I live in a transitional neighborhood. At least I think that’s what it’s called when white people move into a lower-class section of town and start sprucing it up with Ikea-looking exterior siding and park their way-too-expensive cars in tiny driveways. Unlike the North side, I mean, The Highlands, this…
With her own band, Adrian & the Sickness (due tonight at 3 Kings Tavern with BugGirl and Cock N Balls), Adrian Conner gets to be herself on stage and on record. This isn’t the case with her day job: As resident lead guitarist for AC/DC tribute outfit Hell’s Belles, Conner…
Whether you’re a fan of the whomp or not, Dubstep is here to stay. Borgore (performing this evening at the Bluebird Theater with Thorazine, ServOne and Seeda) is definitely on the newer end of movement, but the Tel Aviv-born producer and DJ has already carved out his own style within…
Our nostalgia for the Internet of old continues this week, as we have recently discovered the Geocities-izer, a way to make any website look and feel just like it used to. Simply put your URL of choice into the this world wide web throwback processor thingy and voilà — Facebook…
Langhorne Slim (playing tonight at the Fox Theatre in Boulder with Samantha Crain and Jonah Wisneski) could easily fit under the folk or alt-country label, but the Pennsylvania native is truly a gospel singer by nature. Slim’s vocals nod to Dylan, too, but it is the soulful reverie in his…
Neil Hamburger is an asshole. He’s the kind of comedian that was born unlikable; even though he’s funny sometimes, most of the time he’s just alienating. Plus, he’s gross to look at, and that says a lot about a person. But for the love-haters of Hamburger, there’s his Twitter, a…
Although Kings of Leon practically re-institutionalized Southern rock as an aesthetic, Alberta Cross (playing tonight at the Larimer Lounge with Boys) has taken it all to the next level, both visually and sonically. The NYC-by-way-of-London quintet effectively creates its own dirty, melancholic white-man blues. Guitarist Petter Ericson Stakee’s voice bears…
While the influences of Prince and New Order are more than apparent in Miami Horror’s work, the Australian four-piece has built its own sturdy electronic legs on which to stand — as evidenced by its debut effort, last year’s Illumination. Instead of regurgitating the ghosts of electronic music’s past, the band…
Now into its third decade as a band, Front Line Assembly (due at Summit Music Hall tonight with Dismantled, Cyanotic, DJ Acucrack and Harwire) has been a group to stick to the confines of its initial industrial label…
One thing about the Capitol Hill United Neighborhoods’ People’s Fair is that it’s consistent. Now in its 40th year, the event brings out the best in Colorado people-watching, plus, you know, several stages of local entertainment and booths full of tie-dye, made-to-order art and, of course, “turkey” legs. (The consumption…
Remember a time not long ago, when the Internet was still fun? It was a place for weird exchanges with people across the globe (or in Reno) that you didn’t know IRL (in real life) but connected with via your love for Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Maybe you met on…
Seven-piece outfit Fitz & The Tantrums (playing tonight at the Bluebird Theater with Ximena) is all about the soul revival, for sure. But band leader Michael Fitzpatrick brings just the slightest hint of Tom Jones-inspired campiness to the group’s cool vintage sound, which works well with co-vocalist Noelle Scaggs’ sweet…
In the modern age of the iPod, any shoe store, cowboy bar, hair salon or (in this particular case) pho restaurant can do business to any soundtrack it chooses. When I worked at KB Toys in the 90s, we were sent a monthly cassette to play in the store –…
It is easy to pass off White Denim (due tonight at the Larimer Lounge with The Growlers) as psychedelic garage rock — except the reverb isn’t there and the Austin-based act implements some seriously dub-like rhythms. Labels aside, the power trio (that recently became an even tighter foursome) incite a…
The City of Lakewood rolls out the red carpet today for its second annual Rockin’ Block Party celebration, which includes balloon tosses, hula-hoop contests and more prize-yielding games for participants of all ages, along with tours of the Lakewood Heritage Center Museum — a landmark site that includes a 1920s…
Sharon Jones (performing this evening with her band, The Dap Kings, at the Denver Botanic Gardens) is a soul revivalist, whether she intended to be or not. The Brooklynite was a session singer in the ’70s, but it wasn’t until the late ’90s that Jones was finally given the chance…
The biggest reason to make it out for Drag Nation last Friday at Tracks wasn’t to see Amanda Lepore perform — it was to see Amanda Lepore in real life. And while the transgender icon and David LaChapelle muse was definitely worth viewing, her sort-of sing-along performance was very much…
Women who work out, your worst fear has been realized and it exists at www.girlsinyogapants.com. Now, instead of just thinking some perv is looking at your butt while you’re trying to get some exercise, you can be safe in the knowledge that he isn’t just looking, he’s taking a picture…
Celldweller (performing tonight at the Marquis Theater with Die Brucke and Kevin Callison) is the moniker of Klayton, a singer, multi-instrumentalist, music programmer and producer based out of Detroit. Bringing his own unique form of industrial music to the masses via movie, video game and television soundtracks, including collaborations with…
Little Brazil (playing tonight at the hi-dive with the Photo Atlas and Take to the Oars) began as the solo project of Landon Hedges, following his time in big name acts like Tim Kasher’s The Good Life and the Conor Oberst-led Desparecidos. Eventually Hedges decided fill out his pretty guitar…
Tattoos are dumb. Ask my mom. Don’t ask her, actually, because it isn’t all tattoos that are dumb in her eyes, just my little girly clip art pieces and that giant weird dead cat thing my neighbor got tattooed on his calf. My brother has a whole arm full of…
It seems Dallas quartet Old 97’s (playing the Bluebird Theater tonight with Sarah Jaffe) began long before the term alt-country was even a thought. But less along the gothic style associated with the genre, the Old 97’s are more pop-oriented, carried by vocalist Rhett Miller’s radio-friendly twang…
