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ALBUM REVIEWS

Photo By Kendra Hamman

SILVER & GOLD COMPRESSION (EP)

ALEX JOHNSON

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Silver and Gold have been a Greeley talent treasure trove with bounds of musical silver, and surprise, surprise... gold. The five star band features Davis Williams (drums), Brandon Vela (bass), Claire Jensen (keyboard/vocals), Pie Lombardi (guitar/ vocals) and Devon Hildebrandt (guitar/vocals). They just keep getting better. Their new EP, Compression is a direct reflection of how well they work together.

“Having a foundation has let us explore with new sounds, a lot.

Our biggest style change has been becoming more dynamic. We are starting to write entire songs together instead of just one member.” says Pie Lombardi, lead guitarist.

From the opening chords of “Peace,” Silver and Gold soars into an uplifting ballad that brings the listener above petty daily strife to come back to the center of it all. However we quickly dive into an excited sultry and dizzy wave of wall tumbling emotion with “Pilot.” “Strange Things” is a beautiful but a contemplative follow with lyrics like, “Oh how the stories read, they read like novels.” The words cause the listener to reflect on personal struggles where things are unknown and each step forward is an adrenaline rush.

“We’ve become more lyrically varied, and have started writing about a lot of different things. It has opened up our sound to more complex emotional pieces,” says Pie. The most powerful song on the EP is the heart shaking, “Untitled.”

It’s about a loss of someone close. The best way to put it is that it achieves

a healing heartbreak, ending with a call to let go. The level of soul is memorizing. “Our greatest triumph is just being able to make music among good friends in one of the most supportive communities around.”

Silver and Gold have been local for two years in April since their first show at Syntax Spirits, although their fluid artistic cohesion makes them seem much older. They have played a crucial role in Greeley’s changing music scene when hosting some of their first shows at The Moxi. They have opened for Hellogoodbye, and played with bands like Chain Gang of 1974, My Body Sings Electric, Night Riots, The Epilogues, In the Whale, and The Dig. Their closest inspirations and influences include Death Cab for Cutie, Local Natives, From Indian Lakes, The Wonder Years, and Daughter.

Silver and Gold’s new EP came out the 31st of October. Any Greeleyite who has not been to one of Silver and Gold’s shows is missing out on some of the best music this town has to offer. Be a cultured smarty-pants and please support true local talent.

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BORN TO WANDER SELF-TITLED

JAY WALLACE

BandWagon Magazine It’s not every day that you get a debut album from a jazz trio, but more often than not, the music on it doesn’t sound that much different from anything else out there that’s getting play on the radio. Born to Wander, which consists of vocalist Kate Skinner, guitarist Steve Kovalcheck and bassist Erik Applegate, manage to stick out a bit. They’re a jazz outfit with a mellow yet peppy sound and an electric guitar that offers a style change to their songs. Their debut album is a fun, cool production that shows what jazz can be.

It can be euphoric and calming, like “Follow,” or possess a dark, unsettling sound courtesy of an unnerving guitar riff like “Black Is The Color of My True Love’s Hair.”

Sometimes it can be combined with genres never thought of; “(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle” brings to mind old-school, 1950s country/rock ‘n’ roll, fused with the minimalist jazz and Skinner’s soulful voice. “Amelia” also channels a little bit of a country twang instrument-wise with a steel pedal guitar.

The oddities present on the album are mostly due to the influences of

each member of Born to Wander.

Kovalcheck’s background includes blues, jazz, country, heavy metal and even classical orchestras. Skinner performed classical music as a kid, along with bluegrass, and got into jazz, hip-hop and R&B as a teenager.

Applegate has claimed on Born to Wander’s website that he’s “played bass in everything from bar bands to pit orchestras.” Knowing all this, the makeup of the songs compositionwise starts to make sense. This is not jazz in the traditional stand-up acoustic bass and drum-set style that we see in fancy restaurants during the Jazz Festival.

The most traditionally jazzy song on the album is “Never Will I Marry,” which name-drops the band in the lyrics. It’s a fun little diddy about a gal who… well, look at the name of the song. Notably, it has a much more prominent bass line than the rest of the album, and Skinner vocalizes well with the instruments.

Skinner possesses a sensual, playful voice even when going into darker territory. Kovalcheck’s guitar playing also livens up the album and really drives home much of the music.

Applegate’s bass playing, while a key part of the songs, sometimes seem to take a back seat to the point that you

don’t notice his work. Skinner and Kovalcheck seem to be driving the album forward in regards to its sound.

Pacing sometimes get upset during songs that go for a while, with a near-silent pause toward the end that takes its time to get back up to speed, leading you to believe briefly that another song has started up. It’s discombobulating, at least during the first round of listening. But aside from that, Born to Wander’s first time out is honestly a great jazz album. I look forward to the EP that will be out in the Spring.

For more information and to download the album, visit http:// www.borntowanderband.com.

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CRUNCHY KIDS MINT

ROSE HEDBERG

BandWagon Magazine When thinking of Minneapolis and hip-hop, Rhymesayers is the undeniable forefront. But the independent group Crunchy Kids takes a contending stand among the idols of underground music out of Minnesota. The four man project combines quick-beat vocals (Slim Chance), live drums (Marcus Skallman), bass (Eric Burton) and the keyboard

(Eric Mayson) giving hip-hop a greater live band sound. They qualify their music as hip-hop and other but it’s hard to categorize these badasses.

