The Crooked Rugs
Genre: Psych-Rock
Sub-Genre: Western-Rock, Garage-Rock
Origin: Fort Collins, CO
Years: July 2019 – Present
Booking: thecrookedrugs@gmail.com
Short Bio:
The Crooked Rugs are a psych-rock spaghetti-western band formed in Fort Collins, Colorado. They deliver a captivating blend of rock and roll that’s both nostalgic and refreshingly modern. Bringing mysterious noise that manages to sound otherworldly and familiar at the same time.
Long Bio:
Hailing from Fort Collins, CO these space cowboys are your musical guides on a journey to a universe of mystic psychedelic color. The Colorado quintet takes the compulsory ingredients of modern rock band instrumentation and creates something wonderfully foreign. Echoes of psych, prog, and garage rock resound, but each song is clearly the result of diligent experimentation.
Opening for national touring acts from around the country such as The Babe Rainbow, Boogarins, Worn-Tin, Spoonbenders, Ron Gallo, Monsterwatch, Connor Kelly & The Timewarp, Hooveriii, The Bobby Lees, Imarhan, and more. The Band participates in regional festivals such as SXSW, Treefort, Desert Reverie, Endless Fest, Lincoln Calling, Psych’s Peak, & WHAT! Fest.
Founded in 2019 this band of brothers transitions smoothly through a variety of tunes to create an unforgettable experience that will take you on a journey through space and time. Releasing 5 albums in the past 4 years, the Rugs are known for their prolific output, telepathic connections, and filling the room with a swath of joyous emotion.
Press:
NPR Live Session – The Colorado Sound Presents: The Crooked Rugs (Video)
“The Crooked Rugs are a five-piece rock band from Fort Collins, and they recently performed at the FoCoMA Peer Awards at Washington’s. FoCoMA is the Fort Collins Musicians Association, which actively champions and supports artists and musicians in Northern Colorado.”
“In Northern Colorado, there has been an influential music scene not so quietly brewing. From pockets of this blooming musical hub, we have seen the rise of many notable acts who have spread their influence south to Denver like ZEMBU, The Yawpers, and Slow Caves. Now, it is time for the psych-rock part of this scene to take center stage. Their offering comes in the way of a quintet that has produced one of the most solid and impressive albums of the genre that has graced the front range. The name of this act is The Crooked Rugs, and they are not a group to soon forget.”
“The Crooked Rugs’ new LP, THAT! is what you’ve been searching for on that AM dial all of these years – something that manages to sound otherworldly and familiar at the same time. In their follow-up to January’s IT!, the band draws from every era of psychedelic rock, further refining their sound.”
“On their debut LP IT!, the Colorado band takes the compulsory ingredients of modern rock band instrumentation and creates something wonderfully foreign. Echoes of psych, prog, and garage rock resound, but each song is clearly the result of diligent experimentation.”
