Splendid news coming out of the Bad Weather California camp this morning: In addition to joining Akron/Family (and Woodsman, Snake Rattle Rattle Snake, Widowers and the Dead Phish Orchestra) for its upcoming three-day residency at Quixotes on May 14-16, Bad Weather California is planning to head to High Bias studio…
And so here you have it. Streets of Gold, 3OH!3’s forthcoming album, now has a release date and the cover art has been revealed. According to our friends at AP, Gold, the follow-up to the act’s 2008 Photo Finish debut, Want, is due on the, uh, streets on Tuesday, June…
Um, yeah, so this just happened: Guess who just crashed 3OH!3’s little house party … Okay, times up. Give up? Mr. Party Hard, and he’s rocking the hell out of the remix, evidently. Yes, Andrew freaking WK! We repeat, WK? WTF?! Raise your hand if you saw this coming. Seriously?…
Have you gotten your fill of Josh Homme today, what with Record Store Day video featuring the Queens of the Stone Age frontman and the in-depth Q&A we posted with him earlier this morning? Hope not, because we’ve got some more Homme coming your way. How about a pair of…
Fucked Up frontman Damian Abraham loves vinyl. And Denver. When we last spoke with him about a year ago, he sang the praises of bygone Denver punk bands like the Frantix and Bum Kon, an act he also namedropped in a Spin article. “I wish I could just be satisfied…
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…
Okay, so is anyone else here creeped the fuck out by Andrew WK? We’ve always sort of sensed that the dude was a little off, but now, after reading a pair of recent items on The Guardian’s blog, let’s just say, ahem, suspicions confirmed. In case you haven’t been following…
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…
The Twittervese has become one of the most entertaining and insightful places to catch a glimpse inside the lives of some of the most outspoken members of our local music community — 140 characters at a time, of course. We never ceased to be entertained by the tweets of various…
Remember the late ’80s, when indistinguishable second-tier acts with names like Hurricane, Steelheart and Southgang walked the earth? Their stock-in-trade was power ballads, and their prettier, more polished brand of metal made the ladies swoon. Fittingly, their sound was reflected in their image: The dudes were pretty but not dolled…
Okay, so I’m not sure why you, me or anyone else, frankly, would remotely give a crap — or ahem, a Ratt’s ass, if you will — but Ratt evidently has a new album out. It’s called Infestation (of course it is), and for whatever reason (ennui? morbid curiousity?), I’m…
This year’s Westword Music Showcase lineup is now officially complete with the addition of Tickle Me Pink — well, at least in terms of the main stage acts. In case you’ve missed it — not sure how that’s possible, exactly, as we’ve been talking this bad boy up like no…
Denver has plenty of pseudo, wannabe superstars. Now, however, it seems we have an bona fied superstar in our ranks — or so we hear. Superstar DJ Keoki is evidently back in the Mile High City and already at work throwing parties, including one hosted by Rockstar Aaron with DJ…
In case you missed it, Andy Guerrero has put the paddles to Bop Skizzum and brought the funk unit screaming back to life, with a handful of shows at Moe’s this past December, and, most recently, at Bender’s for Guerrero’s birthday last month. The guitarist, known also as Andy Rok,…
Okay, so last week, in the comments section of an item we posted about Battleship Agenda’s search for a new singer, there was talk that Kyle Simmons, who fronts Speakeasy Tiger, had parted ways with the act. This claim seemed to be supported by vague comments on keytar player Pete…
A few months ago, Mike Marchant played a CD release show at the Meadowlark with A.Tom Collins, John Common and Ashley Raines. The show kind of turned out to be a misnomer. An unsaid illness prevented Marchant from finishing the album on time, and so he didn’t actually end up…
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…
Okay, smarty pants, since the inaugural edition of Guess Where I’m Peeing was clearly too easy — someone guessed correctly less than an hour after the snapshot was posted — we thought we’d make the next installment a little more difficult. Can you guess where we’re taking a leak this…
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 just in: In case you haven’t heard, 3OH!3 is having a house party tonight. In their house, apparently. Word has it, they intend to pour booze down their mouth. There’s also talk that they may, perhaps, if the mood strikes them, stay up until the wee hours of the…
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…
Fansourcing: Although the textbook definition of the word applies more to having fans pitch in from a creative standpoint on a specific artistic endeavor, the term probably comes closest to describing this trend we’re seeing revived lately — employed previously by local groups like the Czars and, more recently, the…