Crunchy Kids dropped their second album, Mint in May but when they came through Greeley we got a firsthand feel for their sound and energetic blend on stage.

“Something that makes us different is our sound. It’s vivid and smooth... It’s present. It’s direct. It’s conceptual all the while. Not saying no other artists are doing that here, just nobody sounds like us doing it,” said Chance.

Their album encompasses a range of this independent sound integrating their jazz type set-up to create an innovative lyric-conscious record. “Smoke Clears” and “Inhaler” offer a greater feel for what the band is capable of. Their funky sound is heavy in the tracks flooding your headphones with the instrumental intros and witty lyrics. The fresh overlay of hip hop on this style of jam-jazz music segways into a new type of sound, it’s classic in the roots but the rhythm and rhyme are anything but classic.

Lead vocalist Slim Chance

harmonizes and dominates the sound in “Buck and H.A.M.” The song begins with an upbeat melody while Chance brings in the beat with his catchy poetics about the simplistics of loving life.

This echo of happiness accomplishes a similar feel to hip hop artist Zion I. They both represent a back-to-basics message of peace and love but give it a hip-hop identity.

Both in “Bread and Butter” and “Creatures of Habit” the band delivers memorable lyrics with a sound that makes you want to move. While “Drone” comes in with a grungy sound more reminiscent of hip hop’s down beats that rappers quick-style-rap between. “What Feeling” is focused on the lyrics while the background slowly crescendos with an eerie beat to match the intensity of the songs message of loss.

The band accomplishes an array of sound mastering funk, jazz, and jam band, overlapping all of it with the coolness of hip hop. Whatever drives these four must have to do with their unique position among a younger crowd of mainstream music.

*Listen to Mint on BandCamp for free! http://crunchykids.bandcamp.com/album/mint

“The hip hop game seems to focus heavily on younger emcees. We got a few more trips around the sun. A lot of experiences, journeys, mistakes, wins.

All that. Crunchy Kids are just regular kids that got baked a little longer.”

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FILM REVIEW

The Judge

2014 - 141 Min. - Rated R JAY WALLACE

BandWagon Magazine Did you know Robert Downey, Jr. has been nominated for an Oscar twice?

Yes, back in 1992, the man who would be Iron Man was nominated for Best Actor for his portrayal of silent film star Charlie Chaplin in Chaplin. Not long after that, Downey would soon be better known for his drug addictions and his trips back-and-forth to rehab and jail, events which would make him the perfect candidate for bringing womanizing, boozing weapons designer Tony Stark to the big screen in 2008.

That same year Downey nabbed his second nomination for playing Kirk Lazarus in Ben Stiller’s Hollywoodskewering satire Tropic Thunder. Downey spent most of the movie in blackface, satirizing “method” actors who undergo huge physical and personal changes to get into character.

This potentially bad idea managed to get Downey a Best Supporting Actor nod, an impressive feat considering comedies never get a fair shake at the Oscars. And it was Robert Downey, Jr. who did that.

Good actors can make what could be terrible ideas for movies and spin gold from them. They can also take predictable scripts and elevate them in a way that might as well make them a magician. Very few actors alive today can pull that off, and Downey’s one of them. The Judge, his latest outing not backed by Marvel, is a courtroom/family-issues drama that pairs him with Oscar Winner Robert Duvall and a somewhat predictable script, and he brings the drama.

It’s a reminder of what Downey is capable of without the Iron Man suit.

Downey is Hank Palmer, and Duvall is Judge Joseph

Palmer. Hank, a big-time lawyer with ambiguous morals, a winning track record and a failing marriage in Chicago, finds himself back in Carlinville, Indiana when his mother passed away. He’s reunited with his two brothers – tire shop owner Glen (Vincent D’Onofrio, a.k.a. Edgar/Edgar!Bug) and film-obsessed Aspie Dale (Jeremy Strong) – and The Judge. Things have been frosty between The Judge and Hank since the younger Palmer was a teenager.

Things start going south in Carlinville when The Judge finds himself on the other side of the law; the local police question him in regards to a fatal hit-and-run involving a sick bastard The Judge put away for 20 years. Hank offers his services to The Judge, doing his damnedest to get his father off, but the underlying anger between them doesn’t help.

As a courtroom drama, The Judge is actually riveting.

As a family drama though, you can usually see the plot points coming. Hank reunites with old flame Samantha (Vera Farmiga of Up in the Air) while in town, fretting over the possibility that her daughter (Leighton Meester) is also his daughter. At the beginning, Hank’s soon-tobe-ex-wife lists off a bunch of clichéd issues signaling that Hank is a workaholic, absentee dad as the reason she cheated on him. And then there are scenes of The Judge and Hank screaming at each other regarding perceived slights followed immediately by scenes of them bonding that throw the mood out of whack. Despite these shortcomings storywise, Downey and Duvall and the rest of the cast sell it in a way that legitimately moves you.

The film is also peppered with funny moments, such as Hank’s (literal) dickwaving at rival lawyer Mike Kattan (a chubby David Krumholtz of The Newsroom and Numbers) at the beginning, his first encounter with Sam’s daughter which becomes funnier as the film goes on, and the hapless small-town attorney The Judge hires initially, played by Parenthood’s Dax Shepard. Shepard’s role as C.P. Kennedy is quite a surprise; I’ve never seen Frito act so naïve.

