Trima Replicates OK Computer Live Thursday, May 29, 2008 Oriental Theater Better Than: anyone had a reasonable right to expect it to be. Well, color me impressed. Against all odds, they pulled it off. Trima, the band assembled by drummer Damon Scott with the sole purpose of replicating The Greatest…
Joan Of Arc, Future of The Ghost, d.biddle Thursday, May 29, 2008 Hi-Dive Better than: The last time I saw Joan Of Arc. What is it like to be praised on one hand and completely loathed on the other? The only other man able to answer that question besides George…
Dig OK Computer? What am I saying? Of course you do. That’s like asking if you’d be into a mind blowing, marathon toss with Claire Forlani on the banks of the French Rivera, followed by a fresh Dunhill and a man sized plate of Krispy Kremes. Mmm… Claire Forlani… donuts…..
This week on the Spiral, the fellas head up to Ft. Snodgrass to hang out with Drag the River and Armchair Martian’s affable frontman. There, Jon enlightened them on the finer points of Thin Lizzy and informed the boys that Drag the River is not, as, ahem, previously reported, broken…
After its date at the Mile High Music Festival at the end of July, the Photo Atlas will reportedly be heading out to Baltimore for two weeks to record with the legendary J. Robbins. For the uninitiated, Robbins is an icon from the D.C. hardcore scene on par with guys…
Tonight over at the Bluebird, the Demon Funkies will be celebrating the release of their brand new disc, Punk Junkies, with Strange Condition and the Flash Mob. To commemorate the occasion, we’re presenting you with two songs from the record for download. Snag an MP3 of “Backdoor” or “Girl,” or…
With scant few exceptions, musicians from this country who feign a British accent end up sounding like utter dipshits. Brits, meanwhile, who legitimately possess a Cockney inflection by birthright, often sound middle-American when they sing. It’s a truly puzzling phenomenon. You have to listen really closely to detect even the…
The Breeders and the Montana Boys Wednesday, May 28, 2008 The Ogden Theatre, Denver Better Than: The last two times that the Pixies played live in Denver. The show started early, so I missed the entire Montana Boys set, even though I made it to the Ogden by 8:30. They…
‘Twas a gorgeous, late-spring evening in the foothills last night, when Ben Gibbard pulled his Death Cab into Red Rocks for a twenty-two song set complete with the obligatory references to U2. Click here to see the show through our lens, or read our full review after the jump…
Releasing albums on your own or through small labels can be a remarkably difficult and cash consuming process. However, as you’ll see in this slide show, it can also, at times, reveal beautiful and amazing artistic capacities…
Photo by Summit Studios This just in… In a completely unexpected turn of events, Magic Cyclops, who’s entire image is more or less built around the snappy, multi-colored Hulk Hogan headband he sports, has issued a statement effectively renouncing his Hulkamaniac status. Read his unedited, rather stoic note in its…
Photo by Chris Velarde The Dresden Dolls, Smoosh, and Ukulele Loki and the Gadabout Orchestra Tuesday, May 27, 2008 Ogden Theatre Better Than: Not dressing up in clothes from the movie Cabaret. The Dresden Dolls throng was out in full force last night, but only about half of them donned…
Click here for slide show by Jon Solomon Pee Pee, Paper Bird and New Denver Orchestra Saturday, May 24, 2008 Mercury Cafe Better than: Uh…doo doo? Just thinking about Pee Pee’s name makes me want to crack up. I was giggling like a twelve-year-old when I told a few people…
Photo by James Mitchell Evans. Jeremy Enigk and Damien Jurado Saturday, May 24, 2008 Fox Theatre The crowd at the Fox Theatre took the bad news stoically. By bad news I’m referring to here, of course, is the simple songs of heartbreak and woe that Damien Jurado and Jeremy Enigk…
Yerkish hamming it up. Denver Art Rock Collective Saturday, May 24, 2008 Toad Tavern Better than: The Des Moines Art Rock Collective. The Denver Art Rock Collective, a group of diverse local bands not easily pigeonholed into safe categories or genres, presented a sampling of the five acts in their…
Photo by Tom Murphy. Swervedriver, the Swayback and Life and Times Friday, May 23, 2008 The Marquis, Denver Better Than: Way too many guitar rock bands of the last decade and a half. With talk of how latecomer tickets were going for upwards of a hundred dollars for Swervedriver’s show…
UmConscious, Rhythm Vision and And Sometimes Why Friday, May 23, 2008 Soiled Dove Underground Better Than: Overblown, corportate hip-hop. By the time And Sometimes Why launched into “Down,” the second song of its set at the Soiled Dove, the act’s aspirations for radio play were clear. Lead singer Mike Berg…
Photo by Dragondeer. The Photo Atlas, The Epilogues, Set Forth Friday, May 23, 2008 Walnut Room Better Than: Staying at home and listening to Kiss FM. I’m not going to lie — I’m a huge fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Veronica Mars. Regardless of my love for these…
Here’s a run down of what you might have missed this week on Backbeat Online while all eyes were on R. Kelley, who was undoubtedly ruing the day that he gave in to his body, which was evidently telling him “yes,” while his mind was telling him “no”…..
Bass players and drummers, man. What is it about bass players and drummers? I’ve never been able to hold on to one. Ever. Actually, that’s probably more on me than them, if you want to know the truth. I’m what I would call a perfectionist — and what other musicians…
Remember this past November, when I wrote about Chris Fogal’s new doom metal super group, On High, featuring Ian O’Dougherty, Matty Clark and Dave Barker? I directed you to their page on Virb.com, which at the time had three free songs posted for download from their forthcoming disc. Those who…
LOCALS ONLY Rie-Rie is one of the very few female rappers in the Colorado hip-hop scene and among even fewer who consistently puts out albums. In 2008, Rie Rie is trying to do it even bigger by releasing two albums at the same time. One of them, Ms. 5280, is…
