she directed a musical he was in,” Long said via e-mail. “Daniel is a sweet guy with a sarcastic attitude.”
Mothershed would ask Long to play small roles in his productions. He said that working with Mothershed could be “a little difficult at times, but Daniel is a talented writer so most of the difficulties are easily forgiven. I would love to see Daniel step out and do more projects in a more official capacity. He should be writing commercials for local business and writing columns, doing news, maybe even radio!”
As of right now, Mothershed doesn’t know what his next production is. One of the founding members of Cheaply Intellectual Theater got married and moved to Seattle, while White and Mothershed are kicking around ideas for future shows, such as The History of Theater or putting on the Classic Literature Show again.
spent on any show was, I think, $80.” The original idea for Oh Greeley, which
covers the general history of Greeley in a sarcastic/sincere manner, came from Long, who brought the concept to Mothershed two years ago because he wanted to do something for Prohibition Day.
“He was just talking about how there’s a lot of Greeley history things that people don’t know and haven’t heard of,” he said. “Some are ridiculous and funny, and some are actual-ly just genuinely interesting. Somewhere in between that we came up with the idea for the show, and I don’t actually remember. I was on the radio about it the other day and the guy asked me that, I was like, ‘I don’t remember.’ None of us remember, [Long] doesn’t remember. It’s kind of this weird grey area.
“The tagline [Shane White] created for it with was ‘The town you’ve never heard of, the musical you’ll never forget.’ Which is wonderful.”
Mothershed and Long wrote a draft of a Vaudville-style Bob Hope-Bing Crosby road movie “kind-of-a-thing.”
“I think there are only two songs in it,” Mothershed continued, “and as we talked about how to cover some things in history, we said ‘there should be more songs.’ We have a song about- like an Andrew Sisters-style 1930s song about Greeley having Prisoner Of War camps. Gradually, more and more songs
showed up, and we were like, ‘Oh, this is a musical, so we got to do it like a musical.’ I’ve done a lot of shows that have had three to four people in them. We got to have more people to sing songs. We can’t rely on my less-than-good musical skills.”
The end result was a hilariously informa-tive musical bringing in the likes of Horace Greeley, Nathan Meeker, Warren Monfort, Rattlesnake Kate and A.F. Ray, interlaced with comments on the stench of Greeley. Long portrayed the Garden City boozeman as well as the town’s namesake, while Mother-shed played the roles of Meeker and Monfort.
One of Mothershed’s early formative moments was working on a production Fiddler on the Roof. Which, when the live band pulled out of the production, became a production of Alice in Wonderland.
“It’s literally the world’s worst production of Alice in Wonderland that’s ever been produced,” he recalled. “And I still bump into people who saw it and I always feel like I owe them $7.50. And then… I hate when people say, ‘and then I was hooked.’ But, I really enjoyed it and got out of high school, and didn’t go to UNC, didn’t go to college, didn’t do anything. So it was my friends and I going, ‘we love performing, but we’re probably not going to get into a lot of shows, so I guess we’ll have to write our own.’ I would much rather just perform and act, but the writing has sort
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COLORaDO CONCERT CALENDARTuesday December 2ndThe Stubby Shillelaghs@ Patrick’s Irish PubGreeley – 9pm
First Tuesday @ Hodi’s Half Noteft. Zion Soulja SoundsystemFt. Collins – 8pm
Open Jazz Jam @ Pourhouse w/ Pourhouse Jazz TrioLoveland – 7:30 pm
Electronic Tuesday@ Cervantes’ Other SideDenver – 9pm ft. Jpod the Beat Chef w/ David Seied, So Down
Jenny Lewis @ The Ogden TheatreDenver – 8pm w/ Orenda Fink
My Brightest Diamond @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – Crystal Ghost
Wednesday December 3rdSongwriters Showcase @ Hodi’s Half NoteFt. Collins – 8pm
Freezing Drizzle Music & Art Collab @ The Aggie TheatreFt. Collins – 7pm
Bahamadia x Georgia Anne Muldrow @ Cervantes’ Other SideDenver – 9pm w/ Dudley Perkins, Kankick, DJ Cavern, ArtistSent
Atilla @ The Ogden TheatreDenver – 6pm w/ Crown the Empire, Emmure, The Acacia Strain & More!
