Music

Last night, Doug Beam caught the De La Soul show at the Bluebird. After the jump, we’ve posted a few choice shots from the night. Enjoy! [page]…

Bob Weir & Ratdog Sunday, August 30 Chautauqua Auditorium Better Than: Parts of the reunited Dead’s performance in Denver a few months ago For those of us who were introduced to the Grateful Dead as elementary school kids in the late-1980s by the San Francisco band’s ubiquitous MTV hit “Touch…

Infinite Mindz is currently hard at work on the followup to last year’s Monkey Rebellion Musik, but in the meantime, crooning member O.N.E. is branching out on his own. He recently connected with DJ Quote for his new mixtape Inglorious Basterd, which showcases his rapping skills as well as his…

Those who carry the Gemini sign celebrate their birthdays between May 21 and June 21, and apparently there’s a lot of them who rap in Denver: Mane Rok, InkLine, and Ichiban are coming together with a bunch of other Gemini rappers to form the Twin Geminorum Complex. The project, tentatively…

Slight Harp w/Black Magicians From the Mountains of Mars and Pink Hawks Saturday, August 29th, 2009 Glob, Denver Better Than: Every other Slight Harp show I’ve seen. The three-piece Black Magicians From the Mountains of Mars looked like they might have still been in high school, but it was definitely…

Pictureplane, Josephine and the Mousepeople, Hideous Men Rhinoceropolis August 28, 2009 Better Than: Getting high at a planetarium. Not that I would know. This sort of feels like Travis Egedy’s shot. As Pictureplane, he’s got the national press (from Fader and Pitchfork) and a new album, Dark Rift, with some…

Kissing Party w/Bad Weather California Friday, August 28, 2009 hi-dive Better Than: What some would say of a Kissing Party show. The Bad Weather California set started off with Chris Adolf playing the recorder, making the song sound like a madrigal or a Kung Fu episode, before the band kicked…

Ian Cooke Band, Alan Alda, Tauntaun Aug. 29 Bluebird Theater Better than: Seeing three of Denver’s most dynamic and promising bands in three separate venues. It was challenging to find obvious common threads in the three performances at the Bluebird on Friday night. Separately, the Ian Cooke Band, Alan Alda…

The Black Eyed Peas’ credibility, a mainstay in the genre since 1998’s Behind the Front, died on Sunday, in a spinning class at the 24-Hour Fitness by my house. It was eleven-years-old. The credibility, once as strong as any hip-hop group’s, has been in poor health since 2003, when Fergie…

Katy Perry annoyed the hell out of us when she first came out with that damn “I Kissed a Girl” song. It was as annoying as it was inescapable. As much as we hate to admit it, though, Perry has kind of worn on us — probably because our better…

Although Xiren has never particularly struck as an artist you’d file under AC — radio lingo, evidently, for the Adult Contemporary format, which we believe from our years working at KOSI in a past life is another way of saying light rock — apparently program directors across the country feel…

The End-O-Trend Festival, due to take place on Saturday, October 3 at Auraria Campus, just announced some of the acts that will be appearing on its four stages. While there’s a few national headliners, namely the Heavenly States and Edie Sedgwick, the bulk of the bill at this fest appears…

All right, the Tauntaun contest is over. Today’s Friday, and we’ve picked the winners as promised. Thanks to everyone who entered. It was genuinely surprising to see how much everyone knows about Tauntaun, about the members past history, ie., what bands they’ve all played in (Sleeper Horse, Grace Like Gravity,…

Desolation Wilderness, M. Pyres & the Skygaze Family Band, Woodsman and Milton Melvin Croissant III Thursday, August 27, 2009 Rhinoceropolis Better Than: The previous Desolation Wilderness appearance in Denver. The show opened with M. Pyres & The Skygaze Family Band. Behind the drum kit, Logan Corcoran of Bad Weather California…