In what appears to be the last days of The Treehouse, the downtown warehouse where dozens of bands have formed, practiced, lived and crashed over the years, a few of the last guys are sitting around reminiscing. In six years, some good stories are bound to come out of a…
In advance of Nathaniel Rateliff’s CD release party tonight at the Bluebird Theater with the Tallest Man On Earth, we came across more stuff featuring the winsome Mr. Rateliff that we thought we’d pass your way. If you haven’t already gotten your fill of the extraordinary singer-songwriter — what with…
Can one ever have enough giant ape? Not in our book. We love primates, and the bigger the better. That being the case, there was pretty much no chance this ginormous ape being assembled via a series of derricks and scaffolding wasn’t going to be our flier of the week…
With the disintegration of Lala coming May 31st, we’ve been left with one less choice for downloading. Lala was one of the best digital music distributors in town, offering full album streaming and low prices for downloading. After the website was gobbled up by Apple in December of last year,…
The Colbert ReportMon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cNailed ‘Em – Drive-Through Rappingwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorFox News If you currently are or have ever been a stupid teenager, chances are you’ve done something dim-witted at a drive-thru. Maybe you mumbled your order to sound like you’re saying “fart,” or perhaps…
Drake is hip-hop’s flaxen-haired knight without the flaxen hair, and this is one of his busses, presumably. There were two more busses behind the 7-11 — not exactly fuel efficient, but when you know way too many people here right now, you’ve got to find a place to accommodate them…
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…
In 1972, ListenUp began designing and selling high-quality audio/video systems in Colorado. Thirty-eight years later, the company, which is still going strong, is hosting its annual Music Matters summit this week. Among the speakers are John Atkinson, editor of Stereophile magazine, a man considered one of the preeminent authorities on…
There is one guarantee in life: When a musician dies, we go through their catalog of songs. This is most certainly true in the case of Ronnie James Dio, who passed away on Sunday. As we listened over the course of the last couple of days, we started noticing themes,…
On June 8, just a little late for its 21st birthday, the Cure’s classic album Disintegration is getting the kind of super-deluxe reissue treatment that should make goth kids, ex-goth kids and dudes named Rhett very, very, very happy. In addition to the de rigeur remastered album, Robert Smith has…
After selling out the Ogden Theatre in March, Vampire Weekend returns to the area for more spacious digs at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Friday, September 3 with Beach House and Dum Dum Girls opening. General admission tickets ($39.50) go on sale Friday, May 21 at noon…
Drake • Mike Posner • DJ Chonz05.17.10 | Ogden Theatre First was Denver’s own DJ Chonz, who was assigned with warming up the rapidly-filling Ogden. He performed his task admirably [editor’s note: with one turntable, no less], but as the first-act DJ, the ceiling was pretty low. Next was Mike…
Looks like it’s the end of the road for Meese. Well sort of. This Saturday, May 22, at the Bluebird, the band will be playing its last official show — or delivering its final Broadcast, as it were — as Meese with the Northern Way…
Props to DJ Cysko Rokwell, who qualified for the U.S. Finals of the DMCs this past weekend in New York City, besting fifteen other DJs to earn his spot at this finals this August 7. There he’ll compete against the country’s best turntablists (including DJs Notch and Skip Ripkin, who…
In case you haven’t heard, OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder is giving all his secrets away. Well, ahem, not just his secrets, it seems, but ours’, too. Just got a peek at the new clip for “Secrets,” OneRepublic’s latest single — which Jerry Bruckheimer just picked up for his next film Sorcerer’s…
Sea of Cowards, the Dead Weather’s follow-up to last year’s Horehound, took the top spot at Albums on the Hill, while claiming the second spot at Twist & Shout and third at Independent Records for the week ending May 16. The National’s High Violet, released last week on 4AD, meanwhile,…
Metal heads and dark rock connoisseurs everywhere are today without one of the most feared vocalists of the genre. Ronnie James Dio — the prolific artist who fronted Black Sabbath (post-Ozzy), Rainbow, Heaven and Hell and, of course, Dio — died Sunday from stomach cancer. He was 67. Born Ronald…
Pictureplane (aka Travis Egedy) got some more love from indie bible Pitchfork last week. The new media titan called Egedy a “Denver house music mastermind” while pimping his latest free mix, a 41-minute mix which includes selections from Crystal Castles and Rihanna and serves as an intro of sorts to…
The Mile High Madness DVD release party proved that Hip Hop is not only alive and well in the Mile High City, but thriving. Presented by Big Joe Thunder and Box State Music, the DVD is Thunder’s tenacious effort put Denver’s underground art and music on display. The party was…
Bongo Fury • Night of Ultraviolence • Aenka • Hunter Dragon 05.14.10 | Glob Jason Isaacs is probably better known for his stints in Bio Bitch and Friends Forever, but for this show, he performed as Night of Ultraviolence, a project that’s been going on for at least a couple…
Akron/Family • Bad Weather California • Widowers • Candy Claws 05.15.10 | Quixote’s True Blue Obsessive record collectors, potentially-autistic sonic geeks, students of the craft, this one’s for you. It was 1:30 in the morning and we still had a half hour to go. Akron/Family were well into its second…
We would hate for you to miss out on all the awesome that happens every weekend in our fair city, so we’ve decided to run down five of the best shows in one easy-to-swallow post, with video and audio. Tell us — and the rest of the world — what…
