DanceSafe’s mission is spelled out rather plainly in its name. With nine chapters now in place across the United States and Canada, including the latest one in Denver, the non-profit organization, as its name implies, was founded to educate, inform and engage in frank dialogue with members of the dance…
The Mile High Sound Movement is a collective of artists, ranging from MCs and producers to photographers and artists. Zack Karuzas, both a rising local MC and co-founder of Mile High Sound Movement, spared his lunch hour to talk with us about “Warm Beats for Cold Streets,” a project started…
SBTRKT at THE BLUEBIRD THEATER, 11/5/11This past Saturday night at the Bluebird Theater, U.K.-based, vowel-abstaining electronic artist SBTRKT (aka Aaron Jerome) set it off with the help of Mikey Thunder and Peter Black. Offering up a set of music that featured live drums and vocals and donning a ceremonial mask,…
PAPER DIAMOND at the OGDEN | 11/4/11Paper Diamond (aka Alex Botwin) cut the bullshit last night on its first headlining appearance at the Ogden. With the assistance of fellow Elm and Oak labelmate Raw Russ, Boulder locals Sorry For Partying, and Minnesota, Paper Diamond dropped new material and showed Denver…
SKRILLEX at 1STBANK CENTER | 10/31/11Skrillex’s performance last night at 1STBANK is one for the books. Thanks to the live synched projector mapping, coupled with two towering LED screens on both sides, the electronic artist, whose given name is Sonny Moore, demonstrated just how he’s gone from opening shows at…
When Matt Finn was able to finally quit his job as an e-mail server technician thanks to the success of his ClearTune guitar-tuning application for smartphones, his world changed forever. From a humble office located on Denver’s 16th Street Mall, Finn and his fellow innovators at BitCount have come out…
MiM0SA at THE FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 10/29/11Tigran Mimosa celebrated Halloween at the Fill-Morgue with a full venue of ghouls, girl scouts, slutty devils and rabid fans. With openers Sleepyhead, GinZ and Kastle readying the filling the floor, the Fill-Morgue was plenty lively on Saturday night. Page down for a visual…
Sometimes, you just don’t have the cash lying around to splurge on that expensive Halloween costume. Fear not, young heathens! We have compiled a list of costumes for you that cost nearly nothing. In fact, you probably have the materials lying around the house. Click through for some ideas. And,…
This weekend is huge. It’s one of those, “If you aren’t here, then you aren’t having as much fun as me” kind of weekends. The deck is stacked with amazing things to do, so pick a card — any card. We’ve got some passes to Designer Drugs at Club Vinyl…
Tigran Mimosa (aka MiM0SA, due at the Fillmore Auditorium this Saturday, October 29) hails from the West Coast, but after returning from a summer spent in a New York studio, he can attest to the positive influence and energy emitting from that side of the country. On the eve of…
In just one short year, Tigran Mimosa has gone from bass-bombing Cervantes’ and playing free shows at Boulder record stores to headlining the Fillmore. His most recent album, 58 Degrees, showcases his drum-and-bass influences while hinting at his progression into a finer, more complex realm of musical composition and cross-genre…
TRENTEMØLLER at the OGDEN THEATRE | 10/21/11Though certainly not the dark horse by any electronic music connoisseur’s standards, Trentemøller’s performance Friday night at the Ogden Theatre was one for the books. Ribbon banners, flash-popping strobes, projectors, and a full five-piece band backed the Danish IDM musician, whose pass through Denver…
Improv theater is risky, especially when it calls for pulling an unsuspecting audience member onto the stage for the entirety of the show. Case in point, the Garner Galleria’s production of Blind Date, in which the show’s creator and only star, Rebecca Northan, hand-picks a fellow from the crowd to…
Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom has been undergoing many changes in the past few months, including relocating the sound booth to the floor, expanding the stage, adding more lighting fixtures and, most recently, replacing the flooring in the balcony with industrial rubber matting and removing the benches that previously lined the walls…
The second night of Sonic Blossom opened with a lecture from Jamie Janover on tetrahedrons, crop circles, and basic unified field theory discussion. Kraddy headlined the Ballroom while locals Project Aspect, Samples, and Eminence Ensemble closed down the Otherside. Click through to see some images of the night…
Sonic Bloom and Cervantes presented the first night of Sonic Blossom. Hosting more than a dozen musicians, live painters, performers and fire dancers in the full venue, Sonic Blossom held true to its roots and transformed a regular Saturday night into a culturally educating experience. Photos from the first of…
Belly dancing, heavy drums, performance artists and live music create the environment surrounding Beats Antique, who we’ve just learned will be at the Fillmore Auditorium on Saturday, December 3. Talk about making moves: Around this time last year, the act was opening for the Glitch Mob on Halloween, but this…
So far, 2011 has been a big year for Jerry Jay Jaramillo, better known for the music he makes as Project Aspect. A veteran of both the Sonic Bloom and Wakarusa music festivals, Jaramillo teased audiences with songs from this EP during his live sets before dropping them as one…
At the height of fall in Colorado, as the leaves mature from sun blazed umbrellas into a landscaped rug, Colorado experiences a glowing transformation. Aspen Mountain, in particular bursts with an electric glaze, one that was too bright to ignore over the weekend when I was in Aspen to cover…
Global Dance Festival has become a staple in the Colorado dance music scene since launching in 2002. This year the festival grew to three days, hosting more than forty artists on three stages. In partnership with Triad Dragons, executive producer Taj Nahar and directors Gabriel Rovick and Travis Conklin of…
Last night, we tagged along with Paul Brandt, aka Paul Basic, as he and Michal Menert were doing a photo shoot with Pat Milbery and the So-Gnar snowboarding monster. Brandt is one of the most recent additions to Derek Vincent Smith’s Pretty Lights Music imprint. Between snapshots, we spoke with…
The bridge between hip-hop and dubstep is gradually getting shorter, and Vibesquad, a.k.a. Aaron Holstein, brought out some of the most impressive b-boys and b-girls to show off on stage during his set last night at the Ogden. It’s as if the bass crowd is coming full circle by realizing…
