Been listening to Spoon’s about-to-be released seventh studio album Transference (slated for release tomorrow) pretty much non-stop for the past four days, thanks to NPR’s Exclusive First Listen, and have to say, we’re newly reconverted to the Spoon fold. We fell out of love (although not out of like) after…
Peanut butter and chocolate. Gin and tonic. Rock and roll. Some things are just mean to go together. But Star Trek and Lord of the Rings? Not so much, outside of particularly horrible fan fiction. And, apparently, this ill-fated late ’60s trainwreck of a novelty folk song where none other…
Videodrome: If you’re a fan of alt-rockers What About Pluto?, or maybe just a fan of people being goofy on camera (and aren’t we all fans of that, really?), then the band’s recent foray into video blogging should be of some interest. Last week the outfit kicked off the affair…
Detroit-born Jeremy Ellis, sometimes known as Ayro, got a good start by being born into a family of musicians. Before he became known within the Motor City dance scene, he spent his early years studying classical and jazz piano. On record, Ellis shows himself to be an impressive, versatile talent;…
This week we had lots of fine material to choose from, but this flier stood out even among the wonderfully crowded field of great images and cool design. We’re not too sure what, if anything, the image is supposed to represent — is it a circuit diagram? cell mitosis? what…
Our featured Twit this week goes by the handle @pugofwar on Twitter, and Ef Rodriguez most other places. When he’s not busy blogging (on his own blog and for the Huffington Post), he can be found playing World of Warcraft, organizing events such as Boco.me and Ignite Boulder, or engaging…
I Am the Dot continue their impressive pace of one release a month with today’s unleashing of the Winter EP. As the name suggests, this latest batch of three songs is inspired by the season. This time out, Zach Tipton has enlisted the help of ambient artist Boneless, who he…
Pop Tart Charts: 3OH!3 is atop the iTunes chart, thanks to their collaboration with Ke$ha. The pop tart’s wittily titled “Blah Blah Blah (feat. 3OH!3)” might be “face-shooting pablum” (as we called her work the other day) but this “unholy, completely sexless union of Katy Perry and Lady Gaga” (as…
Having trouble getting going today? Head still a little fuzzy from the weekend’s revelry? Well, you’re in luck, because we’ve got something for you that will blow those cobwebs right out (not to mention blowing away whatever the cobwebs are attached to) and get you bouncing up and down in…
Over at the excellent social-media site Mashable, there’s an intelligent and thought-provoking post about the ways social media has changed us. And while its conclusions about social media’s impact on our society included important points about information availability, political discourse and child literacy, I couldn’t help but notice there were…
This week’s Freaky Friday video most likely earns the nod as “Worst Song Ever from a composer who’s capable of great things.” John Carpenter is not only an excellent director (among others, see The Thing, Halloween, Escape from New York, They Live and, naturally, Big Trouble in Little China), he’s…
Father’s day: If you’ve been digging the new “Tokyo Gore Police”/”Guitari 2600” single from Ideal Fathers as much as we have, you’re going to want to head down to the Meadowlark on February 6 for their next show. The band will be giving away handmade “cassingles” (that’s a cassette single,…
It’s not just a brand-new year, but a whole new decade, so why not kick it off with something fresh? Chicago’s Punky Fresh is so recently arrived on the scene that not only doesn’t the act have an album out yet, but it still has that new-producer smell. The two…
They came from the deep … to rock. Our top flier of the week gets extra cool points for appropriating the lobby poster art for the incredibly odd, unbelievably obscure 1980 movie Humanoids from the Deep, which is also as Monster. It just so happens that some of us have…
Our featured Twit this week is Matt Bernier (@mbernier on Twitter), a local web developer and blogger. Matt came to our attention when he was recommended as someone to watch by a fellow Twit (always a good sign on a medium used first and foremost for self promotion). When we…
January 22 and 23, the Motet will be reopening the newly refurbished Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom with a couple of shows highlighting the best moments from past Halloween shows. In case you aren’t familiar, the group’s Halloween tradition is to “dress up” as some of their favorite bands and deliver entire…
Noah Pred Thursday, December 31, 2009 B. Side Lounge, Boulder Better Than: The end of the last decade New Year’s Eve is always a little special, whether you want it to be or not. And 2009 was destined — doomed, one might say — to be a lot special, ending…
Steampunk — think steam as in steamship and punk as in cyberpunk — is an aesthetic defined by extrapolating the technology of the past, particularly the Victorian era, into retro science fantasy, like clockwork robots and steam-powered airships. It’s been explored in books like The Difference Engine and movies like…
It’s hard to imagine a film less likely to develop a cult following than Spice World. The 1997 film seems, on the surface, to be little more than a ninety-minute music video for a shallow pop group long since consigned to the dustbin of history and musty reunion tours. Indeed,…
Toronto-based DJ/producer Noah Pred produces music in 3D — dirty, dark and danceable. You could also describe it as 3W, as in weird, wobbly and WOW! Specifically, his original material is full of distorted, ever-evolving timbres; shifting, irresistible rhythms; and creepy, off-kilter snatches of melody. His sound is a deep,…
New Year’s Eve is just around the corner and we have to say, the slew of excellent posters we saw advertising equally excellent events for the evening (and the next day) bode well for the new year. After some careful consideration we chose this lovely poster for the Motet’s NYE…
This week’s featured Twit is Eric Elkins, a local writer, blogger, CEO of a social media company and “avowed narcissist.” He caught our attention on Twitter because he’s one of those Twits that’s just everywhere — he seems to know everyone, and everything going on, all the time. He’s always…
