Susan Kemp

Hispanic Heritage Month: Denver Filmmakers Celebrate “Enye” Stories

September 26, 2014

What’s your superpower? If you ask documentary filmmakers Denise Soler Cox and Henry Ansbacher, it’s no small feat navigating between two cultures every day — and it’s capturing this multicultural juggling a...

DocuWest Recap: The Grateful Dead, Skanks and Arranged Marriages

Susan Kemp

September 15, 2014

Guys, it's just not fair. So many great independent films show each year at the DocuWest International Film Festival (at the Sie FilmCenter here in Denver), that we can't talk about them all. With my gradual...

Q&A: Neon Trees’ Chris Allen on Pop Psychology, Denver tour date

Susan Kemp

June 6, 2014

Photo by Andrew Zaeh Sometimes the old cliché is very, very true: Music is good for the soul. Neon Trees lead singer Tyler Glenn recently came out as gay in Rolling Stone magazine, and their latest effor...

Cage the Elephant wins the crowd in Denver

Susan Kemp

May 19, 2014

Photo by Kiddest Metaferia There are two things Saturday’s Cage the Elephant show at the Ogden redefined for me: What sold out really looks like and what high energy really feels like. At 8:30 p.m., a good ...

Cage the Elephant Shake on Down to Denver May 17

Susan Kemp

May 14, 2014

Cage the Elephant will perform live at the Ogden Theatre on May 17. Alt-rockers Cage the Elephant didn't just survive the sophomore slump with 2011's Thank You, Happy Birthday, they smashed it. With a #2 al...

The Drop: Current Swell Blends Folk and Rock in ‘Ulysses’

Susan Kemp

May 13, 2014

Current Swell Ulysses Roots Rock Rating: 4/5 Release Date: May 6, 2014 Contrary to the popular saying, I have never judged a book by its cover because, really, who does that? But I might have judged Ulys...

Fear of Men Talk New Record, Upcoming Denver Stop

Susan Kemp

May 5, 2014

The end of April was a good time for British art rockers Fear of Men. The band released their debut record Loom on April 22 to nearly universal positive reviews (Metacritic ranks the album at a glowing 83). And...

Hot Tonight: Tokyo Police Club heat up the Bluebird

Susan Kemp

April 24, 2014

Photo by Adam Ripplinger Tokyo Police Club made a name for themselves with upbeat indie-pop tracks that move along at breakneck speed. (Most of their earlier songs cut off at around the two-minute mark.) Bu...

Tokyo Police Club to Heat Up the Bluebird on April 21

Susan Kemp

April 15, 2014

I’m going to make a proposition to all you young professionals out there: There’s more than one way to unwind after a long day at work. Sure, the bottle of wine is a good standby, but once in a while you should...

The Drop: Cope by Manchester Orchestra

Susan Kemp

April 3, 2014

Manchester Orchestra Cope Indie Rock Rating: 3/5 Release Date: April 1, 2014 I listen to a lot of music and a couple of trends have definitely emerged this year. 1.) Everyone seems to have collectively d...

The Drop: Tokyo Police Club Return with “Forcefield”

Susan Kemp

March 25, 2014

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I have to make a confession: If I had listened to this album just once, I probably would have given it a glowing review. I think I was shaping my initial view comparison to a disappointment of last week: namely...

The Apache Relay play at Lost Lake in Denver April 1.

The Apache Relay: The Kings of Tennessee Come to Denver

Susan Kemp

March 21, 2014

The first time I heard “Katie Queen of Tennessee”, the first single off the upcoming album from The Apache Relay, I couldn’t get it out of my head all weekend. It’s a fun song with a classic pop vibe. Listen...

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Hispanic Heritage Month: Denver Filmmakers Celebrate “Enye” Stories

DocuWest Recap: The Grateful Dead, Skanks and Arranged Marriages

Q&A: Neon Trees’ Chris Allen on Pop Psychology, Denver tour date

Cage the Elephant wins the crowd in Denver

Cage the Elephant Shake on Down to Denver May 17

The Drop: Current Swell Blends Folk and Rock in ‘Ulysses’

Fear of Men Talk New Record, Upcoming Denver Stop

Hot Tonight: Tokyo Police Club heat up the Bluebird

Tokyo Police Club to Heat Up the Bluebird on April 21

The Drop: Cope by Manchester Orchestra

The Drop: Tokyo Police Club Return with “Forcefield”

The Apache Relay: The Kings of Tennessee Come to Denver

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