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…
If you missed the Mile High Music Fest — and I did too, thanks to a wedding that was occurring simultaneously — or if you were there, but were just so trashed your memories are hazy, you can relive it in glorious lo-fi, shaky-cam glory on YouTube. A quick search…
The Black Keys, Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons Friday, July 17 The Fox Better Than:Engine oil under your fingernails, sweat running down your back and your car in good working order once again. Zero frills. A white drum kit with two toms and three cymbals, a bag of extra sticks…
See photos of the day’s fans and crowds on the slideshow page. We’re back for Day 2, which looks to be shaping up a little hotter, and not just because of HoneyHoney’s frontwoman (above). Check back throughout the day for more photos and reviews. For coverage from Day One, see…
Scalping is illegal in Commerce City, too, as Jon Simpson could tell you.While there were a number of arrests at the Mile High Music Festival yesterday, Simpson’s may well be the most high-profile. He appears to be the brother of Grammy Award- winner India.Arie, who was known as India Arie…
See photos of the fans who woo-hooed their way around Day One of the Mile High Music Fest at westword.com/slideshow…
See photos of Day One’s fans on the slideshow page. It’s here: The second edition of the Mile High Music Fest is underway, and our gaggle of writers and photogs are shvitzing their way around the grounds to bring you ongoing, as-close-to-live-as-my-fingers-allow coverage of Denver’s biggest music festival. Check back…
As you’ve likely surmised, the Mile High Music Festival is this weekend. We’ll be there, sweating and shooting and watching and writing, and posting it all to this little blog and this little twitter feed. So check in for the latest news, reviews, photos, whatever, and check back Monday for…
Jet is eager to get back onto the road. More than two years after the release of the Aussie rock outfit’s last album, Shine On, the band will be stopping for a slot at the Mile High Music Festival before continuing on a world tour to promote the August release…
Our weekly voyage into the sheer WTFuckery of the web delivers us to the insufferable presence of Folerio. This pencil-mustached, bewigged hipster paragon apparently has a real, honest-to-god record deal, a fact that makes me want to hit myself in the face with a shovel. And you’ll want to hit…
D1g1tal Mayh3m, a new site for showcasing the work of Colorado DJs and electronic music artists launched recently. The site aims to offer a forum for some of the less commercial strains of electronic music to be heard. Specifically, the site offers free, streaming mixes in the genres of ambient,…
Tomorrow night at 6 p.m., the Sputnik will be hosting Face the Music, a photo exhibit featuring the portraits of Todd Roeth, who’s emerged in the past year as one of the most talented photographers in the city. His bright, colorful style is as vibrant as it is distinctive. “I…
Frontside Five, Git Some, Speed Wolf, St. Fall Apart Thursday, July 16, 2009 Marquis Theater Better than: Attending a show devoted to only one subgenre of punk music. Frontside Five’s new full-length album, Resurrection Cemetery, veers from the Denver ensemble’s skate-punk roots in many ways, incorporating new sounds and textures…
Averaging 200 shows every year for the past eight years, the members of Pepper have earned a reputation for being as dedicated as they are hedonistic. With five full-length albums under their belt and the development of their own record label, the Hawaiian-bred members have demonstrated an intense love for…
Forming in London in 2003, the Duke Spirit has evolved a sound that brings together elements of garage rock, soul, the blues and swirly, noisy atmospheric rock. Rather than sounding like’s trying to do too many things at once, act’s music sounds rich with textures and emotional landscapes. A perfect…
Incubus was three-fifths of the way formed back in high school in California twenty years ago. Safe to say the band had no idea how popular its music would be – the group has three platinum albums in the US, and two of those went platinum twice. Born in the…
In an industry littered with tween pop stars and Disney Channel minions, it’s refreshing to come across an artist whose work isn’t a medley of foot-tapping drivel swathed with AutoTune. Equipped with awe-inducing guitar skills and a hauntingly intense wail, 22-year-old Davy Knowles is quickly making a name for himself…
Video by Alexis Johnson…
Even though ManeLine is continually doing shows around town and the Pirate Signal is hard at work on its new album, rapper Mane Rok and DJ A-What have found time to connect and put together a mixtape project called Mane Rok and DJ AWHAT! Present Rok Stars Mixtape. The project…
Boulder-based jazz/afrobeat/electronic (and it’s no coincidence that those initials almost spell “jam”) outfit the Motet are releasing their new album Dig Deep for free. The impetus behind this altruistic act is simple, according to drummer/bandleader Dave Watts: no one is buying records anymore, so you may as well give them…
Joe Thunder and Selector Sam’s Special Addiction mixtape has been available for almost a month now, but it’s still making its way around the web. The new collection features Street Philosafee, a group that consists of rappers Mr. Verbal and J Cook and features appearances from Dent, Tetrahedron Crew, Pontius…
Looks like we’re not the only ones psyched for this weekend’s Mile High Music Festival. This afternoon, the folks at Spin.com weighed in with their top five must-hear bands. As it turns out, their picks mirrored ours: Tool (natch), Duke Spirit, 3OH!3, Gogol Bordello and the Black Keys. We’ve got…
