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The Hotboxed EP Cole Peterson

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“I was tired of being called a rapper,” said Robert Salazar, better known as Fort Collins local hip-hop artist THC. “I love hip-hop. I wanted to show the world I can do more than just rap.” Salazar’s latest project The Hotboxed EP is intended to be a showcase of his abilities as a songwriter, producer, and performer. The album incorporates many reggae elements and features local reggae talent Bad Kat, President Destine, and Spellbinder. The album dropped while opening for Afroman last year at the Moxi Theater. Lyrics and beats are still the mainstay for this artist but the added touch of reggae is what separates The Hotboxed EP from the rest. “My biggest inspirations were Steele Pulse, Collie Budz and of course Bob Marley,” says Salazar. “I also made sure not to sway from my hip hop roots so I was listening to a lot of Redman, Chali 2na, and Nas. Those guys have all done collaborations with reggae artists.”

“Singing is a huge part of reggae culture and I had to include it in the album,” explains Salazar. Singing is most prevalent on the fifth and final track on the album titled “To Do the Right Thing” feat. President Destine and Spellbinder. This track is a celebration of all that is reggae, with deep root vibes made true by the repetitive synthesizer and references to marijuana. Salazar is not shy about his support of legalized marijuana. “I was also inspired by the people of Colorado. I wanted to make sure the sounds and lyrics of this album represent the proud supporters of Amendment 64. Our voices were finally heard.” All of THC’s music is available online, free to stream and download. So head on over to www.reverbnation.com/ thcfortcollins and give him a listen.

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ASPEN HOURGLASS Navigate

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On Friday February 27 Aspen Hourglass resleased their new EP, titled Navigate. BandWagon Magazine sat down with the band members Greyson Erhard (lead vocals/ guitar), Elvin Holderfield (piano), and Sean Hansen (drums/backup vocals), in a bid to discuss their upcoming release. “Greyson and I are so seeded in technical music, trying our best to think outside the cliche,” says Hansen. Two weeks before their summer tour and with a nearing album release their original bassist left the band. Erhard and Hansen were left with no choice but to find a new bass player. Admittedly, the idea of adding a synth bass in place of a bass guitar to the group came to Erhard while listening to mainstream radio. “I was listening to 93.3 at the time and ‘Sail’ came on by Awolnation.” Erhard heard their use of the synth bass and realized, “How unique would it be to have a synth bass, with classical piano, tap/slap guitar, and jazz drumming with vocal harmonies.” The addition of Holderfield was an easy choice for Erhard and Hansen. While brainstorming possible candidates Hansen came to the immediate conclusion that “There really is no other bass player we would rather play with.” The foundation for the new Aspen Hourglass sound had been set. Each member brings forth a unique musical background, ranging from jazz, to classical

and metal. Only when the members of Aspen Hourglass combine these elements does something magical happen. Ethereal at first, but with time, and multiple listening sessions, the complexities of the music begin to reveal themselves. Navigate begins with a song titled “Justify,” the start of a journey through a ghostly ocean. Deep and complex, mysterious, with little time to ponder, the vocal harmonies leave the heart begging for more. The final track on the EP titled “Who Needs” creates a sense of limitlessness. The lyrics, “Who needs stability?” voiced in broad, deep tones, facilitates this openness. Besides that, “Who Needs” is just a badass song. Precise guitar licks, heavy drum work, and a growly synthesizer just make one want to act, without the worries of stability. Aspen Hourglass have primed themselves for the

future. Recently Erhard went viral with a video release of a solo guitar track titled “Ate.” The video caught the attention of the music business. Now with possible endorsement deals and an expansion of professional connections all in the works, the guys from Aspen Hourglass are ready to take it to the next level. Navigate published by Aloft Records on Friday February 27 at the Soiled Dove Underground in Denver. Be on the look out kids, this one may just catch you by surprise.

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A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS Transfixation

Clark M. Lamson

BandWagon Magazine “I mean, there are always goals, and there are always milestones that you want to hit, but that just never makes the best record,” said Oliver Ackermann, lead singer and guitarist of A Place To Bury Strangers. We got together to discuss the most recent release for the Brooklynbased noise-core, post-punk outfit, Transfixation. After the release of their previous album, Worship, the band reached a breaking point. “We were kind of working together for so long that it just became too difficult, and it was just getting too

intense and too crazy because we were spending too much time recording,” Ackermann said. “We kinda had to take a break.” After some much needed down time the trio reformed with a new and refreshed outlook on the project and proceeded to lay down the most raucous addition to their discography yet. On February 17, APTBS released their new album, a perfect representation of why we need pop music and all its predictability. Transfixation exists, if only as a measuring post against the aural insanity that is Transfixation. Since their debut in 2007, the Brooklyn noise outfit has made a name for themselves by making incredibly dense, gritty, and brazenly loud post-

punk tunes. I’m talking loud. Like sonic boom loud. Jumbo Jet jousting loud. 10,000 atoms bursting at a rave loud. The sound is matched up with the cold, brittle Ackermann vocals to create some truly tasking music. While their albums have always been admirable, the band aimed to capture the infamous fury and wrath of their live performances in Transfixation. “You just look up at the sky, and its so insanely amazing and beautiful, and

much more beyond what anyone would ever imagine. If you open yourself up to those kind of ideas that’s beyond what some person could do physically, then I think you’ll create something that’s better than that... We learned a lot about what it would be to capture a live moment. But in the end, it was all about something we could never really plan.” I will be shocked if another album has a better closer than Transfixation. The song reaches levels of sonic height, chriscendo, and sheer bloody noise that are singular in music. Perhaps in spite of its noise, it has all the tonalities and (for extreme want of a better word) charm of “Rock and Roll” by Led Zeppelin, or any number of tunes from The Hives. Ackermann had this to say when I asked him which song on the album was his favorite: “The last track, ‘I Will Die.’ It’s just really cool because the recording that’s on the record is us writing the song out of thin air. Nobody had ever played any of those chords before, or that drum

part, and none of those words had been thought of before or anything, except for right at that moment when that song happened on the recording. That’s an example from what I was saying about recording our practices. It wasn’t recorded or anything. We even Photowell by Adam DeGross tried to redo that song many times, but it’s what was happening just at that very moment was just so special.” Together again, Oliver Ackermann and the other members of A Place to Bury Strangers have created an album that renders me speechless. Bold, challenging, taxing. They just don’t seem to cover it. This album is 100 speeding trains colliding, and the players are the conductors. Transfixation shocks and excites. I asked Ackermann what it meant to him. “It was something that took over our lives for a moment, it kind of even changed all of us. For me, in some ways, it was an awakening. It was just getting a little bit of education. I think that was what the record needed.”

BandWagon Magazine northern colorado’s arts & entertainment FEBRUARY 2015 Lady Lamb the Beekeeper After

Clark M. Lamson

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At 15, when Aly Spralto began writing music of her own in the basement of a DVD rental she worked at, she grew into the habit of keeping a journal by her bed. They would hold doodles, lyrical nuggets that begged to be written down, and figments of dreams. Sometimes, she would wake up to find a message written by her half-asleep self. This was the case with her moniker. What she awoke to find scrawled on the journal page would soon become the name on her debut effort, Ripley Pine, as well as her new album After, which hits stores March 3. This month, BandWagon Magazine sat down with Spralto to discuss the new album, as well as its origins. When Spralto released her debut album, it came after many months of arduous studio arrangement. The songs, up until that point, had all been solo on the electric guitar, which then had to be stretched to include band instrumentation. I asked Spralto about the differences between the two productions. “With this record, I wanted to be really prepared going into the studio. Between tours in the last record, I came home and wrote them and demoed them in my bedroom with a computer and keyboard and a drum machine, and arranged them entirely to be able to go into the studio and knock them out.” The two singles “Billions of Eyes” and “Spat Out Spit” both speak to the existentialism that’s prevalent in the album. Spralto feels that Ripley Pine “was more about what I wanted from other people, and less about me.” In After, Spralto tackles bigger questions. This is especially prevalent in the singles. “Billions of Eyes” focuses specifically on human communication and connection, and asks the listener “how do we connect to each other in this world where we’re all searching for all this instant gratification?” The second single “Spat Out Spit” is a meditation on humanity and its creation. If you think the subject is too lofty for a 25-year old from Maine, think again.

