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Scenes from the road, starring: Aloft in the Sundry

Fri Nov 6, 2:42 PM

Ever wonder what life's like on the road for your favorite Denver band? Well, if we're to believe the new video posted by Aloft In the Sundry, it's probably a lot like you imagine: Lots and lots a... More >>

The Rouge's red letter day continues

Fri Nov 6, 2:32 PM

?Looks like the Rouge's red letter day is continuing. From kicking off the summer performing at Red Rocks to making its way up to headlining status, the band is now enjoying a healthy buzz generat... More >>

The Weekend Showdown: Nathan & Stephen/Hearts of Palm lead our top picks for this weekend

Fri Nov 6, 1:44 PM

We would hate for you to miss out on all the awesome that happens every weekend in our fair city, so we've decided to run down three of the best shows in one easy-to-swallow post, with video and... More >>

Freaky Friday: "Skywalking" - LB Rayne

Fri Nov 6, 11:34 AM

Supposedly, this tender love ballad from Luke Sywalker to Leia, is a rejected song from the Empire Strikes Back soundtrack. Sure, it is. And if you believe that, I have some prime real estate on D... More >>

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  • Lola Black is young and beautiful — and ready to kick your ass
    Thursday, November 05
    The members of Lola Black don't consider themselves a supergroup. It's easy, however, to argue that the band boasts the credentials for such a... More >>
  • Chevelle strives to keep it live on the new record
    Thursday, November 05
    Brothers Pete and Sam Loeffler, who formed Chevelle while still in high school, have essentially been performing as a band half their lives. They... More >>
  • Meet Jonny Woodrose & the Broken-Hearted Woodpeckers, outlaws with convictions
    Thursday, November 05
    Jonny Woodrose & the Broken-Hearted Woodpeckers started out as a solo for writer Jonson Kuhn. His lively, wiseacre perspective on relationships... More >>
  • Join the hipster gypsy folk for live music and more at the Boulder Draft House
    Thursday, November 05
    I first heard Laura Goldhamer a couple of years ago, when she opened for the Books, the sound-collage band, at the Boulder Theater. She shared... More >>
  • Chad Price
    Smile Sweet Face
    Suburban Home
    Thursday, November 05
    The music of Fort Collins's Drag the River has never been short of heartache. But with his debut solo album, Smile Sweet Face, Drag co-leader... More >>
  • Everything Absent or Distorted
    The Lucky One
    Self-released
    Thursday, November 05
    Everything Absent or Distorted had strength in numbers. There were usually at least eight members, which sometimes ballooned to a dozen or more,... More >>
  • No High Fives to Bullshit/Snuggle
    Untitled Split 7-inch
    1234 Go! Records
    Thursday, November 05
    Snuggle puts in two tracks of snarly, refreshingly unpolished, melodic punk with the archly defiant "Commercial" and the edgy and almost spooky... More >>
  • Six Months to Live
    This Is What Happens
    Self-released
    Thursday, November 05
    It's a shame that Six Months to Live's time is up (their final show, a CD release for this album, is Saturday, November 14), since this disc... More >>
  • Neon Indian
    Tuesday, November 10, Larimer Lounge, 303-291-1007.
    Thursday, November 05
    As modern music goes, you really can't get that much more with-the-times than Neon Indian's sun-warped, synth-based, dance-pop sound. It's a... More >>
  • Dirty Projectors
    Sunday, November 8, Bluebird Theater, 303-830-8497.
    Thursday, November 05
    After paying tribute in record to both Don Henley and Black Flag — not to mention collaborating with both David Byrne and Björk... More >>
  • Grant Hart
    Sunday, November 8, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.
    Thursday, November 05
    In the rock world, singing drummers are almost as rare as talking dogs. But Grant Hart, the man who assaulted the kit for Hüsker Dü... More >>
  • Skinny Puppy
    Saturday, November 7, Ogden Theatre, 303-830-8497.
    Thursday, November 05
    Skinny Puppy started in 1982 as a side project of cEvin Key's old band, Images in Vogue. With Puppy becoming a full-time concern in 1986, Key and... More >>
  • Headlights
    Thursday, November 5, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.
    Thursday, November 05
    When the critically acclaimed dream-pop band Absinthe Blind broke up in 2003, four of its members started a band called Orphans that would... More >>
  • Hearts of Palm at the hi-dive
    Thursday, November 05
    When Hearts of Palm started out as Nathan & Stephen — a collaboration between Stephen Till of Black Black Ocean and longtime friend Nathan... More >>
  • DJ NumberNin6 at The Root in Boulder
    Thursday, November 05
    Dubstep producer/DJ NumberNin6 (aka Nishant Parikh) came to the style by way of trance. That's an unusual progression — dubstep's roots in... More >>
  • Snake Mountain commemorates the closing of an underground Denver institution with a new record
    Thursday, October 29
    On the third floor of a giant, dilapidated Victorian mansion on Franklin Street just south of Five Points, Andy Wild and Joe Ramirez are mixing.... More >>
  • House music is back, according to Pete Tong
    Thursday, October 29
    As the longtime host of the BBC Radio 1 shows Essential Selection and Essential Mix, Pete Tong is arguably one of the most influential DJs in the... More >>
  • Juliet Mission is a master of the sad and dark
    Thursday, October 29
    In the early 1990s, Andre Lucero, Doug Seaman, Tony Morales and Elizabeth Rose formed the popular experimental-rock band Sympathy F. Seaman later... More >>
  • Three weeks after a fight broke out, Hai Bar keeps it low-key
    Thursday, October 29
    I'm rarely carded these days: I'm nearly twice as old as the legal drinking age, and what hair I still have is starting to go gray. So when the... More >>
  • Plastic Fantastic Lover
    The Pink Album
    Self-released
    Thursday, October 29
    It's hard to put your finger on Plastic Fantastic Lover's music. Most of it falls somewhere between a folkier Tom Waits and a mildly psychotic... More >>

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Almost 20 Years On, Massachusetts Hardcore Grads Converge Still Shock and Awe

To the uninitiated, the Massachusetts quartet Converge can be downright terrifying. And it's... More >>

Dallas

With Local Radio Sucking, What Does KXT's Launch Mean?

Chances are, right now, Gini Mascorro is listening to music. Not necessarily by choice, mind... More >>

Houston

Dust in the Wind

Son Volt's latest album is steeped in Midwestern musical history.
[Editor's note: This article first appeared in the Houston Press's St. Louis sister paper... More >>

Kansas City

KC's Sons of Great Dane represents a new breed of alt-country rock

The story of Sons of Great Dane began about four years ago, when guitarist Brent Windler got... More >>

Miami

Massachusetts hardcore band Converge plays Pompano Beach Amphitheatre

To the uninitiated, the Massachusetts quartet Converge can be downright terrifying. And it's... More >>

San Francisco

Gift of Gab’s talent sidetracks his solo missions

It's been five years since Oakland rapper Gift of Gab made his solo debut with 4th Dimensional... More >>

Seattle

Shaving Face With Roy Kay

A rockabilly trio lets a drummer into the band and a beard into the house.
I show up at Roy Kay's Madrona home with a beard, a ponytail, and a Bic razor. Inside, three... More >>

St. Louis

Road Warrior: St. Louis native Joseph Carenza graduates from punk-club denizen to road manager for Leonard Cohen

When Leonard Cohen skips onto the stage at the Fox Theatre this weekend, wearing his trademark... More >>
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