It’s no secret why Meese’s bid for major-label success failed. Blame the industry all you want, but the bottom line is this: The band was mediocre. But with their new outfit, the Centennial, Patrick and Nathan Meese are trying a new approach: leading instead of following. By ditching Meese’s strum-by-numbers…
“5low” sounds like what it must be like to wander around a sprawling mansion in the dark, guided only by the muffled voice of your would-be murderer three rooms away. If someone made a movie about a benevolent occult group trying to conquer the world through the use of remote…
Skrillex is a dance-music name you might not be familiar with yet, but you will be. The former frontman for From First to Last, Skrillex (aka Sonny Moore) is spreading like wildfire: He broke a record by having eight of the ten best-selling tracks on Beatport, and he also had…
Chris Westin has become something of a fixture on the DIY scene in Denver since 2008, when he moved here from Oklahoma City and met nervesandgel’s Johnny Wohlfahrt while the two were working at the same restaurant. Westin had experienced the underground world before, but it was recording on Wohlfahrt’s…
At the tender age of twenty, DJ Craze had already won the DMC World Championships — which he went on to win twice more as a solo artist and again as part of the Allies crew, with A-Trak and Infamous. Actually, we could fill this entire space just listing the…
The Red Lion Hotel on I-225 and Parker, the venue that hosted last night’s 5280 Urban Music Awards, is just west of nowhere. Really, it’s in southeast Aurora, but to an inner city gal like me, it might as well have been in Kansas. Having beat around the bush long…
Before Beauty Bar, there was the Snake Pit, a club best known for its dance nights. From Drum and Bass to ’80s throwbacks, each weekly event brought a slightly different but enthusiastic crowd to the cozy, two-room club. Beauty Bar is paying homage to the nights with some reunion-style dance…
MIKE MARCHANT’S OUTER SPACE PARTY UNIT With Le Divorce • I Know You, Rider 12.11.10 | Larimer Lounge Le Divorce has always been good, but it seems the quartet has really honed its stage craft and sound in the past few months. Shrouded in a bank of fog, the band’s…
THE BAD PLUS 12/12/10 | Dazzle Over the last ten years, the Bad Plus has established itself as one of the most daring jazz trios in the world. And in the decade that pianist Ethan Iverson, bassist Reid Anderson and drummer Dave King have been together, they’ve proved they can…
Jeffree Star has mixed his fantasy world of impossibly arched pink eyebrows with the recklessness of glamour’s underbelly, posing as a Froot Loops-vomiting, razor-blade-stuffed, cupcake-eating beauty queen. Star performed on December 11, 2010 with DJ Rockstar Aaron, Aim 2 Miss and In Audika at Summit Music Hall. Aaron Thackeray was…
Olympia, Washington native Daniel Wherrett, a/k/a DJ Dan, spun at Beta nightclub on December 11, 2010. Openers were Cognition & T-Rav and Wicked Won. Photos by Aaron Thackeray. Below are a few highlights, and here is the full slideshow: DJ Dan at Beta…
The Solution, DJ Low Key and Sounds Supreme’s hip-hop centric weekly, one of the most unique parties in the city is about to undergo another change. The Solution is no stranger to the concept of change, as evidence by its ability to continue to thrive despite multiple venue changes (from…
Silent Disco is precisely what it sounds like: a silent dance party of revolutionary proportions. All music will be provided through wireless headphones only. Thus, the Silent part of the Disco. DJ Uplifter, and DJ Thunder along with DJ J Boogie, Motion Potion, DJ Segue and our own DJ Big…
Next up in our New Year’s Eve coverage: the over $75 batch. Mostly overnight hotel packages, but there are a couple unique VIP offers and the like. Looking to do something your significant other will never forget? Click on through, Romeo or Juliet…
Last year’s 5280 Awards, a ceremony dedicated to honoring the Mile High City’s hip-hop and R&B artists, caused a bit of stir in the scene, mainly due to the process by which the nominees were chosen. At issue: Last year’s nominees were chosen based off word of mouth. This year,…
A “guilty pleasure” can mean a lot of things: to a music listener, it is usually in reference to an artist you wouldn’t be caught dead listening to in public. But tonight, DJ Tonyo and crew bring their version of the guilty pleasure to Lost Lake Lounge, and we must…
Just two days before Thanksgiving, a terrible tragedy befell the family of Sarah and Julie Slater, creators of Denver’s essential Titwrench festival and two of this town’s biggest proponents of our precious, ever-blooming DIY scene. The home of their parents underwent a devastating house fire that has left the family…
Here’s a great capper to an already memorable year for Nathaniel Rateliff, a year in which he made friends and fans on Daytrotter’s Barnstormer tour and garnered acclaim here and across the pond with his Rounder debut, In Memory of Loss, earning praise from some of that continent’s most respected…
Facebook has quickly become the social media site. With over 250 500 million users, it’s the hub for ordinary folks to keep in touch with their favorite musicians, websites and friends. It’s because of this domination in the social media circle that local Facebook app developer Jeff Lange, aka Digi…
Update (12/6/11): 2011 KTCL Hometown for the Holidays finalists just announced. Click here for the full list. KTCL has announced the finalists for its annual Hometown for the Holidays promotion, in which they pick songs from ten (eleven this year) local bands to add to regular rotation, leading up to…
Do you play keyboard and love AM gold? Want to join one of Denver’s more promising bands and immediately start playing for grateful crowds that sing along with your choruses? Then you should email Andy Hamilton, because Houses is looking for you…
Yesterday, Ricardo Baca from the Denver Post reported that Flobots’ relationship with Universal Records has ended. Stephen Brackett, aka Brer Rabbit, confirmed the split and went on to say that the separation was amicable…
