While Kentucky-based Ben Sollee is a classically trained cellist, he’s also steeped in the vintage soul of guys like Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and Sam Cooke. On last year’s excellent Learning to Bend, in fact, Sollee took Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” and twisted the lyrics a bit, put…
For the past decade, Ami Benari has run Tarantula Billiards (1456 Champa Street) with a simple business plan: Make a small profit by encouraging long-term relationships. Amenities like free pool have helped attract a loyal following, he says; some customers have frequented Tarantula pretty much since it opened in an…
Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane grabbed the top spot at Independent Records with his latest effort, The State vs. Radric Davis, released last week on Asylum. Snoop Dogg claimed the second slot with Malice in Wonderland, released last week on Priority, while Lady Gaga’s Fame Monster nabbed third place, and Clipse’s…
England-based alt-rock band Muse, who’s touring in support of its latest effort, The Resistance, is slated to visit Odeum Colorado (formerly the Broomfield Event Center) with Silversun Pickups on Tuesday, April 6. Tickets, which are $39.50 to $49.50, go on sale Saturday, December 19, at 10 a.m. Yeasayer, who’s sophomore…
Susan Boyle, whose I Dreamed a Dream is burning up American and UK charts, grabs the top spot at Bart’s CD Cellar for the week ending December 13. Norah Jones claims the second slot with her latest effort, The Fall, and Rodrigo y Gabriela checks in at number three with…
Susan Boyle and Tom Waits continue to duke it out at Twist & Shout. Three weeks ago, Boyle took the top spot with her debut, I Dreamed a Dream, and Waits grabbed the top spot with Glitter and Doom Live two weeks ago. Well, Boyle’s back on top for the…
Neil Young’s Dreamin’ Man Live ’92, which includes a complete live performance of Harvest Moon before the studio album was released, grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax this week, while Mars Volta’s Omar Rodriguez-Lopez claimed the second slot with his latest effort, Xenophanes. Tom Waits, meanwhile, checked in at…
There was a time when Action Packed Thrill Ride’s tunes were steeped in countrified Americana, but over the four years the band has been at it, the sound has evolved. The quartet, which began as Lucas Johannes’s solo project, hasn’t completely abandoned its backwoods roots on this three-song EP; there’s…
Paul Piciocchi likes intimate, cozy spaces where you can have fun without huge crowds. As the owner of Tryst (1512 Larimer Street) and Sutra (1109 Lincoln Street), a club that Piciocchi recently sold to its manager, Mark Strazisar, he’s done pretty well with smaller spaces. So when he took on…
R. Kelly’s ninth album, Untitled, released last week on Jive, grabbed the top spot at Independent Records for the week ending December 6. New-Orleans-based rapper Juvenile, meanwhile, came in second with his latest effort, Cocky and Confident, while Birdman’s Priceless took the third slot. 50 Cent’s Before I Self-Destruct and…
Apparently there was a bit of a fight between Tom Waits’ Glitter & Doom Live and Susan Boyle’s I Dreamed a Dream last week at Twist & Shout, and fortunately, Waits, who turned sixty yesterday, was the victor. Blakroc, the Black Keys’ new hip-hop project, came in third, while Them…
While recording songs for Jim Sampas’ documentary about Jack Kerouac, Son Volt’s Jay Farrar and Death Cab for Cutie’s Benjamin Gibbard realized they both shared an affinity for the famed Beat writer. After recording songs for the film, the pair continued to work on songs using words from Kerouac’s novel…
Norah Jones latest effort, The Fall, grabbed the top spot at Bart’s CD Cellar for the third week in a row, besting Susan Boyle’s I Dreamed Up a Dream, which is number one on Billboard’s 200 chart. John Mayer’s Battle Studies and the self-titled debut by Blakroc, the Black Keys’…
Tom Waits’ Glitter and Doom Live, which includes tracks from last year’s Glitter and Doom tour, grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax for the week ending November 29. The Black Keys’ hip-hop project Blakroc, which features rappers like Raekwon, RZA and Mos Def, came in second with their self-titled…
Fifteen years after I graduated from college, I finally discovered beer pong when I stopped in at Hiccups I (7980 Sheridan Boulevard in Westminster) on a recent Monday. The joint was jumping at 11:15 p.m., with a DJ spinning Bell Biv Devoe’s “Do Me!” At one end of the club,…
Norah Jones’ latest effort, The Fall, nabbed the top spot at Bart’s CD Cellar for the second week in a row. Tom Petty’s four-disc Live Anthology, released last week on Reprise, came in second while Them Crooked Vultures’ self-titled debut came in third for the week ending November 29. Bob…
Alice in Chains hits the road in February in support of Black Gives Way to Blue, its first studio album in fourteen years, and with new singer William DuVall, who took over vocal duties for the band after original singer Layne Staley passed away in 2002. The band hits the…
Lady Gaga’s Fame Monster, released last week on Interscope, nabbed the top spot at Independent Records for the week ending November 29. Birdman’s Priceless, released last week on Cash Money, and Tech N9NE’s K.O.D. came in second and third, while 50 Cent’s Before I Self Destruct and Blakroc’s self-titled album…
Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle’s I Dreamed a Dream, which is the fastest selling album in Britain this year, nabbed the top spot at Twist & Shout for the week ending November 29. Tom Waits’ Glitter and Doom Live, released last week on Anti, came in second while Them Crooked…
Norah Jones’ The Fall, released last week on Blue Note, grabbed the top spot at Bart’s CD Cellar for the week ending November 22. John Mayer’s Battle Studies and Them Crooked Vultures’ self-titled debut, both released last week, as well, came in second and third, while Dave Rawlings’ Friend of…
The name Faces of Radio is fitting for this band, because it seems like the players are aiming for the airways — or at the very least, enticing people to make their way to the dance floor. With that in mind, the act relies on a somewhat safe and formulaic…
Two years ago, I made my first visit to Northfield Shops at Stapleton for the grand opening of the Denver Improv (8246 East 49th Avenue). Although Northfield can be seen from I-70 and is just a ten- or fifteen-minute drive from downtown, it still felt like it was in the…
