What does Communikey have in store for lucky festival-goers this year? Plenty, and one of the most intriguing options is Lulacruza, a duo that fuses Latin melodies with funky electronic drumbeats, soaring female vocals and elaborate guitar lines. Alejandra Ortiz hails from Colombia and provides vocals as well as sounds…
See Also: – Denver’s ten best karaoke bars – Best of Denver 2012 – Rear Inn Lounge/Armida’s – Best of Denver 2011 – Music Bar – Best of Denver 2010 – Charlie Brown’s Bar & Grill Before Dave Staff started singing Peggy Lee and Bing Crosby in front of an…
See Also: • Twenty most gnarly metal shirts we saw last night • (Photos) Opeth at the Ogden Theatre, 10/11 • Q&A with Bill Kelliher of Mastodon • (Review) Mastodon at Ogden Theatre, 11/9/11 • (Review) Ghost at Marquis Theater, 1/27/12 The Mastodon, Opeth and Ghost tour may be the…
See Also: • (Photos) Mastodon, Opeth and Ghost at the Fillmore Auditorium, 4/23/12 • Q&A with Bill Kelliher of Mastodon • Now, that’s what you call a metal shirt. Nice work, Havok • The Tom Petty shirts we spotted last night in the parking lot • How old is your…
Washed Out (due Thursday, April 26, at the Bluebird Theater) started out as a bedroom project of Ernest Greene when he was living in Perry, Georgia. As with many artists in the last decade or so, Perry connected with other independent musicians through the Internet, where he posted music to…
See Also: Best of Denver 2008 – Best Club Comeback After a five-year run as Sutra, the space at 1109 Lincoln Street, once known as the Donkey Den, is closed for remodeling. If you’ve driven by, you’ve probably noticed that the place has received a fresh new coat of black…
See Also: • Q&A with Nick Zammuto • CMKY brings electronic arts and music to Boulder for a fourth year Morton Subtonick (due Thursday, April 26, at ATLAS Institute as part of the annual Communikey Festival) is the pioneer of synthesizer music. Before he commissioned engineer Don Buchla to build…
See Also: Tupac hologram at Coachella: Here’s how it was done Okay, so now we have it straight from the doctor’s mouth: Contrary to an item in the Wall Street Journal last week citing “a person familiar with the discussions” claiming that representatives of Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg were…
See Also: • Prince’s Sign of the Times turns 25 • Velvet Underground & Nico turns 45 • More Today in History posts When the ’80s became the ’90s, everyone stepped up their game. Rap matured lyrically and became more sonically sophisticated, while rock became more intelligent and emotionally rich…
This time last year, the most contagious pop trend was working with Pitbull, and what a bandwagon trend that was. As much as we’re glad the Pitbull days are over, we’re not too hot for this new thing, either. And this new thing, somewhat strangely, is serving as a judge…
See Also: • Best of Coachella weekend one • Ten awkward Coachella dance moves weekend one • Ten awkward Coachella dance moves weekend two • Tupac hologram at Coachella: Here’s how it was done • Complete Coachella coverage The first weekend of Coachella was cold, damp and wet. The second…
See also: • Ten awkward dance moves weekend one • Complete Coachella coverage We were strolling through the Coachella grounds last weekend trying not to trip over passed out people when we encountered this fella. We weren’t sure if it was the headdress, the dance moves, or the combination of…
See Also: • (Review) Mastodon at Ogden Theatre, 11/9/11 • (Photos) Mastodon at Red Rocks, 10/4/10 • (Review) Mastodon at Fox Theatre, 4/14/09 Mastodon (due tonight at the Fillmore Auditorium) formed in 2000 after meeting at a High on Fire show — at least that’s the myth, and it suits…
PIERCED ARROWS @ HI-DIVE | 4/21/12 As the last notes of “The Wait” ended, they blended into the Toody Cole’s familiar bass pulse that introduced Pierced Arrows’ epic, and much beloved, “Paranoia.” Fred Cole tapped the Bigsby on his Guild Polara to modulate the feedback before heading into one of…
LEVITATE FESTIVAL @ 1STBANK CENTER | 4.20.12 See Also: • (Q&A) Rusko: “I, of course, support medical marijuana, and I am clearly a patient.” • (Profile) OMG! Rusko’s stepping into mainstream territory with his new album • (Review) Rusko, M80 Dubstation at the Ogden Theatre, 09.21.10 • (Review) DJ Shadow…
See Also: • A comprehensive guide to Record Store Day 2012 activities • In honor of Record Store Day this Saturday: Ten records we treasure. • Wax Trax celebrating 33 1/3 birthday in April Like Rob Flemmng’s Championship Vinyl in the book High Fidelity, it was “mostly young men.” But…
Meranda CarterOver the past 30 years, alternative Britpop rockers James have been one of the most underrated bands to come from Manchester. Having toured across the globe and played some of the biggest festivals in the world, frontman Tim Booth knows a thing or two about what makes a show…
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Molly Bergen See Also: • The Best of Coachella: Friday, April 20 • Our Complete Coachella Coverage Yesterday was 4/20. It was also Coachella. And so, the percentage of festival-goers who were stoned rose from a paltry 75 percent to a full 98 percent. (These estimates come courtesy of our…
See Also: • Free Wyclef Jean 4/20 show at CU in Boulder draws unbelievably paltry crowd • 4/20 at CU Boulder: Wyclef Jean concert, police crackdown to shrink event? • Wyclef Jean at Coors Event Center on 4/20 So the figure first reported yesterday by Whitney Bryen of the Colorado…
Update: YouTube video of Wyclef Jean’s freestyle added below (“For the record,” he sings, “I would never sell out,” presumably in response to the anti-MJ clause of the contract), along with video from the Denver Post of Jean’s brother surrounded by students and smoking up in an effort to get…
Happy 4/20! Whether you partake in the green festivities or not, this entire weekend will be greener than Kermit. With a slew of album release parties to choose from, enough reggae to keep the bodies winding on the dance floor through clouds of smoke, and more, this weekend is shaping…