Muscle Beach @ The Hi-DiveDenver – 9pm w/ 1972Mako, Abrams, Iwakura
Roadkill Ghost Choir@ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 9pm w/ The Yawpers, Von Stomper
Thursday December 4thTalent Show & Open Stage @ Moxi Theater Greeley – 8pm
Tim Ostdiek @ Cranford Cove Tea TavernGreeley – 7pm
Ghost Owl @ Hodi’s Half NoteFt. Collins – 8pm w/ Bill Smith, JJ Evanhoff Band
Dead Jam @ Avogadro’s NumberFt. Collins – 9pm
Technicolor Tone Factory @ Bluebird Theater Denver – 9pm
Animal Collective (DJ SET)@ The 1up ColfaxDenver – 9pm
Grass for that Ass Thursday @ Cervantes’ Other SideDenver – 9pm ft. Whitewater Ramble
K Theory Live @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece BallroomDenver – 9pm w/ LivedLife Moment
Citizun @ Quixotes True BlueDenver – 9pm w/ Pika, King Sage
Friday December 5thThe Photo Atlas @ Moxi Theater Greeley – 8pm w/ Silver & Gold, Slow Cavesfuturebabes, Iconoplasty
First Friday @ Cranford Cove Tea TavernGreeley – 7pm w/ Armando Silva
The Infamous Stringdusters @ The Aggie TheatreFt. Collins - 8pm w/ The Drunken Hearts
Barton Abbey @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 8:30pm
Pert Near Sandstone @ Bluebird TheaterDenver – 9pm w/ Dead Winter Carpenters
Snow Tha Product @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver – 9pm w/ Stay Tuned
Jerry Jospeph @ Cervantes’ Other SideDenver – 9pm w/ Ignatius Reilly
American Babies @ The 1up ColfaxDenver – 9pm w/ Eminence Ensemble, Trevor Jones Band
THE PHOTO ATLAS@ Moxi Theater ~ 12/5/14
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Kayla Scintilla @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver – 9pm w/ Nominus, Soulacybin, Templo
North American Scum @ The 1up ColfaxDenver – 9pm w/ Ableminds
Opeth / In Flames @ The Ogden TheatreDenver – 7pm w/ Red Fang
Voodoo Glow Skulls / Mustard Plug @ The Gothic TheatreDenver – 8pm w/ Dan Potthast
Krampus Comes to South Broadway @ The Hi-DiveDenver – 9pm w/ Cult of the Lost
Triad of Dragons @ Summit Music HallDenver – 9pm w/ Illenium, Said the Sky
Sunday December 7thQbala’s EP Release @ Hodi’s Half NoteFt. Collins – 8pm
Johnsmith @ Avogadro’s Number@Ft. Collins –7pm
Alex Clare @ The Ogden TheatreDenver – 9pm w/ Taylor Berrett
The Original Wailers @ Summit Music HallDenver – 7pm
Monday December 8thFREE - Comedy @ Hodi’s Half NoteFt. Collins – 7pm
Exodus @ The Gothic TheatreDenver – 8pm w/ Flight of Sleipnir
Vinyl Monday@ The Hi-DiveDenver – 9pmft. DJ J-Bone, DJ S.T. One
Suicidal Tendencies @ Summit Music HallDenver – 7pm
Tuesday December 9thThe Stubby Shillelaghs@ Patrick’s Irish PubGreeley – 9pm
The Original Wailers @ The Aggie TheatreFt. Collins – 7pm
Open Jazz Jam @ Pourhouse Loveland – 7:30 pm w/ Pourhouse Jazz Trio
Ghost Owl @ Quixotes True BlueDenver – 9pm w/ Ekoostik Hookah, Aliver Hall
Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers @ The Gothic TheatreDenver – 9pm w/ Patti Fiasco
Swing Hero @ The Hi-DiveDenver – 9pm w/ Andy Thomas Dust Heart, American Haiku, Anterrior
Residual Kids Abominable Snow Jam@ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 9pm w/ Bud Bronson and the Good Timers, and More!
