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AUGUST 9TH FRIDAY AUGUST 10TH SATURDAY AUGUST 11TH ...AND MUCH MORE: 8.16 - FLATLAND CAVALRY | 8.17 - MAGIC MIKE XXL | 8.18 - ORGY “bRING YOUR ARMY TOUR” w/ MOTOGRATER | 8.19 - LIL DEBBIE W/ WHITNEY PEYTON 8.21 - THE NIGHT OWLS | 8.22 - THE MYSTERY COLLECTION PRESENTS - PAUL NOFFSINGER: UNREAL | 9.14 - MY FAVORITE BANDS | 9.21 - BLOCK PARTY BandWagMag BandWagMag BandWagMag 802 9th St. album reviews Greeley, CO 80631 I AM THE OWL PG. 5 BANDWAGMAG.COM MODERN LEISURE PG. 6 www.BandWagMag.com HEAVY BEAUTY PG. 7 PUBLISHER ELY CORLISS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF JED MURPHY MANAGING EDITOR KEVIN JOHNSTON ART DIRECTOR JACK “JACK” JORDAN PHOTOGRAPHY DYNOHUNTER LIVING LEGENDS PG. 10-11 PG. 14-15 TALIA LEZAMA CONTRIBUTORS KYLE EUSTICE CAITLYN WILLIAMS JAY WALLACE MICHAEL OLIVIER THE COLORADO SoUND’S TOP PICKS PG 8 Advertising Information: [email protected] Any other inquires: [email protected] BandWagon Magazine PG. 18-19 © 2018 The Crew Presents Inc. THIEVERY CORPORATION 3 | BANDWAGON MAGAZINE BANDWAGON MAGAZINE | 4 I Am The Owl A PLACE WHERE A Mission to Civilize: Part II YOU CAN TRUST YOURSELF Michael Olivier and Kyle Krueckeberg’s vocals BandWagon Magazine to tear through in a new way that’s sure to get you pumped. I find myself coming back to the fourth track on the album, BE “You Haven’t Fooled Me.” The REMARKABLE middle of the tune features a massive, almost progressive rock instrumental section that plays heavily with dynamics, shifting drum grooves, and mul- tiple tasty guitar licks for those local ear-candy seekers. The contemplative but assertive na- ture of the instruments compli- I Am The Owl’s newest release ments the equally contemplative is for longtime fans of the Fort but assertive nature of the lyrics Collins punk/metal band and throughout the EP. new listeners alike. Recorded On a personal note, I don’t think at the Blasting Room, a heavy the importance of raw, socially hitting local recording studio conscious, heavy local music readers should familiarize them- can be understated. In a scene selves with (if you haven’t al- crowded by the types of bands BE REMARKABLE ready), A Mission to Civilize: Part II who have whistling sections, rips. Fans of the hybrid genre will drum on suitcases, and “know AIMS.EDU dig the searing guitars and signa- one of The Lumineers person- GREELEY | WINDSOR | LOVELAND | FORT LUPTON | ONLINE ture “tight, but huge” drums. ally,” I Am The Owl is a shot in the Aims Community College is an EEO Employer, an equal opportunity educational institution and accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Following up their first release, arm for those who need music TODAY! APPLY A Mission to Civilize: Part I, the that makes them want to break new drop expands on I Am The shit. Their sound is loud, socially Owl’s galvanizing sound with conscious, positive, and most im- much welcomed production portantly, honest. value increase. Fans of local DIY I for one am looking forward punk rock, don’t let that turn you to continuing to follow the band off. Andrew Berlin’s work on the and you should too. Catch I Am EP does nothing but justice to The Owl at the Demise Mu- the edgy and aggressive gui- sic Festival on August 4 at The tar, bass, and drum tones we all Downtown Artery in Ft. Collins. crave. This allows Josh Rivera 5 | BANDWAGON MAGAZINE Modern Leisure Super Sad Rom-Com Kevin Johnston lead vocal. BandWagon Magazine The single “Girls In Black,” is a third wave coffee house hit-to- be, happy alongside Drugdealer or Enon’s more laid-back tunes. Its acoustic guitar instantly makes your head bop. “The Se- cret Art,” reveals a Nada Surf in- fluence with its sunshine-clean guitar strum while “An Effigy For My Ego” evokes an easier- going, distant, breathy relative of Billy Corgan’s. But Super Sad Rom-Com is not all glazed ennui. “The Lucky Ones” sneaks an occa- sional 2-bar measure into its verses, indicating a depth of Modern Leisure’s freshly re- musicality and “All At Once” lets leased Super Sad Rom-Com Banker show off his vocal range, is a chilled-out / bummed-out stretching out his melodic, illustration of a songwriter’s mournful muscle. studio apartment life. Having “Ella For Real” is Banker’s fa- departed from former Denver vorite tune to play live, calling bands The Outfit and Shady El- it “the thesis statement of the ders, mastermind Casey Banker album and one of [his] proud- “wanted to express the loneli- est recordings.” He admits “it’s ness and euphoria