Big Freedia (performing tonight at the Larimer Lounge with Bass Drum of Death and Narky Stares) is here, and she is a riled up force to be reckoned with. Currently the figurehead of the long-percolating Bounce (or Sissy Bounce) movement, she is just one part of a strong undercurrent of…
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE at RED ROCKS | 8.23.11″There will be a couple of times during this set when yours truly will be sucking wind,” Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard proclaimed early in his band’s set. “Because as you know, this show is taking place on top of…
YOUNG JEEZY at OGDEN THEATRE | 8.23.11The last time Young Jeezy roared through the Mile High City with that unmistakable voice and charming face was for a cameo during Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3 tour at the Pepsi Center. Last night for the Denver leg of the TM103 tour at The Ogden…
Alex Winter, perhaps best known as Bill, from the band the Wyld Stallyns in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure has just announced he’ll be hopping behind the camera to direct a feature-length film about the peer-to-peer file-sharing service that helped start the digital music revolution, Napster…
Girls! Girls! Girls! A wise man once said, “put ya number on this paper cause I would love to date ya, and free drinks help the cause!” … or something like that. Anywho, it looks like if you’re of the female persuasion, on virtually any day of the week, you…
There will indeed be “Azz Everywhere” — at least where Big Freedia is concerned — at the Larimer Lounge tomorrow night when the artist takes the stage (Bass Drum of Death and DJ Narky Stares will open for Big Freedia). Want to see some of that azz-shaking in person? Of…
On August 31, Danielle de Picciotto, one of the founders of the Love Parade, a huge electronic music festival that went on for over a decade, is coming to the Hinterland Art Space (3254 Walnut Street) to do readings from The Beauty of Transgression, A Berlin Memoir, her personal account…
What does mermaid porn, an ominous ice cream truck driver and a bionic arm have in common? One mega star: Lady Gaga. Or at least Gaga’s video for her new single, “Yoü And I.” We may not be too jazzed about the recent announcement that she’s opening the VMAs this…
Here’s what’s good in the Mile High City this week: Yonder Mountain String Band is slated for five dates at the Boulder Theater in December, Jason Aldean coming to the Pepsi Center in October with Chris Young and Thompson Square, IHeartComix’s The Check Yo Ponytail Tour featuring Franki Chan, Pictureplane,…
Young Jeezy’s (performing tonight at the Ogden Theatre with Freddie Gibbs and Young Doe) rough-hewn voice is unmistakable, and whether he’s pushing hard on his own tracks or lending his growl to songs by the likes of Bun B and Drake, the rapper leaves an unforgettable mark. Even Usher’s 2008…
In a decision yesterday, a federal court judge found that cloud music service MP3tunes does not violate copyright laws by using a single copy of an MP3 rather than storing several copies for each person. This is, without a doubt, the biggest news in cloud music storage’s short history…
This Saturday will be a historically significant date for the Anschutz Entertainment Group, as it will mark the beginning of AEG’s eventual migration from TicketMaster. With back-end technology developed by Outbox, a company in which AEG is both a client of and has an equity stake in, the nation’s second-largest…
When I was really young, my mom used to collage all of our furniture,” Cassie McNeil recalls. “I grew up in the mountains above Lyons, in a cabin where there’s no electricity or running water. My mom would collage every piece of furniture in my room. Little pictures and rubber…
By happenstance, this week has somehow shaped up to be a throwback/reunion of sorts to the best parts of local music from 1990s, with two beloved Denver acts from that era playing shows a day apart. This Saturday, August 27, the Christines will be at the hi-dive. Formed in 1992,…
Everyone in Mister Heavenly comes from higher-profile bands, such as Man Man, Islands and Modest Mouse. But Ryan Kattner, Nicholas Thorburn and Joe Plummer decided to do something different with Mister Heavenly, their side project. Melding a ’50s pop aesthetic with musical darkness, the members of Mister Heavenly have become…
In a celebration of fifteen years of music, Stones Throw Records is bringing its crew to Denver for what will most definitely be a party. Stones Throw, founded by Peanut Butter Wolf in 1996, is the quintessential underground label, with a roster filled with promising and diverse talent. Known for…
It’s been tough to avoid the sounds of the Weepies since the indie-pop duo signed with Nettwerk Records in 2005. In the past six years, the outfit’s folky song structures, stark instrumentation and poppy hooks have earned soundtrack spots in television shows and feature films alike. The mass exposure makes…
The term “DJ” gets thrown around a lot these days, which is why Deadmau5 (aka Joel Zimmerman) prefers to avoid the term altogether. The Toronto native doesn’t use CDs and doesn’t play other people’s music, so he doesn’t fit the traditional definition of a DJ. Instead, he simultaneously runs Ableton…
Ever since the days when Skee-lo wished he was a baller, it’s been a universally accepted truism: Every rapper wants to be an athlete, and every athlete wants to be a rapper. On the other hand, Skee-Lo also expressed his somewhat more baffling wish for “a rabbit in a hat…
On Almost Famous, Anxious zips through his rhymes — battle-rap, tempo-driven joints mostly about his hustle and his constant striving to be the best — with notable ease, over stuttered beats with bass-heavy overtones. The MC almost out-raps himself on tracks like “Rocket Science” and “Put It in the Air,”…
Audio Voyeur, the Dirty Lookers’ debut, is a raucous, revved-up ride straight out of the garage. The band’s main strength lies in frontwoman Pammy Puente; at times she channels the screaming angst of Courtney Love, at others she sounds like a more punk version of Patti Smith. A further testament…
The intentionally low-fidelity approach to the rich soundscaping of this cassette helps personify the project’s namesake. Sonically, think Nada-era Death in June and Cabaret Voltaire circa 2X45. With the vocals buried deep in a mix of robust bass tones worthy of Bright Channel, alongside surprisingly organic-sounding and dynamic electronic percussion…
