The Colorado Sound S8 EP20 May 2014

Well, the first interview for the upcoming new podcast is in the books.  What a blast to personally meet Dave Glasser outside the office.  I’m very excited now to get this new feature going.  Next up – Eddie Turner.

Just got hipped to this … a new LOCAL MUSIC show has emerged in Denver, at a fairly new sounding radio station, Project 107X, and it perfectly fills one of the last remaining niches – hard rock / metal / punk  / alternative.  A guy I’ve know since 2001, Romero (S.I.C.K, Drug Under), is the host of this new Sunday night Colorado music show.

This being the home Uncle Nasty landed in, Romero, a friend of the Horse frontman (and former BPI afternoon driver), is the perfect host for this look into Denver’s LOUD side.  Romero’s bands were regulars on Uncle Nasty’s shows on BPI over the years.  I was good to hear him on the air this weekend.

Cool too cuz I got introduced to a new national touring act out of Denver that I’m sure we’ll be hearing more of on The Colorado Sound and elsewhere … check out Jesse R.S.

Hit up Project 107X at 10PM on Sunday nights.  KBCO and KTCL both also have Colorado music shows on at 10PM … Bravo you guys.  It’s about time.

So one of the many questions I get asked is what it is I do.  Besides doing the radio show, the Live365 station, handling the blog, and mailing out packages for bands etc, I do foh sound, and am an emcee for many shows … so this year, I thought I’d begin chronicling some of the shows I work.

I hope you enjoy these quick goat’s eye views of the world I live in and I hope to see you at a show sometime soon.  See below for some upcoming events.

New music shares this week from Archive Nights and DubKor, and the Hollyfelds with the Colorado Symphony, produced by Audiovore, gets the nod for Video Pick of the Week.

Live from Oskar Blues in Longmont and Lyons

Lionel Young has a new album done, and ready to drop.
I expect to get it  for next week’s show.

Ethyl & the Regulars has new members, and a revamped sound.
Founding member / bassist Donnie Jerome says,
“We gotta get in the studio.”  2015 drop Donnie?

The Colorado Sound OnStage

June 2014

ONSTAGE and PRESENT for
Bohemian Nights Presents Thursday Night Live
When:  Thursday Nights @ 7PM beginning June 5
Where: Old Town Square Fort Collins 

Join me as I introduce some of the absolute BEST regional Colorado bands, handpicked, invited, and presented by Bohemian Nights.  We’ll announce the lineup in next week’s post.

Downtown Fort Collins Presents
The 25th Annual Colorado Brewers Festival
Saturday June 28-29th, 12PM-5PM
Information HERE
featuring:  Dubskin, White Water Ramble, James & the Devil, Calder’s Revolvers, Glitta Kings, the 14ers, the Jekylls, Toad In the Hole … and that’s just on ONE stage … the Wilderness Stage has Marty Jones, Tyler Grant & Friends, Big Wheels (a slice of Ethyl & the Regulars), and Rich with Friends.  What a weekend!

July 2014   

The Colorado Sound Presents Dead Floyd playing THE DARK SIDE OF THE MISH on Friday, JULY 18th at the Mishawaka Amphitheatre. Special guests include The Holler and others.

Also check out the calendar for other great shows at the Mish.  A truly unique and special Colorado music venue.  There’s nothing else quite like it anywhere else.

The Colorado Sound Presents a new podcast feature (title TBD) with David Glasser (Airshow Mastering, NARAS), Chris Daniels (Colorado Music Hall of Fame inductee), Liz Barnez (Bohemian Nights / NoCo Legacy Artist). Mark Bliesener (bandguru, Lyle Lovett, Big Head Todd & the Monsters), and Eddie Turner (Zephyr, Otis Taylor Band) … like you’ve never heard them.

20 Minutes.  Personal.  Intimate.  No boundaries.  No limits …

VIDEO PICK of the WEEK

PLAYLIST S8 EP20 May 2014

(D) = debut of new album, ep, or single release
(N) = new cut from previously debuted ep or album release

The Samples “Close to the Fires” from Samples (1990)
The Samples “The Whole World Can Sing” from America (2014)
Drew Emmitt “Take the Long Way Home” from Long Road (2008)
(D) Archive Nights “Riddles” from Rabbit Hole of the Gentry (2012) Five Iron Frenzy “Into Your Veins” from Engine of a Million Plots (2013)
Dianne Reeves “Feels So Good” from Beautiful Life (2014)
(N) Kate LeRoux “Doing It All For Love” from Phoenix (2014)
Great American Taxi “Radiation Blues” from Paradise Lost (2011)
Jeff Finlin “What’s the Big Idea” from Ballad Of A Plain Man (2008)
Rachel and the Ruckus “Leave You Light On” from Rachel and the Ruckus (2014)
Wendy Woo “Surprise Me” from Gonna Wear Red (2002)
Ninth + Lincoln Orchestra “Your Cent” from Ninth & Lincoln (2008)
The Motet “The Lesson” from Play (2000)
The Motet “123” from The Motet (2014)
Electric Swingset “Inebriated Witchdoctor” from Inebriated Witchdoctor (1996)
Tallgrass “Old Town” from Better Than Medicine (2014)
(D) AdrienneO “Just Happened” from Lines EP (2014)
Chemistry Club “Navigator” from Navigator (2013)
(D) DubKor “Little Love Story” from Rastaman Riding (2012)  Devotchka “The Enemy Guns” from How It Ends (2004)
(N) Bonnie and The Clydes “Song for You” from Music For People (2014)
Big Head Todd & The Monsters “Runaway Train” from Riveria (1998)
Aakash Mittal Quartet “Monsoon Blues” from Ocean (featuring Ron Miles) (2013)

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