Death Vessel is the brainchild of Brooklyn-based experimental folk artist Joel Thibodeau, the likes of whom we’ve heard from before. With a penchant for hushed electronic atmospherics serving as a backdrop to well-written, largely minimalist guitar melodies and earnest vocals, Thibodeau possesses a soprano singing voice that lends his introspective…
Does saying that an album sounds as slick and professional as major-label fare constitute faint praise or the real kind? In the case of Glyphic, which hosts a Friday, May 22, CD-release party at the Gothic Theatre co-starring Random Hero, Fulcrum, Cypher and Four to Go, it’s a little of…
Listening to this EP makes me wonder if I’m not missing the gene for liking the kind of music you hear on the radio. I mean, I can identify that these melodies are appealing, that the sound and vibe are contemporary and that this would sound right at home playing…
Although the Omens still show a strong Cynics influence here, there are marked departures from the formula. For one, this is probably the best-sounding work in which singer Michael Daboll has been involved. All of the instrumentation has beautifully orchestrated separation, allowing the songs to breathe more while coming together…
Take Una Volta-era DeVotchKa, subtract Nick Urata’s Morrissey croon and replace it with the sometimes-Ani-DiFranco, sometimes-Sarah-Vaughan vocals of Alana Rolfe, add a little more flair for weird noises, and you might get something that sounds like this Fort Collins-based act. The band’s violin-based pop bears a broad range of influences,…
Paramore lead singer Hayley Williams needn’t wonder if she’s having an impact on her audience. Odds are good that every time she looks into the crowd at a concert, she’ll see a veritable ocean of tween and teen girls wearing her hair color of the moment and their best approximation…
There’s a disease spreading through our generation of twenty- and thirty-year-olds, a malady we inherited from our parents that’s rendering us culturally stagnant. It’s sapping our identity. Perhaps, most tragically, we are welcoming this plague into our homes, cars and iPods — even our karaoke parties. This cancer is called…
Supergroups aren’t just for bloated ’70s rock stars. In the world of techno, Apparat and Modeselektor are both top-tier acts in their own right. Together they’ve joined forces to become Moderat (due on Saturday, May 23, at Beta) and produced something special. The process of recording the threesome’s first collaboration…
Are you a reggae ambassador or do you just play one on TV? We’ve got great news for you then, mon. Our pal Byron Shaw, the ever affable frontman of Judge Roughneck and the Byron Shaw Projex (and the Jonez, if you’re old school), just informed us that the 3-D…
Just received word of a cool new initiative to empower girls and get them involved with music called Girls Rock Denver. It’s a non-profit volunteer group running a summer camp to teach girls an instrument, help them form bands and write songs and play a show at the Mercury Cafe…
While the rumored Ground Zero Movement reunion is still rumbling around town, one member continues to make moves. Sid Fly, who has been hosting Out Tha Box TV for the last couple of years, is finally returning to the studio to put in some work on the music side of…
A LullIce Cream BonesLujo RecordsChicago scene veterans Nigel Evan Dennis, Mike Brown and Todd Miller have pulled together their collective indie rock experience to produce a lush, intricate, headphone-ready indie pop record that surprises, delights and frustrates – all in just over 11 minutes. Realized with countless percussion instruments, horns,…
Hayley Williams, the frontwoman for Paramore, which opens for No Doubt on Wednesday, May 27, at Fiddler’s Green, is already a star, but few thinks her career trajectory has peaked. Based on the platinum sales of Riot!, the group’s last album, and a successful tie-in with Twilight, the vampire-romance novel…
Look, I hear you. I can’t imagine running or walking six miles, except, perhaps, to find some great bands and cold beverages. Still, every Memorial Day, thousands of people descend on Boulder to run the BolderBOULDER. This is the famous 10k race’s 31st year, and, if you’re like me, it’ll…
If your ear’s to the streets, by now you’ve heard that the esteemed Jason Heller has resigned his current post (though he’ll still be freelancing for the national section of that paper) and will be returning home to this fishwrap in just two weeks. We’re beyond stoked, as I’m sure…
Singer-songwriter Kevin Devine, the subject of a profile in this week’s Westword advancing his Sunday, May 24 gig at the Marquis Theatre with Miniature Tigers, The Rouge and Brian Bonz, is the rarest of interview subjects: a guy who listeners carefully to every question and answers each as completely and…
Earlier this year, I made a commitment to broaden my horizons. I said I’d catch music in different genres and at different venues than I normally frequent. I didn’t set any specific measurable goals to correspond with this resolution, but I think I’ve been fairly successful. For example, last month,…
If the date on the band’s MySpace page and the press release we received from the publicist of one of the supporting acts is to be believed, blink-182’s much ballyhooed reunion tour is slated to make a stop at Fiddler’s Green on Sunday, September 6, with Weezer and Taking Back…
A Week ago this evening, the members of Ghost Buffalo played what was presumably their last show ever, at 3 Kings Tavern. While it’s barely been even a week, it’s safe to say that we already miss them. If you feel like we do, then you’ll love this week’s edition…
The All-American Rejects, Bassnectar, Goldfinger, the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, the Spill Canvas, Single File and Meese will all be part of this year’s Channel 93.3’s Big Gig on Saturday, July 11 at Fiddler’s Green. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 22 at 10 a.m. The first 1,000 tickets are $9.33,…
Mike Watt & the Missingmen and Dualistics Monday, May 18, 2009 Larimer Lounge Just as Missingmen guitarist Tom Watson and drummer Raul Morales finished setting up their gear, former Minutemen and Firehose frontman Mike Watt made his way through the crowd to the stage. With his gig bag slung on…
What is it with all these lowlife jerks preying on hardworking, hapless musicians? It has been our great displeasure to report on a series of heists over the past year or so involving a number of local minstels. Off the top of our head, last fall, Epilogues had a laptop…
