The 2009 National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) trade show took place this past January in California, but we just came across video starring DJ Vajra demoing Rane DJ products. For those unaware, Rane is the company behind Serato’s Scratch Live, a program that gives DJs the ability to manipulate and…
The Flaming Lips have recorded more than their share of inspired covers over the years — a fact that raises hopes for their latest, a collaboration with Stardeath and the White Dwarfs on the Madonna chestnut “Borderline.” The song will be twinned on a seven-inch single produced for Record Store…
Sunday, August 9 is going to be a busy day for music in the Mile High, when Kings of Leon stops by Red Rocks, and the skater-centric Vans Warped Tour, pulls into Invesco with more than fifty bands in tow, including 3OH!3, Bad Religion, NOFX, Less Than Jake and Flogging…
Peaches I Feel CreamXL Recordings If, like me, you haven’t tuned in to what electroclash pioneer Peaches has been up to since 2000’s brash and bracing The Teaches of Peaches, her self-produced fourth album will take you by pleasant surprise. Collaborating with wizards like Soulwax and Simian Mobile Disco, the performer…
Blare Magazine. Familiar? Yeah, us neither. Regardless, the site (blog?) recently posted a list that struck us as fairly interesting: ten pop albums that Nate Motte thinks should be listened to all the way through. We stumbled onto the link via AbsolutePunk.net, where a number of folks expressed their displeasure…
To say Mike Marchant has an angel resting on his shoulder is an understatement on par with saying our economy is sort of a bad way right now. Yesterday, Marchant, one of Denver’s most talented songwriters, was hit by a car and managed to walk away from the incident having…
Just received word that Set Forth has officially changed its name to the Northern Way. We spoke with frontman Steve Melton a short time ago, and he says that the move was prompted by the fact that there are several other acts are currently using the same moniker. The act,…
Here what the area’s local-centric specialty radio shows were playing this week. We’re currently tracking the playlists for five different shows: 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 syndicated on…
As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, “What are you listening to?” The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we’ve compiled a…
For a desciption of “Psychopathy Red,” the Slayer seven-inch arriving in time for Record Store Day, we turn once again to our friends at Vintage Vinyl. “The first new music since 2006’s ferocious Christ Illusion, ‘Psychopathy Red’ is a blast of proper thrash metal by the band that invented it,”…
All right, so by now you’ve heard that Mudhoney had to opt off the Westword Music Showcase due to a scheduling conflict, which bummed some folks out, ourselves included. Well, our spirits have subsequently been lifted with the confirmation of A Place to Bury Strangers, who has signed on to…
Jadakiss’s Last Kiss, released last week, topped Independent Records best seller list for the week ending April 12. Local act Single File, who had an in-store performance April 7, grabbed the second spot while UGK, Hurt and Dream were also in the top five. See the full breakdown after the…
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN @ PEPSI CENTER | 4/10/09 At his age, Bruce Springsteen could easily just coast into his twilight years and live off the interest of an already well established legacy. Hell, at this stage of his career, he could phone in a medley-driven revue like some of his contemporaries,…
Neil Young’s brand new album, Fork in the Road, grabbed the top spot at Twist & Shout last week, followed by Neko Case’s Middle Cyclone, which has been a strong performer since it was released March 3. New releases from Doves, Grateful Dead and Yeah Yeah Yeahs rounded out the…
Mr. Midas is probably one of the more polished rappers in the Colorado scene and has been putting in work with his groups Gang Green International and the Food Chain. But he’s recently connected with DJ Quote for his mixtape project, Last Man Standing, to get the hype started for…
Jonny 5 of the Flobots is performing and speaking tomorrow on the Auraria Campus as part of a rally to protest $452 million in proposed cuts to higher education in the state. Like most such mass-action political events, attendance is not only free but they’d love to have you come…
Blitzen Trapper’s Furr was among the best albums released in 2008. But how good was the stuff that didn’t make the final cut? Fans will get a clue or two on Record Store Day, when the band issues a seven-inch single featuring two previously unreleased numbers: “War is Placebo” and…
Bad news: We’ve been holding off posting this until we had their replacement lined-up, but we just noticed several comments (which we’ve since deleted) on the original blog announcement from somebody, who clearly has inside access, breaking news we just got not too long ago ourselves. Nothing against those posters,…
Prince told us to party like it was 1999 but those of us that were around at the time know it never really got better than 1998. That was the year tech house started to take over and Denver’s house music scene coalesced into something special. The folks of Denver…
There’s an excellent show lined up for tomorrow night at the Marquis Theater. It’s the fourth installment of the Bands You Need To Know series presented by Soda Jerk and Mile Hi-Fidelity/Indie 101.5, featuring Alan Alda, 3 the Hardway, Achille Lauro and the Ideal Fathers — a nicely diverse and…
William Shatner. Ranting. Beatnik poetry, complete with mad bongo-drum rhythms. Henry Rollins. Puppets. Puppets in paper Colonel Sanders masks. Need I say more? Seriously, what else could I possibly say? I guess I could thank New Ancient Astronauts for turning me on to this earlier in the week (Thanks, New…
Just received five new tracks from former Cat-A-Tac frontman Jim McTurnan’s forthcoming solo effort, the Give Up Suffering EP, which was mixed and mastered by Jason Martin from Starflyer 59. If you tuned in to Mile Hi-Fidelity this past Wednesday, you head the title track from the new record, which…