Lady Lamb paints a picture of humanity descended from the stars with lines like “you would see the solar system suspended in me” and “we are filled with the gore from long before.” The material on After is thoughtful, the music is immediate, and features infectious hooks. When listeners are used to Lady Lamb’s masterful melodic meandering, the choice is a bit jarring. This was a conscious choice by the artist. “I’ve challenged myself to write choruses, which I never do. I wonder how some of my fans will feel about that, because I think a lot of them are used to me meandering in my music, which is a thing that I love to do. But that was a conscious decision. I wanted to make a really direct record.” In terms of ferocity and challenging of sound, no song on the album comes close to matching “Violet Clementine.” Drummer Marco Buccelli scorches a beat across this track that manages to be folkloric, funky, and punkish. The track is one of two on After that were

co-written with long time friend, TJ Metcalf. “I came to him with the banjo and the melody, and then we sort of arranged that whole section with the keyboard and the back and forth vocals down in the basement of that video store I used to work many years ago. The song kinda went away for a while, but with TJ’s permission, I decided to put it on this record.” After is introspective, challenging the artist’s previous work, and is surprisingly accessible. Spralto’s effort to add immediacy and catchiness to the album has payed off in spades. After is lightning in a bottle. Lady Lamb The BeeKeeper May 2, at Larimer Lounge, 2721 Larimer St., 8 p.m. Tickets are $10. Visit www.larmierlounge. com for more information. Full interview at www. bandwagmag.com.

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en español Juanes

Loco de Amor Crystal Mendoza

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Considerado “una de las 100 personas mas influyentes” por la revista TIME y “una de las estrellas de rock mas grandes del mundo” por la revista Rolling Stone, Juanes, el cántate de rock n’ roll nos mesmerizó con otro álbum este dedicado

al amor como el titulo nos insinúa. Juanes incorpora el amor con su estilo de rock n’ roll que todos conocemos y nos encanta de el. Como el lo describió en su entrevista con Billboard Track by Track, Loco de Amor “es como poner un rayo de amor por un prisma es todos los diferentes enfoques que el amor tiene entre relaciones.” El álbum comienza con la canción

Considered “One of the 100 Most Influential People” by TIME magazine and “One of the biggest stars in rock throughout the world” by Rolling Stone, Juanes, the rock n’ roll singer mesmerized us with another album dedicated to love as the title hints at. Juanes incorporates love with his style of rock n’ roll that we all know and love him for. As described in his interview with Billboard Track by Track, Loco de Amor “it’s like putting a ray of love through a prism so its all the different approaches that love is in relationships.” The album begins with the song titled “Thousand Pieces” where he refers to his heart that has broken. He mentions a blade and how the edge cuts his soul into a thousand pieces, but he continues by saying that he is a thousand pieces of love. The song features the traditional guitar of Juanes, but also has a drum pattern that sounds like a

beating heart which dominates the song. The second song “Loco de Amor” has a more upbeat rhythm which you can get up and dance to while singing of when you are “madly in love and obsessed” as Juanes says. On the other songs he follows the upbeat rhythm with the song “La Luz” which is the most downloaded song of the album on iTunes. “Laberinto” is the song that impressed me the most on the album. The tone moves you more, lyrically it follows the romance of love. The other aspect on the album is a more serious tone like the song “Persiguiendo el Sol” where he talks about his personal decision to follow his dream and leave his home and go through life learning his way. Loco de Amor with its rhythm, tone, and cheerful lyrics make you put the album on repeat all day while singing and dancing non stop.

titulada Mil Pedazos donde se refiere a su corazón que esta rompido en mil pedazos. Menciona una navaja y como el filo le corta el alma en mil pedazos continua a decir que el es mil pedazos de un amor. La canción tiene la tradicional guitarra de Juanes pero también tiene el ritmo que se oye como el latido de un corazón que es lo que domina la canción. La segunda canción “Loco de Amor” tiene un ritmo mas alegre y al que se puede uno levantar a bailar mientras canta de cuando uno esta enamorado y esta loco de amor y estar obsesionado como dice Juanes. Por otro temas sigue el ritmo alegre como en la canción “La Luz” que es la canción mas bajada del álbum en iTunes. “Laberinto” se me hace la canción que me impresiona mas de todo el álbum el tono te mueve mas la letra sigue el romanticismo de el amor. El otro aspecto que tomo el álbum es un tono mas serio con la canción “Persiguiendo el Sol” donde el habla de su historia personal de seguir su sueño y de irse de su casa e ir por la vida aprendiendo su camino. Loco De Amor con su ritmo, tono, y letra alegre lo hace que uno ponga el álbum en repetir todo el día mientras canta uno y baile sin parar.

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The Modern Day Bowie

Of Montreal’s Kevin Barnes Unafraid to Go Big Kyle Eustice

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“There’s more caveman rock n’ roll happening,” Kevin Barnes says. “Hopefully, it’s done in a way that’s more sophisticated and not too idiotic [laughs].” The Of Montreal frontman is referring to his latest album, Aureate Gloom, which was released March 3 via Polyvinyl Records. As a fan of Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, and other “riff rock bands,” as he puts it, Barnes is not afraid to go big. Evidence of that comes within two seconds of the opening track, “Bassem Sabry.” With its heavy guitar riff, it’s more reminiscent of “Iron Man” by Black Sabbath than an Of Montreal song, but as soon as his vocals kick in, it goes into a disco beat. This is typical of Barnes. He loves to experiment with all types of music and often incorporates several genres into one track. Often described as a “modern-day Bowie,” Barnes doesn’t shy away from this comparison at all. It’s clearly a compliment. “He’s definitely a huge influence,” he says. “Not just with music that he made, but his approach to making music and reestablishing himself as something new. He was always trying to frame it in a different way every time; explore different kinds of music. That to me is the most exciting aspect to him. On every record, he almost seemed like a different artist. It was never predictable or formulaic. It was always special.” Barnes has performed under his alter ego, Georgie Fruite, and most recently, Falcon Vein, a sign that he’s never too far away from Bowie’s influence. It’s partly what makes him such an interesting character. “There’s probably some vestiges of Georgie lingering inside of me, but I’ve moved into something new,” he

notes. “I had another persona named Falcon Vein that I was experimenting with for awhile.” Whatever name he’s using, Barnes has already turned out an expansive catalog. Since 1997’s Cherry Peel (Bar/ None), he’s released 12 other albums, culminating with this year’s Aureate Gloom. Over the course of 18 years, obviously Barnes has gone through a lot of evolutionary changes. However, most evident on this album is his split with his wife of 11 years, Nina. While initially extremely painful for Barnes, he admits he’s in a much better place now. “This album is full of emotional power,” he says. “It’s very much like an open journal. Things are not dark at all right now. We’re both in a really good place and there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.” As Barnes focuses more on Aureate Gloom and less on his personal life, he’s getting his live show together. The Of Montreal tour kicks off March 5 in his hometown of Athens, Georgia and hits Denver March 31. Despite potential assumptions, it’s nothing like A Flaming Lips show, “it’s more subtle,” he says. “Our shows are very visual, theatrical and there’s never a static moment on stage,” he says. “There’s always movement. The visual side is very immersive, psychedelic, vibrant, and powerful. Musically, it’s pulling songs from the last seven or eight records so there’s a lot of variety. It’s like a big circus [laughs].”

