The complex, intricate techno favored by Dustin Zahn is miles away from the mainstream conception of techno as brainless, soulless, repetitive thump-thump-thump. While he does deliver the thump-thump-thump, his work incorporates delicate, fleeting strands of melody that dance around deep, layered percussion and synth work. And while repetition is a…
If this week’s top flier pick is any indication, The Other Russia is a scary place. At least, it’s a scary place in a kind of slightly campy, ’70s horror movie lobby poster way. And it in no way hurts that The Other Russia would be a great name for…
If you’ve got a boatload of old, thrift-store quality vinyl, some record player parts, a few toy trains and a thirst for really freaky sound, have we got a project for you. Well, actually, Yuri Suzuki and Yaloslav Tencer have a project for you — we’re not trying to steal…
With more and more bands going the DIY route and foregoing labels, Suburban Home Records is branching out and expanding their business model. No longer just a traditional label that signs bands, makes records and sells them, Suburban has just launched a Label Services wing. It’s a way to apply…
When you hear the name Telly Savalas, you probably think Kojak, the iconic character he played on the show of the same name. Actually, if you;re under thirty, you probably think, “Who the fuck is Telly Savalas?” but believe us when we say, that won’t hurt your enjoyment of the…
Where to start with Incredibox? Well, you start with a little cartoon guy, like one of the ones you see above. Then you give him a part of the song by dragging and dropping an icon onto him and he starts performing it. That makes another little dude appear. You…
The glory days of jazz occurred long before the digital age was a twinkle in some engineer’s eye, which means that many of the best jazz recordings aren’t available in any other format than vintage vinyl. That’s why Dazzle started Vinyl Mondays, to highlight great music that might otherwise be…
Pakistan-born, American-raised rock musician Salman Ahmad has sold more than thirty million records, played a Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, been named a Goodwill Ambassador to the U.N. and counts Bono, Mick Jagger, Melissa Etheridge and Al Gore among his fans. He’s chronicled his unique experience in Rock and Roll Jihad:…
The 1985 cult film The Legend of Billie Jean is the story of a small-town girl (Helen Slater) who runs into a world of trouble when her unwavering belief that what’s “fair is fair” puts her in conflict with a variety of powerful men. One the surface, it’s a simple…
Robbie Rivera is one of those incredibly prolific artists who make normal musicians look like slackers. Since releasing his first track (“El Sorullo”) in 1996, he’s produced dozens and dozens of tracks, a seemingly unceasing stream of funky, dirty house music, incorporating everything from progressive to Latin influences. His first…
Not everyone’s got mad graphic design skills and access to Adobe’s powerful design and art tools. And not everyone likes what results from fliers created that way, either. Sometimes, all it takes to make a killer flier is a quick sketch and some nice hand-lettered info. Especially if the sketch…
Remember the halcyon days of the Colorado drum-and-bass scene, when DNB nights were plentiful, frequently rivaling trance as the top draw? These days dubstep, a slower, more spacious evolution of drum and bass’s frenetic sci-fi breakbeat sound, is siphoning off most of the love that used to get thrown to…
Behold the awesome majesty of the Lego Sequencer MR II. This brilliant instrument is the work of Yoshi Akai, an avant garde artist/musician/audio mad scientist from Japan currently blowing the minds of folks the world over from his base in Sweden. Akai has turned a background in textile art and…
If the world of hip-hop is big enough to encompass any imaginable subject, then the world of novelty rap is even bigger, for it can encompass any number of unimaginable subjects (like how spry your granny is, or maybe how Christians aren’t supposed to hug from the front before marriage)…
The video above is the latest viral sensation on the Internet, garnering 120,000 views in the three days since it was posted (today is day four). It’s a brilliant, touching and hilarious story of one man’s efforts to win back the girl who left him — and who can’t relate…
The music of London-based Shackleton is a dark, dense and altogether disconcerting affair, like paranoia rendered in sound. The famed dubstep producer and co-head of the Skull Disco label has displayed a predilection for crafting long, hypnotic patterns of conga-heavy percussion punctuated by gut-punching bass drops and dubbed-out, echoing trails…
This week’s flier is all about the design and a brilliant design it is. Without a kitschy image of Gamera, a nostalgic pic of a TV dinner or some mind-bending, trippy-ass collage work to grab attention, it’s all about the subtle interaction of simple design elements here. The resulting flier…
Conservatives have Fox, liberals have MSNBC, so why shouldn’t Juggalos have their own news network? Who else is going to give that oh-so-nuanced clowncentric view of important news and report on issues the mainstream media just won’t touch? Who else is going to give the weather report as a profanity-laced…
The preliminary lineup for Boulder’s third annual electronic music fest Communikey Festival of Electronic Arts — which takes place over four days from April 15-18 this year and continues its tradition of bringing in top-notch talent from the electronic music underground — has been announced. The stated mission this year…
When we recall the great disasters of the past, certain names leap readily to mind. The Titanic. The Hindenburg. Cop Rock. Yes, Cop Rock. If you’re lucky enough to not recognize that last one, let us bruise your psyche for you. In 1990, hot off a few of the biggest…
DJ Dragon is releasing Homegrown, a limited-edition, free mix CD Thursday, March 4 at Beta to show off the best the Colorado dance scene has to offer. “Over the last few months I’ve noticed how much great music was coming out of Colorado and thought that it would be cool…
In 1974, two of film’s greatest movements — blaxploitation and zombies — combined to form Sugar Hill, one of the most unjustly forgotten movies in cinematic history. It’s the story of a woman (Marki Bey as Diana “Sugar” Hill) who turns to voodoo to get revenge on the powerful mobsters…
