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July 10, 2011
Review: The Avett Brothers at Red Rocks, 7/9/11
The Avett Brothers last night.When Governor John Hickenlooper introduced the Avett Brothers last night at Red Rocks, which he called the one of best bands in the world, he said, "If you look back into the history of music, there's something special about people who are born with multiple tale ... More >>
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March 4, 2011
Snowball Festival's organizers on how it came together and what inspired it
This weekend's Snowball Festival in the Vail Valley has already surpassed expectations. Barely in its first year, and the festival has put together an impressive lineup that includes acts like Bassnectar, Pretty Lights, the Flaming Lips, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Local Natives and D ... More >>
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March 1, 2011
Mile High Music Festival not happening
In case you've noticed that the Mile High Music Festival hasn't announced its lineup yet for this year and you've wondered why -- first of all, congratulations on being astute, but secondly, the lineup hasn't been revealed because, well, there is no lineup this year. There is no festival. Aft ... More >>
Music
October 28, 2010
Oakland's Beats Antique opens for Glitch Mob on Halloween at the Fillmore
In case you've noticed that the Mile High Music Festival hasn't announced its lineup yet for this year and you've wondered why -- first of all, congratulations on being astute, but secondly, the lineup hasn't been revealed because, well, there is no lineup this year. There is no festival. Aft ... More >>
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August 18, 2010
Chromeo on the new album, Business Casual, and the importance of humor in its music
Tim Saccenti Formed by pair of childhood friends, Chromeo first began gaining notoriety with the release of its second album, Fancy Footwork in 2007, and before long the Canadian duo, individually known as P-Thugg and Dave 1, garnered coveted slots at major festivals such as Coachella. The o ... More >>
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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 >>
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May 21, 2010
DJ Mu$a on living in Brixton, playing in Paris with Saul Williams and being an envelope-pusher
Paul Winner 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 stumbl ... More >>
Music
April 22, 2010
Under the electronic exterior of Savoy beats the heart of rock and roll
Paul Winner 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 stumbl ... More >>
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February 12, 2010
Hey, DJ! Q&A with boyhollow
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 >>
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December 10, 2009
Hold off reading Monolith its last rites. The festival still has some life in it.
From the outside looking in, things still look incredibly grim for the Monolith Festival and its prospects for the future. Organizers set up a Kickstarter account a few weeks ago in response to an overwhelming outcry from fans, who offered to pitch in when word first leaked that the festival was ... More >>
Music
December 3, 2009
If ever there were an indie-rock orchestra, Moonspeed is it
From the outside looking in, things still look incredibly grim for the Monolith Festival and its prospects for the future. Organizers set up a Kickstarter account a few weeks ago in response to an overwhelming outcry from fans, who offered to pitch in when word first leaked that the festival was ... More >>
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November 19, 2009
Q&A with Monolith Festival Director Josh Baker
Matt Fecher (left) and Josh Baker with Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips, whose band headlined the inaugural editon of Monolith Yesterday's news that the Monolith Festival is in financial straits and in need of a rather large infusion of cash just to continue wasn't completely shocking, especially ... More >>
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November 18, 2009
Breaking: Monolith Festival on the ropes
Just received word from Josh Baker, co-curator of Monolith, that the future of the indie-centric festival is uncertain. (Read Baker's full statement after the jump.) Although the turnout for this year's festival seemed to increase slightly from year's past and the lineup itself seemed more solid ... More >>
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November 3, 2009
Animals At Risk remixes the Swayback
Matt Fecher isn't letting the grass grow under his feet. Although his hands are clearly already full with helping curate the Monolith Festival, Fecher, who DJs under the name Hot to Death, is constantly moving in a number of different creative directions at once it seems, from launching and hostin ... More >>
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September 11, 2009
Monolith Q&A: Thao with the Get Down Stay Down
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down's latest record, Know Better Learn Faster, carries a wide menu of influences. Like the ensemble's previous work, the album draws from traditional American folk precedents, as well as snippets of other sounds that range from old Motown to '60s pop. The blend c ... More >>
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September 11, 2009
Monolith Q&A: Depreciation Guild
Photo by Drew ReynoldsBrooklyn's the Depreciation Guild has spent the last few years fusing elements of synth pop, dream pop and experimental electronic music into an indistinguishable amalgamation of the band's wide-ranging sonic influences. In reviews and profiles of the band, much has been ... More >>
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September 10, 2009
Monolith Q&A: The Glitch Mob
The Glitch Mob started out as a Los Angeles-based DJ collective that pooled its collective talent to make a more collaborative music with expanded sonic possibilities. As individual artists, Ooah, edIT and Boreta have released solo albums of cutting edge electronic music but it is as a team t ... More >>
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September 10, 2009
Monolith Q&A: Red Wire Black Wire
