Man, what an unbelievably fun show we had last night on 101.5 FM. Eryc Eyl, Tom Murphy and A.H. Goldstein joined me in the studio for the first of a two part Moovers & Shakers special edition of the show. Over the course of two hours, as we discussed and…
Last week on Mile High Fidelity, my new show on 101.5 FM, I marveled at how we’d seamlessly segued from the station’s regular programming to our all-local music mix. In the not-too-distant past, listeners might have made unconscious concessions for the homegrown work, assuming that the production and songwriting would…
Alright, this may just be the coolest flier we’ve seen all year. This one’s all about the old school. All day, every day, Playboy. Know what I’m saying? We’re talking Sharpies, an Xacto knife, some old magazines and a glue stick. Fuck Photoshop. This is how is used to be…
Photo: Jason Klauber All right so how freaking rad is this? The mailman just laid the new copy of Spin on me, the Best of 2008 issue with TV on the Radio on the cover. And as I’m thumbing through it, I notice very few surprises: Black Kids, Vampire Weekend,…
Man, oh, man! Merry freaking Christmas, folks. It’s two-for-Tuesday. First we pointed you in the direction of the Cephalic boot we found, and now we’ve just learned that Kam from the Chain Gang of 1974 — who’s just returned from a stint on the 3OH!3 tour and is due this…
Bells will be ringing, this sad sad sad news/Oh what a Christmas to have the blues/My baby’s gone/I have no friends, to wish me greetings once again… Every year at this time, for as long as I can remember — hell, probably since I first heard the tune when I…
Looks like the rumor first floated last week by my cohort Andy Thomas on Mile Hi-Fidelity is true. (Not that I ever doubted you for a minute, man.) The original members of the Blackout Pact are indeed reconvening to record a followup to their stellar 2005 Astro Magnetic debut, Hello…
Later this week, we’ll be unveiling a new feature on the blog called The Denver Boot, which will feature exclusive live recordings taped by our pal and frequent commenter, SxPxDxCx. The first installment will be the Cephalic Carnage and Brujeria show taped earlier this month at 3 Kings Tavern, and…
As Eryc Eyl so astutely noted in his Mile High Makeout column today, it is indeed that time of year again, when fans, bloggers and pundits alike compile and weigh in on their top picks for the year. So far, we’ve stumbled upon a pair of lists, one from Julio…
Mercury Rev amd the Duke Spirit Sunday, December 14, 2008 Fox Theatre, Boulder Better Than: The last unbelievably great Mercury Rev show at The Fox. It probably would have been wiser to stay home on a night like this and not risk the icy streets and highways between Denver and…
The Black Crowes, Vetiver Saturday, Dec. 13 Fillmore Auditorium Better than: Revisiting the sounds of ’60s soul and ’70s rock with a middling bar band. “I swear I’ve heard that riff before.” That was the recurring thought as I watched the Black Crowes and Vetiver perform Saturday, as the solos,…
Always secretly harbored a desire o get into the live music game? Here’s your chance. The owners of the Rock & Roll Grill, located at 15th and Champa, have put the venue on the market. With approximately 5,000 square feet combined, the space, which purportedly was a speakeasy at one time,…
After years of grinding it out on her own, writing, recording and performing here and across the country on her own dime, truly embodying a grassroots, do-it-yourself approach, Angie Stevens is about to get a major boost from a well-regarded member of the music industry. Next month, the affable local songstress…
Hello. My name is Dave. I’m addicted. Hopelessly addicted. Hello, Dave. No, seriously. I’m a junkie. I’ve got it bad for Friday Night Lights, man. Really bad. Last year around this time, I got a terrible case of the flu. I missed a couple days of work. It was ugly…
Just received word from Brad Turner of Nuts & Berries that the show slated to take place this Wednesday, December 17, that Tom Murphy wrote up this week has been canceled to make room for the Larimer Lounge’s annual Christmas party. Turner and the Lounge are in the process of…
Well, Andy Thomas and I — with the help of Jon Solomon, who sat in with us for the second half of the show — made it through the second edition of Mile Hi-Fidelity, our new local show on 101.5 FM. Aside from some novice board-op flubs on my part…
In the shadow of Five Iron Frenzy, Brave Saint Saturn seemed a quaint, tuneful distraction. With the former now laid to rest, the music of these former FIF cohorts can be assessed on its own merit. To that end, Brave Saint Saturn proves to be a viable entity on this…
We were driving toward Hollywood to catch Shwayze at the Roxy. Atmosphere was playing in the background, and my son was grumbling about Denver, futilely trying to sell me on the virtues of living in L.A., the sunshine, the palm trees — second-verse-same-as-the-first. I was trying just as futilely to…
The Fray’s video for “You Found Me,” the first single from the act’s forthcoming self-titled disc, made its online debut Tuesday night on VH1.com. The clip, directed by Bear Creek High School alumni Josh Forbes — who’s also worked on videos for Alkaline Trio, Metro Station, Sara Bareilles and Great…
.hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } Last month, we posted a pair of folkier tunes from Mike Marchant (pictured left, photo by Andrew Segreti) that he said didn’t quite fit with the new songs the Widowers had been working on. We’ve since learned that…
After completing two extensive back-to-back tours of the West Coast and Midwest over the summer and through the fall, the Autumn Film is back at home briefly through the holidays, taking a bit of time off to write before embarking on another series of dates. On the next jaunt, the…
In what appears to be a fairly recent development, Radio 1190’s long-running local-centric specialty show, Local Shakedown, which airs on Friday afternoons from 4-6 p.m., has begun posting past shows and playlists on the station’s website. Music director Katherine Peterson has also put out a call for fans of the…
