Cryogen streams new album in its entirety on MySpace

Ah, it’s refreshing to know that as frenzied as life can sometimes be, some things remain ever constant. In defiance of fair weather trends, Denver is still a hotbed for metal, and Dave Otero still has a hand in producing some of the best music coming out of here. For…

Got plans after The Denver Film Festival? You do now.

It’s that time again. Next Thursday night, the Denver Film Festival kicks off. Although the various films are clearly the main draw, by no means are they the only attraction. As in years past, the real excitement takes place after the screenings. For those who are unable to get their…

A first look at 3OH!3’s “Starstrukk” video

Update: The thirty-second preview clip has been swapped with the full video. Check it out. BTW, the video reportedly goes into regular rotation on MTV next week.All right, so dig it: the new 3OH!3/Katy Perry “Starstrukk” video won’t offically see its broadcast premiere until next Monday, October 26, when MTV…

Animals At Risk remixes the Swayback

Matt Fecher isn’t letting the grass grow under his feet. Although his hands are clearly already full with helping curate the Monolith Festival, Fecher, who DJs under the name Hot to Death, is constantly moving in a number of different creative directions at once it seems, from launching and hosting…

Introducing I Am the Dot, Zach Tipton’s solo project

Update 11/03/09: Just received word that I Am the Dot’s self-titled debut EP will be available tomorrow, Wednesday, November 4, from Brother Bear Records at the online music retailer of your choice. The EP, mixed and mastered by Matt Wilcox in his home studio, contains four tracks, “Love Song for…

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, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown Show*, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and the…

Single File heading back out on the road

Update 11/02: Just received word that Dashboard Confessional has postponed its upcoming tour due to “a family situation that is beyond our control,” including a scheduled appearance at the Fillmore on Monday, November 9. No word on when the dates will be rescheduled or how this new development will impact…

Fell gets props from Thurston Moore and Byron Coley

For a project that initially began as a home recording project, Fell, led by Josh Wambeke, has sure turned a lot of heads, from Camera Obscura label head Tony Daley, who stepped up to release the act’s music virtually sight unseen, to the producers of the indie film The Purest…

Train/Uncle Kracker show tonight postponed

Looks like the inclement weather we’ve been experiencing for the last 72-hours has forced yet another show to be postponed. As such, Train and Uncle Kracker fans expecting to see those two acts at the Ogden Theatre tonight don’t have much to, uh, smile about right now. Evidently the roadways…

The Chain Gang of 1974 drops free remix album tomorrow

Later today, in an effort to thank fans and to tide them over until the upcoming full-length is released in January, the Chain Gang of 1974 will be posting a new album for free download on its MySpace page. Guerilla, as it’s been titled, is comprised of b-sides, remixes and…

Introducing: Blackhearts

Just a bit ago, Blackhearts, the thus far super secret collaboration between Yonnas Abraham of the Pirate Signal, F.O.E. and Karma, made its online debut with a track called “Bloodlines of That Gangsta Shhh.” According to Abraham, the still burgeoning outfit will expand to include collaborations with other artists such…

Something Like Sound blog offers free local digital comp

A group of engineering students who are passionate about music? The mere notion seems incongruous, like, say, a group of accountants forming an art appreciation club and then getting together periodically to discuss the works of Van Gogh and Michaelangelo. Nonetheless, that’s exactly the basis for Something Like Sound, a…

Hey, DJ! Q&A with Ivy

Every Friday we spotlight the hottest cats 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 to them…

The Denver Boot: Danielle Ate the Sandwich at the Bluebird

A few weeks ago, Danielle Ate the Sandwich took part in a stellar, sold out bill at the Bluebird, headlined by Gregory Alan Isakov and featuring Eleanor and our own Andy Thomas. Our pal Lance Stack from TheFlatResponse.com was there and brought along his mikes and recorders and captured the…

Two-disc deluxe edition of Fray’s self-titled album due next month

Gotta love record companies, especially the majors. What moxie, eh? Even in the midst of steadily declining record sales, that get progressively worse each year, and despite the fact that we’re smack dab in a recession with record unemployment, they’re still trying to squeeze every penny out of us with…

MP3 Freeloader: New tracks from the Epilogues and the Photo Atlas

Yesterday, we told you about this Friday’s split CD release party featuring the Photo Atlas and the Epilogues. Today we present you with a track from each of the bands for free download. The full split, titled the Friendship EP, will obviously be available at the show, and features the…

This Just In: Combichrist show tonight canceled

Didn’t see this coming, particularly with all of the school closures and snarled roadways: We’ve just learned that tonight’s scheduled Combichrist show at Cervantes’ has been canceled. Snow, evidently, isn’t a friend to the band, which was presumably trying to make its way to the Mile High City from Salt…

Heavy Rotation, our top spins for the week of October 26, 2009

As music critics, the most common question we get asked (and ask each other, for that matter) is, “What are you listening to?” The pervasiveness of this query is precisely what inspired Heavy Rotation, our latest feature. For the benefit of those who happen to be curious, we’ve compiled a…