2 Live Crew’s 1986 debut, 2 Live Crew Is What We Are, left little doubt as to what this act was. Smack-dab in the middle of the Reagan administration and only a year after the Parents’ Music Resource Center hearings, the Crew assaulted the pop-culture collective with extremely graphic sexual…
The LoDo nightclub scene can be the pits for those not born into the ranks of the Beautiful People. But the low-key elegance at Rox Infusion Lounge (1701 Wynkoop Street) has mass appeal for everyone from young singles on the make to longtime couples to groups of friends. Any fears…
Back in 1980, when REO Speedwagon’s Kevin Cronin promised to “Keep On Loving You,” he meant forever. Which is why he and the rest of the band are still out there, making good on their vow to “Keep the Fire Burnin’.” Singer Cronin’s hair may be a little shorter and…
“Sweet Emotion” isn’t a song you would generally associate with a Caribbean cafe, yet that’s what’s playing this night at Rhumba, 950 Pearl Street in Boulder. The bar’s cramped and crowded, so some patrons are braving the cold and sitting at tables outside. The temperature out there is far from…
Some people prefer their beer in a can, while others wouldn’t touch the stuff and keep a plastic-ringed six-pack on hand just for visitors they don’t much like. But both of these groups keep showing up for .38 Special concerts, which could be why the Southern-fried band that’s been the…
If good things really do come in small packages, then it’s no surprise that DJ Micro’s offerings are considered the best of the lot. Born Michael Marsicano, the Long Island native has been helping give East Coast music fans a buzz since 1992. One of the original residents of the…
Everything’s bigger in Texas, which explains why 1989’s “What I Am,” by Lone Star denizens Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians, was played ad nauseam back then and still echoes on radio waves today. But Brickell’s subsequent creative output has been so on and off, you’d think she was attached…
Watching a DJ isn’t very stimulating. Most turntablists are better heard than seen — unless they’re topless, that is, looking out at you with a porn-vixen pout and pinching their nipples, as Portia Surreal is apt to do. An erotic fetishist from New York City, Surreal knows exactly how to…
Punk took a nefarious turn for the bland the day that groups like Green Day laid claim to the moniker. The genre has since been about as exciting as a Boulder compost heap. Luckily for anyone old enough to remember when punk’s Pistols were loaded, the new front of proclaimed…
Wes Craven’s The People Under the Stairs was an ooky exposé that explored the depths of some people’s depravity, with intermingling touches of creepiness and comedy. And anyone who discredits the dynamic duo in the hip-hop act People Under the Stairs has got to be a “fool.” Instead of using…
In entertainment, absence doesn’t make the heart grow fonder; it makes the mind go blank. Spiv likes to go away just long enough to be forgotten, then hop back into the lives of Denverites like a long-lost lover, hoping you’ll spend the night with the act. Like those in a…
Lusine (aka Jeff McIlwains) eschews the same old beats and standard sampling with creations that are as scattered as his releases. Tracks and styles jump around the aural stratosphere as frequently as his recordings have bounced from label to label (Ghostly International, U- Cover and Mental Industries, to name a…
The beat is murder when The Smiths stop by South Park this week. Join Kenny, Kyle, Stan and Eric as…oh, wait, not that South Park. Rather, former Smiths members bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce will join resident DJs Michael Trundle and Tyler Jacobson for Lipgloss this Friday, March…
In a daring move of creative inspiration, Dieselboy brought in live guitars, drums, bass and keyboards to round out the remix of Style of Beyond’s “SubCulture” on his 2002 release, projectHUMAN. Using instruments to play a song isn’t exactly groundbreaking, of course, but in the drum-and-bass world of computerized everything,…
The Church may get lumped in with other one-hit wonders from the ’80s — its only stateside hit was “Under the Milky Way” from 1988’s Starfish — but the outfit actually has a recording history that spans over twenty years, as well as faithful fans around the world, particularly in…
SUN, 3/7 John Leguizamo has never been afraid to make audiences squirm. As the Latino comic once said, “That’s my philosophy: Offend them all equally. You know we all have something wrong with us!” Leguizamo blasts into town to share his hilarious characters, jarring life commentary and personal anecdotes in…
Self-proclaimed diva DJ Irene believes that “people come out to dance to forget the life dramas that wear on their souls, or to be a little more glamorous than they are during the day.” And few DJs know drama better than she does. An openly gay mother of a son…
Some urban music legends claim Roni Size served as the best man when drum and bass were married; others say he performed the ceremony. Either way, the Bristol native knows the couple well, launching the experimental Full Cycle label in 1993 with pal and collaborator Krust. Over a decade later,…
THURS, 2/19 After a ten-year absence from the Colorado History Museum, the 10th Mountain Division: Soldiers on Skis exhibit marches back into the spotlight today, retooled and ready for another tour of duty. “This is an important part of Colorado’s history, so we felt it was important to update it,”…
SUN, 2/22 Despite being the new kid on the block, professional lacrosse has really scored in this town. It doesn’t hurt that the second-year franchise, the Colorado Mammoth, keeps winning and sits at the top of the National Lacrosse League’s Western Division standings. One reason the sport has grabbed an…
DJ Luna has been putting a unique spin on traditional moon worship ever since she purchased “a pair of cheap, belt-driven tables” when she was really too young to be in the clubs. The entire night is brightened by her presence as she glides through diverse phases with an innate…
If there’s a tear in your beer, you won’t find it here: While the Dalhart Imperials honor the original style of country music — as opposed to the crispy kind offered up by pretty chicks in half shirts — even the CD’s slowest ballad is likely to get your foot…
