Suburban Home has been releasing mix tapes for a free for quite a while now, but it seems as though they might have reached the numerical limit of the format, because they’ve started over. That’s right, we’ve got another Suburban Home Presents Mix Tape Volume 1, which might cause slight…
By now you’ve heard about Christina Aguilera’s vocal malfunction at the Super Bowl last night. Midway through her a cappella rendering of our hallowed national anthem, she completely flubbed the lines, “O’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly streaming.” Evidently she was caught up in the moment or whatever…
FACEMAN’S FIRST WALTZ 02.4.11 | Bluebird Theater It was only one of many chaotic scenes in a four-hour show that featured almost forty different musicians. Members of the Knew and the Outfit crowded onto the Bluebird stage Friday, sharing space with the show’s headline trio, FaceMan. As the guest musicians…
KING MOB Modern Witch • Married In Berdichev • Hideous Men 02.05.11 | Meadowlark Most people who have seen Ben Martin perform have probably seen him as a guitarist and singer in experimental rock band Lil Slugger. But last night, he teamed up with his brother Sam for a duo…
INVISIBLE ALLIES and ARCHNEMISIS The Malah • Bluetech • Kilowatts • Archnemesis • Frequent-C • David Seied 02.04.11 | Cervantes’ and The Otherside The never-ceases-to-amaze Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom packed in the crowd last night for a special collaborative show with Bluetech and KiloWatts coming together as Invisible Allies. The Malah,…
Man alive! Ahem, it’s a super weekend. As you can see, there is no shortage of things to do in the Mile High City. There’s a full Dance Card, FaceMan having its First Waltz tonight at the Bluebird, then there’s that kick ass double-bill at 3 Kings and the hi-dive,…
For the better part of the last two decades, Wally Callerio has been one of the key players in the West Coast house scene. The Los Angeles-based DJ/producer/Dufflebag Recordings label boss/house music purist performs in Denver on Friday night with Treehouse Collective DJs Brick Lee and Travis Press at 2711…
Woodsman offered up a new video for “Serfer” today, a song from the latest album, Rare Forms, released last month on it’s own label, Fire Talk. The almost four-minute clip feels kind of like a interstellar trip to the optometrist — glowing lights sharpen and blur as they travel through…
Cannonball Soup, the mix tape from Fresh Breath Committee’s Kontrast and Fo Chief, hosted by Joe Thunder, is just what the hip-hop doctor ordered on these, the coldest days in January. Full of beats mostly drawn from Kontrast’s refined ears, the production is great, and the rapping is even better…
Okay, so here’s an idea that’s completely rad and long overdue: This evening, 3 Kings Tavern and the hi-dive have two absolutely splendid bills — the kind in which you wish you could split yourself in two and be at both places at once. We’ve got some great news: You…
Making music since the mid-1950s, George Clinton — in town tonight at the Fillmore towing the Parliament-Funkaledic line — is an enduring musical force that extends far beyond sound. Clinton is a movement in himself, a colorful cultural noisemaker who has, over the last five decades, taken funk from the…
Look out, Denver. Apparently, we have another American Idol contestant in our midst. And this one fits the title of American Idol better than anybody we’ve seen thus far. This is the second year in a row that we’ve had two ladies in the contest hailing from Colorado. You’ve already…
There will never be more people watching a musical performance at one time than during the Super Bowl, so it’s a good thing they always pick legends. In order, starting the year after Nipplegate: Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, Prince, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, the Who and the Black Eyed…
Luther Campbell (aka Uncle Luke, aka 2 Live Crew front man, aka sister-paper Miami New Times columnist), has placed his hat in the race for mayor of Miami-Dade County. Nope, we’re not kidding, but he’s hoping to make a real change to the system, and he’s taking the whole thing…
It’s Black History Month, a time when we celebrate the achievements of African-Americans and their impact on society. With that in mind, it’s completely fitting to discover that Uncle Luke (aka Luther Campbell) chose the month of February to announce his intent to run for mayor of Miami-Dade County…
Ah yeah, it’s going down. Tonight! At Beauty Bar from 7 p.m. to close. We’re throwing a party to celebrate and get you hyped about our other party. And not just any party, mind you, but Artopia! If you haven’t been, ask somebody. It’s one helluva throwdown spread over five…
Okay, we all have some skeletons in our closet, shit we dig — be it music, movies or television shows — that we’d just as soon nobody else knew about. “Guilty pleasures” is what most people term these sort of inclinations. Well, here at Backbeat, there’s no shame in our…
If this Brazilian cab driver can imitate Michael Jackson so perfectly, and a homeless dude with a golden voice can come out of the wood work, surely we can predict when and where the next rising star will come simply by reaching out into the community. Here is a list…
When a band covers a song, it should go one of two ways: Either the remake should be a virtually flawless representation, or come out as a startling contrast from the original. Cover bands, on the other hand, are a different story altogether; fans go to see them because they…
If you’ve got an itching to get some learning in this weekend in lieu of your usual plan of drinking too much, hurling and then passing out on a friend’s couch, we’ve got a perfect event for you. Scott Banning of the itchy-O Marching Band and Cacheflowe will be giving…
Thrifty Astronaut, the musical project of Nick Jones from Fort Collins, released the album Caffeine Heartache last fall. Jones, sitting on some extra demos, decided to ask a handful of Colorado bands to contribute remixes to release with the leftovers. “Almost none of what I got back was anything like…
Rihanna released her video for “S&M” this week and suddenly everyone has decided it’s smut. The video is being met with widespread blushing, including an “inappropriate” flag on Youtube and a potential re-edit from MTV. But, as Rihanna herself pointed out, she’s actually less naked in this video than she…
