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…
Tickle Me Pink, due at the Black Sheep and Marquis Theater this weekend, has put the finishing touches on its next platter, On Your Way Down. The three-song EP, produced by Matthew Hager and mixed by Jason Livermore at the Blasting Room, isn’t due out until Tuesday, May 18, but…
Nathaniel Rateliff certainly needs no introduction in Denver. Prior to being championed by Brooklyn Vegan and attracting the attention of Vanity Fair, Rateliff generated reams of praise here as the frontman of Born in the Flood, an act many predicted would fill arenas by decade’s end…
Planning to catch Devendra Banhart tomorrow night at the Ogden? Boy are you going to be bummed: Evidently, broseph broke himself over the weekend trying to pull off some gnarly kick flip or ollie or something before his show in Tempe on Saturday and busted a bone in his leg…
The Pretty Lights onslaught continues. After a string of sold out dates here at home and a gig at SXSW this past weekend, Derek Vincent Smith, who performs under the Pretty Lights moniker with Cory Eberhard, has attracted the attention of NPR. The broadcaster included the act in its Ultra:…
After being rumored for months, it’s now official: The Rouge is the latest member of the Atlantic Records roster. Last night in Los Angeles over a bottle of single barrel Jack Daniels, “which they polished off in the Atlantic office,” reports the act’s manager Adam Lancaster, the guys signed their…
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…
Looks like props are due to Foodchain and Time, whose new releases both registered on the CMJ Hip-Hop chart this month. Time’s Naked Dinner, which entered the charts late last month, peaked at #19, while Foodchain’s Corpses, which features a track with Talib Kweli that’s garnered the attention of a…
Splendid day for new music in the Backbeat cave. Just splendid. We just had a chance to listen the brand new album from the Foot. Whoo boy, is it dandy. Daddy like! Not as big a fan of the band’s moniker, though. Seriously. Not to be a hater, but c’mon!…
Ever wish you could be a fly on the wall when an act signed its record deal? Wonder what the scene is like? Some instances, we imagine, have been more memorable than others. The members of the Fray, for instance, signed their deal with Epic onstage at the Fox Theatre…
Looks like a number of Denver acts caught more than just our attention this past week at South By Southwest. Nathaniel Rateliff, who played an exceptional set at Shakespeare’s Ale House last week, impressed Michael Hogan from Vanity Fair (which also previewed a song from his forthcoming record earlier this…
Ever wonder what Tammy Ealom does with her free time when she’s not singing insanely catchy and badass rock songs with Dressy Bessy? Why she’s making super fantastic music videos that bring the music to life, of course. The ridiculously prolific Ealom — seriously what is this like the hundreth…
Got plans this weekend? If you’re a dance music fan you do, right? We’re guessing we’ll see you at Caffeine 2010, yes? The tenth edition of the annual music and arts fest takes place this Saturday, March 27 at 1st Bank Center in Broomfield and features 65 DJs — Micro,…
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…
All right, just when you thought this year’s Showcase couldn’t get any better, it just did. Adding to an already stacked lineup (one of our best yet, even if we do say so ourselves) that includes Ghostland Observatory, Superchunk, Dirty Projectors, Neon Indian, Single File and Oh My Stars, Boombox…
JAY-Z @ PEPSI CENTER | 3/22/10 Jay-Z is one of the few performers that truly is larger than life. Dude has an undeniably commanding presence on stage. From the opening cut, “Run This Town,” until the fittingly titled “Encore,” which he closed out the show with nearly two hours later,…
Man, rock and roll really is dying, isn’t it? Or at the future of it is. Just received some rather disheartening news that the almighty WOXY.com, the finest station this side of KEXP, has suspended its live broadcasts indefinitely as of today due to a lack of funding. Besides the…
Just when we thought we’d seen the last of the Coloradoans on this season of American Idol comes this: Somehow, wrapped up with all the South By Southwest-related hubbub last week, we managed to miss 3OH!3 performing “Blah Blah Blah” on Idol with Ke$ha. The props were mildly amusing (score…
Bleary eyed and endlessly fatigued, we caught up with the always gracious Matt Morris at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Sunday morning just before boarding a plane back to the Mile High City. Over breakfast tacos, Morris reflected on his very first South By Southwest experience, from the challenges of…
Things we learned from attending Perez Hilton’s One Night In Austin Party this past weekend: First, most people, we’ve observed, will endure the most harrowing and patience trying conditions imaginable if the promise of free booze and the chance of rubbing shoulders with celebrities is dangled on the other side…
Once again, Colorado music was well represented this year at South By Southwest. From three successful day parties, including the Bocumast party at Union Park, which kicked things off on Thursday, followed on Friday by the Spokesbuzz party, which had the Northern Way offering up a solid cover of “Benny…
Fuck what you’ve heard. We’ve got the the best day parties at SXSW today. Period. Hands down. We’ve seen New Music Tipsheet’s free list. Granted, we’re a little biased, but still, personal investments aside, have you seen the line-up? XX! Superchunk! The Pains of Being Pure At Heart! Surfer Blood!…
