What separates the bulk of weird, wackaloon amateur singer/songwriters from someone like Wesley Willis or Daniel Johnston? Talent, certainly, but the math alone insists there are more than those scattered gems among the depths of crazy people with microphones. And occasionally you stumble across one that, at first glance, is…
Look, it’s time for us to talk. We’ve been following you for a while now, and it’s just not working out. We’re going to have to dump you. It’s not you, it’s us. Okay, that’s a lie. It’s you. See, like all too many a new Twitter user, when we…
If you need a set of playful yet sexy techno, you could do a lot worse than calling upon the services of Les Freres Courvioiser, a faux-French duo with a penchant for spicing up their sets with ridiculous costumes and general hijinx. In the course of putting together this week’s…
The cult-classic sketch-comedy show The State introduced the peculiar comic stylings of Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter to the world. They followed that with projects such as the movie Wet Hot American Summer and Stella, an ambitious take on the sitcom genre. Their latest project is Michael and Michael…
All the way from France comes the sexy, deep techno of Les Freres Courvoisier. Okay, it isn’t really French; it’s local artists Jonathan Canupp (aka Ten and Tracer) and Joshua Smith’s (aka Time for Trees) collaboration as the faux-French brothers Jean-Pierre and Stefan Courvoisier. Together they produce “sexy party music…
On their self-titled LP, the Lords deliver a potent, sludgy blend of heavy, super-fuzzy riffs, a thundering rhythm section with just a hint of swing and throaty, passionate vocals that fall somewhere between Alice in Chains and Stone Temple Pilots. It’s a sound that would have been huge fifteen years…
If you need to scratch your nerd itch tonight, Ignite Denver 5, at Casselman’s, 2620 Walnut Street, starting at 7 p.m., would be a fine place to do it. If you aren’t familiar with the Ignite concept, it challenges a ragtag bunch of “experts” to present their expertise in five…
It’s rare to see a flier for a dance-music event that’s this elegant and understated. Fliers for what used to be called raves relied heavily on abstract CGI imagery, eye-scorching color schemes and faux-clever drug/pop culture references to grab one’s attention. None of that is on display here. Instead we…
Last week, we asked actual twits why we should follow them. We received many amusing responses from lots of people, including an unreasonable amount from one Mr. Cargo (@defconqueso) who gets th enod this week for both his dogged persistence in winning us over, and the fact he’s actually a…
On Naima’s Grass Pajamas, Paul Riola’s Bottesini Project has assembled something of a dream lineup, including guitar legend Nels Cline of Wilco, bassist Keenan Wayne, CacheFlowe, Janet Feder and Glenn Taylor. The musicians recorded a day’s worth of improvisations, then Riola and Colin Bricker spent many additional hours in the…
If you like playing in “the realm of 32nd notes” in time signatures such as “13/16 and 5/8” and have a great love for all things Dungeons & Dragons when it comes to lyrics, get thee to Lakewood, where “Zack” awaits you as his musical soulmate. Also, you should not…
Longtime Denver dance music stalwart Vitamin D has a new album coming February 24 and, from the sounds of the tracks he has posted on his MySpace, it should be a good one. He announced it back in July and today, he released this image of the album cover. Not…
So, you’ve been driving around, nodding your head and/or snapping your fingers to “Sexy Bitch,” the cheesy, sleazy collaboration between French superstar DJ David Guetta and hip-hop dude Akon. And you’re digging it, but you keep asking yourself, “Why didn’t they release a crazy electro version of this shit?!?” Well,…
Among the many accomplishments of the power of networked computing, I consider the elevation of karaoke from hilarious drunken pastime to even more hilarious high art one of the greatest. See, YouTube and other video/audio hosting services have allowed many, many thousands of aspiring singers to attempt to karaoke their…
Orbit Service, the experimental/psychedelic pop outfit of Randall Frazier, will be appearing on the upcoming compilation MOM. The disc is a benefit for Beta-lactam Rings Records owner Chris McBeth’s mother, who has cancer. “[McBeth and I] have become very close friends over the past few years. His mother was recently…
Want to know why the police are congregating outside the house down the block? Chances are that if you wander down there and ask, they’ll just growl at you to head home and not to worry about it. But get online and ask Lieutenant Matthew Murray via Twitter. He says…
If you’re in need of some new music to freshen up the ol’ iPod, yet find yourself as bereft of disposable income as ever, here’s some good news: more than three dozen free albums from Rope Swing Cities, all in one place for easy perusal. The local IDM/ambient electronic netlabel…
Mark Knight is on an upward trajectory in the DJ world. Last year, he broke the top half of the DJ Magazine top 100. As head of the Toolroom label, he’s put plenty of records in DJ’s boxes from artists such as David Guetta, Deadmau5 and Audiofly. His own hits…
It’s all about the image. This week’s flier sports a warped, neo-psychedelic visual that takes us back to the days of drawing out our drug-inspired visions on our high-school math notebooks. Except, we weren’t nearly this good, and we drew a lot more dragons and shit. In any case, the…
This week, we asked actual twits why we should follow them. And among the many, many amusing responses we got, the tweet by Lauren Cook (@laurencook) took the prize for its timely nods to two great figures in western history. Find out what she tweeted to sell us, as well…
German industrial-dance darlings KMFDM are coming to FashioNation Friday, October 9, for a two-hour, in-store CD signing and fan meet and greet. We have a special place in our once black heart for these scowling Germans — in a roundabout way, they paved the way for us to become dance…
Daedelus, Musa and CacheFlowe Bluebird Theater Monday October 5, 2009 Better than: The rest of my Monday — by a long damn shot. Today, I had a bad case of the Mondays. As a result, I approached this show with a heavy heart — I would much rather have been…
