Concerts

​Jen Korte & the Loss The Walnut RoomFriday, September 18, 2009Jen Korte and the Loss recorded most of the tracks on her new self-titled album live in the studio and there’s an immediacy and cohesion on those tracks that can usually only be captured with everyone playing at the same…

Life is completely kicking my ass at the moment. My bank account is overdrawn, I’ve been dragging ass all day from staying out way too late on a Monday night, drinking whiskey at Sancho’s after the Sunny Day show, talking up random strangers. The weather sucks … eh, you get…

With the annual CMJ fest kicking off in just a little less than a month, Brooklyn Vegan has announced plans to have Nathaniel Rateliff & the Wheel — one of the Denver acts slated to make the trek; the Photo Atlas, the Knew and Jim McTurnan and the Kids That…

Just received word that Widowers are heading into the studio to record a follow-up to their excellent self-titled debut. According to the band, this means no more new shows while they concentrate on recording. Anyone who caught the group’s set at the UMS this summer knows why this is exciting…

Sunny Day Real Estate, The Jealous Sound Monday, September 21, 2009 Ogden Theater, Denver Better Than: Most of the descendents of this style of music have been. Sunny Day Real Estate’s current tour is a bit of a reunion tour for the Jealous Sound from Los Angeles as well. The…

This weekend I went and watched the Broncos beat up on the perpetually bottom-of-the-barrel Browns in my annual debt-inducing, professional-sports pilgrimage. The game was fun, but I couldn’t help but notice that the music was … well, my parents would consider most of it oldies, and they aren’t exactly hip…

Like his past two albums, Taking Up Your Precious Time and Filling Up The City Skies, Derek Vincent Smith, who performs under the Pretty Lights moniker, has announced plans to release his next effort, Passing By Behind Your Eyes, digitally. Originally set to drop tomorrow, the disc has been pushed…

Before unceremoniously calling it quits with after a Halloween show last year, Hearts of Palm was arguably one of the brightest acts to emerge from the Denver music scene in the past decade. An outfit with boundless potential, the group, which got its start as Nathan & Stephen, was known…

Spoke Shaver, Big Timber and DualisticsSaturday, September 19, 2009 Larimer Lounge Better Than: I would have thought possible. Before this show I never liked Dualistics. All of its stage antics and music seemed contrived and derivative to a fault. But it had been a long time since I’d seen the…

Okay, that headline may be a tad misleading. The Toad Tavern has actually been around for more than two decades. Two years ago, though, a stalwart of the scene, Brice Hancock, who plays guitar in Rubber Planet and has been involved in a number of other area clubs, including the…

Last night on I-25 as Del the Funky Homosapien (aka Teren Delvon Jones) and his crew were making their way up from Colorado Springs to Denver for a scheduled show tonight at the Larimer Lounge, an Escalade reportedly driven by a drunk driver, rear-ended the crew. Although Del and company…

Speaking of metal bands from up north, Arcanium received some righteous news this week. The Loveland-based outfit, which just a new album titled The Architects, was just tapped as a supporting act on Megadeth’s upcoming Endgame tour with Machinehead and Suicide Silence, which kicks off at the Orbit Room in…

You know the notion that once you’ve recorded an album it’s forever? That’s not always the case, apparently. Witness Immortal Dominion. Remember back in April when the act released its new album, Primortal? Kind of a big deal for the group, which was stoked to have had the chance to…

Wow! Live Nation has outdid itself this time. All summer, the concert promoter has been offering up new ticket specials every week, from buy one get one deals to suspending service charges. Today, though, it unveiled its Live Nation Passport, which gains you admittance to a dozen Fillmore shows. Best…

The CSU Marching Band is about to become a million times cooler. In an effort to raise awareness (and money) for the families who are still displaced from Hurricane Katrina, the Fort Collins Music Association (FoCoMA) has drafted the Dirty Dozen Brass Band to march with the unit at halftime…

There are many measures of an artist’s success, but how do you know you’ve truly arrived? Riches? Groupies? Nah, you’ve really made it when you’re so well-known you get turned into the answer for a game show. That’s just what’s happened to 3OH!3, as captured in the filmed-from-the-TV-screen clip embedded…

We never cease to be impressed with the strides that Colorado producer Frank E continues to make. It’s like nonstop! And although he’s been producing hits for a nice range of hip-hop artists like Chamillionaire, Plies, T-Pain and Flo-Rida, he’s doing the pop thing too. Two singles from pop superstars…

In response to the lawsuit filed against him by the Fray this past Monday, Gregg Latterman is reportedly planning to “mount a vigorous defense,” an unnamed spokesperson told Pollstar yesterday, claiming the charges have no merit and that the band was well aware of Latterman’s association with EMI prior to…

When producers have problems with their equipment, it’s usually solved quickly by checking out the index or troubleshooting page of an instruction manual. But in the case of Denver producer Boon Doc, aka Boonie Mayfield, who is currently preparing for the Red Bull Big Tune Finals in Atlanta next month,…

Everything I write about is something I can’t have or something that I did have or didn’t get,” says Jen Korte, explaining the significance of her band’s name, the Loss. “It’s cool. I’m fine with the fact that I write sad songs. I’m fine with the fact that I write…