And the Christmas songs just keep cropping up from the scene. Over the past week, we’ve spotlighted a pair of original holiday-oriented tunes from the Mansfields and Dressy Bessy. This one’s a cover from a newer act out of Loveland called The Nurses doing a faithful version of the standard…
Primasonic’s frontman Sin says the band’s latest effort, Unadorned, could have easily been called No Bullshit. With some help from the Overcasters’ Kurt Ottaway acting as co-producer and Module Overload’s Jamie Hillyer, Primasonic made a no frills, rock solid album that captures a lot of the band’s frenetic live energy inspired…
Do you think Twista’s tongue ever gets blisters? Seriously. Or at least sprained from time to time? The cat’s flow is completely out of control. He’s flipped our lid every time we’ve heard him rhyme since first being introduced to him via “Mista Tung Twista” well over a decade ago…
You can learn the craziest things on the Internet. Like that the Russian Navy has a crack squad of old guys that cover Beatles tunes. Or half-learn, I guess, because I am not at all sure that any of that is true. But I am sure that today’s video is…
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 three of the best shows in one easy-to-swallow post, with video and audio. Tell us — and the rest of the world — what…
Reissues are a difficult breed, on one hand they seek to garner a new audience, on another they have to pay heed to what fans are looking for. The best reissues not only remind you why you liked the band in the first place, but help in keeping that love…
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…
Dismembered: We’re guessing that Swollen Members tour manager BJ smith and the three other crew guys he was traveling with earlier this week are no doubt breathing easy today after surviving a freak accident in Colorado Springs that could’ve been fatal. Smith and company were in the Springs making their…
Gangcharger started out as something of a side-project Ethan Ward did with a few friends. Few probably saw or remember the earliest incarnation of the band, but when it started up full force at the end of 2008, even if you didn’t like the act’s music, it was hard to…
It was just a few days ago I was writing about how much I hate Christmas music, so it shouldn’t surprise anyone that I’ve been seeking out alternative musical fare this season. And just this morning, what should alight on my inbox like the trip-tapping of tiny reindeer? A new…
Video game music is a forgotten gem in much of the music press. It’s often viewed as the 8-bit bleeps and bloops of the Nintendo era, or worse, the orchestral grandeur of a Hans Zimmer score. To be fair, this is often the case as soundtracks in video games, like…
In the age of the digital download CD and LP packaging has been forced to step up its game in order to attract sales. Sometimes a great looking record is just too hard to pass up. We’d like to honor those that are still keeping the tradition of music and…
Just scoped the new video for “She Wants Me” by American Trash Republic’s Concept Oner featuring Chuck $teaks and Pilot Touhill. Before we tell you any more, though, we should probably let you know that this clip comes with a big old NSFW disclaimer attached to it. If your employer…
Bob Dylan’s first Christmas album, Christmas in the Heart, grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax for the week ending December 13. Shrinebuilder’s self-titled debut continues to be a strong seller and came in at number two, while Slayer’s World Painted Blood came in at number three. Them Crooked Vulture’s…
Okay, we’ll just go ahead and admit it: We’re simpletons, easily amused. A few Christmases ago, when former Dork frontman Bryan Knoebel rigged his Arvada house with lights that illuminated in-synch with “Welcome to the Jungle,” we were endlessly fascinated, and fantasied about one-upping him by outfitting our house with…
I have to stress,” Patrick McGuire offers, “that I have great Christian friends, and the last thing I want to do is say that their faith is invalid. But I think sometimes in this country we take Christianity in like we buy new cars.” This sentiment is something the Flashbulb…
For the past decade, Ami Benari has run Tarantula Billiards (1456 Champa Street) with a simple business plan: Make a small profit by encouraging long-term relationships. Amenities like free pool have helped attract a loyal following, he says; some customers have frequented Tarantula pretty much since it opened in an…
An all-local bill at the Fillmore is so rare it’s practically apocryphal. Transforming from something of a joke between college buddies into one of the hottest acts in the country, 3OH!3 is one of the few recent local acts with the draw and clout to put together such a show…
Before Desperate Hours, Matt Turner and Todd Seres played together in Arizona indie-rock band FiveSpeed, of which the former is still a member. That band recalls the poppy, melodic punk rock that came to define emo in the late ’90s — before it began its prolonged dive into self-parody. With…
Aja Volkman is the pretty face, beating heart and screaming soul of Nico Vega. On stage, it is possible to underestimate her as delicate for about three seconds before she bares her teeth, sheds the smile and cuts loose that voice. She’s head-cold smooth on the soft stuff and sort…
While Kentucky-based Ben Sollee is a classically trained cellist, he’s also steeped in the vintage soul of guys like Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and Sam Cooke. On last year’s excellent Learning to Bend, in fact, Sollee took Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” and twisted the lyrics a bit, put…
Like a lot of people, James Pants is mining early R&B-inflected synth pop and hip-hop for sonic inspiration. But for all his heisting of tricks from Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash, ESG and Liquid Liquid, Pants takes what some might consider a retro sound and reworks it using modern technology that…
