Update: Just received word that the Pixies added a second show on Tuesday, November 17 at the Fillmore. Tickets go on sale this Saturday, September 26 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased directly at the Fillmore box office, online at LiveNation.com or by phone at 1-877-598-6659. [original post: 07/28/09]…
Like his past two albums, Taking Up Your Precious Time and Filling Up The City Skies, Derek Vincent Smith, who performs under the Pretty Lights moniker, has announced plans to release his next effort, Passing By Behind Your Eyes, digitally. Originally set to drop tomorrow, the disc has been pushed…
Before unceremoniously calling it quits with after a Halloween show last year, Hearts of Palm was arguably one of the brightest acts to emerge from the Denver music scene in the past decade. An outfit with boundless potential, the group, which got its start as Nathan & Stephen, was known…
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…
What more can we say about Jen Korte’s new CD? As we’ve already expressed, it’s work of sheer beauty that utterly consumed us the first time we heard it. A year in the making, Korte recorded the self-titled disc at Blue Tower Studio with band mate Jim Ruberto. It was…
Since releasing its last album, Resident 303, in October 2006, P-Nuckle has undergone several significant lineup changes. Rather than losing momentum, however, the guys kept their heads down and continued gigging relentlessly, forging ahead with new material. Three years later, the outfit has emerged with a brand new album, Stand…
Okay, that headline may be a tad misleading. The Toad Tavern has actually been around for more than two decades. Two years ago, though, a stalwart of the scene, Brice Hancock, who plays guitar in Rubber Planet and has been involved in a number of other area clubs, including the…
Last night on I-25 as Del the Funky Homosapien (aka Teren Delvon Jones) and his crew were making their way up from Colorado Springs to Denver for a scheduled show tonight at the Larimer Lounge, an Escalade reportedly driven by a drunk driver, rear-ended the crew. Although Del and company…
Speaking of metal bands from up north, Arcanium received some righteous news this week. The Loveland-based outfit, which just a new album titled The Architects, was just tapped as a supporting act on Megadeth’s upcoming Endgame tour with Machinehead and Suicide Silence, which kicks off at the Orbit Room in…
You know the notion that once you’ve recorded an album it’s forever? That’s not always the case, apparently. Witness Immortal Dominion. Remember back in April when the act released its new album, Primortal? Kind of a big deal for the group, which was stoked to have had the chance to…
Bam! Here it is, the brand new video for “Heat and Light” from the Rouge for your screening pleasure. Not much in the way of a storyline here just a plethora of shots of the band interspersed with footage of Josh Vaught manhandling an impeccable body that just makes us…
Wow! Live Nation has outdid itself this time. All summer, the concert promoter has been offering up new ticket specials every week, from buy one get one deals to suspending service charges. Today, though, it unveiled its Live Nation Passport, which gains you admittance to a dozen Fillmore shows. Best…
The CSU Marching Band is about to become a million times cooler. In an effort to raise awareness (and money) for the families who are still displaced from Hurricane Katrina, the Fort Collins Music Association (FoCoMA) has drafted the Dirty Dozen Brass Band to march with the unit at halftime…
All right, a few weeks ago we offered up our take on the ten worst moments of crossover disaster, ill-advised efforts to mate movies with music. Now it’s time to look at the flip side of the coin, the ten movies in which music and Hollywood made great bedfellows, outstanding…
In response to the lawsuit filed against him by the Fray this past Monday, Gregg Latterman is reportedly planning to “mount a vigorous defense,” an unnamed spokesperson told Pollstar yesterday, claiming the charges have no merit and that the band was well aware of Latterman’s association with EMI prior to…
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…
Dear, metal heads, prepare to be stoked: Slayer has unveiled the artwork for its forthcoming album, World Painted Blood, which is slated for release on Tuesday, November 3. While the music is sure to be dependably bludgeoning, the enticing aspect of this album is the fact that it will be…
Um, yeah, this kind of speaks for itself. No words, just tears. Thanks, Ralphie…
Okay, if you’re like us and were up at Red Rocks for Monolith this past Sunday night watching the Mars Volta confound the audience with its spectacular over indulgence or — depending upon your perspective — dazzle the crowd with its awe-worthy musicianship, you missed 3OH!3’s thirty second long, blink-and-you-missed-it…
Local thash metal titans Havok, who’s in the midst of an extensive cross country tour in support of its Candlelight Records debut, Burn, had to cancel its show in Minneapolis last night due to engine problems the band experienced with its bus after a show in Lincoln, Nebraska this past…
All right, by now you’ve seen the clip of Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at this past weekend’s MTV Video Music Awards (see the clip after the jump if you haven’t already), an act of utter douchebaggery that’s been universally condemned: Katy Perry likened the outburst to stepping…
From Bill Joel to Trent Reznor, it’s a well-worn story line: a shrewd business manager attempts to hoodwink young musicians under his charge, taking advantage of their inexperience and naivety for his gain, and gets away with it for a while before they know any better or realize what’s happening…
