Yesterday, while Lil Wayne was presumably not diligently monitoring his Twitter account, it was compromised by an unknown Tweeter. Surely the Internet break-in sucked for Weezy once he was alerted, but the bigger problem lay in followers’ laps: The faux LilTunechi was a blathering idiot, subjecting us to 140-character spurts…

Trish Keenan, singer for British band Broadcast, died from complications of pneumonia this morning. She was 42. Forming in 1995, the group produced a handful of singles and full-lengths over the years, but had remained fairly dormant until Keenan and bandmate James Cargill brought Broadcast out as just a duo…

This summer, Lipgloss will be celebrating its tenth birthday, and for a dance night, that’s some pretty serious commitment. Michael Trundle, a founding member of the Denver3 — the dudes who started the now-Friday-night institution back in 2001 — knows what it takes to keep the masses rolling back to…

Colorado’s easy-going persona has always been a magnet for transplants, and hey, if we had a beach, our population would probably rival California’s. But for Raven and the Writing Desk — a band who’s founding members, Julie Libassi and Scott Conroy, landed in our fair square state via Boston in…

Before the womp-womp of dubstep, there was the brap-brap of drum-and-bass. Tonight, Beauty & the Bass brings drum-and-bass back to the forefront, with massive sounds provided by local movement heads Despise, Fresh Breath Committee’s DJ Skip Rip, and Nofrendo — whose multiple sonic talents we profiled last summer — on…

Oh, Mike. What would we do without your insanely high productivity level and generous demeanor? The singer-songwriter has gifted us with three EPs of free downloading pleasure to say thanks for a great 2010. Plus, he’s started a new band — name, members and other pertinent information to come –…

Unless you’ve been sleeping on your gay friends’ Facebook status updates, Britney’s back. Again. Her new single “Hold It Against Me,” was exposed last week with substitute diva Bonnie McKee’s vocals acting as a placeholder, but yesterday, a glossy, radio-ready version (complete with Britney’s childish gurgles) dropped. Most people got…

Apparently, for the past forty years or so, NASA has chosen Top 40 songs for astronauts to wake up to every morning on their missions. This year, prior to the April 1 launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, NASA, uh, launched the “Space Rock” song contest, which inspired The Lust-Cats…

It’s like Mother Nature wanted to set the perfect scene for Peter Wolf Crier’s first date of it’s 2011 tour. The snow dump Colorado has been waiting for finally came last night, effectively creating a wintery backdrop for the Midwest duo’s cuddle-by-the-fire-inducing songs of nostalgia and love…

For some bands, touring is a natural state of being. This is absolutely true for Louisiana’s Cowboy Mouth, as the quartet comes through Denver tonight on it’s 16th annual “Mardi Gras tour.” Making country-twinged pop-rock since 1990, the band pulls from influences like The Clash — heard loud and clear…

Even if Dave Aude’s name isn’t immediately recognizable, it is impossible to have missed his work over the past two decades. The prolific DJ and producer has worked with Katy Perry, Mary J. Blige and Lady Gaga on Billboard-charting remixes this year alone, and put his precise ear to task…

When Hideous Men had its van broken into last summer, the husband-and-wife duo was forced to re-evaluate how they made music. Along with losing equipment, they lost several new songs that were on their MacBook, which was stolen. Almost six months later, the two are still making music…

Living through the third-wave ska movement of the mid-’90s and still keeping an admirably visible profile in 2011, the Slackers are a musical anomaly. Like labelmates Hepcat and Stubborn All Stars, the Slackers’ success hinges on a penchant for the swing of blue beat while ditching the silliness made popular…

As Autococoon, Caitlin Payne Roberts takes the very personal and makes it public, cramming paragraphs of thought and emotion into simple song structures with fluttering vocal grace. Unlike most touring musicians, the singer-songwriter will be passing through Colorado by way of Greyhound bus tonight, as part of a fundraiser for…

After over a decade of Colorado-centric album releases, Smooch Records has called it quits. The California-based label released music from over a dozen Mile High City bands with a dark country twinge, putting out music by the likes of Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, 16 Horsepower and Woven Hand…