Although the Pogues’ storied career spans nearly four decades and includes several tours to the States, the London-based band has never played Denver before. Instead, the Irish punk-folkers stuck primarily to the East and West coasts, with occasional forays down south, even when boisterous frontman Shane MacGowan was ousted in…
At some point in the future, all music is going to transmogrify into one big crazy-ass mess of sound, and the smart money says that future fusion is going to sound a lot like what Mochipet — aka David Wang — is doing right now. He’s worked with everyone from…
I only went to Shakespeare’s once after it moved to 2620 Walnut Street, and I never ventured beyond the front section of the bar, so I had no idea how massive the space was until I met with Adam Ranes, who took it over after Shakespeare’s moved out. This was…
From the sounds of it, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Wheel isn’t the only Denver outfit wowing folks in New York. We just received the link to this clip of Jim McTurnan and the Kids That Killed the Man’s performance last night at the Alphabet Lounge. Evidently, McTurnan really digs Gotham,…
Evidently, Nathaniel Rateliff’s trip to the Big Apple for CMJ has proven to be very fruitful. According to Brooklyn Vegan, who covered the show, Rateliff wowed the crowd last night at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. The showing should give Rateliff and his Wheel bandmates, who have reportedly inked a…
Adrian Belew has lead something of a charmed existence as a musician for the last thirty years, from his first high-profile gig as a guitarist for Frank Zappa in 1979 to his later work with Talking Heads, Trent Reznor, David Bowie and King Crimson. Though possessed of preternaturally able technical…
Happy Wednesday. Yes, we’ve looked outside and know there’s not much happy about this dreary day. Winter, it seems, is eager to rear it’s ugly head. Nonetheless, we’ve got a bunch of tickets for some shows tonight that will hopefully help ease some of the pre-winter blues. First up, is…
You may have downloaded The Foodchain EP, you may have seen Foodchain members giving away their EP outside of venues during hip-hop shows, and you might have even seen the group perform live at release parties and award shows, but do you really know who the Foodchain is? The act…
The aesthetics of this week’s flier match the aesthetics of the band so well, we couldn’t help but pick it as our top design of the week — that, and the dude with the pipe reminded us of our stint in the Church of the SubGenius (all hail Bob!). The…
This week’s preview of the Pogues’ show this Friday at the Ogden Theatre only scratched the surface of our interview with guitarist Philip Chevron, who also talked at length about Just Look Them Straight In The Eye And Say… Pogue Mahone!!, the five-disc box set of b-sides, outtakes and live…
The Flaming Lips latest effort, Embryonic, debuted at the number one spot at Bart’s CD Cellar for the week ending October 18. Bob Dylan’s Christmas in the Heart, released last week on Columbia, came in second and Built to Spill’s There Is No Enemy came in third, while the Avett…
For the last 15 years, Matthew Kelly has been entrenched in the Colorado hip-hop scene. Although his stage name has changed over the years, Kelly, now known as Babah Fly, has been one of the most consistent artists in the scene. Whether it’s as a solo artist or as part…
As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, “What are you listening to?” The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we’ve compiled a…
Just received word that the Damned, slated to appear at the Bluebird Theater with Danko Jones and the Nicotine Fits on Wednesday, October 28, has been forced to cancel all of the dates on its upcoming American tour. According to a post on the band’s site, the cancellation stems from…
Don’t know how we managed to miss this, the Fray’s video for its version of “Heartless,” the Kanye West cover, but we just came across it earlier today, and you know what? It’s a pretty swell video. Directed by Hiro Murai (Bloc Party) and produced by Ross Girard, featuring animation…
Updated: The farewell performance is Saturday, October 24, not Friday. DJ Miss Audry, one of the best-known female DJs in the city, is retiring after more than a decade behind the decks. “It’s been a long and amazing DJ ride for me, but after thirteen years, I have decided to…
What a compelling night of music in the Mile High City tonight, amigos. At the Bluebird, The Future of the Left, a promising U.K. trio on the 4AD imprint, shares a bill with Mumiy Troll, one of Russia’s most esteemed exports, and Austin’s finest, …And You Will Know Us By…
The past two years have served as a period of transition for …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of the Dead. After splitting with Interscope Records in 2008, the Austin-based sextet started their own label and drew on its own funds to record and release its latest effort,…
Jay-Z, who’s been dominating Independent’s charts for the past two months with The Blueprint 3, was on top again for the week ending October 18. Mario’s D.N.A., released last week on J Records, debuted at second while Drake’s So Far Gone came in at third. The Flaming Lips’ Embryonic and…
Mumiy Troll from Vladivostok, Russia is one of that country’s most popular bands. The act’s combination of energetic rock and moodily atmospheric pop, for which lead singer Ilya Lagutenko coined the term “rockapops,” has been gaining popularity in America despite the fact that, up to the release of the new…
Billy Joel and Elton John, both legendary pop singers and pianists, have been on their Face 2 Face tour since March will visit the Pepsi Center Sunday, November 22. After opening the show with a series of duets, each playing pianos and trading vocals, Joel and John will play sets…
Update: Charles Hughes and Cherie C will be our guests at the show tonight. Thanks to them and to everyone else who responded with the correct answer (“Don’t Dream It’s Over” and The Stand). We’ll have more tix up for grabs later this week.Yes, we know it’s a Monday. And…
