Thanks to the fine folks atWired, we just got a look at the new Liars video for the song “Scissors,” the first single from the band’s upcoming album, Sisterworld, due out on Tuesday, March 9 on Mute Records. And let’s just say, seeing the clip gives us high hopes for…
This flier has lips, and it knows how to use them. A beautiful balance of imagery, color palette and typography is at work here. All the pieces come together into one tight, inviting package that displays an impressive talent for design. We couldn’t be happier to choose it as our…
There’s a few ways to tell how good an open stage is going to be when you walk in. The most obvious, of course, is by the caliber of talent the night attracts, followed closely by how the number of people that have signed up to perform. To that end,…
As far as startling revelations go, news that MTV has dropped “Music Television” from its brand ranks right up there with the shocking results of Michael Jackson’s recent autopsy, which revealed that the King of Pop was indeed rather gaunt at the time of his death. Anyone who’s caught even…
If not for her vocal prowess alone, Lilly Scott deserves to advance on the sheer merit of her unconventional — at least in contrast to the other contenders — song selection. She made it to this round with her version of “Lullaby of Birdland,” and last night, while seemingly everyone…
OMFG! If you’re wondering what the coolest thing we’ve seen all day is — well, ahem, aside from ourselves in the mirror this morning (har-de-har!) — it’s this: Vintage clips of Prince rehearsing crica1984. Not sure how these clips (which, be forewarned, resemble surveillance video) were procured or why/how they…
“crazy fast difficult hardest custom song ever on drums cephalic carnage death metal guitar hero rock band fun double bass.” Those are the tags listed on YouTube in association with the custom drum chart for this Cephalic Carnage song, “Divination & Volition.” But those same words could just as well…
The music industry has fallen upon hard times, and hard times call for innovation. Now, we don’t know enough about the licensing difficulties behind streaming music, or the revenue share of digital downloads or any of that to suggest a business model based on how people want to listen to…
Aside from Red Rocks, there’s only a handful of stages that merit inclusion on any performer’s bucket list. We’re talking about places that are so revered they’re considered hallowed ground, the type of places in which artists dream of performing at for their entire lives. CBGB’s before it became a…
File under: Required reading from the Denver music blogosphere. The hifalutin scribblers at the Donnybrook Writing Academy introduced a brand new column today that we can only assume will also become required reading: Backlog is the handle Rbt. B. Rutherford, he of Everything Absent or Distorted (a love story) fame,…
Our Denver Rock Atlas feature is precisely what it sounds like, a compendium of storied Denver venues, past and present, in which we pick a place and share our favorite memories of the joint. After you read our memories, please feel free to share some of your own. The summer…
In addition to a number of shows announced this week, Live Nation is offering the 2010 Country Megaticket, which includes four shows at the Comfort Dental Amphitheatre including, the Country Throwdown featuring Montgomery Gentry, Little Big Town and more on Sunday, June 13, Tim McGraw with Lady Antebellum and Love…
Soldier of Love, Sade’s first album in a decade, grabbed the top spots at Independent Records and Twist & Shout, while coming in at second at Albums on the Hill for the week ending February 14. Yeasayer’s Odd Blood, released last week on Secretly Canadian, and Spoon’s Transference, which came…
Happy Presidents’ Day! We hope you’re one of the lucky few who actually get the day off (looking at you, bank workers, mail deliverers and other governmental types), and we hope you spend the day in deep contemplation of our nation’s great leaders (that is the point of Presidents’ Day…
Scott Borchetta. Name ring a bell? Not really? How about this: Remember the record exec who came to Taylor Swift’s defense a few weeks ago when the whole world was up in arms over her supposed catastrophically pitch-friendly performance at the Grammys? That guy? Yeah, that’s Scott Borchetta. He’s the…
Over the weekend during All-Star Weekend festivities in Dallas, MTV approached Jay-Z at the Two Kings party he hosted with LeBron James, and asked him about We Are the World 25. Looking dapper as always, the rapper explained as plainly and as respectfully as he could that he simply considers…
Here what the area’s local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We’re currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows including, Radio 1190’s Local Shakedown, KTCL’s Locals Only, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown Show, KBCO’s Local…
St. Vincent, with Wildbirds & Peacedrums Saturday, February 13, 2010 Bluebird Theater Wildbirds & Peacedrums opened the show. A two-piece from Sweeden made up of Mariam Wallentin and Andreas Werliin, the act has crafted a sound built upon creative use of various percussion instruments — Werliin played a full drum…
The Aztlan hosted the second annual One Night Stand, a rave-y type get together. If you have a daughter and are unsure of her whereabouts on Saturday, you might want to skip the slideshow by Aaron Thackeray…
Rockbar celebrated the birthday of DJ Rockstar Aaron (above, right) on Saturday. See photos by the even rockstarrier Aaron Thackeray on the slideshow page…
On a related “We Are the World” note: We just came across this video of an acoustic version of the song that Tyler Ward recorded, comprised of a batch of fiercely talented mostly local artists (two of the folks are from Texas and another is from Oregon) that he’s worked…
All right, so we were admittedly skeptical of how this whole “We Are the World” remake was going to turn out with the seemingly random cast of characters organizers assembled. When we first glimpsed the initial list of those present the night of the recording, there were some head scratchers…
