MOON BOOTS @ NORAD | FRI, 5/24/13 Moon Boots maintains a mysterious persona appropriate for a being who’s allegedly imbued with sentience in a top-secret NASA experiment, but here’s what we know about him: He’s based out of Chicago, he’s signed on the French Express label, and he has a…
A lifetime of music fandom and a voracious appetite for new things has given me a wide-ranging (if sometimes shallow) knowledge of musical styles, forms and history. Despite that, there are holes. Big holes. And some of those holes are, well, embarrassing. I’ve decided the time has come to fill…
Feel like partying in the park this holiday weekend? Here’s your soundtrack, courtesy of Jay Bianchi’s Summer of Serendipity series. The two days of free music this weekend at Civic Center Park features The Space Lab: Kraftwerk ReAmped, a supergroup of sorts comprising Jesse Miller from Lotus, Steve Molitz from…
The Great American Techno Festival has revealed part of the lineup for the third annual edition of the burgeoning techno extravaganza. Following up last year’s banner lineup of Kevin Saunderson and John Tejada, this year’s Great American Techno Fest, which is slated to take place Friday, September 13, through Sunday,…
There are many different versions of DJ Babyshoe running around Denver, depending on who you ask and when they last saw him. On any given weekend, Babyshoe (aka Eric Talledo) is crisscrossing the city spinning forgotten hits at the Lost Lake, playing a party hosted by TheHundred or unleashing late…
Okay, so you know how fan-shot videos by all accounts generally suck? Beside the shaky, migraine-inducing footage, the audio is generally awful and sounds like it was literally recorded from the inside of the speaker cone. I think we can all agree that they’re a monumental waste of time for…
People come up and say, ‘I’ve never seen anything like that before. When are you playing again?'” marvels bassist Harmony Star about how audiences often react to her band, Dangerous Nonsense. “We don’t even know how to explain it. Our influences couldn’t explain what we sound like.” “And it wouldn’t…
With its refreshing take on percussion and production, the music on Dawn Safari’s Mask isn’t what you’d expect during the height of bass’s fame. Rather than building up to massive drops, this chilled-out drum-and-bass relies on samples and loops, with nods to hip-hop — but even those are subtle and…
Durango’s self-proclaimed country-fried indie-rock act Farmington Hill sums up Road to Nowhere as “music suitable for both a raucous Saturday night and the accompanying Sunday hangover.” Sure enough, some of the five-piece’s twangy alt-country tunes — “Oh Yeah,” “Pass Me the Bottle,” “Pass Out” — could be the ideal soundtrack…
It’s fairly clear from the opening cut of Justin Francoeur’s debut, Moving Through Universes, what an ambitious undertaking the disc was: “Gravity” starts off with a rock groove and gradually works in various worldly elements such as the erhu, a Chinese stringed instrument played here by Brian Mullins. Francoeur clearly…
There is something otherworldly and old-worldly about the songs on the Seven Hats’ Scientific American; they’d be right at home on a Guy Maddin soundtrack. Julie Davis’s voice, while in the foreground, sounds like it was captured on film and then played until the film stock was worn to the…
We’re still a small band,” Dawes frontman Taylor Goldsmith insists. “We’ve still got a long way to go before we’re like, ‘This is a secure position for us.'” Perhaps so, but Dawes has certainly been making big moves lately. The quartet played fourteen showcases at South by Southwest this year,…
Assuming you still have some gas left in the tank after seeing Widespread Panic at the Rocks, Cervantes’ is hosting the Rocky Mountain Power Jam. The post-show hootenanny features an all-star cast of players, including Colonel Bruce Hampton of Aquarium Rescue Unit, George Porter Jr. of the Meters, Eric McFadden…
This week’s crop of new local hip-hop jams is particularly eclectic, ranging from boom-bap to electronic to jazzy to funk. We’ve got tracks from Wheelchair Sports Camp, Bullhead*ded, Molina Speaks and PIKE. Keep reading to see what’s good. See also: – Fresh local hip-hop from Atak One, Planes!, Foodchain and…
Bassist Peter Hook, who played Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures at the Bluebird in 2011, returns to the area with his group, the Light, to perform New Order’s Movement and Power, Corruption & Lies at the Gothic Theatre on Saturday, September 28. Tickets ($25.75) go on sale this Saturday, May 25…
Music is filled with surprises. For every good-looking rebel working diligently to bring sexy back, there’s a bookish nerd sitting in a dim corner furiously scribbling esoteric poetry in a lyrics journal. Referencing literature is a surefire way to show the world that you’re a sensitive soul with important thoughts…
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 listening…
Kylesa got its start in 2001 when former members of sludge-metal band Damad teamed up with guitarist and visual artist Laura Pleasants. From the beginning, this Savannah, Georgia-based band has shown no loyalty to a specific genre; as a result, the outfit’s discography has been fascinatingly varied. See also: -…
So last week, as all of the gear was being broken down and loaded out after his unprecedented two-day, four-show run, Prince had a super-duper, triple secret after party at Lannie’s Clocktower Cabaret. It was so secret, in fact, that Becky Toma, who handles promotions and marketing at the club,…
TURBONEGRO @ OGDEN THEATRE | 5/20/13 The familiar feedback leading to the down-strumming guitar intro of “Get It On” drew people to come from the upper areas of the Ogden to join in the pit down front last night. Turbonegro’s new lead singer Tony Sylvester, dressed up like some bizarre…
VAMPIRE WEEKEND @ RED ROCKS | 5/20/13 Last night at Red Rocks, Vampire Weekend showed all the strength that has made it so compelling since the release of its first record five years ago. From Ezra Koenig’s effortless falsetto and drummer Chris Tomson’s rollicking drum rolls that eerily echo old…
Seven months after Tavern 13 relocated a few blocks south from its previous location at 1312 South Broadway to the former Heidi’s Brooklyn Deli spot at 1643 South Broadway, the venue shut its doors the first week in May. When we stopped by to confirm the bar’s closure, a sign…