Saturday December 6thBandWagon Magazine Battle of the Bands - Finals@ Moxi Theater Greeley – 8pm w/ Hypnotic Vibes, Electric Stair Child, Shatterproof
Pert Near Sandstone @ Hodi’s Half NoteGreeley – 8pm w/ Dead Winter Carpenters
Snow Tha Product @ The Aggie TheatreFt. Collins – 7pm w/ BTP, NVMEE, Royal Fam and Hazy
Johnsmith @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 7:30pm
Rebirth Brass Band @ Bluebird TheaterDenver – 9pm
2 Chainz @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece BallroomDenver – 9pm w/ Red Dot, The Chronikles and More!
The Browning @ Bluebird TheaterDenver – 9pm
Flogging Molly @ The Ogden TheatreDenver – 8pm w/ The Mighty Stef, Pasadena Band
Lemuria @ The Hi-DiveDenver – 7:30pm w/ Into It. Over It.
Blue October @ Summit Music HallDenver – 7pm w/ Zeale
Wednesday December 10thWorld’s Finest @ Hodi’s Half NoteFt. Collins – 8pm
The Birthday Massacre @ Bluebird TheaterDenver – 8pm w/ New Years Day
Blackalicious @ Cervantes’ Other SideDenver – 9pm RE:UP Wednesdays @ The 1up ColfaxDenver – 9pm ft. Kastle and Amtrac
Thursday December 11thEminence Ensemble @ Hodi’s Half NoteFt. Collins – 8pm w/ Punch Drunk Munkey Funk
Shakey Graves @ Bluebird TheaterDenver – 9pm w/ Sean Rowe
Grass for that Ass @ Cervantes’ Other SideDenver – 9pm ft. Worlds Finest and Wood & Wire w/ Chain Station
Photo Atlas @ The Hi-DiveDenver – 9:30pm w/ Instant Empire
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Lagwagon @ Summit Music HallDenver – 7pm w/ Swingin Utters, This Legend
Friday December 12thGreeley Blues F.A.C. - Ben Pu & Crew ( Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan)@ Moxi TheaterGreeley – 6pm w/ Primary People
Jeff Brinkman Band @ Cranford Cove Tea TavernGreeley – 7pm
Hell’s Belle’s @ The Aggie TheatreFt. Collins – 7pm w/ Special Guests
The Velvet Rope @ Hodi’s Half NoteFt. Collins – 8pm w/ Lindsey O’Brien Band
Wood and Wire @ Avogadro’s NumberFt. Collins – 9pm w/ Chain Station
Joey Porters Shady Business @ Cervantes’ Other SideDenver – 9pm w/ Eddie Roberts West Coast Sounds, Jaden Carlson Band
Grouch and Eligh @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece BallroomDenver – 9pm w/ Cunninlynguists, DJ Abilities and More!
Sunsquabi @ The 1up ColfaxDenver – 9pm
Skinny Puppy @ The Ogden TheatreDenver – 7pm w/ Front Line Assembly, Haujobb, Youth Code
Bonnie and the Beard @ The Hi-DiveDenver – 9:30pm w/ Chella and the Charm
Shady Elder @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 9pm w/ Plum, Male Blonding
Say Anything and Saves the Day @ Summit Music HallDenver – 7pm w/ Reggie and the Full Effect
Saturday December 13thOh Greeley (Encore Performance)@ Moxi TheaterGreeley – 7pm
SpokesBUZZ Band Together Compilaton CD Release @ Hodi’s Half NoteFt. Collins – 6pm w/ Eldren, Qbala, and More!
Trout Steak Revival @ The Aggie TheatreFt. Collins – 7pm w/ Blue Grama Bluegrass
Cupcake Cabaret @ Avogadro’s NumberFt. Collins – 8pm
Shakey Graves and Friends @ Bluebird TheaterDenver – 9pm w/ Desert Noises, Clouds and Mountains and More!