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Bangarang!

Ushers in All Hands Kyle Eustice

BandWagon Magazine (Kyle BandWagon Magazine Eustice): It was great to see you on stage this summer at the Anyone who has followed MAHA Festival in Omaha. How Doomtree’s career knows have you been since your kidney emcee P.O.S (real name Stefon transplant? Alexander) was having severe health issues that caused him P.O.S: Great. Pretty much to lay low for the better part of better every day. I’m really three years. The Minneapolis excited about getting out to play native and Rhymesayers signee some shows. Doomtree shows had just released 2012’s We Don’t are a lot easier than solo shows. Even Live Here when he was Even those are getting easier. forced to cancel a major national tour due to health concerns. BW: I was bummed you didn’t Thankfully, that ordeal is over really get to tour for We Don’t and he is now the proud owner Even Live Here. Will you be doing of two new kidneys. Naturally, solo songs off that record? he’s back to killing it. The Doomtree crew, comprised of P.O.S: We make sure everybody Cecil Otter, Mike Mictlan, Sims, gets their solo sets, too. Lazerbeak, Paper Tiger, Dessa, and P.O.S., dropped their latest BW: All Hands dropped January studio album, All Hands, January 27 so tell me a little bit about the 27, their first full-length since recording process. 2011’s No Kings. As Doomtree preps for tour, P.O.S. popped his P.O.S: If you remember, we did head out of the studio to talk No Kings in a couple weeks. We “Fuck Your Stuff” and suburban went off to a cabin and pounded housewives. Check out www. it out. It worked out really well. doomtree.net for the full tour We did the same thing as far as schedule. doing a cabin trip, but we ended

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up taking four or five cabin trips over the course of a year this time. Cecil and [Lazer] Beak did a really good job of getting the beats in a zone that really fit each other and felt really good. We wanted to write good songs. We did an initial recording where we demo’ed a bunch of stuff and then at the end kind of crunch-timed a bunch of it.

specific set of stuff you want to get to complete your wardrobe, I think even attempting to do that makes people depressed. I think it’s a lot more important to find a life you really care about.

BW: You guys always come with massive amounts of it. Do you pride yourself on delivering the best performance possible at every show?

P.O.S: Doing something for a decade is tight. We did it for a decade and now we’re going to do a new thing [laughs]. I think if Seinfeld would have waited to season 25 when no one laughed at it and slowly withered off the air, it wouldn’t have gone down as some legendary shit. Going out after a nice long run, but still hot as shit, I think that’s a good way to do it. Going out when it’s not going down. We have a new event that we’re starting to plan right now. We’re not going anywhere.

P.O.S: Yeah, we come from a city where there are a ton of great performers so it’s always been important to try and go above and beyond to be a great live show to see. BW: How do you see punk and hip-hop coinciding? P.O.S: I think they both come from a place where I make music because I can; not extensive training, piano lessons as a kid but because I want to say something and I’m going to. They also both have the ability to create an energy that’s pretty destructive to normal people’s ears. BW: I like that about you, too. You seem to be really passionate about everything you do and have a kind of “I don’t give a fuck” attitude. If you could get across any message to your fans, what would it be? P.O.S: I guess that there’s a prescribed life plan, but it definitely doesn’t fit most people. I feel like the idea of go to school, go to college, get a job, buy a house, find a girl, get married, have a kid in a specific order, in a specific place with a

BW: You completed the last Doomtree Blowout in December. Why end it after such a great run?

P.O.S: I think touring has a lot of down time. I think it’s different with us because we’re all looking out for each other. If it was me in his situation, I would be worried about getting home. When you’re able to be around close friends on tour, it’s good. There are times when touring is depressing, but that’s what you do all the work for at home. BW: Are you still doing Marijuana Deathsquads? P.O.S: I’m doing Marijuana Deathsquads and looking forward to starting more projects this year. BW: Seems like you can’t sit still. P.O.S: I mean I sat still for almost three years [laughs]. I’m very much ready to not be sitting still.

BW: I had a great interview with Mike [Mictlan] and he BW: Are you going to do was telling me how you picked another solo record anytime him up from the hospital. It soon? illustrates just how tight-knit the Doomtree family is. P.O.S: I’m actually recording right now [laughs]. P.O.S: Nobody wants to tell their friend what they can and BW: Can you divulge any info? can’t do, but you don’t want to see your friend go off the deep end P.O.S: It’s not under wraps like either. It was a tricky situation. I have a bunch of secrets, but I’m We don’t have a business not far into it yet so there’s not relationship. The people in this much to say other than these crew want to be here. We love beats are fucking crazy. and care about each other. We want to make sure we’re all Doomtree with Hellfyre Club, good. I don’t think anybody in March 5, at The Aggie, 204 S. the same situation would have College Ave., 7 p.m. Tickets are done anything differently. $15. Visit www.aggietheatre. com for more information. BW: Do you think touring makes it harder for people with maybe addictive personalities?

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Uncle Tony Speaks Offers More Instrumental Brilliance Kyle Eustice

BW: Why did you decide to put the microphone down and start making beats?

Producer Blockhead (real name Tony Simon) is currently on another leg of his solo tour in support of his latest album, Bells & Whistles, which was released in November 2014. His last effort, 2012’s Interludes After Midnight, offers more instrumental brilliance and puts the cherry on top of an already impressive catalog. From 2004’s Music By Cavelight (his Ninja Tunes debut) to 2009’s The Music Scene, literally every track that bares Simon’s touch is flawless. Growing up in Manhattan, he was enamored with hip-hop since the moment he heard it. He met emcee Aesop Rock while attending Boston University in 1994 and it was on from there. Although Simon prefers rap music over instrumental music, he has a deep appreciation for all genres. In addition to his solo albums, he also collaborates with fellow artist Jer in the Party Fun Action Committee and runs a blog he calls Phat Friend (www. phatfriend.com). For tour dates, check out www.blockheadmusic.com.

BH: I was kind of doing both, but meeting him put the whole rapping thing into perspective for me. He was the first rapper I met that was in my peer group. I met him and thought, ‘This guy is on a different level and I’m nowhere near that so I should just focus on making beats.’ He lived with me for a summer in New York at my mom’s house and we made a lot of songs together. There were songs where we were rapping together, but slowly I moved away from that. He was clearly the star. I let him go.

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BW: Are you still in touch? BH: Of course. We’re friends way beyond music. I’ve known him for 20 years now. BW: I read you were happy when you got on Ninja Tune, but weren’t too familiar with the label. Is that right?

