By Lindsay Temple - May 1, 2024

‘Loud bark, deep bite’

Marisa “Missy” Dabice recalls a Pablo Picasso drawing that distills her philosophy on the expression of desire. In it, a nude man and woman are depicted mid-coitus while a peculiar...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - Apr. 24, 2024

Concerts: April 25-May 1

ON THE BILL: Austin singer-songwriter Caroline Rose heads to Boulder’s Fox Theatre on April 27 in support of her Grammy-nominated fifth LP, The Art of Forgetting, out now via New...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - Apr. 17, 2024

Concerts: April 18-25

THURSDAY, APRIL 18 4Tell. 6 p.m. Bricks on Main, 471 Main St., Longmont. Free Variety Show: And Now… Featuring. 6 p.m. Trident Booksellers & Cafe, 940 Pearl St., Boulder. Free...

By Jezy J. Gray - Apr. 17, 2024

Lean on me

There’s an old saying of dubious origin you’ve probably heard before, and it goes like this: If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far,...

By Justin Criado - Apr. 17, 2024

North by northeast

If you’re thinking about a road trip to the Fort Collins Music Experiment (FoCoMX) on 4/20 weekend, sifting through the extensive festival lineup of more than 350 Colorado artists playing...

By Adam Perry - Apr. 17, 2024

Record setter

Martin Banks fell in love with records through DJing. More than two decades later, the 44-year-old computer programmer from Birmingham, England, opened his tiny Vinyl Café record shop in Longmont...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - Apr. 10, 2024

Concerts: April 11-18

ON THE BILL: Following last fall’s sold-out show in Boulder, The Mountain Goats return to the Front Range for a two-night stint with celebrated Nashville singer-songwriter Katy Kirby at the Gothic...

By Justin Criado - Apr. 10, 2024

Get real

Katie Pruitt wears her heart on her sleeve, and you can hear it beat in her music. Even after releasing two deeply personal records, the 30-year-old singer-songwriter from Atlanta is...

By Jezy J. Gray - Apr. 10, 2024

Kin folk

Travis Albright took a leap when he launched the Bluebird Music Festival six years ago, and it paid off. Since 2018, the founder of the local youth-focused nonprofit Future Arts...

By Jezy J. Gray - Apr. 10, 2024

In living color

In the music video for “Changes,” the fourth single from her verdant new double album Proof of Life, Joy Oladokun casts her fishing line on a calm country lake as...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - Apr. 3, 2024

Found Sounds: March 2024

In like a lion, out like a lamb — March music releases brought a range of big feelings to our quiet foothills hamlet. From the country-fried tenderness of Waxahatchee to...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - Mar. 20, 2024

Concerts: March 21-28

ON THE BILL: Singer-songwriter Katherine “KP” Paul brings her celebrated Black Belt Eagle Scout project from the ancestral homelands of her Swinomish Indian Tribal Community in Washington to Denver’s Globe...

By Justin Criado - Mar. 19, 2024

Get it faster

The Strokes wrecked rock ’n’ roll, if you ask Esteban Flores.  The 31-year-old Chicano artist behind the music project Slow Joy makes this passing claim while chatting about his upcoming...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - Mar. 13, 2024

Concerts: March 14-21

ON THE BILL: BoCo instrumental psychonauts Prairiewolf bring their spacey fusion of cosmic country, ambient Americana and psychedelic easy-listening to Globe Hall in support of Color Green and Rosali on...

By Kelly Dean Hansen - Mar. 13, 2024

The guy at the gates

Ray Chen doesn’t define success by artistic accomplishments alone, although they are many.  The violinist — born in Taiwan and raised in Australia — won the 2008 International Yehudi Menuhin...

By Christopher Piercy - Mar. 13, 2024

Past lives

The only constant is change. Just ask California singer-songwriter Chelsea Wolfe, whose seventh studio album She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She marks an inflection point in a...

By Boulder Weekly Staff - Mar. 6, 2024

Concerts: March 7-14

ON THE BILL: Canadian indie-rock royalty Dan Bejar brings his critically lauded Destroyer project to the Front Range for a special solo performance at the Marquis Theater on March 9....

By Jeremy Duke - Mar. 6, 2024

‘Strong and growing’

Since forming in 2022, Oklahoma City’s Free 4 All has been busy. The five-piece hardcore band delivered three releases last year, playing dozens of local and regional shows and developing...

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