The roots of Swedish techno producer Mikael Stavöstrand go back to the industrial scene of the early ’90s. He later delved into experimental music and noise before finally introducing dance beats to the mix in 2001. “When I started doing minimal techno, around eight years ago, I made so-called ‘clicks…
Social media is a great tool with dozens, if not hundreds, of legitimate, quality uses. It’s an excellent tool for networking, doing all kinds of research, sharing important information, managing collaborative projects and so forth. But unfortunately, that’s not all it’s used for. Not by a long shot. The fact…
Wow, do we love the crazy mind-melt of this image. We’re not sure if its an original image or was appropriated from some anthropology textbook article about one of those tribes with a tendency toward chewing up the flora to reach the depths of inner space. Either way, it’s a…
Our featured Twit this week is one Patrick Hester, or @atfmb, as he’s known on Twitter. In addition to his very fine hat, Hester is a Denver writer, blogger and Twitter wit who captured our attention with this plea: “How about me?! I’m a Denveridianiteism looking to be a published…
We just heard about a free compilation from Everyday Joes, a non-profit coffeehouse/music venue in Fort Collins. Never been there, but it sounds like a groovy place — Danielle Ate the Sandwich says it’s her favorite venue, bar none, and that’s got to count for something, right? Anyway, the place…
My experience with poetry slams is almost nonexistent, so someone tell me: Do most poetry slams feature awkward rap battles between goofy white guys named Lando Calrhymian and MC ChewRocka, meditation on Gungan penis, and appearances by a a marching band led by Boba Fett? Because the George Lucas Poetry…
A few months ago, we were excited to hear that ambient lo-fi electro-pop act George&Caplin had a remix EP forthcoming on Plastic Sound Supply. This weekend, it hit and it’s quite nice. The EP revisits just over half of the group’s last release, He Really Got Through to Advertising, and…
Every day, I use multiple social media services to work, stay in touch with friends and keep up to date with what’s going on in the world. Half an hour on MySpace here, twenty minutes of Facebook there, and a quick look at Twitter every hour — it adds up…
Today’s piece of sublime strangeness is an artifact from the early ’90s hip-hop scene. It’s a gritty tale of urban blight that features a chorus of demonic children taunting one of their fellows, a super-sweet overalls-and-sweater outfit on the rapper and a woman who plays the part of a crackhead…
If you don’t already have plans for Friday — or if those plans were to catch some of the last First Friday goodness of the year — here’s an intriguing option for you. The Normal Ones, an excellent act that combines elements of ambient, old-school IDM like Orbital, threads of…
George Lucas, father of Star Wars, inspires a strange mix of slavish devotion and irrational hatred. Like the light and dark sides of the Force he mythologized, his partisans maintain a tenuous balance — with the love of Boba Fett on one side and the need to throttle Jar-Jar Binks…
David Guetta (playing Thursday, December 3, at Beta) may be one of the most in-demand stars of dance music, and it’s all but impossible to understand why that is. There’s no disputing his popularity — he’s recently been voted DJ magazine’s No. 3-ranked DJ in the world, he sells plenty…
On its debut album, Carbon Choir shows off an undeniable mastery of the piano-and-falsetto, sensitive-guy rock form. The playing is skilled and the songwriting solid, even nuanced. Singer Joel Van Horne has a strong voice that falls somewhere between Thom Yorke and Chris Martin, with a touch of David Gray…
Sometimes, a little minimalism can go a long, long way. And that’s the case here on Moonspeed’s CD release poster. Underneath some opaque text (nice, simple and effective typography choice, by the way) we have a groovy abstract painting that simultaneously recalls the oil projections of the ’60s psychedelic movement…
Our latest round of queries asking the Twits of the world to justify their following has yielded some good results. Exhibit A: Michael Salamone (@michaelsalamone), a funny guy who persistently bugged us to feature him until we had no choice. There was just no other way to shut him up…
It’s turning out that Zach Tipton, the man behind the “apocalyptic pop” of I Am the Dot is not only crazy talented but somewhat prolific. His debut self-titled EP just came out November 4 and here, on the very first day of December, he’s released another one. This new release…
Global Dance Festival 2009 (Official Video)Monolith may get more press, but of the summer’s Red Rocks festivals, Global Dance Festival is not only bigger and more well-established, it’s also a better place to see lots of gorgeous, half-naked women (see the video embedded above, which may be NSFW depending on…
It’s Black Friday, the day we all emerge from our turkey coma and indulge in an orgy of consumerism. That’s why it felt appropriate to dig out this vintage gem from Richard O’Brien’s Shock Treatment, the little-know follow-up to the infamous Rocky Horror Picture Show. There was something in the…
In the early to mid-’80s, Australian exploitation cinema produced some of the finest, most insanely excessive movies ever to grace the Grindhouse and cheap VHS tapes. They starred people you never heard of, were shot in fantastically exotic Australian locales, and packed in more blood, guts and explosive glory per…
From co-writing hit songs for Kylie Minogue to playing the biggest dance-music festivals in the world, Dave Seaman (due on Saturday, November 28 at the Church) has done it all. His mainstay is pumping, progressive house with a healthy tech influence that’s underground but easily accessible and capable of filling…
We’re all familiar with the phrase “so wrong it’s right” but it’s rare that we come across an image that exemplifies that familiar idea as perfectly as this week’s top flier. We feel a little dirty just looking at it — liking it as much as we do surely indicates…
It’s almost Thanksgiving and that means it’s time to take a few days off of work, see all the family you so carefully avoid most of the year and stuff yourself until you want to puke and/or pass out. The normal way to celebrate Thanksgiving is to ask everyone what…
