Tom MurphyHere We Go Magic, Vitamins and Achille Lauro
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Larimer Lounge
Better Than: A straightforward interpretation of a band's album.
This show opened with Denver's own Vitamins. Since coming to the Mile High City from Greeley two years ago, it seems Vitamins have shed a bit
of the sunny and innocent sound that characterized much of its earlier
material. Instead of hurting the band, I think the outfit wears the
darker, slightly grittier sound well. A decided power and driv
Kiernan MaletskyWhite Rabbits. They're definitely white. Not very rabbit-y, though.
If, like me, you sat around all weekend salivating over the U.S.-Brazil soccer game before realizing as you watched it that you still don't care about soccer and likely never will, well, you missed this stuff:
White Rabbits rocked the Bluebird, and stole our reviewer's heart (again). Here We Go Magic did the same at Larimer Lounge. And Westword joined LikeMe.net in partying with DJ Sophia Lin at Suite Two Hund
Zoning out....
Changing channels?
Today in Cafe Society:
• ESPN ZONE turns off the scoreboard, blames economy.
• Tonight: A symphony of food and wine at Opus.
• Milking It: All-Bran Yogurt Bites.
• Bad weekend for barbecue at Big Hoss, Q Worldly Barbecue.
• Bye-bye, Brandon's.
• Arrivederci, Alto.
• Ask the Critic: Where to get a good cart lunch.
Today in Backbeat Online:
• Over the Weekend: White Rabbits at Bluebird Theater.
• Are you indie or independent?
• Over the Wee
As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we've compiled a list of all the things we're listening to this week. Feel free to chime in with picks of your own after the jump.
