Great googly moogly! Are Flobots playing with the house’s money right now or what? At this moment, the act is still the top seller at Twist & Shout, outselling new releases from R.E.M., Nine Inch Nails, the Breeders, Raconteurs, Van Morrison and Gnarls Barkley. And next month in Tucson, Jamie…
Redline Defiance is dunzo. Or not, depending on what you’ve heard. “REDLINE DEFIANCE QUIT! NO LONGER A BAND!” reads a blind post on the band’s myspace page. That post was followed by a more in-depth pronouncement from guitarist Emerson Willis that was sent out to the band’s mailing list…..
Emily Francis wants to make a difference. And now that Planes Mistaken for Stars is permanently grounded, the band’s former manager has an idea that’s ready for takeoff. Francis, who’s helped curate Denver Fest for the past three years, has teamed with Jeff Campbell, former NIPP staffer and current 3…
It’s official: Nathaniel Motte and Sean Foreman, the pair of hooligans known collectively as 3OH!3, are no longer free agents. “We sent the contract in the other day,” Motte confirms. “It’s all said and done. We’re excited.” The act has been snapped up by Photo Finish Records, an offshoot of…
Just received a missive from Nasty Little Man, Radiohead’s dutiful PR firm, with the words, “RADIOHEAD AUGUST 2008 DATES & VENUES CONFIRMED,” in the subject line. My heart raced a bit, I’ll admit it, as I scrolled down… but alas, it then flatlined. Again. Still no Denver date. What are…
They say the devil’s greatest trick was trying to convince the world that he doesn’t exist. A decent ruse, but as the Swayback just proved, the devil truly is in the details. Although the act’s latest, Long Gone Lads, has a loose, almost tossed-off, insouciance, its creators actually toiled endlessly…
Gregory Alan Isakov isn’t a big talker. Live, he rolls through his sets with graceful efficiency and a minimum of banter. When he does speak, it’s at such low levels that you’re forced to lean in close to catch the gist of what he’s saying. As soft-spoken as Isakov is,…
When people find out I’m in a band, they ask a series of questions. The first one is always, invariably, “Does your drummer have a boyfriend?” followed by, “What’s the craziest thing that’s happened to your band on the road?”…
Christopher Jak has done it again. Dude’s got the midas touch, I swear. From the same production whiz who brought us the Heyday and Set Forth, comes Ride Your Bike, yet another piece of finely crafted Fort Collins-based power pop. Ride Your Bike, the brainchild of Mike Getches, is Jak’s…
File under: Fuck yeah! Although rumors have been swirling for a while now, it’s official: The five original members of the Fluid are getting back together for three shows, two back-to-back performances at Seattle’s Marymoor Park for Sub-Pop’s 20th Anniversary Festival on July 12 and 13, and one a few…
Two decades ago, an outdoor amphitheatre was created in the heart of Greenwood Village. The gods saw that it was good and named it Fiddler’s Green. In recent years, it’s been known as Coors Amphitheatre — even though a great many stubborn locals still called it Fiddler’s. Well, good news…
Alright, stop whatever you’re doing right now. No. Seriously. Stop. Right now. Great, now that I have your attention, click here and give a listen to the Natural Selection, a new local act my boy Bitz turned me onto. Let’s see, there’s really no real delicate way to put this…on…
Anybody catch the new CSI promos over the weekend? Evidently, after being on ice for the duration of the agonizing writer’s strike, the CSI crew is back on the case, and in honor of such a momentous occasion, CBS is running promos hyping its return with a trailer featuring “Are…
LOCALS ONLY In 2006 The Pirate Signal, consisting of rapper-producer Yonnas and DJ A-What, released a self-titled EP that brought a breath of fresh air to the Colorado hip-hop scene. But because the stagnation most hip-hop artists face here in the Mile High, Yonnas moved to Brooklyn, New York, with…
An out-of-state friend of mine just asked me to pull together some recommendations of good music that has emerged from colorful Colorado in recent years. I’m looking at the playlist in iTunes right now and can’t believe my eyes…
Things for a lead vocalist to avoid when performing at a high-profile, multi-day music festival: 1) Cigarettes, 2) Booze, 3) Landing on your throat after attempting to do a flip from a low-hanging tree branch into a shallow river. You don’t have to be an otolaryngologist to deduce that it’s…
Having once played together in a short-lived punk band called London SS, Mick Jones and Tony James have been friends for thirty years. After embarking on successful careers with the Clash, as well as Generation X and Sigue Sigue Sputnik, respectively, pair reconvened in 2002 to form a new project…
Dear Bandicoots, My band hasn’t figured out what costumes to wear on stage. Got any advice? – Anonymous…
Update: Click here and here for live blog coverage of the entire event. Tom Petty and Dave Matthews will be bookending AEG’s inaugural Mile High Music and Arts Festival, on Saturday, July 19 and Sunday, July 20, respectively. The rest of the bill will be filled out by top shelf…
Alan Andrews and company deliver a Photo finish. Slide Show If you could see pretty much any band in the world that you wanted to right now or to catch groups that you can see at home any old time, which would you choose? No brainer, right? It was for…
…wasn’t nearly as loud as expected, but this kid was prepared. The last time I saw Motorhead was a few years back at the Ogden Theatre with Corrosion of Conformity. Stupid me, I forgot to bring earplugs. I knew better. Not sure what the hell I was thinking. Anyhow, about…
At the end of January, when I first glanced at the tentative list of acts chosen to perform at this year’s South by Southwest festival, I did a double take. The lineup looked like a holdover from the first Bush administration, the days when gas was still under two bucks…
