Only in Denver would you see something as heartwarmingly incestuous as this: This past weekend, during its UMS set at 3 Kings Tavern, the ferocious lads of Lion Sized turned in a supercharged version of “Shroud,” a typically sedate tune by the illustrious Mr. Nathaniel Rateliff. Here the dudes crank…
KATY PERRY at 1STBANK CENTER | 07/26/11The crowd at Katy Perry last night was exactly as expected. Armies of sprayed and glittered bodies evoked every variation of Perry’s persona over the last half-decade: girls from preschool to high school, donning blue Bettie Page cut wigs, candied and bejeweled corsets and…
There’s nothing we like more than seeing previously unavailable albums magically reappear on the Internet. It’s like finding a box of forgotten old childhood pictures. Fell’s records have been a bit difficult to find due to the fact that the band’s label, Camera Obscura Records, based in Australia, has tapered…
Kill Syndicate, an outfit that’s been helping keep the metal scene thriving for nearly a decade now, has a new video it’s hoping to see broadcast on Comcast. In order for that to happen, though, the band’s old video for the song “Volition” needs to register enough “likes” on YouTube…
Here’s some nerdtastic news to help hype up your humpday: “Weird Al” Yankovic, the crown prince of parody, is coming back to Denver. While that’s swell in itself, it gets better. Guess where he’s playing? Ready? The Ellie Caulkins Opera House. Uh-huh. How ’bout them apples? Send the tuxedo shirt…
Colorado brewers love their music, whether they are talking about it, naming beers after it or rocking it in the brewhouse at volumes loud enough to malt barley on its own. Boulder Beer recently worked with String Cheese Incident keyboardist and song writer Kyle Hollingsworth on a beer called Hoopla,…
Late last year, after a European run, former Enemy Reign frontman Sherwood Webber quietly parted ways with the local metal act. His exodus was preceded earlier that year by the departure of bassist Cassie Begay, who split with the group that spring and was subsequently replaced by Phil Turner of…
Katy Perry (performing tonight at 1STBANK Center with Robyn and DJ Skeet Skeet) truly needs no introduction. Whether you’re seven or seventy, you known Perry’s glossy image from somewhere in pop culture — her music is everywhere, and she can be caught on everything from infomercials to MTV. The first…
Here’s what’s good in the Mile High City this week: In September, Zac Brown is due at Red Rocks, followed by Jay-Z and Kanye West at the Pepsi Center and Neon Indian at the Bluebird in October. On local radio, Fierce Bad Rabbit, Snake Rattle Rattle Snake, Flashlights and King…
She rose to fame by kissing girls and liking it, and she kept her fame by spraying whipped cream out of her bra. Beyond the novelty, Katy Perry (due tonight at the 1STBANK Center) is an accomplished songwriter who shares a writing credit on hits like “Teenage Dream” and “Firework.”…
Hot Congress just dropped a summer sampler with brand new tracks from Vitamins, the Don’ts and Be Carefuls, Hindershot and more, alongside previously released tracks from some of the label’s other acts. While a lot of the sampler certainly hits the niche Hot Congress has carved out for itself, there…
Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne often sketches ridiculous doodles while he does phone interviews. They usually start off with naked women, Coyne reveals, and the one he’s working on right now, evidently, has turned into a naked chick riding the back of a giant skull. “Some gushy shit is shooting…
Jim Norris, who’s part of 3 Kings Tavern (60 South Broadway) and Rockaway Tavern (2036 Broadway), knows how to get people into clubs — whether through live music or just lively programming. For example, there’s Panties at the Bar, hosted by some of the members of the Ooh La La…
With the ebb and flow of bands and styles in any musical community, it’s easy to forget or overlook anyone involved in an area of a scene you don’t know. Pam Puente was one-third of the punk-rock band Double-Barreled Slingshots last decade. Even if you weren’t really into the group,…
Cass McCombs is a weird guy. The kind of guy you’d expect to find huddled in the corner at a party, bristling at social interaction. He’s a loner, but a self-inflicted one, choosing to live in a world of his own making rather than the one he finds himself in…
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, the Coathangers didn’t set out to be torchbearers for any movement — unless mixing some sassy attitude with a healthy sense of humor counts. In tried-and-true garage-rock and punk fashion, most of the members of this group were unseasoned when they formed the Coathangers, but after…
Rarely has a band with such upbeat, accessible music had its identity and origins so shrouded in mystery — initally, anyway. Cults is not, in fact, some witch-house project, or even a black-metal band, as its moniker might suggest. Instead, it’s a New York duo with a knack for post-tropical…
Although each of Maynard James Keenan’s various projects is informed by hard rock, each is most notable for how it subverts the formula. A former art-school student, Keenan has demonstrated particular interest in music’s visual and performance aspects, and he’s been a trailblazer with everything from Tool’s distinctive videos to…
Although the MTV Video Music Awards have consistently failed to represent the “dawning of a new age for America,” as predicted by Russell Brand in 2008, the nominations this year are at least mildly interesting — if, for no other reason, than the inclusion of Odd Future, those ragtag hip-hop…
Considering the kinetic, frenetic and contagious energy that’s a crucial part of any Dovekins concert, it’s a wonder the outfit has waited this long to release a live record. The band’s second full-length release, (A)Live, nicely captures the group’s gleeful and giddy approach to live performance while offering a slate…
Although the music veterans who make up the New Olds spent a fair amount of time rocking out in the ’80s and ’90s in groups like Tremblers, Damn Shambles, Aviators and Rock Advocates, their latest project, the aptly titled New Olds, finds them all cooling their jets a little. Led…
Jimmy Nasi carries a hint of Lou Reed’s clipped inflections on ‘Half of the Things’; Nasi, backed by Whitney Rerh’s vocals, gives this song a sonic depth that recalls later Big Star compositions. “For Years” starts off with a delicate but progressive guitar line that deftly shifts gears throughout to…
