Steve Porter calls his brand of dance music Porterhouse, and if you’ll forgive the terrible pun, it is indeed pretty meaty. His mixes are full of thick, dense progressive tracks that meld the airy, sweet tendencies of trance with earthy, ass-shaking bass lines. By injecting a healthy dose of funk…
For 25 years, until his death in May, comedian/poet/playwright Don Becker entertained audiences and held court in the creative community in Denver. Westword’s cover story this week by Adam Cayton-Holland explores Becker’s life and death. But to get a feel for what Becker was like onstage, watch this twenty-minute clip…
View larger image Texas Total Number of Delegates: 228 Pledged: 193 Unpledged: 35 How to Recognize a Texas Delegate: This state may be huge and populous, but the Lone Star mystique can be summed up in the image of George W. Bush and Jessica Simpson driving a Ford F-150 pickup…
Here’s a wrap-up of all the great stuff you missed this week on Backbeat Online while you were busy speculating what kind of family dust-up could lead Madonna’s younger brother to write an unauthorized, tell-all biography. We’re betting he didn’t get what he asked for last Christmas…..
Formed in 2004, the Last Seen is the culmination of singer and guitarist Jason Hayes’s longtime musical ambitions. Joined by guitarist John Reimers, bassist Ryan Smith and drummer Todd Bills, the group plays a dark and driving brand of melancholic rock. On the eve of the act’s CD release party,…
TITO DEL BARRIO MALAGA NOMINATED IN WORLD Performing 7:15-7:45 DAZZLE PERSONNEL: Samir El Yesfi; Djordje Vasovic; Kenny Villanueva; M’hammed El Mendra; Zay A. Rios; Ryan Mullin; Steven Contreras Discography: N/A Download or stream the entire track after the jump…
Photo by Laurie Scavo CAT-A-TAC NOMINATED IN INDIE ROCK Performing 6:30-7 PM BAR STANDARD Personnel: Andy Tennant; Jim McTurnan; Connor Bailey; Warren Wonders Discography: Past Lies and Former Lives (2007); Cat-A-Tac (2005) Download or stream the entire track after the jump…
Summer is here, and for music lovers, that can only mean one thing: It’s festival time! Love them or hate them, festivals are the quintessential summer music experience. Sure, it can be exhausting to spend an entire day (or two, or three…) at a concert, but there’s nothing quite like…
Summer is here, and for music lovers, that can only mean one thing: It’s festival time! Love them or hate them, festivals are the quintessential summer music experience. Sure, it can be exhausting to spend an entire day (or two, or three…) at a concert, but there’s nothing quite like…
The members of Knoxville, Tennessee’s Yee-Haw Industries have been blurring the lines between art and design for more than a decade. Displaying a certain sly, self-deprecating humor, they call their works “art-like products.” Despite the disclaimer, however, these distinctive, handmade letter-press prints are as appealing and attractive as anything hanging…
Surreal visions and beautiful, complex abstract designs populate the world of Robert Maestas, a Colorado artist originally from New Mexico who works primarily in a digital medium. In his work, bizarre figures and twisted tableaus inspired by his life’s trials and tribulations are rendered in bright colors and bold shapes…
NO PLOT KILL NOMINATED IN PUNK Performing 3:30-4 PM 1144 BROADWAY Personnel: David Bartz; David Schmidtline; Ray Hammer Discography: Evil Prevails When Good Men Fail to Act (2007) Download or stream the entire track after the jump…
Photo by John Halpern REED FOEHL NOMINATED IN SINGER-SONGWRITER Performing 4:15-4:45 PM DAZZLE Personnel: Reed Foehl Discography: Stoned Beautiful (2007); Spark (2004) Download or stream the entire track after the jump…
NO FAIR FIGHTS NOMINATED IN METAL/ HARD ROCK Performing 5:45-6:15 PM 1144 BROADWAY Personnel: Justin Ray; Collin Sanford; Brian Chambliss; Patrick O’Fallon Discography: No Fair Fights (EP) (2006) Download or stream the entire track after the jump…
VICES I ADMIRE NOMINATED IN MODERN ROCK Performing 2:45-3:15 PM ANDREW’S ON LINCOLN Personnel: Mickey Dollar; Dave Curtis; Mark Towne Discography: Plan B. (EP) (2005) Download or stream the entire track after the jump…
WHYGEE NOMINATED IN HIP-HOP-MC Personnel: Whygee Discography: N/A Download or stream the entire track after the jump…
THE INFORMANTS NOMINATED IN BLUES Personnel: Kerry Pastine; Mac McMurray; Mark Richardson; Paul Christophersen; Paul Shellooe; Kenny Plum; Jonny Love Discography: Stiletto Angel (2007) Download or stream the entire track after the jump…
IUENGLISS NOMINATED IN AMBIENT/ ELECTRO Personnel: Tom Metz; contributors Discography: Sammy’s Wildest Dreams EP (2008); Wake-Up Time (2007) Download or stream the entire track after the jump…
Here’s a wrap up of all the exciting stuff you missed this week while you were goggling in amazement at Metallica’s insistence that a blogger take down his preview of their upcoming album, thus demonstrating the group’s continued lack of anything resembling a clue when it come to these here…
The joys of childhood meet experimental art — and cake will be enjoyed by all — at Cinema Jou Jou III, a fundraiser for TIE, The International Experimental Cinema Exposition. “Jou Jou is ‘little toy’ in French,” explains TIE curator Chris May. “The whole theme is childhood. We’re having cakes…
Now that $4-a-gallon gasoline has graduated from a worst-case what-if to a daily reality, scooters are looking less like an affectation for the terminally hip and more like the only practical way to get around. “My truck cost $80 to fill up the tank; my scooter costs $6,” says David…
The Germany of popular imagination is a place ruled by efficiency, order and a rigid, uptight worldview. How is it, then, that so much incredibly sexy, funky house music originates there? Okay, the fact that so much of it is of the stripped-down, minimal variety lends credence to that whole…
