You can go on for days debating the musical mysteries of the so called 27 Club — which includes Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and now Amy Winehouse — but one thing is certain: The death of these artists had a profound impact on their subsequent sales. Pearl, for…
One of the best parts about living in America is freedom. The freedom to sing, dance, play in the streets, wear duct-tape skirts, paint your face for televised events and, most importantly, worship false idols. That’s right, American Idol has invaded Denver yet again in search of that one voice,…
As this time of year generally tends to be, July was a heck of a month for concerts with Tech N9NE, The Avett Brothers, Soundgarden, Umphrey’s McGee, Katy Perry and plenty more gracing the stages. We’ve got so many photos, it might be hard to sift through them all, but…
This week, Facebook claimed the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind, which features a baby and his hanging do-dad, violated its terms of use when it was displayed on the official Nirvana fan page. The social networking site later reversed its decision, but it can only be assumed it was initially due…
The Fixx’s show with with Naked Eyes at the Summit on Saturday, August 6 has been canceled. The outfit had to cancel seven dates on the tour between July 23 and August 6, including Denver. While there’s no official word on why the shows were canceled, there were reports that…
Doom metal is alive and well in Denver. And what better time to bask in the realm of doom as we enter into the thick of holiday season than to have an entire evening devoted to downtuned guitars? Precisely. Needless to say, our little hearts were brimming with inextinguishable glee…
Wire Faces (due tomorrow night at the Gothic Theater with Take to the Oars, Calling Out West, Filthy T and the Fairgrounds) has unveiled a brand new video for the song “Tame You,” directed by Darren Mahuron of Summit Studios. While those outside of Fort Collins may not immediately register…
After a respectable seven year run, a Melodic Daydream has called it a day. But rather than just quietly striding off into the sunset, the Fort Collins-based duo of Lnz Kayd and Chris Newton has opted to go out on a high note, quite literally. The pair has left behind…
Paper Diamond’s stock just rose significantly. The Boulder-based act led by Alex B. (aka Alex Botwin) of Pnuma Trio and Elm and Oak, has been added to the Outside Lands festival happening a few weekends from now in San Francisco. Have you seen the lineup? He’ll be in some pretty…
In the eloquent liner notes of Sin Desires Marie, the band’s sole full-length, bassist Yoon Park explains that Sin Desires Marie (due tonight at Glob for this weekend’s Titwrench Festival) was started by friends who learned how to play their respective instruments as they learned to play together as a…
It’s hard to believe that Suburban Home Records has been around nearly two decades now. Seriously. Where does the time go? The label — home to heralded bands like the Gamits and Drag the River over the years — has weathered a lot of storms and this coming September, it…
At the beginning year, the Brass Tree Collective glorious sprung up unexpectedly from the frozen Front Range tundra, and for the past six months, the collective has bloomed into an exciting part of the Denver scene, from hosting last minute, word-of-mouth house shows featuring acts like Jens Lenkman and Ume…
Born in Chicago in 2004 as a duo, Walter Meego (playing the Larimer Lounge tonight with ManCub and C.S.Q.) makes the kind of sweet and accessible electronic pop perfect for the television medium — which, as it turns out, is where the now-trio received initial mass exposure…
Okay, if you weren’t already amped enough for the release of Sin Eater, Snake Rattle Rattle Snake’s eagerly anticipated new album from the newly formed Greater Than Collective, this ought to do the trick. Behold the excellent new video for “Break the Same,” the first single from the record and…
Leave it to the often brilliant, overstimulated, complicated mind of Yonnas Abraham to come up with something completely creative on the fly that nobody else would even remotely have thought of — much less be able to facilitate — to turn what might otherwise be just another show for any…
You probably don’t generally equate going CD shopping with 7-Eleven, but with record stores disappearing everyday, a direct-seller called Mall Jamz is trying to change the way we think of buying music by selling it at the same place where we buy Slurpees. Some 7-Eleven stores across the metro area…
Since the beginning of the year, The Flaming Lips (due Wednesday, August 3 at Red Rocks) have been collaborating with a number of artists from Neon Indian, Prefuse 73, Lightning Bolt and Nick Cave, as well as releasing their own material in unconventional methods like USB drives embedded in gummy…
Update (7/28/11): We just received word from LiveNation that due to an overwhelming demand, additional dates are being added to the Watch the Throne tour, featuring Jay-Z and Kanye West. The tour is slated to hit Denver on Monday, October 10. The additional dates are due be announced on August…
Move over, tryptophan: Thanksgiving has found a much better bedfellow, one that will put you in a trance but won’t necessarily leave you listless, laying on the couch. Behold Otis Taylor’s Trance Blues Jam Festival, featuring Otis Taylor, of course, along with “Steady Rollin” Bob Margolin, Tony Trischka, Don Vappie…
Have you started thinking about New Year’s yet? What? Too soon? Well, yes, now that you mention it, it is only July. Nonetheless, if you’re a fan of Ween, we have a feeling you’re going to want to be at the Fillmore around then to ring in the New Year…
The term “Dad Rock” is something that gets thrown around a lot these days, and no bands breathe the rock of our fathers like Styx and Yes. Last night, both of these classic bands made a stop at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Our resident photographer, Brandon Marshall, was on hand to…
Heading up a laundry list of acts, Norma Jean comes through the Summit Music Hall tonight with Sleeping Giant, the Chariot, War of Ages, Close Your Eyes, Texas in July, I, the Breather, the Great Commision, Sovereign Strength and As Hell Retreats on the Scream The Prayer tour. The post-hardcore…
