A little over a month ago, we wrote about the impending reinvention of The Pirate Signal and reported that frontman Yonnas Abraham would be shortening his own stage name to just Yo, followed by various punctuation, to be determined by the context. Well, now it seems his other outfit, Blackhearts,…
So we came across this gem last week at the Roger Waters concert. Although you can’t see it here in the thumbnail to the right, there’s a word bubble that reads: “I need a ticket!” Judging by the fact that we found this elaborately scrawled piece of cardboard abandoned and…
Mystery solved: In case you’ve been wondering what goes into making one of those Deadmau5 heads, we stumbled across this helpful clip starring Michael Cobra, clearly the coolest dad on the planet, creating one for his young lad out of everyday items you can pick up at your neighborhood Lowe’s…
Miranda Lambert has struck a delicate balance: Together with kindred artists like Jamey Johnson, she’s made country music palatable once again to the sanctimonious scads of big-city, Tea Party-loathing dissenters, infusing the genre with a newfound sense of authenticity missing since the days of her legendary outlaw forefathers. At the…
A few weeks ago, we joked about Prime Element cats, uh, getting prime exposure with the Dew Tour. But seriously, at this point, the dudes might want to just go ahead and change their name once again to Prime Exposure. In addition to the notice they’re sure to attract with…
ROGER WATERS 11.23.10 | Pepsi Center If you were at the Roger Waters show last night at the Pepsi Center, chances are you’re still talking about it this morning, regaling your co-workers and feebly trying to figure out a way to somehow express the unbelievable awesomeness you experienced. Good luck…
Kanye West: The man of the moment. The guy who has everyone in the world talking right now. Surely by now you’ve seen the viral clips of the kids re-enacting his tweets. Priceless. Bet you haven’t seen this one, though. Grandma — somebody’s grandma — reading his tweets. Meme, oh,…
Not to be outdone by that radiculous Guitar Hero display from last year, we happened upon another dude in SoCal who created this audacious light show soundtracked by Slayer. While we’d love to tell you how amazing it is, you’re just going to have to watch it for yourself –…
Comparing the packaging for Fierce Bad Rabbit’s self-titled debut to Spools of Thread, its latest offering, perhaps best illustrates the band’s notable progression. While the inaugural release had exactly zero frills — sandwiched between two pieces of card stock the act’s members likely cut themselves, the disc came stuffed in…
Good Housekeeping: A promising, dearly departed Denver outfit led by Paige Peterson and Valerie Green that split up not too terribly long ago — remember them? When the band ended, Paige, of course, went on to play in Gangcharger, while Green moved to Indiana, where she’s been living in –…
So it looks like there’s been some interesting developments in the Chain Gang of 1974 camp. Over the weekend, Kamtin Mohager — whose band attracted a substantial amount of notice at CMJ — posted this video in which appears to be signing some sort of contract, while “Everybody Wants to…
Alas, the agonizing wait is over: This weekend at Northfield, I Love This Bar & Grill — Toby Keith’s, well, bar and grill — is celebrating its grand opening. Near as we can tell, there’s only four of these bad boys in the world, and somehow we got one. Yay…
Attention, ladies (or, uh, gents?), if you woke up this morning and noticed that you happened to be missing a pair of purple heels, we know where they’re at — well, or at least where they were at last we checked on our way into office this morning. As you…
Oh, dear God. In case you somehow missed this today, let’s just go ahead and file this one under Best. Damn. Clip. Ever. Seriously. Jimmy Fallon is a genius. We would have never guessed in a thousand years that the inane, grating irritation known as “Whip My Hair” had any…
Das Racist — the dudes responsible for the genius/idiocy that is “Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell” — are in town this Friday night for the Remedy Relief show at Casselman’s with Pictureplane, Hollagramz, DJ Synergy, Peter Black, Kent Dub and Nikka T. We’ve got tickets with your name written…
To coincide with the reissue of Corpses, the debut full-length from the Food Chain, which dropped this week on iTunes, Showoff Digital,the group’s label headed by Statik Selektah, premiered the video for “Reverse Psychology,” a bonus track from the re-release, earlier this week. The clip features close-ups of the individual…
Not to be outdone by Best Coast and WAAVES, whose Christmas song for Target (“Got Something for You”) has been all the chatter around the water cooler this week, Breathe Carolina has penned a new Christmas song specifically for those of us in the Mile High City — well, sort…
FILTER With Vices I Admire 11.14.10 | Summit Music Hall Filter — ‘memba them? You know, the “Hey Man Nice Shot” dudes from way back in the ’90s? Yeah, those guys. They’re still together. Evidently, they have a new album they’re touring around, which is what brought them to Summit…
Looks like Prime Element – the outfit formerly known as 3 the Hardway – has been getting some prime exposure since linking up with Kamikazi Airlines last month — or it’s about to, we should say. Since joining the Kamikazi roster, the group has signed a license agreement with Alli…
CIRCA SURVIVE With Dredg • Codeseven • Animals as Leaders 11.13.10 | Summit Music Hall Circa Survive came through the Summit Music Hall on Saturday night for a sold out show with Dredg, Codeseven and Animals as Leaders. Our intrepid shutterbug Aaron Thackeray was on hand to catch all the…
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…
A few weeks ago, Tom Murphy and I were sharing stories, and somehow we got on to the subject of Tornado Dream, a fascinating film chronicling the rise and fall of three great Denver bands, Rainbow Sugar, Orbit Service (an earlier incarnation; Randall Frazier has since brought the band back…
