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January 26, 2012
Stuart Confer of Hindershot discusses the band's new EP
See Also: Hindershot trashes Spencer Alred's backyard in its new video. Stuart Confer can't pin down exactly where the inspiration for the tunes on his band's latest EP, Curse Us All, comes from. Confer, the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter for Hindershot (due at 3 Kings Tavern on Frida ... More >>
Music
December 22, 2011
Denver's best music releases of 2011
See Also: Hindershot trashes Spencer Alred's backyard in its new video. Stuart Confer can't pin down exactly where the inspiration for the tunes on his band's latest EP, Curse Us All, comes from. Confer, the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter for Hindershot (due at 3 Kings Tavern on Frida ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2011
Download free Hot Congress Summer Sampler
Hot Congress just dropped a summer sampler with brand new tracks from Vitamins, the Don'ts and Be Carefuls, Hindershot and more, alongside previously released tracks from some of the label's other acts. While a lot of the sampler certainly hits the niche Hot Congress has carved out for itself, there ... More >>
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July 8, 2011
Hindershot's Stuart Confer on background, Naked Eyes and evolving songwriting
Hindershot (due tonight at 3 Kings Tavern with Force Publique, Achille Lauro and The Show is the Rainbow) started out with songs lead singer and guitarist Stuart Confer wrote in his bedroom a few years before. In just over a year, Hindershot became one of the more popular bands associated wit ... More >>
Music
June 16, 2011
The Epilogues' story has a happy ending
Hindershot (due tonight at 3 Kings Tavern with Force Publique, Achille Lauro and The Show is the Rainbow) started out with songs lead singer and guitarist Stuart Confer wrote in his bedroom a few years before. In just over a year, Hindershot became one of the more popular bands associated wit ... More >>
Blogs
April 1, 2011
A little goes a long way as bands like Hindershot, Spires and more come together to help a friend
Erica Beegle and her big pup, AntonThis is the kind of city we live in: Last weekend, local band conglomeration Hot Congress organized a benefit at the Skylark to help friend and longtime music supporter, Erica Beegle, with some hefty vet bills. After her pup Anton spent a rather expensive da ... More >>
Music
March 3, 2011
Hindershot
It's Only Blood
Hot Congress
Blogs
January 21, 2011
Hot Congress 2011 Fest at the Gothic, 1/20/11
Last night Hot Congress took over the Gothic for Hot Congress 2011 Fest, with performances by Fingers Of The Sun, Lil Slugger, Kissing Party, Night of Joy (featuring our own Bree Davies) and Thee Goochi Boiz. Photographer Jonathan Shoup was there and brings back these photos from the show. Se ... More >>
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January 5, 2011
Shenandoah Davis returns to Colorado for a trio of shows in Fort Collins, Boulder and Denver
After graduating high school in Boulder and obtaining a bachelor's degree in music from UNC in Greeley, where she honed her piano and vocal skills, songwriter Shenandoah Davis moved to Seattle. That was nearly four years ago, and she's done anything but sit still since.
Blogs
November 30, 2010
Free Christmas music from Kissing Party
What's more festive than giving away music? Nothing, as far as we're concerned, which is why we're raising our wassail to the Kissing Party and its dark new Christmas song, "Winter in the Pub." The Kissing Party is generally a summer sort of band. This year's The Hate Album is full of brillia ... More >>
Blogs
November 16, 2010
New Music from Amazing Twin, the outfit formerly known as Old Radio
Old Radio, a prominent member of the Hot Congress collective and generally excellent band, has finally finished its debut recording. The band is slated to release the new EP, titled New Wives' Tale, this Thursday during Hot Congress's final night of residency at the Meadowlark. You can hear ... More >>
Blogs
November 11, 2010
Tonight: Hot Congress Residency at Meadowlark
John BottsFor this week's installment of the Hot Congress residency at Meadowlark, the group is bringing out the big guns, with Hindershot being joined by Vitamins, Kissing Party, and Luke Hunter James-Erickson. For the entire month of November, the collective and record label has handpicke ... More >>
Blogs
October 26, 2010
Hot Congress reincarnates as Rot Congress for Skylark show Halloween weekend
Luca VenterHindershotLocal misfit rock collective Hot Congress will be partaking in the Halloween festivities this Friday, October 29, at the Skylark Lounge, with over a half-dozen of the bands on its roster participating in a gore-themed line-up. The catch? This is no longer Hot Congress, it ... More >>
Blogs
July 2, 2010
The Weekend Show Down: Monotonix mixes up a molotov of rock
Aaron ThackerayMonotonix at last year's Monolith festival There's nothing like experiencing the sweat, thump and catharsis of a great show. But it can be tough to decide which one to go to when you live in Denver, the land of embarrassing musical riches, the land of too many shows and too li ... More >>
Blogs
June 4, 2010
The Weekend Showdown: Hot Congress and Long Spoon rock your block off
There's nothing like experiencing the sweat, thump and catharsis of a great show. Trouble is, you live in Denver, the land of embarrassing riches when it comes to music, the land of too many shows and too little time. So which ones are worth checking out? Glad you asked. After the jump, we' ... More >>
Blogs
May 14, 2010
The Weekend Showdown: Akron/Family and Bad Weather California are living at Quixote's
We would hate for you to miss out on all the awesome that happens every weekend in our fair city, so we've decided to run down five of the best shows in one easy-to-swallow post, with video and audio. Tell us -- and the rest of the world -- what we missed in the comments. This week, folk vi ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2010
Where can we sign up for The Achille Lauro Burn While You Burn Personal Empowerment System?
