All right, the next time you think of stereotyping jam band connoisseurs as dirty weed smoking hippies, you might want to reconsider. Just after the first of the year, the Jam Cruise, a six-day musical excursion to the Caribbean, with Boulder’s Big Gigantic, Bob Weir, Robert Randolph and Galactic, among…
So we’re thoroughly anticipating the release of the new Spoke in Wordz collaboration, Power of Wordz, (slated for release on Friday, January 21, at Casselman’s). From the cast of characters (take a look at the cover in the above clip) and from the snippets we’ve heard thus far, this comp…
We’ve just received word that Havok, Denver’s thrash-metal flag-bearers, are set to continue wreaking, well, havoc in 2011. The act has reportedly finished work on its follow-up to 2009’s Burn. Recorded by James Murphy (Death, Testament), Time Is Up, the new album, the outfit’s second for Candlelight Records, is slated…
In defiance of Tila Tequila’s seemingly idle threats that she would single-handedly bring down the cultural juggernaut that is the Juggalo Gathering after last year’s melee, in which she endured flying dildos and urine bombs, Psychopathic Records and ICP have announced the dates of this year’s Gathering. Once again, the…
BLKHRTS With The Pirate Signal, Lust-Cats of the Gutters Flashlights and PDRBLK 01.10.11 | Glob Yonnas Abraham has often referred to BLKHRTS as a “gang” and flippantly pointed out how formidable and imposing the crew — which also includes King FOE and Karma — is. From only minor cameos, though,…
Hey, what do you know? Performing at the Showcase can actually be beneficial to your career. Well, so to speak. In a roundabout way, playing at the Showcase helped the men of Boldtype land an opening slot on the upcoming Guttermouth tour. Well, it sealed the deal, anyway. We’ll let…
Ah, here we are again, a new year. You know what that means? Yep. Time to start the South by Southwest countdown. The first bands have been announced, and although there will likely be a bazillion more announced, of the groups announced so far, three local bands have received official…
Call it a hunch, but we’re going to venture a guess that the members of Churchill are falling more on the happy end of the Happy/Sad spectrum these days now that their like-named, fan-funded full-length is under wraps…
Looking for a new soundtrack this fine afternoon? Might we suggest Experimental Dance Breaks 36 from the illustrious Plastic Sound Supply organization? Assembled by CacheFlowe, this sixteen-track disc is an absolutely captivating listen with dub-steeped glitchtastic goodies from Cache himself, along with a host of other homegrown treats from Alert,…
Skrillex is muy en fuego right now. Signed to Deadmau5’s Mau5trap label, the former From First to Last Singer (aka Sonny Moore) — whom we caught up with in advance of his packed show at the Fox Theatre last month — gained substantial notice recently by absolutely dominating the Beatport…
We’ll have whatever these folks are having, and make ours a double. Seriously. Having suffered through what was, without question, one of the worst Broncos seasons in our lifetime, we were simply hoping that the team would just go gently into that good night against the Chargers. Not so with…
What are we less than a week into the New Year, and already it’s shaping up to be a hot year, especially in the world of local hip-hop. If you haven’t heard, BLKHRTS are releasing their debut EP this weekend in the company of The Pirate Signal, who will be…
Dispatch is back together, and it’s playing its first show in four years at Red Rocks. That’s a pretty big deal. Dispatch, in case the name isn’t immediately familiar, is arguably one of the most successful independent bands of all time. To wit: The band played what was then thought…
Jonathan Tyler and the Northen Lights: Name ring a bell? It should. A breakout act from Dallas, the outfit played a blistering set at last year’s Westword Music Showcase. Tomorrow night, the dudes are returning to town for a show at the Larimer Lounge with the Outfit, and we’ve got…
Earlier today, as we were trolling the crevices of the Internet, we came across this resolved question in Yahoo! Answers about 3OH!3’s hit song, “Starstrukk,” from Want, the act’s Photo Finish debut in 2008…
Next Monday, Dashboard Confessional is bringing its Swiss Army Romance 10 Year Anniversary Tour to the Summit Music Hall. We have several pairs of tickets to the show. Would you and a guest like to be our guests — or, if we don’t happen to pick you this time around,…
In what’s become a homegrown tradition on par with shows by Slim Cessna and Big Head Todd, Rose Hill Drive has helped usher in the New Year in Boulder for at least the past five years by taking on a classic album in its entirety. This year at the Fox,…
Just in case you’re wondering what life is like for those affable 3OH!3 hooligans these days, well, let’s just say it still seems charmed. Witness the pair rocking the Playboy Beach House, which appears to be stocked mostly with lovely ladies. Tough work if you can get it, eh? Talk…
Okay, being that New Year’s Eve is only three days away, we’re going to go ahead and assume that you’ve already got plans for the biggest party night of the year. If by chance you don’t, however, we’ve got something incredibly rad for you. How about a pair of tickets…
Say what you will about 50 Cent, love him or hate him, you cannot knock the dude’s hustle. While this might not be quite as meaningful to those of us in the Mile High City who can only vaguely remember what snow looks like, if you travel back in time…
For the more astute among you, this news comes as no surprise. Just over a month ago, we posted a video of Kamtin Mohager signing some sort of contract. While the Chain Gang of 1974 mastermind wasn’t at liberty to confirm or discuss any specific details at the time, we…
As we compiled our annual Moovers and Shakers issue this year — a rundown of our favorite local releases from the past year — we found, once again, that there were simply more albums that we dug than we had space to devote to in the paper. Thankfully, no such…
