Formed in 2002 in Perth, Australia, it didn’t take long for the now-U.K.-based Pendulum to garner notice from drum-and-bass lovers around the world. One of the group’s first releases, “Vault,” was used on a mix album by drum-and-bass guru J Majik, and Pendulum has since remixed tracks for the Prodigy…
The Internet age just got a little weirder. One of Denver’s most prolific musicians, Tommy Metz (AKA Iuengliss), decided his 2010 album, Blossom Frontier, wasn’t up to snuff, so he pulled it, remixed it, re-mastered it and redid the artwork. He even renamed it Frontier, which we’re pretty sure is…
In honor of MTV’s 30th Anniversary this week, we’re reflecting on the network’s best moments from the past three decades. Today: Our favorite music videos riffed on by Beavis and Butt-head. The duo tackled something around 250 different videos throughout the show’s eight seasons, and although it’s coming back, the…
Born in the age of MySpace, the Cool Kids (playing tonight at the Fox Theatre with 1984 and DJ Low Key) have long outlasted the ill-fated music site’s relevance, as the duo continues to persevere with its smooth style. A big part of this longevity is that the Chicago dudes…
So Pitchfork is reporting this morning that Jay-Z and Kanye West’s highly anticipated Watch the Throne tour, which we told you was coming to Denver on Monday, October 10, is no longer coming to town on that date. The tour has apparently being rerouted due to “overwhelming demand,” says Billboard,…
The members of Iceage, from Copenhagen, Denmark (due tonight at Rhinoceropolis), are all under the age of 22, but in its relatively short time together, the band has garnered a buzz for the sonic savagery of its live shows and the harrowingly resonant emotional tenor of its music. Its debut…
CULTS at LARIMER LOUNGE | 8/1/11 In a lot of ways, last night’s fast and furious set from Cults at the Larimer Lounge was the best show possible for a band with a short discography. They played the hits and sounded good doing it, and when they left the stage…
Ask someone who doesn’t know anything about electronic music to name a big DJ, and odds are, they’ll pick John Digweed’s name out of the crowd. He played the Big Name DJ (as himself, of course) way back in 2000 in the raver flick Groove, and he hasn’t lost any…
This week in rap, we have many dimensions of hip-hop for you. From Mcbig House and Gyp’s stripped down video for “Prize” to Pries’s more introspective take on Goapele’s “Closer” titled “Closer to Nothing” to Solomon Words ode to an old school line with “Can I Kick It.”…
When the U2 360 tour rolled through Denver on May 21 at Invesco Field, it was exactly one week removed from the massive 108,800-person concert in Mexico City. The tour was huge (Huge! Remember how that stage dwarfed the grid at Invesco?) and on Monday, Live Nation released a report…
When Pineapple Express was originally scheduled to be screened at Red Rocks a few weeks ago as part of Film on the Rocks, it was canceled due to a lightning storm. Keith Garcia, programming manager for Denver Film Society, said it was the first time the organization had to cancel…
After Kings of Leon’s trainwreck of a show in Dallas over the weekend, it’s not all that surprising to hear that the band has canceled the rest of its current tour, including a two night stand at Red Rocks on August 31 and September 1. “We are so sorry to…
Chloe Mezze Lounge, Lotus Concepts’ latest endeavor, just opened, as and Mike’s Tavern moved into the former Len & Bill’s space on South Broadway, and there were a string of closures in the month of July, including Twisted Olive, Mind Benders and more. Click through for a full run down…
TITWRENCH FESTIVAL | 7/29-7/31/11Friday, July 29 – Glob Every year it seems as though someone involved with Titwrench (likely Piper Rose) comes up with some kind of ritual to start off the festivities. This year, a woman calling herself Bast (you know, from Egyptian mythology, which is fitting) set things…
Apparently it’s the summer of Sole, because the dude is just not letting up. With Hello Cruel Worldjust released earlier this month, we missed the Nuclear Winter Volume 2 mix tape, which is available as a free download from Circle Into Square. All you need is an email address and…
Manhattan duo Cults (playing the Larimer Lounge tonight with Guards and Writer) are, essentially, a pop group. At first glance, the band’s name may be far from suggesting this genre idea, but the pair definitely create a warm and sparkling big room sound, with Madeline Follin’s childish vocals set sweetly…
So, this first release from Yo Soy Sauce has been in the works for a while — two years to be exact. The collaborative effort between local electronic guru CacheFlowe and Flobot MC Brer Rabbit officially drops as a single tomorrow, but the duo handed us the video for “Juke…
For a limited time, Joshua Trinidad’s debut EP, Weighing in for Pole Vaulting is a free download over on Bandcamp. Trinidad’s trumpet has made appearances with the likes of Paul Riola, Ron Miles, Astrophagus and plenty others. And while his pedigree has been diverse, Trinadad takes a turn for the…
Thirty years ago today, music as we know it changed forever. Rather than the television overlords taking their cues from the kids, who in turn took their cues from the radio, MTV programmers skipped the middle man entirely and appointed itself as the arbiters of cool, the pied pipers of…
Once upon a time, before reality TV cheapened television programming as a whole, MTV (thirty years old today) was a bastion of music culture that actually showcased cutting edge artists for the sake of art. Because the network was free to give air time to bands, rappers and interesting figures…
We don’t know about you, but our Dance Card is looking pretty full this weekend; here’s a rundown of where you can find some booty-shaking tunes: Full Flavor Fridays monthly residency is bringing Dallas-based Brett Johnson to the Appaloosa Grill for a record-release party; there will be swag giveaways and…
Kicking off last night, Titwrench Fest 2011 is now in full-swing at the Mercury Cafe tonight with bands, dance performances and informational workshops running through the weekend. The four-day festival brings avant-garde, experimental and (mostly) female musicians and performers from across the country front and center for a weekend of…
