Aw, Shugga. When you’re in the mood for some breakbeat ear candy, it’s all about DJ Shugga’s funky nu-school vibe. A background in dance enhanced Shugga’s natural affinity for rhythms and movement, translating into mixes that get the dance floor slamming. Shugga’s been in high demand from East Coast clubs…
If music makes you move, you’re in luck: That’s what DJ M3’s name stands for. (Okay, so it was originally “Marijuana motivates the mind.”) The Bay Area beat boy is still all about good-time vibes and uses his mixes to take a crowd as far as it’s willing to go…
Semifreak’s fans have been jonesing for their 8 O’Clock Fix, the debut disc long delayed on its road to release. Entering the studio as “Man in the Shade,” the group encountered creative differences between original bassist Chad Williams and its other members, leading to Williams’s exodus in early 2002 and…
Ready for a little Swamp music? For those familiar with DJ Swamp only from his stint as a Beck backup boy, prepare to be impressed. The 1996 national DMC turntablist champion and self-styled “hip-hop equivalent of Rob Zombie” used money saved from touring with Beck to fund his solo disc,…
Lotus Magazine calls Bad Boy Bill the “Wilt Chamberlain of Techno.” The Chicago talent has long been proud of Bangin’ the Box, the five-volume-and-counting compilation series of underground dance cuts released on Bill’s own Mix Connection Multimedia tag. In the studio, he stands out for his frenetic blending style and…
Like the frightening creatures that haunt its songs, Moore is a monster that just won’t die. Limbs — er, members, that is — have been hacked off, with replacements sewn on, sometimes only to be severed again. The current incarnation, though, seems stronger than ever. Brought to life in 1995,…
Only the king of the jungle would release a CD with such a slap-your-face title as Fuck Your Style. But ragga royalty R.A.W. doesn’t limit himself to the jungle; he rules over drum and bass, techno and hip-hop with ease and throws it all onto Style. The disc showcases his…
Subversive-music snobs may thumb their noses at the first Colorado Underground Music Festival, slated to take place this Saturday, September 20, at the Ogden Theatre. After all, how “underground” can it be if it’s held at the Ogden, sponsored by a radio station and includes bands already favorably regarded by…
Are you feeling lucky? Sin City vices meet vaulted ceilings this Saturday, September 13, when the Church hosts Club RA. Since its addition to Las Vegas’s Luxor resort in 1998, RA’s become a nightclub demigod, ruling over locals and tourists alike, known as much for the long lines outside as…
“I catch reality and punch it through a drum line,” says Sentence on the song “Done Right” from his debut solo album, Bomb Shelter Poetry. Mainlining the poetic roots of hip-hop, the MC takes an innovative approach to the tracks on his solo joint by mixing up the beats and…
Sure, you could just go see the Roots at Red Rocks and call it a night. But if you caught last year’s Smokin’ Grooves Tour, you got a taste of what happens when ?uestlove, aka Ahmir Thompson, steps out from behind the drum kit and mans the wheels of steel…
Wanna get “Defleshed”? Enjoy being “Covered in Maggots”? If you’re in the mood for music that’s raw and wriggling, Brutal Infliction has just the thing. Debuting new songs, including the two mentioned, the Brutes will also be showing off newest member MC Trip Crazy. Recruited to “add some extra groove…
SAT, 8/23 Denver improv-comedy trio A.C.E. is on the move again with its fourth annual “go show,” a summer tradition of taking comedy to the streets. “It’s really fun to do a moving show, because you can be totally spontaneous,” says A.C.E. co-founder Linda Klein. The destination for today’s show…
THURS, 8/21 Just outside Santiago, in the lush jungles of Guatemala, rests Lago Atitlán, a lake of crystalline waters and ancient mythical lore. The Maya believe this sacred site is the literal belly button of life and the very center of all creation. Indeed, it was the perfect inspiration for…
Prepare for a hedonist’s delight: Avenue D is coming to Cowtown to “slap its leather-clad ass.” Widely regarded as the queens of electroclash, the D girls — that’s Debbie D and Daphne D — have vamped at such venues as New York’s CBGB and the Pussycat Lounge, and Boy George…
Rexway’s third CD, Last Call Scars, delivers the shit-kicking twang-meets-rough-rock that the act’s fans find irresistible. A band talked about as much for its inner turmoil as its music, Rexway members Mike Mitchell, Skot Lain, Chris Dockter, Susan Phelan and Craig Dubin have managed to stop squabbling long enough to…
His resumé reads like a rap sheet, complete with a list of aliases such as Aphrohead, Sharkimaxx, Thee Maddkatt Courtship and, most notably, Felix da Housecat. The guy who grew up in Chi-town as Felix Stallings Jr. can’t stop the name game; since the age of fifteen, when DJ Pierre’s…
Groove is in the house this Thursday, August 7, as H Foundation (aka Eric “Hipp-E” Galaviz and Brian “Halo” Varga) come to Rise (1909 Blake Street) to promote their Astralwerks full-length recording debut, Environments. The night will be a homecoming of sorts for ex-Denverite Hipp-E, who along with Chicago-born Halo…
New York City-based turntablist DJ Empress is considered royalty in the drum-and-bass realm. Her progressive song selection and refined ear for beats has earned her repeat invites to the illustrious V Recording’s “Movement” showcase in London, an accomplishment previously unheard of for an American DJ. Purifying her style while working…
If the words “Whip It” still make you think of Devo, then drop the pocket protector and head to Rock Island this Friday, July 25, for its annual flesh-tival. Whip It VIII pledges to be an evening full of depravity backed by hot beats, lustful libations and a slew of…
It’s hard to decide which is more unsettling: the fact that Dario Rosa left Cabaret Diosa to further his love of vintage ’60s music, or the way he signs every e-mail with “Love, DJ Dario.” Let the DJ carry you back to the era of free love at “Go-Go ’66,”…
Denver hip-hop fans in the know already caught DJ Musa Bailey at the grand opening of the new Club Vibe, located in the Russian Palace (1800 Glenarm Place), this past Sunday, July 6. DJ aficionados are familiar with Bailey, from his early days in Denver to his turntable-battle days to…
