Dead Confederate.
As a band, Georgia's Dead Confederate -- the subject of a November 20 Westword profile -- is very much alive. Singer/guitarist Hardy Morris and his mates were plucked from obscurity by former Capitol Records president Gary Gersh, who made the band the first recruit for his new TAO imprint. Better yet, the fruit of this union -- a new recording called Wrecking Ball -- has been lauded in the pages of Rolling Stone and Spin. Still, Morris hardly comes across as a buzzy hypste
The Fray are waiting for you.
The hits just keep on comin'.
Today in Backbeat Online:
• The Fray is previewing new songs live at Snow Daze in Vail.
• Talking golf and rock in a Q&A with Dead Confederate's Hardy Morris.
• Apollo Sunshine's Sam Cohen gets the Backbeat Q&A treatment, too.
• Checking out A Shoreline Dream's video short.
• Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy album leaks. Axl Rose can't be stoked.
• Speaking of Chinese Democracy, Chuck Klosterman votes "yes."
Today in
John Wilbur, better known to Denver radio listeners as Whip, loves KTNI/101.5 FM, marketed as "Denver's Independent Alternative." In fact, he's so devoted to the smart, highly entertaining station, for which he serves as music director and morning-show host, that he's willing to admit publicly that representatives of 101.5's incoming owner, Virginia Beach-based Max Media, don't really understand the station's unusually adventurous approach and have made it clear that changes will be forthcomin
Moments ago, the folks at AEG announced the line-up for this year's Mile High Music Festival. This year looks like it's going to be a doozy. Here are just some of the acts that you can look forward to seeing this summer on the two main stages at either end of the park or a number of smaller stages in between: Tool, Widespread Panic, the Fray, Gov't Mule, Incubus, Ben Harper, G Love and Special Sauce, Ani DeFranco, the Black Keys, Paulo Nutini, Gomez, Greyboy Allstars, Railroad Earth, Indie.Arie,
Just when we thought the Red Rocks summer line-up couldn't get any hotter, three more shows were just added to the schedule, including Counting Crows and Augustana on Wednesday, July 29, Rock the Bells '09, featuring Nas, Damian Marley, Busta Rhymes and more, on Thursday, August 6, and the Mountainside Mardi Gras Festival on Saturday, August 8, with Dr. John, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk and other heavies from the Crescent City. Also announced this week is a Monday, August
Our favorite flier of the week this time out goes to this gem informing us of a lovely show featuring Dead Confederate, The Overcasters and Hawks of Paradise this Friday, July 17 at the Bluebird. It received top honors this week for its vaguely steampunk vibe, reminding us of futures past that never will be (click on the image for a bigger version).
Some odd (and possibly unintentional) confluence of the image, type and names just put us in mind of the golden age of pulp fiction, when Flash G
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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
Built to Spill, who headlined this year's Westword Music Showcase, will come through town again, this time with Disco Doom at the Bluebird Sunday, September 20. Minneapolis-based rapper Brother Ali makes stops at the Ogden Theatre Tuesday September 29 and the Fox Theatre on Wednesday, September 30, in support of his forthcoming album, Us, which drops the week before. The B-52s visit the Fillmore Tuesday September 29, and Colbie Caillat and Howie Day also perform at the Fillmore Saturday Octob
