Breathe Carolina Signs with Rise Records

Yet another Denver band has officially been spoken for, and for once, the rumors were actually true: Breathe Carolina has indeed inked a deal with Rise Records, the Oregon-based imprint that previously released the debut recordings of Fear Before the March of Flames and Drop Dead, Gorgeous…

Over the Weekend…Detroit Cobras, Super 400 and Yerkish @ the Falcon

Detroit Cobras, Super 400 and Yerkish Friday, May 9 The Falcon You’d never know that Yerkish was missing a guitar player. Down an axeman, Nate Huisgen pulled double-duty — not an easy task considering the band’s complex song structures that border on math-rock. But with his creative approach, Huisgen relied…

Over the Weekend…Phil Lesh and Friends @ the Fillmore

Phil Lesh and Friends Friday, May 9, 2008 Fillmore Auditorium Better Than: Crying into your beer at Sancho’s Broken Arrow next door because you couldn’t find a ticket. Walking into the sold-out Lesh show was interesting; there was an ice-cream truck parked out front, people selling various psychedelic paraphernalia and…

Last Night… Wilco @ Pikes Peak Center

Wilco Thursday, May 8, 2008 Pikes Peak Center, Colorado Springs Better Than: The last time I saw Wilco at the Fillmore. The first time I heard the live version of Wilco’s “Handshake Drugs” from Kicking Television I was floored by the guitar solo in the middle and the pure sonic…

Tip Sheet: The Magic Mice

Who: The Magic Mice Dossier: Formed last year, the Magic Mice feature Aaron Betcher and Chad Peterson, both formerly of O’er the Ramparts. In Their Words: Wisely, these cats opt to let the music speak for itself. Sounds Like: Breathy and languid one moment, on songs like “Body slash Soul,”…

Madonna Announces First-Ever Denver Date

Just received word from Live Nation (natch) that the world’s tastiest sweetheart” will be bringing her, um, Sticky & Sweet tour to the Pepsi Center on Saturday, November 1Tuesday, November 11. (My bad. Thanks for pointing out the error, Carlos). Tickets for Madge’s first-ever trip to the Mile High City…

Flobots Debut Video for “Handlebars”

C’mon, you didn’t really think you’d make it through Thursday without a Flobots’ (still numero uno at Twist & Shout and currently holding down the third slot on Billboard’s Modern Rock chart, BTW) update, now, did you? On Tuesday, May 20, the outfit’s label, Universal Republic, is slated to unleash…

Do You Believe In Magic?

“Hey, you guys like magic?” It was Saturday night, and I was standing outside Scruffy Murphy’s, 2030 Larimer Street, with Chris Shelby, Dave Lamoth, Braden Rauen and Andy McQueen of sixtysixdays, a local Irish-rebel-music band taking a smoke break before starting their first set of the evening. We were catching…

DeVotchKa on NPR’s All Songs Considered and Conan

Fresh off of an overheated performance at Coachella launching its latest tour, DeVotchKa continues to garner great national exposure. Next Friday, May 16, NPR will be broadcasting the act’s Washington DC show at 9:30 Club live for its All Songs Considered program. Then, three nights later, the eve before its…

Tom Waits for No One

So, the one and only Metropolitan Tom Waits, once a mainstay around these parts, has announced his summer tour plans. Guess what… no Denver date!! Two freaking shows in Phoenix (two!!), and he’s even making his way to St. Louis, but nothing for us?! Waits explains the glaring oversight routing,…