BH: I wasn’t familiar with the genre of music at all. It’s still not a genre I really listen to. I have always been a rap guy. I don’t enjoy instrumental music as something to listen to a lot. There’s stuff I hear that’s awesome though, but Blockhead: It’s more of the atmosphere it’s not my thing. I grew up in. My dad was really old when I was born. He was 60 so he had BW: What can I find Blockhead no idea what rap was. He was 75 percent listening to today? deaf so he wasn’t not supportive, but he was more like, ‘What is that bass sound BH: Just a bunch of rap [laughs]. I you’re making?’ Neither of my parents find these new artists that I like and I were against me making music and exhaust them. I listen to old soul music. because my dad was an artist, I went into I wish I had my iPod in front of me. thinking anyone could be an artist. In I’ve been listening to Open Mike Eagle, hindsight, that’s crazy to think as that Billy Woods; a lot of people I listen to as a reality. It definitely groomed me are people I work with. I’m all over the to think stuff like this is supposed to map. happen, but it really isn’t [laughs]. BW: I think that’s what makes a great BW: Yes, there’s a small percentage of DJ. You have to know music front to people that get to do music for a living, back. or art in general. You went to college for a little while and is that where you met BH: Absolutely. Aesop Rock? BW: I interviewed Cut Chemist and BH: I only went for one year and he DJ Shadow about Afrika Bambaataa’s graduated. I met him at the end of my collection and I got such a solid first year. When you’re a college student, education. you kind of get in with people by how they look. It was 1994 and I was like, BH: Oh yeah, those guys are crazy. ‘That guy looks like he likes rap.’ We just Just pure record collectors. Afrika started talking and hit it off. We both Bambaataa is way before my time. I only had kind of left field tastes, not typical. know of the early ‘80s stuff because of We liked some mainstream stuff, but a passing listens. I am more post-RUN lot of weird stuff, too. He rapped and I DMC. My obsession with rap starts rapped at the time so we became friends when sampling starts. That’s where the last month of my college experience. my knowledge really starts. I came into We kept in touch after I dropped out. listening to rappers that were already BandWagon: You grew up the son of an artist and I’m sure growing up in that environment was encouraging. Was that crucial to forming you as an artist?

advanced like Kool G Rap and Big Daddy Kane. BW: Beastie Boy’s Paul’s Boutique has so many samples. It’s one of my favorite albums to pick apart and identify what came from where. BH: I’d be willing to bet that my last record has three times as many samples [laughs]. BW: Oh shit! BH: Only because it’s all instrumental. Well, any Bomb Squad production has a ton, too. Doing an instrumental album is a lot different because you don’t have vocals taking up space. It’s a gift and a curse in a sense because no one wants to put out an instrumental album because it’s full of samples. It’s a tedious process. I make a ton of beats and then I go through those beats to find ones that will work then I pull them together, and go from there. It’s tedious. It’s way more nerdy than it is artistic at times. BW: That’s how I feel about transcribing interviews [laughs]. BH: I bet it’s a lot like that. This one’s going to be a nightmare for you [laughs]. BW: At least we’re not out digging ditches. BH: [Laughs] Or working in a coal mine.

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If music is a universal

we listened to pretty much said all of that. It was easy on the ears, too, for our parents and we could turn it up as loud as we wanted (laughs). BW: What do you think makes good music?

JB: Something that can switch your mood up from negative to positive right when you hear the first lick. Anything that can bring my mood out of a shitty one to a more happy one (laughs), that can make my day more productive and more happy, Jerry “J Boog” Afemata has mastered that’s good music to me. that language through reggae. Born in Long Beach, California and raised BW: Do you think being a in Compton as the youngest of eight, reggae artist sets up some sort of J Boog worked to make his sound a expectation as to what your lyrics collaboration of family influence should be about? and personal freedom. With the help of reggae artist Fiji in 2005, J JB: For me there’s really no Boog produced his debut album Hear expectation of I’m trying to be better Me Roar. Joining up with Wash House than the next song, we just write. That’s Music Inc, he worked with reggae really the media and people that family legend Ambassador Gramps judge that. We just do music, create Morgan of Morgan Heritage, island and see what happens. We just sing producer and artist Don Corelone, from the heart. and international reggae star Yami Bolo to put out his Billboard charts BW: On your Live Up EP, “Break topper Backyard Boogie in 2011. He Us Apart” has a pretty clear call won Best New Entertainer at 2012’s to action. Was there any sort of International Reggae and Music inspiration or push for political Awards. He continues to produce activism in that, or am I just singles that make their way to the reading too far in to it? top charts for reggae and put out his latest EP Live Up in 2014. JB: That was just a lot of shit we Ten years after his start, saw on the news that just wasn’t BandWagon Magazine caught up right. There were a whole lot of with the humble Samoan artist shootings. That was just something during his east coast tour. on my mind that I had to get off and that’s what came out. BandWagon: Why did you choose reggae? BW: In your bio it repeatedly mentions your Samoan heritage. J Boog: We’ve always listened to How has that influenced your reggae growing up in the house. I music? don’t know, it was good music. I think at the time that was something JB: I don’t totally write music for I could listen to and relate to, what the young people or for the old we were going through as far as people and I think from our parents hard struggles. Love and family. We giving us teachings in the early definitely had a strong bond as a ages, we really respect our elders. family and a lot of the reggae music We don’t want to put anything out

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JB: J: I think everywhere (laugh Being on the road is a blessing. I lo seeing new places because ther new experiences, new emotio and there’s new feelings towar music to write. But I think that m BW: Have you noticed a change favorite place is Hawaii still and t in your music or style since your west coast, California. It’s got to first album in 2007? BW: In one of your videos, “Let JB: Definitely there was a change Blaze” which is an awesome song in the sound and the music, but the about smoking ganja, but I notic message is still the same. I think that you personally don’t smoke we actually got better. It’s a whole all in the video and I was wonderi growing and learning experience if you would like to comme for us... Whatever comes out is still on your position for or again us, but probably in a more relevant marijuana? sound to what people are used too. JB: I’m for it. I don’t smoke it li BW: When you say we, do you how I used to. I pretty much do mean Wash House Music, your smoke at all right now. But I w never against it I choose not to do friends? Your entourage? It’s been like five years and I’ll JB: Sorry, yeah. I mean I don’t off and on if I’m really struggli totally speak about me like I do with lyrics then I’ll smoke to cat everything, because it’s a team effort. a vibe and get in the mood… I And for me to say me, it’s not me don’t see anything wrong it’s we, you know what I mean? I with it. represent all of us. there that would disrespect them. That’s the influence it has on my music now. I want something that everybody can feel rather than just a certain group of people.

BW: You mention a philosophy that music is universal, how have you experienced that in touring to countries around the world that don’t necessarily speak English? JB: It’s funny because everybody would totally understand a song in parts of Europe but don’t speak a lick of English. The songs sometimes aren’t totally in English, they’re in Patois lyrics or in a different type of slang, but they understand it and they get the feeling of it and they sing the lyrics and we’re like wow. they really just appreciate everything we’ve done for the music. It’s pretty crazy. BW: Where’s your favorite place that you’ve performed?

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COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT

Artistry Collides:

Paint Your Tigers Gold

Jay Wallace

BandWagon Magazine

In February of last year, indie folk outfit Giants & Pilgrims, lead by Greeley fixtures Tim and Betony Coons, released their first album, Almanac No. 1. On their website giantsandpilgrims.com. Each of the 12 songs on the album includes an accompanying piece of art created by Mrs. Coons. But this past January, another charming work of art related to Almanac No. 1 came out. This time local Greeley artist Rick Destree created a comic that ties into the song “Paint Your Tigers Gold.” The comic tells the tale of Lucy The Mouse, who lives in a guitar in a meadow, terrified by the tiger that sleeps outside her home, eventually coming up with a plan to deal with the tiger thanks to her two friends. The lyrics to “Paint Your Tigers Gold” provide the main text. They are intended to be “a call to courage and a calming comfort and all that wrapped up in hope,” as noted by Giants & Pilgrims in the forward. “It’s kind of a weird thing,” Destree said. “I don’t know that I’ve heard of a lot of other comics doing something like that, [using] the lyrics as the text of a comic. I was coming to the realization that we can do something new and try doing a ‘music video comic.’”

