Fucked Up | Fader Fort | 03.18.10 You’ve seen this before. At least a thousand times. And better. Probably much better. With far more blood. Still every time you witness a reckless, unpredictable frontman like Damian Abraham, it’s exhilarating. Doesn’t matter who you are. Every. Single. Fucking. Time. Guaranteed. Even…
Married In Berdichev • Hunter Dragon • Tim Pourbaix Bocumast Records Day Party | Union Park “I can drink all day here, and it’s socially acceptable,” utters Tim Pourbaix, as he takes a sip of his brew in between songs during his brief set at the Bocumast Records day party…
Nathaniel Rateliff | Ale House | 9 p.m. Clinging to the Trees | Mohawk | 8:20 p.m. Nathaniel Rateliff was clearly being glib last night when he asked “Is that why you’re being so quiet, because you know me?” upon getting a roar of approval when he announced that he…
Remember Dusty Dinkleman in Just Friends, the hapless sap vying with Ryan Reynolds for the affections of the ever-illusive Miss Jamie Palamino? On the surface, the dude was unbearably sweet — we’re talking elderly-serenading, kitten-cuddling, hold-your-hair-while-you’re-puking sweet. Beneath the facade, however, lurked a completely depraved, knuckle-dragging, mouth-breathing ultra-perv, who, when…
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*, KBCO’s Local…
You knew it was going to happen sooner or later. It had to. No way we could keep Paper Bird our little secret forever. If the folks at Park the Van Records have their way, the rest of the world will be falling in love with (and falling in love…
Ah, now, see, this is why you reserve judgment until you see the final product. Last week, we posted a behind the scenes clip about the making of Flobots’ new video for “White Flag Warrior,” the first single from the act’s sophomore album, Survival Story, due in stores tomorrow. Before…
Flobots • The Pirate Signal • Air Dubai03.12.10 | Ogden Theatre We regret to inform you that Friday night’s revolution was not televised. It is, however, available for streaming this morning on Vimeo. The production stars Flobots, of course, in their first local performance in more than a year, with…
See also: Jonny 5’s track-by-track breakdown of Flobots’ new album, The Circle In the Square. Jonny 5 is scaring folks in middle America. Literally. But while the Flobots frontman — better known to folks around here by his government name Jamie Laurie — has devoted the better part of his…
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…
Read our recent interview with Lilly Scott, in which she discusses her American Idol experience, and catch her first local post-Idol performance at the Westword Music Showcase with her band Varlet. And then there was none. The stunned faces of Lilly Scott’s fellow contestants last night — particularly Katy Stevens,…
Yeah, that headline threw us for a loop as well. “Dear Family, Friends & Fans,” begins Matt Morris’s Tumblr post yesterday. “There’s some news I have to share. It’s pretty big, so Mom – if you’re standing, you better sit down. As of today, I am no longer a Tennman…
According to the official South By Southwest website only ten Colorado acts (Nathaniel Rateliff, ytcracker, Pictureplane, Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, Breathe Carolina, Epileptinomicon, Matt Morris, Pretty Lights, A Shoreline Dream and Boulder Acoustic Society) are slated to perform at this year’s festival. Fact is, though, nearly three times as many…
Just screened 20XIII’s new video for the song “Vigilante.” Not much in the way of subtlety here. The title of the track pretty much gives away the plot, which is a quite literal depiction of the lyrics for the song, itself straight out of the mid ’90s modern rock canon,…
A few weeks ago, there was a lot of talk about how underwhelming the Put Yo Money Where Ya Mouth Is MC battle was, both the preliminary and the finals. For those who didn’t make it out, Lenny Lenn put together a highlight reel, so you can see for yourself…
So one more day before Flobots invade the Ogden to celebrate the release of Survival Story, their sophomore release and the eagerly awaited follow-up to 2008’s Fight with Tools. We say “celebrate,” because we’ve learned since posting yesterday’s item weighing in on the act’s first single, “White Flag Warriors,” that…
As music critics — and people who generally think about, talk about, listen to and make music — the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, “What are you listening to right now?” The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy…
Building on some of the ideas presented on her last album, 2008’s Beat Beat Pound, Andrea Ball once again sidesteps the well-worn singer-songwriter template on Dial Tone, her latest effort, in favor of more plodding, piano-heavy arrangements. Fleshed out by an array of interesting sounds, the dynamic range here swings…
Although Fat Possum Records has branched out over the years with the acquisition of bands like the Walkmen, bolstering a roster that already includes such groups as Dinosaur Jr., Andrew Bird, Lissie and Heartless Bastards, really, it’s still about the last place on earth you’d expect to find an act…
Just two more days until we get to hear the new Flobots record (they are going to have copies of the new disc, right? It is a CD release party, after all). Suffice to say, we’re eager to hear how much, if any, the outfit has grown since issuing its…
Derek Vincent Smith, who performs under the Pretty Lights moniker (due tonight at the Boulder Theater), has announced plans to release three new EPs, the first of which, Making Up a Changing Mind, was just posted to his site last week. With three albums already under his belt that have…
If Lilly Scott doesn’t win this whole thing on the strength of her talent, she should win just by virtue of the fact that she’s infinitely more interesting than, well, everyone else on Idol this season. Really. Her song choices alone (“Lullaby of Birdland,” “A Change Is Gonna Come” and…
