The Chemical Brothers have been touring as an electronic-music duo for more than a decade; the team has won Grammy awards and accolades for its hard-hitting dance music — and the amazing visual show that the act puts together. On Wednesday, February 1, select movie theaters around town will screen…
Since the guys in Bad Weather California each have busy lives and work at different times, it’s hard enough for them to find time to get together for an hour to practice, let alone make a music video. That said, making grandiose videos was just out of the picture for…
Alert, one of the masterminds behind the Whomp Truck and the creator of the eeriest dubstep this town has ever seen, has a new track out on his Oblivion Fringe label, plus a cut from Peanut Butter Gaucho. “Hypno Ties” is classic Alert, with deep (and slightly menacing) basslines growling…
Here’s what’s hot this week in music on the Front Range: On the concert front, shows from Van Halen and Death Cab for Cutie go on sale this weekend, while the Black Keys add a second show; Medic, the Don’ts and Be Carefuls, Oakhurst and the Voodoo Hawks got spins…
Sean Daley is family man. He’s got a cat, a wife, two children and a house, and he just took his first family vacation, to a small island in the Gulf of Mexico. The music world, of course, knows Daley better as Slug from the Minneapolis-based rap group Atmosphere, an…
Rob Lanphier split off from B.U.F.F. Brothers, which owns several taverns in the metro area, and started a new company last fall: Pour Kids. Noonan’s Tavern (13521 East Iliff Avenue in Aurora), which B.U.F.F. had opened in March 2011, is part of the Pour Kids group; so is Boone’s Tavern,…
ZetaKaye House has been curating a series of compilations for the past couple of years featuring some of the best music created in Denver. The latest in the series, This Ain’t No Cowtown Volume III Kings, is being released as a fundraiser for 3 Kings Tavern co-owner and longtime supporter…
Reggae legend Anthony B. has been singing revolutionary and political-leaning songs since he emerged onto the scene with his 1996 debut, Real Revolutionary. Shying away from songs that were degrading to women (against the popular tide of music), Anthony B. chose instead to focus on his Afrocentric pride, using the influence…
With the release of 1981’s Fat EP, the Descendents became one of a steadily growing stream of hardcore bands from Southern California. And, as was the case with many of those early acts, their music was a youthful catharsis informed by a wickedly absurdist sense of humor. Until Napalm Death…
A rite of passage in some Native American cultures, Visionquest is also the name of the breakout record label and DJ collective that became one of the biggest acts in underground dance music last year by combining house and techno with catchy, pop-influenced vocals. The band comprises four Detroit-area natives…
There is something admirable about the desire of the twee torch-bearers in Los Campesinos! to keep trudging along, even after honesty in lyrics has fallen by the wayside. But primary songwriter and bandleader Gareth Campesinos! and his brood of BFFs revel in making the most of a bloody heart-on-sleeve approach,…
Point of fact: I am a hipster and a poseur. Initially, I was skeptical. True, I wear tight pants, ride a fixed-gear bicycle and listen to a lot of “underground music,” but there’s a reason for that: I wear tight pants because they highlight my ripped butt cheeks, which resemble…
The creative evolution heard on Hindershot’s sophomore release, Curse Us All (slated for release this Friday, January 27, at 3 Kings Tavern), goes deeper than the catchy lead riffs or dynamic song structures. While the band has made considerable musical strides since last year’s debut, It’s Only Blood, the most…
Lokon and Spellbinder make a formidable team on their latest effort, the fittingly titled Unity Iz Strength. There aren’t nearly enough reggae-and-rap collaborations — local or otherwise — out there right now, and this pair makes an utterly compelling case for more like-minded partnerships. Spellbinder’s perfectly pitched vocals, set against Lokon’s…
The eleven minutes and six seconds of this single track sound as if Tom Nelsen watched The Last Temptation of Christ and Kingdom of Heaven simultaneously and then did storyboards for a graphic-novel version of Umberto Eco’s Foucault’s Pendulum. It is ambient in the same sense that the most abstract…
Even though Lola Black’s lineup includes former members of Blister 66, Snapstick Dynomite and the Eight Bucks Experiment, the band’s new six-song EP, Día de los Borrachos, isn’t entirely a punk affair. Sure, there’s a punk spirit in revved-up cuts like “Hit the Road” and “Take Back,” but the rest…
Visitors to Sven Weisemann’s website or Soundcloud page will notice one thing immediately: This DJ/producer dabbles in more than just electronic music. He’s also a self-taught pianist, percussionist and guitar player who composes jazz tracks along with his beloved house music. Perhaps most astonishing, Weisemann, who’s been mixing records since…
In the Whale started out in Greeley as a side project of What About Pluto? and Trailer 77, but guitarist Nate Valdez and drummer Eric Riley wanted to do something more raw as an outlet for sublimated frustration and angst. A former counselor of juvenile delinquents, Valdez undoubtedly had plenty…
You read that right. You can see Blackalicious at the Fillmore this Friday, January 27, for just $10 (well, plus the applicable service fees). Tickets are on-sale right now at LiveNation.com or you can pick them up directly at the Fillmore box office. Oh, we should also let you know…
Last night’s episode of American Idol saw auditions in a vastly different location than usual: the USS Midway aircraft carrier in San Diego, California. At points, the industrial and fly-over noise was a nuisance, but it didn’t stop nearly all of the contestants who saw air time during the episode…
Forget Lil Kim. At this point in her career, Nicki Minaj’s only enemy is herself and “Super Bass.” That track, which catapulted Minaj into a mainstream as cross-genre artist and onto the iPods of Taylor Swift fans everywhere, will be her “Lose Yourself” — the song that defines Minaj’s career…
YOB @ LARIMER LOUNGE | 1/22/12 Mike Scheidt of Yob was replacing a string on his guitar that had just snapped and he told us, “Two more songs and we’ll end it brutal.” True to his word on behalf of the band, Scheidt and company escalated quickly into the rampaging…
