Peace Love Death Metal in Hong Kong

Audiofiles, On the Record

Peace Love Death Metal in Hong Kong

September 01 — The summer of ’09 was my summer of ’69, and one of the biggest contributors to its soundtrack was the Eagles of Death Metal album Peace Love Death Metal, an album almost too ironic and enjoyable to not just give in and rock out.

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Five underground emcees you should know: Saigon

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Five underground emcees you should know: Saigon

September 01 — Rarely can an artist have so few releases and yet still be the topic of discussion as much as the East Coast rapper Saigon. Since 2002, Sai has had a street buzz anticipating an album, but it has yet to materialize for waiting fans.

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A Sonnet to Silence-Your Cross to Bear

Audiofiles, Met's Music Pick

A Sonnet to Silence-Your Cross to Bear

September 01 — Prepare for heavy. Greeley five-piece A Sonnet to Silence is making plenty of noise up north and beginning to make its way into the Denver scene. With their influences being national acts like August Burns Red, Parkway Drive and Between the Buried and Me, it’s not hard to see that these guys know what hardcore’s about but don’t fail to add their own style and spin to the genre.

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Bruce Springsteen-Darkness on the Edge of Town

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Bruce Springsteen-Darkness on the Edge of Town

September 01 — Although Bruce Springteen’s 1978 album, Darkness on the Edge of Town, was not as commercially viable as its predecessor, Born to Run, or as critically lauded as its successor, The River, there is timelessness to its namesake. It contains a gracefulness, as well as a rock-solid power, that only Springsteen’s early, well-inspired songwriting can harness. But what few die-hard fans and critics knew until now was that this fourth major release was boiled down to 10 tracks out of 70 songs or more.

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Smooth sailing for local duo

Audiofiles, Sounding Off

Smooth sailing for local duo

September 01 — Husband-and-wife duo Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley, performing as Tennis, have been turning a lot of heads from the blogosphere to The New York Times. The band’s handful of classic-sounding summery songs all came from a sailing trip the couple took last year and have since blown up into one of the most talked-about Denver bands.

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