Saturday, March 20: The sun burned off most of the cloud cover as the crowd continued to swell. In the Bat Bar, the Von Bondies tuned up all of their gear for a DirectTV taping, then launched into a near perfect set of fuzzy soul blues mixed in with a…

The Epilogues gentlemen shot some video of the slackers (yes, slackers! dudes were supposed to keep a tour diary but ended up flaking and passing off the task to the Epilogues) in the Photo Atlas performing at SXSW. From the looks/sounds of it, the guys were in pretty decent form…

Saturday, March 20: So we’re here in Austin, Texas. We’ve been getting “Austonian,” if you know what I mean. Heh. The drive down was pretty fresh …well, for at least the first few hours. By the eighteenth hour, we were rockin the B.O. Sport for sure. It was nice riding…

Saturday March 21 – Day 4: So here we are. Our last day in Austin. Going to try and take it easy today, seeing as how we have to drive to L.A. tonight, but I’m sure we’ll still get into some trouble. We’ve got a show at 9 p.m. tonight…

And the hits just keep coming for Pictureplane, the musical vehicle of Travis Egedy. On Wednesday, Pitchfork reviewed “Trance Doll,” the A side of Pictureplane’s new Lovepump United 7-inch and gave it a six rating, which in the Pitchfork Universe is pretty decent praise. The best part of the review,…

Those on the Fray’s mailing list may have noticed that Denver was conspicuously missing from the act’s exhaustive list of upcoming tour dates this summer. Rumor had it this was due to the fact that the band was going to be performing at the Mile High Music Fest. Well, that…

Friday, March 20: I arrived in Austin on the evening of Wednesday, March 18th. I had played SXSW last year so I knew what to expect. But this time around, I am hired to play bass for 3OH!3 — you know, that small band from Boulder? The band who still…

All right, I’ll admit it. I’m all kinds of bummed out. Not only am I feeling like two crates of ass specially flown in from Assville right now thanks to some stupid throat/sinus/ear infection, but I’m reeling from reading all the South By Southwest coverage from my colleagues (including a…

We’ve just learned that one of our favorite acts from the Springs is hanging it up. After four years of churning out exceptional guitar-driven pop, A Novel Form is giving up the ghost, frustrated, evidently, by numerous line-up changes and the fact that the members haven’t arrived a point where…

Why someone didn’t think of this sooner is anyone’s guess. And if Southwest Airlines hasn’t given this guy a raise yet, for chrissakes, what are y’all waiting for? Seriously. We’re switching our next flight to Southwest in hopes of coming across David Holmes, the world’s foremost (and perhaps only) rapping flight attendant…

If you’ve already downloaded the Young Coyotes’ two EPs and are itching for more music, lucky you. The act’s Daytrotter Session was just posted for free download. The songs are dependably raw, and the write-up is surprisingly enlightening. We’ve been covering these guys since the beginning and thought we knew…

Just received confirmation of a rumor that we heard late last week, that the members of Animo have indeed parted ways. Bassist Donovan Welsh says while there’s various reasons for the split, ultimately, the band had just run its course. The years of toiling away took its toll on he…

All right, I’ve made no secret over the years of my loathing of battle-of-the-bands types of events. I’m just not a fan. At the risk of sounding all sanctimonious, I’ve always felt like these things cheapen the music, in essence reducing any semblance of art to a battle of the…

Man, it’s hard to believe that it’s already been a year since the world-famous Cricket On the Hill shut its doors for good. Talk about leaving a gaping hole in the scene. The place was an institution, the iconic equivalent in Denver to CBGB closing in New York, is I…

In its fifth consecutive week on the charts, the Fray’s self-titled sophomore release is still generating impressive sales figures, good enough, in fact, to remain in the top ten on the Billboard 200. Last week, the group registered 30,000 more sales, which moved it up a notch to number seven…

From the sounds of it, the 3OH!3 dudes are having the absolute time across the pond. The folks at MTV have tapped the guys to keep a tour diary of their current jaunt supporting Katy Perry. Evidently, the crowds are massive and enthusiastic, with “people slam dancing just like home,”…

Remember this past November when we told you about the Young Coyotes’ Daytrotter session? We’ve been patiently waiting since then to hear the blasted thing. Well, thankfully, it looks like the wait is almost over, as next Tuesday, March 10 week*, the session will be available for download. As it…

From the sounds of it, the Pirate Signal has been working overtime. Fresh on the heels of wowing crowds at this year’s Sundance film festival, preceded by a string of dates supporting 3OH!3 last fall, the act is headlining a stellar bill at the Marquis Theater this Saturday, March 14,…