And then there’s Dwight Dickham, played by Billy Bob Thorton. A prosecutor who went up against Hank years ago and lost, he rolls into town in defense of the hit-andrun victim, looking to put the hurt on Hank and The Judge.

Thorton is brilliant. He’s not a sleazeball like Hank is in the beginning, which only makes him far more intimidating.

Thorton is legitimately scary, though as the film progresses, you come to realize he has the same respect of the law that The Judge does.

Be aware, though. The Judge, though it does not sound much different from a family drama or a courtroom drama, is not a film to be taken lightly, and that’s all thanks to the work of a superb cast. It will tug at you in ways you could not predict. 7/10.

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT

KYLE EUSTICE

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When Immortal Technique speaks, you listen. There’s no way to get around this. You sit in your chair and you listen because every word he says carries weight.

Sometimes it’s almost too heavy and you want him to crack a smile, but he stays steadfast in what he’s saying. There’s no wavering from his agenda—an agenda that started in 2001 when he released his first album, Revolutionary Vol. 1 with his own money and pushed it down the throats of anyone who would listen. And again, they listened.

Immortal Technique, born Felipe Andres Coronel, emigrated from Peru to Harlem in 1980. As a teenager, he often found himself in hot water with authorities, which led to a yearlong prison stint during college. After he was paroled, he took up political science at Baruch College in New York City and at the same time polished up his rapping skills. All of his hard work paid off and soon he was rubbing

BREAKS IT DOWN shoulders with pioneers of the genre, including Chuck D of Public Enemy, KRS One and Mos Def. Armed with messages of a political nature, his lyrics revolve around controversial issues surrounding global politics, although he believes the word ‘revolution’ is used too loosely these days.

“I think the word ‘revolution’ gets thrown out there too much when referring to me,” Tech says.

“I want to remind people that before they think about picking up a weapon and the economy, they have to have a revolution of the mind. They have to confront the methodology of America, how colonization came to the Western Hemisphere and capitalism, because it’s definitely something that has failed, and recently.

Democracy and capitalism are not synonymous. They have been at odds several times over the course of A merican

development.

Listening to Tech’s music is like getting a history lesson. Sometimes it’s brutal and sometimes it’s deeprooted in metaphor. Either way, it’s not something you just throw on during a party. It takes thought.

“For me, I always wanted my lyrics to be something that people could identify with, not just coming from the same walk of life that I did, but also coming from a completely different walk of life— someone who also never listened to hip-hop, for example,” he explains.

“I wanted to make the message very clear, identifiable. Yeah, a lot of slang terminology is used, but I try to be as articulate, for a lack of a better word, and I just mean the enunciation of things; to make sure that people, even the decibels be raised a tiny bit on some of my vocals just so people don’t lose the message. Even then people fuck up a lyric or two. We’re playing telephone the way we always have.”

As Tech breaks down the The French Revolution, genocide, the Constitution, and The Civil War, the intensity in his voice becomes more apparent. As he speaks, his eyes pierce right through you, almost as if he’s trying to decide if you’re genuine or not. Initially, his manager gives you ten minutes with Tech. If he’s not feeling it, the interview is over. If he is, well, you get 45-minutes of the most interesting dialogue you can imagine outside of a college lecture hall.

“When it comes to the history of revolutions, t h e

beautiful mind and the idealist will write the constitution of it, they will write the articles of freedom, they will envision and explain how we’re gonna get there, but they always need a brutal hand to wield the hammer that destroys whatever system was there before.

We’re now in a position where we’re wondering when that hammer’s gonna come down. Are we gonna be in a position where we do all this collectively as a person, as a country or is it going to be an institution that comes to replace this corrupt institution? I mean, at that point, we have to realize that we’ve had revolutions in America before. We had the Civil War. I think that’s a perfect example. You had people that felt that they were oppressed, but then their idea of resolving oppression was saying that we’re gonna go to war so that we can continue to oppress these other people. Not all revolutions are done for completely wholesome and humanitarian reasons and I think that that’s the benchmark for them.”

In 2013, Tech embarked on the War and Peace Tour with Brother Ali, an artist who also shares a similar political mindset. There was a bigger issue at hand, however, and Tech addressed this, as well.

“The tour was about showing these larger venues could be packed out with an independent voice of hip-hop,” he says. “There are incredibly harsh things that Brother Ali and I rhyme about but it’s not gratuitous violence.

It’s violence with a purpose. For example, if you want to oversimplify what

I’ve been doing and say, ‘Immortal Technique made a song about rape,’ well, there’s a moral to the story. At the end of it, someone’s doing this to himself or herself.

For example, if someone commits an act of savagery, they become the savage. Not the person who they’ve committed the act against. I think that goes with anything.

“If you enslave somebody, they’re not the savages; you’re the savage for enslaving them,” he continues. “If you rape a woman, she’s not the savage. You’re the savage. Unfortunately, in this society, in the legal system, a rape victim is actually the one that’s put on trial. A person who has had their entire life colonized is then held responsible for not knowing who they are or where they come from.

I think it’s important to talk about war and peace in relation to the States because since the founding of the republic, also, we’re in a situation where we might involve ourselves in the third war now.

Since the founding of this republic in 1776, we’ve only known 20 years of peace. We’ve been at war with Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Germany, Spain, and Panama. We went to war with Canada for God’s sake.

