So evidently, Metric doesn’t feel like tagging industry pros to do its remixes . Instead, the members of this Canadian outfit want YOU to remix them. There’s reportedly some cash in it for you if your remix is picked. Although we’ve seen the whole crowd-sourcing remix thing before — Nine…
Master bluesman B.B. King, who seems to visit these parts a couple times a year, returns to the Boulder Theater on Saturday, January 22. Tickets ($77.50 general admission, $96.50 reserved, $124.50 gold circle) go on sale this Saturday, October 2, at 10 a.m. , When DJ Shadow hits the Ogden…
Itchy-O Marching Band from Mixtec Media on Vimeo. Over the weekend, local impromptu electro-percussion act the itchy-O Marching Band hit its fundraising goal of $3,000. The funds, which have different pledge rewards, are being allotted to the recording of a five-song EP and a short documentary about the band. It’s…
Michael Franti & Spearhead’s The Sound of Sunshine , released last week on Capitol, grabbed the top spot at Albums on the Hill and checked in at number three at Twist & Shout for the week ending September 26. Santana’s new Arista release, Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of…
FURTHUR 9/24/2010 – 9/26/2010 | Red Rocks Amphitheatre In some way or another, the surviving members of the Grateful Dead have kept things alive for the last fifteen years. Bassist Phil Lesh has been the hardest touring, with his ever-evolving lineup of Phil and Friends. Guitarist Bob Weir also took…
THE CULT With The Black Ryder 9/25/2010 | Ogden Theater, Denver Sydney, Australia’s the Black Ryder opened the show with an impressive array of songs that seemed to overt take some overt cues from modern psychedelic rock bands like Brian Jonestown Massacre and early Verve. But Aimee Nash’s undeniable mystique…
SoCal punk stalwarts Strung Out played the Ogden Theatre last night with Rufio, We Are The Union and Synthetic Elements. Aaron Thackeray, our resident shutterbug, was on hand and shot these photos. Below are a few highlights. And if you missed it on Friday, read this interview with Strung Out…
SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS With Active Child and DJ Peter Black 09.24.10 | Larimer Lounge, Denver Peter Black kicked off the evening with an hour-long set of remixes he’s done for various artists, including songs by Chris & Cosey, Blonde Redhead and Glasser. Black moved in time with the music…
SKYLAB Ferry Corsten, Bad Boy Bill, DJ Irene, Dieselboy and Wolfgang Gartner 09.25.10 | Denver Coliseum The lineup at Skylab this year was impressive, featuring names that have been in the electronic-music scene for a long time, including hard-house diva DJ Irene and one of the mainstays of Chicago house,…
Matt and Kim • So So Glos • Picture Plane 09.24.10 | Ogden Theatre, Denver The hyper-positive drum-and-keyboard duo of Matt and Kim: From playing DIY art spaces to packing grand old joints like the Ogden Theatre, you have to wonder how much bigger the Brooklyn-proud (we’ll get to that…
Jordan Burns, the drummer for Strung Out, is one of the most influential modern-rock drummers ever. His timekeeping skills have been recognized by magazines such as Modern Drummer, and most recently DRUM! magazine, which tapped him as best punk drummer. The bionically gifted Burns has carved out an enviable career…
Many people heard the Cult after its breakthrough album, Love, which contained the classic single “She Sells Sanctuary,” was released in 1985. But the Cult increasingly became a worldwide phenomenon with its following two albums, Electric and Sonic Temple…
Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino met as students at Pratt Institute, and when they started playing music together after becoming immersed in the New York DIY music scene, they quickly became known for their infectiously energetic live shows…
Who can resist the siren’s call of little Justin Bieber? Well, besides anyone with a modicum of taste, apparently no one is safe, whatever far-off location they might be in. Take today’s video, which comes to us from exotic Lithuania! Now, in addition to being the first Soviet republic to…
American Idol has been around for eight years and going on ten seasons. And really, anything has a natural life span, and television shows, for the most part, live theirs in close to dog years. Like Great Dane years. Which means, essentially, that American Idol is long in the tooth…
There’s not much that Martina Grbac can’t do. Previously gracing Denver stages with her cello and vocals in the now defunct indie rock group Matson Jones, Grbac’s career has taken a rather surprising turn — operating eyeLAB, her own self proclaimed garage optical shop. The mission of eyeLAB, which Grbac…
With a dreamy, uplifting sound reminiscent of bands like Lush, Curve and Stereolab, School of Seven Bells creates deeply atmospheric music that explores the inner reaches of the human psyche with a surprisingly colorful yet concrete flair. Sisters Alejandra and Claudia Deheza came from the experimental band On!Air!Library!, while guitarist…
After being urged to withhold the airing of Katy Perry’s appearance on Sesame Street, someone over at PBS clearly needs a guidebook of which musicians not to hire for the show. What were they expecting, exactly? Did they miss the whole bit about her kissing a girl and liking it,…
Lindsay Lohan, America’s freckled-faced-sweetheart-turned-hot-freakin’-mess is in boiling water yet again. Ms. Lohan is facing thirty days in the slammer after testing positive for cocaine during a mandatory drug test last week. The actress is scheduled to appear before a judge on Friday who will address the probation violation and determine…
Katy Perry is inappropriate for children. That’s the message that went out today when the Sesame Workshop, who produce the long-running Sesame Street, announced they’d be nixing the pop tart’s already completed guest appearance with Elmo. The reason? The video caused an uproar when it was prereleased on YouTube, thanks…
Renowned Scottish post-rock band Mogwai played a sold out, three-day residency at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York in April 2009. Filmmakers Vincent Moon and Nathanael Le Scouarnec were on hand to capture the finest moments of that residency in stark but emotive black and white…
Last week, we posted an item about the passing of D. Scott Morris, a widely regarded member of the music scene who will be sorely missed. We’ve just received word that a celebration of his life is being be held at the Toad Tavern, the venue owned by his former…
