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Update: John Common's People's Kazoo Orchestra
January 23, 2009Rearview: The Week In Review (5/24/08 - 5/30/08)
May 30, 2008Westword Music Showcase Lineup and Schedule Revealed
June 4, 2008Over the Weekend...Jason Vigil, Rob Drabkin, Reed Foehl, Joshua Novak, Gregory Alan Isakov, John Common, Tito del Barrio Malaga and Greg Harris Vibe Quintet @ Westword Music Showcase
June 16, 2008Scratch and Dent Sale: Kiss Army
July 11, 2008The Westword.com Blog Shortcut, July 11 Edition
July 11, 2008Rearview: The Week in Review (7/5/08-7/12/08)
July 11, 2008Scratch and Dent Sale: Seven Reasons Why I Don't Dance (But You Should)
July 25, 2008Rearview: The Week in Review (7/19/08-7/25/08)
July 25, 2008Rearview: The Week in Review (7/26/08-8/01/08)
August 1, 2008The Westword.com blog shortcut, August 14 edition
August 14, 2008The Westword.com blog shortcut, August 18 edition
August 18, 2008Living Room Series Starts Tonight and Rock the Mike: The Freeman Benefit on Saturday
August 21, 2008Rearview: The Week in Review (9/13/08-9/19/08)
September 19, 2008Rearview: The Week in Review (9/20/08-9/26/08)
September 26, 2008The Westword.com blog shortcut, October 10 edition
October 10, 2008Update: Westword Music Showcase line-up
Update: As with year's past, before the ink's even dry on the schedule, we've had to make made some minor more changes. Among the recent ones: We've moved the metal showcase from Andrew's to Broadways (two doors down from Bar Standard, next to the pawnshop), and moved the punk line-up to Bannock Street Garage. We've also added two additional acts (the Culhanes and Buckner Funken Jazz), and swapped the time slots of a few others at Dazzle.And in case you missed it last week, Andrea Ball is
June 8, 2009Mile High Makeout: Binge and purge
On the third day of an alcohol, caffeine, fat and sugar binge in the name of the winter solstice and some folks' savior, I'm feeling lethargic, unhealthy, dirty and startlingly unattractive. This is the stuff New Year's resolutions are made of. All I want to do is eat raw foods, spend four hours in the gym and try to save my internal organs from becoming completely enrobed in a protective layer of sweet, fatty tissue. In spite of all that, I'm going tonight. And you probably should too.
December 26, 2008Best guitar tone
June 29, 2000Mile Hi-Fidelity playlist - 12.30.08
After taking a week off to celebrate buying/receiving stuff for/from our loved ones, Andy Thomas and I returned to the airwaves last night (a day early in honor of drinking our faces off during Night of the Rookie Livers this evening) and played a bunch of great stuff -- as much as we could fit in, anyhow, in between the commercials and sweepers and stuff and us jabbering and whatnot. The playlist from the show, which we've dutifully dubbed the New Year's Eve, Eve edition (clever, right?), is po
December 31, 2008The Westword.com blog shortcut, January 23 edition
You've got a lot of reading to do. But not like three chapters of The Grapes of Wrath, due by tomorrow. Fun reading. Today in Backbeat Online: • Meese finishes new album and lands mug in Spin. • Has hip-hop dance crew BreakEFX met their match? • A first look at the Fray's new documentary • Leftover Salmon's Bill McKay arrested. • From Blonde to Black: When DJs attack. • Update: Single File previews new song and recordings. • Mile Hi-Fidelity recast playlist -- 01-21-09. • Gu
January 23, 2009Rainville
September 19, 2002That John Common is something else, isn't he?
All right, so this is a new one. While most bands are content to promote their shows by sending out MySpace bulletins or posting fliers around town, leave it to John Common to come at it from a completely different angle. To spread the word about a show at the Oriental on Friday, February 20, from his new band, Blinding Flashes of Light, and the debut performance of his People's Kazoo Orchestra, dude composed a song on the spot, recorded it and slapped it on YouTube. We don't think he's putting
February 5, 2009Week in Review: 2/2/09 - 2/6/09)
Undoubtedly, the biggest news this week was word that Jim Dalton had been asked to join Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, replacing his friend, departing guitarist Steve Larson. This was also the week that the Fray's new album hit stores, which made for a great photo opportunity for Locals Only host, Alf. We posted a lot of other stuff this week including a Q&A with Fucked Up's Damian Abraham, Sound Bites returned and we gave you the scoop on the lineup thus far for Heavenfest 2009. To catch
February 6, 2009Blinding Flashes of Light (and John Common)
Thanks to a tip from a reliable informant, I managed to catch a sneak preview of John Common's band last night as they "rehearsed" at a most unlikely venue: the Washington Park Grille. Common has assembled a top-notch ensemble for his latest outing, and it was great to hear the group working out the kinks before its big debut, which happens Friday, February 20, at the Oriental Theater. While most of the press for this show is focused on the debut of Common's People's Kazoo Orchestra, last n
February 10, 2009Sometimes finding fans requires crossing over
Last night, I threw back some drinks and bounced some ideas around with Mane Rok. In addition to being the MC for Denver's ManeLine, Mane Rok is also one of the masterminds (and de facto reluctant leader) of L.I.F.E. Crew, a community of like-minded Denver hip-hop heads that includes Ichiban, the Pirate Signal, 3 the Hardway and more. He has been an active booster of the scene since his days at George Washington High, and has more than a few ideas about what's good -- and bad -- about hip-h
February 11, 2009Fertility in fallow fields, part one
Boy, does this economy suck! If you're like most people I know, you were already broke before the market took a dump in September, and making your bills was hard enough then. Artists seem to always be up against challenges financially, but now, things are just plain ridiculous. Even people making good money or working in industries that are far less risky than the arts are taking on second and third jobs, pruning their social lives back and seeking creative, alternative living arrangements (i.e.
