Tonight at Rhinoceropolis, Pictureplane is kicking off his Goth Tour in fine style — goth style, that is. The notice I just got asks attendees to dress goth (the picture left is a detail from the flier, ostensibly included as a helpful hint if you’ve forgotten what goth looks like)…
The impressive Timecrimes is one of an increasingly rare breed: a science-fiction film that relies on a well-executed story rather than expensive special effects for its impact. The movie tells the story of Hector, an unremarkable, middle-aged Spanish man who spies a beautiful stranger in the woods while relaxing at…
Children of the night, rejoice: You’ve got a brand-new option for getting your spooky on. DeathWish Night, a monthly goth/industrial dance party and concert event, kicks off tonight — and what better day than Friday the 13th to launch such a trip into the darkness? The promoters promise an eclectic…
Carl Cox has never had the superstar status in the U.S. as some of his British peers, but don’t think for a minute that his place in dance-music history is in question. Cox’s roots go way, way back to the very beginning; this is a guy who was playing acid-house…
The twenty tracks on the Bocumast Instances Vol. 1 compilation cover an incredible amount of territory, from several varieties of relatively straightforward guitar rock and singer-songwriter material to outré experimental electronics. That kind of willful eclecticism can be crippling, but it works here for the simple reason that the label…
This week’s tops-in-class flier comes courtesy of Lion Sized guitarist/vocalist Josh Bergstrand, who designed this excellent, eye-catching poster to promote his show March 26 at the hi-dive with the Ideal Fathers, who are headlining, and Snake Rattle Rattle Snake, who seem to be the inspiration for the imagery. This one…
It’s finds like this that make me glad I am a pathetic, house-bound loser who spends all his time surfing the Internet. The good folks at Amazon.com got into the MP3-selling business a while back. Not only are there formats better than the ridiculous iTunes formats (for example, no DRM,…
If you’ve ever wanted to party with 2,000 lesbians, this is your night. Babes Around Denver is celebrating the sixth anniversary of its monthly First Friday party. “We started it in 2003. It started out with a hundred people and it’s grown to 2,000. It’s been great.,” says organizer Dede…
As if you needed another reason to head up to Nederland tomorrow for Frozen Dead Guy Days, we just got word that Denver’s own raucous psycho/psychedelic rock pranksters deadbubbles will be playing at 4:30 p.m. as part of the frozen festivities. Word is they’ll be playing without a drummer, from…
Today slice of World Wide Weirdness comes courtesy of the videography of Ceven Knowles, the musical act Stark Effect, a girl named Miriam and the bizarre phenomena of mic-in tracks. See, back in the ancient days of file sharing, a popular MP3 program used to name its recordings “mic in…
Just got word that Elitt Beat, a new house-music act incorporating live instrumentation, is debuting its act at the Funky Buddha. The brainchild of Casablanca-born DJ Elitt (aka Simo Fellah, pictured), Elitt Beat incorporates violin, percussion and saxophone into its international house stylings. Joining DJ Elitt tonight will be David…
Scott Walker is one of the great unsung heroes of modern music. His career spans forty years, from his quasi-boy-band origins to his eventual emergence as an avant-garde icon. His long and storied career is thoroughly and entertainingly documented in Scott Walker: 30 Century Man, a biopic from director Stephen…
Vampires versus zombies ranks highly in the spectrum of inherently awesome ideas, and local author Mario Acevedo does a fine job with this can’t-miss premise in Jailbait Zombie, the latest Felix Gomez novel. It’s the fourth outing for Gomez, Acevedo’s vampire private-eye protagonist. Like Acevedo himself, Gomez is a combat…
Matthew Dear is one of the most exciting things to happen to dance music in a long, long time. Under his own name, he’s released a series of pop-inflected electronic albums full of excellent songs and clever beats and is gaining a reputation as a top-notch live performer. Under aliases…
Matthew Dear is one of the most exciting things to happen to dance music in a long, long time. Under his own name, he’s released a series of pop-inflected electronic albums full of excellent songs and clever beats and is gaining a reputation as a top-notch live performer. Under aliases…
It’s basically the metal we wish would have happened after ’86,” says Tauntaun guitarist Ian O’Dougherty of his band’s music. “After ’86, metal went in crazy ways, everywhere, and we didn’t like anywhere that it went. This is the record that we thought should have come then. If we were…
There’s no question my love of horror movies influenced my affection for this week’s top flier, but even non-fans have got to appreciate the New Ancient Astronauts’ cheeky take on this iconic image. At first glance it might look like they simply copied the original poster image, but a closer…
Got moves? If you’ve been polishing up your go-go dancing skill set in front of the mirror for a while and are ready for your big break, your big break may just be ready for you. This Friday, March 6, Team Easy and the Triad Dragons are sponsoring tryouts for…
Today’s exploration of the freaky world of sublime musical stupidity takes us back to the long-gone days of 1989, when it was marginally acceptable to include a freakishly awkward rap number in your bland teen comedy and not expect every actual teen that saw it to throw up in their…
If you don’t have plans Friday, how about an extra-spooky evening with the Silver Cord, who promise “shattered glass, sex and tears” for the show? The neo-goth/industrial band is releasing its Conflicting Emotions EP at the Old Curtis Street Bar and for the low, low price of $5 you not…
Forget the blockbuster live-action G.I. Joe movie coming out this summer. It’s sure to ruin your childhood memories and leave you wishing you’d stuck with something more true to the source material — something like Gio Toninelo’s G.I. Joe Fest, a celebration of stop-motion animated films created with real G.I…
Improv shows himself to be something of a hip-hop auteur on Omotion, which he wrote, produced, recorded and mixed largely on his own. His skill as both a producer and rapper are obvious from the opening minutes. The disc opens with a sound-collage intro that morphs into a pleasantly pushy,…
