Guess who recently resurfaced after having unceremoniously dropped off the radar for the better part of the last year? If you said David McGhee — wait, what? How’d you know? Oh, he’s already been in touch? Yeah, he’s good like that. Good dude. A little quirky, but a good dude,…
The cover’s off the grill, the windows are down and sweet freedom is on the horizon. Ahh, summer is coming. And while it’s still early, there have already been more than enough entrants in the summer jam sweepstakes to make a short list. A few ground rules: 1. Must have…
In case you just joined us, Flobots are notorious when it comes to fighting injustice and standing up for the rights of all human beings. So it comes as no surprise, really, to discover that the act’s outspoken frontman Jonny 5 has taken it upon himself to update Public Enemy’s…
As people who think about, talk about, listen to and make music, the most common question we encounter is, “What are you listening to right now?” So whether you’re looking for recommendations, trying to get a feel for our individual sensibilities, or are just curious, we’ve compiled a list of…
It’s becoming increasing more popular for celebrities and pseudo-celebrities alike to think the public still gives a rats-ass what they have to say. And it’s no secret that Twitter is a giant bathroom stall waiting for the sharpie attack of a bored ex-rocker, but every once and a while it…
This week’s flier of the week is not one flier but three fliers, one for each of the members of Lion Sized. This first randomly selected (we’re not aware of any particular order) flier effectively sets the tone for the rest of what you’re getting — a splattery, exploded portrait…
This past February, when we started putting together the 2010 Westword Music Showcase, we posted an item asking you how we could improve our annual music festival, this year set for Saturday, June 19, in the Golden Triangle (if you haven’t already purchased your tickets, you can still buy discounted…
We were all sitting around wondering how to make Guess How I’m Peeing even more offensive/frivolous, and then it dawned on us: adult vending machines. So this week, we’re peeing, sure, but we’re also enjoying the sights, and maybe even reaching into our pockets. For some change, sickos. Ultimately, we…
Noise lovers, rejoice! This weekend, Old Curtis Street (2100 Curtis Street) will be transformed into a celebration of all things noisy, experimental, grating and possibly hearing-damaging, courtesy of Denver Noise Fest (look for an interview with the festival’s curators Todd Novosad and John Gross in this week’s paper). Almost forty…
Finally got a look at ManeRok’s “Troubles” video. As mentioned this past December, the video was directed by the Mile High’s go-to-guy for hip-hop clips, Eric Heights (F.O.E., Spoke In Wordz, 3 the Hardway, Ichiban, Deca, The Pirate Signal) late last year, and finally made its way to the web…
In case you haven’t gotten your quotient of feel-like-shit yet today, check out I Need That Record! website, a documentary about the death of independent record stores. For a limited time, you can stream the doc for free in its entirety on Pitchfork or you can purchase it directly for…
Just got a peep of F.O.E.’s “Brand New” video, one of two, ahem, brand new clips directed by the seemingly indefatigable Eric Heights, a cat who is steady on the grind. The track, which appears on F.O.E. and DJ Awhat’s excellent mixtape, The Format Vol. 1, is given a pretty…
This year’s Red Rocks line-up has been filling in rather nicely, and there’s been a few more additions this week, including a second Sting date that’s been added, Blues Traveler’s annual Fourth of July show, the Barenaked Ladies, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Reggae on the Rocks, Celtic Woman and Tom…
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, The Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown Show, and the…
While no specific artist dominated sales across the board at local record stores for the week ending April 25, Natalie Merchant’s Leave Your Sleep, Cypress Hill’s Rise Up Willie Nelson’s Country Music claimed the top spots at Albums on the Hill, Independent Records and Twist & Shout, respectively. See the…
If you like your trance hard, fast and as electronic as a robot’s dreams, you are really going to like Ghosh. The Denver/Dubai based DJ is dedicated to a strain of driving, energetic trance that’s indebted to the early days of European trance, when it represented the (barely) softer side…
I had the fortune of attending the Rockies game on Sunday, and couldn’t help but notice something that I found odd: When Troy Tulowitzki, the Rockies’ studly shortstop, strolled to the plate in the bottom of the first inning, he did it to the poppy sounds of Miley Cirus’s “Party…
Tomorrow marks the release of Super Street Fighter IV, which is an exciting moment for any fighting game fan. It probably doesn’t seem like much to normal human beings, but after the success of the absolutely awesome Street Fighter IV, it’s hard not to get our hadouken’s in a twist…
Yeasayer | Sleigh Bells 04.24.10 | The Bluebird Theatre If anyone is getting tired of Brooklyn, it didn’t show Saturday — a pair of the hippest bands from the hippest borough in the world packed the hell out of the Bluebird. We’re talking sweaty backs leaving wet prints on strangers’…
Earlier this week, we offered up an exclusive advance listen of The Pirate Signal’s brand new album, No Weak Heart Shall Prosper, and pointed out the notably significant artistic progression the group had made since its debut more than half a decade ago, Norma(l) Hugh Manchild’s American Revolution(s) and its…
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…
With Public Image Ltd. coming to town this weekend, we’ve been thinking about John Lydon and all the crazy weird things he’s done. If you haven’t seen many interviews with him, you’re going to quickly notice a theme in many of these, namely a slight air of pretension, curse bleeps…