The Congress and Eddie Roberts West Coast Sounds @ Cervantes’ Other SideDenver – 9pm w/ The Recovery Act
EOTO @ The Ogden TheatreDenver – 9pm w/ Signal Path, Templo
Animals as Leaders & Devin Townsend Project @ The Gothic TheatreDenver – 8pm w/ Monuments
The Other Black @ The Hi-DiveDenver – 9:30pm w/ Man Mantis
Contact Denver @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 9pm w/ Youngsta, Truth, Subliminal
Alice In WInterland @ Summit Music HallDenver – 6:30pm ft. Neon Trees
Sunday December 14th Blackalicious@ Moxi TheaterGreeley – 8pm w/ Daniel Marley, QBala, DJ Dabble
Mayday x Murs @ The Aggie TheatreFt. Collins – 7pm w/ CES Cru and More!
Pallbearer @ Bluebird TheaterDenver – 7:30pm w/ Solstafir, Mortals
Cervantes’ Hip Hop Showdown! @ Cervantes’ and the Other SideDenver – 4pm
Monday December 15thFREE – Comedy @ Hodi’s Half NoteFt. Collins – 7pm
Umphrey Mondays: Summer Camp 15th Anv. Celebration @ The 1up ColfaxDenver – 7:30pm
Vinyl Mondays @ The Hi-DiveDenver – 9:30pm ft. Kevin Wesley, Aaron Miller
Tuesday December 16thThe Stubby Shillelaghs@ Patrick’s Irish PubGreeley – 9pm
Blackalicious & Daniel Marley @ The Aggie TheatreFt. Collins – 7pm w/ Special Guests
Open Jazz Jam @ Pourhouse Loveland – 7:30 pm w/ Pourhouse Jazz Trio
Augustina @ Bluebird TheaterDenver – 8pm w/ Scars on 45
Electronic Tuesday @ Cervantes’ Other SideDenver – 9pm ft. Bukez Finezt & Kursk
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3BallMty @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 9pm w/ Los Rakas
Wednesday December 17thA Bisl Klezmer @ Cranford Cove Tea TavernGreeley – 8pm
Esme Patterson @ Bluebird TheaterDenver – 8pm w/ Kitty Crimes, Land Lines
RE:UP Wednesdays ft. G Jones @ The 1up ColfaxDenver – 9pm
Wolvhammer @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 9pm w/ Fetch, Whilt
Down @ Summit Music HallDenver – 7:30pm w/ Orange Goblin, and More!
Thursday December 18thDEMISE UNSEEN @ Hodi’s Half NoteFt. Collins – 8pm w/ Mortuary Whore, From Within the Trench, Tentative
Dead Jam @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 9pm
So Gnar Presents Shredded Beats: P.O.S. @ Bluebird TheaterDenver – 8pm w/ Sean Anonymous
Grass for that Ass ft. Gypsy Moon @ Cervantes’ Other SideDenver – 9pm w/ Left Coast Country
Waka Flocka Flame @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece BallroomDenver – 9pm w/ Special Guests
Mega Blue Stallion@ The Hi-DiveDenver – 9pm w/ 18 Squeeler, and More!
Friday December 19thRetro ‘80s Christmas Party @ Moxi TheaterGreeley – 8pm
Kenyon Brenner @ Cranford Cove Tea TavernGreeley – 7pm
Hog MaGundy @ Hodi’s Half NoteFt. Collins – 8pm w/ Afternoon Moon
Air Dubai @ Bluebird TheaterDenver – 9pm
Human Agency and TNERTLE @ The 1up ColfaxDenver – 9pm w/ Skydyed
Nathaniel Rateliff @ The Ogden TheatreDenver – 9pm w/ Ark Life, Ben Kronberg
Saturday December 20thMr. J & The Smooth Expressions@ Moxi TheaterGreeley – 8pm Xerox Presents: Holiday Showcase
You Me & Apollo @ Hodi’s Half NoteFt. Collins – 8pm
Railbenders @ Bluebird TheaterDenver – 9pm w/ The Hickman Dalton Gang, Brent Loveday
The Funky Meters @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece BallroomDenver – 9pm w/ Special Guests
Honey Puddle @ Cervantes’ Other SideDenver – 9pm w/ RAH and Dorian Vibe
Dr.Fameus ft. Allen Aucoin @ The 1up ColfaxDenver – 9pm w/ D.V.S*, J Wail
PRAANG @ Quixotes True BlueDenver – 9pm w/ Shakedown Street, Yojimbo
Lola Black @ The Gothic TheatreDenver – 8pm w/ Black Star Electra, Glass Delirium and More!
