Last month, we mentioned Robert Schneider’s new project Robbert Bobbert and the Bubble Machine. And earlier this week, Schneider, the ever prolific Apples in Stereo mastermind, released his debut under the Robbert Bobbert moniker, and already the whimsical, kid-centric project seems to be gaining truckloads of momentum. We just learned…
It’s been said that the mark of a truly great band is the ability to deliver the same caliber performance in front of virtually nobody as you would for a crowd of thousands. Gared O’Donnell from Planes Mistaken for Stars didn’t just subscribe to this notion, he lived it. Emily…
Love ’em or hate ’em, you’ve got to admire those 3OH!3 cats. In just a few years, the act has gone from being a word-of-mouth, regional phenomenon to turning heads across the country with a breakout single, “Don’t Trust Me,” frenetic stage presence and an absolutely devoted and maniacal fan…
There’s a million reasons that guys play music. Some are in it for the money (heh-heh…yeah, right!), or the pursuit of fame (key word here is “pursuit,” because hardly anyone every actually becomes famous), or in the case of some guys, it’s for the chicks (er, yeah, this seems even…
Once upon a time not all that long ago, Denver seemed like it was isolated from the rest of the world, with musicians making great music that, with a few notable exceptions, the rest of the world just wasn’t privy to. (Granted, some of the more cynical among us still…
Told ya’ Thursday is the new Friday. As proof, there’s no shortage of killer local shows tonight around town: U.S. Pipe is celebrating the release of its new platter at the Bluebird, as is Chuck Potashner (teamAWESOME!) at the Oriental Theater, where he’ll also be playing his last show in…
At the excellent suggestion of an esteemed reader named Mike — in a why didn’t we think of this before moment — starting today and every week from now on, we’ll be posting the playlists of the other local-centric speciality shows including, Radio 1190’s long running Local Shakedown, KTCL’s Local’s…
We had too much fun on the show last night. Gave away a bunch of cool stuff — tickets to the Bands You Need to Know 2 show tonight at the Marquis and CDs from Lion Sized and A Shoreline Dream — and had a couple of great guests on…
From the colorful insert, splendidly illustrated by frontman Jeff Kahn, to the lyrics, which fall eloquently between proverb and poetry, Skeleton of God’s latest effort — the followup to Urine Garden, its masterful mid-’90s debut EP — is clearly not just another mindless foray into extreme metal. While the reconvened…
Photo: Anthony Camera So, just got off the phone with Adam Lancaster (Morning After Records, Curious Yellow), and the lineup for the Mile Hi-Fidelity party in Austin is close to being completely confirmed. Wait? What? Mile Hi-Fidelity? Isn’t that the name of your radio show, you ask? Indeed. And while,…
Bruce SpringsteenWorking on a DreamColumbiaReviews for Springsteen’s latest tend toward extremes, with most critics declaring it to be either a work of absolute genius or an exercise in vapidity whose lyrics could use a major infusion of seriositude. The confusion is understandable. After all, Working on a Dream is a…
Hot on the heels of last week’s Valentine’s Day challenge in which the Fray reportedly wrote and recorded a love song in 24 hours at the behest of Q Magazine, comes this oddity: Evidently, Isaac Slade and company — prompted by God only knows what — recorded a cover of…
As noted by an attentive blog reader earlier today in the comments section of our original post, Leftover Salmon singer/keyboardist Bill McKay, who was arrested late last month on accusations that he drugged and assaulted a female acquaintance on New Year’s Eve after a gig his band played in Edwards, Colorado,…
Better get some gloves on, folks: This one’s so hot off the presses that it’s literally still cooling as we post this. We’ve just been blessed with a brand-new, super-exclusive (it isn’t even posted on the band’s MySpace page yet) track from the Still City’s as-yet-titled forthcoming record, which the…
We’ve had a burned copy of this for a minute, but we forgot just how utterly kick-ass it is. Needless to say, when the new, pressed, Zodiak Killer version came across our desk this afternoon, we got a refresher, and all we can say is holy fuck, man! Sounding like…
Yes, we know that we’ve already posted a flier in this week’s Pole Position, but since we didn’t get around to posting one last week and since, thematically, this one seems to go hand in hand with the Taun Taun flier, we thought you might give us a pass. This…
This Thursday, February 19, at the Oriental Theater, Chuck Potashner will be releasing a new disc and reconvening with a few of his old teamAWESOME! chums (“This is the closest thing to a teamAWESOME! reunion show you are going to get, so don’t miss it!” notes Potashner) before shoving off…
The design for this Taun Taun flier is simple yet eye-catching as heck. The act’s logo serves as the focal point for this handbill touting the band’s CD-release show at the Bluebird on Friday, March 6. There’s just something about the earthy simplicity that perfectly represents the straightforward yet primal…
The biggest news of the week in Denver music was obviously the Fray being the biggest selling band in the country. But aside from that, there was a ton of other news, like word of SleeperHorse parting ways, Gregory Alan Isakov touring with Brandi Carlile, Single File being featured on…
Yes, this is another Fray-related item, the last one this week for sure (and hopefully the last for a while — unless, of course, the band is number one on Billboard again next week; God help us). Anyhow, we’ll keep this brief. Considering our proximity to Valentine’s day, sharing this…
Just received a copy of Single File’s new record, Common Struggles. Haven’t had a chance to give it a real thorough listen yet, but from what we’ve heard thus far, it doesn’t sound like a huge departure from the act’s previous recordings. The hummable hooks the band built its name…
If you don’t already have plans tonight for Valentine’s eve — like, say, seeing DeVotchKa at the Paramount — it would be well worth your time to stop by the Bluebird to catch Gregory Alan Isakov & the Freight, with Oakhurst. By now, you’re probably intimately familiar with the guy…