How many fucking people can say they went to war with Canada?!”

Immortal Technique, November 15, at The Aggie, Fort Collins, 7 p.m. Tickets are $18. Visit www.aggietheatre.com for more information.

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OLDER. HIGHER. WISER. KYLE EUSTICE

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Afroman could quite possibly be the best spokesperson for the legalization of marijuana. His first single, 2000’s “Because I Got High” became the pothead anthem of the new millennium and sent Afroman spinning out of control into a media frenzy. The South Central Los Angeles native never imagined that song would carry him so far, but it did. Now we’re here. Afroman, real name Joseph Foreman, released a remix of “Because I Got High” in midOctober and the Internet exploded.

With over one million hits in two days, it almost seemed like Afroman never left, although he’s been flying under the radar for the past few years. That doesn’t mean he wasn’t making music. Since 2000’s Because I Got High album, he’s put out over 25 various albums, singles and EPs. He never stops creating. At 40-years-old, he is experiencing a resurgence of popularity, but there’s a newfound maturity to Afroman’s style.

“I don’t think marijuana is for everyone,” Foreman says. “A lot of people have this recreational thing and that’s cool, but I really think it’s for anger and patience. I don’t think you should waste it. It may not be thing for you. However, it can help a human next to you. It shouldn’t be criminalized when it can save lives.

We shouldn’t smoke anything. I mean, collard greens are healthy, but we shouldn’t roll it up and smoke it [laughs]. I say right before you get mad and shoot up a Wal-Mart, smoke a blunt.”

Billed as a “positive” remix, the 2014 version of “Because I Got High” covers the multitude of perceived benefits one can attain from

Photo By joe orlando

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smoking marijuana. From soothing glaucoma to calming anxiety, he spits out convincing arguments.

One of the most notable lines is “I don’t have to buy from gang bangers shooting craps/if it’s legalized,” which is really an incredible point.

“If a white lady came up to me looking for some weed, I might feel manipulated just a little bit.

I’m sorry [laughs],” he jokes. “But if they decriminalized it, we can buy it from safer, more protected places.

We have to deal with all kinds of monsters that cops sometimes have to go deal with. So yeah, I’m all about the decriminalization of marijuana.”

Foreman went to high school in Palmdale, California after his parents worried he was getting into too much trouble living in LA After that, he broke into his quest to become a rapper.

“My mom and dad broke up, and my dad went to Mississippi,” he recalls. “So I went with him and I had some friends and relatives down there. I’m from LA, but LA has enough stars. I got appreciated more in Mississippi at that point in time.

Now they have their own swag; the gold teeth, dreadlocks and they don’t like Cali boys no more [laughs].

Before they made it their own thing, they loved me and they still do. LA has a lot of performers, but when I went down to Mississippi I found listeners and customers rather than competition.”

That left the doors wide open for Foreman and soon he found himself with a Grammy nomination, fancy clothes and more money than he ever dreamed of. It all happened so quickly that he barely had a

chance to figure out what had just happened. The fame surrounding the “Because I Got High” single left him pigeonholed as that “weed” rapper; as if it was the only song he could ever do. More than once, he’s contemplated writing and releasing songs under an alias—but not quite yet.

“Right now, I’m going to do my Afroman thing thoroughly,” he says.

“I am going to make sure the public is comfortably done with me or I make sure I give them their dose of Afroman whenever they want it.

I write more music than the world can handle [laughs]. I’m fixing to start writing as another artist. I don’t want to compete with the real big hits. I really didn’t want to do another “Because I Got High,” but I wanted to help the movement. At the same time, I thought it was only fair to highlight the positives of marijuana, too. I hate when people talk about all the bad things a black guy does [laughs].”

If you compare the two videos, there is obviously a blatant difference in the lyrics, but they both retain his sense of humor. The Afroman today and the Afroman in 2000 are sometimes at odds.

“I was going crazy back then,” he says. “I don’t know if you know, but I was young. I was trying to survive and make it in the music industry.

It was wild. All I could do was drink and smoke to try to cope. The Afroman now is under control. I’m focused and I know what I want. I got my record deal so fast that I look horrible in that first video. I look good in my second video. I look great.

I went shopping. I got custom made

jewelry. I got a nice outfit. I looked better than any rapper in that video.

As far as the grown man look, I got it down. Weed is a cure for anorexia [laughs]. Look how skinny I used to be before marijuana. You could play my ribs like a xylophone. Now look how healthy and voluptuous I am [laughs].”

Many parents might have issues with both versions of the song, which he expects. In the state of Colorado, however, he’s more likely to be heralded a hero. Whatever way you swing, he is in no way trying to negatively impact children.

“I saw a list of all these rappers that said they would smoke with their kids,” he says. “I wouldn’t sit around smoking with my kid or nothing like that, but right before my son got really pissed and was about to walk into that Wal-Mart to shoot it up, I would hand him a blunt before he threw his life away.

It’s a sad situation. I see young kids smoking and I feel bad, but I have to stop and realize that this little kid is living in the same world as I am, and he’s stressed. He’s worried about nuclear war, too. I still don’t think that kids should smoke or any of that.

“For kids, it’s so crazy,” he adds. “I don’t want people acting like they’re angry just to get free government weed or something [laughs]. I’m going to kill everybody. You better give it to me now! I think marijuana is for people with medical problems. But people abuse it. Go jogging or go play basketball instead. Go live.”

