Concerts

At first glance, people may have a hard time distinguishing Vancouver’s Japandroids from Brooklyn’s Japanther. Both are stripped-down, two-piece, lo-fi garage-rock bands whose members share vocal duties, and both have a certain kinship with the Land of the Rising Sun. Musically, though, Japandroids offer more depth and passion, making them…

London’s Big Pink borrowed its name from the Band’s classic debut album and set about producing music possessed of vast, swirling horizons and heady dynamics. The record’s introspective, declarative lyrics are like beacons in the hazy early-morning soundscape. In that respect, the Big Pink is reminiscent of British dream-pop bands…

With pop punk having pretty much become a parody of itself these days, it’s difficult to be surprised by anything that anyone playing that kind of music has to offer. So how is it that a bunch of kids from Seattle got together to form a melodic, poppy punk band…

You won’t like Vultures if you can’t get past its throaty, nearly screamo vocals or the alloy of hardcore and thrash and lyrics that read like an unabashed screed against society’s ills and personal angst. If, however, you want to hear a record in which a band displays dynamic shifts…

Putting your heart on your sleeve is one thing — but Fort Collins’s A Melodic Daydream takes it a big step further. Fronted by the songwriting couple LnZ Kaid and Chris Newton, the group has packed its new eight-song disc, A Little Weird, with more unabashed emotion than most emo…

If you walk into a restaurant and it’s live-music Friday and the Alltunators are playing, you should feel pretty good about that. Their presence will enhance your meal, and they may put just enough hootenanny in your heart to compel you to throw a buck in their tip jar at…

Once a trio churning out reverb-drenched, Stray Cats-infused rockabilly, the Mighty Eighteen Wheeler has gotten progressively heavier with each album. On 2006’s Charmed Life, the guys turned up the distortion and steered more into Reverend Horton Heat territory. Now a four-piece led by Halden Wofford, the band kicks up another…

Maynard James Keenan describes a show by Puscifer, arguably the oddest sibling in a family of Keenan-connected bands that includes Tool and A Perfect Circle, as a theatrical experience that’s carefully planned in advance — for the most part. “We want to make sure that some stuff is solid, some…

Sleeping with band dudes doesn’t make you famous.” The words scrawl across a closed door after the stock “band slut” walks in behind the drummer in All Time Low’s new video for “Weightless.” Just a few years back, the four Baltimore-based post-punkers wouldn’t have known anything about that sort of…

So what are they putting in the water up in Boulder these days? First 3OH!3 takes its ridiculous electro-hop shtick and turns into one of the biggest bands in America. Now Savoy is emerging as the kind of body-rocking electro act that goes down easy with the rock kids but…

Just received word from Josh Baker, co-curator of Monolith, that the future of the indie-centric festival is uncertain. (Read Baker’s full statement after the jump.) Although the turnout for this year’s festival seemed to increase slightly from year’s past and the lineup itself seemed more solid than ever, with headliners…

Kevin Geraghty is back in LoDo. After being out of the game for a number of years running his own software company, the former owner of Brendan’s Blues Pub is back to doing what he does best, bringing in and spotlighting the best blues music to town. “We’re putting the…

Perhaps taking a cue from his pal Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic, who’s written and produced songs for an array of top shelf pop acts, including Kelly Clarkson, Beyonce and Leona Lewis, Fray guitarist Joe King is steadily making a name for himself as a burgeoning songwriter in his own right…

Shush man/Take the hit/Do the Barney Frank and talk with your spit…While we’re not privy to the political leanings of the 3OH!3 guys and although their tongues are generally so deep in their cheeks that it’s left a permanent protrusion, we’re pretty sure that this parody version of their ubiquitous…

Update: Suspicions partially confirmed. We just heard back from Young Coyotes frontman Zach Tipton, and he shed a little more light on the future of the band. Tipton assures us first and foremost that he and drummer Adam Halferty are still friends and on good terms. Just the same, they…

The latest remix/mash-up from Animals at Risk — the remix crew made up of Matt Fecher/DJ Hot to Death with Yonnas from the Pirate Signal — is alive. The new track, “Intergalactic Fathers,” takes the Beastie Boys classic “Intergalactic,” chops up lots of little bits from Ideal Fathers “The Tendrils…

For those with tickets to tonight’s Pixies show, here’s a bonus review with another perspective, to give you a clear idea of exactly what to expect this evening. If you haven’t already check out Jon Solomon’s review.PixiesFillmore AuditoriumMonday, November 16, 2009Better than: having whores in your head.See more photos on…

For those with tickets to tonight’s Pixies show, we just posted a bonus review from Adam Perry with another perspective, to give you a clear idea of exactly what to expect this evening. PixiesFillmore AuditoriumMonday, November 16, 2009See more photos on the slideshow page.Better than: having whores in your head.  About…

Six Months to Live, deadbubbles and Dario Rosa Saturday, November 14, 2009 Meadowlark Better Than: The second big snowstorm of the season outside. Opening act deadbubbles set the pace for the rest of the show with an energetic set of rock and roll full of more than its fair share…

The Micro Wrestling Federation threw down at the Oriental on Friday night. See Aaron Thackeray’s photos on the slideshow page…

Houses, The Knew, Action Packed Thrill Ride Saturday, November 14, 2009 Larimer Lounge Better Than: The fireside. It was snowing on Saturday, seriously snowing, hard enough to cover the signs and turn the city into a giant, hushed bobsled track. You would not have known this, though, if you were…