Kottonmouth Kings and Twiztid are teaming up for the Kaos & Kronik Tour, which starts next month in Kansas City and makes its way to the Ogden Theatre on Tuesday, May 15. Special guests Blaze and Big B open the show. Kottonmouth Kings are slated to drop their thirteenth studio…
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS @ OGDEN THEATRE | 03.09.12 The last time the Drive-By Truckers came through town they wrapped up a leg of a tour with a two-night stand at the Ogden Theatre a year ago. This time around, the guys kicked off a West Coast run at the same venue…
Marco Torres”What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area.” — Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive You don’t have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that all…
“The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought one formed a band.” This quote has been attributed to both Brian Eno and Peter Buck (of REM) — no one is completely certain who said it first, but that’s not the point. The fact remains that…
Update: 10:39 a.m. Sunday The Shins were on Saturday Night Live last night night weekend’s musical guests. Being invited to be the musical guest on an episode of SNL has been a benchmark of commercial success for any band of the last forty years. And for good reason: From Andy…
Tomorrow night at the Gothic Theatre, 20:12 — or 2MX2, as the group is now known — is set to release its new album, Case Study 20:12, and premier its new video for track “The Beast is Out,” directed by Emergency Room. We recently caught up with Role Pley and…
Over the last six years Paper Bird (due tonight at the Fox Theatre in Boulder and tomorrow night at the Aggie Theater in Fort Collins) has become a Denver favorite for all ages and backgrounds. Since dropping its debut album, Anything Nameless and Joymaking, in 2007, the bandmembers have been…
Today marks fifteen years since the Notorious B.I.G. was tragically gunned down in a murder that remains shrouded in opinion, mystery and haunting culture appeal. You probably remember exactly where you were on this day in 1997 when you heard the news that one of the game’s greatest rappers had…
This weekend, the weather will likely be warm enough to incite visions of summer dresses and cool drinks. You can get started with your summer loving this evening with a slew of party swagger with Damn Gurl, Ty Lawson at 24K or, on the hip-hop tip, with Anxious at Oak…
For over a decade, Umphrey’s McGee has been melting faces with insane covers, complex compositions and wild fan-interactive show. Ideas like the Stew-Art Series, the recently added “sUMmer School,” in which band members teach classes on songwriting, instrument improvisation and lighting techniques, and the UMBowl, are just a few of…
So there you have it. As of last night’s elimination round, American Idol is now down to the Top 12, and the person sent home quite frankly deserved to go. Good job, America. The top thirteen opened the show with Stevie Wonder’s “As.” For a group number, it was nothing…
In the history of rock there has never been a greater example of media manipulation than the Sex Pistols. From the Stones refusing to wear ties to Bowie claiming he was gay to Ozzy biting the head off a dove, press-savvy rockers have been tricking the media into endless headline…
It’s difficult to imagine, but U2 used to be cool. Not just cool, but one of the most innovative, inspiring and mysterious bands of its generation. The group challenged the sounds, look and emotional resonance of rock music, forever redirecting the cultural stream for good or ill. Today, while many…
Happy Friday! Another great weekend of music awaits you this weekend. Tonight the Drive-By Truckers kick off a three-night run in Colorado with a show at the Ogden Theatre, followed by a gig tomorrow night a the Fox in Boulder and a show at the Belly Up in Aspen on…
Friday night is going to kick this weekend off with a bang, and Saturday night is going to be truly killer, with Eats Everything (among several more out-of-town guests at one party), Pete Moss, Colorado’s own VibeSquaD with Phutureprimitive and much more providing the soundtrack to your weekend. Feel like…
Biggie Smalls — who died fifteen years ago today at age 24 — was most famous for his mafia style and lyrics tinged with his famous “don’t give a fuck” style. The track “Victory,” released posthumously, is the best example of this. When this joint dropped, it was clear that…
Boom! That’s our first reaction to the Shady Records lineup for this year’s SXSW. Take a look at the poster. Look closer. Uh-huh. There it is, right there: Next to all the boldfaced names, Yelawolf, Slaughterhouse and a Get Rich or Die Tryin’-performing 50 Cent, is Denver’s own Foodchain. These…
How awesome is “Big Pimpin’,” by Jay-Z? Really awesome. But some folks argue that its awesomeness comes courtesy of an unlicensed sample, and they’d like to be compensated. A new round of legal claims has been brought against HOV by a handful of heirs and music publishers who argue that…
Last night’s episode of American Idol wasn’t nearly as awkward as we had anticipated. With the ladies required to perform songs from the late Whitney Houston’s catalog (and the men required to do Stevie Wonder), we expected there to be more sensitivity surrounding the singer and her recent passing. Rather…
Watch out, Prince. Adele is about to set fire to your “Purple Rain.” One more week, and Adele’s 21 will boast the same chart record Purple Rain did in 1984 and 1985: reigning at the top of the Billboard 200 for 24 whole weeks…
This week’s rap roundup is full of drugs, nostalgia, soul samples and rapping producers. King Foe’s latest video from Junkie, “Foe” handles the drug end of things, while Wheelchair Sports Camp takes you back to when you things were simple, Spoke In Wordz takes aim at hip-hop’s authenticity with his…
When the Skeleton Show filmed its new video for “White Buzzard” at Sweet Action, the quaint ice cream parlor on south Broadway, evidently, the shoot was a hot…er, make that cold mess. “We spent probably three to four hours after the shoot just cleaning every inch of Sweet Action,” recalls…
