Time, aka Chris Steele, has been involved in the Denver hip-hop scene
for over a decade, and his current and future collaborators include Sole
of the Anticon collective, Talib Kweli, Drake, Kool Keith and C-Rayz
Walz. The snarkier hip-hop aficionados refer to the form Time writes
and performs as "alternative hip-hop" -- probably because it's as
musically daring and as experimental as its equivalent in the
underground rock scene. Time's lyrics are remarkable for their
literary quality, layers
Time, A Clock, Damon JeVon, Agent Strange and Doctype
Thursday, October 8, 2009
hi-dive
Better Than: That Alex Jones documentary on Bohemian Grove.A Clock from Fort Collins kicked off Thursday's night show at the
hi-dive, with his skilled sidekick, a DJ named Deadbeat, spinning jazz
and R&B. Throughout his set, A Clock engaged in mid-tempo lyrical
phrases that moved from spoken word into an explosion of rapid-fire
slam poetry. With songs about self-discovery and self-affirmation, A
Clock p