By day, Brian Jasper Hull is a professor at Colorado State University. By night, Hull performs with bands Meadowlark Jivin and Jasper Grooves Collective on a regular basis. Hull released his first solo album “Into The Blue” in 2015 and has been in the Fort Collins music scene for over 22 years. I sat down with Hull to discuss what it takes to be a working musician in Fort Collins. What would you say your favorite part is about...
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As the title implies, Dude York, a band from Seattle, Washington, really likes pasta. I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Andrew, Claire, and Peter before their show at the Globe Hall in Denver on October 3rd to have a lengthy discussion on their soul pasta noodles. Other topics ranged from how the cover of their most recent album, Falling, was created (hint: it involved dropping a cheap sheet cake), Peter’s favorite...
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The Crooked Rugs is one of the newer bands to come through our studio as they officially became a band earlier this year. However, the band has is no stranger to the music scene and the members have been inconsistently playing together for a while. We discuss what took the band so long to make it official, how they got their name, and more between songs. They have ideas for albums, which will be coming out soon, but as of right now...
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In the Whale, a band who has been in the local scene over 9 years, joined me for a live performance and interview last week. Between the high energy songs, we discussed Nate’s background in mortuaries, the symbolism of flowers, and more. They’ve got a show this Friday at the Downtown Artery, so if you’d like to witness their intense music live, that’s your chance. You can listen to their performance below, and...
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The Black Keys are back on the road. After their five-year hiatus, the Keys released their ninth studio album, Let’s Rock. The 12-song, self-produced album was released in June of 2019 and debuted number four on the Billboard top 200 charts. The four-time Grammy-winning band is led by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney. The Americana rock’n’roll duo kicked off their North American tour this Monday at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado....
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By: Matt Gusmerotti & Hunter Haskins As we made the trek to the Dollar Tree the day before trying this venture, we pondered what could go wrong with making pancakes on a griddle, in the basement of a university student center. Would we set off a smoke detector or would we just burn the building down entirely? Quite the opposite, we had massive luck and barely made a mess! Our supplies included Dollar Store Pancake Batter and...
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