Ever wonder who comes up with the concepts and design elements for different albums? Like the shattered light bulb and neon Fray sign that adorns How to Save a Life and its self-titled follow-up, for instance? What’s more, ever wish you could get a peek at the concepts as they’re…
Did you catch Idol last night? Cripes, How annoying was that? Just this side of insufferable, really. Still Hollywood week. Group day: The whole concept is counter-intuitive. Idol, like golf, is an individual sport, right? So what’s the point of lumping the contestants together? We’re guessing it’s for the sake…
Remember when the term “modern rock” was popularized? Although nowadays it can be applied to just about anybody from Innerpartysystem to 30 Seconds to Mars, during the ’90s it described an emerging niche format dedicated to outfits that were too heavy to be considered pop and too poppy to be…
UPDATE 02.10: Flobots are slated to release Survival Story locally with a show on Friday, March 12 at the Ogden Theatre. KTCL has set up a special presale event on TicketMaster in which you can purchase tickets tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. before they officially go on sale…
In a pairing that is so natural and complementary that it’s virtually cosmic, DeVotchKa, one of Denver’s most treasured exports, is slated to join Gogol Bordello on the road for a series of ten dates in mid April. After playing a dependably sold out Valentine’s Day show at the Fox…
Ke$ha just finished the video for her next single, “Blah Blah Blah,” featuring 3OH!3. The song, which is almost certain to set the airwaves on fire, was written by Ke$ha, Sean Foreman and Benny Blanco, and was reportedly spurred by a conversation the three had in which they discussed who…
Just received word that Danny Elster, longtime bassist and co-frontman of Love.45, a modern rock act that made considerable waves in the mid-’00s (how weird does that look?), recently parted ways with the group, which is now in the hunt for someone new to hold down the low end. The…
On Saturday, March 6 at the Bluebird, the Knew will be releasing Pulpería, its eagerly anticipated debut full-length, in the company of the Photo Atlas, Common Anomaly, Jonny Woodrose & The Broken Hearted Woodpeckers and DJ Iridel. Although that date’s still a little less than a month away, the band…
America finally got a look at Ms. Lilly Scott last night on Idol. She got the nod from Simon Cowell and company to move forward to the next round of cuts after wowing them with a sterling rendition of “Lullaby of Birdland,” a tune made famous by Ella Fitzgerald. If…
Won’t Get Fooled Again — or will we? Before we get to the new developments in the White Stripes beef with the Air Force Reserve, we can’t believe that no one else has noticed yet or pointed out the similarities between the music for the Reserve’s other “Live the Extreme”…
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…
As if we didn’t already have enough reason to find our way to Tennesee to catch the Flaming Lips playing Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety, we now have even more incentive — namely, Chromeo with Daryl Hall and Stevie Wonder!
A few weeks ago, we mentioned that the Autumn Film is nearly finished with its new album, The Ship and the Sea, which is slated for release at the Walnut Room on Friday, March 5. We just got to hear one of the tracks, and if that tune is any…
Speaking of oversized, nationally renown Denver bands, we just screened the Fray’s brand new video for “Syndicate,” which premiered just a bit ago on Yahoo Music. Here’s what you’re in for: Tons of extreme close-ups of Isaac Slade, which he looks notably pale; composite images of the guy’s faces layered…
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…
Carrie Underwood was evidently flat in several spots yesterday when she sang the national anthem. We hardly noticed, to be honest. But that could just be because we tend to be more forgiving when it comes to people actually singing versus, well, not singing. Nonetheless, it got us to thinking…
On Friday night, P.O.S. played a sold-out show at the Marquis with Grieves with Budo, Dessa (of Doomtree) and The Pirate Signal, and then on Saturday night, Drag the River played with Cheap Girls at 3 Kings Tavern. Our boy Aaron Thackeray was there and took a grip of snaps…
While we were trolling YouTube this morning, killing at least an hour watching and listening to all these awesome mash ups (yes, we know mashes are so completely played out at this point) by this Austrailian DJ named Schmolli, we noticed an inordinate number of Queen mash ups. So what…
Don’t know if you’ve been following this whole Taylor Swift Grammy backlash or not. It’s becoming a tad ridiculous at this point. Even Kelly Clarkson — who, for whatever reason, always seems to be at the ready with some Taylor Swift-related commentary or another (remember the open letter to Kanye…
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…
We predict that Matt Morris is going to provoke one of two reactions from folks as he navigates his way through the shark infested waters of the music industry: They’re either going to find his wide eyed wonderment completely endearing and want to pinch his cheeks incessantly like somebody’s grandma,…
UPDATE: 3OH!3 just announced that it’s upcoming Too Fast For Love tour with Cobra Starship, Travis McCoy (Gym Class Heroes) and I Fight Dragons, which reportedly stops by the Fillmore on May 21, goes on sale on next Saturday, February 13. Follow the jump to see the dudes chatting about…
