By Boulder Weekly Staff - July 9,2024

Concerts: July 11-17

ON THE BILL: Since assembling in the windy city in 1997, Eric D. Johnson’s outfit, Fruit Bats, has held it down as a versatile institution of indie rock, traversing sounds from the...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - July 9,2024

Events: July 11-17

Vinyl Night in the Tasting Room  4-9 p.m. Thursday, July 11, Left Hand Brewing, 1265 Boston Ave., Longmont. Price varies Bring your own record to spin or grab from a...

By Ana Gavrilovska - July 9,2024

Not playing favorites

When Portland indie-rock duo Quasi released their 2013 album Mole City, they thought it might be their last — but life has a way of asserting itself. To wit: the...

By Justin Criado - July 9,2024

Metal for misanthropes

Pallbearer brought doom metal back from the dead. The gloomy subgenre born from the low-and-slow riffs of Black Sabbath had become redundant and tired by the early 2000s, as dozens...

By Toni Tresca - July 8,2024

Remote control

“I no longer love blue skies,” a 13-year-old Pakistani boy named Zubair told U.S. lawmakers during a congressional briefing in 2013. “In fact, I now prefer gray skies. The drones...

By Zoe Jennings - July 8,2024

Composure and exposure

From world takeover to full automation, fears around artificial intelligence could make the plot of a good science fiction novel. Saudi-born new media artist Nouf Aljowaysir is adding a fresh anxiety...

By Michael J. Casey - July 8,2024

Life’s but a walking shadow

Of all Shakespeare’s plays, few hold fascination with artists and audiences quite like The Tragedie of Macbeth. Romeo and Juliet has the romance and Hamlet has the speech, but Macbeth...

By Kelly Dean Hansen - July 2,2024

Big sounds, small packages

The July 4 holiday has always been problematic for the Colorado Music Festival. The summer concert series at Chautauqua Auditorium — one of Boulder’s premier classical music events — has traditionally...

By Gabby Vermeire - July 2,2024

Dear Whole Foods Daddy: July 2024

We all have questions and need advice, but sometimes the pseudo therapy in the Instagram stories of astrology girlies doesn’t cut it. Or maybe the gate-keeping culture of adventure bros...

By Jezy J. Gray - July 2,2024

Bloodsuckers welcome

After the grim spectacle of last week’s presidential debate, we could all use an escape. If the real world isn’t weird enough for you, the film freaks at the Dairy...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - July 2,2024

Concerts: July 4-10

ON THE BILL: Canadian indie-pop duo Tegan and Sara come to Colorado for an opening-slot performance at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre with headliner Portugal. The Man. The band returns...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - July 2,2024

Events: July 4-10

Boulder Symphony: 4th of July 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, July 4, Boulder Bandshell, 1212 Canyon Blvd., Boulder. $5-15 Enjoy an evening of classics new and old as you celebrate the 4th of...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - July 1,2024

Found Sounds: June 2024

Brat Girl Summer is in full effect on the Front Range. Charli XCX’s hyper-pop dancefloor masterpiece finished high in last month’s rankings of the bestselling new vinyl releases at Paradise Found...

By Jezy J. Gray - June 26,2024

Bummer in the summer

In the 1964 Supreme Court case Jacobellis v. Ohio, a First Amendment tangle over the line between art and obscenity, Justice Potter Stewart offered a famously subjective metric for identifying pornography...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - June 26,2024

Boom!

Looking for some good old-fashioned family fun this Fourth of July? To help you celebrate, Boulder Weekly put together this handy roundup of firework displays and light shows on the...

By Toni Tresca - June 26,2024

Sparking change

Boulder prides itself on its arts scene, but the city has long suffered from a lack of low-cost performance space. Enter The Spark, a performing arts venue founded by locals...

By Jezy J. Gray - June 12,2024

Ska City, USA

Picture in your mind’s eye the average ska enjoyer and you might see a neck-bearded white guy in checkerboard Vans and a goofy little hat. Maybe he’s doing a running-man...

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