CrazyWorld begins like a vivid nightmare. The apocalyptic tone of Grizz’s lyrics, along with the urgency in his voice, immediately raises the stakes of the album. Grizz points out the damning omens he finds around him but provides no easy solutions; it’s a bleak picture. Then, near the halfway point,…
Save for a rousing take on Duke Ellington’s “Caravan,” Leslie Brown’s Tenderly is an unhurried affair — and that’s as it should be, because the singer’s relaxed delivery is suited to songs that are slow and slinky, such as opener “He Must Be in Love” and the gorgeous title track…
With the influx of soulless rap overtaking the airwaves, it’s no surprise that passionate MCs are answering back with deep, soulful interpretations that recall the genre’s golden era. Made Up Minds’ latest release, Of Sound Mind, is the perfect example with its resounding beats, zealous flows and animated wordplay. Zet…
The first release in nine years from experimental jazz outfit Perry Weissman 3, 3 seems less abstract and slightly more organic than some of the band’s earlier music. The dissonance at the end of “Summer Circus” fits in with a possible covert theme suggested in titles like “Nobody Could Have…
Dragonette has been hot on the underground pop scene for years, but it wasn’t until last year that the band came charging onto the radio with global party-starter “Hello,” a collaboration with Martin Solveig. Almost overnight, the outfit — lead singer Martina Sorbara; her husband, multi-instrumentalist Dan Kurtz; and drummer…
Stenchman is one of several monikers that producer, DJ and sometimes MC Jack Carter uses; you might also know him as Henchman, or as half of Suspicious Stench, alongside Suspect. He’s dabbled in dub-style sounds since his early days of production, which involved a lot of drum-and-bass, and his musical…
Thinking about New Year’s Eve yet? No? Well, you might want to get jump on things, especially if you’re an STS9 fan. We just got word that the outfit is playing a three-night New Year’s Eve run at the Fillmore Auditorium from Saturday, December 29 through Monday, December 31. Tickets…
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult began as a film idea that Frankie Nardiello and Marsten Daley had that never fully came to fruition. The two met while touring with Ministry, and in 1987, inspired in part by disco, exploitation films, the industrial scene happening around them in Chicago…
Taking a Dylan-esque route of abandoning acoustic folk for mod rock, Britt Rodemich teamed up with local favorites Casey Banker — fresh from the now-defunct Don’ts and Be Carefuls — Miles Eichner of Tulip Wars, and Marlon Chance of Spires to form Shady Elders, an indie-rock supergroup of sorts. “Everyone…
Disgusted with the re-election of George W. Bush, in 2005 Firewater ringleader Tod A left New York — where he’d lived for the previous two decades and where he’d fronted Cop Shoot Cop — and headed out of the country on a three-year journey that took him to the Middle…
2CHAINZ @ OGDEN THEATRE | 9/17/12 The moment 2Chainz took the stage, it became very obvious why this show was moved from the Bluebird Theater to the Ogden at the last minute. When the ATL rapper finally placed the mike to his lips and dropped his verse from “Mercy,” the…
The Salty Dog is slated to open in early October in the former Mo’s space, 1037 Broadway, which closed last January after a two-year-plus run. The dog-friendly sports tavern will serve Colorado craft brews and be a Colorado State University alumni bar. Owner Justin Henry says via Facebook that every…
If you thought last week’s new show announcements were killer, brace yourself. This week’s show is just as killer, er make that Killers. After being missing in action for the past couple of years, the Las Vegas quartet is making its triumphant return this November at the 1STBANK Center in…
As people who think about, talk about, write about, listen to and make music, it shouldn’t be too surprising to find that the most common (and our mutually favorite) topic of conversation among all of us is the same: “What are you listening to right now?” Stick a quarter in…
The city of Denver is known for its various species of beer geeks, outdoor enthusiasts and sports fans, but the varied climate of the Denver music scene cultivates a diverse cluster of fans, from metal heads to hippies to Juggalos. Here, in the first of several chapters in our handy…
PAPER DIAMOND @ OGDEN THEATRE | 9/14/12 After years of testing out the waters of dance music, Alex Botwin’s solo project Paper Diamond is ready to take it to the next level. At the Ogden Theatre this past weekend, the producer debuted his massive new light show, along with music…
As a teenager in the early ’60s, guitarist John Abercrombie had some key recordings that helped shape his musical focus, including Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue, John Coltrane’s Crescent, Sonny Rollins’s The Bridge, Ornette Coleman’s This Is Our Music and Bill Evans’s Interplay. On Abercrombie’s latest effort, the outstanding Within…
93.3’s THE BIG GIG @ RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE| 9/16/12 Future rock stars of America, when they’re doing their homework by watching all the YouTube vids they can find of fabulous frontmen lathering up a crowd, should instead go catch a Hives show to see how it’s done. Like a rock…
Welcome to another splendid week of music in the Mile High City. As usual, there are plenty of shows to choose from this week, from Kreator and Accept at the Gothic to DeVotchKa and the Airborne Toxic Event at Red Rocks with the Colorado Symphony, and we’ve got them all…
DELTRON 3030 @ CERVANTES’ MASTERPIECE BALLROOM | 9/16/12 The futuristic project known as Deltron 3030 and consisting of Del The Funky Homosapien, Dan “The Automator” Nakamura and DJ P-Love (sitting in for Kid Koala, who was apparently stuck in Canada) took over the stage at Cervantes last night just past…
SCIENCE PARTNER @ LARIMER LOUNGE | 9/14/12After ten songs, the audience didn’t want Science Partner to go — so Tyler Despres, Maria Kohler and Jess DeNicola stayed on stage to do their original Miley Cyrus-themed song. Despres had joked about how if the audience knew the words, it could sing…
Last June, the Rockstar Lounge closed after a year-and-a-half run. The spot is reopening tonight at Satori, after having been repainted and having the furniture reupholstered, in addition to having a new DJ booth built and a state of the art lighting and sound system installed. Prior to housing the…
