Brian Landis FolkinsYerkish led off at Fidel's.
See more photos from Fidel's at westword.com/slideshow.
Yerkish, 12 p.m.
The crowd inside the cramped cantina is building slowly as Yerkish takes the stage, and the band wastes no time in laying out its frenetic, frantic rhythms. It's a dynamic complimented by lead singer Tim Kaminski's impassioned, insistent vocals and the clean, driving guitar lines of Nate Huisgen and Tony Brown. The group's sound draws from multiple sources at once, easily in
Brian Landis FolkinsFresh Breath Committee kicked things off at Vinyl.
See more photos from Vinyl at westword.com/slideshow.
Fresh Breath Committee, 12:00 p.m.
The day started off nice and sunny and Club Vinyl's rooftop, but I was a bit late in catching the set from the Fresh Breath Committee. The collective was rocking a decent-sized crowd and ended their set on their song "Soul Music," with Flawless displaying his versatility by blowing on the saxophone. The entire crew -- Flawless, Fo-Chief
Brian Landis FolkinsIdeal Fathers opened the day at Sutra.See more photos from Sutra at westword.com/slideshow.Ideal Fathers, 12 p.m.Ideal Fathers kicked off the Sutra stage with a high-charged set of post-punk that included some keyed up takes on songs from its new brand new EP, A Complete Waste of Time Travel. Frenetic frontman Jesse Hunsaker screamed and wailed over drummer Mike Perfetti's hi-hat fueled beats and guitarist Adam Rojo's trebly and biting riffs; it was like Fuguzi's Ian MacKaye
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See photos of Day One's fans on the slideshow page.
It's here: The second edition of the Mile High Music Fest is underway, and our gaggle of writers and photogs are shvitzing their way around the grounds to bring you ongoing, as-close-to-live-as-my-fingers-allow coverage of Denver's biggest music festival.
Check back throughout the weekend and on Monday, and get 140-character updates on Twitter.
Gregory Alan Isakov, 11:15 a.m., Westword Tent
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What it was
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See photos of the day's fans and crowds on the slideshow page.
We're back for Day 2, which looks to be shaping up a little hotter, and not just because of HoneyHoney's frontwoman (above). Check back throughout the day for more photos and reviews. For coverage from Day One, see our reviews and a slideshow of the fans.
Paper Bird, noon, Rhapsody Tent
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What it was like: Starting your day with an old-fashioned hootenanny.
The first show of Sunday in the
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The highlight of the Mile High Music Fest -- at least for the guy who was stuck in the media tent uploading photos and reviews -- had to be the moment when photographer Brian Landis Folkins returned to the tent armed with photos from the early-Sunday performance of honeyhoney, the talented SoCal duo of Ben and Suzanne.
Suzanne, in particular, was apparently quite the hit with the gents in the audience, and once I uploaded Brian's photos, I understood why. She's hot, she ca
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There's a whole lot more where that came from.
Today in Backbeat Online:
-Shake it like a polaroid picture, Suzanne from honeyhoney.
-And many, many more photos.
-Yo La Tengo and some other bands are coming.
-Danielle Ate the Sandwich on TV: Still awkward, still awesome.
-Free music!
Today in The Latest Word:
-Brandon Marshall will be gracing us with his presence in order to get paid. Goody.
-Lawyers gone wild.
-Cops gone wild, too, pulling a gun over slow service.
-Bl
Aaron Thackeray3OH!3's Sean Foreman won't trust a ho, but that doesn't mean they can't lust after him.
The author is a Denver-based music junkie and quasi-music writer of the female variety, and not she's afraid to admit that she sometimes wants to make out with the bands she writes about.
This year's Mile High Music Festival billed some of the hottest bands around. But since I sometimes struggle to separate my music-fan side from my you're-dreamy-would-you-mind-if-licked-your-face? side, I co
