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 long-running Local Shakedown, KTCL’s Locals Only*, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and the Colorado Wave, which is…
Green Day, Franz Ferdinand Pepsi Center Saturday, August 15, 2009Better than: Hanging out with eleven-year-olds at an indoor recreation center. The members of Green Day and their crew tried with all their might to summon the spirit of an old school punk show in the vast spaces of the Pepsi…
Atmosphere, Aesop Rock, Murs and Eyedea & Abilities Red Rocks Friday, August 14 Red Rocks giveth, and Red Rocks taketh away. The sprawling amphitheater is so storied at this point that it tests performers playing it like few venues in the country — and not everyone passes. That was certainly…
Kid Hum may be still getting lots of love for his Fossil Fuels instrumental project and its sequel, Offshore Drilling, which featured emcees over his instrumentals, but he’s still moving forward. This week Hum announced a new project, a compilation album called Wrighterz Block, which he is approaching a bit…
Les Paul’s nose was running. It was during one of his weekly Monday gigs at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York, and I was sitting about ten feet from where he was sitting on stage. He looked at me, pointed at the napkin on my lap and gestured for…
Sometimes, I have to search far and wide to bring you something special from the land of ridiculous. Other times, they just fall into my lap. Like today, when this gem appeared in my inbox as if by magic, delaying the still-awesome video I was going to offer up today…
Got plans on Saturday, September 26? Um, we do. We’ll be at the Wells Fargo Theatre. Just caught wind that the one and only Van Morrison will be making his way to the Mile High City on that date, and the only way we’ll miss that show is if …..
SunnO))), Eagle Twin and The AccüsedBluebird TheaterThursday, August 13th, 2009Better Than: Some commentators on SunnO))) would have you believe. The two-piece Eagle Twin kicked off the show in high spirits. Although mining similar artistic territory as Isis, Twin brought its own take on experimental metal. With the sometimes staggered, sometimes…
It’s no secret that we have a soft spot for the Rainbow Music Hall. We were deflated to discover that the iconic sign had been unceremoniously torn down but equally heartened to find that pieces of the sign had been salvaged and were subsequently put on display by the Twist…
Nearly two weeks ago, Achille Lauro opened up for Akron/Family at the Bluebird. Achille Lauro was dependably stellar as always. “In terms of the opening three bands, however, Achille Lauro’s set stood out,” wrote A.H. Goldstein in his review of the show. “The outfit’s meditative and eloquent guitar lines, deepened…
It’s been almost two years since jam juggernaut String Cheese Incident called it quits in 2007. Since then, things have slowed for some of the former members, while others have picked up the pace with new projects. The latter holds true for the String Cheese rhythm section of Jason Hann…
If you like music — especially the music of John Common — and have an interest in making film, there’s a project you should know about. In the wake of his successful Common Box Project, a collaborative project that asked visual artists to create a piece of assemblage box art…
It’s been a minute since we’ve heard from Q.Burse, a former member of the Break Mechanics. Actually the last time he caught a lot of people’s attention was when he released the song “Burnin’ Bridges,” which took a bunch of local hip-hop personalities to task. But that appears to be…
If you were a punk between the years of 1978 and 1988 in Denver, you’re an OG. We all owe you a tremdous debt of gratitude and respect. You helped build this here scene that is so thriving today. Hell, many of us weren’t even a twinkle in our daddy’s…
It’s not unusual to read a review of Otis Taylor and see the words bluesman. In fact, it’s as about as commonplace as reading a piece on the Broncos during the ’90s and seeing the name John Elway — the two are virtually synonymous. That said, it was somewhat refreshing…
Rumor has it that when Ryan Adams recorded his new album, he only listened to hip-hop, the idea being that his vision wouldn’t be tainted by any of the modern trends in music. Sonnenblume takes this notion a step further, claiming not to listen to any modern music. As a…
I’m just back from “Boulder’s Home of the Blues,” and while it might seem a bit odd to have a blues club inside of an organic restaurant that’s also part of Boulder’s first zero-waste hotel, Blues & Greens Restaurant in the Boulder Outlook Hotel & Suites (800 28th Street) is…
Dan Kaufman is the musical equivalent of Colonel Kurtz, in that he seeks to awaken his audiences to their authentic selves. With the appropriately named Dan Kaufman Superstar Eruption, he burns through a flood of expansive and abrasive atmospherics that swirl around darkly warped melodies and fever-dream visions of a…
Plenty of metal bands coast on sheer heaviness. But for Sunn O))), being heavy is more than just a journey; it’s the destination. For the past decade, the core duo of bassist Greg Anderson and guitarist Stephen O’Malley have taken the considerable metal cred of their membership in groups like…
A cursory listen to Psychic Reality will leave you with the impression that this outfit is part of the strand of the neo-lo-fi aesthetic exemplified by artists part of, and formerly part of, the Siltbreeze label. And just like those artists, the music translates with greater clarity in the live…
The city of Austin is a musical island surrounded by a sea of big belt buckles, songs about whiskey, and George Strait. Although the rest of the state’s country-music influence seeps into the city’s borders, for the most part, Austin bands have found ways to remain creative and original. Papermoons…
Green Day’s longevity and penchant for reinvention shouldn’t come as a surprise. After all, the band had almost an entire career as long-haired, DIY pop-punkers in the late ’80s and early ’90s, releasing two albums on the indie Lookout Records and inspiring hordes of imitators before leaping into pop-culture consciousness…
