AltWeeklies Wire » Music » Profiles & Interviews

Grinning at the Reaper

By Chris Parker
Colorado Springs Independent | June 27, 2012
Bone Orchard digs into darkness to find the light.
View Full Story at Colorado Springs Independent
Tags: Cormac McCarthy, Bone Orchard

Colorado Springs Independent

No sacred cows. Balanced investigative reporting. Bold graphics. Crisp writing. Crusading columnists, often at odds with one another. Arts and cultural reviews, previews, insights and trends. Absolutely the best events calendar around. Plus a healthy dose of comics and humor...
More »
Contact for Reprint Rights
  • Market Served: Metropolitan Area
  • Address: 235 S. Nevada Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80903
  • Phone: (719) 577-4545
www.csindy.com

See Also

Is it Possible 'The Road' Isn't Grim Enough?new

Wanting the movie version of Cormac McCarthy's The Road to be even more bleak may sound like the ultimate in moviegoer masochism—thank you, sir, may I have another cannibal holocaust?
Nashville Scene  |  Jim Ridley  |  12-18-2009  |  Reviews
Tags: The Road, Cormac McCarthy, John Hillcoat, Viggo Mortensen

John Hillcoat's 'The Road': Brutalism on Celluloidnew

"One for The Road," I said to the ticket taker. "Ha ha ha, that's not the first time I've heard that," he said. And that was the last laugh I had at the movies that day.
Dig Boston  |  David Day  |  12-09-2009  |  Reviews
Tags: The Road, Cormac McCarthy, John Hilcoat, movies

Viggo Mortensen Helps Bring Cormac McCarthy's Post-Apocalyptic Book to Lifenew

Faithful to the novel that inspired it, the post-apocalyptic film is bleak but hauntingly beautiful, anchored by Mortensen's best performance to date.
Santa Barbara Independent  |  Roger Durling  |  11-30-2009  |  Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Road, Cormac McCarthy, John Hillcoat, Viggo Mortensen

Despite Rich Source Material, 'The Road' is Lacking One Thing: Ideasnew

The Road is a one-note road version of Waiting for Godot, minus Samuel Beckett's brilliant sense of existentialist humor.
City Pulse  |  Cole Smithey  |  11-23-2009  |  Reviews
Tags: The Road, Cormac McCarthy, John Hillcoat

rssTop Stories

George Jones: No One's Gonna Fill His Shoes

Recalling the quintessential country's singer's lasting influence.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte)  |  Mark Kemp  |  04-29-2013  |  Music

Sweden's Mysterious Goat

The greatest myths are good stories. And tales behind the discovery of any band are just decent fiction—or at least realities tweaked well enough to conjure up towering imagery.
Chicago Newcity  |  Dave Cantor  |  04-25-2013  |  Profiles & Interviews
More Top Stories in Music »

AAN on Twitter

More @AltWeeklies » Twitter Directory »
Most Viewed
Most Emailed

Bass Control

Esperanza Spalding raps about her groundbreaking Grammy Award, discovering the bass and cultivating creativity.
Monterey County Weekly  |  Adam Joseph  |  09-25-2012  |  Music

Raising Capital Cities

The 'best band in Los Angeles' scores with its 'Safe and Sound' single
Colorado Springs Independent  |  Bill Forman  |  05-15-2013  |  Profiles & Interviews

This Goes to 11!

The punk is still there at the Warped Tour, fortified with an infusion of the harder stuff and a stronger presence for female rockers and underground hip-hop evolution. Here are 11 lists and 11 bands not to miss.
Salt Lake City Weekly  |  Bill Frost  |  07-08-2005  |  Music