Take two parts freak folk and one part New Wave, filter it through a dying Gameboy, then melt shards of sampled hip-hop into the mix and allow to congeal into something weird. That should give you some idea of what to expect with Hideous Men, one of the latest and…
We’re sure you enjoyed our Q&A with Vaughn Harris of Nitzer Ebb last week. But maybe you were wondering why we didn’t ask him about that one b-side off the band’s second single, or why they never remixed Madonna, or how much practice it took to perfect those pouty/scary looks…
What writer wouldn’t want to cover the Olympics? The glitz, the glamor and the high-profile nature of the gig are just about irresistible, regardless of your feelings about winter sports. I mean, I’d jump at the opportunity, and I couldn’t care less about skiing, skating and curling. Well, curling’s kind…
There’s nothing wrong with white people doing hip-hop — if it was ever in question, I think Eminem proved that. And there’s certainly nothing wrong with rappers loving Jesus. I mean, how many hip-hop albums don’t thank the Christ, his dad, or both in the liner notes? So it logically…
The holiday season is in full swing, and even Denver’s monthly Tweetup is getting in on the action. The November meeting of the Twitter faithful is pairing up with the Denver Santa Claus Shop for the latest event, to help ensure a merry Christmas (or other culturally appropriate winter holiday)…
Just in time for the release of the second installment of the execrable Twilight series (New Moon opens tomorrow, in case you somehow managed to block that horrible truth from your consciousness) we’re proud to bring you a vampire-related offering that doesn’t suck. It’s PJ Stroller’s minimal tech remix of…
So what are they putting in the water up in Boulder these days? First 3OH!3 takes its ridiculous electro-hop shtick and turns into one of the biggest bands in America. Now Savoy is emerging as the kind of body-rocking electro act that goes down easy with the rock kids but…
In the beginning, there was the sample. And the love of that sample led directly to the creation of pH10, an electronic outfit with a hard-edged sound and a long, storied history. “Wax Trax proved to me that electronic-based music could be as heavy as the punk rock and metal…
Can you say “disco”? That’s what jumps out at here, due largely to the slick Savoy logo and the supporting typography (love that silly dotted display font, designer!). The image here is arresting, even if it isn’t communicating much beyond “Gasp!” I guess that means Savoy is an exciting and…
Back again in our old “three Twits to follow” form for a special Holiday prep edition to get your burgeoning Twitter feed feeding you stuff you can use as the holiday season descends. As always, follow us at @denverwestword, @cafewestword, @westword_music and @casciato. @Colorado_Moms: If it’s your first holiday away…
The latest remix/mash-up from Animals at Risk — the remix crew made up of Matt Fecher/DJ Hot to Death with Yonnas from the Pirate Signal — is alive. The new track, “Intergalactic Fathers,” takes the Beastie Boys classic “Intergalactic,” chops up lots of little bits from Ideal Fathers “The Tendrils…
Got a tip on this hilarious video for the band Question Block (nice Nintendo reference, by the way) and their song “All You Haters (Suck My Balls)” and we can’t think of a better way to start off a Monday. The song itself is a funny self-parodying blast of hipster-hate,…
UPDATE: The show has officially been canceled. Tickets will be refunded at the point of purchase. Our fellows in St. Louis at A to Z, the Riverfront Times music blog, are reporting that the notoriously wild garage rockers King Khan and BBQ Show were a no-show for their nearly sold-out…
Before we go any further, I feel a warning is in order. Epileptics and anyone who started their day off with a hefty dose of psychedelics should stop here — to go further is to risk madness, injury or death. The rest of you? Well, your eyes and brain may…
Not that there’s any shortage of things going on here in Denver this weekend, but if none of those appeal to you and you don’t mind a little road trip, or you’re one of our friends in Colorado Springs reading this, this weekend offers a chance to check out something…
Downloading of movies, music and other digital media has the entertainment industry in an uproar. All of a sudden, they’re afraid those multimillion dollar budgets aren’t going to be recouped, and they have families to feed! Okay, they have coke habits to feed, but same difference, right? Despite a few…
Tomorrow at the Larimer Lounge, Houses are playing a show where they will release Fall, the third of four planned seasonal EPs. And being the kind souls that they are, the good folk of Houses have provided us with a track from the new EP to give away. The track…
We’ve got a free pair of tickets to Monday’s Wolfmother show at the Ogden Theatre with Heartless Bastards and Thenewno2. Sure, it’s a Monday, but can you think of a better way to chase away those beginning-of-week blues than a sharp, concentrated shot of rock-and-roll insanity from Wolfmother? No, we…
It was just a couple of days ago we were opining about how the future of Pretty Lights was looking brighter and brighter. Now, as if to add credence to our keen observations, Billboard.biz (the online version of Billboard) has gone and featured the outfit as part of an article…
Before there was Superman or Batman, and way before the X-Men or Spider-Man, there was Zorro. The 1920 classic The Mark of Zorro turned Denver-born Douglas Fairbanks into the first action movie star and arguably cast the mold for every masked avenger who followed. “Douglas Fairbanks was a swashbuckler. The…
Get ready for a wild ride tonight when Communikey @ BMoCA, a concert/dance party/art happening takes over the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. “The bands we are hosting are all genre-bending multi-instrumentalists, and because it’s not in a ‘normal venue,’ we can do some different things with the space, and…
There’s a real treat coming for techno heads Saturday, November 14, when Substance & Vainqueur bring musical history to Boulder’s b. side lounge for one of a handful of North American dates. Peter Kuschnereit (Substance) and René Löwe (Vainqueur) have been fixtures in the techno scene for two decades. Kuschnereit,…
