
Urata recalled a time when he lived in Martin Acres and used pizza as a way to barter with other emerging bands.

On Saturday, Devotchka will play an inaugural concert with the Boulder Philharmonic at the University of Colorado Boulder’s stunning Gothic-style venue, Macky Auditorium, in a truly special performance, given the band’s early ties to Boulder. “I used to do open mics there at the beginning, when I really couldn’t get anyone to play with me,” Urata said.Ĭlearly, things have changed - Penny Lane and Tulagi are now defunct, and Urata has no problem getting people to play with him. In a walk down Boulder music venue memory lane, Urata, frontman for indie rock band Devotchka, recalls his early days of playing at legendary venues Penny Lane and Tulagi. Before Nick Urata and his band Devotchka were nominated for a Grammy Award for best soundtrack for the Academy Award-winning film “Little Miss Sunshine,” he was a solo artist bopping around the Boulder music scene in the early 2000s.