Destree said the project initially started out as an animated music video. “[Tim] actually pitched it to me,” he said. “He had seen a cartoon online, really old one, from ten years ago, an animated short I had done online. He wanted to do a music video. So he actually pitched to me doing a music video for the band, for one of their songs, for the song ‘Paint Your Tigers Gold.’ That was the original plan, was to do that. Over time it kind of morphed into a comic book. “We thought a comic book would be more appropriate. As fun as it would have been to do an animation, I’m not really an animator. I do a lot better with comics, sequential art. So over the course of a couple months, we were going back and forth, we landed on doing a graphic novel for the song instead.” As of right now, Paint Your Tigers Gold can be found at John Galt Coffee, located at 706 16th Street in Greeley, and online at http://giantsandpilgrims.com/ store. Destree also said he plans to bring copies to the upcoming Denver ComiCon.

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Flight Facilities @ Bluebird Theater Denver - 9:00pm w/ Touch Sensitive

Demons VS Zombies Tour Spaide RIPPER @ The Moxi Theater Greeley - 7:00pm w/ Troy Bloodshot Brown, The Reapa Man, and Whodat Peez!

Salgon & Brokencyde @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver - 8:00pm w/ Stay Tuned, Lyrically Minded Souljaz, & R13

The Glenn Miller Orchestra @ The Union Colony Civic Center Greeley - 2:00pm

Vinyl Mondays - DJ Tyler Breur and Spencer Alred (Ned Garthe) @ Hi-Dive Denver - 9:00pm

CES CRU @ The Aggie Theatre Fort Collins - 7:00pm w/ Wrekonize, Fr!zz, DJPCASO, E.$cott, Flawless, Skyjonez, & S.M.S.

Motionless In White @ The Summit Music Hall Denver - 6:30pm w/ For Today, New Years Day, Ice Nine Kills

Seth Glier, Jeremy Dion @ Avogadros Number Fort Collins - 7:00pm

Eddie Spaghetti @ Larimer Lounge Denver - 8:00pm w/ Jim Dalton (Of Railbenders)

monday March 2nd

tuesday March 3rd

FREE Stand Up Comedy @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins - 7:00pm

Stubby Shillelaghs @Patricks Irish Pub Greeley - 9:00pm

FREE Funk Jam @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins - 10:00pm

UNC Choirs Concert @ The Union Colony Civic Center Greeley - 7:30pm

Doomtree @ The Aggie Theatre Fort Collins - 7:00pm Grand Slam Dead Jam @ Avogadros Number Fort Collins - 9:00pm KONGOS @ The Summit Music Hall Denver - 7:00pm w/ Sir Sly, Colony House

Denver - 8:00pm w/ SPELLS, A Tom Collins, Post Paradise, Qbala, Tyto Alba KONGOS @ The Summit Music Hall Denver - 7:00pm w/ Sir Sly, Colony House David Cook @ Larimer Lounge Denver - 9:00pm w/ AMZY Datsik @ The Ogden Theatre Denver - 9:00pm w/ ETC!ETC!, Fox Stevenson, Twine

Wednesday March 4th

Gregory Alan Isakov @ The Ogden Theatre Denver - 8:00pm w/ Mandolin Orange

New Madrid @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins - 8:00pm

Friday March 6th

California Voodoo @ Quixotes True Blue Denver - 9:00pm

Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night @ Pourhouse Loveland - 7:30pm every Wednesday

Silver & Gold @ The Moxi Theater Greeley - 8:00pm w/ One Flew West, Bach Hotel

DOOMTREE @ The Gothic Theatre Denver - 9:00pm w/ Hellfyre Club, Transit

The 3hree Project Soundstage Feat. The Live Performance of the 3hree Project Album @ Bluebird Theater Denver - 8:00pm w/ Special Guests

Chris Ramey @ Cranford Cove Greeley - 7:00pm

Saturday March 7th

Moon Hooch, James and the Devil @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins - 8:00pm

Guttermouth @ The Moxi Theater Greeley - 8:00pm w/ Counterpunch, The Nasty Bunch of Bitches

Dead Floyd @ The Aggie Theatre Fort Collins - 7:00pm w/ Rocktin Grove

FREE Gipsy Moon @ The Aggie Theatre Fort Collins - 7:00pm w/ Lineage Music Project

Yung Gleesh @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver - 8:00pm w/ Ransteez, and Str8 Money Ent Sylent EFX, EASTablished @ The 1-Up Denver - 8:30pm Taking Back Sunday @ The Summit Music Hall Denver - 6:00pm w/ Letlive, The Menzingers Kawehi @ Larimer Lounge Denver - 8:00pm w/ ZOYA

Thursday March 5th Greeley Rap God @ Moxi Theater Greeley - 8:00pm w/ $200 Cash Prize

No Fences, Waylon Willies, Matt Skinner Band @ Avogadros Number Fort Collins - 9:00pm Marty Nightengale @ Pourhouse Loveland - 9:00pm YAMN @ Bluebird Theater Denver - 9:00pm w/ Very Special Guests Dynohunter, Home Animal Collective (DJ Set) @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver - 8:00pm w/ Special Guests Spring Break Sendoff @ Hi-Dive

Cosy Sheridan @ Avogadros Number Fort Collins - 7:00pm Spellbinder Reggae & Roots Massive @ Avogadros Number Fort Collins - 10:00pm Randall Dubis Band @ Pourhouse Loveland - 8:30pm Analog Son Album Release @ Bluebird Theater Denver - 9:00pm w/ Very Special Guests Nigel Hall, ATOMGA,

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BandWagon Magazine northern colorado’s arts & entertainment FEBRUARY 2015 FREE CID Initative Presents: Open Deck Freestyle Tuesdays @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins - 8:00pm Open Jazz Jam @ Pourhouse Loveland - 7:30pm w/ Pourhouse Jazz Trio Common Kings @ Bluebird Theater Denver - 8:00pm w/ New Kingston The Sloths @ Hi-Dive Denver - 8:30pm w/ The Good Gracious, ...and the black feathers Ginny & The Bridge Burners @ Larimer Lounge Denver - 8:00pm w/ Too Many Humans, Split or Steal

Silver & Gold @ Moxi Theater ~ 3/6/15

Wednesday March 11th

Zion 1 @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver - 8:00pm w/ Los Rakas, Locksmith, Proximity, Jack Flash, & Babah Fly Astronaut School Tour Feat. Freddy Todd @ The 1-Up Denver - 8:30pm w/ Space Jesus, The Digital Connection, The Welch Brothers Chelsea Grin @ The Summit Music Hall Denver - 7:00pm w/ Carnifex, Sworn In, Black Tongue, The Family Ruin Moon Hooch @ Larimer Lounge Denver - 8:00pm w/ Crystal Ghost, Today’s Paramount Datsik @ The Ogden Theatre Denver - 9:00pm w/ ETC!ETC!, Fox Stevenson, Twine

California Voodoo @ Quixotes True Blue Denver - 9:00pm Robert Randolph & The Family Band @ The Gothic Theatre Denver - 9:00pm w/ Fox Street

Sunday March 8th Candy Claws @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins - 8:00pm w/ Sound of Ceres, Plume Varia and Sunboy The Sidekicks @ Hi-Dive Denver - 8:00pm w/ Caytena, Strawberry Runners, Sleeping Weather California Voodoo @ Quixotes True Blue Denver - 4:00pm

