Music Reviews

Top Moments of Monolith Music Festival

Angora Holly Polo | Posted 11.18.2009 | Denver


Angora Holly Polo

At the fest: rockstars are so cute sometimes in their pleas for anonymity!

"Human Drama" by Truth Panel: Is It An Ear Worm?

Mike McCready | Posted 11.09.2009 | Entertainment


Mike McCready

The story behind this song is interesting. It was penned in a Toronto bar on New Years Eve 1989 by Bill Nygren and over time he's played it with a number of bands.

Review: Eminem's Relapse

Brandon Perkins | Posted 06.22.2009 | Entertainment


Brandon Perkins

Relapse recaptures the angry verbal acrobatics from those first two records that sold a cajillion copies. Yet, despite re-bottling that immature angst, it is different and, in a way, it's mature.

Being Frugal Is In Vogue - The Cheap Song By Al Lorden

Mike McCready | Posted 06.04.2009 | Entertainment


Mike McCready

The song I'm reviewing this week is called The Cheap Song. It resonates with the current economic crisis although it was written during the boom when stingy people stood out. Now being frugal is in vogue.

Song Of The Week - Never Really Cried by Simon Fagan

Mike McCready | Posted 05.28.2009 | Entertainment


Mike McCready

I liked this song immediately. Cool piano and a bit of acoustic guitar and you get the feeling the compelling melody will slowly build throughout the song.

A Modern Classic: Cynic's Traced in Air, A Reunion Album As Good As the Classic Debut

Alex Remington | Posted 05.24.2009 | Entertainment


Alex Remington

One of the best metal albums of the decade quietly came out last November, Traced in Air by Cynic, their first album in a decade and a half.

I've Just Heard the Future of Singer-Songwriters and Her Name Is...

David Wild | Posted 05.14.2009 | Entertainment


David Wild

Even now as what's left of our music industry evolves into whatever it may soon become, you still hear a rare album that reminds you why albums still exist.

Amadou & Mariam: Not 'World' Music, But Music For The World

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.01.2009 | Entertainment


Jesse Kornbluth

This is harmonious, joyous music, totally accessible pop that just happens to be symphonic in its power. Its real genius is its accessibility.

AIDS Wolf Review

Alex Mallory | Posted 02.20.2009 | Entertainment


Alex Mallory

AIDS Wolf's second full length album, Cities of Glass, is well worth checking out. Each track is a brutal, highly effective assault, but they do not function as separate parts that form a whole.

The Accomplished Tightrope Walk of Skeletons' Money

Alex Mallory | Posted 01.06.2009 | Entertainment


Alex Mallory

Money is, unequivocally, the most important release from the tail end of 2008. Skeletons uniquely stretch the theme of financial survival in America's most expensive city over ten knock out tracks.