Formed in Los Angeles in 1994, electro-metal band Orgy earned themselves some serious international fame when they put out the Candyass album in ’98, and the subsequent single, a cover of New Order’s “Blue Monday.” Following a third album in 2004, Punk Statik Paranoia, the band went away for six years. Frontman Jay Gordon kept busy…
Genre-defying pioneer David Bowie succumbed to an eighteen-month battle with cancer on Sunday evening, and left a massive hole in the world’s musical landscape. A statement issued on his social media accounts said that he “died peacefully surrounded by family.” Bowie was an artist in the truest sense of the word, never afraid…
For diehard fans of a veteran band, there are few things more demoralizing than when the classic lineup gets fractured, due to in-fighting or other circumstances, leading to two (or more) versions of the band on the touring circuit. It happened with Black Flag, Saxon, Sweet, LA Guns and Queensryche, and that’s exactly…
When the announcement dropped this week that Guns N’ Roses will headline Coachella 2016, a rumor that had been flying around for a few months was finally confirmed—and set pulses racing. The trio of Axl Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan will play together under the GnR name for the first…
After long period away, the last twelve months have been busy for hip-hop duo Blackalicious, with Chief Xcel and Gift of the Gab finally following up on The Craft and putting out their first new album in ten years, Imani Vol. 1. This is where things get wacky though. Harry Potter himself,…
New Year’s Eve: the night when the number of drunk drivers shoots through the roof, and DJs seem to be spinning in the crevice of every club, bar, theater and convention center in the city. If you want to spend the last night and first morning of the year losing your…
Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister, bassist and singer with Motörhead, died on December 28, 2015, after a short battle with an aggressive form of cancer that sources say he had only learned about on December 26, though fans and observers had begun to worry earlier. He had just turned 70, and he will be…
Subscriber-based geek-culture box-senders Loot Crate are no strangers to a gimmicky Youtube video. Damn, over 150,000 people regularly tune in just to watch somebody open one of their boxes and reveal a pair of Star Wars socks or a Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. pin. Meanwhile, Arizona-based Cody Strong (Youtube handle AngryPicnic) loves a musical…
For three decades the Reverend Horton Heat has been raising a ruckus with its rockabilly-meets-county-meets-punk party music, frontman Jim Heath holding countless audiences in the palm of his hand like a TV evangelist. Heath is the consummate rock and roll entertainer, and age hasn’t dulled his passion for his work. Not the performing part,…
Tonight’s benefit concert for the Denver Public School Foundation will feature some prominent local musicians — including Governor John Hickenlooper. The event, called “Sing It To Me Santa: Colorado Rocks for Teachers,” will donate proceeds to the 501(c) of DPS, a nonprofit whose “purpose is to foster and promote education…
The Elephant Revival has morphed over the years into this region’s most warm and fuzzy feel-good bands. When considering metro Denver isn’t short on folk bands, that’s no mean feat. It’s no dig either; the Nederland troupe has that mournful, mildly gothic (without the Cure makeup) quality that many country…
Riot Fest may have found a place to settle. For the first time since its Denver debut, Riot Fest & Rodeo will return to the same venue two years in a row. Early bird tickets went on sale Tuesday morning for the punk-centric music festival, which happens September 2-4, 2016,…
