February 2010

 

There is an Indian with tears in his eyes after seeing what his fellow man has done to the Pueblo music scene. That Indian is Gabe Martinez, drummer for One Fifty One, owner of Nine Till Two Productions, and the reason Dirty Rotten Imbeciles graced our town with their dirty, rotten presence. It goes without saying that Gabe is one of the hardest working gentlemen around town.

January 2010

 

Welcome to Pueblo, where if you haven’t been making music here for at least a decade you aren’t a part of the scene. Well, all of that is about to change.

We have a long-standing legacy of punk rock in this lonely, railroad town—a legacy founded on what are at least theoretically the punk ideals. But what exactly are the punk ideals?

December 2009 Issue

 

For those in the know, Fresh Breath Committee is one of the most significant 'large crew' hip hop sets Colorado has within its squarish border. For those in the know, their new album, CPR, is pure resuscitative madness packaged in plastic-eight practiced members: five MCs, three vocalists, two producers, and one DJ. For those who can't count, that means serious multitasking.

November 2009 Issue

Have you ever fallen off a balcony thirty feet off the ground in a fun house full of strobe lights, broken glass, and wet cats? If not, Lumonics is probably your only shot at reaching that same level of hysteric, mind-numbing madness-it is at least a very good second choice.

Somehow I find myself dragged into Lumonics in Denver, an art gallery with walls covered in bright shining madness. Let me explain: Lumonics isn't just an art gallery; it's the brainchild of the Tanners, currently run by Dorothy Tanner and Marc Billard.