• Boris at the Bluebird Theater

    Boris at the Bluebird Theater

    Work kept me late and I arrived at Bluebird Theatre well after doors. After some haggling for a photo pass, I went inside to hear the last three or four songs of Pallbearer. Pallbearer, a four-piece from Arkansas, can loosely be categorized as doom metal, though they have distinct flourishes of prog rock ...

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  • Black Moth Super Rainbow at the Bluebird

    Depending on the location of a performance, a music artist is afforded the ability to create the atmosphere needed to hype a crowd.  Sometimes these efforts blow the recorded material away in clarity...

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  • Deerhunter - "Monomania"

    With each album you can hear Deerhunter becoming more and more comfortable with the art of recording music. This album seems to take leaps forward with the their unique style of noisy pop soaked in di...

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  • METZ at the Hi-Dive

    Unlike the historic garden city located near the French border that shares its name there is nothing peaceful or quiet about the three-piece band known as METZ. Hailing from that noise-rock Shangri-La...

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  • The Black Angels at the Boulder Theater

    On a recent Friday night at the Boulder Theatre, I was able to join several members of Radio 1190 in an evening with Wall of Death, Hanni El Khatib, and The Black Angels. And what an evening it was. ...

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  • CU Independent: Required Listening: "Knock Knock" by Smog

    In Required Listening, music director Sam shares some of his favorite records from his collection. This article originally appeared at the CU Independent. Bill Callahan isn’t the kind of artist w...

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  • Shabazz Palaces at the Larimer Lounge

    I began my experience at Larimer Lounge as usual by going directly from the doorman to the bar for a drink and then outside to the back patio. Very few people were enjoying the mild night on the patio...

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  • Sounds on 29th

    Now in their second season, Colorado Public Television's SOUNDS ON 29TH brings the best of the local music scene straight to your television, recorded at the CPT12 studio on 29th & Welton. ...

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  • The Men at the Hi-Dive

    Dirty Few opened up the show at the Hi-Dive. From their demeanor on stage at this and four other shows I’ve seen them performing, they consistently channel as many party vibes as the stage can conta...

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  • Staff Picks: Henry's Top 5 New Albums for Spring

    Forgive the phrase, but spring has sprung for independent records early here in 2013, with big names releasing LP’s that have not disappointed. With the winter hibernation from touring and releasing...

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  • CMKY Opening Night

    It’s back! April 25th kicked off Boulder’s finest four day electronic music festival, Communikey (CMKY), at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art premiering Brandon Wolcott, M. Demeranville, Ivy,...

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  • Colin Stetson - "New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light"

    Colin Stetson is a multi-reed musician from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Stetson dabbles with clarinet, bass clarinet, French horn, flute, and cornet, but mostly known for his use of the bass saxophone. Stets...

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  • The new Radio 1190 mobile app is here!

    We know you've all been waiting patiently for a comprehensive mobile hub for all things 1190... and it's finally here! Our brand new app features a whole bunch of great features: music stream, play...

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  • The Black Angels - "Indigo Meadow"

    Break out the mescaline and aviators, the lords of neo-psych rock have come back to Earth. Indigo Meadows is a strong return for The Black Angels, erupting onto the scene like a groovy time-machine to...

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  • Pitchfork: Boards of Canada Released a Mysterious 12" on Record Store Day

    Originally posted at Pitchfork. "While people were lined up around the block at record stores across the country, at least one lucky person got their hands on a very surprising release: A 12" featu...

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  • Bleached - "Ride Your Heart"

    Thoroughly enjoyable if a bit slight, Ride Your Heart is the debut LP from Bleached, new home of Mika Miko veterans Jennifer and Jessica Clavin. Like the Dum Dum and Vivian Girls before them, Bleached...

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  • The Men - "New Moon"

    The Men are moving fast. They exploded onto the scene with 2011's Leave Home, their second LP, and the first that saw wide release. At the time, The Men made rock music that was reduced to its most pr...

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  • Sage Francis at the Fox Theatre

    In the early evening, a small crowd slowly begins to gather in the Fox Theatre, eagerly awaiting the highly anticipated spoken word and hip hop artist Sage Francis. But before the man himself made a d...

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  • Rhye - "Woman"

    Like any great new band, Rhye got their start amidst a wave of mystery, rumors, and anticipation. hey released two tracks, "Open" and "The Fall," on their Soundcloud page without any information as t...

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  • Akron/Family at the Larimer Lounge

    The show at Larimer Lounge started simply enough with Ged Gengras, under the psyuedonym M Geddas Gengas, an artist who recently collaborated with psych rock band Sun Araw and legendary dub pioneers Th...

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  • Bonobo - "The North Borders"

    There is an album review out there on the internet stating that no particular track stands out on Bonobo’s latest release, The North Borders. It doesn’t matter who wrote the said review or where i...

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  • Purity Ring at the Gothic Theatre

    Despite the impending winter doom, Purity Ring and Blue Hawaii easily sold out a Monday night at the Gothic Theatre. Unfortunately due to extenuating circumstances, my caravan arrived after Blue Hawai...

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  • Dump - "Superpowerless"

    Being raised as a millennial, for whatever reason, has acutely (and perhaps completely inaccurately) defined my understanding of nostalgia. Growing up immersed in and surrounded by friends, schoolmate...

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  • Vote for Radio 1190's Best Specialty Shows

    If you live in the Boulder-Denver area and want the chance to win concert tickets for a year, email alex@radio1190.org after voting to be entered! Nobody likes to admit that they have favorites...

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