As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, “What are you listening to?” The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we’ve compiled a…
With Indie 101.5 leaving the FM dial and making the move online, Mile Hi-Fidelity has officially gone on hiatus. After eight months of programming, we decided to take a break. In the meantime, until the program resurfaces, we’re in the process of going through the archives and picking out some…
With Indie 101.5 leaving the FM dial and making the move online, Mile Hi-Fidelity has officially gone on hiatus. After eight months of programming, we decided to take a break. In the meantime, until the program resurfaces, we’re in the process of going through the archives and picking out some…
Ever wonder what a languid version of “Don’t Trust Me” would sound like drained of its vitality with completely earnest, singer-songwriter styled vocals? Actually, if you’ve ever wondered what 3OH!3 would sound like hopped up on tranquilizers and stripped of its hyperactive delivery and ever present smirk and recast as…
Yo! Raps Magazine must really have their ear to the street, or they’re just awfully prescient. This morning the site posted a Q&A with the Starting Five in their Next 2 Blow section. Starting Five? Next 2 Blow? Scratching your head? Don’t feel bad if you haven’t heard of these…
You know how they say everybody’s a DJ these days? Based on the number of self-produced recordings we receive each week, the same can be said of recording engineers, too. These days, it seems, everybody also has a recording studio, thanks to the proliferation of cheap recording gear. Problem is,…
Yep. You read that right. The ladies of Hemi Cuda, another storied Denver band that’s been around for more than a dozen years, are hanging up their hot pants and heels for good. Although the act hasn’t announced when its final show will be, when it appears at Bender’s Tavern…
Here what the area’s local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We’re currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows, including Radio 1190’s long-running Local Shakedown, KTCL’s Locals Only, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and the Colorado Wave, which is…
All right, as if there wasn’t already enough going on this weekend to entertain you, what with the Dancin’ In the Streets Festival, the Warped Tour, the Mile High Blues Festival, the Mardi Gras Music Festival, Kings of Leon at the Rocks and the Houses EP release party tonight, here’s…
With the release of its Spring EP this past April, Houses has quickly become one of Denver’s most exciting bands, both live and on record. If there’s any outfit that personifies the exuberance and exhilaration of living in the Mile High City, it’s Houses. So it’s fitting then that the…
After four albums, extensive touring and a decade together, Zebra Junction, who just took home honors at this year’s Westword Music Showcase awards, will be playing its last show tonight in Golden at Parfet Park. Although the members intend to continue to collaborate and record music with one another, there’s…
Yes, we know we already posted a Denver Boot this week — earlier today in fact. Consider this one a bonus. See, our buddy Lance from the Flat Response had this great recording of a Larimer Lounge set from this past May from Yuzo Nieto and the Hand that Rocks…
With Indie 101.5 leaving the FM dial and making the move online, Mile Hi-Fidelity has officially gone on hiatus. After eight months of programming, we decided to take a break. In the meantime, until the program resurfaces, we’re in the process of going through the archives and picking out some…
With Indie 101.5 leaving the FM dial and making the move online, Mile Hi-Fidelity has officially gone on hiatus. After eight months of programming, we decided to take a break. In the meantime, until the program resurfaces, we’re in the process of going through the archives and picking out some…
Speaking of Mile Hi-Fidelity, here’s another show favorite. Those who tuned in more than once likely heard “Wrong or Right” by this band, which we spun quite a few times. If you’re drawn to the raw, emotionally-charged song stylings of Lucero, then Fort Collins-based Arliss Nancy is going to strike…
With Indie 101.5 leaving the FM dial and making the move online, Mile Hi-Fidelity has officially gone on hiatus. After eight months of programming, we decided to take a break. In the meantime, until the program resurfaces, we’re in the process of going through the archives and picking out some…
Last time we checked, there’s still a good four months left until the end of the year. Regardless, that hasn’t stopped Bob Boilen and company from NPR’s All Songs Considered from weighing in on the best music of 2009 (so far). Actually, check that — the results, which were posted…
Without question, Hot IQs, which took the stage for the last time this past weekend at the Larimer Lounge, made its mark on the Mile High City and will be sorely missed. Starting life as the Royal We, the outfit grew ably into its own as songwriters and left us…
Yes. It appears so. Meet Hunter Brown, an eighteen-year-old artist from Denver, who’s already amassed an impressive pedigree. Over the past three years, Brown has worked Dr. Dre associate Kirv (aka Kevin Irving) and collaborated with fellow Denverite, Frank E of the aptly dubbed Red Hot Beats productions — yet…
In case you haven’t noticed, Pitchfork is in the midst of a heated love affair with Pictureplane. We couldn’t be more stoked to see Mr. Pictureplane himself, Travis Egedy, getting his due. With the new album, Dark Rift, dropping yesterday on the Lovepump United imprint, it looks like the crush…
What in the hell are they putting in the water up in Fort Collins? Seriously? Seems like every ten minutes or so our neighbors to the north are churning out another batch of noteworthy artists. Meet Shel, the latest FoCo outfit to cast us under its spell. Comprised of four…
In last week’s issue, we weighed in on Open Captioning, the brand new Yawn Tron record and also the latest release from the burgeoning Bocumast imprint. “Had Front Line Assembly emerged now instead of in the ’80s and dispensed with vocals entirely,” wrote Tom Murphy, “it might have come up…
