Forth Yeer Freshman (aka Forth Yeer) is soon to be pushing daisies. After more than a decade of debauchery, the hooligans that make up the band have decided to put the old moniker to rest and write new material under a new and completely different handle. To commemorate the occasion,…
Umphrey’s Mcgee will be returning to Colorado after starting their two-month long tour that spans the great U.S. of A. from the East coast to the West. Starting in Boston late in January and winding down the Atlantic coast, UM’s tour made its way back to the motherland, Colorado, for…
On this eve of the release of Justin Bieber’s movie, Never Say Never, I felt it would be an appropriate time to discuss how I feel about him. Simply put, Justin Bieber makes me uncomfortable. This is not a dislike of him as a person or a hatefulness toward his…
Editor’s note: Two of our writers were at the Decemberists show last night in Boulder, and so today we present you with two different accounts of the show from two different perspectives. Two for the price of, uh, none, as it were — well, unless you count the cost your…
The hip-hop purists among us are very familiar with the story and legacy of James Dewitt Yancey, better known as J Dilla. Having come up in the hip-hop underground scene in Detroit and later emerging as one of the most influential producers in hip-hop, it was Dilla’s death at the…
Oh, Bobby Long, how hard we swoon for you. If it wasn’t for the first Twilight soundtrack, we might have never discovered your gruff, Southern-by-way-of-London voice, perfect for carrying songs of heartbreak and seasonal love…
During last Friday’s Larians show at Astroland in Boulder, someone stole well over $700 in cash from the venue. The space needed $850 for February’s already overdue rent, and donations were solicited on Facebook. By Monday, $1,000 had come in from 25 donors. We talked to founder Zack Roif, a…
In a statement alongside it’s quarterly and annual fiscal report, Activision, the company behind the Guitar Hero series, effectively put the axe on the series. Over the course of the last two years, the series has seen dropping sales due to a market that’s completely saturated and an expensive peripheral…
With DeVotchka’s forthcoming album, 100 Lovers, the Denver quartet has released possibly it’s finest album to date. Frontman Nick Urata says they spent about a year making the album in Tuscon, and let the songs cook a bit longer and ferment than on previous efforts, which might explain why the…
Okay, so now that you’ve had the chance to see her audition, is Julie Zorrilla the next American Idol? JLo suspects so. And we completely co-sign that. Aside from having the most impressive shoes of the competition, JZo wowed JLo and company by pretty much blowing everyone else away with…
Nyke Nitti (aka Nate Johnson and formerly known as Nyke Loc) is a veteran in the Denver hip-hop game. With over eight years of rap lore under his belt, he has watched the rise of some of the best who have helped shape the city’s scene. From Innerstate Ike, whom…
As people who think about, talk about, listen to and make music, the most common question we encounter is, “What are you listening to right now?” Whether you’re looking for recommendations, trying to get a feel for our individual sensibilities, or are just curious, we’ve compiled a list of all…
The 53rd ceremony to determine the absolute best music! It’s Grammy time, people, when we all leap off our couches to buy that Lady Gaga album from 2009 once we all realize it’s the best album of 2010. But seriously: the only people paying attention to who wins are people…
OZZY OSBOURNE With Slash 02.08.11 | Pepsi Center Ozzy Osbourne layeth the smack down last night at the Pepsi Center with Slash — he of the shaggy mane, top hat, Velvet Revolver and, of course, Guns N’ Roses — in tow. A chair-packed stadium floor might not be what the…
Joke rap hinges upon one thing: Whether an artist is laughing at themselves, or if the rest of the world is just laughing at them. Das Racist are clearly laughing at themselves — best evidenced in the track “Hahahaha JK” where they explain they’re not joking, just joking, they are…
Sometimes all it takes to catch our eye is a nice big landscape on a flier. Even if we can’t quite make out what cities are being mashed together here, this one still manages to peak our interest in the show and the material based solely on our passing interest…
Not too long ago, National Public Radio ran a piece on the art of “Human Videos” — a phenomenon that entails Christian teenagers competing in groups to do their best physical translations of contemporary religious music. “It’s like a music video with only people as a set,” explains the only…
Last week, NYC-by-way-of-Denver duo Jonathan and BPro whispered in our virtual ears that they had something to share — three remix tracks from 2010’s Turn It Up, to be exact. Two of the three jams we’re stoked to bring you are first-listens, one re-work coming from local DJ Craig C…
Do the Dead Kenny Gs exist as the antithesis of Kenny G’s existence? Absolutely. This is what makes them awesome, of course, beyond the simple fact that a band name like that sums up how the general listening public in 2011 probably feels about Kenny G — if they feel…
Snowy weather got you feeling glum? Yeah? We hear ya. Luckily, we’ve got just thing to turn that frown upside down. Meet Total Ghost. We don’t know where in the hell these dudes Chön and Biktor came from — they claim to be from Germany, but we suspect they’re about…
Here’s what the area’s local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We’re currently tracking the playlists from a number of different shows, including KTCL’s Locals Only, Radio 1190’s Local Shakedown, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown Show, The Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and…
There was a mini-rash of adorable teen stars rapping Nicki Minaj last week when Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez both paid homage to “Super Bass.” Not sure how either came to the conclusion that attempting to rap would be good for them in some way, but they aren’t the first…
