Yep. You read that right. The ladies of Hemi Cuda, another storied Denver band that’s been around for more than a dozen years, are hanging up their hot pants and heels for good. Although the act hasn’t announced when its final show will be, when it appears at Bender’s Tavern…
Modest Mouse’s No One’s First and You’re Next, released last week on Sony, grabbed the top spot at Twist & Shout while Yim Yames (aka Jim Jones of My Morning Jacket) nabbed the second slot for the week ending August 9. Wilco’s Wilco (the album), Levon Helm’s Electric Dirt and…
The folks at 3 Kings Tavern are in the process of updating their jukebox and they need your help. They’re creating a couple of mix CDs based around the timeless subjects of weed and pinball, and they’re soliciting input on what to include. The request includes the plea to, “Please…
Twista moved back to the number one spot and knocked Fabolous, who was the top seller last week, down to the second slot for the week ending August 9. It’s Twista’s third time in the first slot in the last month. Eminem and Tech N9ne, who have been top sellers…
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…
Warped Tour Invesco Field at Mile High August 9, 2009 Fifteen years down the line, the Warped Tour, which took over the asphalt surrounding Invesco Field on Sunday, has a well-established formula: lots of bands (around seventy in Denver), most of them falling into the pop-punk or post-punk categories, on…
Houses, Snake Rattle Rattle Snake, Joseph Pope III Friday, August 7, 2009 Meadowlark Better than: The other performances I’ve seen from the same three acts. Houses’ schedule has been demanding lately. The group’s ambitious goal for the year — to release four separate EPs, each bearing the name of a…
Kings of Leon, The Whigs Sunday, August 9, 2009 Red Rocks Better than: Listening to generic music on the radio. I had no problems with the delivery. The Kings of Leon’s set at Red Rocks on Sunday didn’t suffer from any bum notes, off chords or flubbed lyrics. The quartet…
Although Mardi Gras festivities usually happen in February or March in New Orleans, there’s a chance Red Rocks might get soaked in a Bourbon Street vibe when some of the Crescent City’s finest musicians take over the venue tomorrow, August 8 as part of the Mountainside Mardi Gras Music Festival…
All right, as if there wasn’t already enough going on this weekend to entertain you, what with the Dancin’ In the Streets Festival, the Warped Tour, the Mile High Blues Festival, the Mardi Gras Music Festival, Kings of Leon at the Rocks and the Houses EP release party tonight, here’s…
While the Warped Tour has grown up and is now it’s fifteenth summer, most of the bands and fans are as young as ever. Unlike most of the poorly selling dinosaur exhibits posing as rock concerts traipsing across the country these days, the Warped Tour year after year gets more…
Warped Tour is here. It’s so close that we’re seeing traveling local artists tweet their hometown whereabouts and even popping their heads in quietly to their favorite wind-down spots for some much needed rest. It is, after all, one of the most relentless tours out there with little to no…
Innerpartysystem knows all about the DIY approach. Since their formation, the members have spent countless hours dissecting technology, transforming it to suit their needs. Their light show, for instance, aside from a few stock lasers, was all hand built. Any fan that has seen the act more than once has…
Another Friday, another shot of fucking weird. This one is an old favorite of mine that I stumbled upon while working in the YouTube mines. It’s a surreal, absurd look at our nation’s greatest founder, George Washington. And while it omits some of the tried and true myths about him…
Rock the Bells 2009 Red Rocks Amphitheatre Thursday, August 6, 2009 Better than: ringtone rap, anything associated with Auto-Tune or listening to the self-proclaimed newly anointed “King of Pop,” Kanye West, talk about himself endlessly. Since 2003, Rock the Bells has been the premier hip-hop festival to showcase rap music…
Cale Parks To Swift Mars Polyvinyl Taking elements of synth pop, fusing them to slowed-down, house-leaning rhythms and singing over the whole thing in a fey voice is a pretty decent formula for success these days. It’s a formula Cale Parks works with some skill as both a composer and…
With the release of its Spring EP this past April, Houses has quickly become one of Denver’s most exciting bands, both live and on record. If there’s any outfit that personifies the exuberance and exhilaration of living in the Mile High City, it’s Houses. So it’s fitting then that the…
While there are dozens of Colorado hip-hop artists making joints for the purists and the street hip-hop heads, there are a few that just want to get you on the dance floor. That’s where Rockie comes in, a 20-year old MC who dropped his DJ K-Tone-mixed mixtape, You Think That…
After four albums, extensive touring and a decade together, Zebra Junction, who just took home honors at this year’s Westword Music Showcase awards, will be playing its last show tonight in Golden at Parfet Park. Although the members intend to continue to collaborate and record music with one another, there’s…
I have this friend in town, a DJ who has been making music for a very long time and absolutely loves Denver. He played in hardcore bands back in the day and can wax nostalgic for hours about cruising down from his teenaged home in Evergreen to explore the underground…
Apparently, it’s never too early to be thinking about Christmas. At least, not if you’re in boozy, hard-rocking outfits such as HOSS or Supersuckers. Those two bands just dropped a limited-edition, split 10″ vinyl on July 30 to celebrate Christmas in July. The record features two songs each from the…
After rocking with folks like Nas, Reflection Eternal, Damian Marley and a host of other legendary hip-hop artists at the Rock the Bells concert tonight, be sure to make a stop at Mario’s Double Daughter Salotto (1632 Market Street) for the Beat Cave, an event showcasing the state’s hottest hip-hop…
