Starlight Mints, who play tonight at the hi-dive, moved up to the top slot at Wax Trax from last week’s third slot with their latest Barsuk release, Change Remains. The Dead Weather’s Horehound, Magnolia Electric Company’s Josephine Bardo Pond’s Peri also grabbed spots in the top five. See the full…
Loso’s Way, the new disc by Fabolous released last week on Def Jam, grabbed the top spot at Independent Records and knocked down Twista’s Category F5 to the second slot for the week ending August 2. Eminem’s Relapse continues a long run on Independent’s top ten and nabbed the third…
Sonic Youth Friday, July 31, 2009Ogden TheatreThree songs into Sonic Youth’s muscular set, Kim Gordon sang, “I want you to levitate me/Don’t you love me yet?” during “Sacred Trixter.” Although her feet might have still been on the ground, those first three songs, which also included the opener “Stereo Sanctity”…
AOL’s music blog, Spinner.com, posted a list late last week titled “Revenge of the Rock Nerds: The 10 Biggest Geeks in Music.” Between such dorky songsmiths as Talking Heads’ David Byrne (#10) and Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo (#1) lies former Dead Kennedys frontman and longtime Bay Area fixture Jello Biafra (#8),…
Akron/Family, Laura Goldhamer, Achille Lauro, Fellow Citizens Friday, Aug. 1, 2009 Bluebird Theater Better than: Attending an energetic, long-form tribal jam in the woods. Akron/Family had no problem translating their musical dynamic to a live setting. The group’s extended, hook-based don’t require the engineering resources of a studio to remain…
The Northern Way (formerly Set Forth) is getting ready to start shooting its video for the song “Crazy” on Friday, August 7 and is looking for a female lead to star in the clip, as well as a bunch of extras to stand around and act like they’re doing stuff…
Looks like the Danielle Ate the Sandwich phenomenon is continuing to spread like the swine flu in an airport smokers lounge. Just noticed that the Fort Collins-based singer-songwriter is listed as the “band of the month” on paramourfans.com. Not sure about the whole “band” thing or how much such exposure…
Japan offers us this week’s entry into the weird of the world. The song is “Hibi no Neiro” by Japanese group Sour. It’s actually quite a nice little tune, sort of like a Japanese Belle and Sebastian who stop for a psych-rock/free jazz freakout now and then — which I…
Read Indie3O3’s manifesto after the jump. Penned by Ralphie, it’s the radio version of the Things We Think and Do Not Say. Dig it…
On its blog last night, Denver’s oneiric, majestic A Shoreline Dream began offering a free download of its song “Departure.” Co-written with Berlin-based electronica producer Ulrich Schnauss, the song is a lush wash of shoegazing gorgeousness that first appeared on the band’s full-length Recollections of Memory, released earlier this year…
Just caught a whiff of the lineup for this weekend’s Hot IQs barbecue, and we must say it is absolutely, positively killer, friends. Besides being IQs’ very last show ever — unless, of course, the band plays the seemingly inevitable reunion show in a few years from now — the…
Reviews: Night I | Night II | Night III | Night IVPhishThursday, July 30, 2009Red Rocks AmphitheatrePhish’s first show in their return to Red Rock was, by all accounts, a success. The four-night run sold out instantaneously, and spare tickets were a rare site in the parking lot before the…
Update: Ticket giveaway is over. Thanks to everyone who submitted answers! Congratulations go out to Crawford Philleo. You’re the lucky winner of the last pair of tickets to tonight’s show. Two guest list spots will be in your name this evening at the Walnut Room. (The correct answer to the…
For the last decade, Bands for the Lands has used live music and other arts to further the cause of conservation and sustainability. The Denver-based non-profit will take that one step further with the introduction of the the Ticket-Tee at concert featuring Black Sheep Brigade, Primasonic, Light Travels Faster and…
In an effort to benefit their nonprofit organization, the Flobots and The Fray are coming together for a ping-pong and bowling tournament on Friday, September 4 at Lucky Strike Lanes in the Belmar Shopping District in Lakewood. Think you can beat them? Well, the two bands are giving you a…
It’s been a couple months since its release, but the double-disc Rocky Mountain Low compilation–an exhaustive overview of the Front Range punk scene of the late ’70s, including a rare pre-Dead Kennedys track by a young Jello Biafra, back when he was a long-haired Boulder kid named Eric Boucher–is getting…
For fans of America’s biggest cult band, the term “boys of summer” doesn’t refer to guys who get paid millions to play baseball but rather four Vermont men in their forties who earn millions by playing goofy, unpredictable music while jumping on trampolines, having glowsticks thrown at and around them,…
Distrakt has been busy working hard on his new album, the follow-up to the well-received 2006 album, Distraktions. But he’s also put in work on a CD-ROM teaching hip-hop heads the history of hip-hop. Why would he put in so much time on a project that he basically gives away…
Black FrancisWednesday July 29, 2009The Walnut RoomBetter than: Seeing him at a much bigger venue. Black Francis (aka Frank Black aka Charles Thompson) doesn’t tour in a van. Dude’s been riding around the country in a big-ass tour deluxe tour bus, which seemed really out of place parked outside of…
Musicians have plenty of frustrations to contend with. Between dealing with their haters and detractors, and banging their heads against the unyielding wall that stands between their artistic efforts and some kind of meaningful financial reward, the battle can be downright exhausting. Sometimes, however, the most difficult thing about being…
You’ve heard the old aphorism that being in a band is sort of like being married, right? Only it’s not sort of like being married; it’s exactly like being married. Ask Mark Sundermeier and Chris Stake of the Trampolines. “We’re together so much,” says Sundermeier. “We file taxes together; this…
I recently stopped by Platte River Bar and Grill (5995 South Santa Fe Drive, Littleton), a good local bar and also a good local restaurant serving Mexican food and burgers. I spotted a guy and his son, who looked about ten years old, sitting at the bar, eating chicken wings…
