All right, anybody feel like turning this Monday into Funday? How’s about it? Thought so. With that in mind, we’ve got a pair of tickets up for grabs to catch Daedelus tonight at the Bluebird with Musa and CacheFlowe. Daedelus? Who’s that, you say? Ah, glad you asked. Last time…
Stoner rockers Om grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax for the week ending October 4 with their latest effort, God is Good, released last week on Drag City. Muse’s The Resistance and Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 came in second and third while Karen O & the…
Local oddball popsters Six Months to Live are calling it quits — just as soon as the new album is finished and released. “If stoned friends are any judge of quality, it’s going to be an incredible record,” frontman Gregory Hill says. The band’s CD release and final show will…
Pretty Lights, Lifesavas, Mr. AnonymousSaturday, October 3, 2009Ogden TheaterBetter than: Watching a disinterested DJ hide behind his equipment.Derek Vincent Smith doesn’t categorize himself as a DJ. The driving force behind Pretty Lights has made a point to stress the distinction in interviews, pointing out that he doesn’t spin records and…
Insane Clown Posse, The Dayton Family, (həd) p.e.Friday, October 2, 2009Fillmore AuditoriumBetter Than: The spectacle of a white trash cult on parade that many expect.Standing in a line around the block for this show with people randomly chanting things like, “Magic, magic ninjas whut!” and “Faygo! Send yo’ momma straight…
Maybe it was the last minute switch of venues from the Auraria Campus to the 3 Kings Tavern and Oriental Theater, but it was pretty slim turn-out for Saturday night’s section of the festival at 3 Kings. Although not many folks came out that night, there was still a lot…
Churchill is a yet another newer Denver act that has arrived on the scene seemingly fully formed. The outfit came together from the collaboration of a pair of college chums, Tim Bruns and Michael Morter, when the former moved back to Denver after a stint in Nashville trying his hand…
Kanye West and Lady Gaga’s Fame Kills tour, which was just announced on Monday, has been canceled. The tour was to include a stop at the Pepsi Center on December 2 and tickets were scheduled to go on sale Saturday, October 3. There’s no word yet on why the tour…
Distrakt is mad busy and he’s getting all digital on us. Besides working on a new album and directing videos like crazy, he’s now made a video game. The web-based game, Delta Blaze, is a flying shoot em’ up, which appears more so to promote “Sup,” his upcoming single and…
Today’s entry has been growing on me for a few days. It’s an AutoTuned cutup of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos turned into a loving ode to science and our stellar potential that sounds like it could be a lost track from Boards of Canada or one of those other “listening electronica”…
All right, who’s getting hyped for the Pretty Lights show tomorrow night at the Ogden, which has now evidently sold out? Yeah, us, too. Should be completely stupid. Three back-to-back sell outs in Boulder, Fort Collins and Denver? Not to shabby. If the name Pretty Lights still has you drawing…
With the Rockies clinching its playoff birth yesterday and this being Rocktober and all, it seems only fitting to post the “Rockies Anthem,” penned by 3OH!3 for the boys of summer and captured live at the Ogden, to get everybody all fired up. If you haven’t caught the clip yet…
As the Rouge’s star continues to rise, the fellas are steadily writing new material, including this track, “Prodigal,” taken from one of its recent sessions. With the ink barely dry on the act’s latest effort, Heat and Light, which was just released this past May, the outfit is wisely building…
Yesterday, Eryc Eyl discussed Michael Trundle’s debut remix. Today, he delves into Trundle’s musical background a bit and unveils the remix itself.”The entire song is there,” says Trundle, with a hint of pride. “In some places, it’s separated by some beats, but it’s all there.” The DJ is now working…
All right, have y’all heard about this one yet? Beck’s record club? Just stumbled upon this one ourselves. Evidently, El Guero Loco and his cronies — an ever shifting lineup which includes Nigel Godrich, Devendra Banhart, Ben Goldwasser and Andrew Van Wyngarden from MGMT, Andrew Stockdale from Wolfmother, Binki Shapiro…
Ah, now here’s an idea we can co-sign. Just received word from Mike Marchant (Widowers, Houses) alerting us to a rad new idea he’s about to execute, a songwriter’s workshop at the Meadowlark. Dubbed as “Dissecting and Perfecting the Pop Song – A Songwriter’s Workshop,” the sessions are slated to…
Ah, Europe. Home of tiny mustaches, hot yet unshaven women and an entirely too-forgiving stance toward child rapists with artistic achievements. And, of course, a firm appreciation of American-style garage rock, which we assume is the reason that the Omens are headed over there for a ten-day whirlwind tour (well,…
Tauntaun ripped up 3 Kings on Wednesday night, and photographer Aaron Thackeray was there. See his photos on the slideshow page…
Update: Congrats to Laura McGaughey! She and a guest will be our guest at tonight’s show. Tonight at the Bluebird, Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions are headlining what should be an absolutely dreamy bill featuring Dirt Blue Gene and Brightblack Morning Light. Key words in that sentence: should be…
Update: Drag just added another show at the Triple Nickle in Colorado Springs (JJ Nobody’s place) on Thursday, October 8. This one appears to be without Slim Cessna, though.This one has all the makings of a Mile High classic. Two stellar bands, each a headliner on its own, on the…
The leaves in the trees aren’t the only thing changing in Denver. We received late confirmation that Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom and Quixotes True Blue next door have indeed been sold. Rumors have been swirling for a few weeks that a deal was in the works, and last night it was…
A couple weeks ago at Monolith pre-party, something new and unexpected caught my ear, a track Michael Trundle (aka boyhollow) played as he warmed up the crowd for the Cool Kids at the Gothic Theatre. It was an electrified, dancefloor-friendly version of the classic Danzig tune, “Mother.” Instantly recognizable, the…
