Neil Diamond is one of the few artists still making music today who genuinely has cross-generational appeal. Everyone from grandpas and grandmas to moms and dads to sons and daughters — hell, even newborns, anyone with a pulse — can appreciate and enjoy the songs of this living legend. His…
Eldren’s Yankee Stargazer lives up to the second half of its name. Predicated on fuzzy, wide-eyed wonder, the four-song EP unfurls a set of lazy, lovely lullabies funneled through an onrush of emotion. With hazy guitar and glittery piano, the title track establishes the album’s gentle pace, which later flows…
Saint Joe of T.M.E. understands how to put a worthwhile project together, as evidenced by the 22-track Mortuary Mixtape. But the title is a misnomer, as the project is entirely listenable, and proceeds from its sales are being donated to help fight breast cancer and leukemia. The main attraction here…
Each song on Sleepdial’s Leadpiles comes in like a dimmer switch on a slow march toward increasing illumination, but the parade stops just short of “dusk.” In the haze are glimmering guitar tones, electronic textures in processed white noise and an overall impressionistic aesthetic that’s soothing to the ears and…
On the Oak Creek Band’s sophomore release, the six-song Fingerprints, the group sets a relaxed tone with “I Want You Around,” which gradually ramps up in verve without quite crossing over into rock-anthem territory. Part of the EP’s charm is that, for the most part, it’s a cozy affair that…
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As a public service to the electronic dance music community, we present these Craigslist missed connections — free of context — from Global Dance Festival, which went down last weekend at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. (Good luck!) And for more help spotting that person you missed… See Also: – The People…
We all have it — that one song that stopped us in our tracks the first time we ever heard it, that continues to give us pause each and every time it’s played. We each have a song — and a story that goes along with it. Deep Cuts is…
See Also: People of UMS 2011 Kicked off the first day of UMS by catching Bad Weather California in a very humid 3 Kings Tavern. People were packed in pretty tight in the middle of the room and mostly on the flanks. BWC played a loose, relaxed set like the…
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In a show of compassion that’s definitely worth emulating, we’ve just received word that Reel Big Fish, which played a show at the Ogden Theatre last week, is in the process of donating the proceeds of its show the following night at the Belly-Up in Aspen to the Colorado Organization…
Sexy, silly, hyperactive — everyone has a look to their dancing and every sensibility under the sun was on display this weekend at Global Dance Festival at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. In appreciation for those who shake it without inhibition, we present these animated GIF files we spotted at Global. Footage…
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See also: – Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine says the Aurora shooting was staged by Obama, while Marilyn Manson makes a joke about James Holmes – Dark Knight Rises composer Hans Zimmer honors Aurora shooting victims – Tim McGraw and other musicians pay tribute to the Aurora shooting victims – Neil Diamond…
Airistotle — a.k.a. Matt Burns of New York City — won the U.S. Air Guitar Championships on Saturday, July 21, 2012 at the Bluebird Theater and now is Finland-bound for the global championships. This year was the first year Denver hosted the finals, after hosting a regional event last year…
What was launched more than a dozen years ago by KTCL as Rave on the Rocks and later came to be known as the Weekend of E has since evolved into a three-day electronic festival. Global again went down last weekend. Aaron Thackeray brings back these photos from the annual…
As dance music fans, it seems like nowadays we’re all just waiting for the inevitable drop, the part of the song that the entire track builds up to, the climax of the tune that sends all of us into overdrive. There was no shortage of these climactic moments to be…
See Also: Justin Martin at City Hall, 7/27/12 If you haven’t heard of Justin Martin yet, consider yourself on alert: The scene veteran and Dirtybird artist has long been a favorite of those in the know for his impeccable selection and ability to transcend electronic-music genres, but he’s about to…
FIONA APPLE @ the PARAMOUNT THEATRE | 7.20.12 Any Fiona Apple concert is a study in contradiction. The audience last night at the Paramount Theatre show was privy to a vast frontier of human emotion, Apple braiding herself in and out of binary worlds, slipping from robust woman in command…
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