• The Risk  // Area Bands Past

    The Risk

    by Bree Davies February 25, 2010 -

    The A.V. Club digs up local music relics worth preserving.

  • Jake Jabs // Area Bands Past

    Jake Jabs, American Furniture Warehouse, country music

    by Matt Schild February 4, 2010 -

    Furniture magnate Jake Jabs recorded a country album. Yup.

  • For My Sins // Area Bands Past

    by Eleanor Perry-Smith January 22, 2009 -

    Harnessing punk, metal, and Apocalypse Now, this early-aughts outfit showed Boulder how to rock.

  • Four // Area Bands Past

    by Brian Polk January 11, 2009 -

    It's been a long time since local band Four has played any shows—yet its ska-punk lives on in dusty 7-inches and cassette tapes.

  • The VSS // Area Bands Past

    by Tuyet Nguyen January 2, 2009 -

    A group of local punks bring art and sass to hardcore—and a nationwide scene full of tight pants and white belts is born.

  • Angels Never Answer // Area Bands Past

    by Tuyet Nguyen December 6, 2008 -

    A Denver semi-legend deserves to get dug up and trotted out.