Subject: Jim Jims

• There's no shortage of things to do tonight in the Mile High City

  Tonight is one of those nights you wish you could be multiple places at once. Over at the Bluebird, Hot IQs are hosting their combined video premier and record release party with Young Coyotes, the Chain Gang of 1974 and Team Firefox. (Stream both songs from the  7-inch and view the promo videos after the jump.) Over at 3 Kings Tavern, the titans of metal, Cephalic Carnage, Enemy Reign, Dead Speak and Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire, are teaming up for a benefit for Andrew Sawyer. And th

  December 19, 2008

• Hot Congress Show 1 at Moe's Original Barbecue

  Photo: Tom MurphyHot Congress Show 1: The Jim Jims, Lil Slugger, The Pseudo Dates and Vitamins Friday, January 30, 2009 Moe's Original Barbecue, Denver Better Than: A bill where a random group of bands is thrown together. Opening this show was the Jim Jims. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it sure wasn't a good post-punk band that wasn't going for the whole faux-Gang of Four thing. The band's singer reminded me of Sam Mickens from the Dead Science, but instead of a falsetto, his singing

  February 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 up your proverbial alley? In the last Mile High Makeout, I talked about the power of catching local opening acts for touring bands that you already know. Today, we'll look at another trick that I actu

  April 2, 2009

• The Knew

  Boom Bust
  Self-released

  July 17, 2008

• Dialed in: This week's local music radio playlists

  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.

  May 18, 2009

• Dialed in: This week's local music radio playlists

  Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were playing this week. We're currently tracking the playlists for five different shows: 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, and the Mountain Home Grown show (we'll add this one some time tomorrow after tonight's show). See the full playlists po

  April 20, 2009

• Dialed in: This week's local music radio playlists

  Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were playing 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, the Colorado Wave, which is syndicated on a number of stations across the country, the Mountain Home Grown show and our most recent addition, KCSU's Loco Locals. See the full playlists posted af

  April 30, 2009

• MP3 Freeloader: Sneak Peek - the Jim Jims' new album

  Let's hear it for more new music! Better yet, let's hear it for more FREE, new music! Wait, even better -- how about more FREE, new music that kicks ass? Sound good? Yeah? Dig this: Hot Congress affiliates, the Jim Jims, are preparing to release their brand new EP, Bottom of the City, next week at the hi-dive in the company of the Kissing Party, Vitamins and Gangcharger. In honor of the occasion, we convinced the band to bless us with a copy of the new disc, impeccably recorded by Bryan Feuchtin

  May 5, 2009

• MP3 Freeloader: Sneak Peek - the Psuedo Dates' new album

  Sweet Drawing by Noah Van Sciver (4 Questions)Ah, yeah! It's two-for-Tuesday! May is shaping up to be a pretty big month for new releases in the Mile High City. In addition to the songs we've already shared with you from Houses, Elin Palmer, Synthetic Elements, Angie Stevens and the Jim Jims, here's another track from a magnificent indie pop band we're all positively nuts about, the Pseudo Dates. The tune, "Wine & Coffee," features the Psuedo's trademark sticky sweet melodies and harmonies,

  May 5, 2009

• Dialed in: This week's local music radio playlists

  Here what the area's local-centric specialty radio shows were playing 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, the Colorado Wave, which is syndicated on a number of stations across the country, the Mountain Home Grown show and our most recent addition, KCSU's Loco Locals. See the full playlists posted af

  May 5, 2009

• Heavy Rotation, our top five spins for the week of May 11, 2009<

  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 your own picks after the jump.

  May 12, 2009

• The Jim Jims reinvigorate the past on Bottom of the City

  May 14, 2009

• Mile Hi-Fidelity playlist - 05.13.09

  As if this wasn't already painfully apparent, Andy and I are hopelessly devoted to music, particularly the music made here. Exhibit A: Last night, instead of pounding beers and watching the Nuggets trounce the Mavericks like the other bandwagoneers in this city (my co-hort being the exception -- A to the effing T was a diehard fan before all this post-season hoopla), we were tucked away in a southeast Denver studio working our way through another two hours of the finest local tunes we could find

  May 14, 2009