Often compared to New Wave bands of the early '80s -- especially the Human League --Brooklyn, New York's Red Wire Black Wire, uses synthesizers as a primary compositional instrument. Described by the New Music Express as having an icy sound, the immediacy and sincerity of Doug Walters's vocal ... More >>
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September 9, 2009
Monolith Q&A: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros are definitely one of the more buzzed about underground bands to come to Colorado this summer and deservedly so. With a briskly selling headliner show at the Planet Bluegrass Wildflower Pavillions in Lyons on Friday September 11 and a hotly anticipated appea ... More >>
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September 3, 2009
$99 two-day Monolith Festival passes released
If you haven't yet scored tickets for the Monolith Festival, which is just over a week off, now might be the ideal time to get them and save a few bucks. Esurance, one of the festivals sponsors, just released a block of 400 $99 two-day passes (no service fees) that are only available for the next ... More >>
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August 24, 2009
Over the weekend: The Avett Brothers at the Ogden Theatre
The Avett Brothers, Sally Ford and the Sound Outside Saturday, Aug. 22 Ogden Theatre Better than: Most of the shows I've seen this summer. I never thought I'd see a full-fledged hootenanny on the stage of the Ogden Theatre. But during choice moments of the Avett Brothers' Saturday set, an appea ... More >>
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July 31, 2009
A Shoreline Dream offers free download of Ulrich Schnauss collaboration
On its blog last night, Denver's oneiric, majestic A Shoreline Dream began offering a free download of its song "Departure." Co-written with Berlin-based electronica producer Ulrich Schnauss, the song is a lush wash of shoegazing gorgeousness that first appeared on the band's full-length Reco ... More >>
Music
July 9, 2009
Speakeasy Tiger earned its current buzz the old-fashioned way - by working hard and writing great music
On its blog last night, Denver's oneiric, majestic A Shoreline Dream began offering a free download of its song "Departure." Co-written with Berlin-based electronica producer Ulrich Schnauss, the song is a lush wash of shoegazing gorgeousness that first appeared on the band's full-length Reco ... More >>
Blogs
June 16, 2009
Flaming Lips, Modest Mouse, Frank Black shows annouced
The Flaming Lips know all about putting on a hell of a show, and the Monolith Festival gig at Red Rocks in 2007 was one most phenomenal things to happen to that venue in the last few years. Lets hope for a repeat performance when the Lips return to Red Rocks Sunday, August 23 with Explosions in the ... More >>
Music
April 16, 2009
The Kills
Wednesday, April 22, Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-443-3399.
Blogs
January 23, 2009
From Blonde to Black: When DJs Attack
On Monday night, while I was enjoying the turntable stylings of DJ Hot to Death (aka the Monolith Music Festival's Matt Fecher) and those of his co-horts for the evening, Heather Powell Browne (writer of the "I Am Fuel, You Are Friends" music blog), and Nathan and Patrick Meese at the Larimer Lounge ... More >>
Calendar
January 1, 2009
Manic Monday
On Monday night, while I was enjoying the turntable stylings of DJ Hot to Death (aka the Monolith Music Festival's Matt Fecher) and those of his co-horts for the evening, Heather Powell Browne (writer of the "I Am Fuel, You Are Friends" music blog), and Nathan and Patrick Meese at the Larimer Lounge ... More >>
Music
December 25, 2008
Westword's favorite national albums of the year
On Monday night, while I was enjoying the turntable stylings of DJ Hot to Death (aka the Monolith Music Festival's Matt Fecher) and those of his co-horts for the evening, Heather Powell Browne (writer of the "I Am Fuel, You Are Friends" music blog), and Nathan and Patrick Meese at the Larimer Lounge ... More >>
Blogs
December 12, 2008
Memorialize Monolith on the cheap
Did you miss out on the Monolith festival, but want people to believe you were there? Or maybe you blew all your cash on a ticket and a few $7 beers, leaving you no funds to purchase the appropriate shwag to remember the event by? Or maybe you're like me, and you just couldn't face the prospect of ... More >>
Music
December 11, 2008
When Cafe Cero closed, Open Tap took over
Did you miss out on the Monolith festival, but want people to believe you were there? Or maybe you blew all your cash on a ticket and a few $7 beers, leaving you no funds to purchase the appropriate shwag to remember the event by? Or maybe you're like me, and you just couldn't face the prospect of ... More >>
Calendar
November 6, 2008
A Long, Strange Trip
A panel discussion looks at how rock
Blogs
October 20, 2008
Live Review: Dressy Bessy, the Fire Drills & the Pseudo Dates
A panel discussion looks at how rock
Blogs
October 15, 2008
Q&A with Tammy Ealom of Dressy Bessy
A panel discussion looks at how rock
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October 7, 2008
Printer's objections -- about the F-word? -- delay issue of FM magazine
A panel discussion looks at how rock
Blogs
September 19, 2008
Rearview: The Week in Review (9/13/08-9/19/08)
A panel discussion looks at how rock
Blogs
September 15, 2008
The Westword.com blog shortcut, September 15 edition
A panel discussion looks at how rock
Blogs
September 14, 2008
Monolith Festival Live Blog, Day 1
A panel discussion looks at how rock
Blogs
September 14, 2008
The hipsters of Monolith
A panel discussion looks at how rock
Music
September 4, 2008
Westword's Freeloader tips you off to the best in legitimate, artist-approved downloads.
A panel discussion looks at how rock
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May 19, 2008
Over the Weekend...Cloud Cult @ Larimer Lounge
A panel discussion looks at how rock
Blogs
November 12, 2007
Last Night: The Blood Arm, Art Brut, the Hold Steady @ The Fox Theater
A panel discussion looks at how rock
Blogs
September 17, 2007
This Weekend: Monolith Festival @ Red Rocks, Saturday, September 15
A panel discussion looks at how rock
Music
September 13, 2007
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