Apparently, hating on hipsters is an international phenomenon, as this video from the U.K. clearly shows. Although they never use the word “hipster,” preferring instead the much more straightforward “dickhead,” it’s obvious within five seconds of the start of the song what the target is…
Forget what you think you know of Spider-Man. Forget Toby Maguire, forget Sam Raimi, forget everything from the movies. Hell, forget Peter Parker and radioactive spiders — this is Japanese Spider-Man we’re talking about today. Japan is a wonderful place with their own special way of doing things. Like our…
Denver’s a great place for fans of the big five of genre film (that’s sci-fi, fantasy, horror, exploitation and cult), as every week we get a generous helping of selections to choose from. As usual, we’re rounding up your options for the weekend to come and the following week, and…
If you’ve missed the off-the-wall art and music of Patrick Porter, rejoice — the prodigal weirdo returns! After a year on the East Coast, Porter is returning to Denver to pick up his musical explorations and record two already-written albums. Word is he’ll be working with members of the Vitamins,…
Idle hands are the devil’s playground, but that won’t be a problem at this month’s Knitflix showing, even though the film is Village of the Damned. That’s because the whole idea of Knitflix is to work on your knitting (or embroidery, latchhook or what have you) while watching a fun…
Are you intrigued by anime (Japanese animation) but don’t know where to start? Or maybe you’ve got the taste for it from something like Hayao Miyazaki’s excellent work (Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away) and you’re wondering where to go from there? Look no further than Nan Desu Kan, the region’s biggest,…
Along with Claude Von Stroke, the Martin Brothers (actual brothers Christian and Justin Martin) have carved out a distinctive brand of dance music on the dirtybird label. The brothers have both notched some notable successes on their own, but their collaborations on tracks such as “Dum,” “Duckface” and “Stoopit” are…
Not sure how to celebrate the 44th anniversary of Star Trek’s network debut (what, you didn’t know that was tonight?) and hankering for a “trek” to Boulder? Have we got the event for you! Tonight is Restaurant 4580’s second annual Star Trek Night. Trivia, Trek-themed cocktails and food items and…
Club night and rave fliers tend to be…not elegant. Loud, crass, busy and clumsy are the rule of the day. Ugly, even. So it’s nice and refreshing when you see one that’s simple, clean and appealing, such as this week’s top flier pick for Jump Start, a monthly disco and…
NPR has been quietly building a reputation as the best place to get a peek at hotly anticipated new albums a week or two before their official releases (welll, for those of us who prefer to avoid leak sites and torrent servers, anyway). Today, it got a lot louder, with…
Is it too early for Halloween? Heck, no, it isn’t, at least if you go by typical retail standards! Right now, department stores everywhere are stocking candy and costumes, and by golly, if it’s good enough for them, it’s good enough for us! Plus, this was just too good to…
School’s back in session! Which means, for at least some of you, that right now you should probably be doing your homework instead of looking at music blogs. But don’t worry — we’ve got you covered. Today, you can enjoy all the bloggy goodness of Backbeat and get your learn…
Denver’s a great place for fans of the big five of genre film (that’s sci-fi, fantasy, horror, exploitation and cult), as every week we get a generous helping of selections to choose from. As usual, we’re rounding up your options for the weekend to come and the following week, and…
Well, it’s official. Guns ‘n’ Rose frontman Axl Rose is less of a man than Justin Bieber, and we have the video evidence to prove it. As you’ll see in the video above (skip to 1:20 or so if you want to avoid the histrionic intro to “Welcome to the…
How much can you learn about a topic from a five-minute presentation? Quite a lot, if the presenter is smart, passionate and inspired to stay on target by slides that automatically advance every fifteen seconds. See it in action tonight at Ignite Boulder 12, where speakers will present on everything…
There are many ways for dance-music artists to make a name for themselves, such as blowing up dance floors as a globe-trotting DJ, crafting original tracks as a production wizard or fixing and remixing others’ material into new forms. Italian-born EDX carved out his niche with that last option. He’s…
This week’s flier is a testament to getting a lot of mileage out of very few elements. In the flier for Impact, a new weekly night at Milk Bar for bass-loving dance music aficionados, there’s not a lot going on. No crazy dinosaur or giant ape images to catch the…
If you were desperately hoping for a Tuesday afternoon diversion that combined your love of music with your love of tacos, have we got great news for you. Welcome to the wonderful world of Album Tacos. WTF are Album Tacos, you ask? It’s exactly what it sounds like: Your favorite…
The final EP in the Wentworth Kersey trilogy, ((O)), has arrived and, like its predecessors, it’s a well-wrought selection of dusty, shoegazing ambient Americana. To celebrate its release, Wentworth Kersey have made it very easy for you to get a free copy of the disc. All you have to do…
We’re pretty sure this week’s video is evidence that demons are real. It purports to be a man singing a song about Jesus that uses a dog metaphor. Hey, kids love dogs, right? Only we’re pretty certain that any child exposed to this will cry, run away and/or refuse to…
Denver’s a great place for fans of the big five of genre film (that’s sci-fi, fantasy, horror, exploitation and cult), as every week we get a generous helping of selections to choose from. As usual, we’re rounding up your options for the weekend to come and the following week, and…
Daytrotter’s love affair with our fine, rectangular state continued and deepened this week. Their latest session, just posted yesterday, is a five-song set from Paper Bird. The session includes “Spit Spot,” “Yellow Sun” and “Riches to Rags” from When the River Took Flight, “Pennies” from Anything Nameless and Joymaking and…