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COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT

KENDRA HAMMAN BandWagon Magazine

Intentional low-cost living, community and permaculture are all things BandWagon heard repeatedly when interviewing Jermey Mack, a member of the Bus Collective out of the Northern Colorado area. The team of environmental minimalists is touring the country to farm, teach, and learn about permaculture and low cost living while living in their 1996 Bus turned hostel.

Mack noted in our interview his overall desire to live above our systematic, and pre-planned societal norms. A society that systematizes

food, work, vacation time, and capitalism. The Bus Collective was conceived by a group of friends bound by the same desires.

When asked what they fear the most, group member Nick Mouton stated “I am scared of some basic things; the bus breaking down in cold weather or in a desert, strangers trying to steal our stuff, getting hassled by the law for being unconventional. All these fears seem miniscule compared to my deepest fear; that the society around us will continue to refuse to adapt to an obviously out of balance world. That our human kind will be too stubborn to drastically alter our habits and lifestyles.”

They plan to lead by example by taking a leap of faith to live a minimal lifestyle that will

include growing, or foraging for food, supporting local economies and farms that support trade, bartering, and sharing rather than capitalism. They have decided to live out a nomadic winter starting with the Olympic Peninsula, Washington.

They are going to live with as little overhead costs as possible and have prepared for their journey in other eco friendly ways such as using colonial style preservation

techniques of salting and smoking/ curing meat, canned their selfgrown produce, and purchased in bulk black beans, lentil and quinoa. And for libations you ask?

They’ve made their own hard cider for those cold winter nights.

Permaculture initiatives seem to be popping up everywhere, and can be seen with well known EDM artist The Polish Ambassador and his crews “Permaculture Action tour.”

When asked about the music scene getting involved with environmental issues Mack says “Its really cool. I usually really hate the EDM scene because they talk like they care about these greater global issues, but then do nothing about it.” TPA is a giant powerhouse that owns his own record company (Jumpsuit Records), has several thousand followers, and most importantly, has the green to support green living. the bus Collective can testify with their current 7,000 expense list that includes the purchase of the bus. Support can be given at their indiegogo campaign- help the bus collective get on the road.

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15 SQUARE BLOCKS FOUR DISPENSARIES ONE HOOKAH BAR ALWAYS A GOOD TIME

A.F. Ray ( founder of Garden City)

It has been rumored that during the prohibition of alcohol, A.F. Ray supplied the residents of Weld County with bootlegged booze hidden in watermelons from his own patch.

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COLORaDO CONCERT CALENDAR Saturday November 1st Kraziak & Cody B @ The Moxi Theater Greeley – 8pm w/ Playboy the Beast, Oogie Boogie and more!

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd Tribute

@ Hodi’s Half Note Ft. Collins – 8pm

Cherub @ The Aggie Theatre Ft. Collins – 7pm w/ Ghost Beach, Gibbz Nora Jane Struthers & the Party Line @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 8pm David Connelly @ The Pourhouse Loveland – 8:30pm Digitalism @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 9pm w/ Human Agency, iowno

The Werks Vs. Zoogma @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver – 9pm Rocky Mountain Grateful Dead Revue @ Quixotes True Blue Denver – 9pm w/ Sweet Lillies

The Motet @ The Ogden Theatre Denver – 9pm w/ Mikey Thunder Ab-Soul @ The Gothic Theatre Denver – 9pm w/ BAS, Earthgang, AP Wayne Hancock @ The Hi-Dive Denver – 8:30pm w/ The Holyfields, Kiel Grove Safe Boating is No Accident @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 9pm w/ Hooper, Moon Hangar, Radical Action

PIGEON JOHN @ Moxi Theater ~ 11/6/14

Breathe Carolina / Candyland @ Summit Music Hall Denver – 8pm w/ Flinch

Sunday November 2nd Druha Trava @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 7pm Lucinda Williams @ The Ogden Theatre Denver – 8pm w/ The Kenneth Brian Band #NOFILTER Fall Comedy Tour @ The Gothic Theatre Denver – 7pm I am the Albatross @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 7pm w/ Disguise the Silence, They Call Me Hero, Strange Girls

Tuesday November 4th The Stubby Shillelaghs @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley - 8pm First Tuesday Fiyah @ Hodi’s Half Note Ft. Collins – 8pm w/ Zion Soulja Soundsystem Open Jazz Jam @ The Pourhouse Loveland – 7:30pm w/ Pourhouse Jazz Trio Mark Lanegan Band @ The Gothic Theatre Denver – 8pm w/ Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss, Lyenn Santoros @ The Hi-Dive Denver – 9:30pm w/ Psychomagic, the Plates

Bear Hands @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 9pm w/ Fences Reliant K @ Summit Music Hall Denver – 6:30pm w/ Blondfire, From Indian Lakes

Wednesday November 5th Songwriters Showcase @ Hodi’s Half Note Ft. Collins – 8pm ft. Ansel Foxley, Bevin Luna & more!

