Achille Lauro's new full-length release came partly from a sense of smugness. According to Matt Close, the band's sample master, rhythm guitarist and lead singer, Flight or Fight came as the quartet recorded material for what was originally envisioned as the latest in a series of singles. When... More >>

Spatula (due this Friday, February 10, at the Climax Lounge) was a band you often heard about between 2004 and 2005, if you did not actually see it. The band was musical, but more to the point, it was always a ridiculous spectacle with simple but effective props, elaborate homemade costumes,... More >>

Originally formed as a side project of Ceremonial Oath, In Flames quickly became a full-time endeavor. While retaining some of the sharp edges of its founders' death-metal leanings, the band successfully joined melodic hooks, vocal and otherwise, with nervy aggressiveness and sharp dynamic... More >>

Things are bound to get haute tonight at the Denver Art Museum's annual Design After Dark bash. "Bespoke" will be the theme of the stylish party, which is put on by the DAM's Design Council; the word describes a men's fashion counterpart to haute couture. The concept of tailored, custom-made... More >>

The Chicano Humanities and Arts Council gave 350 blank wooden hearts to local artists and non-artist community members with a flair for design, and asked them to create individual pieces of art for their silent auction tonight. The project illustrates an exploration into creativity, says... More >>

Although singer Dallas Taylor is no heathen, his band Maylene & the Sons of Disaster represents a rather unholy enterprise, and thank God for that. Taylor once pledged allegiance to Underoath, a Christian metal-core act with a sizable following. But he split during the 2003 Warped Tour under... More >>

The retro-rock veteran failed to stir much interest in last year’s Black and White America, which is too bad: With its elaborate funk arrangements and its thoughtful ruminations on his parents’ interracial marriage, the album might be Kravitz’s most satisfying since Are You... More >>

As a pop band, you could do a lot worse than to having your first-ever show be opening for Amy Winehouse and then getting tapped to serve as the opening act for her European summer tour. But that's essentially what happened to the Asteroids Galaxy Tour after Winehouse heard the band's demo in... More >>

By the time he was sixteen and attending New York's High School of Music and Art, jazz guitarist Bobby Broom was already playing with Sonny Rollins and Charlie Parker alumni Al Haig and Walter Bishop Jr. Broom has also played alongside jazz luminaries like Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Stanley... More >>

Kyle Harris began writing songs at the age of twelve, but it was another two decades before he decided to play them publicly. "I just never saw a reason to play any of it for people," he says. "I'd been writing songs regularly that whole time, but I never thought I'd enjoy playing them for... More >>

If you need to get a party started, you could do a lot worse than DJ Dan. Since the early years of the L.A. rave scene, almost two decades ago, Dan has been a force behind the decks and in the studio. He's remixed everyone from crossover acts like Depeche Mode to dance-music royalty such as... More >>

Adept at both production and turntablism, Gaslamp Killer — known for many years as the Motherfucking Gaslamp Killer (he's since dropped the Oedipal reference) — is as new-school as it gets. A frequent guest on L.A.'s Low End Theory monthly podcast, the Killer's hip-hop stylings are... More >>

Rob Gray -- who relocated to Denver last year after building up his name as a Midwest Massive resident in St. Louis -- is the latest to grace Brett Starr's monthly House Revival night at the Funky Buddha, where three different DJs spin hours of house music in the round, taking turns at the... More >>

The membership roster of Snake Rattle Rattle Snake includes former (and current, in the case of Andrew Warner) members of bands that left an indelible mark on the underground music scene in Colorado, acts like Space Team Electra, Red Cloud, Bad Luck City, Monofog, Hawks of Paradise and V-Tech... More >>

In about three to five years, the subgenre of "doom" -- and, to a lesser extent, its subset of "drone" -- may become as ubiquitous and stale as "surf garage," or whatever happens to be the flavor of the moment enjoying underground-bordering-on-mainstream popularity. But it won't be because of... More >>

Slip into your finest pair of publicly appropriate panties and get ready for the inaugural Cupid's Undie Run today at Stoney's Bar & Grill. Runners are encouraged to have fun with the undergarment theme while keeping it on the classy side; in other words, no thongs or string bikinis, please.... More >>

Of all of the holidays to be alone, Valentine's Day can be the suckiest. But the heartbroken, the bitter and the angry are all welcome to celebrate in anti-V-Day fashion at tonight's Scorned Lover's Art and Show and Event at the Art Salon. The art space -- which will be showing pieces curated... More >>

Having to make Valentine's Day dinner reservations can be a sour experience -- unless, of course, you're planning an evening of all-you-can-sample sweets, like cakes, candies, chocolates and beer. That's what the 31st annual Chocolate Lover's Fling, which benefits the Safehouse Progressive... More >>

Who's got what it takes to be the Queen of Aces? Tonight at Hamburger Mary's Club M, well-tressed, primed and primped contenders will duke it out, pageant-style, for the matriarchal title in this drag show of epic proportions. This third edition of Queen of Aces is a fundraiser for the Colorado... More >>

Whether or not you dig the heavily trance-influenced livetronica group the Disco Biscuits, you should give the Biscuits' side project, Conspirator, a fighting chance: Instead of trance-jam-band fusion, Conspirator draws heavily from trance, downtempo and drum-and-bass, creating soundscapes that... More >>

Female bartenders deserve just as much credit as their male counterparts, insists Ivy Mix, who along with her partner, Lynnette Marrero, founded Speed Rack, a national women-only mixology battle that pits eight to sixteen maiden bar bosses from each city against one another for an opportunity... More >>

Cursive was one of the bands that helped put Omaha, Nebraska, and Saddle Creek Records on the map. Starting in 1995, in the post-hardcore milieu that would serve as the roots of modern emo, Cursive always seemed to make music that never really fit in a specific genre outside of rock. Tim... More >>

Twin Sister is a Long Island-bred indie-pop quintet that creates lush, dreamy music. The songs are an outburst of melody enriched with a deep sense of emotion and atmosphere, personified by lead singer, Andrea Estella's warm, whispered vocals resulting in a remarkable set of songs that can only... More >>

Armistead Maupin's novel The Night Listener fictionalized Maupin's mysterious friendship with an HIV-positive boy who may not have existed -- and inspired both a feature film and a 60 Minutes investigation. Published in 2000, the book introduced Maupin to a reading audience that had somehow... More >>

​In the new documentary Color Me Obsessed: A Film About The Replacements, you'll find a wildly diverse array of witnesses, all in thrall to the ragged glory that was The Mats in their prime. Included among these friends, admirers, whack jobs, rackjobbers, rock critics and record execs,... More >>