If you haven’t had a chance to read Andy Thomas’s excellent piece on Lion Sized in this week’s paper, we’re pleased as punch to let you that the band is back with a brand new album called Cough Up Your Teeth, which you can hear in its entirety after the…
Take a look at this picture. Not much to see here, right, just a plank of octagon-shaped wood with a few metal straps and some sort of contraption on top? Look closer. This is precisely what they (whoever coined this maxim) had in mind when they urged us not to…
If you haven’t already been acquainted, meet B.o.B. (aka Bobby Ray, due at the Ogden with Lupe Fiasco on Thursday, April 29TONIGHT!), a dude that, if his record company has its way, will be well on his way to reaching ubiquitous status by the end of summer. Our friends at…
Okay, so even though we’ve been doing this Showcase for sixteen years — sixteen!, can you believe it? — we still haven’t perfected this ballot process, even if we think you’ll agree that we came closer than ever to nailing it this year. Still, a number of acts — and/or…
Guess who recently resurfaced after having unceremoniously dropped off the radar for the better part of the last year? If you said David McGhee — wait, what? How’d you know? Oh, he’s already been in touch? Yeah, he’s good like that. Good dude. A little quirky, but a good dude,…
In case you just joined us, Flobots are notorious when it comes to fighting injustice and standing up for the rights of all human beings. So it comes as no surprise, really, to discover that the act’s outspoken frontman Jonny 5 has taken it upon himself to update Public Enemy’s…
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?” So 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…
This past February, when we started putting together the 2010 Westword Music Showcase, we posted an item asking you how we could improve our annual music festival, this year set for Saturday, June 19, in the Golden Triangle (if you haven’t already purchased your tickets, you can still buy discounted…
Finally got a look at ManeRok’s “Troubles” video. As mentioned this past December, the video was directed by the Mile High’s go-to-guy for hip-hop clips, Eric Heights (F.O.E., Spoke In Wordz, 3 the Hardway, Ichiban, Deca, The Pirate Signal) late last year, and finally made its way to the web…
Just got a peep of F.O.E.’s “Brand New” video, one of two, ahem, brand new clips directed by the seemingly indefatigable Eric Heights, a cat who is steady on the grind. The track, which appears on F.O.E. and DJ Awhat’s excellent mixtape, The Format Vol. 1, is given a pretty…
Here what the area’s local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We’re currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows including, Radio 1190’s Local Shakedown*, KTCL’s Locals Only, The Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown Show, and the…
Earlier this week, we offered up an exclusive advance listen of The Pirate Signal’s brand new album, No Weak Heart Shall Prosper, and pointed out the notably significant artistic progression the group had made since its debut more than half a decade ago, Norma(l) Hugh Manchild’s American Revolution(s) and its…
You know how they say sex sells and all that? Yeah? Well, spoiler alert: It does. Or does it? What if you’re not instantly cognizant that it’s sex that you’re being sold? What if the innuendos aren’t being overtly pushed along by an undeniably sexualized video? Do you still have…
Every Friday we spotlight the hottest cats (and kittens) behind the decks in the MHC, grilling them to gain some insight on what it takes, exactly, to get the party rocking, to find out about their most treasured crate digging experiences and what they really think when we stumble up…
Reminder in case you missed it when we posted last week: The Swayback is pointing the wayback machine toward the place where it all began. Tonight the outfit is slated to play a show at the Lion’s Lair, where it played its very first show way back in the day…
D’oh! We were so caught up gushing about The Pirate Signal’s stellar new album, No Weak Heart Shall Prosper, that we almost completely forgot to mention that Matt Morris’s song “Live Forever” is going to be featured on American Idol tonight during its two-hour Idol Gives Back fund-raising show. Not…
For those not attending Jonsi’s show at the Paramount this evening, Julian Casablancas, frontman of the Strokes, with whom we spoke with last week, is due the Ogden Theatre, where he be bringing his solo album Phrazes for the Young to life. How would you and a guest like to…
Tyler Ward: Shameless coattail rider or shrewd, talented musician fueled by ennui with a plethora of equally talented friends, a readily available recording facility and ample time on his hands? You make the call. Personally, although we’re leaning more toward the latter — given the other videos posted on h…
Here what the area’s local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We’re currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows including, Radio 1190’s Local Shakedown*, KTCL’s Locals Only, The Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown Show, and the…
Could tonight be the night that he finally does it, the night that his royal airness Magic Cyclops finally realizes ultimate air guitar supremacy? After years of vying for the title and coming up just short of earning bragging rights, Cyclops, a perennial contender, is set to once again catch…
All right, so last week’s edition of Guess Where I’m Peeing was a little bit too challenging, it seems. While there were several great guesses — seriously, had we not been there and taken the picture, you could easily have sold us on it being at the Meadowlark — no…
So this is pretty rad: Evidently, if you act quickly, you can score yourself tickets to see Jónsi of Sigur Ros at the Paramount Theatre on Wednesday for just $7. There’s no catch, near as we can tell. You just have to sign up, and then you’re provided with a…
