Pink was originally slated to bring her Truth About Love tour to the Pepsi Center on Friday, October 18, but upon direct doctor’s advisement, she postponed the date until Wednesday, October 30, in order to rest her voice. After a short rest, she played a pair of shows in the…
What is trap music? According to T.I., on the title track of his genre-defining Trap Muzik, it ain’t no album and it ain’t no game. Indeed, the origins of trap go beyond music — beyond even the Atlanta corners where drugs are dealt and rubber bands are filled — into…
Brandon Summers and Benjamin Weikel formed the Helio Sequence in Beaverton, Oregon, in 1999. On their first few releases, the duo created vividly realized, playfully psychedelic songs that made a languid, rockist format seem expansive and upbeat, particularly 2001’s Young Effectuals, which was like a day-glo-hued daydream of an album…
In his new column, award-winning goofball Shea Serrano writes about his life and times. Better put on your shoes, because your socks are about to be blown off. On Monday night I watched the movie about TLC, the most important all-girl rap group of all-time. It was on VH1. I…
Music is life — or at least it is for us. When we’re not writing about it, we’re thinking about it, talking about it or listening to it. These are the things that were in heavy rotation for us this week. What are you listening to? What should we be…
Stevie Boiser is an omnipresent figure in Denver metal. He fronts Vale of Pnath, and recently stepped down from Enemy Reign to focus on Dissonance in Design, a progressive death-metal quintet that features brothers Harrison and Zac Patuto on guitar and drums, respectively, as well as Vale of Pnath guitarist…
The Colorado Music Hall of Fame is preparing for its next round of inductions on Friday, November 8, at the Paramount Theatre. Before Judy Collins, Bob Lind, the Serendipity Singers and Chris Daniels become the next set of Colorado artists to be honored, an hour-long special is slated to air…
Kyle Even has parted ways with Breathe Carolina, and co-founder David Schmitt reports that the split is completely amicable. Even, who recently celebrated the birth of his first child, has left the fold to devote more time to his family. Breathe Carolina, whose current lineup features Schmitt, Luis Bonet on…
Savoy is slated to make its way back to the Mile High City for a headlining date at the Fillmore Auditorium on Saturday, February 15, as part of the act’s Get Lazer’d Tour. Tickets ($25) go on sale this Friday, October 25, at 10 a.m. Keep reading to see what…
After ringing in the New Year’s at 1STBANK Center this year, the String Cheese Incident is slated to make its way back to Broomfield for a trio of shows. The three-day run is set to kickoff on Saturday, December 28, with Bootsy Collins and the Funk Unity Band, followed by…
Phish, which kicked off its fall tour this past weekend in Virgina, has a body of work large enough to provide fans with endless fodder for “best ever” and “all-time great” arguments. Such discussions often devolve into pointed and passionate debates. It’s not that Phish fans are easily agitated or…
KRS-ONE at EXTRACT HARVEST FEST at CERVANTES’ | 10/19/13 The Extract Harvest Festival took over both sides of Cervantes’ with classic hip-hop and reggae filling the place. KRS-One was the main headliner, but all of the acts, which included the Pharcyde, Mr. Vegas and Trapzillas, among others, had the house…
TODD SNIDER at BLUEBIRD THEATER |10/19/13 Todd Snider didn’t skimp on stories at his show at the Bluebird Theater. Before “Ballad of Devil’s Backbone Tavern,” he told us how his nephew is getting into singing and songwriting. Apparently he had told Snider that he didn’t sing a lot of his…
THE BAD PLUS at THE ORIENTAL THEATER | 10/19/13 After the Bad Plus opened its set with “Pound for Pound” and “Wolf Out,” bassist Reid Anderson told a packed Oriental Theater, “We have to roll out the brand tunes because it’s that time of year,” he said. “The season changes…
THE NAKED AND FAMOUS at FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 10/18/13 Naked and Famous was in total control at the Fillmore. From the first chords of “A Stillness,” every string pluck and cymbal crash had been calculated, presumably in some sort of rock laboratory. Frontwoman Alisa Xayalith appeared onstage, clad in black,…
TUES | FLATBUSH ZOMBIEZ at CERVANTES’ OTHER SIDE | 10/22/13 As if torn out of the pages of a graphic novel, Flatbush Zombies are intense and ultra-stylized to an extent that is at once cartoonish and darkly gritty. Sometimes, in the case of very exciting music such as theirs, substance…
Tomorrow night at 1STBANK Center, Mike Alvarado will battle Ruslan Provodnikov in a junior welterweight title bout that will broadcast live on HBO (7:45 p.m.). The hometown hero, a two-time Skyview High School wrestling champion straight out of Thornton, is an intimidating warrior. If you’ve seen him fight, he’s an…
The Naked and Famous was founded in Auckland, New Zealand in 2008 by Thom Powers and Alisa Xayalith when the two were students at the Music and Audio Institute. Taking its name from Tricky’s “Tricky Kid,” the Naked and Famous isn’t exactly what you’d call trip-hop. Rooted in alt rock,…
FRI | THE NAKED AND FAMOUS at FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 10/18/13 Thom Powers and Alisa Xayalith formed this pop outfit in 2008 and recorded two EPs with future keyboard player Aaron Short when the three were students at the Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand in Auckland. Taking its…
SAT | LOO & PLACIDO at NORAD | 10/19/13 Artists like Danger Mouse and Z-Trip have brought the art of the mash-up to the forefront, but few take it to the extremes of Loo & Placido (aka Laurent Lupidi and Jeremy Johnson, respectively), who each played in assorted French bands…
Congrats, Lakewood High School, the winner of Good Morning America’s “Roar” with Katy Perry Contest. This morning from London, the pop star, who will perform live at the school next Friday for a Good Morning America broadcast, picked the Colorado school’s “Roar” lip-dub video as the winner of her contest…
Update, 10/18/13: Congrats to Daniel Padilla, he and a guest will be our guest at the Zombie Prom. Of the myriad fabulous distractions this weekend, the Zombie Crawl is perhaps the most enticing — well, maybe not if you’re necrophobic who finds the thought of throngs of dead people wandering…
