The Colorado Sound S7 EP16 April 2013

April 28 … behind schedule .. no time to chat it up today … pulling spin data for the May 1 News Notes & Spins Column .. enjoy the video pick this week … new Pretty Lights … catch up with you soon… check out the featured new music.

PLAYLIST S7 EP16

Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids “Hot Summer Girls” from Best of Flash Cadillac and The Continental Kids (2010)
Sugarloaf “Colorado Jones” from Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You (1975)
WhiteWater Ramble “Standard Deviation” from Roots & Groove (2013)
String Cheese Incident “Outside and Inside” from Outside Inside (2001)
(N) Andy Hackbarth “Windmills” from Treadmill Horses (2013)
(D) The Changing Colors “Good Times” from Joan & the King (2013)(N) Thom Chacon “Juarez, Mexico” from Thom Chacon (2013)
(D) Churchill “The War Within” from War Within EP (2013)
The Informants “Salvation” from Crime Scene Queen (2009)
The Jekylls “You’re Probably Right” from The Sweet Factory (2012)
(D) Vices I Admire “The Wicked Sun” from Fables (2013)Winger “Deal With the Devil” from Karma (2009)
Jon Wirtz “Politico” from Tourist (2013)
Steve Taylor “Meltdown (At Madame Tussaud’s)” from Meltdown (1984)
Stacie Orrico “(There’s Gotta Be) More to Life” from Stacie Orrico (2003)
The Congress “Killing Me Softly” from Loft Tapes (2013)
Mama Lenny and the Remedy “Dangerous To Touch” from Punches & Hugs (2012)
The Dirty Lookers “Whiskey, She’s A Liar” from Audio Voyeur (2011)
(D) Pretty Lights “Around the Block (feat. Talib Kweli)” from Around the Block (2013)
(N) Beats Noir! “Talkin and Talkin” from Where the Sun Goes Down (2013)
(D) FaceMan “Tackle Me Down” from Talk Talk Talk (2013)The Gromet “Skip Your Stone” from Barren (2013)
The Railbenders “Whiskey Saturday Night” from Southbound (2001)
(N) Beki Hemingway “Lay It Down” from I Have Big Plans for the World (2013)
The Samples “Wild River” from Return to Earth (2001)
Manuel Lopez Trio “Searching Out” from Searching Out (2013)

The Colorado Sound S7 EP15 April 2013 + News, New Music & Video of Week

chris k july 2010What a weekend.  Kicks off the entire spring/summer/fall season for me.  Two days at FOCOMX5… sound in Lyons on Sunday… Upper Colfax/Root 40 Music Festival and Expo on Monday .. then it seems that just bout every wkend from here on out is booked with one event or sound gig … gonna be a fun year 🙂

News I picked up during the weekend:  NO Fort Collins Jazz Experience this year.  The DBA (Downtown Business Assoc) squashed that show (lack of sponsorships?) in favor of doing six individual Friday night shows in Old Town.  Also, inside sources in Arliss Nancy have squashed rumors of their impending move to Chicago – at least for now.  Their label wants to send them back to Europe this fall, but they need an album to tour behind, so they are back in the studio working to get new album done and out by late June/early July.  New 3-Twins Broadband record is nearing completion… got advanced copy this weekend… also heard from maestro John Macy that the new Casey James Prestwood & the Burning Angels record is almost done, as is the new Richie Furay record .. hope to have both before the end of summer festival season.  Also heard from Chad Price that Drag the River is in the studio working on their first release in three years… again, hoping for summer release.  In the meantime, Jon Snodgrass is in Europe right now with his old band Armchair Martian.

New Churchill due out this week … the 23rd in fact… they didn’t leave a way to embed the new single, “The War Within,” but here’s the link to it on their website.  http://churchilltheband.com/the-war-within-ep/

The Congress has one of the most talked about new albums of the year among many in the scene – The Loft Tapes.  Video Pick of the Week is their tasty take on the Roberta Flack classic “Killing Me Softly.”  Enjoy.