Monday March 9th FREE Stand Up Comedy @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins - 7:00pm FREE Funk Jam @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins - 10:00pm Misterwives @ Bluebird Theater Denver - 8:00pm w/ Borns Vinyl Mondays - “Fun Party” @ Hi-Dive Denver - 9:00pm w/ DJ’s “3 DUDES, 1 TABLE”

Tuesday March 10th Stubby Shillelaghs @Patricks Irish Pub Greeley - 9:00pm

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Shwayze @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins - 8:00pm w/ Special Guests, Future Heroes and Hazy Doro @ Bluebird Theater Denver - 8:00pm w/ Archer, Dead Temple, Gomorrah TAUK @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver - 8:00pm w/ The Arturo Complex Sweater Beats @ The 1-Up Denver - 8:30pm w/ Jaw Jam Kim and The Created @ Hi-Dive Denver - 8:30pm w/ the Velveteers, The Roxy Suicide Space Suits For Indians @ Larimer Lounge Denver - 7:00pm w/ Drunkin’ Relatives, See You Home Wolf, The Hollow Hearted

Thursday March 12th Josh Hoyer and the Shadowboxers @ The Moxi Theater Greeley - 6:00pm w/ Primary People Archnemesis @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins - 8:00pm w/ ILLUMNTR [Exmag/Lowtemp] and Stone Soul DRKWAV Feat. John Medeski, Skerik, & Adam Deitch @ The Aggie Theatre Fort Collins - 7:00pm w/ Hump Day Allstars feat. Eric Imbrosciano, Rapidgrass @ Avogadros Number Fort Collins - 7:30pm Kris Lager Band @ Avogadros Number Fort Collins - 10:00pm Franklin Taggart @ Pourhouse Loveland - 8:00pm Mile High Sound Orchestra @ Bluebird Theater Denver - 8:00pm w/ Skymatic Talib Kweli & Immortal Technique The People’s Champion Tour @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver - 8:00pm w/ NIKO IS, CF & Hasan Salaam The Darkest Gray @ Hi-Dive Denver - 7:30pm w/ Goatsilk, Flood of Souls, Myth of Creation, Of Man and Machine Bark Wilson @ Larimer Lounge Denver - 8:00pm w/ Ancient Elk, Josh Moorehead & The Guestlist, The Bell Hours Nahko and Medicine for the People @ The Ogden Theatre Denver - 8:30pm w/ Jon Wayne and the Pain

BandWagon Magazine northern colorado’s arts & entertainment FEBRUARY 2015 DRKWAV Feat. John Medeski, Skerik, & Adam Deitch @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver - 8:00pm w/ Joey Porter’s Shady Business Big Something & The Dyrty Byrds @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver - 8:00pm w/ Special Guests Jimkata @ The 1-Up Denver - 8:30pm w/ SPAFFORD Altas @ Hi-Dive Denver - 8:30pm w/ Church Fire, The Bipedal Approach Enslaved @ The Summit Music Hall Denver - 7:00pm w/ Yob, Ecstatic Vision, Ghosts Of Glaciers

candy claws @ Hodi’s Half Note ~ 3/8/15

Friday March 13th Superstition: ArisDUHkats @ The Moxi Theater Greeley - 8:00pm Sunsquabi, Jimkata, TNERTLE @ Hodi’s Half Not Fort Collins - 8:00pm Shatterproof @ The Aggie Theatre Fort Collins - 7:00pm w/ Wiredogs, Slow Caves, & Leash of Foxes Shakedown Street @ Avogadros Number Fort Collins - 9:00pm w/ Dijon Vagabond The Absolutes @ Pourhouse Loveland - 9:00pm Manic Focus @ Bluebird Theater Denver - 9:30pm w/ ProbCause

DRKWAV Feat. John Medeski, Skerik, & Adam Deitch @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver - 8:00pm w/ Joey Porter’s Shady Business & Ayron Jones and The Way Shwayze @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver - 8:00pm w/ Pizzie & Matty James and Clydesdale Chemistry Club (Comic Book Release Show) @ The Summit Music Hall Denver - 7:00pm w/ Vices I Admire, Instant Empire, Amzy, Red Fox Run Lil Dicky @ Larimer Lounge Denver - 8:00pm Twiddle @ The Ogden Theatre Denver - 9:00pm w/ Special Guest The Revivalists, Jaden Carlson Band Five Iron Frenzy / MXPX @ The Gothic Theatre Denver - 8:00pm w/ The A-Oks

Saturday March 14th The Darkest Gray / Senses To Destroy @ The Moxi Theater Greeley - 8:00pm w/ Morbid Asphyxiation., ELETE Judy Collins @ The Union Colony Civic Center Greeley - 7:30pm w/ The Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra Twiddle @ The Aggie Theatre Fort Collins - 7:00pm w/ Jaden Carlson Band Archie Funker @ Avogadros Number Fort Collins - 8:00pm Roots and Rhythm @ Pourhouse Loveland - 8:30pm Broods @ Bluebird Theater Denver - 9:00pm w/ Mikky Ekko

Cornmeal @ Larimer Lounge Denver - 8:00pm Mat Kearney @ The Ogden Theatre Denver - 8:00pm w/ Parachute, Judah & The Lion Pennywise @ The Gothic Theatre Denver - 9:00pm w/ A Wilhelm Scream, Teenage Bottlerocket, Wiredogs

Sunday March 15th 5th Annual St. Patrick’s Fundraiser for Zac’s Legacy @ V.F.W. Garden City - All Day w/ The Stubby Shillelaghs Cornmeal @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins - 8:00pm MLIMA @ Bluebird Theater Denver - 8:00pm

Monday March 16th FREE Stand Up Comedy @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins - 7:00pm

The Devil Wears Prada @ The Summit Music Hall Denver - 6:00pm w/ Born Of Osiris, The Word Alive Echosmith @ The Gothic Theatre Denver - 8:00pm w/ The Colourist

Wednesday March 18th The Main Squeeze, Bill Smith @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins - 8:00pm The Outfit @ Bluebird Theater Denver - 8:00pm w/ Viretta Heavy Dose DJ’s @ Hi-Dive Denver - 9:00pm Race To Neptune @ Larimer Lounge Denver - 8:00pm w/ We Were Cosmonauts, American Grandma

Thursday March 19th EGI, Old Shoe @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins - 8:00pm FREE Dead Jam @ Avogadros Number Fort Collins - 9:00pm Danny Shafer @ Pourhouse Loveland - 8:00pm Open Jazz Jam @ Pourhouse Loveland - 7:30pm w/ Pourhouse Jazz Trio The Outfit @ Bluebird Theater Fort Collins - 8:00pm w/ Viretta Grass For That Ass Feat. Pickin’ On Phish Feat. Andy Thorn of Leftover Salmon & Members of Dead Phish Orchestra @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver - 8:00pm w/ Chain Station

FREE Funk Jam @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins - 10:00pm

Terravita @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver - 8:00pm w/ Bear Grillz & Said The Sky

The Dodos @ Bluebird Theater Denver - 8:00pm w/ Springtime Carnivore

The Main Squeeze @ The 1-Up Denver - 8:30pm w/ Technicolor Tone Factory, Bill Smith

Reason the Citizen @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver - 8:00pm w/ DJ Almighty IZ, Input & Broken & Ch@ng3

Total Ghost @ Hi-Dive Denver - 8:30pm w/ the Natural Facts

Vinyl Mondays @ Hi-Dive Denver - 9:00pm Coal Chamber @ The Summit Music Hall Denver - 6:00pm w/ Filter, Combichrist, American Head Charge, Saint Ridley

