The video embedded above was posted by the Weld county sheriff’s department to help catch the crooks burglarizing the pictured condo. Who knew the Internets would be turned to such weird uses? Shopping was a given, porn seems obvious in retrospect, and Star Trek discussion and flame wars were clearly…
Is it wrong to write such catchy songs from a killer’s perspective? Am I a sick man for finding this so cool? Does this mean I have deeply buried issues? Probably. What can I say, I always wanted to see a band that sounds like a David Byrne-fronted Devo tribute…
Here’s a selection of the best of last week’s music blogging from around the Village Voice chain: Some bands merely play, while others engage in full-scale musical riots. In this review, Monotonix opt for the latter…
In addition to having possibly the coolest moniker ever conceived, Genghis Tron is blessed with a genuinely idiosyncratic electro-metal sound. Fusing the synth-driven sensibilities of electro with metal’s brutal crunch has led most acts toward the late, largely unlamented genre of industrial, but that’s not the case here. Starting with…
Nearly a decade ago, tech house emerged to fill an important evolutionary niche in dance music. By straddling the middle ground between the cheesy excesses of progressive house and the somnambulant tendencies of deep house, the new sound quickly became the dominant movement in the scene. Minimal but driving, with…
Here’s a selection of the best of last week’s music blogging from around the Village Voice chain: Despite having no clue what the fuck this post is about (okay, it’s something to do with Matt Pond), I find it deeply and strangely amusing. I think maybe it’s the seamy undertones…
The down-home charm and rustic spirit of the work of the artist known simply as JACK speaks for itself. His portraits of musicians — mostly older, rootsy artists such as Willie Nelson, Little Richard and Etta James — and his signature stick flags are easily understood by everyone, which is…
Almost fifty years ago today, humanity took its first tentative steps into the infinite void when Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. To celebrate that milestone, space lovers in forty countries around the world — and the astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station — will come…
If the music business were poker, singer-songwriter Jessica Sonner would be holding a straight flush. Her sound is a polished, accessible blend of pop, country and blues influences, and she’s blessed with a powerful, sultry voice that helps elevates her songs. It doesn’t hurt that she’s also a classic beauty…
DJ Icey’s name is synonymous with funky breaks. Arguably the best-known and biggest breakbeat DJ and producer in the dance-music scene, he’s been instrumental in shaping major currents within the breaks genre. Icey’s sound is clean and open but always chunky, with relatively straightforward breaks and edgy electronic bass sounds…
So you think you can dance…or maybe you just wish you could. Either way, Monsters of HipHop is here to help. The organization brings top choreographers who have worked with some of the world’s top talent — including Justin Timberlake, Missy Elliott and Usher — together with aspiring dancers to…
Here’s a selection of the best of last week’s music blogging from around the Village Voice chain: So, the Rutles, a Beatles parody/tribute from years ago, are revived to hop on the bandwagon pioneered by Spamalot. It’s produced by Eric Idle and Lorne Michaels, stars a real-life Beatles tribute band…
In my misspent youth, I subscribed to the theory that Wednesday, by virtue of being the halfway point to the weekend, was a day to party. The logic may have been spurious, but it did make the week fly by. In that spirit, tonight’s Monolith Madness pre-party is coming to…
For local artist Duane Hess, there’s really no better way to introduce a kid to the wonders of art than through the medium of LEGO. “It instills creativity and problem solving in kids. It helps them step through the logical thinking that they need later in life to solve their…
Here’s a selection of the best of last week’s music blogging from around the Village Voice chain: Sate your nostalgia for the Aquanet-fueled halcyon days of hair metal with a look at this collection of vintage show ads from Minneapolis. My favorites are the many appearances by the oafishly named…
The future of art is in the hands of dorks. More accurately, in the hands of Dorkbot — an international organization of hackers, artists, builders, modders and makers — whose motto is “people doing strange things with electricity.” “I’ve always been into experimental electronic art,” explains Jane Crayton, founder of…
Forget everything you thought you knew about quilts. Even Grandma’s most extreme quilting patterns never hinted at the possibilities realized in the work on display at Don’t Fence Me In: Contemporary Quilting, on view today through May 18 at the Longmont Museum and Cultural Center, 400 Quail Road in Longmont…
Jungle aficionados need no introduction to the work of Ed Rush and Optical. Over the past decade, the two have blazed a trail of far-out freak funk as DJs, producers and heads of the seminal jungle label Virus. Their heavy-duty, brutal take on jungle has been hugely influential, giving rise…
Long before Steve Bug became a master of the deep, sleek, techno-infused realms of house music, he was popping, locking and maybe even doing the Robot. “The first time I recognized feeling music as something special,” Bug remembers, “was when the street-style breakdance stuff got big. “But I may have…
Calling all otaku! Anime, manga and other Japanese pop-culture pursuits are the order of the weekend at Anime Wasabi, starting tonight and continuing through Sunday at the Holiday Inn DIA, 15500 East 40th Avenue. Besides rubbing elbows with other devotees of Gundam, Dragonball and the like, there’s plenty to feed…
Better watch your girlfriend around Benny Benassi. Not only is he a suave-looking Italian guy, but he’s a rising star in the dance-music scene who specializes in sexed-up, electro-fueled house sleazefests such as “Who’s Your Daddy?” and “I Love My Sex” — you know, just the sort of thing to…
Here’s a selection of the best of last week’s music blogging from around the Village Voice chain: In his second entry as the Seattle Weekly’s resident guest blogger, the Long Winters’ John Roderick meets classic-rock royalty in the form of Alan Parsons and it sparks some deep thoughts on the…
