In the early ’90s, Liz Phair (due at the Bluebird Theater this Tuesday) started releasing tapes she called Girly Sound. These early tapes revealed a wide-ranging and playful musical creativity and helped to establish Phair in the underground music scene in Chicago. Somehow these tapes made it into the hands…
Colorado’s easy-going persona has always been a magnet for transplants, and hey, if we had a beach, our population would probably rival California’s. But for Raven and the Writing Desk — a band who’s founding members, Julie Libassi and Scott Conroy, landed in our fair square state via Boston in…
Sole, aka Tim Holland, is looking for a little help from fans to fill the streets with Tea Party extras this weekend for his newest video, “White Rage.” The filming will be going down Saturday at a currently undisclosed location downtown around 2 p.m. Click through for full details if…
The folks in the Whiskey Bottles may be based in Boulder, but they clearly have an affinity for Southern-flavored alt-country and Midwestern Americana. Ain’t No Crime, the quintet’s debut, is absolutely brimming with equal amounts of grit and twang. Singers Molly Orlando and Dylan Ward pleasingly trade off lead vocals…
Jimmy ‘Stx’ Blair, drummer for Heart & Soul Radio (formerly Animo and Dork), just issued a statement that took a tremendous amount of guts to make. “If I have learned anything recently,” he states, “it has been that there is no time like the present and complete honesty is always…
Okay, so here’s a nutty idea. Last week, Taylor Swift topped the Billboard charts once again by selling 52,000 copies of her Speak Now album — an industry low, reportedly, taking the title from the Dreamgirls soundtrack, which previously held the distinction with 67,000 sales…
A date has finally been set for the premiere of Denver Undiscovered, the eagerly awaited documentary project spearheaded by Dane Bernhardt of Crazy Horse Studios and our own Tom Murphy, focusing on the high points and underexposed aspects of the Denver scene. The film, which is being presented in concert…
Before the womp-womp of dubstep, there was the brap-brap of drum-and-bass. Tonight, Beauty & the Bass brings drum-and-bass back to the forefront, with massive sounds provided by local movement heads Despise, Fresh Breath Committee’s DJ Skip Rip, and Nofrendo — whose multiple sonic talents we profiled last summer — on…
The majority of the fliers we see are deadly serious affairs, but thankfully, the crew over at Bocumast knows how to make light of a situation while still retaining the essentials of a well put together flier. The fact this one has Neil Armstrong on it just seals the deal…
Oh, Mike. What would we do without your insanely high productivity level and generous demeanor? The singer-songwriter has gifted us with three EPs of free downloading pleasure to say thanks for a great 2010. Plus, he’s started a new band — name, members and other pertinent information to come –…
All right, the next time you think of stereotyping jam band connoisseurs as dirty weed smoking hippies, you might want to reconsider. Just after the first of the year, the Jam Cruise, a six-day musical excursion to the Caribbean, with Boulder’s Big Gigantic, Bob Weir, Robert Randolph and Galactic, among…
We’ve just received word that Havok, Denver’s thrash-metal flag-bearers, are set to continue wreaking, well, havoc in 2011. The act has reportedly finished work on its follow-up to 2009’s Burn. Recorded by James Murphy (Death, Testament), Time Is Up, the new album, the outfit’s second for Candlelight Records, is slated…
Unless you’ve been sleeping on your gay friends’ Facebook status updates, Britney’s back. Again. Her new single “Hold It Against Me,” was exposed last week with substitute diva Bonnie McKee’s vocals acting as a placeholder, but yesterday, a glossy, radio-ready version (complete with Britney’s childish gurgles) dropped. Most people got…
In defiance of Tila Tequila’s seemingly idle threats that she would single-handedly bring down the cultural juggernaut that is the Juggalo Gathering after last year’s melee, in which she endured flying dildos and urine bombs, Psychopathic Records and ICP have announced the dates of this year’s Gathering. Once again, the…
Apparently, for the past forty years or so, NASA has chosen Top 40 songs for astronauts to wake up to every morning on their missions. This year, prior to the April 1 launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, NASA, uh, launched the “Space Rock” song contest, which inspired The Lust-Cats…
Janet Jackson visits the Wells Fargo Theatre on Wednesday, April 6, as part of her Number Ones, Up Close and Personal Tour, during which she’ll be performing music exclusively from her album, Number Ones. Jackson’s new book on self-esteem, dieting and exercise,True You, hits stores February 8. Reserved tickets ($64.50-$149.50)…
DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL John Jefler, Lady Danville and Chris Conley Summit Music Hall | 1.10.11 View the full slide show. Unsurprisingly, a huge amount of people waited outside Summit Music Hall last night to witness the ten-year anniversary of Dashboard Confessional. Chris Conley, the sole remaining member of Saves the Day,…
SHENANDOAH DAVIS With Pee-Pee, Laura Goldhamer and Princess Music 01.08.11 | Mercury Cafe The Mercury Café was looking sexy on Saturday night. Candle-lit tables topped with roses, a swooping network of lights above, fine wines, hearty beers and delicious food, all coming together as a unique, exotic venue in the…
It’s like Mother Nature wanted to set the perfect scene for Peter Wolf Crier’s first date of it’s 2011 tour. The snow dump Colorado has been waiting for finally came last night, effectively creating a wintery backdrop for the Midwest duo’s cuddle-by-the-fire-inducing songs of nostalgia and love…
JEFF TWEEDY With The Handsome Family 1.8.2011 | Boulder Theater When Jeff Tweedy opened the second show of his sold-out two-night stand at the Boulder Theater with “Sunken Treasure,” the venue was amazingly quiet except for a few cheers during high points of the song. With an achingly stunning take…
GEM TRAILS With Thundercade and Kevin Costner Suicide Pact Meadowlark | January 7, 2011 Gem Trails is the solo side project of Trevor Peterson from Woodsman. From this performance, the name is appropriate for the spectral, glistening streaming of guitar that Peterson often does in his more well-known band, but…
BLKHRTS With The Pirate Signal, Lust-Cats of the Gutters Flashlights and PDRBLK 01.10.11 | Glob Yonnas Abraham has often referred to BLKHRTS as a “gang” and flippantly pointed out how formidable and imposing the crew — which also includes King FOE and Karma — is. From only minor cameos, though,…
