Got a massive pile of loot burning a hole in your pocket? Yeah, neither do we. If you do happen to scrape some nickels together, however, Flobots are conducting a pair of auctions on eBay right now that might interest you. In an effort to raise funds for their non-profit,…
Have you always wanted to be b-boy? Here’s your chance. No more faking the funk! This Saturday at Cherry Creek Dance on Third and Clayton, three bona fied floor wreckers — Visa from Dance2Live, Mattlock from the Groproject and BREAKERONE9 from Lordz of Finesse — will be on hand to…
Julox has one of the most recognizable voices in the Colorado hip-hop scene and some out-of-state entities are taking notice. Julox’s Ugly Azz Entertainment has partnered with Hezeleo of UGK Records out of Houston for a new mixtape, Julox: Facially Challenged. Mixed by Desert E, the collection features contributions from…
Back in January, two locals dominated Scion’s 2008 Hypeman Contest. DJ Sabotage and Hypeman P took first and second place in the competition, respectively, showing the judges and the nation that the Colorado hip-hop scene is on the rise. (Ed: No question Sabo and HP dominated, regardless. When you see…
VENDETTA FESTIVAL Saturday, September 26, 2009 Bar Standard Sunday, September 27, 2009 Exdo Events Center This past weekend marked the third annual Vendetta Festival, a gathering of some of the best industrial and dark dance acts from around the world. We made it to two out of three days of…
Tap, tap, tap. Ahem, attention: We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to bring you this important message about free beer. We’ve just received word that the band Synthetic Elements is shooting a music video this evening at LoDos in, well, uh, LoDo. And evidently, the shoot, which is happening at…
It’s been a few years since Katie Herzig hung her hat here, but we still very much consider the former Newcomers Home singer to be one of our own. The Fort Collins native has made quite a name for herself since moving to Nashville, including having a number of her…
Just in time for the seasons of ghouls and goblins, when kids of all shapes and sizes don scary costumes and cram their faces with every assorted sugary confection they can get their grubby little mitts on, the String Cheese Incident has announced plans to release Trick or Treat, an…
Aspiring remixers take note — your chance to shine and get really drunk is here. Beta is sponsoring a remix contest for “Matt and Zane’s Snarky Sloot Bday Throwdown,” a party this weekend in the Beatport Lounge featuring Zane, Beekay, Fonzie and Bat Mowers in honor of Matt and Zane’s…
Update: Congratulations, Mike Long. You and a guest will be our guest at the show this evening. Have a great time!Tonight, in support of its latest release, the Steve Albini-produced Journal for Plague Lovers, Manic Street Preachers stop by the Bluebird Theater in the company of Nico Vega. Wanna go?…
The Denver House Authority are closing up shop on their weekly Friday-night party on the rooftop of Vinyl. After three months holding down the primo spot for their weekly event, the crew is being forced out and will be replaced by the burgeoning popularity of the Friday-night Latin night, which…
DJ Craze spun his fist-ever set at Beta on Friday. Photographer Uriah West was there and checked in with these photos…
Bryan Adams Saturday, September 26, 2009 Paramount Theatre Better Than: A sonically faithful retro-tour performance. Bryan Adams was definitely a rock star when I was in high school, so I didn’t know what to expect from this acoustic performance. It could have been a ploy to make some cash on…
Yes, we know. That’s a loaded question and also an unreasonable query. Best of anything is relative. Music is subjective. It isn’t and shouldn’t be a competition. While we tend to agree with all that, we feel compelled to inform you that the folks at KBPI are once again in…
Platinum records? A sold-out tour? Countless songs licensed? A female following that presumably rivals Oprah’s? Pffft — all things that time will inevitably erase. Now, a tattoo, on the other hand — that shit’s forever, man. Apparently no one mentioned that to the lovely young lass pictured at left, who’s…
Everybody wants to be in a band. From the outside, it all looks so glamorous, doesn’t it, all the sex and drugs that go along with the rock and roll? If only they knew… Fact: In real life, the sex only leaves you with regrets or worse. The drugs don’t…
If you need to catch up with the local music scene in a hurry — or just keep up with it, if you’re already up to speed — you’re going to want to grab the new, third Local Shakedown CD compilation. Coming Friday, October 16 from Smooch Records, the double-disc…
Around these parts, Distrakt is known as one of the nicest producer-rappers in the game. But in the music industry, he’s starting to be the go-to-guy for vintage-style animated music videos. He recently directed videos for veteran indie rapper Count Bass D (“Neon Soul”) and up and coming Florida rapper…
Denver rapper/producer SP Double has been busy working on his new full-length, Loyalty, Honor, Respect, but in between tracks he found time to drop a new EP, Focus on SP.The entire EP was produced by Aftermath Records producer Focus, who has also produced tracks for Busta Rhymes, 50 Cent, Eminem…
DJ K-Tone and Adam Lo recently announced the launch of the Colorado Hip-Hop for Homeless, a new charity that seeks to help Colorado’s homeless community. A couple times a month, K-Tone and Lo recruit local hip-hop artists to donate and distribute clothes, water, non-perishable food and blankets to the homeless…
It’s natural for children to absorb musical talent from their parents. For St. Elias, though, music isn’t just an inherited proclivity; it’s also something that the band’s three members — two brothers and their cousin — have cultivated among themselves since they were kids growing up together in Houston. “We…
While the Ballpark neighborhood still has the town’s highest concentration of sports bars, the 1400 blocks of Market and Blake streets could soon be giving them a run for their money. In July, Francois Safieddine opened the Oak Tavern in the former home of Monarck, at 1427 Market Street, just…