SPELLS @ The Hi-DiveDenver – 9:30pm w/ Bud Bronson and the Good Timers, and More!
The Great Grigsby @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 9pm
No Fair Fights @ Summit Music HallDenver – 7pm w/ Project 86, Random Hero and Many More!
Sunday December 21stThe Iguanas @ The Aggie TheatreFt. Collins – 7pm w/ Samuel Mouton
Mlima @ Bluebird TheaterDenver – 8pm
The Denver Battle of the Bands @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece BallroomDenver – 4pm
Afton Showcase ft. James Boyce @ Cervantes’ Other SideDenver – 6:30pm
Nick Thomas @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 9pm w/ My Body Sings Electric, Jesse R.S., Leash of Foxes
Monday December 22nd FREE - Comedy @ Hodi’s Half NoteFt. Collins – 7pm
Foleydub @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver – 8pm w/ Yukana, Dillard, Valac, and Umble
Vinyl Mondays @ The Hi-DiveDenver – 9pm ft. Buck Burgess, Ned Garth
Tuesday December 23rdThe Stubby Shillelaghs@ Patrick’s Irish PubGreeley – 9pm
Electronic Tuesday @ Cervantes’ Other SideDenver – 9pm ft. Coffi
Friday December 26thFreestyle Friday@ Moxi TheaterGreeley – 8pm
Paper Bird @ Bluebird TheaterDenver – 9pm w/ The Centennial
Boombox @ The Ogden TheatreDenver – 9pm
Wish We Were Floyd @ The Gothic TheatreDenver – 9pm
YOU ME & APOLLO@ Hodi’s Half Note ~ 12/20/14
BandWagon Magazine northern colorado’s arts & entertainment DECEMBER 2014Luceda Tela @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 7pm w/ Dust:Orbiter, and More!
Monday December 29thFREE - Comedy @ Hodi’s Half NoteFt. Collins – 7pm
Lucero @ The Gothic TheatreDenver – 9pm w/ Drag the River
Vinyl Mondays: Goth Night @ The Hi-DiveDenver – 9pm
Tuesday December 30thThe Stubby Shillelaghs@ Patrick’s Irish PubGreeley – 9pm
Open Jazz Jam @ Pourhouse Loveland – 7:30 pm w/ Pourhouse Jazz Trio
The Bouncing Souls @ Bluebird TheaterDenver – 9pm w/ PEARS, Allout Helter
The Chris Robinson Brotherhood @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece BallroomDenver – 9pm
Lucero @ The Gothic TheatreDenver – 9pm w/ Murder By Death
Stript @ The Hi-DiveDenver – 9pm w/ Landgrabbers, and More!
