Music

Seabird flies into town

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Usually bands — and their labels — try to milk their newfound success for all they can before moving on to another record, so it was something of a surprise when Seabird recently released their sophomore album, Rocks Into Rivers, a mere 18 months after their 2008 ...

Temper Trap’s big arc

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Sound check always reminds us a little of the famous quote about people who love the law and enjoy sausage, only applied to music. We caught The Temper Trap’s road manager last week a bit off-guard for our phone interview with the lads; the world was ending behind ...

Vampire Weekend builds upon their sound for new album

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Rostam Batmanglij, keyboardist/ vocalist for Vampire Weekend, was trying to sum up the differences between the band’s new CD, Contra, and its 2008 self-titled debut disc when he hit upon something that seemed to fit. “I remember someone told us that they thought ...

Working out the kinks: For Ray Davies, the music goes on

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It was in the larger-than-life era of music video when I discovered former Kinks frontman Ray Davies, decades after he had constructed the timeless 1964 rock anthem “You Really Got Me.” The Kinks had just released their 1984 album Word of Mouth, and the clip for “Do ...

She & Him’s latest is more of the same, but that’s...

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First, I’ve got to get something off of my chest. Volume 2, She & Him’s latest creation, is practically the same album as their 2008 debut album appropriately titled Volume 1. Both albums reek with the duo’s quirky cheerfulness, dazzle with ‘60s retrospective, and ...

1stBank Center’s new management delivers

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For a slideshow of the March 5 Furthur concert as well as photos of the 1stBank Center, click here...

Flogging Molly’s new live CD/DVD delivers

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Homecoming. If you’re an American, the term immediately conjures images of football games on crisp autumn nights and awkward high school dances. Strip away the cultural connotations, however, and you’re left with the simple idea of returning home. For fans of Celtic-...

Slideshow: Furthur christens Broomfield’s 1st Bank Center

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On March 5 Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, former Grateful Dead members and now known as Furthur, helped launch Broomfield's 1st Bank Center (formerly known as The Odeum and the Broomfield Events Center). Boulder Weekly was there to explore the remodeled venue and capture ...

Great Big Sea rides wave into Boulder

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Great Big Sea founder and lead vocalist Bob Hallett was still shaking off the airline rattles when we caught him earlier this week, back in the Maritimes after a victory-celebration gig in Vancouver, the Friday before the Olympics went off the air. Y’know, you can be...

Mike Doughty scraps the band

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When Mike Doughty released Sad Man Happy Man this past October, he wasn’t sure how his fans were going to react. The former Soul Coughing front man has been putting out albums on his own since 2002. The popular “Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well,” off ...

Easy Star All-Stars pay homage to the classics

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In the early 2000s, back when Napster was king and iTunes was a twinkle in Apple’s eye, an underground rendition of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon was making its way around college campuses around the country. This was the first labor of love for the Easy Star ...