Mary Lambert @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 8pm w/ Jillette Johnson, Miss Miniver Rose Jelly Bread and Snug Harbor @ Cervantes’ Other SIde Denver – 9pm

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RAC @ The Gothic Theatre Denver – 8pm w/ The Knocks, SPEAK Light Years @ The Hi-Dive Denver – 7:30pm w/ Driver Friendly, Finding Common Ground Misfits @ Summit Music Hall Denver – 7pm w/ Royal Dead, Insomniaxe

Thursday November 6th Pigeon John @ The Moxi Theater Greeley – 8 pm w/ Type One1 & Joe College, Candid Convos and more!

Ana Sia @ Hodi’s Half Note Ft. Collins – 8pm w/ MIss Jaeda, Galaxy Free, Knives Freeman @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 8pm w/ Arc Iris Grass for that Ass @ Cervantes’ Other SIde Denver – 8pm ft. The Champ and the Colonel w/ BIrds of Chicago Jantsen x Dirt Monkey @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver – 9pm The Airborne Toxic Event @ The Ogden Theatre Denver – 8:30pm Gaelic Storm @ The Gothic Theatre Denver – 7:30pm

Hi-Dive Anniversary Weekend @ The Hi-Dive Denver – 9:30pm ft. Cobraconda & more!

Friday November 7th Kraddy @ The Moxi Theater Greeley – 8pm w/ Wolfsonbience, LowPro, and Executive Reality Danny Shafer @ Cranford Cove Tea Tavern Greeley – 7pm Rap Battle @ Hodi’s Half Note Ft. Collins – 8pm w/ artist showcase Milkdrive @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 9pm Papa Juke @ The Pourhouse Loveland – 9pm Tennis @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 9pm w/ Pure Bathing Culture New Orleans Suspects @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver – 9pm ft. members of Little Feat Head for The HIlls @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver – 9pm w/ Everyone Orchestra The Airborne Toxic Event @ The Ogden Theatre Denver – 8:30pm w/ In the Valley Below

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Thee Oh Sees @ The Gothic Theatre Denver – 8pm w/ Jack Name, Colfax Speed Queen Hi-Dive Anniversary Weekend @ The Hi-Dive Denver – 9:30pm ft. The Legendary River Drifters, & more!

Lights @ Summit Music Hall Denver – 7pm

Saturday November 8th Racing on the Sun @ The Moxi Theater Greeley – 8 pm w/ Disguise The SIlence, Leash of Foxes, Harkener Alejandro Escovedo and Peter Buck @ Hodi’s Half Note Ft. Collins – 8pm

Head for the Hills @ The Aggie Theatre Ft. Collins – 7pm w/ Everyone Orchestra

Super Diamond @ The Ogden Theatre Denver – 8pm

The Bell Jar @ The Pourhouse Loveland – 8:30pm

Mayday Parade @ Summit Music Hall Denver – 6pm w/ Tonight Alive, Major League, PVRIS

Horse Feathers @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 9pm w/ Sara Jackson-Holman

Sunday November 9th

New Orleans Suspects @ Cervantes’ Other SIde Denver – 9pm

Kyle Gass Band @ The Moxi Theater Greeley – 8pm w/ Ben Pu and Crew, and The Stubby Shillelaghs

Seven Arrows @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver – 9pm w/ Signal Path, Samples, and DocBrown

Abstract Collective, Hank & Cupcakes @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver – 8pm

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BandWagon Magazine northern colorado’s arts & entertainment NOvember 2014 Hoodie Allen @ The Ogden Theatre Denver – 7pm w/ Chiddy Bang, Taylor Bennett

Tuesday November 11th

w/ Bach Hotel, Hypnotic Vibes, The Rock Collection Harkener, Mike Ring & the Connection @ Quixotes True Blue Denver – 9pm Aaron Watson @ The Aggie Theatre Dance Party Time Machine Ft. Collins – 7pm w/ special guests @ The Ogden Theatre Denver – 9pm ft. everybody Bleachers @ The Bluebird Theater Snake Rattle Rattle Snake Denver – 8pm w/ Wild Cub @ The Gothic Theatre Denver – 9pm Huey Mack w/ Land Lines, Sunboy @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver – 9pm IAMTHESHOTGUN w/ Yonas, Courier & Jax-Zen, and H @ Summit Music Hall Denver – 7pm w/ Forty Fathoms, The Burial Plot and more!

My Body Sings Electric @ The Moxi Theater Greeley – 8pm w/ Consider Me Dead, Silver & Gold, origami.

Potluck @ The Moxi Theater Greeley – 8pm w/ Johnny Richter of Kottonmouth Kings, Liquid Assassin, Black P, P. Win

The Stubby Shillelaghs @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley - 8pm

Huey Mack @ Hodi’s Half Note Ft. Collins – 8pm w/ Yonas, Ronald Mac & more!