PLAYLIST S7 EP15 2013

Dressy Bessy “Jenny Come On” from Pink Hearts, Yellow Moons (1999)
The Apples in Stereo “Energy” from New Magnetic Wonder (2007)
(D) Attic Attack “Beyoutiful Disaster” from Cloud Clarity & the Color Red (2012)Don’ts and Be Carefuls “The Still Favorites” from Sun Hits (2011)
Ian Cooke “Vasoon” from The Fall I Fell (2007)
(D) Post Paradise “Digging Secrets” from Digging Secrets (2013)
Lindsey Saunders “Take Me Out” from Nothing Normal (2013)
Take to the Oars “White Noise” from The Bow & the Stern (2013)
Monroe Monroe “All Dirty Little Things” [single] (2013)
The Motet “Dig Deep” from Dig Deep (2009)
Lisa Bell “Bring the Love” from The Italian Project (2013)
Andy Palmer “The Monk” from Hazard of the Die (2013)
FaceMan “CookieMonster” from FaceMan (2011)
Adam Stern “Locked Up” from High Country Gentleman (2011)
Newcomers Home “Texas” from In the Hour (2004)
Katie Herzig “Best Day of Your Life” from The Waking Sleep (2011)
(D) The Piedmont Brothers Band “I Been Dreamin’ ‘Bout You” feat. Rick Roberts from PbbIII (2012)
(N) The Congress “Into the Mystic” from Loft Tapes (2013)
Paper Bird “Hold It Down” from Rooms (2013)(D) Beki Hemingway “Lose My Mind” from I Have Big Plans for the World (2013)
Grant Sabin “Dreaming” from Anthromusicology (2013)
(N) Thom Chacon “Innocent Man” from Thom Chacon (2013)
Leftover Salmon “Here Comes the Night” from Aquatic Hitchhiker (2012)
Joshua Novak “The Spiller” from Ephemeron (2013)The Czars “Paint the Moon” from Goodbye (2004)
(N) OneRepublic “Burning Bridges” from Native (2013)
Keith Oxman “All Dudes” from Doing All Right (2009)

The Colorado Sound S7 EP14 April 2013

grizzly goat adamsI’ve been busy the past couple of weeks tweaking THE COLORADO SOUND RADIO and addressing some housecleaning here.  In the process I took a good look at the metrics and was surprised to find that over 2700 fans now subscribe to this blog.  THANK YOU! 🙂

Brand new music this week on the share list from Andy Hackbarth.  His new album, Treadmill Horses, is on its way to radio as we speak… release date mid-May 2013.  Also sharing this week, Bad Brad & the Fat Cats, Kristi Stice, and Thom Chacon, who’s new album is picking up some notable praise… “…surprisingly strong coming from a heretofore unfamiliar voice.  I’ll make this my Local Genre Captain Pick.” – Scott Foley/KRFC (Fort Collins)

An interesting and exciting story came across my screen as I was working on this post … “Boulder Box Set,” a concert series featuring local musicians, is being considered for an Emmy nomination after its premiere episode aired.” – from http://www.dailycamera.com/ci_22545180/cu-boulder-pbs-music-series-boulder-box-set … you can also check out the main website, http://boxset.colorado.edu .

The program is envisioned akin to Austin City Limits.  Our VIDEO PICK OF THE WEEK is a sample of a recorded performance by Ian Cooke.  

PLAYLIST S7 EP14 April 2013

Slim Cessna’s Auto Club “Children of the Lord” from Cipher (2008)
Otis Taylor “The Devil’s Gonna Lie” from Otis Taylor’s Contraband (2012)
(N) Bad Brad & the Fat Cats “I’d Like to Stay” from Eyes on the Prize (2013)Fox Street Allstars “Baby Don’t Fight It” from Welcome to the Mighty Pleasin’ (2011)
Sam Holt Band “Down in Flames” from Southern Angels (2013)
Musketeer Gripweed “Thief” from Straight Razor Revival (2012)
Reckless Red “Dirty Water” from Reckless Red (2011)
Hickman-Dalton Gang “Mr. Wrong” from Hickman-Dalton Gang Vol. II (2011)
(D) Andy Hackbarth “By Baby Don’t Run” from Treadmill Horses (2013)
(N) Dennis Wanebo “Rock My Tear Drops” from Running On Gravity (2013)
Raincheck “Right There” from Raincheck (2012)
GogoLab “Moon Valley” from Border Patrol (2013)
(D) Ben Makinen “La Femme Nikita” from The Goliath Beetle & The Ladybug (2013)
Devotchka “Transliterator” from A Mad & Faithful Telling (2008)
Sixteen Horsepower “Black Soul Choir” from Sackcloth ‘n’ Ashes (1996)
Beats Noir! “Bad Beats” from 13 Tracks From the Dark Side of The Beat (2011)
(N) Kristi Stice “Where Did My Love Go” from Forgiving The Road (2013)(N) The Congress “What’s Going On” from Loft Tapes (2013)
Future Jazz Project “Faded Memories” from True By Design (2007)
OneRepublic “What You Wanted” from Native (2013)
(N) Thom Chacon “Ain’t Gonna Take Us Alive” from Thom Chacon (2013)I’m With Her “Gonna Be Sad” from Songs We Said Goodbye To (2013)
Erik Applegate “123” from Red Skies (2009)