SONIC YOUTH With Caldera Lakes 10.04.10 | Ogden Theatre The thing about seeing Sonic Youth is, no matter what else is going on in the venue, the city or even the world at that very moment, there is no question the show will be staggeringly beautiful. It won’t be flashy…
HIGH ON FIRE Torche • Kylesa • Kingdom of Magic 10.03.10 | Bluebird Theater With a punishing low end that rumbled like thunder, Kingdom of Magic filled the Bluebird with heavy music that can no longer be called “stoner rock.” What the guys are doing now is just so much…
Grammy nominations? Platinum status? Selling out Red Rocks? It’s difficult to imagine any single event surpassing those sorts of mile markers in your career. Unless, of course, said event involves warming up for U2. In your hometown. Now that’s beyond difficult. That’s inconceivable. But that’s exactly what the Fray will…
MUSE With Passion Pit 10.02.10 | Pepsi Center View a slideshow of Muse and Passion Pit at the Pepsi Center Pinpointing Muse’s primary, uh, muse is neither difficult — if you said Bends/OK Computer-era Radiohead, give yourself a gold star — nor particularly insightful to point out at this stage…
Received a heartening update from Rebecca Folsom, whose plight we first shared during the devastating Fourmile Canyon fire a few weeks ago. Folsom and her family, as you might recall, faced moments of uncertainty during the fire when early word seemed to indicate that her home was destroyed by the…
Is your life sorely lacking mind-bending psych-rock delivered by a band named after Siberia’s most famous yeti-like monster? Well then, friend, have we got some kick-ass news for you! Tjutjuna is streaming its brand-new, as-yet-unreleased album for free, and it is awesome. As you can see, the band’s namesake is…
After searching for the last year or so for a place to open a rockabilly-themed bar, Jimmy Nigg and his brother just took over the former Cucina Roma Roma spot at 12363 West 64th Avenue in Arvada and hope to re-open it as Rockabillies early next year. While the bar…
To finance their new EP, Till We See the Sun, the members of the Heyday appealed to fans with a tiered donation system to help get them back in the studio. Depending on your level of generosity, you could land your name in the liner notes, book a private show…
After being a sound engineer at the Walnut Room for nearly five years and the head engineer for the last year, Randall Frazier jumped into the talent buyer seat last month. While he has plans to bring in different types of acts than the room has seen in the past,…
Bangles is having another reunion. No, not that Bangles, silly. Same era, though. While we’re sure it’s been long enough for the gals behind “Walk Like an Egyptian” and “Hazy Shade of Winter” to start entertaining the thought of giving it another go for old time’s sake, we’re actually referring…
There you are, minding your own business, innocently chatting up a transvestite, when you’re confronted by a dreaded raver girl. She stares at you with her cool eyes and pastied nipples, sizing you up, coiling as if to pounce — and suddenly you black out and awake an indeterminate amount…
We like things that look like other things, especially when the other things that things look like remind us of warm-and-fuzzy moments from days gone by. Like, say, a flier that recalled the halcyon days of audio cassettes, in all of their lo-fi, wow-and-flutter glory. That nostalgic feeling for our…
This past weekend, the Denver graf scene lost one of its more prolific and infamous figures when PREACH passed away unexpectedly. Word of the artist’s untimely passing has inspired a group of his friends to band together to organize a benefit this Saturday to celebrate his life and raise some…
Nothing like having somebody who’s been there tell you exactly like it is, eh? Brutal honesty. No sugarcoating. This past June, just before Air Dubai was preparing to release a six-song EP, Flobots guitarist Andy Guerrero let the guys have it with both barrels. Do you guys really want to…
Working as a bartender at the short-lived Jezebel’s Juke Joint & Brothel, Kristian Kelly became so enamored of the old building at 3862 High Street that he took over the space after Jezebel’s closed, reopening it this month as the Gin & Sin Speakeasy. “I love the building,” he says…
With an Edith Piaf-esque warble, Kal Cahoone’s vocals could be heard warming the music of Roger Green and Munly with its Old World charm. Cahoone’s most prominent role in a project up to now was in the Latin-flavored Americana of Tarantella. Her strong presence could be intense at times, but…
Where does a band go after winning the O2 Silver Clef Award and being presented that award by its rock-and-roll heroes, Roger Taylor and Brian May of Queen? What more could your band ever hope to hear after Roger Taylor called your project “probably the greatest live act in the…
Born into the No Wave scene, surviving the Reagan and MTV years and now thriving in the age of iTunes, Sonic Youth’s career is a lesson in DIY done right. The five-piece has stretched the confines of rock ‘n’ roll, injecting melodic structure with fits of noise and feedback, building…
Over the last decade, jazz guitarist John Abercrombie has released three brilliant albums on ECM, a label he’s been on since the mid-’70s, with violinist Mark Feldman, bassist Mark Johnson and drummer Joey Baron, all of whom will join him at this Mount Vernon date. While each of these musicians…
Don’t let the gimmicky giant mouse head fool you: Canadian progressive electro-house producer Deadmau5 (pronounced “dead mouse”) is much more than a mere stage prop. His energetic, playful mixes are a true melding of electro and house, merging the energy and soaring emotion of house with the darker, dirtier atmosphere…
Eastern Europe isn’t as far as from the Front Range as it might seem. Not only does Colorado have the gypsy-inflected DeVotchKa, but Wovenhand has also tapped into a little Old World mysticism on its latest album. Fort Collins’s Stella Luce isn’t as well known as those bands, but its…
Jay Munly’s presence can be a bit frightening at times. And with some of the Lupercalians wearing black robes and cone hats and others wearing burlap hoods at their shows, the whole experience treads on the verge of being downright creepy — probably not something you’d want to take your…
