While its members had been playing together long before Orgone (playing tonight at the Fox Theatre with Liebermonster) was born, the Los Angeles funk band officially formed in 1999. Not long after its inception, the band added vocalist Fanny Franklin to augment its ornate instrumentation — the standard guitar, bass…
As you’re probably already aware, Bob Dylan turns seventy today. We want to take this moment to thank Mrs. Zimmerman for giving birth to one of the most influential musicians of our time. We’re hard-pressed to find a musician that is more versatile or as cool as Dylan. He has…
If you don’t recognize the name Collapse yet, rest assured, you will. The band, which was formed by Zac Joe from Cephalic Carnage and is fronted by Ben Pitts of To Be Eaten, just released its first 7-inch split on the relaunched Ash From Sweat Records…
What a difference 30 years makes. Below: the $3.20 ticket to see U2 in Denver in 1981, side-to-side with the $58 nosebleed ticket to see U2 this past Saturday at Invesco Field. To put this in perspective, if we counted for inflation, that $3.20 ticket would be about $7.58 today,…
Remember that Pictureplane video we told you about back in November? It’s done, and we have the distinct pleasure of premiering here for the first time. The “Real Is a Feeling” clip, directed by Sterling Crispin and Travis Ededy, is posted for your perusal below. Click through to have a…
Once upon a time, MTV played music videos, and a whole generation was introduced to Unsane (playing the Marquis Theater tonight with Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire) through “Scrape,” the trio’s film tribute to brutal skateboard take downs. Forming in 1988 and taking a short break in…
CURREN$Y Trademark da Skydiver • Young Roddy • Smoke DZA Fiend • Corner Boy P • Monstabeatz 05.21.11 | Summit Music Hall View Curren$y at Summit Music Hall slideshow To paraphrase Katt Williams: “If you don’t mess with Jet Life because you don’t like rap, that’s cool. Go on and…
When Bandcamp launched in 2008, it didn’t take long for the free service to take off. That’s partially because of the fact it offers bands a chance to have a free, minimalist website and store with nearly no setup options, and also because it offers an easy to share audio…
This Tuesday, May 24, Bob Dylan will be turning seventy years old. To celebrate his 70th birthday, the members of Dylan66 and their friends — like they’ve done every year for the past half-dozen years — are getting together tomorrow night for a tribute show at Cervantes’ featuring Dylan66, the…
U2 360° TOUR With The Fray 05.21.11 | Invesco Field View U2 at Invesco Field slideshow Say what you will about U2. Name another band that can fill a stadium these days… Time’s up. Drawing a blank? That’s because there aren’t any — certainly not any from this era. That…
Update, 2 p.m., Sunday: Read the review and see photos from the U2 at Invesco Field concert last night Alright, so near as we can tell, when U2 takes the stage tonight at Invesco (after Isaac Slade and local homeboys in The Fray warm up the stage), the band’s set…
Tonight’s BoomTut party at Apex Movement in Boulder is going to be off the hook. This Whomp Truck fundraiser — funds will help bring AudioPixel, Basscouch and the Whomp Truck to Apogaea — is in a parkour studio, and the trampoline, jungle gym and parkour equipment will be open for…
Be a rock star or just look like one at U2’s concert tomorrow night at Invesco Field. Download hi-resolution PDF file here. BEFORE YOU GO: Be sure to check out our U2 / End of the World Survival Guide for everything you need to know about tonight’s show at Invesco…
During its relatively short life of a little over a year, Itchy-O Marching Band (due Sunday, May 22nd at Sutra) has left quite an impression on anyone who has seen this group of around thirty people in uniforms that make them look like a special unit of interdimensional troubadours…
Earlier on in his career, Curren$y (performing this evening at the Fox Theatre with Trademark, Young Roddy, Fiend and Corner Boy P) ran with the likes of Master P and Lil Wayne, via the rappers’ infamous entourage/record labels, No Limit and Young Money. Now releasing albums on his own through…
DJ MUGGS Seied • Deemster • Minnesota • 6Blocc 05.19.11 | Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom Last night, amidst storm clouds and persistent rainfall, DJ Muggs stopped by Cervantes’ for the Royal Family Ball and laid down an impressive display of turntablism. Unfortunately, the rain must have inspired some potential show-goers to…
Update (05/20 | 8 a.m.): Congratulations to Justin, Daniel, Christian, Jerry and Sessa709. You and a guest will be our guests at tomorrow night’s show. Check your email for details on how to pick up your tickets. Thanks to everyone that entered!…
Earlier this year, a report surfaced detailing current BitTorrent usage, with porn being the number one most torrented media and music sinking to a miserable 2.9 percent. Now, Sandvine company has detailed the biggest data hogs of the past year, and Netflix’s streaming is on the top. When is the…
Thank goodness Thursday has come around again, we were beginning to think Noah was going to come floating by on in Arc with two of each animal. Luckily even as our streets are flowing with water, our venues are flooding with big things to do. Check out our wrap-up for…
Alex Botwin of Pnuma Trio, Paper Diamond and the head of Elm & Oak Records, recently dropped a little tune for the Pirates of the Caribbean score that made it onto the official soundtrack for the movie. Now Alex B. will forever be printed next to Hans Zimmer and Rodriogo…
UPDATE: A review of the U2 concert at Invesco Field has been posted, and below, we’ve added a time-lapse/highlight video clip of the claw being erected. If the weather gods are to be believed, this string of shitty weather we’ve endured for the past few days will be but a…
Unless you’ve had your head parked squarely up your hiney for the last month or so, you’ve heard that May 21 is Judgement Day (aka The Rapture) — that’s this Saturday, people! It’s really far too late to stockpile six months of food or build that cozy bomb shelter you…
