Mile High Music Festival 2010 lineup announced

Okay, whoever speculated that Dave Matthews Band and the Samples were going to be a part of this year’s Mile High Music Festival: Sorry we doubted you. You were right, evidently. So was the guy who said Jack Johnson, as well as the person who pointed us in the direction…

The Weekend Showdown: King Rat Reigns

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…

3OH!3 collab with Ke$ha on new album

Just caught an interview on MTV with the 3OH!3 dudes about the new album, Streets of Gold. Evidently, Ke$ha, with whom the boys collaborated with on her chartbuster, “Blah Blah Blah,” is slated to appear on track from the new record called, “My First Kiss,” produced by Dr. Luke and…

Freaky Friday: Kids’ dinosaur metal

In the U.S., we’ve got Barney, a big, purple weenie of a dinosaur who sings saccharine platitudes about loving everybody. In Finland, they get Hevisaurus, a band of dinosaurs that perform heavy metal for kids. Finland 1, USA 0…

Hey, DJ! Q&A with Chris Irvin

Every Friday we spotlight the hottest cats (and kittens) behind the decks in the MHC, grilling them to gain some insight on what it takes, exactly, to get the party rocking, to find out about their most treasured crate digging experiences and what they really think when we stumble up…

Song of the Day: “Let Go” by jj

Today’s song of the day comes from an utterly bewitching Swedish duo known as jj. Comprised of Joakim Benon and Elin Kastlander, the group is in the midst of embarking on its first ever tour of the States with xx, a kindred act with an equally google defying moniker. Bummer…

Arcanium lands month long tour supporting Bullet for My Valentine

After a stint supporting Megadeth on its Endgame tour with Machinehead and Suicide Silence last fall, Arcanium has landed a slot on another high profile tour. At the end of the month, the Loveland-based metal act will join Bullet for My Valentine, Chiodos and Airbourne on the road. The twenty…

Five awesome music apps for the iPad

We’re all pretty well aware that the iPad launches tomorrow, and while your standing in line at the Cherry Creek Mall waiting for yours, we’ll be busy banging drum sticks on a stone tablet wishing we were you. Just because we’re not getting one, however, hasn’t stopped us from drooling…

Freeloader: “Mark Twain” new from I Am the Dot

It’s a been a while since we’ve heard any new material from Zachary Tipton’s I Am the Dot project. The last release was January’s Winter EP, and although it wasn’t that long ago, it seems a long time after we got used to his once-a-month schedule of releases. In any…

Deferred Hat Tip: Runaway Slave by Showbiz and A.G.

Just to be perfectly clear from the get-go: I’d heard of Showbiz and A.G. before finding this record, but had always had a difficult time tracking down their albums, which I’ll attribute the fact the majority of their catalog has been in and out of print for a long time…

3OH!3 inspires kid to take a bite out of a Big Apple store

Here’s what we know about Nicholi White: He’s fourteen-years-old. His birthday is January 26. He’s a middle schooler that lives in Harlem, New York. He’s a self-described entertainer, which means he performs and acts. And, most importantly, he’s just this side of AWESOME! Anyone who films himself shamelessly groovin’ to…

Download an unreleased track from Strange Powers

Strange Powers moved back to the Mile High City from Austin last fall. Austin, he says, is not all it’s cracked up to be. And besides that, he missed the Queen City, the place where he grew up, and where, given the choice, he prefers to hang his hat (know…

Life In Electric looking for extras for their debut video

Do you secretly fantasize about being a video vixen like Tawny Kitaen, looking all sorts of sultry with that come hither stare of yours, while perched on the hood of a Jaguar driven by David Coverdale? Yeah? Not going to happen. Wake up, dude. It’s 2010. That was a Whitesnake…

Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of March 8, 2010

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…

Flier of the Week: Hot Robots at Old Curtis Street Bar

It’s a well-established fact that chicks dig robots. And when it comes to chicks like the micro-skirted, go-go-booted stunner here, we can see how robots — even hot robots — would feel the same way. Heck, we’d put her on our flier, too. Apart from the universal appeal of attractive…

DMC regional slated for May 1 at the Walnut Room

Turntablists, mark your calendars: Saturday, May 1 at the Walnut Room, DMC Denver is going down. And two of the Mile High City’s finest DJs, Vajra and Chonz, will be judging to determine who advances to the DMC finals in New York this fall. Better bring your A-game, though. Both…

Noisetrade vs Bandcamp in pay-what-you-want grudge match

It’s been three years since Radiohead blew everyone’s minds with the pay-what-you-want model of music distribution, and since then many small sites have been looking to cash in on the idea. Noisetrade is one of these, and although the site has been around for a couple of years, it has…