Our premier flier for the week advertises the upcoming CD release party for the Ideal Fathers debut EP on Saturday, May 16, at the Larimer Lounge. The Fathers are great live performers who bring some serious energy, the EP kicks ass and this is pretty much a can’t-miss show –…
Expect something special when Joel McHale, star of E!’s The Soup, hits the stage of the Paramount Theatre tonight. “I come out wearing the largest codpiece in North America…because I want to impress the ladies,” he says. “Then I talk about Ryan Seacrest for two hours.” With a little prodding,…
Bollywood meets baseball tonight in a flurry of elaborate costumes and choreography at the Colorado Rockies International Night “They really wanted to make this year’s international day a bigger spectacle than in the past,” explains Renu Kansal of the Bollywood West dance studio. “They wanted something upbeat, high-energy, youthful and…
Just like that Mexican flu took DNA from pigs, birds and people and cooked it up into a wholly new and highly infectious mix, San Francisco’s Lazer Sword has swiped bits and pieces from hip-hop, electro, drum and bass (and pretty much anything else the band could lay its hands…
Perhaps having a short time to live makes you reach for everything you hoped to accomplish in a longer lifetime. That could explain why A Better Place is so crammed full of ideas, influences and styles over the course of its fourteen tracks. Gregory Hill and his cohorts channel the…
Just like that Mexican flu took DNA from pigs, birds and people and cooked it up into a wholly new and highly infectious mix, San Francisco’s Lazer Sword has swiped bits and pieces from hip-hop, electro, drum and bass (and pretty much anything else the band could lay its hands…
The recorded tunes of Black Market Empire simply do not do the band justice. Before Saturday, I was familiar with the band only from its three MySpace tracks, which were decent if somewhat uninspired retro new wave that conjured up such ’80s stalwarts as the Cure, Duran Duran and more…
Finally, a band has emerged that combines my love of experimental improvisation and dub with my love for spiders (seriously, I love the creepy little bastards). The brilliantly named Fight Spider with Spider lists David Lynch and John Zorn amongst its influences, has an instrumental credit for “mad scientist station,”…
Hey look, it’s Vince! You probably know him as ShamWow guy or SlapChop guy or “getting arrested for fighting with a hooker” guy, but thanks to the skills of DJ Steve Porter, the powers of AutoTune and the wonder of YouTube, his true purpose in life as “surreal robo-rapping manic…
No less than three Westword Music Showcase nominess came together to bring you today’s free mp3 goodness. It’s a remix of the Astra Moveo (nominated in Electro/Dance Punk) track “Dollface” put together by Adam Rojo of the Ideal Fathers (nominated in Post Punk) and Matt Campbell (aka DJ Soup, nominated…
For a limited time, local dubstep producer Alert is offering his latest release as a free, 320Kbps MP3 download. The two tracks, “Borderlined” and “Demon Eyes” are both slow-burning, atmospheric slices of bass-heavy future funk. Of the two, “Demon Eyes” takes the prize for its spacious and shifty percussion paired…
Embark on a magical mystery tour of the tumultuous ’60s through the music of the Beatles in When We Were FaB, a unique opportunity to see beloved songs — from the early innocence of “I Want to Hold Your Hand” through the complex, heady tunes of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts…
When there are no more open lanes in hell, the dead will roll on Earth. Or at least that seems to be implied strongly by the existence of the Zom Bowl-A-Thon tonight, a fundraiser for the upcoming locally produced movie Atom the Amazing Zombie Killer from Bizjack/Flemco productions. “I thought…
I appreciate bands that try to do something different. I do. But, seriously, whoever came up with the idea of rapping over a horrific mesh of post-rock with jam-band tendencies — it sounds like Phish outtakes as produced by Tortoise — needs to sit down and re-evaluate their record collection…
Though his name may not be as recognizable as those of top-level superstar DJs, among house-music cognoscenti, Mr. V has plenty of cachet. But even if you’ve never heard of him, the most cursory listen to his smooth blend of deep, soulful house music will illuminate his abilities behind the…
MSTRKRFTFist of GodDim Mak/DowntownMSTRKRFT’s latest electro opus highlights both the duo’s ace skill set and inherent limitations. The eleven tracks all feature gigantic synthesizer riffs and banging percussion arranged into head-nodding, fist-pumping anthems. That’s a good thing in the sense that everything here is pretty catchy but it gets tiresome…
Just heard that Duncan Barlow, frontman for the incomparably awesome d. biddle, is getting together with some band mates from back in the day to play some reunion shows as Guilt. Since those shows are in Louisville, Kentucky and Chicago, we’re going to miss them. What we don’t have to…
Ah, the ’80s. Was there ever a decade more full of cheese? More eager to turn vital art and cultural movements into cheap novelties? More ready to make anyone and everyone that lived through them look idiotic? Hell no! And, gods willing, there never will be again. Once was plenty,…
I just caught sight of this excellent poster and knew right away that it was our flier of the week. In the course of advertising the sure-to-be excellent appearance of Dormir, Gloam, Portamento, St. Elias and Woodsman at the Meadowlark this Saturday, April 25, this flier makes a powerful statement…
So earlier this week, we wrote about the locally based digital download boutique max3 being up and running. It’s in beta form and right now they are giving away more awesome free stuff (and also some awesome not free stuff, but that’s another blog post all together) in addition to…
The men of Spinal Tap — Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer — have been walking the fine line between clever and stupid for 25 years. Now, in the finest tradition of KISS without makeup and countless MTV Unplugged appearances by hair-metal bands, the trio is mounting a thirty-city…
The work of three acclaimed international directors comes together in the anthology film Tokyo!, showing tonight as part of the International Film Series. In Boulder Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), Leos Carax (Pola X) and Bong Joon-ho (The Host) each contribute pieces that offer widely divergent and…