Achille Lauro made a promo video for their album release party, and they nailed the campy informercial vibe hard. Front man Matt Close, from the clip: "When we're not writing choice rock and roll tunes, you can find us in the gym, using the Achille Lauro System to make sure we're 100. All the tim ... More >>
Blogs
February 19, 2010
Hey, DJ! Q&A with Tyler "Danger" Jacobson
Every Friday we spotlight the hottest cats (and kittens) behind the decks in the MHC, grilling them to gain some insight on what it takes, exactly, to get the party rocking, to find out about their most treasured crate digging experiences and what they really think when we stumble up to them half co ... More >>
Blogs
February 12, 2010
The Weekend Showdown: Crank that Old Radio
We would hate for you to miss out on all the awesome that happens every weekend in our fair city, so we've decided to run down five of the best shows in one easy-to-swallow post, with video and audio. Tell us -- and the rest of the world -- what we missed in the comments. Whitney Van Cleave ... More >>
Blogs
February 10, 2010
Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of February 8, 2010
As music critics -- and people who generally think about, talk about, listen to and make music -- the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to right now?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation. ... More >>
Music
December 24, 2009
Moovers and Shakers rounds up our favorite local releases of the year
As music critics -- and people who generally think about, talk about, listen to and make music -- the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to right now?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation. ... More >>
Blogs
December 14, 2009
Over the Weekend: Hot Congress at the Oriental
Achille Lauro Hot Congress Comp. 1 Release Party Achille Lauro, The Vitamins, Fissure Mystic, Action Packed Thrill Ride October 12, 2009 The Oriental Theater Better Than: A community garden, or most other team projects you can think of. There is more than music to address here because Hot C ... More >>
Blogs
December 14, 2009
Over the Weekend: What you missed while you were sleeping with Tiger Woods
Aaron ThackerayBusy weekend in Denver, including a White Trash XMas Party, a slightly less trashy Christmas party, and a bunch of other parties that varied in trashiness. See photos of them all on the slideshow page. Also: Read a review of the Hot Congress show -- which sounds like one big ... More >>
Music
December 10, 2009
Hot Congress is what happens when kindred musicians pool their efforts
Aaron ThackerayBusy weekend in Denver, including a White Trash XMas Party, a slightly less trashy Christmas party, and a bunch of other parties that varied in trashiness. See photos of them all on the slideshow page. Also: Read a review of the Hot Congress show -- which sounds like one big ... More >>
Music
December 10, 2009
Various Artists
Hot Congress Vol. 1
Self-released
Blogs
December 10, 2009
Q&A with Crawford Phileo (Vitamins), Lucas Johannes (Action Packed Thrill Ride) and Jon Evans (Achille Lauro) of the Hot Congress collective
Hot Congress came together when a few friends came up with the idea of putting out a compilation by every band that was a member. These friends figured they were better off working together rather than struggling alone, and thus a mini-community with ties outside its membership was formed around ... More >>
Blogs
December 9, 2009
Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of December 7, 2009
As music critics -- and people who generally think about, talk about, listen to and make music -- the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, "What are you listening to right now?" The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation. For t ... More >>
Blogs
April 19, 2009
Moving Pictures: Iuengliss, Tauntaun, Paper Bird, Hot Congress, John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light
Behold our latest weekly feature: Moving Pictures. Like a slideshow, only with sound and motion, Moving Pictures is basically just a quick highlight reel of the things we saw during the week or, in this case, over the weekend. This first edition features clips from yet another extraordinary weeken ... More >>
Blogs
April 14, 2009
Widowers' Mike Marchant recovering after being hit by car
Andrew SegretiTo say Mike Marchant has an angel resting on his shoulder is an understatement on par with saying our economy is sort of a bad way right now. Yesterday, Marchant, one of Denver's most talented songwriters, was hit by a car and managed to walk away from the incident having only suffered ... More >>
Blogs
April 2, 2009
Getting started with local music, part two
Fissure MysticAs I mentioned yesterday, it can be pretty damned daunting and difficult for a well-intentioned person to start exploring Denver's almost embarrassingly fertile local music scene. Sure, you can pore over Westword's listings, but how do you figure out what's both worth checking out and ... More >>

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