On their latest, Gristle Gals tell a familiar tale of heartbreak and the whiskey abuse that follows. But the way they tell it is far from familiar. Rather than putting on country airs and busting out the steel guitar, the trio tells the tale of an unscrupulous ex with a…
After hearing Joey DeFrancesco’s Live at the Five Spot, a sixteen-year-old Pat Bianchi, who had already been playing organ and piano for about nine years, knew he wanted to play jazz organ. After graduating from the Berklee College of Music in the late ’90s, the 21-year-old Bianchi moved to Denver…
German DJ/producer Martin Roth has dubbed his take on dance music “NuStyle,” which involves blending elements of minimal techno, trance and electro into something that, if not “nu” enough to deserve its own genre classification, is at least a relatively fresh take on progressive house. Sounding like a tougher take…
This past Saturday night at Beta, during Red Bull’s Thre3Style competition, celebrity judges ?uestlove and Jazzy Jeff closed the night out with a live drum and DJ peformance. Before the competition kicked off and before ?uestlove and Jazzy Jeff set the place on fire with their impressive finale, the pair…
Just in time for his tour with Sleigh Bells — which kicks off tomorrow at the Clubhouse in Tempe, Arizona — Travis Egedy, aka Pictureplane, gets a little love and viral video exposure from Lovepump United labelmates HEALTH. The Los Angeles dudes did a clean, flattering version of “Goth Star”…
Some bummer news from over the weekend: Early on Sunday morning, the king of rock and soul, Solomon Burke, died of natural causes after arriving at an airport in Amsterdam. Burke left behind a hell of family legacy — 21 children, 90 grandchildren and 19 great-children — as well as…
Over the weekend, NBC summer show America’s Got Talent held open auditions here, attracting, well, all sorts of people. You know, the kind of people you see on America’s Got Talent. We sent intrepid photog Britt Chester to the auditions for the purpose of taking pictures of twenty randos in…
Tommy Metz, the talented maestro behind Iuengliss and one half of the intriguing Yawn Tron duo, has entered into a remix competition sponsored by Warp Records, in which Metz is being pitted against other would-be remixers from around the country. For his part, Metz has remixed a song by Gonjasufi…
Maintaining a dual time zone presence — Mountain and Pacific by way of San Francisco, to be exact — Denver-bred White Girl Lust has been on its grind for the better part of a decade. Lifelong friends Clay Meador and Eric Kozak have been collaborating on hard-hitting mixes and deejaying…
PHISH – NIGHT TWO 10.11.10 | 1STBANK Center Settling in for night two of three at the 1STBANK Center, the crowd and the members of the band seemed to be making themselves at home. Anastasio flashed a smile before sending the opening chords of “Runaway Jim” bouncing around the arena…
RED BULL THRE3STYLE 10.09.10 | Beta, Denver, CO Red Bull has been steadily establishing a reputation for championing the artistic expressions of up and coming artists, and this evening was no different. At Beta this past Saturday night, the Red Bull Thre3Style brought ten DJs from across the country together…
PHISH – NIGHT ONE 10.10.10 | 1STBANK Center One night after the Fourmile Canyon Benefit warmed up the 1STBANK Center, Phish turned the arena into a steam bath. The band took the stage just after eight, and aside from two suites that were going unused, the 6,500 seat arena was…
SURFER BLOOD With the Dewars and the Drums 10.10.10 | Bluebird Theater From the moment the Dewar brothers took the stage and opened with “Life is Like a Merry Go Round Until the Burial Ground,” it was clear that they had ample personality and presence, something one of the brothers…
FOURMILE CANYON REVIVAL BENEFIT Yonder Mountain String Band • Big Head Todd and the Monsters The String Cheese Incident • Leftover Salmon • members of Phish 10.09.10 | 1STBANK CENTER The Fourmile Canyon Revival Benefit started its quick life as a small, Thursday night production at the Boulder Theater and…
RE: DEFINITION – NIGHT TWO The New Deal • MartyParty • Orchard Lounge • Raw Russ • DJ Rootz Future Rock • The Floozies • Tokimonsta • Sonkin 10.9.10 | Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom/The Other Side Dubstep is here to stay — at least for a while — and last night…
RE: DEFINITION – NIGHT ONE MiMosa • Two Fresh • Brothers Past • Raw Russ, Sacred Science 10.08.10 | Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Last night Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom hosted a night of dub-stepping, electronic, jam band and drum and bass-infused mayhem with headliners MiMosa and Two Fresh selling out the newly…
About 1,500 people packed into the Grizzly Rose (5450 North Valley Highway) on Friday, October 8, 2010 to see singer Mark Chestnutt perform, to put back a few longnecks and cut loose. Photos by Aaron Thackeray. Below are a few highlights and the full slideshow is here: Mark Chestnutt at…
THE YARD DOGS ROAD SHOW With Devil Makes Three 10.08.10 | Ogden Theatre view slideshow of the Yard Dogs at the Ogden Outside of the Ogden last night, there were a few punks sporting foot-high Mohawks and wearing studded leather jackets standing next to hippies and guys wearing in vintage…
NATHANIEL RATELIFF Gregory Alan Isakov • Danielle Ate the Sandwich 10.08.10 | Gothic Theatre The capacity crowd that filled the Gothic Theatre to busting on Friday night had no problem staying calm for three hours, for the co-headlining show of Nathaniel Rateliff and Gregory Alan Isakov. The audience remained rapt…
This Saturday night at 1STBANK Center, four of Colorado’s biggest bands — Yonder Mountain String Band, Leftover Salmon, Big Head Todd and the Monsters and the String Cheese Incident — take the stage, along with members of Phish, to raise money for victims of the Fourmile Canyon fire last month…
As people who think about, talk about, listen to and make music, the most common question we encounter is, “What are you listening to right now?” Whether you’re looking for recommendations, trying to get a feel for our individual sensibilities, or are just curious, we’ve compiled a list of all…
This weekend, Cervantes’ and the Other Side boasts a pair of absolutely stacked bills for Re: Definition, a lineup that includes Mimosa, Two Fresh, Brothers Past, BRAINFEEDER feat. Samiyam, Ras G, Lorn and Tokimonsta, Sacred Science and Frequent C on the first night, and the New Deal, MartyParty of PANTyRAiD,…
