After a killer two-night stint at the Ogden Theatre last year, the hip-hop duo Atmosphere returns will return to these parts Friday, August 15, when the pair headlines Red Rocks. The British group Bat For Lashes, who mezmorized folks at the Larimer Lounge in 2007, will play the Bluebird this time around Saturday, August 22. Country star Brad Paisley will be at Fiddler's Green Friday, September 18. For a complete rundown of the shows going on sale this weekend and
others that have been announced
Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We're currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows, including Radio 1190's long-running Local Shakedown, KTCL's Locals Only, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and the Colorado Wave, which is syndicated on a number of stations across the country. See the full playlists posted after the jump.
With all the Showcase hoopla last week, a few of our normal features slipped through the cracks, including this one, wherein I provide you with a rundown of the radio show and then offer up the playlist for your consumption. A week removed, honestly, I can't really remember too much about the show other the fact that Andy commented how much he really dug the playlist that night, and that we had Yonnas Abraham from the Pirate Signal on the air and he pretty much killed it with his incisive wit an
While we don't necessarily need it to validate our art or to motivate us to continue creating compelling art -- although truth be told, a good many of us, if we're being honest, still crave the recognition -- we have to admit, it's always nice to be recognized for what you do outside of your own zip code. Can't tell you how many people I've run into in the past year who were stoked to see our town featured in Spin last fall. (Hell, I was stoked and I wrote the damn thing.) Fact is, it's alway
Fear Before, Solar Bear, My Body Sings Electric
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
The Marquis Theater
Better Than: A junkyard bonfire
Solar Bear began the onslaught at around 8:30, and for the rest of the evening the only respite to be found was between sets. The three bands are demonstrably different in important ways, especially on record, but live, the whole show went something like this: Guitars were alarms, ringing high clear tones. The drums, they're artillery in this type of post-hardcore musi
Over the years, I've had the chance to put up a number of touring bands for the night. Most were friends, while some were merely friends of friends who rolled into town unexpectedly and reached out in hopes of scoring a place to crash and maybe do some laundry. Almost invariably, all of these acts brought along a friend from back home, who wasn't officially in the band but you'd never know it from seeing the way they all interacted with one another. Generally, the extra guy was usually someon
