Stones Throw Records, essentially the harbinger for all things cool and innovative in hip-hop, is at it again. In an effort to drum up excitement in cities where its artists, particularly Madlib, are playing, the imprint has been leaving a box containing the complete Madlib Medicine Show series stashed somewhere…
Holy crap! If we didn’t see it with our own eyes, we would’ve never believed it. If you haven’t heard yet, brace yourself: We’ve just received word that one of the best concerts we’ve ever seen in our lifetime (and we’ve seen a great many, to be sure) is coming…
Mykal Hudson — better known locally as Myke Charles, or by his previous moniker, Purpose Found, of the Fresh Breath Committee — is a member of Urban Method, the talented Denver-based a cappella group assembled by Sonic Audio’s Tony Huerta and currently vying for the top spot on NBC’s Sing-Off…
It’s that time of the week again when we bring you the freshest hip-hop to come out of the Mile High City. This week, we’ve got cuts from ProCyse and Fo Chief, a pairing that’s ripe with new possibilities; Zome, who is coming straight outta the Z-Funk era; and James…
Stop showering now. You may be almost sleazy enough to enjoy Motörhead when the legendary NWBHM band returns to Denver in the February cold for Megadeth’s Gigantour with Volbeat and Lacuna Coil. The show is slated for Tuesday, February 28, at the Fillmore Auditorium. Tickets ($44.50-$57.50) go on sale this…
SKRILLEX at 1STBANK CENTER | 10/31/11Skrillex’s performance last night at 1STBANK is one for the books. Thanks to the live synched projector mapping, coupled with two towering LED screens on both sides, the electronic artist, whose given name is Sonny Moore, demonstrated just how he’s gone from opening shows at…
When Matt Finn was able to finally quit his job as an e-mail server technician thanks to the success of his ClearTune guitar-tuning application for smartphones, his world changed forever. From a humble office located on Denver’s 16th Street Mall, Finn and his fellow innovators at BitCount have come out…
Here’s what’s happening in music on the Front Range this week: Brad Paisley’s at the Pepsi Center in January, Salt-n-Pepa’s at the Gothic in December and Donavon Frankenreiter comes to town in March. Air Dubai, In the Whale, Jen Korte and Saints got spins on local radio. And new and…
PAPER BIRD at HI-DIVE | 10/31/11Paper Bird stomped and harmonized its way through a raucous set last night at the hi-dive. The opening song started slowly, but Paper Bird quickly announced that this wasn’t an average show with an effortless and tight cover of TLC’s “Waterfalls.” While horns blared and…
KVOQ, Colorado Public Radio’s new music-driven station, soon to be much more well known by the OpenAir 1340 AM handle, made its broadcast debut yesterday. To our ears, it sounded like a slightly more accessible version of Radio 1190, which makes sense considering that OpenAir is being programmed by Mike…
NIGHTMARE ON BLAKE ST. AT SUMMIT | 10/29/11This past Saturday night, the Summit Music Hall was transformed into a literal haunted house for the Nightmare on Blake Street bill, which featured My Body Sings Electric, The Pirate Signal, Eldren, Shoot To Please and Valedictorian. Aaron Thackeray, one of our resident…
If you missed the Bloody Scallywags at 3 Kings Tavern over the weekend, it looks like you missed quite an entertaining show. Although the dudes were officially tasked with channeling Echo and the Bunnymen for last night’s Bands In Disguise bill, which also featured Choke the Word doing the Cure…
Bad news if you had your heart set on seeing Diggy, the precocious progeny of the legendary Rev. Run, perform on the Denver date of the Scream Tour: The show, originally slated for November 8, at the Paramount Theatre, has been canceled. No reason has been given for the cancellation…
DENVER DOES CBGB at HI-DIVE | 10/29/11While the rest of the world celebrated Halloween weekend 2011, down at the hi-dive this past Saturday night it was 1976. Less a Halloween show and more akin to a Civil War reenactment or a Renaissance Festival, the night offered romanticized time travel for…
DEVOTCHKA at OGDEN THEATRE | 10/28/11This past Friday night at the Ogden Theatre, DeVotchKa kicked off Halloween weekend with its annual scary soiree (the band played a sold out show the following night at the Boulder Theater). We were on hand at the Ogden show, and as you’ll see from…
DE LA SOUL at CERVANTES’ | 10/29/11De La Soul brought the noise to Cervantes this past Saturday. There was a notable air of nostalgia for ’90s-era hip-hop, and people simply lost their minds when Posdnuos, Dave and Maseo rocked classic tracks like “Me, Myself and I” and “Stakes Is High,”…
We’re slowly getting to the point where music apps are bridging the gap between useful and cool. While plenty allow you to share music from device to device, others, such as the Central Park app, gives you a soundtrack to stroll around Central Park to, should you need one. Overall,…
This past Saturday, we were on hand to witness Playing Apart, the performance art piece featuring ninety students from Bear Creek High School’s marching band playing Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Going to Take It.” The first city-commissioned performance art piece got varied reactions, from students being offered money and having…
MiM0SA at THE FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 10/29/11Tigran Mimosa celebrated Halloween at the Fill-Morgue with a full venue of ghouls, girl scouts, slutty devils and rabid fans. With openers Sleepyhead, GinZ and Kastle readying the filling the floor, the Fill-Morgue was plenty lively on Saturday night. Page down for a visual…
Update (10/31/11): OpenAir 1340 made its broadcast debut this morning, and the signal sounds pretty strong from where we’re at. Appropriately, the station hit the airwaves this morning at 5:59 a.m. with “Colorado” by Paper Bird. And the playlist thus far has been pretty standard indie fare from the likes…
When Dane Wolf came to Denver on October 19 with Death Angel for the Earth On Hell Tour featuring Anthrax, Testament, the guitar tech probably had no idea that he’d end up hospitalized as the victim of a brutal altercation. Before the bands left town, Wolf apparently headed over to…
How was Portishead’s show last week at 1STBANK Center? Well, guess that depends on who you ask and where they were sitting, apparently. Tom Murphy called it “one of the finest performances anyone is likely to see this year or any year.” And while one commenter who was sitting in…
