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…
Props to 3OH!3. Adding to its global ubiquity, the Boulder-based act was nominated as Best New Artist at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. From the looks of it, the hooligans from the People’s Republic have a viable shot of taking home honors, as the competition doesn’t seem to be…
Update: Full schedule for all three days posted after the jump.Original Post (07/08/09): All right, just when you think we’ve reached critical mass in terms of summer music festivals comes word of yet another brand new one. This one’s totally worth checking out if you’re a dyed-in-the-wool, unapologetic jam band…
The Heyday sure has come a long way from when we first wrote about the outfit more than two years ago. Back then, the guys were greener than an Irish hillside in the summertime, having played less than a dozen shows. Since then, the act has crisscrossed the country countless…
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…
In case you’ve been wondering where Flobots have been for the past six months or so, we’ve got the drop: Apparently, besides cropping up periodically at various events across town such as the Westword Music Showcase this past summer and attending to the launch of their non-profit Flobots.org, headquartered in…
Akron/Family, Laura Goldhamer, Achille Lauro, Fellow Citizens Friday, Aug. 1, 2009 Bluebird Theater Better than: Attending an energetic, long-form tribal jam in the woods. Akron/Family had no problem translating their musical dynamic to a live setting. The group’s extended, hook-based don’t require the engineering resources of a studio to remain…
The Northern Way (formerly Set Forth) is getting ready to start shooting its video for the song “Crazy” on Friday, August 7 and is looking for a female lead to star in the clip, as well as a bunch of extras to stand around and act like they’re doing stuff…
Looks like the Danielle Ate the Sandwich phenomenon is continuing to spread like the swine flu in an airport smokers lounge. Just noticed that the Fort Collins-based singer-songwriter is listed as the “band of the month” on paramourfans.com. Not sure about the whole “band” thing or how much such exposure…
Read Indie3O3’s manifesto after the jump. Penned by Ralphie, it’s the radio version of the Things We Think and Do Not Say. Dig it…
Just caught a whiff of the lineup for this weekend’s Hot IQs barbecue, and we must say it is absolutely, positively killer, friends. Besides being IQs’ very last show ever — unless, of course, the band plays the seemingly inevitable reunion show in a few years from now — the…
Update: Ticket giveaway is over. Thanks to everyone who submitted answers! Congratulations go out to Crawford Philleo. You’re the lucky winner of the last pair of tickets to tonight’s show. Two guest list spots will be in your name this evening at the Walnut Room. (The correct answer to the…
You’ve heard the old aphorism that being in a band is sort of like being married, right? Only it’s not sort of like being married; it’s exactly like being married. Ask Mark Sundermeier and Chris Stake of the Trampolines. “We’re together so much,” says Sundermeier. “We file taxes together; this…
So yesterday we posted some footage of the Fray crew pranking the Meese boys and vice versa. Seems this sort of tomfoolery is rite of passage on tour. Who knew? Evidently, while they were on the road with Katy Perry in Europe, the members of the boy band known as…
Have you seen this? The infomercial for the “most controversial music festival in the world,” the 10th Annual Gathering of the Juggalos? Redamndiculous. Everywhere you look, as host Sugar Slam so eloquently puts it, there’s some different shit popping off. Indeed. They should call this little shindig — slated to…
We heard murmurs about this over the weekend, but the official word just came down. Beginning Friday morning at 10 a.m., Indie 101.5 will be broadcasting at Indie303.com. Being billed as Denver’s internet station, Indie 303 will presumably work to build its niche ala WOXY.com (which, incidentally, is in the…
Update: We just received word that Ben Harper & Relentless 7’s performance at the Fox slated for next Wednesday has been canceled and will not be rescheduled. Refunds are available at the box office and will be automatically administered for those who purchased tickets but haven’t picked them up yet…
Although we could probably have went our entire life without seeing the Meese boys frolicking in their drawers, we have to admit that the footage of the stunt the outfit pulled off during its stint opening for the Fray this past weekend inspired a chuckle or two on our part:…
In case you missed it, the Fray appeared on the Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien last night. A couple noteworthy things about the performance: Drummer Ben Wysocki pitched in on backing vocals, suggesting that Joe King’s still experiencing voice problems, and the band tapped a string section to play on…
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…
So this was the weekend for break-ups apparently. Hot on the heels of receiving news of Everything Absent or Distorted’s dissolution, comes word that Needlepoint labelmates Rabbit Is a Sphere have also folded. Though when we spoke with the act last week in reference to a rather curious e-mail that…
Last night, the four-day UMS festival wrapped, and most of our crew made it out for at least part of the fest. And while we rarely agree on anything, we’re all pretty much in agreement that Danielle Ate the Sandwich absolutely stole the show with one of the breakout performances…