Tuesday March 17th Stubby Shillelaghs @Patricks Irish Pub Greeley - 9:00pm FREE CID Initative Presents: Open Deck Freestyle Tuesdays @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins - 8:00pm Frontside Five @ Bluebird Theater Denver - 9:00pm Pete Rock & Slum Village @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver - 6:30pm w/ Fresh Breath Committee, Everglades, DJ Gatsby and Indigenous Peoples Swahili @ Hi-Dive Denver - 8:30pm w/ Tjutjuna

Friday March 20th Sabotage & Guerilla Radio (Beastie Boys & Rage Against The Machine Tribute) @ Moxi Theater Greeley - 8pm The Last Night of Ballyhoo @ The Union Colony Civic Center Greeley - 7:00pm The Prairie Scholars @ Cranford Cove Greeley - 7:00pm SKINNED, Draghoria, Retract, Imprisonment @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins - 8:00pm w/ Oak, Ash & Thorn FREE Hog Magundy @ The Aggie Theatre Fort Collins - 7:00pm w/ Bones Jugs N Harmony Young Ancients @ Avogadros Number Fort Collins - 9:00pm Blues Doctors @ Pourhouse Loveland - 9:00pm

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Danielle Ate the sandwich @ Avo’s in Ft. Collins ~ 3/12/15

Goldfish @ Bluebird Theater Denver - 9:00pm Blockhead @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver - 8:00pm Robotic Pirate Monkey @ The 1-Up Denver - 8:30pm Plum (Single Release) @ Larimer Lounge Denver - 8:00pm w/ Through the Mountain TYCHO @ The Ogden Theatre Denver - 9:00pm JUNO WHAT?! @ The Gothic Theatre Denver - 8:00pm w/ Very Special Guests Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Greener Grounds

36 Crazyfists @ Bluebird Theater Denver - 8:00pm w/ Nuns Will Shudder, Public Display of Aggression, and Midknight Run Holy Ghost Tent Revival @ Hi-Dive Denver - 8:30pm w/ Buxton, Kalmia Jazmine Sullivan @ The Gothic Theatre Denver - 8:00pm

Monday March 23rd J Boog @ The Moxi Theater Greeley - 7:00pm w/ Inna Vision, Westafa FREE Stand Up Comedy @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins - 7:00pm

Viet Cong @ Larimer Lounge Denver - 8:00pm The Gaslight Anthem @ The Ogden Theatre Denver - 8:00pm w/ Northcote, Sammy Kay

Wednesday March 25th The Jauntee @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver - 8:00pm w/ Selasee & The FaFa Family, Digg, The Southern Belles, & Gaslight Street Hermitude @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver - 8:00pm w/ Special Guests Bakermat @ The 1-Up Denver - 8:30pm

Saturday March 21st

FREE Funk Jam @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins - 10:00pm

The Last Night of Ballyhoo @ The Union Colony Civic Center Greeley - 7:00pm

Magic Man @ Bluebird Theater Denver - 8:00pm w/ Great Good Fine Ok, Vinyl Theatre

Michal Menert @ The Aggie Theatre Fort Collins - 7:00pm w/ Krooked Drivers, & Beat Server

Craft Spells @ Hi-Dive Denver - 8:00pm w/ Bilinda Butchers, Pillar Point

Danielle Ate The Sandwich @ Avogadros Number Fort Collins - 8:00pm

Geographer @ Larimer Lounge Denver - 8:00pm w/ Wild Ones

Devon Allman, The Deadwood Saints - Hodi’s Half Notes Fort Collins - 8:00pm

Tuesday March 24th

Turbo Suit @ The Aggie Theatre Fort Collins - 7:00pm w/ Special Guests

Jack Hadley @ Pourhouse Loveland - 8:30pm The Congress @ Bluebird Theater Denver - 8:00pm Skizzy Mars @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver - 9:00pm w/ Swizzymack (DJ Set) Bayside @ The Summit Music Hall Denver - 7:00pm w/ Senses Fail, Man Overboard, Seaway

Stubby Shillelaghs @Patricks Irish Pub Greeley - 9:00pm Francisco The Man @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins - 8:00pm FREE CID Initative Presents: Open Deck Freestyle Tuesdays @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins - 8:00pm

Hey Marseilles @ Hi-Dive Denver - 8:30pm w/ Quiet Life Public Service Broadcasting @ Larimer Lounge Denver - 8:00pm

Thursday March 26th

Trout Steak Revival @ Bluebird Theater Denver - 8:00pm w/ Chimney Choir Night School @ Hi-Dive Denver - 8:00pm w/ Slow Caves TV On The Radio @ The Ogden Theatre Denver - 9:00pm

Sam Hunt @ The Ogden Theatre Denver - 8:00pm w/ Michael Ray

Electronic Tuesday Feat. Thelem @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver - 8:00pm w/ Maze & Dillard

Sunday March 22nd

Delicate Steve @ Hi-Dive Denver - 8:30pm w/ Happyness, Twerps, Mr. Silla

Breach & Bellow @ The Moxi Theater Greeley - 8:00pm w/ Silver & Gold., Special Guests

Open Jazz Jam @ Pourhouse Loveland - 7:30pm w/ Pourhouse Jazz Trio

The Last Night of Ballyhoo @ The Union Colony Civic Center Greeley - 7:00pm

The Last Night of Ballyhoo @ The Union Colony Civic Center Greeley - 2:00pm

Friday March 27th

BandWagon Magazine northern colorado’s arts & entertainment FEBRUARY 2015 Tribute, Act Of Ill Fusion @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins - 8:00pm

The Magic Beans - Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins - 8:00pm w/ Juantree Charlie Parr @ The Aggie Theatre Fort Collins - 7:00pm w/ RL Cole Acoustics Anonymous & BO DePena @ Avogadros Number Fort Collins - 9:00pm

Trout Steak Revival @ The Aggie Theatre Fort Collins - 7:00pm w/ Caribou Mountain Collective, & Cabinet

Blue City West @ Pourhouse Loveland - 9:00pm

Johnny Johnston and Po’Boys @ Pourhouse Loveland - 8:30pm

New Orleans Suspects @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver - 8:00pm w/ Special Guests

The London Souls, Sons of Bill @ Bluebird Theater Denver - 9:00pm

Turbo Suit (Formerly Cosby Sweater) Feat. The Shady Horns of 3Two Lettuce Albny @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver - 8:00pmAltas w/ Special Guests

Denver Bluegrass Generals @ The 1-Up Denver - 8:30pm w/ Poor Man’s Whiskey Breach & Bellow @ Larimer Lounge Denver - 8:00pm Bad Religion @ The Ogden Theatre Denver - 8:00pm w/ OFF!

