COLLAPSE AND SWELLS With Barnacle, Reproacher and Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire 04.30.11 | Blast-O-Mat The pedigree of Barnacle is fairly impressive (former members of Elucidarius and Ascaris and Nick from Cephalic Carnage), but the music stands on its own. If guys with genuine technical chops to…
THE UNIFIED FIELD – A SONIC BLOOM PRE-PARTY Featuring Live Painting with Alex & Alison Grey Zobomaze • Nadis Warriors • Miraja • DJ Vadim and Electric Crew Dr Israel • Octopus Nebula • Ant-ten-nae • Resident Anti-Hero 04.29.11 | Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom The flood gates of consciousness were opened…
Rob Swift is not only a turntabling legend, he’s a part of a legendary crew. The X-ecutioners not only ushered in a new era, but they opened the door for many who rock the decks behind some of the most popular artists. Saturday, Swift will be in Denver, performing at…
Cavem Moetavation is one of the hardest hustlers in the hip-hop scene. Not only is he more than proficient on the microphone, he has perfected the balance between art and activism. It’s his mission to teach folks how to eat and engage the community, and this year’s Brown Suga Festival…
Looking for somewhere to shake your ass this weekend? We’ve got you covered with events in both the mainstream and underground dance worlds. Tonight, several old-schoolers — including LL Bishop, Smyl:E, Om, Lexi Fey and Chris Irvin — man the DJ decks at Chances Grill. Late night food and drink…
A few minutes after 1 a.m. this morning, the last incarnation of Guns N’ Rosa Parks hammered its way through one last thirty-minute set. Broken microphone cables, standard cover songs (Blitz, Last Rights, Infest) and dives off bar were all in order for the final gig. After the show, the…
Dinosaur Jr songwriter J Mascis brought his solo acoustic tour to Denver last night at the hi-dive. His set was made up of some Dinosaur Jr tunes and songs off this new acoustic LP Several Shades of Why. Below are the first two songs from the set — “The Wagon,”…
Tomorrow night, Casselman’s is the site of this year’s Denver DMC DJ battle. The longest running and most recognized DJ competition in the world, the DMC World DJ Championship has played host to some of the world’s best DJs over the years. DJ Craze, Neil Armstrong, Jay-Z’s DJ, A-Trak, who…
Australian-born performer Xavier Rudd (who performs tonight at the Ogden Theatre with HoneyHoney) takes the multi-instrumentalist label far beyond its usual connotation. In addition to creating music with his voice and an acoustic guitar, he employs didgeridoos, djembes, cymbals, stomp boxes and slide guitars. This is perhaps why Rudd’s music…
Formed in 1995, Mogwai quickly made a name for itself with adventurous guitar work and a sound that loosened and opened up the imagination. Over the course of the next sixteen years, the Scottish band very much plotted its own course through exploring every sonic whim without losing a strong…
In case you haven’t heard yet, Modest Mouse is working with Big Boi on its next album. Seriously. Yeah, we’re having a hard time even trying to imagine what that’s going to sound like. The news, however, did get us thinking about the ten of the best and rap/rock collaborations…
To begin, we had purchased our $50 tickets expecting to be entertained by the Violent Torpedo of Truth, and as we entered, before the show even began…they gave us even better tickets. Apparently, since people bailed on the show last night at the Wells Fargo Theatre, over half the place…
Punk rock has always been known for masking a deep-seated earnestness with playfulness, and Red Stinger follows firmly in that tradition. Although the band’s latest album, Money in a Blender, is chock-full of political angst and personal self-doubt, the group still makes it sound lively and playfully nonchalant. In advance…
Every fifth Saturday, local house-music ambassador Brett Starr coordinates House Revival at the Funky Buddha, a night of three DJs, one rooftop and a mixed-up format with spiritual undertones. Starr corrals two different house DJs every month, and he and the visitors mash their varied sounds into a single set…
In case you aren’t going to see Chuck Sheen spit tiger blood all over the crowd tonight at Wells Fargo, there are plenty of other things to entertain you this fine evening. Not that Chaz isn’t worth dropping a sizeable stack of loot to see if he WINS! or loses,…
Dovekins (due tonight at the Oriental tonight with Brethren Fast) is a hard band to pin down. The group employs bluegrass instrumentation, gospel-style singing and a little bit of psychedelic folk rock to create its own unique sound. Each member’s contribution is key to making the group work as a…
Since 2007, The Transistor Festival has been bringing together Denver’s experimental electronic scene in what has since become a massive three-day festival in the dead center of summer. This year will be no different, and the recently released schedule looks like it’ll be an incredibly diverse, action-packed weekend running from…
ROBERT PLANT & BAND OF JOY With North Mississippi Allstars 4.27.11 | Fillmore Auditorium Say what you will about his refusal to reunite Led Zeppelin and his musical journey since that project ended: Robert Plant is and has always been a rock god. He reminded the Fillmore last night just…
This past Sunday, April 24 at the Larimer Lounge, a bunch of friends of Rick Kulwicki got together one more time to celebrate the life of the dearly departed guitarist at the Pure Sunshine BBQ. Boss 302 reunited for the occasion, and our art director Jay Vollmar was there and…
In the middle to later half of the 1990s, John Vanderslice (due tonight at the hi-dive with Damien Jurado) was a member of the respected Bay Area alternative rock band, MK Ultra. When the band split in 1999, Vanderslice took the delicate intensity and experimental edge he had brought to…
Apparently Jack Osbourne (son of Ozzy) is going to appear in a new horror film due to be released in…wait, we don’t care. The news did, however, spark our interest enough to take a look at what other rockers have squandered their reputation broadened their horizons by acting in horror…
Between The Buried And Me (playing tonight at Summit Music Hall with Job For A Cowboy, Cephalic Carnage and The Ocean) are seasoned veterans of the metalcore genre. Forming in 2000, the post-hardcore leaning band’s prog-rock tendencies are what really sets it apart from a scene now saturated with screaming…