Saturday December 27thAllegaeon @ Moxi TheaterGreeley – 8pm w/ Draghoria
Zach Heckendorf @ Bluebird TheaterDenver – 9pm w/ Covenhoven
Victor Wooten @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece BallroomDenver – 9pm w/ Garrett Sayers Trio
Boombox @ The Ogden TheatreDenver – 9pm
Russian Circles @ The Gothic TheatreDenver – 9pm w/Native Daughters, Dead Temple
Pale Sun @ The Hi-DiveDenver – 9:30pm w/ Prism Waves
Sunday December 28thAllegaeon @ Bluebird TheaterDenver – 8pm w/ Iconocaust, Artemesis, Goatstorm
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue @ The Ogden TheatreDenver – 8pm w/ Analog Son
The Baltic @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 9pm
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club @ Summit Music HallDenver – 8pm w/ Wovenhound, Denver Broncos UK
Wednesday December 31stThe Burroughs @ Moxi TheaterGreeley – 8pmGreeley Young Proffesionals Present
WhiteWater Ramble @ Hodi’s Half NoteFt. Collins – 8pm w/ Whiskey Tango
Superdiamond @ The Aggie TheatreFt. Collins – 7pm
The Bouncing Souls @ Bluebird TheaterDenver – 9pm w/ Potato Pirates
The Chris Robinson Brotherhood @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece BallroomDenver – 9pm
Random Rab & More @ The 1up ColfaxDenver – 9pm w/ Love and Light
Boombox @ The Ogden TheatreDenver – 9pm
THE BURROUGHS@ Moxi Theater ~ 12/31/14
Lucero@ The Gothic TheatreDenver – 9pm w/ Murder By Death
Yonder Mountain String Band@ The Boulder TheatreBoulder – 9pm West Water Outlaws@ The Fox TheatreBoulder – 9pm
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club @ Summit Music HallDenver – 8pm w/ Wovenhound, Munly & the Lupercalians
The Epilogues@ Marquis TheatreDenver – 8pm
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family members look no further than Poo-Pourri, a household necessity and essential good smell. The packaging is discreet, the smell delightful and fresh, while the product itself is practical. It’s a spray combining natural oils that you spritz prior to laying a “creamy behemoth” in the porcelain bowl. The odor barrier keeps poo-smells out and leaves the scent of fresh cookies or lemon bars. Everybody poops, but keep it classy this year.
Top-rated for significant others and disgruntled office workers, is
the Wearable Pod that offers isolation in a
Nutshell. Take a break from one another and the harshness of the world, just pull over your shell and retreat. The pod covers the top half of your body with a hard structure and light shell. Your legs are free to move, much like a hermit crab while
Weather you believe in the birth of a miracle baby, the arrival of St. Nickolas or if you’re Dutch (6-8 black men show up with a thin Santa who used to be the old bishop of Turkey who then disciplines the children with a switch if they’re naughty) the giving holiday is upon us. The commercialized corporate industries have risen from their yearly slumber to bring you the
latest in goods and gadgets. Their business ensures
your holiday is filled with gifts that say I love you more than hand-made crafts or sweaters. To make your shopping a
little easier I’ve scoped out the latest in fun toys
and gifts fresh off the market.
For your roommate and
Rose HedbergBandWagon Magazine
Words From an Editor
Forking Over Cash,Holiday Style
BandWagon Thoughts
your upper body is protected. But don’t worry about strange looks or judgment, because if you can’t see them, they can’t see you. The sleek design features no eye or mouth holes. Perfect solution to those tense holiday talks, just isolate yourself and return to the conversation when you can’t breathe through your pod.
The latest in children’s entertainment is Xeno, the “cute, cheeky interactive baby monster.” Forget fluffy this little guy is rubber and buggers, the latest in comfort. It comes with the ability to make 40 different expressions and full farting sounds. Included are removable “snot-droppings” and crazy devil eyes. Little Xeno hits the market in popular burnt orange for only $100 brand new.
But let us not forget the center of the family household, the market for our domesticated family members is bubbling with new treats and toys. Top of the line is this year’s Kim Jong-un Cat Scratching Post marked at $7,241. “Does your cat have an issue with North Korea?” Good question bigcartel.com. In fact if I did have a cat I think he would have an issue with North Korea.
“This scratching post was painstakingly handcrafted by a team
of artists and took over 200 hours to complete.”
It’s a one of a kind cat post that you just have to have. It’s a small price to pay in
proving your patriotic
loyalty.As we’ve safely made it through
Black Friday and transitioned in to Christmas music overload, let the real shopping begin. Get out there and open those wallets to show loved ones how much they mean to you. Happy holidays.
(PS- the scratching post proceeds all go to
supporting a charity protecting human rights)
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