Better Than Bacon Birch Street Punk Rock Karaoke @ The Summit Blake MusicBrown Hall & The Denver - 8:00pmAmerican w/ The Nuns Dustof Choir Brixton Bonnie and the Beard Branded Bandits Melvin Seals and JGBJarnagin Brett @ Quixotes True Blue Bud Bronson & The Denver - 9:00pmGood Timers Calder’s Revolvers Candy Claws - Sound of Ceres Caramel Carmela The Last Night Carson of Ballyhoo Block @ The Union Colony Center Chris Civic Dismuke Greeley - 7:00pm Cobary Jam Cold River City Naive MelodiesCovergeist - A Talking Heads CRL CRRLL Dave Arcari Dirty Few Disguise the Silence DOUBLEWIDE Dr. Death + Mr. Vile Dragondeer Edison Eldren Elise Wunder Facing West From Thin Air Grim&Darling High Five Hip Hop In The Whale Indigenous Robot Inner Oceans iZCALLi Jack+Jill Jilly.fm JiM ChieF Jordan Igoe Kind Dub Kitty Crimes Lisa Bell Band Lissa Hanner Matt Mahern Matt Mahern and Constitution Matt Skinner Band Maxwell Hughes Montoneros No Fair Fights OKO TYGRA Open Space Palace Brands Poor Me Post Paradise Publicist UK Qbala Red Fox Run Residual Kid RipRats Rob Drabkin Robert Cline Jr. Rocktin Grove Rootbeer & Mermentau Rubedo Rumours Follow Ryan Chrys & The

Saturday March 28th

#COMUSic

PRESENTED BY

Breach & Bellow @ Moxi Theater ~ 2/27/15

Melvin Seals and JGB @ Quixotes True Blue Denver - 9:00pm

Monday March 30th

Top Flite Empire & KMG Life @ The Gothic Theatre Denver - 9:00pm

FREE Stand Up Comedy @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins - 7:00pm

Sunday March 29th

FREE Funk Jam @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins - 10:00pm

The Last Night of Ballyhoo @ The Union Colony Civic Center Greeley - 2:00pm

Generationals @ Bluebird Theater Denver - 8:00pm w/ Rose Quartz

Bad Religion @ The Ogden Theatre Denver - 8:00pm w/ OFF!

Fashawn & Black Milk (The Ecology Tour) @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver - 8:00pm

Vinyl Mondays - GOTH NIGHT @ Hi-Dive Denver - 9:00pm

Of Montreal @ Bluebird Theater Denver - 8:00pm w/ Yip Deceiver

Naive Melodies @ Larimer Lounge Denver - 8:00pm

Tuesday March 31st

Electronic Tuesday Feat. Bloodthinnerz @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver - 8:00pm w/ Dubwol & Sekfah

FREE CID Initative Presents: Open Deck Freestyle Tuesdays @ Hodi’s Half Note Fort Collins - 8:00pm

Andrew Jackson Jihad @ The Summit Music Hall Denver - 6:00pm w/ The Smith Street Band, Jeff Rosenstock ( of Bomb the Music Industry), Chumped

COLORADO MUSIC PARTY 2015 FIVE DAYS. FIVE NIGHTS. FEATURING MORE THAN

120 COLORADO BANDS. MaRCH 17 - 21 at THE 512 on 6TH Street

408 E. 6TH ST. AUSTIN, TX

WWW.COLORADOMUSICPARTY.COM

AMZY

Andy Madness Sydow from Japan Nite! Musical Aspen Hourglass Japan @ Hi-Dive Fly Denver - 8:30pmBabah w/ Tsushimamire, Benmothercoat Marshal QUORUM, The fin.,

Montoneros No Fair Fights OKO TYGRA Open Space Palace Brands Poor Me Post Paradise Professor Fox’s One Man Band Publicist UK Qbala Red Fox Run Residual Kid RipRats Rob Drabkin Robert Cline Jr. Rocktin Grove Rootbeer & Mermentau Rubedo Rumours Follow Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts Sarah & the Meanies SarCa$t* Sexy Ester Shaley Scott Band Shatterproof Shelby Britton Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds Slow Caves SPELLS Steele & Colfax Stella Luce Stephen Langstaff Strawberry Runners The 14ers the B.A.B.E.S. The Covz The Echo Chamber The FAMM The Left Ready The Lindsey Saunders Band The LoLos The Patti Fiasco The Railsplitters The Rayo Brothers Robby Wicks Band (Acoustic Duo) The Royal The Seers The Sweet Lillies The Yawpers Thunderthief Tight Thump Tommy Metz Travellers Music Von Stomper Wandering Monks Wasteland Hop We Are Not a Glum Lot Wheelchair Sports Camp Wild Wombat Wiredogs Write Minded

BandWagon Magazine northern coloradoâ€™s arts & entertainment FEBRUARY 2015

BandWagon Magazine northern colorado’s arts & entertainment FEBRUARY 2015

BandWagon Thoughts

Band Whores Jed Murphy

BandWagon Magazine

you know who you are...

Playing music live is pretty much the best thing on the planet. Nothing beats getting up on stage with your best friends and rippin’ out the jams for a crowd of music lovers. But how far is too far? Is it possible to have too much of a good thing when it comes to being in a band? Can you play too much live music with your friends? The answer is yes, yes you can and we call those people band whores. There is a point in every

musician’s life where we want to spend every day working on musical projects with all the various musicians in our lives. But there is a fine line between musical stud and band whore, and if you don’t get a hold if it early you will spiral into a world of self-pity and darkness where your only friend is the cold, hard streets. It always starts the same. You have a great band and you’re playing shows and recording an EP. Then you meet people in different bands and you all hit it off. They suggest, “jamming

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sometime” mainly as a courtesy but you do it. You make music, maybe even good music. Then you suddenly have a second band and people are in two bands all the time and it’s ok because your first band is still rockin’. But then it happens a third time… and a fourth… and then you start your solo project. Where do we draw the line? When do we say to ourselves that enough is enough? There are only so many hours in the day. There are really only two things we have to know to avoid over doing it, because let’s

be honest, if there weren’t band whores out there, no one would be in our bands. First, pay your bills. You can’t be in a million bands if you don’t. You can try to not pay your bills but it’s best for everyone in the end if you do. Second, avoid conflicts of interest between projects. If you can magically do this then you are going far in this world. Take the best paying gigs and be flexible. Try to have an anchor band that is your number one project and make it clear to everyone which one takes priority. Jealousy will most likely ensue but stick to your guns. The difficulty of maintaining several bands varies on which instrument you play. Bassists can probably get away with being in eight bands before anyone even notices they’re missing. Vocalists and guitarists

should only be in a few projects in order to maintain a role in the songwriting process, while drummers should join every band they find because no one likes a shitty drummer. To all you band whores out there and you know who you are, try to be safe. While we may not approve of your lifestyle, the world needs you. Just remember those of us only in one band have feelings. While you’re out there doing Lord knows what (musically) with your other bands, we’ll be at practice waiting. And when you finally come home, we won’t judge you. We’ll take you in and say, “Can you play my show on Tuesday? I only have five new songs and a cover for you to learn.”

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GAMES

CROSSWORDS MOXI MADNESS

Hint: Every answer is the name of an act that has played at the Moxi Theater. ACROSS 2 “Summer Nights” 5 The American Idol 12 Psychobilly Freakout 14 “Booty Booty Booty Rockin Everywhere” 16 “I Know She’s My Girl” 18 Shiny, valuable metals 20 A chemical weapon 22 “Like Being Stoned” 23 “Let’s Do It Again”

WORD ROUND-UP

Complete the grid so that every row, collumn, and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1-9.

SUDOKU © 2013 Knight Features. Reprinted with permission of Universal Uclick. All rights reserved. WORD ROUNDUP by David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek © 2012 Reprinted with permission of Universal Uclick. All rights reserved. ROCK AND ROLL CROSSWORD © 2013 Todd Santos. Reprinted with Permission of UNIVERSAL UCLICK. All rights reserved.

Sodoku

DOWN 1 “Dirty Hot Sex With Me” 3 34-28-32 4 Ya Dead Homie 6 “My Anaconda Don’t Want None” 7 “From the Windows to the Walls” 8 All Girls All Zeppelin 9 “Cookie Cutter Bitches” 10 Son of Grateful Dead 11 Alphabet Aerobics 13 “Stop Then Go” 15 Rob Zombie’s younger brother 17 “Awwwww Naw Hell Naw” 19 Grateful Dead meets Pink Floyd 21 The ultimate one hit wonder

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