Music

Staying the same for almost 30 years has it benefits, explains Yo La Tengo helmsman Ira Kaplan, but it’s also OK to shuffle the deck once in a while...

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Yael Naim is on the path of discovery. In her 2008 hit breakout song “New Soul” she sings, “I’m a new soul/I came to...

It’s pitch black on the stage. The lights are off and the sound is growing. Matt Paradis’ silhouette stands boldly as the sound grows. This was the face of Statewide Emergency Saturday night at the Fox Theatre.The band is the latest local explosion to hit the ...

Near-fatal car crashes, naked arm wrestling, runaway girlfriends and drummers, and even the unfortunate deaths of two dear friends. That’s the short story of Ego Vs Id’s debut album, Taste (Abattoir Records), recorded next to a strip club in Boulder over the past two...

Scottish noise-saturated rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain set the London underground ablaze in the mid-80s with their confrontational, ear-splittingly loud and often...

The first time Thomas LaFond came through Boulder, he was only supposed to stay a night or two. But after spending time busking on...

Central City Opera (CCO) opens its 2019 festival season Saturday (July 6) with one of opera’s most loved works, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. Other works on...

The members of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band make up one of those musical ensembles that has always defied category. For hyphen-happy reviewers, there never seemed to be enough dashes to capture the band’s ever-evolving essence...

Rapper Wale has never made a secret of his desire to have each of his albums outsell the others and attain major popularity. He named his second album Ambition, after all...

 Waves of change rattled the record store community in Boulder when Bart’s CD Cellar and Record Shop closed its doors this past Valentine’s Day...

In the year before COVID, which seems like a really long time ago, Oliver Wood was dividing his time between putting finishing touches on...