Due to MSTRKRFT’s last-minute Monolith no-show (the flu, I guess) I caught a set from Savoy, Boulder’s answer to MSTRKRFT/Justice, after they were moved to the SoCo stage and I had a slot open up in my schedule. And I have to say I was well and pleasantly surprised –…
Okay, if you’re like us and were up at Red Rocks for Monolith this past Sunday night watching the Mars Volta confound the audience with its spectacular over indulgence or — depending upon your perspective — dazzle the crowd with its awe-worthy musicianship, you missed 3OH!3’s thirty second long, blink-and-you-missed-it…
Next month, the Fresh Breath Committee will be releasing their debut album, CPR, at the Fox Theatre on Thursday, October 8. In an effort to get folks hyped for the release, the crew just dropped their first single “Save the Day,” featuring the legendary Masta Ace, who will be on…
Local thash metal titans Havok, who’s in the midst of an extensive cross country tour in support of its Candlelight Records debut, Burn, had to cancel its show in Minneapolis last night due to engine problems the band experienced with its bus after a show in Lincoln, Nebraska this past…
As the Guy Who Sits in the Media Tent and Updates Our Live Music Fest Coverage, there are two perks to my job: 1. Proximity to free food. 2. Opportunity to pick which photos we use in our slideshows and live-review blogs. Monolith, like Mile High before it, served up…
All right, by now you’ve seen the clip of Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at this past weekend’s MTV Video Music Awards (see the clip after the jump if you haven’t already), an act of utter douchebaggery that’s been universally condemned: Katy Perry likened the outburst to stepping…
It’s been an insanely busy week of concert announcements that run the gamut from King Kahn & BBQ Show and Melt-Banana, Wolfmother and Ghostland Observatory to Stone Temple Pilots, Insane Clown Posse and Kevin Smith (yep, Silent Bob himself will speak). Steely Dan fans might get a bit giddy to…
From Bill Joel to Trent Reznor, it’s a well-worn story line: a shrewd business manager attempts to hoodwink young musicians under his charge, taking advantage of their inexperience and naivety for his gain, and gets away with it for a while before they know any better or realize what’s happening…
Joy, Phish’s eleventh studio album and first release in five years, nabbed the top spot at Bart’s CD Cellar while six Beatles re-issues (including Abbey Road, Sgt. Pepper’s and the Stereo Box Set) dominated the store’s top ten for the week ending September 13. Yo La Tengo’s latest, effor, Popular…
Blueprint 3, Jay-Z’s highly anticipated follow-up to his two previous Blueprint albums, grabbed the top spot at Independent Records while Raekwon’s latest effort, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 came in second for the week ending September 13. Insane Clown Posse’s Bang! Pow! Boom!, which was the top seller last,…
The mysterious Mr. Anonymous, one of the standout artists on Boulder-based label Black Bridge, has a new tune out called “Some Gal a Move,” a shuffling, smile-inducing, head nodding slow jam with autotuned vocals and ridiculous lyrics. And to accompany this fine new song, he’s dropped a fun and weird-ass…
There was a whole a Beatles mania happening at Twist & Shout last Wednesday when the remastered versions of the Fab Four’s catalog were released. People lined up before the store was open and the store was sold out of the The Beatles Mono Box Set fifteen minutes after opening…
Pissed Jeans latest effort, King of Jeans, continues to dominate the Wax Trax’s top sellers list by grabbing the number one for the fourth week in a row while the Local Anesthetic and Rocky Mountain Low compilations moved up to the second and third slots respectively for the week ending…
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, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown Show, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and the…
Over the weekend, the New York Times broke the news that Jim Carroll, a thought-provoking poet who made several appearances in Denver and Boulder and whose 1978 memoir, The Basketball Diaries, was immortalized on the big screen in a 1995 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, passed away from a heart attack…
Those who made their way to Tooey’s this past Friday got a first look at 3 the Hardway’s new video featuring Rakaa Iriscience of Dilated Peoples. Along with the video they were also treated to performances from the Diamond Boiz, ManeLine, Boombox Saints, and, of course, 3 the Hard Way…
Elsewhere: See reviews from Saturday, plus photos of the bands and fans from Sunday on the slideshow page. We’re back on the Rocks for what, so far anyway, is looking to be a much more pleasant day than Saturday. In case you missed yesterday’s festivities, it was viciously cold and…
See more photos of the bands at westword.com/slideshow. Is this thing on? We’re live from Red Rocks for Day One of Year Three of Monolith, the indie-hipster-Urban-Outfitted-neon-fest that marks the end of the Colorado music-festival season. The lovely promotional folks at Madison House have moved the media tent from the…
Brooklyn’s the Depreciation Guild has spent the last few years fusing elements of synth pop, dream pop and experimental electronic music into an indistinguishable amalgamation of the band’s wide-ranging sonic influences. In reviews and profiles of the band, much has been made of the group’s use of an old piece…
After ripping the Heavenfest stage over the summer and shining on the Gotee Records Hip Hope compilation album earlier this year, Colorado emcee Proxy is out and about pushing his new album Proximus. Released through his own Group Vigilant imprint, the album was predominately produced by Decap, an in-house producer…
If you’ve followed DJ MU$A at all in the last fifteen years, you already know that he’s one of the best, if not the best, mixers coming out of the Mile High City. His eclectic tastes have him mixing hood classics with anything ranging from ’70s soul and ’80s pop…
Over the course of this week, we’ve delivered a ton of Monolith coverage, so you’d be forgiven if you managed to overlook something. But because we care, we’ve taken the time to round everything up in one spot for you. Every Q&A, the stories in the paper, our special list…
