A little taste of the New York underground will come to Denver this Saturday, March 27, when Stadenco appears at the Funky Buddha. The DJ has been honing his craft ever since he was a toddler lugging around a portable record player and playing his favorite tunes for anyone who…
Know what’s better than free music? Free music that’s good enough to pay for. Tommy Metz, who is typically known around these parts as Iuengliss, has posted his new album, The Blossom Frontier, for free on his web site. Go download that sucker immediately because it’s like his previous work…
Looks like a number of Denver acts caught more than just our attention this past week at South By Southwest. Nathaniel Rateliff, who played an exceptional set at Shakespeare’s Ale House last week, impressed Michael Hogan from Vanity Fair (which also previewed a song from his forthcoming record earlier this…
Ever wonder what Tammy Ealom does with her free time when she’s not singing insanely catchy and badass rock songs with Dressy Bessy? Why she’s making super fantastic music videos that bring the music to life, of course. The ridiculously prolific Ealom — seriously what is this like the hundreth…
As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. Looking at the image on this week’s top flier, we can’t help but agree. There’s a story there, it’s worth at least a thousand words and three of them have to be WTF? The Buddha-bellied, dog-eared, blank-eyed demon is…
Got plans this weekend? If you’re a dance music fan you do, right? We’re guessing we’ll see you at Caffeine 2010, yes? The tenth edition of the annual music and arts fest takes place this Saturday, March 27 at 1st Bank Center in Broomfield and features 65 DJs — Micro,…
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…
There are rumors floating around that the Tom Hanks owned Playtone production company may be discussing the possibilities of turning Green Day’s American Idiot (the musical) into a movie. This is, without a doubt, the worst possible news we could feasibly imagine. We’re picturing a kind of Garden State meets…
All right, just when you thought this year’s Showcase couldn’t get any better, it just did. Adding to an already stacked lineup (one of our best yet, even if we do say so ourselves) that includes Ghostland Observatory, Superchunk, Dirty Projectors, Neon Indian, Single File and Oh My Stars, Boombox…
Everybody loves a good fight song. You know, a boisterous ditty that makes you want to hoist your beer and rip the other team’s face off. The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls, Denver’s first roller derby league, is looking for a face-ripping song of its own to play at bouts both in…
Achille Lauro made a promo video for their album release party, and they nailed the campy informercial vibe hard. Front man Matt Close, from the clip: “When we’re not writing choice rock and roll tunes, you can find us in the gym, using the Achille Lauro System to make sure…
JAY-Z @ PEPSI CENTER | 3/22/10 Jay-Z is one of the few performers that truly is larger than life. Dude has an undeniably commanding presence on stage. From the opening cut, “Run This Town,” until the fittingly titled “Encore,” which he closed out the show with nearly two hours later,…
Just in time to welcome spring, Wentworth Kersey is releasing a brand-new single called “Sun and Moon.” That’s the good news. The great news is it heralds the upcoming arrival of a new Wentworth Kersey EP to be titled ((O)). The less-great news is that EP isn’t coming until summer…
Man, rock and roll really is dying, isn’t it? Or at the future of it is. Just received some rather disheartening news that the almighty WOXY.com, the finest station this side of KEXP, has suspended its live broadcasts indefinitely as of today due to a lack of funding. Besides the…
You might not recognize former Denverite Duncan Barlow (d.biddle), with his baby face in the video above, but the d.biddle frontman was once a young, restless, youthful guitarist in the rather remarkable hardcore group called Endpoint. The band broke up in 1994, and Duncan moved to Denver sometime after. Despite…
Phish, which kicks off its summer tour in June, is slated to play back-to-back dates at Telluride Town Park on Monday and Tuesday, August 9 and 10. An online ticket request period is currently underway and ends March 26. After that, tickets go on sale to the general public starting…
The recent verbal missteps made by John Mayer and his subsequent radio silence got us thinking about a number of other people who’ve been vomiting in our ears lately, that would do well to take a cue from him, and STFU. Look, we understand that being a celebrity is probably…
Flobots’ Survival Story, released last week on Universal Republic, grabbed the top spot at Albums on the Hill, while coming in second behind Ludacris’ Battle of the Sexes at Independent Records. Gorillaz’s Plastic Beach was also a strong seller for the week ending March 21. See the full breakdown after…
Just when we thought we’d seen the last of the Coloradoans on this season of American Idol comes this: Somehow, wrapped up with all the South By Southwest-related hubbub last week, we managed to miss 3OH!3 performing “Blah Blah Blah” on Idol with Ke$ha. The props were mildly amusing (score…
It’s well known an this point that Jay-Z (appearing tonight at the Pepsi Center with Sound Tribe Sector 9, Trey Songz and Young Jeezy) has 99 problems, and a bitch, most certainly, ain’t one. Curiously, though, until now, no one’s really taken a hard look at just what Hova’s 99…
So, you’re starting a band, huh? Well, good for you. We hope you’re enjoying our “Making the Band” series and finding the tips on the practical aspects of bandmanship useful. As a companion, let us offer some advice on something far, far more important that practicing, recording a demo, or…
Last week we looked at how to find or build a place to practice with your new band. This week, we’re going to look at how to record a cheap demo to take around to promoters and venues so you can get your first show. Keep in mind, we’re really…
