Bassnectar brings power to the people

When I first got going,” recalls Lorin Ashton, “I was into fuckin’ brutal, satanic death metal.” Even with all of his hair, it’s hard to imagine that Ashton, better known in dance circles as Bassnectar, was once enthralled with extreme metal. After all, dubstep, the subgenre he’s essentially helped pioneer,…

Review: Excision at the Ogden Theatre, 2/16/12

EXCISION @ OGDEN THEATRE, 2/16/12 Last night, Excision, the Canada-bred dubstep monster, carried the Ogden Theatre on low frequency bass waves that were so powerful the ceiling is probably still resonating this morning. He opened his set with the title track of X-Rated, which immediately sent the eclectically clad (neon…

Sub.Mission celebrates five-year anniversary

You know how that “dubstep” thing has been steadily gaining popularity for the past few years here in Denver? Well, not to blame anyone or point fingers, but Sub.mission Dubstep crew can pretty much take full responsibility for it, and with a fifth anniversary coming up in April, you can…

Excision

In support of his most recent effort, X-Rated, Excision, one of the dubstep world’s latest kingpins, will show the Mile High City just how our neighbors to the north like to party. The DJ (known legally and to his mom as Jeff Abel) hails from British Columbia, and has found…

Global Dance Festival three-day passes to go on sale Wednesday

Get your track pads and refresh buttons ready, electro-heads! Exclusive three-day passes for the 2012 Global Dance Festival at Red Rocks Amphitheater are about to go on sale. This Wednesday, February 15 at noon, Triad Dragons are releasing exclusive, three-day passes to the largest electronic music festival in the Rocky…

Review: Lotus at the Fillmore Auditorium, 2/3/12

LOTUS @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 2/4/11 Freezing temperatures aside, the Fillmore was turned into a dancing sauna, brimming with melodic improvisations and thousands of moving bodies. If Lotus derived their band name from Greek origin, then we all got a taste of the sweet fruit that leaves you in a…

Lotus

The jazzy electronic quintet Lotus, known for its precisely timed improvisations during live shows, is celebrating its thirteenth year together. This weekend, fresh off the release of its most recent effort, Lotus, the band, which is signed to Boulder’s SCI Fidelity records, is kicking off a tour that will culminate…

The five coolest items at the 2012 SIA snow show

The SnowSports Industries of America trade show that filled the Colorado Convention Center last week has melted away — but not before we got the drop on some hot new items that will be on the shelves in your favorite shop this year. Technology has only gotten better, and so…

Icelantic’s Winter on the Rocks survival guide

Icelantic’s Winter on the Rocks, the first ever winter concert at Red Rocks is about to go down, and we wanted to hook you up with some tips for, uh, weathering the elements. With light snow and lower temperatures forecast for today, this could truly be one of the most…

Review: Big Gigantic at the Boulder Theater, 1/20/12

BIG GIGANTIC @ THE BOULDER THEATER | 1/20/12In closing down the set, “Eyes Closed” showed off some of the more complex rhythms that Dominic Lalli and Jeremy Salken — the duo which makes up Big Gigantic — are working with, especially the climatic ending where a machine-gun wobble shakes bodies…

David Choe finishes Terminal Kings, donates murals to city

After Los Angeles-based graffiti artist David Choe finished his murals for Denver International Airport’s Terminal Kings project, he did what any street artist would do: He went and found a blank wall in the city where he could leave his mark. That wall happened to be at 13th and Champa…

Review: Souls of Mischief at City Hall, 1/19/12

Souls of Mischief @ City Hall | 1/19/12 Following the Ninja Stylez Bboy competition in the main room, Souls of Mischief exploded from behind the stage, tearing into the opening lines of “You Never Knew” with A-Plus casually swayin’ behind his all-black shades amidst flawless lyricism. City Hall was all…

Win Tickets to See DJ Z-Trip at City Hall This Weekend

Update (1/20/12): Contest is over. We’ve picked a winner. Congrats to coupondaisy. You and a guest will be our guests at the show tomorrow. Check your email for details. Thanks to everybody else for all the entries! If you haven’t heard, DJ Z-Trip is getting down this weekend at City…