Fuel/Friends Music Blog

As soon as I love her it’s been too long

Tonight I am going to be arguably cooler than I usually am on most Monday nights, and go listen to the dramatic and addictive sounds of The Big Pink at Denver’s Larimer Lounge. This duo from...

covered in birds who can sing a million songs without any words

Lately I’ve been hung up on a Patty Griffin song. She’s a songwriter whose waters I have wandered into deeply with a few specific songs, but I know she has so much more out there than...

When I’m thirsty you are the fountain/ In the face of danger I am unafraid

Through the silent ambush of heavy snow Friday, three great shows were happening about town, and one that I missed while I was seeing Fanfarlo was Old Canes at the Hi-Dive. Signed to Saddle Creek...

When I’m thirsty you are the fountain/ In the face of danger I’m unafraid

Through the silent ambush of heavy snow Friday, three great shows were happening about town, and one that I missed while I was seeing Fanfarlo was Old Canes at the Hi-Dive. Signed to Saddle Creek...

Jeff Buckley in Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza, midday acoustic show (5/5/95)

May of 1995 was the end of my sophomore year of high school, and while I studied for Mr. Pimentel’s science final or Señora Navarro’s Spanish class, somewhere not too far up the highway...

But in my dreams, I slew the dragon

There was a time in 2005 when Spring was just in full bloom, and things were starting to shift around on the seismic levels of my life. I found myself headed up to the shiny lights of Seattle, where...

I want you endlessly (these things are fabulously out of our hands)

This song was love at first listen, sauntering out of my speakers with a cocky dip-shake-dip move of the hips and that unbridled scream of exuberance. Fyfe Dangerfield is the lead singer of The...

Rogue Wave’s “D Tour” documentary premieres tonight on PBS

The independent music documentary “D Tour” (Dialysis Tour) is about Rogue Wave drummer Pat Spurgeon’s struggle with a failing kidney, a search for a donor, while still trying to...

La da da da: The Features, tonight!

[The Features: "Thursday" from Lake Fever Sessions]THIS is precisely why I am looking forward to seeing The Features tonight at the Bluebird. Their set at Monolith was one of the absolute best of...

Fanfarlo shimmers and spins:: “Just let the comets lead the way”

We need to talk about Fanfarlo. Seriously. Despite listening to this album almost nonstop for the last few months, you and I haven’t yet delved into the full-scale conversation that their...