The dream of the 90’s is alive in Everclear
Take a deep breath, calm down, and accept that the music from when you were in high school is now essentially oldies. For five years, mid-to-late-’90s upstarts Everclear hosted an [...]
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Posted May 03, 2017in The Sound
Posted April 05, 2017in The Sound
Dressy Bessy returns to tell its own story
Eleven years ago, the Denver band Dressy Bessy was labeled “up and coming” due to the buzz regarding its album “Electrified.” The problem? “Electrified” was Dressy Bessy’s fourth album, and [...]
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Posted March 01, 2017in The Sound
Antonio Sanchez brings ‘Birdman’ live score to Hoyt Sherman
Michael Keaton is the star of Alejandro Inarritu’s 2014 film “Birdman.” But during the course of the two-hour film, it becomes increasingly clear that that most important co-star isn’t Edward [...]
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Posted February 01, 2017in The Sound
Stories of politics and pain
Straight to the point with Dropkick Murphys vocalist Al Barr Dropkick Murphys has a penchant for delivering blue-collar, pint-hoisting, Celtic punk rock in strikingly consistent fashion. With nine albums [...]
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Posted January 25, 2017in The Sound
Grounded and humble
Cody Johnson is billed as a country music “force of nature.” Some say the former prison guard is a real-deal superstar and possibly the hottest new act on the country [...]
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Posted January 04, 2017in The Sound
Winter Jam is coming
For Christian rock bands, you don’t often get platforms bigger than Winter Jam. Outside of a few big names, Christian artists are often touring at churches or affiliated venues. Winter [...]
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Posted November 30, 2016in The Sound
Joey Jordison: Same fire, new perspective
More than three years ago, Joey Jordison wasn’t sure what was wrong with him. He was getting an excruciating tingling in his spine. He would wake up some mornings unable [...]
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Posted November 02, 2016in The Sound, Uncategorized
Davy Knowles reinvents the blues
It’s closing in on 10 years since Davy Knowles first came to America. Then 19, the blues rock musician came to the states from the Isle of Man with his [...]
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Posted October 05, 2016in The Sound
Power to the partiers
Music and politics make for strange bedfellows. It’s a double-edged sword, with the outspokenness of musicians like Ted Nugent and Beyonce endearing them to half their fanbase and alienating them [...]
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Posted August 31, 2016in The Sound
Forever Mould
When you read recent articles about Bob Mould, you notice a common theme: career renaissance. The indie rock godfather has been making music consistently for nearly 40 years, with Husker [...]
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