of being a also kind of accidentally about guy living in a semi-big city in Lorde. I hope she hears it some- my 20’s.” Made layer by layer day and doesn’t hate it.” and then re-recorded from “You’re born to terrorize - I’m scratch, the resulting collection born to romanticize,” Banker of mid-tempo dream-folk jams sings in the title track - the make us want to hit the beach sunny surface / melancholic and text our ex with a bluetooth undercurrent of which is all boombox and ice-cold LaCroix part of an admitted dichotomy. in hand. “It’s simultaneously low brow Picked bass guitar digs against and high brow,” he says, which a mechanised churn of drums might explain the air of sadness beneath Banker’s breathy croon underneath Modern Leisure’s on “Yr Favorite Self,” a manifes- hawaiian-shirt hypnosis. Born of tation of said loneliness / eu- a tortured artist donning rose- phoria contrast. It might swing BandWagMag colored glasses, Super Sad like an MGMT track at the hands Rom-Com makes us wanna of a different producer but Jeff Get on the BandWagon. tune in and chill out. BandWagMag Cormack (South of France, Guilty Pleasure) crafts a charm- Modern Leisure celebrate the release BandWagMag ing early Beck feel, supporting of Super Sad Rom-Com July 14 at Syntax Banker’s alluring Foxygen-style Physic Opera in Denver. BANDWAGON MAGAZINE | 6 Heavy Beauty Self Titled – are simple but elegant. They Jay Wallace possess a slow, even flow to their BandWagon Magazine singing that never stutters or over- powers certain elements. Dobro player Mike Testagrossa, bassist Angel Edgemon and Willie Thom- as on the mandolin provide vocals, with Dax Hunter Jordan on drums. What’s notable is there isn’t much of the country twang in their sing- ing that some bluegrass/folkers put on. Testagrossa’s dobro gives Heavy Beauty’s “Desert Grass” music that twang, but his voice is a proper croon, which allows the songs to stand out in a way most folk-inspired rock music normally doesn’t. Edgemon’s voice on “But- terflies” is almost pop-music like (that’s not a dig at her) and Testa- At the Estes Park Mountain grossa’s vocal delivery on all three Music Festival in May, one of the songs is also excellent. stand out acts was Heavy Beauty. While they obviously played A relatively new group, they were more than three songs at the able to keep up with the heavy- Estes Park Mountain Music Festi- weights on the line-up like Gaso- val, Heavy Beauty does make an line Lollipops, Chain Station and impression with their short EP. It’s a Trout Steak Revival. very good debut for an outfit that’s This four-person band, which only been around since October calls its music “desert rock/de- of last year, particularly one try- sert grass,” gave away CDs by ing to invent their own subgenre. the merch table. They should be So while they’re still giving it away charging for this self-titled EP, as for free, check out the release at it’s on par with national acts in the www.heavybeautyband.com, and bluegrass-inspired rock world. catch them live at the Orpheus This Golden-based quartet has a Music Festival on September 1st in clean but unfiltered sound to their Glenwood Springs. work. The three songs on the EP – “Dreams,” “Butterflies” and “Stars” 7 | BANDWAGON MAGAZINE AIRING ALL ALONG THE FRONT RANGE! Staff Picks | 105.5 The Colorado Sound Ron : Lake Street Dive – Free Yourself Up Lake Street Dive gained national attention thanks to an impromptu video of them performing The Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back”. Their stripped-down, blusey take made your ears pay attention. And your eyes took notice too as the video was shot in a friend’s driveway while cars passed by just a few feet away. Their new album Free Yourself Up continues to prove this is no novelty act. My take is Rachael Price says she is this generation’s heir apparent to Bonnie Raitt. You’ll hear it in the torch of “I Can Change” and the defiant grit of “Good Kisser”. The band met as students at the New England Conservatory of Music and it shows. Not just in Rachel’s voice but also in the band’s technical instrumentation. This is no regular “3½ minutes of pop music, then we’re done” band. I expect to be hearing them for a long time. Margot : Johnny Marr - Call The Comet Johnny Marr has a big legacy to live up to. The co-founder, songwriter and guitarist for the still beloved (and long broken up) group The Smiths, Johnny Marr has seen his post-Smiths career filled with collaborations and two solo albums as well as ascending to icon status.