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High Plains Honky
Friday July 24th 8:00PM
Skylark Lounge
Where/ When are you playing for the UMS?
We'll be playing Friday,
July 24th. 8pm at the famous Skylark Lounge
In twenty-five words or less, describe what somebody who has
never heard of you/your band might expect from your performance at UMS this
year.
Funky 70s style Country.
It'll be a real hoot
What was the first music you remember using your own money
to buy?
Well all in the same first
record store run I bought The Beatles' Let it be, The Grateful Dead's Terrapin
station, and lifted The Velvet Underground & Nico.
Do you have any advice for new bands?
Don't worry about what
other people are doing, play what you're passionate about.
Have you planned out who you want to see at UMS this year?
Who are some of your highlights?
There are loads of acts we
want to see this year, namely Casey James Prestwood, Ned Garthe Explosion, Blue
Rider, Zebroids, Heira Nova. So much great stuff this year.
If you've been to UMS before, what three words would you use
to describe it?
Sweaty, loud, fun
What has been your most memorable experience at UMS to date?
Probably in 2013 when we
had just started playing and didn't have a UMS show, we busked on the street
and drew in a really good crowd.
Any tips you'd like to give the novices for making the UMS
experience even better?
Play then party. UMS is
about the long game.
Is there any place you're
looking forward to eating during UMS?
The 7-11 at 3rd and
Broadway has really excellent taquitos.
What is your favorite shop on South Broadway?
Peak dispensary treats us
well.
Who is your all time
favorite Colorado band?
Um, Sugarloaf. Green Eyed
Lady is a good jam.
The Polkanauts
Friday July 24th 11:00PM
Gary Lees Motor Club & Grub
Where/ When are you playing for the UMS?
Gary
Lees @ 11 PM Friday -7/24
In twenty-five words or less, describe what somebody
who has never heard of you/your band might expect from your performance at UMS
this year.
Polka, Fear &
Destruction- Remember Polka Rules all it surveys! But it’s also prone to being
blind drunk so it misses out on some stuff.
What was the first music you remember using your own
money to buy?
Judas
Priest “Screaming for Vengeance” & Echo & the Bunnymen “Heaven Up Here”
on the same trip to the record store.
Do you have any advice for new bands?
Don’t
take yourselves too seriously. Overall, if it’s more work than it is fun
something’s wrong
Have you planned out who you want to see at UMS this
year? Who are some of your highlights?
Not
planned per say but need to see: Calder’s Revolvers, Sad Star Café, Millicent,
In the Whale, Dudebabes to name a few!
If you've been to UMS before, what three words would
you use to describe it?
Hot,
quick, best!
What has been your most memorable experience at UMS
to date?
Packed
Irish Rover all bouncing in unison to traditional polka songs @1:30 am
Any tips you'd like to give the novices for making
the UMS experience even better?
Wear
good shoes. See as many bands as you can – make sure to include a few old
favorites and a ton of things you haven’t seen before.
Is there any place you're looking forward to eating
during UMS?
We’re
partial to finding new places during the UMS.
What is your favorite shop on South Broadway?
Mutiny
Who is your all time
favorite Colorado band?
So
hard – some of us are old! So give us a few? Cephalic Carnage, The
Rumble, Apples in Stereo?
Is there anything we forgot to ask you about the UMS
that you think people need to know?
It’s a privilege to
have a festival like this here – take advantage
Wiredogs
Saturday July 25th 5:00PM
Irish Rover
Saturday July 25th 10:00PM
Hi-Dive
Where/ When are you playing
for the UMS?
Saturday 5 p.m. at Irish
Rover, Saturday 10 p.m. at Hi Dive
In twenty-five words or
less, describe what somebody who has never heard of you/your band might expect
from your performance at UMS this year.
Our shows are about giving
everyone in the room a voice through active, aggressive inclusion.
What was the first music
you remember using your own money to buy?
NOFX
Do you have any advice for
new bands?
Write a lot. Play out a
lot. Risk a lot. Allow yourself to suck.
Have you planned out who
you want to see at UMS this year? Who are some of your highlights?
Wire Faces and The Gamits
If you've been to UMS
before, what three words would you use to describe it?
Drunken-melodic-orgy
What has been your most
memorable experience at UMS to date?
Watching Residual kid at
Hi-Dive...2013 I think.
Any tips you'd like to give
the novices for making the UMS experience even better?
Wear sunscreen. Bring
your own hula-hoop.
Is there any place you're
looking forward to eating during UMS?
Illegal Pete's.
Always.
What is your favorite shop
on South Broadway?
Meininger's
Who is your all time
favorite Colorado band?
Slow Caves
Is there anything we forgot
to ask you about the UMS that you think people need to know?
Nope
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