Although it’s a balmy 49 degrees here in the Mile High City right now, apparently it’s not quite as mild on the East Coast. In fact, it’s crummy enough out there to keep the legendary Rev Run grounded, which means his highly anticipated (by us, anyhow) appearance this afternoon at…
Egads. Just when you thought it was safe to peaceably ignore the new-and-nowhere-near-improved version of American Idol like the rest of the country, along comes another homegrown contestant to follow. Meet Emma Henry, a fifteen-year-old hopeful from Littleton, sophomore at Chatfield High School. After driving some sixteen hours to audition…
As people who think about, talk about, listen to and make music, the most common question we encounter is, “What are you listening to right now?” Whether you’re looking for recommendations, trying to get a feel for our individual sensibilities, or are just curious, we’ve compiled a list of all…
To some, Tennis’s whirlwind story sometimes seems just a bit too quaint and fantastical to be true: Boy meets girl, they fall in love, save money, take a sailing trip along the Atlantic Seaboard, hear “Baby It’s You” in a Floridian bar, store the sound and try to re-create it…
Caleb Slade could have chosen an easier field to go into than music. Name sound familiar? What about the face? Even if neither registers, you might recognize the voice, which sounds suspiciously similar to one that sold millions of records around here. That’s because Caleb Slade is the younger brother…
Old school metal fans across the country are no doubt peeing themselves right now over The Big 4 (we certainly are). In case you happened to miss the big announcement on Facebook earlier today, four of the metal’s venerable titans are going to be together on the same stage for…
Tickets? We’ve got ’em. Consider us your hookup for the hottest shows this week and weekend. Raekown at Summit Music Hall? Check. People Under the Stairs at the Marquis? Indeed. Snowdown 2011 with DJ Z-Trip and Lloyd Banks? Bet. Kraddy at the Bluebird? Gotcha covered. Would you and a guest…
By all accounts, the first installment of the Colorado Music Gear Swap Meet at Cervantes’ yesterday was a success. The two-level venue was buzzing with activity through most of the afternoon as vendors and gearheads alike made conversation, purchases and trades of everything from keytars to sitars. Vendors included well…
So this year’s Coachella lineup has been announced. Have you peeped that shit? It’s going to be sick, bro. Creed? Nickelback? Limp Bizkit? On the same stage? Be still our beating hearts. Road trip! Can we get a hell yeah? Looks like it’s time to hit the LQ, fire up…
DeVotchKa has finished up work its new album, 100 Lovers. The first track from the new record, due out Tuesday, March 1, on Anti-, “100 Hundred Other Lovers,” officially went on sale on Amazon and iTunes this past Friday. Astute netizens, however, can download the track for free on Stereogum,…
You’re familiar with the Wu Tang Clan, we presume? Yeah? Meet the Ru Tang clan. Okay, that’s not the name these ladies are going by, but it seems like a fitting enough handle seeing as how our own Ru Johnson is helping put together this very special show at the…
Sounds like the P-Nuckle dudes are shuffling the deck again. The band is about to play a new hand on its new album, The System, the follow-up to Stand Up, last year’s primarily reggae-driven record. Flush with a new rhythm section, the outfit is leaning more toward a heavier, old…
There are few things that bring us joy quite like finding a new act to get all excited about. It’s kind of like finding a twenty-dollar bill in the pocket of a jacket you haven’t worn in a while. We’re enjoying that feeling right now listening to “Still Falls Apart,”…
BLKHRTS’ six-song debut is impressive upon first listen and continually rewarding and compelling upon additional spins. While all of the MCs involved (Yonnas Abraham of The Pirate Signal, FOE, Karma, Catch Lungs, Haven) are in dependably top form here as they trade verses with one another and add shading with…
Sizzlingly hot off the presses, SP Double has dropped a brand-new set of songs with Focus, the Grammy-winning producer and Aftermath recording artist with whom he collaborated previously on the Focus on SP EP in 2009. The joint effort will purportedly be Focus’s last hip-hop album, significant in the fact…
Fancy yourself a hard-core fan? No, seriously. We mean hard-core as in die-hard — and a fan of hardcore the music. Good. You’re going to need to be to appreciate what this. Over at Artifacting.com, they’ve just posted 24 hours of hardcore, everything from Denver’s Bum-Kon to MDC to the…
A couple of days ago, we posted the first track from Spoke In Wordz forthcoming effort Power of Wordz and speculated that it has all the trappings to be a heater. Suspicions confirmed. We’ve come across three more tracks, and they’re all bangers. Spoke doesn’t mince words on the first…
Joe Thunder is steady grinding. Lazy Sundayz Volume 5 and Mile High Madness Volume 3 are just about under wraps, and the Box State Music mastermind blessed us with a couple of exclusive tracks for you. The first cut, produced by DealzMakesBeats, is a rhodes-inflected tune, smoothy smooth with a…
Jimmy ‘Stx’ Blair, drummer for Heart & Soul Radio (formerly Animo and Dork), just issued a statement that took a tremendous amount of guts to make. “If I have learned anything recently,” he states, “it has been that there is no time like the present and complete honesty is always…
There’s no question that Wiz Khalifa has a loyal following. That much was evident when his Taylor Gang invaded the Ogden last fall. What we didn’t know was that his reach stretches all the way to the playground. Witness Houston’s Young Lyric (aka Lyrikkal) — emphasis on young; shorty is…
Okay, so here’s a nutty idea. Last week, Taylor Swift topped the Billboard charts once again by selling 52,000 copies of her Speak Now album — an industry low, reportedly, taking the title from the Dreamgirls soundtrack, which previously held the distinction with 67,000 sales…
A date has finally been set for the premiere of Denver Undiscovered, the eagerly awaited documentary project spearheaded by Dane Bernhardt of Crazy Horse Studios and our own Tom Murphy, focusing on the high points and underexposed aspects of the Denver scene. The film, which is being presented in concert…
