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Breezy Porticos’ “Gee, Your Math Looks Terrific”
Breezy Porticos has been offering a breath of fresh, jangly pop to Denver indie music fans since 1999. On Sunday, April 22, Breezy Porticos will play the Larimer Lounge to warm up for the upcoming release of their next album. Elf Power and Joshua Novak are also on the bill (8:30 p.m., $10, 21+).
Breezy Porticos' new CD, These Record Highs is due out in May. The band has offered New West readers a track from 2004's Keep it Crisp to tide fans over until then. Click here to listen to "Gee, Your Math Looks Terrific."
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Dan Craig’s “Anything Less”
This Friday's MP3 features singer-songwriter Dan Craig, a Denver native who gave up CU Medical School to pursue his music career. His warm, guitar-based tunes should appeal to fans of Grant-Lee Philips. Craig will play the Larimer Lounge on Tuesday, April 24. The Life There Is, Dualistics, and Chin Up Chin Up follow him on the bill (8 p.m., 21+).
Dan Craig has offered NewWest.net readers an MP3 from his debut album, Wirebird. Click here to listen to "Anything Less."
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Storytyme’s “Barn With A View”
This week's MP3 comes from Storytyme, a Boulder band featuring the three Lewis brothers--guitarist Pete, bassist Phil, and drummer/engineer Tony. Storytyme will celebrate the release of their album, Patchwork Quilt with an appearance at the Boulder Theater on April 14. Meese and Born In The Flood share the bill (9 p.m., $9, all ages).
Storytyme has offered NewWest readers a track from its debut album. Click here to listen to "Barn With A View."
CD Review
Otis Taylor’s Definition Of A Circle
“Definition of a Circle”
by Otis Taylor
Telarc Records
With his new album, Definition of a Circle, internationally-recognized Boulder musician Otis Taylor continues to stretch the definition of the blues to make a comfortable and flexible home for himself within the genre. Taylor’s rough-hewn voice is pure blues, but his accompaniment is restless. There are gospel influences in the bursts of organ and choir on the first track, “Little Betty,” and electric guitar licks throughout the album that edge the sound toward rock. There’s jazz trumpeting, R&B grooves, and even some freewheeling instrumental interludes that jam band fans should enjoy. Taylor often employs the traditional lyric repetition of the blues, but his careful phrasing releases this technique from monotony, as in the track “Looking Over Your Fence.”
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Strange Condition’s “Window”
Denver's Strange Condition will headline a St. Patrick's Day party at the Walnut Room on March 17 (9 p.m.).
Strange Condition has two albums of polished modern rock to its credit, and the band has offered New West readers a track from their most recent disc, Sometime Saturday. Click here to listen to "Window."
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Lynn Patrick’s “Snapshot”
Boulder's Lynn Patrick has been honing her guitar playing for over two decades, and her instrumental compositons have been featured on such radio programs as All Things Considered and Living on Earth.
Patrick has offered New West readers a track from her most recent album, On The Wind. Click here to listen to "Snapshot."
There will be several opportunities to catch Lynn Patrick live in the coming weeks. On March 10, she'll headline Avogadro's Number in Fort Collins (7:30 p.m.). On April 4, she'll play Nissi's in Lafayette (7:30 p.m.). Bassist Marni Pickins and violinist/fiddler Sandra Wong will accompany her at both performances.
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D.Biddle’s “A Promise Meant to be Broken”
Denver indie band d.biddle will headline the Larimer Lounge on Friday, March 2 (8 p.m., $8, 21+, Red Cloud West, Cowboy Curse, and Joe Sampson open). Fans can download a free ticket to the show from the band's MySpace site. Led by singer/guitarist Duncan Barlow, who is a Ph.D. candidate in English at the University of Denver by day, d.biddle specializes in sensitive, understated tunes with whispery vocals.
D.biddle has offered New West readers a track from its most recent album, Click here to listen to "A Promise Meant to be Broken"
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Goodbye Champion’s “Outside Looking In”
Local indie rock group Goodbye Champion will open for Gogolab and L.A.'s Hello Stranger at the Boulder Theater on February 22 (9 p.m., 21+, $10).
Goodbye Champion has offered New West readers a track from its debut EP. Click here to listen to "Outside Looking In."
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Gogolab’s “The Face Off”
Gogolab is a labcoat-clad Denver trio that specializes in creating electronic soundtracks to imaginary '60s and '70s spy movies. The band headlines the Boulder Theater on February 22 (9 p.m., $10, 21+, Hello Stranger and Goodbye Champion open), and boasts a number of regular gigs around town, including a set every Wednesday night at Appaloosa Grill.
Gogolab conceived its debut album, The Stakeout as the "soundtrack to a spy action b-movie" in which "Our private eye action hero assembles a crack team of renegades who trace a gang of drug dealers halfway around the world to the jungles of Southeast Asia." Gogolab has offered New West readers a track from its album. Click here to listen to "The Face Off."
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Born in the Flood’s “In Debt to the Heart”
Born In the Flood, an acclaimed Denver band that specializes in sensitive, melodic rock, will celebrate the release of its third album, If This Thing Should Spill, on February 9 at the Gothic Theatre. Meese, The Photo Atlas, and Nathan & Stephen will open (8 p.m., $8-$10). Next month, Born In The Flood takes the stage at South by Southwest.
Born In The Flood has offered New West readers a track from the new album. Click here to listen to "In Debt to the Heart."
