Music

Mike Cooley has never had a problem playing in front of huge crowds with the Drive-By Truckers. Playing solo, however, has been a different experience entirely. “Sitting down in a room of people right in front of me and playing a song on an acoustic guitar by myself, I would…

Many yawn-worthy bands have been inspired over the years by hard rock and metal from the ’70s and ’80s. But rest assured, there’s nothing boring about The Blackouts (due on Friday, February 22, at Jugg’z Saloon). Oh, sure, the group dishes out plenty of covers. But that’s what you do…

With the recent release of the latest Toro Y Moi album, Anything in Return, Chaz Bundick should be able to transcend the chillwave label that’s been assigned to him by countless critics. Like his friend and mutual mentor Ernest Green of Washed Out, Bundick started his project as an entirely…

Growing up in Boulder, Rudresh Mahanthappa got an early start on the saxophone and studied with Mark Harris — who exposed him to a wide variety of music — before heading to Berklee and DePaul University to study music. Since moving to New York in 1997, the innovative Mahanthappa has…

Ladies love G-Eazy. They absolutely adore him. Whether it’s his lazy-smooth flow or Dapper Dan look, we don’t know, but the last time he was in Denver, warming up for Hoodie Allen on the Excellent Adventure Tour at Summit Music Hall, bras were flying on stage like roses at the…

Marcel Everett (aka XXYYXX) may have just turned seventeen this past October, but his most recent effort, a self-titled album he released last year, is already his second. Often when we hear about teenage artists, it’s related to some kind of manufactured pop or punk. In the current era, though,…

Even though it’s far from the best cut on this mixtape, the song most emblematic of Myke Charles on Flight Plan is “Angels & Demons.” As Charles says, he’s “tryin’ to keep it real, but also tryin’ to make a million.” And he could do it. He’s already doing half…

As on their previous album, 2010’s Mountain Bound, the Blue Canyon Boys mix some first-rate originals with a number of covers on their fifth release, Next Go ‘Round. Early on, the guys stay with lively, foot-stomping bluegrass, then jazz it up on swinging numbers like “Heartaches Welcome” before slowing it…

Twin Peaks kicks off the new year with a five-track EP that weaves pop, prog, no-wave and grunge into a tapestry that tells a tale of the group’s creativity and technical proficiency. On “Noir Echoes,” which clocks in at a hearty seven and a half minutes, the hard-rocking refrain plunges…

The ebullient melodies that informed the music of Ian Gassman’s old band Night Owl can be heard throughout Confluence’s new EP. But instead of reflecting that group’s more upbeat Elvis Costello vibe, these songs have an expansiveness of spirit reminiscent of recent pop bands such as Surfer Blood and the…

Aside from touring as a solo act under the VibeSquaD moniker, Aaron Holstein has found the perfect balance between his duties as a highly sought-after EDM producer and those of being a father. Following a successful stint on Bassnectar’s VaVaVoom tour, Holstein has settled in for 2013 by touring with…

tINI holds down residencies in Ibiza, London and other high-profile cities all over the world as well as in her native Germany; despite her name, she’s clearly a force to be reckoned with. Then again, her moniker is just as likely a nod to her minimalist techno vibe as it is…

If you missed the hour-long live stream a bit ago in which “Weird” Al Yankovic announced the headliners for this year’s edition of Bonnaroo, rest easy: We’ve got you covered. We took notes on all the acts announced thus far. Prepare to be overwhelmed: There’s roughly ten billion on the…

It’s coming. You ready? Save the date: Saturday, June 22. That’s when we’ll be taking over the Golden Triangle once again for the nineteenth annual edition of the Westword Music Showcase, presented by Miller Lite. You know the deal: more bands than you can consume in one sitting, spread across…