New Politics @ The Gothic Theatre Denver – 7:30pm w/ Bad Suns and SomeKindaWonderful Hi-Dive Anniversary Weekend @ The Hi-Dive Denver – 9pm ft. Jermaine and the Sex Party

Open Jazz Jam @ The Pourhouse Loveland – 7:30pm w/ Pourhouse Jazz Trio Deltron 3030 @ The Gothic Theatre Denver – 9pm Yellowcard / Memphis May Fire @ Summit Music Hall Denver – 7pm w/ Emarosa

Wednesday November 12th BandWagon Battle of the Bands @ The Moxi Theater Greeley – 8pm

Thursday November 13th

Twiddle @ The Aggie Theatre Ft. Collins – 8pm w/ Jaden Carlson Band Cahalen Morrison and Country Hammer

@ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 8pm

Chemistry Club / Sound of Color @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 9pm w/ AdrienneO Marty Party and Spank Rock @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver – 9pm w/ special guests Imagine Dragons @ The Ogden Theatre Denver – 8pm

Friday November 14th

Saturday November 15th Afroman @ The Moxi Theater Greeley – 8pm w/ The Squid Kids, THC, Doc Dee, Ben Pu, y-O, DJ Dabble Von Stomper @ Hodi’s Half Note Ft. Collins – 8pm Immortal Technique @ The Aggie Theatre Ft. Collins – 7pm w/ Black Pegasus Carlton Pride and Mighty Zion @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 9pm Anthony Russo Band @ The Pourhouse Loveland – 8:30pm Twiddle @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 9pm w/ Rastasaurus Richie Spice @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver – 9pm w/ Jus Goodie, DJ Uplifter

Delta Sonics @ The Moxi Theater Greeley – 6pm

Juno What?! @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver – 9pm w/ Malah

The Bastard Suns @ The Moxi Theater Greeley – 9pm w/ In The Whale

Shovels and Rope @ The Ogden Theatre Denver – 9pm w/ Willie Watson

Fourt Jazz Duo @ Cranford Cove Tea Tavern Greeley – 7pm

Hot Buttered Rum @ The Gothic Theatre Denver – 9pm w/ The Brothers Comatose

Juno What?! @ Hodi’s Half Note Ft. Collins – 8pm Hot Buttered Rum @ The Aggie Theatre Ft. Collins – 8pm w/ Brothers Comatose Meadowlark Jivin’ @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 9pm w/ David Ochoa TBA @ The Pourhouse Loveland – 9pm Chadwick Stokes @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 9pm w/ Ark LIfe Immortal Technique @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver – 9pm w/ very special guest, Black Pegasus Dubskin @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver – 9pm w/ Mikey Thunder and more

Victory Heights @ Summit Music Hall Denver – 7pm w/ Outline in Color, Owleye, and more!

Sunday November 16th Maria Vazquez Flamenco Denver @ The Moxi Theater Greeley – 2pm Live Flamenco Performance Engineers Without Borders @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 7:30pm w/ Key of Joy, Sandal Tan String Band The Kin @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 7:30pm Arch Enemy @ The Gothic Theatre Denver – 8pm w/ Kreator, Huntress, Star Kill

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DEADWOOD SAINTS, Shatterproof, & Fairwater BandWagon Magazine Battle of the Bands @ Hodi’s Half Note ~ 11/20/14

Monday November 17th

Thursday November 20th

Mr. Gnome @ The Hi-Dive Denver – 9pm w/ Young Tongue, Il Cattivo

BandWagon Battle of the Bands @ Hodi’s Half Note Greeley – 8pm w/ Shatterproof, Fairwater, Deadwood Saints

Tuesday November 18th The Stubby Shillelaghs @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley - 8pm The Dustbowl Revival @ Hodi’s Half Note Ft. Collins – 8pm Ty Dolla $ign @ The Aggie Theatre Ft. Collins – 7pm w/ special guests Open Jazz Jam @ The Pourhouse Loveland – 7:30pm w/ Pourhouse Jazz Trio Todd Rundgren @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 8pm First Aid Kit @ The Ogden Theatre Denver – 8pm w/ Samantha Crain Run the Jewels @ The Gothic Theatre Denver – 8pm w/ Ratking, Despot

Wednesday November 19th BandWagon Battle of the Bands @ The Moxi Theater Greeley – 8pm w/Disguise The SIlence, Primary People, Pandas and People, Electric Stair Child Oh, Greeley (A Musical) @ The Moxi Theater Greeley – 6pm Yelawolf @ The Aggie Theatre Ft. Collins – 7pm w/ Rittz, Big Henry, DJ Kleve Down North and Hornbuckle @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver – 9pm w/ guests Dance Gavin Dance @ Summit Music Hall Denver – 6pm w/ Secrets, Alive Like Me, Defeat the Flow

Sunset Jazz Artist Series Concert @ The Moxi Theater Greeley – 7pm UNCO Jazz Studies One Flew West @ The Aggie Theatre Ft. Collins – 7pm w/ special guests Dead Jam @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 9pm Bob Schneider @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 8pm w/ The Wind + The Wave Grasstafari for that Asstafari @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver – 8pm ft. Policulture & Wake Up Ty Dolla $ign @ Cervantes’ Denver – 8pm w/ Lil Bibby, Joe Moses and more!

Circa Survive @ The Ogden Theatre Denver – 8pm w/ Title Fight, Tera Melos

Friday November 21st Prairie Scholars @ Cranford Cove Tea Tavern Greeley – 8pm The Magic Beans @ Hodi’s Half Note Ft. Collins – 8pm w/ The Earful Watsky @ The Aggie Theatre Ft. Collins – 7pm w/ special guests Kyle and Anderson Paak Young Ancients @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 8:30pm Dale Cisek Band @ The Pourhouse Loveland – 9pm Broad CIty Live @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 8 and 10:30pm

Southern Soul Assembly ft. JJ Grey and more! @ The Ogden Theatre Denver – 8pm Yelawolf @ The Gothic Theatre Denver – 9pm J Mascis @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 9pm w/ Lucluc

