Moments in Grace, Further Seems Forever, The Kicks – September 21, 2004 – Bluebird Theater, Denver

Moments in Grace

Take away the tight jeans, shaggy dark hair, and undersized T-shirts, and you have the typical Clear Channel-tailored act with heavy guitar riffs and the occasional brooding and introspective song. Moments in Grace can be described in a brief statement: modern rock in a candy-coated emo shell. Major labels like Atlantic have perfected this new […]

The Distillers, Icarus Line, The Lot Six – April 21, 2004 – The Bluebird, Denver

Distillers

Brody Dalle, lead singer of The Distillers, is punk rock like Iggy Pop is punk rock. It’s not about the small-time. It’s not really about politics, either, though she’s not averse to writing songs about politics from time to time. It’s about feedback-laced, razor-sharp rock’n’roll, knowing how to work a crowd, makeup and tight pants […]