Wanna know what’s cracking in the hip-hop scene in Denver, ask us. If we don’t know, ask us anyway, and we’ll get with our boy Joe Thunder. If we haven’t heard about it, chances are, he has. Dude’s plugged in and has his ear to the streets 24-7. For real…
So uh, ahem, well, this happened. During a benefit show for the rain forest an all-star cast of performers spent much of the evening doing cover songs, all culminating in a collection of the crew doing Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’.” We can’t help but giggle a bit at the absurdity…
There is no fence-riding in hip-hop. It is the most competitive genre of music, partly because of the way it formed and partly because it remains the newest major movement. So there is no shortage of hatred going around. But sometimes, someone does something so heinous they transcend artistic disagreement…
Ah, the future of the late ’70s and early ’80s. A futuristic place, filled with wise-cracking robots, strangely medieval garb and incredible mustaches. At least, that’s what the vintage TV series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century was predicting. That, and some really sucky music. Luckily, Buck is there to…
The rumors were true. We’ve received confirmation from K.C. K-Sum himself that the Warlock Pinchers are indeed planning to reunite this summer — on Friday August 6 at the Gothic Theatre, if fact. And as reported back in March, Dale Crover of the Melvins is slated to pound the skins…
Looking for something to smooth out your Friday and ease you into the weekend? Oh, man, look no further. We’ve seriously got just the thing. Glass Gold, the brand new album from the Greg Harris Vibe Quintet is as easy on the ears as Brooklyn Decker is on the eyes…
If we were to tell you of an event with wizards and music involved, what would your gut reaction be? Pleasure? Glee? Anger? Well, prepare yourself accordingly: Wizard Prom — it’s going down next week. Get your wands in a twist this Monday, May 17 at 7 p.m. at Other…
Just when you thought it was safe to lock in your summer plans, the just announced Newhoma Camping and Music Festival might make you pull your calendar back out and reach for your red Sharpie. Georgia jam rockers Outformation, avante garde NYC jazz cats Sex Mob and local jam rock…
The Denver Art Rock Collective is embracing their art rock forebears in early June at D.A.R.C Side of the Moon, a tribute to the music of Pink Floyd. To pull it off, they’re making the “Collective” element of their name a reality, performing as in various configurations featuring a rotating…
The epic dance music festival Electric Daisy Carnival will see its third year in Colorado on June 12. As big as the past two years have been, it looks like this year could be the biggest yet, pulling in top talent from the house, trance and dubstep genres, including Benny…
Want to own a piece of music history? Suburban Home Records is selling off a number of rare — essentially unique, actually — vinyl test pressings they’ve amassed over the years. If you aren’t familiar with the concept, test pressings are basically just what the name says, a limited run…
To get ready for the orgy of musical drunkenness that is the Westword Music Showcase (June 19), we staged a pre-orgy of musical drunkenness at City Hall, with a performance by Big Gigantic. See more photos by Aaron Thackeray at westword.com/slideshow…
I never really got into Massive Attack. Actually, to be honest, most of the ’90s downtempo/trip-hop stuff always eluded me for one reason or another. It always felt so goofy, so bland, so near-new-age. Perhaps this just was my own association. But after actually enjoying Heligoland I decided it was…
I’m feeling pretty fortunate these days,” declares Nathaniel Rateliff, sitting on the front porch of his Baker neighborhood home. The singer-songwriter is still buzzing from the string of shows he just finished on Daytrotter.com’s Barnstormers Tour. He’s been home just long enough to run a few errands, pour himself a…
Colorado has certainly had its fair share of bands with sprawling memberships. Fortunately, most of those groups have brought us some of the better music of the past several years. Boulder’s Fellow Citizens (due at the Larimer Lounge on Friday, May 14) are no exception. Somehow all nine Citizens manage…
Don’t let the veneer of Americana fool you: Akron/Family is a weird band. Mixing folk with a broad palette of experimental pop and avant-garde improvisation, the act’s songs are reminiscent of the darker, more hushed yet blissed-out moments of Sun City Girls. It’s not that this outfit is overtly inventive;…
Here’s a plot line no one could have predicted two years ago: Canadian teen drama star turns into singer/rapper whose most famous freestyle involves reading lines off a BlackBerry. Buoyed by his association with Lil Wayne’s Young Money imprint, he attains such massive success that he does a single for…
If melodic, anthemic pop music is a crime, then these guys are guilty as charged. Hailing from Tallahassee, Florida, Look Mexico signed to Suburban Home Records last spring on the strength of its early releases. Like Sunny Day Real Estate without the dark side, Look Mexico resembles a pop-punk band…
It’s safe to say that legendary punk bands like Jawbreaker and Hot Water Music wouldn’t have existed — at least not in the form we know them — without Leatherface. In fact, it was the band’s 1999 split with Hot Water that introduced many Americans to Leatherface, although the veteran…
Often brutally confessional, this latest release from David McGhee features some of the songs he used to perform before he disappeared for a few years. And if they’re any indication, McGhee must have been processing more than his fair share of personal demons, crippling loss, intense confusion and social rejection…
A little girl starts this two-song EP by saying, “I’m apologizing in advance for what you’re about to hear.” It’s meant to be self-deprecating, obviously, but that only makes sense if you follow it with death metal or something equally badass. Instead, Be the Ant follows it with nine minutes…
Since drifting into Denver from parts east a couple years back, Emily Frembgen has been busy making a humble yet profound mark in town. Besides being a member of the lush indie-rock project the Language of Termites, the singer-songwriter crafts solo material that’s twice as ethereal at half the volume;…
