SAT | ARTOPIA at SOCO CLUBS | 2/22/14 Artopia is always a blast, and this year’s lineup includes a cornucopia of producers and bands handpicked from the local scene, including Shady Elders, Confluence, FaceMan, Colfax Speed Queen, the Outfit, the Royal, Pruitt, Mikey Thunder, Decadon, Lotus Drops, Pan Astral and…
Somebody has listed a pair of Beats Pro headphones on eBay that is allegedly one of the pairs that was gifted to the Denver Broncos during Super Bowl week. According to the listing, only 108 were manufactured, and 54 were given to each team. The headphones are diamond gemmed, according…
Bummer news if you were planning on catching Slaughterhouse at the Bluebird Theater on Tuesday, April 1. The show has been canceled, and refunds are available wherever you purchased tickets. According to the folks at AEG, the outfit has postponed its tour to focus efforts on finishing its forthcoming album…
It was evident early on that New Orleans trumpeter Nicholas Payton had tremendous trumpet chops. After a stint with legendary drummer Elvin Jones, Payton inked a deal with Verve at the age of twenty and went on to release seven discs for the imprint, as well as a number of…
In his weekly column, award-winning goofball Shea Serrano, whose recent exploits include Bun B’s Rapper Coloring and Activity Book, writes about his life and times. 3:20 p.m.: Today I am chaperoning our school’s Valentine’s Day dance. A line of about 100 kids is already waiting to get into the cafeteria,…
A few months ago, the original Walnut Room on Walnut Street closed in its patio, put heaters out there and expanded the seating. Because of that, the spot has been a lot more busy and to accommodate for that the kitchen is being expanded and the bar in the music…
The title of “Reverend” is high on the list when Jason Downing breaks down his many duties in the Fort Collins-based quintet Musketeer Gripweed. “It’s teaching and preaching,” says Downing of his deeper mission in the folk, rock, roots and gospel outfit. “That’s what I’m interested in having in the…
Surprisingly, spoken word is not often successfully combined with rap. On Nightdreams & Daymares, however, Bianca Mikahn does a flawless job of bridging the two. Pulling from deep wells of assonance, consonance and rhyme, Mikahn dances in the ebb and flow of Dile’s dreamy production, her free association finding and…
It’s clear that the members of We’s Us put a lot of care, attention and craft into their self-titled full-length. The evidence lies in the complex melodies, nuanced effects and layered sounds that mark each of the album’s fourteen tracks. A lengthy stretch of effects-laden guitar lines and augmented chords…
It’s fairly evident from “Jackson Town,” the opening cut on the Railsplitters’ twelve-song, self-titled debut, and tunes like “Lonesome Feeling” and “Blue Moon” that the Boulder-based quartet has a respectable handle on traditional bluegrass. But elsewhere on the disc, it’s clear that bluegrass and roots are also something of a…
On his new EP, Man Mantis demonstrates how a year or two of experimentation across a handful of singles has sharpened his creative output. Compared to the material on his last album (Cities Without Houses), the rhythm palette has been expanded, and the sense of space within arrangements has improved…
Back again here with another fresh batch of homegrown hip-hop. This week we’ve got a new club anthem from Myrical, a genre-blending gem from Hwood, a new cut from Trev Rich and sweet serenade from Boozilla with some help from Dae Dai. Continue on to see what’s good this week…
Superhumanoids (due this Friday, February 21, at the Ogden Theatre) formed in Los Angeles in 2009, when friends and multi-instrumentalists Cameron Parkins, Sarah Chernoff and Max St. John came together over a mutual interest in R&B and ’80s pop music. Though much has been made of the group’s connection to…
While Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole and Mel Torme made singing jazz standards part of their repertoire, some consider them to be more from the crooners school. Here we’ve put together a list of the ten of the best male singers who excelled in jazz, whether it be…
In his weekly column, award-winning goofball Shea Serrano, whose recent exploits include Bun B’s Rapper Coloring and Activity Book, writes about his life and times. Flickr/Javier Lopez Zavala Earlier this week, I went to the funeral of a person that I cared about. While I am of course happy that…
Pruitt Poythress (due at Artopia this Saturday, February 22) has crafted a sound that translates his fascination with the storytelling styles of hip-hop’s golden era into modern dance music. Creating big-room sounds minus the same old build-and-drop structure of most electronic sets, Pruitt works the ebbs and flows of his…
Carter Matthews, better known these days as Toy Box, is bringing a new voice to the Colorado EDM scene. With a live show complemented by live instrumentation — namely, a 1911 Gibson mandolin — Matthews is putting a new slant on dance music. We spoke with the young producer about…
The Wild Feathers (due at the Bluebird Theater this Friday, February 21) don’t hide their love for classic folk, rock and country. The Nashville quartet has made a kind of musical mission statement out of paying tribute to giants like Neil Young, Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones. The act’s…
Railroad Earth is due at the Boulder Theater on Friday, August 1, followed by a show at Red Rocks on Saturday, August 12, with Greensky Bluegrass and the Wood Brothers. Tickets for the latter show go on sale this Saturday, February 22, at 10 a.m. Flux Pavilion, meanwhile, headlines Red…
Back with another edition of In the Mix, a feature in which we spotlight new dance tracks and mixes from local producers and DJs. This week, we’ve got a tech-and-trap mix from Andy Immerman and Geodesic of the Souls In Action crew, a Valentine’s Day cut from Late Night Radio…
DEAFHEAVEN at MARQUIS THEATER | 2/16/14 There was some real emotional heft to Deafheaven’s set at the Marquis last night that was more visceral than most mere post-rock. Musically it felt like a fusion of black metal and a late ’90s post-hardcore, even treading into emo territory. The heaviness was…
Since its inception in 2003, Man Man (due Monday, February 17, at the Fox Theatre) has made music that defied easy categorization; if anything, it suggests that the bandmembers have listened to a whole lot of Captain Beefheart. The act’s album titles, often seemingly surrealistic, make interesting and creative cultural…
