Lucas Johannes

The Gathering of the Clouds at the Walnut Room, 3/8/13 (review and photos)

GATHERING OF THE CLOUDS @ WALNUT ROOM |3/8/13 Despite Victoria Cecilia's illness, Gliss managed to put in a solid performance at Gathering of the Clouds last night at the Walnut Room. If she indeed needed the cough drop she had half-jokingly solicited from the audience, you couldn't tell from her s ... More >>

Hindershot trashes Spencer Alred's backyard in its new video

Looks like the titular curse in Hindershot's new tune "Curse Us All" has a lot to do with getting messy. That's judging from the new music video for the title track from the band's new EP that's set for release this weekend (read our full Q&A with frontman Stuart Confer). Filmed and edited by Evan ... More >>

2011 Westword Music Showcase Ballot

​Seventeen years! It's hard to believe we've been doing the Westword Music Showcase for that long. I can still remember being at the first one in LoDo nearly two decades ago. And when I think back, it seems like that cold, rainy Sunday night was just a few years ago.

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, Anton​This 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 >>

Action Packed Thrill Ride is coming to an end

The penultimate APTR record.​We've lauded the evolution of Action Packed Thrill Ride. Turns out the band's outgrown itself: Co-frontman Lucas Johannes tells us the record the group is currently working on will be its last. There's still quite a bit of work to do, he reports, and they won't rel ... More >>

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 >>

Gathering of the Clouds, 10/21/10 - 10/23/10

GATHERING OF THE CLOUDS Overcasters • Swayback • Buckingham Squares • Gangcharger Achille Lauro • Light Travels Faster • Glass Homes • Juliet Mission Action Packed Thrill Ride • Hearts In Space • Anna.Martina.Ross 10.21.10 - 10.23.10 | The Weather Center, Denver, CO Overcasters ... More >>

Hot Congress is what happens when kindred musicians pool their efforts

Action Packed Thrill Ride

Best I've Felt
Self-released

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 >>

Over the Weekend: Houses at Larimer Lounge

Houses​ Houses, The Knew, Action Packed Thrill Ride Saturday, November 14, 2009 Larimer Lounge Better Than: The fireside. It was seriously snowing out on Saturday, hard enough to cover the signs and turn the city into a giant hushed bobsled track. You would not have known this if you were ta ... More >>

Westword Music Showcase reviewed: Fidel's Cantina

Brian Landis FolkinsYerkish led off at Fidel's. See more photos from Fidel's at westword.com/slideshow. Yerkish, 12 p.m. The crowd inside the cramped cantina is building slowly as Yerkish takes the stage, and the band wastes no time in laying out its frenetic, frantic rhythms. It's a dynamic compl ... More >>

A band-by-band guide to the 2009 Westword Music Showcase

Live Review: Action Packed Thrill Ride, Sofo, Chuck P and Antz, Mon Marie at the Lion's Lair

Mannequin Makeout

Mannequin Makeout
Self-released

Action Packed Thrill Ride

Action Packed Thrill Ride
Self-released