The shaggy-haired unknown, dressed in a faded T-shirt, perches himself on a wooden stool and begins plucking at his guitar strings. “There is no destination,” he croons into the microphone before building to a moving chorus. “You are one…you are one.” He’s at the Cup, a Boulder coffee shop, singing…
The founders of Next Big Sound believe the Boulder-based tech company can use online chatter to uncover the next big breakout bands. To test their system, we asked them to track down the most buzzed-about Colorado acts. And here are the results: the top 24 bands listing Colorado on their…
Cash Cow Recording Company started nearly two decades ago with vinyl releases from Squid, Tugboat Annie, Milf and others, but it was inactive for the past thirteen years, and has recently been reborn as Cash Cow Productions. And what better way to get back into the swing of things than…
Last week, we posted an item about the untimely passing of PREACH, and how SP Double and American Trash Republic banded together this past weekend to pay tribute to and perform at a benefit for their fallen friend. This week, the American Trash Republic guys memorialized Preach in a song…
Alright, so remember a few weeks ago when we told you about Illegal Pete’s Starving Artist program and how they’re feeding touring musicians coming through Denver. The initial response was like, “Wow, that’s pretty cool, but what about the musicians that live here?” — a very reasonable question, if you…
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, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown Show, KBCO’s Local Edition*, The Colorado Sound*, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and The…
The old “cut up magazines and make it look like a ransom note” approach is so old school, it may have existed before there was a school. But it’s fallen so far out of favor that when it’s occasionally revived, it’s hardly fair to call it cliche. Throwback maybe –…
A mansion once occupied by the late, great Ronnie James Dio, who passed away earlier this year, is up for sale, and it’s just barely out of our price range at a mere $3,333,000! Based on the pictures that accompany the listing, it looks like quite the spread. While a…
Earlier this week, Nick Cave responded to accusations that he nicked the basis of the song “Palaces of Montezuma” from a tune by some guy named Frank Duffy called “Grey Man.” It seems absurd someone as versatile as Cave would intentionally borrow a lick or two from another song. Any…
EELS With Jesca Hoop 10.05.10 | Ogden Theatre When we interviewed Eels frontman Mark Oliver Everett (aka E) last week, he said he was having the most fun he’s ever had on tour and that it might surprise people how much fun the shows are. Sure enough. Last night’s show…
If you tune in to Dancing With the Stars tonight, chances are good that if you pay close attention, you’ll see a familiar face (no, not the Situation). By familiar, we mean none other than Joe Ginsberg from Single File. Ginsberg’s on the set right now, rehearsing and preparing to…
These days, the legendary folk-rock band Fairport Convention isn’t as widely known as it once was, and yet Richard Thompson, the band’s most storied guitarist, is often cited as an influence by a wide range of musicians and frequently included on the short list of the most talented living guitar…
Before the band hibernation/recording season sets in for the colder months, Vitamins — itself in the process of recording new material for release next spring — has offered up a new, tricked out version of “Sequined Dress (Jovian Moons Workout Remix),” from 2009’s Songs For Stem Cells. The remix itself…
Man, do we love robots. Especially when those robots are bringing us the latest and greatest DFA sounds. We’ve been wearing out our copies of LCD Soundsystem’s This Is Happening for a while now, and just as we’re thinking it’s time to give it a rest comes a new slice…
Does Backbeat ever turn down the chance to give away free concert tickets? Nope! Now, sure, the lulling sounds of the Canadian Tenors — listen below — may not immediately jibe with High on Fire, Kanye West or Muse, but that doesn’t mean it’s not good. No, sir. And with…
Last night at Red Rocks, Mastodon, the Deftones and Alice In Chains got it on for a one-of-a-kind mountain metal sandwich, the kind of awesome threesome you usually only hear about, rarely experience and talk about for years to come. We sent our resident shutterbug Aaron Thackeray up the hill…
After selling out three nights at Red Rocks, Widespread Panic returns to the Pepsi Center for a two-night New Year’s Eve run on Thursday, December 30, and Friday, December 31. Tickets are $61 and go on sale this Saturday, October 9, at noon and are available through TicketHorse. Speaking of…
SONIC YOUTH With Caldera Lakes 10.04.10 | Ogden Theatre The thing about seeing Sonic Youth is, no matter what else is going on in the venue, the city or even the world at that very moment, there is no question the show will be staggeringly beautiful. It won’t be flashy…
Eels frontman Mark Oliver Everett (aka E) has been hyper-productive lately, releasing three albums as part of a trilogy in just over a year. He says each album (last year’s Hombre Lobo and this year’s End Times and Tomorrow Morning) are each about a distinct human emotion — desire, loss…
Le Noise, Neil Young’s collaboration with producer Daniel Lanois, released last week on Reprise, claimed the top spot at Twist & Shout, checked in at number three at Albums on the Hill and rounded out the top ten at Wax Trax for the week ending October 3. Deerhunter’s Halcyon Digest,…
Kanye West has been busy the past couple of months making everyone else in music look lazy. Not only did he perform on Saturday Night Live over the weekend with two of the best musical performances we’ve seen in a while, but he’s also been dropping free MP3s in a…
When you think solo acoustic guitar, what comes to mind? Some classical finger-picking perhaps? Or some some folky jerkoff at a party, who needs John Belushi to come along and set his ass straight by smashing his guitar? Or maybe you think of looping alien soundscapes with a Western feel…
