Somewhere along the line, Jonny Woodrose & the Broken-Hearted Woodpeckers transformed into Woodrose. Along with the change in name came a marked shift in sound. Rather than the poetic Americana of Jonson Kuhn’s previous efforts, this album comes straight out of a run-down honky-tonk frequented by Woody Guthrie and Pete…
Somewhere in the second half of Rebecca Black’s “Friday,” the thirteen-year-old singer offers a breakdown of the order of days in the week: “Yesterday was Thursday,” she helpfully informs us. “Today is Friday. Tomorrow is Saturday, and Sunday comes afterwards.” In that way and several others, watching the video is…
As a child, producer and multi-instrumentalist Daedelus (aka Alfred Weisberg-Roberts) wanted to be an inventor — hence the nod to the ancient Greek inventor who created the labyrinth on Crete. (Daedelus’s moniker was also partially inspired by the character Stephen Dedalus in James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as…
Pink Martini’s show originally scheduled for Wednesday, April 6, has been pushed back to Saturday, June 4 due to singer China Forbes straining her voice. According to a release by the band, “medical voice specialists have advised her that to avoid permanent damage, she must not sing or even speak…
Hard to believe it’s been that long. Seventeen years ago today, Kurt Cobain left this life entirely too early. I remember vividly where I was and what I was doing when word of his death first came across the clock radio on my desk. It was a complete shock to…
By now, you’ve heard “Friday,” right, that horrendous Rebecca Black song? Although we firmly believe it is an abomination, we are super-psyched to not only have something new to make fun of, but we are now able to relish Rebecca Black’s career-demise and observe in the vast, demented glory that…
“Homemade club music.” That’s about the most fitting description we’ve ever heard for the music Travis Egedy makes as Pictureplane. Forget “Witch House.” Okay, so that descriptor wasn’t applied directly to Pictureplane. It’s how the dudes in Teengirl Fantasy (an act Egedy considers kindred) describe their music in the new…
If you happen to be an agoraphobic dance-music fan, then chances are you live a fairly miserable life spinning records to an audience of cats and catching up on all the big DJs and parties by living vicariously through the Internet…
Although metalcore was born (and is still very much centered) in the suburbs of America, Asking Alexandria (due tonight at Summit Music Hall) plays it convincingly well for a bunch of Brits. These dudes, who got together in 2008, have spent a good amount of time touring and recording stateside…
In the late 1970s, Tesco Vee was an elementary-school teacher in Michigan who led something of a secret life, first as a fan of punk rock and then as the frontman of one of the most notorious and hilarious bands of that era: the Meatmen (due this afternoon at Twist…
Here’s what’s good in the Mile High City this week. On the concert front: Besides the back-to-back Mumford & Sons dates we told you about yesterday, we have word on the Cars and Taylor Swift shows, as well as Hudson Gardens’ and Mishawaka’s summer lineups. Meanwhile, on local radio, Veronica,…
DJ MU$A has emerged from his creative cave with a striking new mixed CD he’s been working on called My Robot Girlfriend. A mash-up that’s more sophisticated than many full album productions hitting the streets these days, My Robot Girlfriend finds MU$A infusing elements of old-school funk and newer R&B…
Israel Oka, one of the party organizers. On Friday we told you about Damn Gurl!, “a new night of booty bass, pop and funky house” at 700 Kalamath. Over the weekend, we stopped by and snapped some pics. Check out some of the highlights below, and then peep the full…
On Friday night at the Bluebird Theater, the Epilogues (who debuted a new video for “The Fallout”) performed for a sold-out crowd with My Body Sings Electric and Input, both celebrating new CDs of their own. Jonathan Shoup was at the show. Click through for some highlights and then check…
A rambunctious throwback to that time when the Kinks were first birthing some of the truest rock and roll in existence, the Strange Boys have been creating their own jangled jams for almost a decade. Guitarist and vocalist Ryan Sambol sounds slightly brattier than Ray Davies ever did (in a…
LCD Soundsystem just closed its doors on nearly a decade of music, going out with a bang in New York this past weekend. As another indie-heavyweight bites the dust, it got us thinking about what LCD Soundsystem did while it was around. It’s easy to toss the project off as…
Wow! What a difference the Grammys make. Say what you will about the relevance of the annual awards show, but judging from the subsequent success of crossover country act Lady Antebellum last year to the increased exposure it generated this year for already celebrated indie acts like Arcade Fire (due…
From 1up to Stingray, March was a decent month for bar and club openings. A half dozen new joints opened their doors last month. Click through for a full rundown…
Spending a Saturday night at the arcade used to be the kind of activity that single men could engage in as an entertainment option of last resort when the opposite sex showed only mild interest. How far we’ve come. Now the arcade has rightfully been restored to its throne as…
If you made your way to the Bluebird last night, you’re already know about this. If not, here’s some news you can use: The Wanda Jackson show that was slated to take place last night was postponed until this evening due to crappy weather in the mountains. If you had…
WYE OAK With Callers 04.02.11 | Larimer Lounge As far as standout female voices in today’s indie-landscape, the front seems to be dominated as of late by heavyweights like Best Coast’s Bethany Cosetino or Beach House’s Victoria Legrand. But a serious chunk of room needs to be made for both…
THE INACTIVISTS With Little Fyodor & Babushka Band and The Skivies 04.01.11 | Walnut Room This show didn’t turn out to be a April Fool’s Day joke of some kind — although that was certainly a possibility given that the Inactivists are jokers with a wickedly mischievous sense of humor…
