The studio work by rootsy singer-songwriters who are lucky enough to have long recording careers tends to grow more urbane as time goes on. That’s certainly true of Middle Cyclone, the latest offering by Neko Case, who’ll share the Chautauqua spotlight with Joey Burns and John Convertino. “This Tornado Loves…
Since the 1967 release of Songs of Leonard Cohen, this widely admired songwriter has become synonymous with the concept of cool like few others since Miles Davis. More a prolific poet than jazz/folk songwriter, Cohen’s inimitable voice really does sound like it’s coming from someone who understands the rough times…
The gulf between mainstream rap and indie hip-hop can be breached with ease. Indeed, there are plenty of tracks on Murs’ latest recording, 2008’s Murs For President, that would cause the typical T.I. fan to start nodding his head if he gave them a chance, including “Lookin’ Fly,” co-starring will.i.am…
A little over a month ago, we came up with this crazy — and some now say ill-conceived — idea that we would give ourselves a mulligan in terms of the bands that were overlooked when the nominees for this year’s ballot were revealed and add five acts to this…
If you’ve gotten around to reading this week’s issue, you might have seen my gushing review of the incredible new record from the Jim Jims. Now, it isn’t often that I do this (and by isn’t often, I mean I have never done it before and may never do it…
Jane’s Addiction & Nine Inch NailsTuesday, May 26, 2009 Fiddler’s Green AmphitheatreBetter Than: Seeing Dave Navarro hanging out with porn stars. Near the end of Nine Inch Nail’s set, frontman Trent Reznor said this current outing with Jane’s Addiction would be NIN’s last tour. It seemed like an odd way…
Last month, in advance of its headlining show at the Gothic Theater celebrating the release of its major label debut, Common Struggles, we profiled Single File. We also reviewed the show that night and posted some pictures the following Monday morning. Well leave it to those guys, the quintessential do-it-yourself-even-though-they’re-on-a-major-label-now…
With so many music festivals to fill up your summer and drain your pocketbook, we put together a handy rundown of Denver’s fests, in order of their appearance on your calendar. Which are you looking most forward to? What should concertgoers know about each? Use the comments section below –…
As previously reported, Tori Amos will stop at the Paramount Theatre on Tuesday, July 21, in support of her new album, Abnormally Attracted to Sin, which was released last week. Blues Traveler, who’s made an annual tradition of playing Red Rocks on July 4, returns again this year. Tickets for…
During the morning and night newscasts on Channel 2, the station has been showcasing local acts on their Guitar Center-sponsored stage. All of the acts thus far have been rock-oriented with nary a hip-hop artist — until last week. On Friday morning, the Deuce reached out to ManeLine and asked…
Moderat May 23, 2009 Beta Better than: Much of clearly unengaged crowd deserved. As if to signify this would not be a typical club set of techno, the three-man operation that is Moderat had set up along the side of the room that’s usually the main-room bar at Beta. This…
Iwrestledabearonce, Human Abstract and Vanna Friday, May 22, 2009 Marquis Theater Better Than: A full-on emocore show. Human Abstract started the show off with a blend of death metal and proggy screamo. Singer Nathan Ells switched between the death metal growl and higher-register distorted screamo vocals seamlessly. For the most…
Trouble Andrew, Natural Selection, Boyhollow Monday, May 25, 2009 Bluebird Theater Better than: Celebrating Memorial Day outside in the rain. Talk about having the odds stacked against you. In addition to playing on a holiday, the acts at the Bluebird on Monday night had to compete with the Nuggets playoff…
If you’re looking to get get a jump start on the Memorial Day barbecue action, Rockbar (3015 East Colfax Avenue) is firing up the grill in their parking lot tomorrow night starting at 7 p.m., and the Greatest Hits Band starts playing at 8. The Nuggets game will be on…
Y’all remember that old school jam by Timex Social Club? How do rumors get started…? It’s got to be more than, what, two decades since the group recorded that song, and that ponderous sentiment remains. How do these rumors get started? A few weeks ago, there was scuttlebutt that Tickle…
Ancient Mith is currently wrapping up a European tour, and tonight — actually, in about ten minutes, which makes it this afternoon here in the Mountain time zone — he’s slated to perform at the Olympic Cafe Motionless CD release party with Buck 65, Erik Truffaz, Abd Al Malik, Demune,…
Wow! Thanks to the astute observational skills of our homie Castro at A Walking Disaster, we just came across a tweet from DJ AM, in which he asserts that Chris Andersen “looks like an ed hardy model that listens to smashmouth vs linkin park mash ups.” Really, dude? Well, if…
All right, so if you’re racking your brain trying to think of things to get us for our birthday or whatever, stop. Here’s what we want. Floorside seats to the Nuggets on Monday night? Naw. A 1987 Honda CRX? Eh-eh. We want a toy, this toy, in fact, a GG…
Well, what do you know? Here’s another reason this week to ditch out on work early. Who, us? Yeah, we know. We just couldn’t, right? Uh, yeah we could. Pffth! What are you talking about? You know how we roll. After we give you drop, in fact, we’re outta here…
Are you in a band? Is your band terrible? If so, I want to say thanks — thanks for sucking. You might think I’m joking but I want to assure you that I am fully serious. In a world filled with mediocrity, being truly terrible is a genuine accomplishment. And…
So before its show last night with the Freeze and Pitch Invasion at 3 Kings Tavern, Nardcore legends Dr. Know played an especially sweaty, late afternoon, show gratis in the back room of Wax Trax. We stopped by and as you can see from the picture above of Brian Hagman…
On the 2002 album Circle Meets the Square, Kevin Devine included a song titled “Protest Singer,” and the tag has stuck to him ever since, despite his lyrical confession that “I’m only protesting myself.” But while plenty of his subsequent compositions have grappled with societal injustice and other crimes against…
