How much do you like tasty solos and long, groove-working instrumental breaks? If that sounds tiresome, you’ll want to steer clear of Kinetix’s Talking to Faces album. If, on the other hand, it sounds like a killer time, prepare for a treat. There’s plenty of impressive instrumental prowess here, especially…
No matter what the endeavor, playing with others can yield some great results. For example, take a twenty-year-plus veteran of dance music who’s been there for everything from piano-driven, post-disco proto-house to the current-now sounds of minimal and electro house, then pair him with a hot, rising star with a…
Just got word that Born in the Flood will be previewing material for a new album on Friday, December 12, at the Bluebird. That show was already looking like a can’t-miss proposition (Born in the Flood, Ian Cooke, Iuengliss, Bad Weather California are only about half the highlights of the…
I hate Christmas music — hate it. It’s dull, overly familiar and absolutely inescapable at this time of year. On the other hand, I’ve been moderately obsessed with so-called chiptunes, music inspired and/or made by vintage video-game machines. So, when I ran across this collection of 8-bit chiptunes versions of…
There is nothing I can say about the clip embedded above that would possibly prepare you for the awesomeness contained within, but I am going to try: Imagine A-Ha’s seminal “Take on Me” clip, then replace the cool animation with live-action roleplayers and production values on the level of your…
I love a good cover. Today, I ran across this list of the best and worst covers of all time and it got me thinking about the art of covers. I know people who hate them, regardless of quality and a lot of people just don’t seem to get the…
Guitar virtuoso/noodler extraordinaire Joe Satriani is suing Coldplay, claiming the band’s song “Viva la Vida,” title tack from their latest opus, lifts a riff from his 2004 track “If I Could Fly.” I can’t be the only one who finds this utterly bizarre. Admittedly, my knowledge of both Satriani’s guitar…
There are few organizations In the history of electronic music that loom larger than the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.They helped develop techniques and technologies that went on to become the mainstay of electronic musicians to this day, not to mention helped condition the masses to accept, even love, the strange, unearthly…
Forget the hype: The AFC West deciding meeting between the underachieving Broncos and Chargers is likely to be disappointing no matter who wins. The real season-ending match-up to get excited about is tonight’s Rocky Mountain Rollergirls vs. the San Diego Derby Dolls bout. An all-star team made up of members…
The Haunted Windchimes paint an evocative and compelling musical picture with familiar hues of folk, blues and Americana. The best tracks are the first few, particularly the opener, “Don’t Be Afraid,” a haunting, mournful dirge, and its polar opposite, “Leaving Here,” a bouncy, up-tempo effort that skews toward pop territory…
This weekend, you can get down with your bad self and do something good for little kids at United: A Toys for Tots Benefit Show, featuring a bunch of top local talent spinning all varieties of dance music. It’s a great chance to sample some of what our vibrant scene…
At first the sensation of interviewing Everything Absent or Distorted (a love story) — known among themselves as Eaod (pronounced ee-odd) — is akin to wrestling an octopus. All eight members are constantly in motion, making jokes, talking over each other, spinning off into side conversations. Even when five or…
Our sister paper LA Weekly has an excellent story up this week about photographer Peter Beste’s work with the gruesome, scary and highly theatrical leading figures of Norwegian black metal. Accompanying the story is an entertaining, and very, very NSFW slide show of selected photographs from Beste’s book. These photos…
So, what have the Hot IQs been up to? The answer to that question will apparently be revealed on Friday, December 19, when the new video is premiered and the act’s 7-inch is released at an all-ages show at the Bluebird with local-scene luminaries the Chain Gang of 1974, Young…
Stuck at work or bored at home, these three links should keep you busy for the rest of the day, either way. Fist up, enjoy these one-line summaries of the meaning behind some of the biggest pop songs in history.Second, electronic music pioneer and legendary producer (U2, Talking Heads, Coldplay,…
I haven’t seen the new Flaming Lips movie Christmas on Mars yet (I’m saving it for the next time I go on an ether binge) but if this bizarre Flash game the band is using to promote the film is any indication, it’s going to be a hell of a…
Eat too much yesterday? Yeah, you and the rest of the nation. You’re in luck though — you can go out tonight and dance it off with the help of Giano, of Italiano Recordings, plus the Denver House Authority crew as back up. It’s happening in the Beatport Lounge at…
Competitors, get ready: The third annual Colorado Cutthroat Connection Fighter Frenzy tournament is on. To succeed, you’ll need catlike reflexes, quick thinking and the kind of meticulously conditioned thumbs you can only get from years of intensive controller training. A deep, instinctual knowledge of Halo 3, Soul Calibur 4, Super…
DJ Colette is not just another pretty face. She’s a pretty face, a sultry, gorgeous voice and some serious DJ skills all wrapped up in one seriously kick-ass package. She’s a Chicago native who draws on her home town’s rich house history, then pushes the electronics to the front and…
The day is almost over, which means your Thanksgiving vacation has almost started. All you have to do is get through these last few hours without doing any work and blessed release will have arrived. Don’t worry, I’m here to help with this link to photos of Swedish dance bands…
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Go ahead and play, it’s not like you were getting anything done today anyway Now that lunch is but a dim memory and beer o’ clock is still hours away, you need something to distract you from the grinding horror that is your work day. May we humbly suggest Auditorium,…
