If it’s true that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then a number of celebrated indie-rock bands should be positively gushing after hearing this record. Flashbulb Fires (formerly the Atlantic and Fiance) recalls a more sullen Arcade Fire, an act it name-checks in its bio; although Flashbulb Fires is…
Next Wednesday night, December 16, composer Phil Kline is bringing his Unsilent Night, made famous on the streets of New York, to Denver. Similar to the Flaming Lips famous mid-’90s Boombox Experiments — or predating those by at least four years — Kline basically enlists a bunch of people in…
In case you happened to miss it, yesterday we posted an in-depth Q&A with Stellastarr* frontman Shawn Christensen, whose New York-based act is slated to appear at the Larimer Lounge tonight with Transfer and Le Divorce. Besides being an insightful read, the Q&A also contains the answer to the question…
Just received word from the folks at Live Nation that the Weezer gig originally slated for Saturday, January 17 at the Fillmore has been postponed with no new date announced. While no official reason was given, we’re guessing frontman Rivers Cuomo is going to need more time to recover from…
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…
The saga continues. Back in September, you might remember, Isaac Slade and Joe King of the Fray filed a lawsuit in U.S. District court against Gregg Alan Corp, a company headed by their former manager, Gregg Latterman, alleging that a portion of their publishing was procured without their knowledge. This…
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*, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown Show*, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and the…
Mane Rok has been one busy cat lately. A few weeks ago, we posted the new video featuring him and Es-Nine for their track “A Game,” slated to appear on their forthcoming EP, En Stereo, which is due out sometime next summer. We mentioned another video in the works from…
Outlaw country men, The Railbenders, whose frontman, Jim Dalton, is currently moonlighting with Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, are preparing to release a new album on Friday, December 11 at the Bluebird. And since value seems to be the order of the day these days in the world of music,…
Did we mention how much we love that Rod Blackhurst guy and how lucky this town is to have this severely talented cat like him kicking around here? If we didn’t … oh, wait, what? We did? Well, what can we say? We’re big fans of just about everything the…
After five months of tracking at their home studio, the Still City guys recently finished their new full-length, titled We Will Explain Everything. A fine progression from past efforts, the eleven-track album, which was mixed and mastered by Andrew Vastola (Hearts of Palm, the Swayback, Born in the Flood) at…
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 community — 140 characters at a time, of course. We never ceased to be entertained by the tweets of various members of…
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…
Been listening to Common Struggles by Single File quite a bit lately. So needless to say, we were pretty stoked to come across the band’s new video for “Miss Cherry Lipgloss” — mostly because it gives us hope that Reprise is finally giving the act some much needed exposure. Not…
What are you doing on Sunday, January 31? Haven’t thought about it yet? Bet those Fray kids have. In fact, we’re going to guess that they know exactly what they’re doing that night. We don’t have access to the band’s itenerary or anything like that, but something tells us that…
We knew something was underfoot every time we made our way through the I-36 corridor and noticed more and more progress being made on what we’ve now discovered will be a pedestrian foot bridge going over the highway where the Broomfield Event Center sits, in between the 104th and Wadsworth…
In the world of hip-hop, mixtapes are the currency of the street, the vehicles that many underground artists use to create exposure and build their names outside the confines of major-label marketing campaigns. By creating a street-level buzz, such artists as 50 Cent have forced mainstream tastemakers to take notice…
Did you happen to catch this? Evidently, Robert Schneider, the ever prolific, insanely talented former Denverite that has worked on about a zillion projects — okay, so maybe it just seems that way, what with Robert Bobert and the Bubble Machine, Ulysses, Marbles, oh and the Apples In Stereo –…
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…
Oh happy day! The bitter December chill that has frosted us to our very core this afternoon has been warmed by word that Nathaniel Rateliff & the Wheel’s Daytrotter session, which was recorded during a trip the band took back east this past fall for CMJ, has finally seen the…
In the world of hip-hop, mixtapes are the currency of the street, the vehicles that many underground artists use to create exposure and build their names outside the confines of major-label marketing campaigns. By creating a street-level buzz, such artists as 50 Cent have forced mainstream tastemakers to take notice…
Prince of tides: Looks like the Band Formerly Known As Prince is now merely the band fomerly known. Evidently, the uni-monikered members of the curiously named, dancetastic, barely-ready-for-primetime unit have opted to part ways. Aaron the frontman broke the news to fans this past Friday and said for his part,…
