Alan Palomo made a name for himself trying to sound like someone else. His breakout, however, didn’t come until he settled for just sounding like himself. It was an unlikely break for Palomo, but then his entire career is full of such unlikely things, like Ghosthustler, his previous project, for…
Tickle Me Pink’s young career has already been filled with setbacks and shrouded by controversy. From the heartbreaking loss of original bassist Johnny Schou in 2008 to the recent parting with their label, Wind-up, the boys still had time to release an explicit video for their single “Typical Whore” in…
Contention between Single File and its producer, Howard Benson, almost shelved the band’s major label debut, Common Struggles, before it even came out. Single File felt Benson and Warner Bros. were trying to shape the band into something they did not want to be…
On his latest release Cosmic, local producer/DJ Zeno fuses the spacey, out-of-this-world ambiance of “cosmic music” with the gritty, bass-heavy rumblings of dubstep to excellent effect. The nine-track album (six originals, three remixes) is available for free, meaning if you you’ve been curious about Zeno, or just looking for some…
Jamie Lidell, who issued his latest effort, Compass, on Warp last month, hits the Bluebird Theater again Tuesday, September 7. Advance tickets $20.50 and $25 day of show, but early bird tickets are $15 available from 10 a.m. Friday, June 18 through midnight Sunday, June 20…
Chick Corea’s Freedom Band 06.15.10 | Denver Botanic Gardens It was fitting Chick Corea’s Freedom Band, which features Kenny Garrett, Christian McBride and Roy Haynes, opened Monday night’s Botanic Gardens show with a tune from Corea’s Remembering Bud Powell album, as all four musicians were on the 1997 recording. Since…
Got your tickets to the Showcase yet? Yes? Nice work. Don’t have your tickets yet? No worries. There’s still time to get yours, and here’s another reason to pick ’em up now — well, aside from the fact that they’re still just fifteen bucks: Friday night, we’re throwing another pre-party…
It’s been about a year and half since the Fray’s last release, the self-titled follow-up to its double platinum debut, How to Save a Life. In between touring and writing songs for its next album, Denver’s favorite power-ballad purveyors have been working on a cover album. We caught up with…
The Black Keys’ latest effort, Brothers, continues to be strong seller locally, grabbing the top spot at Twist & Shout and claiming the second slot at Albums on the Hill for the week ending June 13. Jack Johnson’s new album, To the Sea, and Ratatat’s latest LP4, released last week…
Texas isn’t big enough to contain Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights. After signing with Atlantic records in 2008, the Dallas-based quintet quickly started making a name for itself across the country, touring with high-caliber acts like ZZ Top and the Black Crowes before releasing Pardon Me, its major label…
After all our hype, all our shit-talking and all of our preparation (okay, preparation consisted solely of previously mentioned hype and shit talking, we admit it), we came, we played and we got our ever-loving asses kicked at our own music Knowcase. Yeah, we came in a desultory sixth place…
The space at 940 Lincoln Street that had been Zen, and was known as Hunks for a few days last month, has now changed its name to Chique. And it’s not just the name that has changed. According to owner Bonnie King, the club’s concept has changed, as well. For…
Here what the area’s local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We’re currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows including, Radio 1190’s Local Shakedown, KTCL’s Locals Only, KBCO’s Local Edition, The Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown…
The Brian Jonestown Massacre • Floorian 06.13.10 | Bluebird Theater Floorian, a five-piece from Columbus, Ohio, opened last night’s show and sounded like a shoegaze band of old gone a little darker while cultivating a certain improvisational psychedelic flair. At times, the music reminded me a little of a tripped…
The Electric Daisy Carnival06.12.10 | Arapahoe County Fairgrounds Since 1996, the Electric Daisy Carnival has morphed and spread from a Southern California party to a multi-venue conglomeration of parties that have now gone global (Puerto Rico’s Carnival is August 28 this year — plenty of time to buy tickets…). The…
There’s nothing like experiencing the sweat, thump and catharsis of a great show. Trouble is, you live in Denver, the land of embarrassing riches when it comes to music, the land of too many shows and too little time. So which ones are worth checking out? Glad you asked. After…
Just into its third year, the outdoor stage at the Meadowlark (2701 Larimer Street) got its third noise violation from the city, which essentially means the bar can no longer hold shows outside. “It’s been really emotional for everyone at the bar,” says Jonathan Bitz, the bar’s talent buyer. “We’ve…
Maybe it’s something about the time of year — it is technically still spring, the time of new beginnings — but it seems like a lot of musicians around town are brushing up their songwriting skills and gearing up to release solo efforts. Add two more to that list: Andy…
Our collective pop-culture past is littered with the remains of plenty of freaky material. Exhibit A is “Pacman Fever,” a novelty rock song from Buckner & Garcia about everyone’s favorite pie-shaped video game hero…
Mystery solved: You won’t find “Hey!” on Streets of Gold, and that’s because it’s on Lil Jon’s new album Crunk Rock, released earlier this week. All right, so we already told you about 3OH!3 premiering Streets of Gold’s first single, “My First Kiss,” featuring Ke$ha on Monday. Evidently, if you…
Westword — thirty-plus years your weekly, ink-stained guide to Denver — now lives in your iPhone. The Westword iPhone app went live last night and is stocked with much of the same content you get here at westword.com. More specifically, you’ll find:…
We don’t know if you’ve noticed or not, but Hollywood has a knack for remaking films (brazenly displaying its pronounced lack of creativity). These movies tend to fall into one of three categories: Pop-film, genre-film or foreign. We’ve never fully understood the system of how they decide what gets green-lit…
