Deerhoof is weird. When the Bay Area experimental indie-pop outfit opened for Radiohead in Berkeley two years ago, Thom Yorke thanked them during his band’s set with a caveat that included pointing to his oddly-shaped head and making the twirling motion that connotes “crazy.” Yorke’s got a point: For a…
Not to be outdone or outshone by those Animo cats, P-Nuckle has posted a brand new video of its own for the song “A Place Called Home.” The video, which appears to have been filmed entirely on location at [insert name of non-descript, north suburban trailer park here], looks like…
Most of us have either played and/or been invited to one of those songwriter shows. You see them all the time. You know the ones… three or four songwriters pick a venue, invite their friends and fans and voila: a heartwarming show ensues. Lives are changed. Tears are shed. Etc…
Here’s something that’s never made any sense to me. Live albums. I always feel like it would have been great to be there, but the recording only captures one dimension of the experience. And because all the rest of the experience is missing, the recording magnifies any weaknesses in the…
In case you’ve been wondering where we’ve been most of the morning, we’re happy to inform you that we just returned from the ophthalmologist, where, after much consternation and effort, he successfully removed the mechanical pencils we had jammed in our eyeballs after screening Animo’s video for “Left Out,” which…
A Place to Bury Strangers Wednesday, October 8 Larimer Lounge Better Than: Sitting at home crying because My Bloody Valentine won’t come to Denver. After last night’s show, it wasn’t so much that my ears hurt or were ringing; it was more like my head was encased in a sine…
A bit of bad news for the detractors of the Denver Message Board, who have no doubt been doing the dance of joy in its absence, and uplifting news for those who have been experiencing severe withdrawals: The DMB is back. Well, it’s about to be, anyhow. Sometime in the…
Remember the days before digital? Back before seemingly everybody had a ProTools- or Logic- or Cubase-driven rig in their bedroom? When all you had to record on was a beat up old analog four-track and a road worn SM-58? So do we. In fact, last weekend, we came across an…
Photo: Jim Narcy What’s in a name … for Planes Mistaken for Stars, a lot. Alright, so I just started editing next week’s section, and Tom Murphy wrote a preview on a band whose name appears in the list below — you’ll have to pick up next week’s paper to…
Photo: Jason Klauber Not sure if you noticed or not or if you were even paying attention, but the cutesy synth-pop featured in Apple’s newish nano-chromatic commercial is by none other than Chairlift, the Brookyln-by-way-of-Boulder trio. The song, “Bruises,” is the same one the outfit closed its Larimer Lounge set…
Catch Lungs LOCALS ONLY On Wednesday, local hip-hop fans made their way to the Fox Theatre in Boulder to see who would represent Colorado at this year’s Scribble Jam Festival in Cincinnati, Ohio. The decent-sized crowd was treated to performances from up and coming local artists Catch Lungs, Purpose and…
Photo: Brian Landis Folkins Just came across a short YouTube clip featuring the Flobots being interviewed by Matt Hildreth, from Sojo.net. In the short, four-minute video, Jamie Laurie and Stephen Brackett discuss their faith and convictions and how they relates to their music and progressive politics. Check it out after…
Hmm… and folks say Denver’s a cow town. So I’ve just returned from the startling, stunning and scintillating country of India with much food for thought – and no new music. When I left, I had visions of catching some cool Indian indies in some cavernous club that smelled vaguely…
Occasional Backbeat contributor and band manger/consultant with BandGuru, Mark Bliesener, has organized a panel discussion at the Tivoli Center titled Evolution of the Rock Concert. Fittingly, the discussion — which is free and open to the public and slated to take place on Wednesday, November 12, from 1-2:30 p.m. –…
Last month, Douglas Newman, the executive editor of JamsBio.com, reached out to me looking for folks that were on hand at Red Rocks on that fateful day twenty-five years ago for U2’s now legendary show. He told me he was putting together a video podcast commemorating the release of Live…
Just when it seemed like Regas Christou’s expansive nightclub empire couldn’t get any bigger or more impressive, along comes City Hall, the brand new outdoor amphitheatre slated to open within the next few months at 1144 Broadway. The space, which was previously a plot of dirt between two:am, Christou’s after-hours…
Make room on Sunday nights for another local music show — well, kinda. While Sam Hill’s Sunday School isn’t entirely local, this past Sunday night at 10 p.m., the show’s namesake did play tracks from Jason Vigil and Vonnegut — alongside cuts from Colbie Caillat, 3 Doors Down, OAR, Nirvana…
Oasis rolls into the Broomfield Event Center December 8. It’s been three years since Oasis toured the States, and they’ll be hitting the Broomfield Event Center December 8 as part of the band’s Dig Out Your Soul (due in stores October 8) world tour. Neil Diamond just added a third…
Photo: Scott Smith Sigur Rós Saturday, September 27, 2008 Red Rocks If anyone nodded off during the first part of Sigur Rós’s set at Red Rocks this past Saturday night, I think they can safely be forgiven. The somnial sounds being churned out by the precious Icelandic quartet were lulling…
Update: Just received word that the memorial service for Sharon Rawles will take place at 11 a.m. this Friday, October 3, at Bullock Mortuary (1375 E. Hampden Avenue). ———-Original Post———- Sharon Rawles, who had recently fallen gravely ill and was placed in hospice last week, passed away late yesterday afternoon…
This just in… 3OH!3 has officially reached ubiquity, as evidenced by its appearance in the October 3 edition of Entertainment Weekly (the one with Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert on the cover re-creating the controversial New Yorker illustration). As if there was any doubt, Boulder’s most unlikely superstars clearly continue…
Photo: Tom Murphy James Monday, September 29th, 2008 The Ogden, Denver Better Than: A lot of the atmospheric pop rock that has come since. Emerging from an impressive field of expressive guitar bands in Manchester, England, James made a name for itself with a larger body of work than many…
