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Deer Tick Desperate To Capture Energy Of Live Shows on Record

Post Author By Marquee Magazine
Post Date May 11, 2012
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In the music industry there is such a huge difference between recording in a studio and performing live. Bands like The Beatles chose to give up touring entirely and focus on the sound they could only achieve in the studio, while other bands, like The Rolling Stones, seemed to focus more on harnessing the energy and power of their live show in studio settings. Providence, Rhode Island’s Deer Tick may not be The Stones or The Beatles, but they certainly are one of the most creatively prolific bands of recent memory.

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Roster McCabe Shares Denver’s Musical ADHD, And Helps Cure It

Post Author By Marquee Magazine
Post Date February 8, 2012
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Musical ADHD has been plaguing the Front Range for some time now. The endless choices of music to see, talk about, and keep up with continually baffles minds. Roster McCabe just might be one of the remedies for this rampantly spreading, and serious, affliction. This five piece band out of Minneapolis plays what they have defined as “Funky Reggae Dance Rock,” which I will translate into, “An irie and soulful blend of pop, rock and jam that puts the funk in disco and electrifies R&B.”

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Great American Taxi Rolls Out New Album and Prepares for Mark Vann Foundation Benefit

Post Author By Marquee Magazine
Post Date December 13, 2011
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Great American Taxi has always had a simple plan behind their band — don’t make any plans, just see what happens. That’s not a tough concept to grasp for anyone who has ever seen vocalist and guitarist Vince Herman play with Taxi, or with his other band, Leftover Salmon. Herman has always approached performing in his relaxed style of ‘just jump out of the airplane and I’m sure you’ll find a ’chute before you hit the ground.’

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Mastodon Tries To Take Time Off And Ends Up With New Album “The Hunter”

Post Author By Marquee Magazine
Post Date November 8, 2011
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Mastodon has been revolutionizing the hard rock/prog-metal scene since their inception in the early 2000s. Melding deep conceptual and classic literary themes with heavy progressive riffs and intense drumming that shakes the ground like their namesake did millennia ago, they’ve created a world of their own, pushing the boundaries of themselves and their sound with each successive album.

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Black Crowes Founder Rich Robinson Chronicles His Personal Life On New CD

Post Author By Marquee Magazine
Post Date November 3, 2011
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Rich Robinson’s last album Paper ended with the song “It’s Over” and a line about “traveling out of my safety balloon.” And his newest album Through A Crooked Sun, which was released just last month, starts with the song “Gone Away” and the lyric “I fell the distance of the deepest canyon drop.”

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: The Arcade Fire

Post Author By tdwenger
Post Date April 8, 2011
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With The Arcade Fire headlining the 1st Bank Center this weekend, we are running this article by Tim Dwenger that was published in The Marquee way, way back in 2004. It’s an interesting look at a band on the brink of greatness. Stay tuned to Listen Up Denver! for full coverage of this weekend’s show.