March 3, 2009Here we are. Now entertain us: Dualistics channel Nirvana. Sheryl Renee pays tribute to Marvin Gaye.
Got plans this weekend? If not, you do now. There's a couple of shows totally worth checking out featuring local musicians paying homage to a pair of past icons, groundbreaking, paradigm shifting artists who left this world violently and prematurely. This Friday night at the hi-dive, the Dualistics -- and a slew of guests, including members of Hello Kavita, Achille Lauro, the Wheel, Ghost Buffalo, and John Common, Dan Craig, Jen Korte, Mike Marchant, Angie Stevens -- will be playing In Utero, Ni
March 31, 2009Cameron McGill & What Army
April 16, 2009Common Ground
The sun is shining on Rainville, Denver's standard-bearers of all-American rock and roll.
October 26, 2000Moovers and Shakers 2007
Backbeat scribes sound off on their favorite local releases of the year.
December 20, 2007Moovers and Shakers 2007
Backbeat scribes sound off on their favorite local releases of the year.
December 27, 2007Oriental Express
January 11, 2007Moovers and Shakers 2006
Backbeat writers sound off on the best local releases of 2006.
December 21, 2006Common Wealth
John Common's new album raises the bar for rock in Denver.
August 10, 2006Critic's Choice
Filmstrip Series
June 9, 2005Hit Pick
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October 2, 2003Moving 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 weekend for music in the Mile High City. While we didn't make it to all the gigs we had hoped for, we did manage to catch a number of stellar sets all over town, including Iuengliss on Friday night at the h
April 19, 2009Dialed 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 26, 2009The Common Box Project
John Common is a regular fount of cool ideas. He did that whole Kazoo Orchestra thing a while back, he was a hilarious blogger for this very blog at one point and now, he's doing this: The Common Box Project. The idea here is that 65 artists are creating unique art boxes inspired and informed by his upcoming record. Each box starts the same and will contain a copy of said album in a secret place, but from there they will diverge into one-of-a-kind creations that reflect both Common's music and t
June 9, 2009Today's featured event: Swallow Hill hosts a hoedown at Four Mile Historic Park
Swallow Hill's Shady Grove Picnic Series at Four Mile Historic Park is surely one of those hidden gems of summer: It's laid-back and easy, cheap for families and full of great music and musicians, most of them also hidden gems and many of them locals. Opportunity knocks, people: Danny Barnes, a founder of the astounding punk-grass combo Bad Livers, who's rubbed elbows with everyone from Bill Frisell to Dave Matthews, will wrap his fast fingers around the banjo and guitar for something he calls
June 10, 2009Barnes Storming
June 4, 2009Westword Music Showcase reviewed: Mo's
Chad FahnestockJoshua Novak helped break in Mo's on Broadway. See more photos from Mo's and the other venues at westword.com/slideshow. Andrea Ball, 12:00 p.m. Andrea Ball kicked off the Mo's lineup with an enjoyable set of mostly piano-driven, literate yet approachable songs that fit well in the Mo's space, outfitted as it was with lots of comfy chairs and couches and a white-and-blue paint scheme. Ball's band -- a violinist, bassist and drummer -- seemed to have a lot of fun playing these s
June 15, 2009Tonight at Forest Room Five: See behind the blog with Mizel Museum's "Blogging as Self-Portraiture" discussion
John Common will break down blogging for you. As someone who's been blogging since before that was a word -- I created and maintained a personal journal-type site back in 1998, using HTML hand-coded in Notepad and uploaded to my server via FTP -- I've been there for most every change the medium has seen. But one thing that has remained a consistent strength throughout all that time is the personality that shines through in the best blogs. In a way that almost no print media offers (a few top-ti
June 29, 2009Box Set
July 9, 2009Over the weekend: UMS Festival
Julie Davis of Bela Karoli (A.H. Goldstein)Last night, the four-day UMS festival wrapped, and most of our crew made it out for at least part of the fest. And while we rarely agree on anything, we're all pretty much in agreement that Danielle Ate the Sandwich absolutely stole the show with one of the breakout performances of the fest. Other highlights included Boba Fett and the Americans guerilla style marching band performances outside the Skylark and hi-dive on a drizzly Saturday night, whic
July 27, 2009John Common wants you to make him a movie
If you like music -- especially the music of John Common -- and have an interest in making film, there's a project you should know about. In the wake of his successful Common Box Project, a collaborative project that asked visual artists to create a piece of assemblage box art inspired by the music from his new record, Common is seeking to pull off something similar with film. The end result will be a non-competitive festival of short films that will coincide with the release of his lates
August 13, 2009The Westword.com blog shortcut, August 13 edition
Back when punks were punks....Set the Waybac Machine for the Carter administration.... Today in Backbeat Online: • Denver punk reunion (1978-1988) changes venues. • Otis Taylor's latest record earns praise in Spin. • Q.Burse returns with Lenny Lenn-directed video "The Puzzle." • John Common wants you to make him a movie. • Details of Chad Price's new solo album revealed. Today in Cafe Society: • Tonight: Wines from California vines at Opus. • Mysteries of Sheehan's Desk: D
August 13, 2009Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of October 26, 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 picks of your own after the jump.
October 28, 2009Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of November 9, 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. 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.
November 11, 2009
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