Saturday November 22nd High N’ Dry & Blak’Out @ The Moxi Theater Greeley – 7pm Def Leppard & Scorpions Tributes The Echo Chamber @ Hodi’s Half Note Ft. Collins – 8pm w/ Rubedo, Stella Luce, and The BABES

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Mansions on the Moon @ The Aggie Theatre Ft. Collins – 7pm w/ No Limits Manabi Salsa Band @ Avogadro’s Number Ft. Collins – 9pm Matt Gabriel @ The Pourhouse Loveland – 8:30pm Vance Joy @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 9pm w/ Jaymes Young Fiji @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver – 9pm w/ Kontiki, Essel, and DJ LucDog Toad the Wet Sprocket @ The Ogden Theatre Denver – 8pm w/ Steve Poltz J Mascis @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 9pm w/ Luluc Every Time I Die & The Ghost Inside @ Summit Music Hall Denver – 6pm w/ Architects, Hundredth

Sunday November 23rd RL Grime @ The Ogden Theatre Denver – 8:30pm w/ Lunice Branchez Sallie Ford @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 8pm w/ Crooked Fingers, Jobless

Tuesday November 25th The Stubby Shillelaghs @ Patrick’s Irish Pub Greeley - 8pm Hardcore for Hunger @ Hodi’s Half Note Ft. Collins – 8pm w/ The Darkest Gray, 13 Nails and more!

Open Jazz Jam @ The Pourhouse Loveland – 7:30pm w/ Pourhouse Jazz Trio Jeezy @ The Ogden Theatre Denver – 9pm w/ DJ Topshelf Mini Mansions @ The Larimer Lounge Denver – 9pm

Wednesday November 26th The Panoramic @ The Moxi Theater Greeley – 8pm w/ Hemingway Hero, Arras Bass Physics @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 9pm w/ Proper Motion, Pretty LIttle Thieves, Lucid Vision

40oz to freedom @ Moxi Theater ~ 11/28/14

Friday November 28th 40oz To Freedom (Sublime Trib.) @ The Moxi Theater | Greeley – 8pm w/ Technicolor Tone Factory

Common @ The Ogden Theatre Denver – 9pm w/ Jay Electronica, Fly Union

Makeshift @ The Pourhouse | Loveland – 9pm

Saturday November 29th

The Green @ The Gothic Theatre Denver – 9pm w/ J-Boog, Eli Mac

Breaking Bread Hip Hop Gives Back @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver – 8pm ft. local talent

Lanedecay @ Hodi’s Half Note Ft. Collins – 8pm w/ Gleemer, and Old Sport

The Lolligags @ The Hi-Dive Denver – 8:30pm w/ Ghost-Towners, Gort vs. Goom, Brother Sister Hex

Randal Dubis Band @ The Pourhouse | Loveland – 8:30pm

Sunday November 30th

Sturgill Simpson @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 9pm w/ Lucette

Reel Big Fish @ The Aggie Theatre Ft. Collins – 6:30pm w/ The Moxies and more!

All Good Funk Alliance and Mikey Thunder

@ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver – 9pm w/ Milk and Ryel

Shaggy @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Denver – 9pm w/ Apex Vibe

Farmstival @ Quixotes True Blue Denver – 7pm ft. Grant Farm, Whiskey Tango and more!

Guantanamo Baywatch @ The Hi-Dive Denver – 9pm w/ Hair Cut

Johnny Marr @ The Gothic Theatre Denver – 9pm w/ Meredith Sheldon

BandWagon Thoughts

Wayfarer @ The Hi-Dive Denver – 9pm w/ Primitive Man, Of Feather and Bone, Spectral Voice

Caspa and the Others @ Cervantes’ Other Side Denver – 9pm w/ PK Sound

Sturgill Simpson @ The Bluebird Theater Denver – 8pm w/ Lucette

Words From The Editor

“Why You Should Start A Band...”

JED MURPHY

BandWagon Magazine

You probably really like music.

Maybe you’re a casual listener or maybe you’re an audiophile but either way you know you enjoy live music. You’ve probably even picked up a guitar at some point in your life and learned to put three chords together just because you’re cool like that. Well, the Northern Colorado music scene needs you and those three chords so now is the time to do that thing you have always wanted to do: start a band.

‘Why would I do that?’ you might ask yourself. Maybe

you suck at those three chords and don’t have a lot of time or whatever but that doesn’t matter.

What matters is you know you’ve always wanted to do it.

You may not be very good now but all it takes is practice and just enough of that FIDLAR (Fuck It Dog, Life’s a Risk) attitude and it will happen. Find a few friends with the same idea and boom you’ve got yourself a band.

Northern Colorado needs bands. Great acts come through the area everyday and they need openers. I’m not saying you’re going to start a punk band then in a month you’ll open for Agent Orange, but I’m saying after enough time and you pay a few

dues then yes you could actually be opening for Agent Orange.

There are opportunities here that big cities don’t offer smaller acts. Take the Greeley synth pop band futurebabes, they’ve opened for national acts such as The Chain Gang of 1974 and Grammy winner Gigamesh. It isn’t because they’re super amazing, it’s because they’re the only synth pop band that resides in Greeley.

So pick up your guitar, your keyboard, your drums, your laptop or whatever it is you use to make music and start writing.

You’ll (probably not) get so much ass it will be crazy. But no matter what, you will have a lot of fun.

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