Queen City Sounds By Tom Murphy Published Issue 104, August 2022 Barstool Messiah – Whiskey Baptismal On this latest offering from Barstool Messiah the band exemplifies a certain sound that one heard more of in Denver around 20 years ago, but more refined with perhaps melodic punk vocal choruses akin to that of The Fluid, […]
Queen City Sounds By Tom Murphy Published Issue 103, July 2022 A Strange Happening – s/t No normal band would sample a sizable chunk of the “The House in Cypress Canyon” episode of the radio series Suspense originally broadcast on December 5, 1946 for the introduction to an album. Much less follow that up with
Queen City Sounds By Tom Murphy Published Issue 102, June 2022 Bryon Parker – 3 Consecutive Championships Bryon Parker uses an almost processionally repetitive drum beat to frame the narrative of “Alma Mater.” Its tale of the low-aspiration-having virtues celebrated by people who don’t know better, for whom being the captain of the high school