As one third of seminal dance act Underworld, Darren Emerson was a key player in creating some of the best, most memorable dance anthems of all time. Tracks like “Born Slippy,” “Cowgirl” and “Push Upstairs” not only set dance floors worldwide on fire, but they also made it onto soundtracks…

The lovable pop-punk scamps in Animo are debuting the first of a dozen epsiodes documenting the recording of their upcoming album tomorrow on the band’s MySpace page. The band promises “a closer look at our writing process, how and where we record, playing and prepping our instruments, and all the…

If you love a cappella versions of funny, smart-guy piano tunes (and really, who doesn’t?), the world is smiling on you today. Ben Folds is releasing an album of covers of his tunes by college a capella groups — I know, what took so long, right? It’s due to hit…

If you need to get a party started, you could do a lot worse than DJ Dan. Since the early years of the L.A. rave scene, almost two decades ago, Dan has been a force behind the decks and in the studio. He’s remixed everyone from crossover acts like Depeche…

The breakout success of Flight of the Conchords got us thinking of other bands that would make for must-see TV. After all, no one makes money selling records these days, and a band’s gotta make a living somehow, right? So we went into brainstorming mode (in this case, that means…

As if you needed another reason besides the band’s funky tunes to head down to the Bluebird this Thursday, February 19, for the U.S. Pipe CD-release show (check out Jon Solomon’s Backbeat feature on the band from this week’s paper if you haven’t already), you can grab yourself a free…

In what may be a sign of the apocalypse — or, more likely, just a sign that Fred Durst finally blew through his ill-gotten gains and doesn’t want to get a real job — Limp Bizkit has announced a reunion tour and new album. I’ll pause here to allow all…

Just received word that psych-pop magicians Widowers are making an appearance on KVDU, the University of Denver’s college radio station (wait, DU has a college radio station? Who knew?). Tune in to your Internet — it appears that KVDU is an Internet-only radio station (sorry commuters!) from 4 to 6…

DJ Konrad Black is all about the dirty, dirty bass. His signature sound evolved from his involvement in the drum-and-bass scene, and echoes of the dark, deadly tones so prevalent in that form make up the basis of his distinctive take on techno. His work as a producer has made…

The self-titled debut from Grandpa Mojo is a solid introduction for an up-and-coming talent. Its twelve tracks of dubby breakbeat are a showcase for Grandpa’s top-notch production skills, solid tunes and impressive musical acumen. Musically, Mojo mixes up a nice blend of stellar synthesizer timbres and organic instruments including stand-up…

Every year, in the weeks after I have submitted my year-end best-of lists, I take a few days to go through everyone else’s lists to catch things I overlooked, ignored and missed out on. This has been a ritual since the days I was only making those lists for myself,…