Music

This past weekend, the b-boys were out in full effect and getting down for this year’s Mighty 4 Colorado hip-hop confab. We were there and Chad Fahnestock took a grip of pictures for us that you can sort through here. Alex Johnson also shot some great video footage, which you can…

As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, “What are you listening to?” The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we’ve compiled a…

Welcome to a special lo-fi, lowlight edition of Moving Pictures, featuring the Swayback, who literally played in the dark at Bender’s on Friday night, which seemed to call for grainy black and white treatment. Lighting was equally as tricky at the Meadowlark on Saturday night, as you’ll see from the…

Tonight at the hi-dive Cowboy Curse is set to return to the stage with Bad Luck City and Overcasters, which should make for a truly extraordinary show. The outfit has finally recorded some new music (we say finally because we’ve seriously been jonezin’ for some new stuff) that it shared…

Yesterday, we posted a Q&A with the members of Ideal Fathers, who are releasing their debut disc tonight at the Larimer Lounge. We’ve had this disc for a while and have been digging the utter shit out of it. Before heading out to the show tomorrow night, check out the…

It’s hard to say what’s more impressive, the fact that the Swayback is working with Andy Johns, that it had the opportunity to record with him at the legendary Capitol Studios, or the amazing photos that the unbelievably gifted photographer and recent Los Angeles denizen Laurie Scavo shot. Seriously fantastic…

Update: Yes, we know we posted this last week, but we thought we’d bring it back to the forefront to remind you about the show tonight at the hi-dive and to provide a link to Tom Murphy’s Rough Mixes feature running in this week’s paper. Let’s hear it for more…

Tonight at the Marquis, the wunderkinds of Havok, profiled in this week’s paper, will be making their debut long player available to the lucky metal heads in their hometown. The album, Burn, which will be issued on the Candlelight imprint, isn’t slated to be released officially until Tuesday, June 2…

Gregory Alan Isakov’s new record, This Empty Northern Hemisphere, is the talk of the town this week, and for damn good reason. We’ve had it for a while now, and let’s just say, three records in, he’s delivered his finest work to date. And that’s saying a lot, because his…

Welcome to a special edition of Moving Pictures. We got a head start on the weekend last night, and oh, man, what a night we had! We’re still recovering from it, in fact, as we write this, trying to replenish our electrolytes and all that. We finally experienced the night…

Eminem Relapse (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope) The haters have been laying for this one, and there’s no denying that Eminem has provided them with plenty of ammunition. Devoting an entire album to his drug problems and rehab struggles invites accusations of solipsism (yeah, yeah, it’s a hip-hop tradition, but let’s stay on point),…

This week’s entry into the Freaky Friday canon is both fun and educational. It’s a little ditty called “Sashimi” and it will teach you a thing or two about that Japanese delicacy in the course of burning its horrid, horrid melody inexorably into your brain. It’s the work of a…