The Monolith Festival really was ahead of its time, evidently

As hopes continue to diminish for another installment of Monolith, we couldn’t help but notice this post on the festival’s facebook page, subsequent to the announcement of this year’s Lollapalooza lineup. Funny, we were thinking exactly the same thing, actually: Congratulations to all the MONOLITH alumni playing Lollapalooza this year:…

Moving Pictures: Behold the neutered and improved Metallica

Oh heavens, just stumbled across this clip, which, if you’re asking, is 75 different kinds of awesome. How about a refreshing new variation on the now well trend of twisting well known tunes into nearly unrecognizable shapes (hello, Richard Cheese, Nouvelle Vague, Dirty Projectors — how y’all doing), like, say,…

Andy Hackbarth

Andy Hackbarth is back in Colorado after spending the past four years in Nashville, where the sheen of that town’s assembly-line production evidently rubbed off on his music. Just the same, Hackbarth, the son of llama ranchers, is no country bumpkin. In fact, Hackbarth is tailor-made for hot AC radio…

Dialed In: This week’s local music radio playlists

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…

Mile High Music Festival 2010 lineup announced

Okay, whoever speculated that Dave Matthews Band and the Samples were going to be a part of this year’s Mile High Music Festival: Sorry we doubted you. You were right, evidently. So was the guy who said Jack Johnson, as well as the person who pointed us in the direction…

3OH!3 collab with Ke$ha on new album

Just caught an interview on MTV with the 3OH!3 dudes about the new album, Streets of Gold. Evidently, Ke$ha, with whom the boys collaborated with on her chartbuster, “Blah Blah Blah,” is slated to appear on track from the new record called, “My First Kiss,” produced by Dr. Luke and…

Hey, DJ! Q&A with Chris Irvin

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…

Song of the Day: “Let Go” by jj

Today’s song of the day comes from an utterly bewitching Swedish duo known as jj. Comprised of Joakim Benon and Elin Kastlander, the group is in the midst of embarking on its first ever tour of the States with xx, a kindred act with an equally google defying moniker. Bummer…

Arcanium lands month long tour supporting Bullet for My Valentine

After a stint supporting Megadeth on its Endgame tour with Machinehead and Suicide Silence last fall, Arcanium has landed a slot on another high profile tour. At the end of the month, the Loveland-based metal act will join Bullet for My Valentine, Chiodos and Airbourne on the road. The twenty…

3OH!3 inspires kid to take a bite out of a Big Apple store

Here’s what we know about Nicholi White: He’s fourteen-years-old. His birthday is January 26. He’s a middle schooler that lives in Harlem, New York. He’s a self-described entertainer, which means he performs and acts. And, most importantly, he’s just this side of AWESOME! Anyone who films himself shamelessly groovin’ to…

Download an unreleased track from Strange Powers

Strange Powers moved back to the Mile High City from Austin last fall. Austin, he says, is not all it’s cracked up to be. And besides that, he missed the Queen City, the place where he grew up, and where, given the choice, he prefers to hang his hat (know…

Life In Electric looking for extras for their debut video

Do you secretly fantasize about being a video vixen like Tawny Kitaen, looking all sorts of sultry with that come hither stare of yours, while perched on the hood of a Jaguar driven by David Coverdale? Yeah? Not going to happen. Wake up, dude. It’s 2010. That was a Whitesnake…

Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of March 8, 2010

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…

DMC regional slated for May 1 at the Walnut Room

Turntablists, mark your calendars: Saturday, May 1 at the Walnut Room, DMC Denver is going down. And two of the Mile High City’s finest DJs, Vajra and Chonz, will be judging to determine who advances to the DMC finals in New York this fall. Better bring your A-game, though. Both…