Blink-182, Weezer, Taking Back Sunday and Chester French Fiddler’s Green September 6, 2009 The members of Blink-182 became the kings of pop-punk nation a decade ago, when Enema of the State flushed the style’s system with a cleansing formula of big hooks and cheerfully profane snottiness. But the median age…
On August 29, Whygee and Sunkenstate celebrated the release of Suicide Watch 2: Sambodextrust with a show at the Walnut Room that also featured performances from Food Chain and members of the Starting Five, Naeem Oba, charleyBRAND and Gyp Da Hip. But the highlight of the evening, of course, was…
Update: Just received word of a show in support of Elana Rogers. Slated for Friday, September 25 at the D-Note, the bill features Demon Funkies, Something Underground, Melanie Susuras Band, Tempe and the Tantrums and Naor Nave.Well wishes are due to Elana Rogers, who was recently diagnosed with IDC breast…
Some things in life simply cannot be explained; today’s video is one of those things. It is as inexplicable as alien abduction phenomena or David Hasselhoff’s popularity as a singer in Germany. I have no idea where this comes from or how it came to be. It could be a…
Not sure who, if anyone, this applies to, but we thought we’d alert you anyhow. A company called 1iota Events, which distributes tickets to television shows, is evidently looking to “cast” one-hundred “high energy” fans to be part of the “stage fans” at the VMAs — whatever that means. Evidently,…
Saw this last night at the Meadowlark with the full band. Breath taking. Amazing. Even more amazing was the crowd, which was the most reverent assembly of people I’ve seen since church last weekend. Seriously, the audience was so reserved that you could distinctly hear Nathaniel Rateliff’s most delicately picked…
In 1995, Toy Story was the highest grossing movie of the year. I know this, because I had a toddler running around the house at the time who was completely consumed with Buzz Lightyear. More than a decade later, my little guy has grown up, and I’m quite proud of…
You know what I love about living in Denver — well, besides the fact that it’s the best city in America as voted by me? We take care of our own here. God forbid (No, seriously, God forbid. Please!) that anything ever happens to me, I rest easy knowing that…
Just came across a pair of radio interviews and performances featuring Danielle Ate the Sandwich and the Rouge. The former, due at Monolith next weekend, appeared last night on Guy Errickson’s KGNU show, Highway 322, in a Naked Stage segment (easy, tiger, we’re pretty sure she was fully clothed), while…
As you know, there’s a staggering amount of talent in Denver right now. We’re consistently reminded of this fact on a daily basis. One of the acts continually impresses us is Fell, who is celebrating the release of its new record, Incoherent Lullabies, tonight at the Larimer Lounge on a…
Just last week, the one and only Madonna announced that she was working with Colorado hip-hop producer Frank E on her upcoming greatest hits package. Before the ink is even dry on that post we’ve received word that Frank E has dropped another bomb hit for the masses. This time,…
For almost three decades, the CMJ Music Marathon has grown into a monster of a music outing, right up there with South By Southwest. Started in 1980 as a way for industry folks to discover bands on the college radio charts, the CMJ Music Marathon went from just a few…
If you haven’t yet scored tickets for the Monolith Festival, which is just over a week off, now might be the ideal time to get them and save a few bucks. Esurance, one of the festivals sponsors, just released a block of 400 $99 two-day passes (no service fees) that…
Hip-hop purists may hate what the kids are liking these days, but you can’t deny the power of the youth. And in our city the youth seem to be gravitating toward the Moi Yo Yoi Boiz out of Aurora. The trio, who formed in 2007, recently dropped a new mixtape…
When Vaux ended its ten-year run a couple years back, it was a sad day for fans, a group which includes plenty of folks here at Westword. If you’re one of those folks and are still having a hard time filling that Vaux-shaped hole in your heart, here’s a chance…
That’s right: Broken Silence Recodings is looking for you. Well, provided that you have quality songs, a good live show and the right image/look. A little about the criteria for that last one? Here’s a hint: Broke Silence, the label that sponsoring this contest and potentially looking to sign your…
What happens when a bunch of renown pop punk doofuses suddenly grow up and start writing earnest, meaningful songs? In the case of Heart & Soul Radio, the act has emerged with a batch substantive tunes that are as compelling as they are tuneful. While its no American Idiot, the…
Cracker, Motorhome September 2, 2009 Bluebird Theater Better than: Retracing the roots of modern alt-country through a flow chart. When Cracker guitarist Johnny Hickman took choice solos on songs like “Lonesome Johnny Blues” and “Friends” on the Bluebird stage Wednesday night, the clear tones and resonant rings sounded like they…
Boasting is an essential element of hip-hop; the verbal technique, honed through countless on-stage battles, epitomizes the idea that a rapper can go from nothing to something B.I.G. if only he can spit better than anyone else. But while Regan Farquhar, better known as Busdriver, loves such traditions, he can’t…
From 2003 to 2005, Club Ra, an Egyptian-themed club with a hookah bar, filled the space at 1111 Lincoln Street that’s now occupied by Andrew’s on Lincoln. And in late August, the same weekend that Andrew’s threw a grand-reopening party to celebrate a remodel, a new Club Ra celebrated its…
Fort Collins’s Castles started as a solo project, but eventually Matt Sage’s sophisticated electro-indie pop evolved into an impressive three-piece, experimental rock band. After retiring that outfit, Sage went fully into exploring the possibilities of a lo-fi recording approach and released the hushed yet intense Consider Me, Ghost under the…
On Experimental Dental School’s new and fourth full-length, Forest Field — which is being offered as free download on its website — the group comes across as one you’d love to dance to. If only you could. Unless you’re both schizophrenic and quadruple-jointed, there’s little chance of getting into the…
