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…
Over the weekend, the New York Times broke the news that Jim Carroll, a thought-provoking poet who made several appearances in Denver and Boulder and whose 1978 memoir, The Basketball Diaries, was immortalized on the big screen in a 1995 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, passed away from a heart attack…
Update: Just received word of a show in support of Elana Rogers. Slated for Friday, September 25 at the D-Note, the bill features Demon Funkies, Something Underground, Melanie Susuras Band, Tempe and the Tantrums and Naor Nave.Well wishes are due to Elana Rogers, who was recently diagnosed with IDC breast…
Not sure who, if anyone, this applies to, but we thought we’d alert you anyhow. A company called 1iota Events, which distributes tickets to television shows, is evidently looking to “cast” one-hundred “high energy” fans to be part of the “stage fans” at the VMAs — whatever that means. Evidently,…
Saw this last night at the Meadowlark with the full band. Breath taking. Amazing. Even more amazing was the crowd, which was the most reverent assembly of people I’ve seen since church last weekend. Seriously, the audience was so reserved that you could distinctly hear Nathaniel Rateliff’s most delicately picked…
In 1995, Toy Story was the highest grossing movie of the year. I know this, because I had a toddler running around the house at the time who was completely consumed with Buzz Lightyear. More than a decade later, my little guy has grown up, and I’m quite proud of…
You know what I love about living in Denver — well, besides the fact that it’s the best city in America as voted by me? We take care of our own here. God forbid (No, seriously, God forbid. Please!) that anything ever happens to me, I rest easy knowing that…
Just came across a pair of radio interviews and performances featuring Danielle Ate the Sandwich and the Rouge. The former, due at Monolith next weekend, appeared last night on Guy Errickson’s KGNU show, Highway 322, in a Naked Stage segment (easy, tiger, we’re pretty sure she was fully clothed), while…
As you know, there’s a staggering amount of talent in Denver right now. We’re consistently reminded of this fact on a daily basis. One of the acts continually impresses us is Fell, who is celebrating the release of its new record, Incoherent Lullabies, tonight at the Larimer Lounge on a…
That’s right: Broken Silence Recodings is looking for you. Well, provided that you have quality songs, a good live show and the right image/look. A little about the criteria for that last one? Here’s a hint: Broke Silence, the label that sponsoring this contest and potentially looking to sign your…
What happens when a bunch of renown pop punk doofuses suddenly grow up and start writing earnest, meaningful songs? In the case of Heart & Soul Radio, the act has emerged with a batch substantive tunes that are as compelling as they are tuneful. While its no American Idiot, the…
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…
Welcome to the debut of our random midweek contest in which we give you a bunch of you a bunch of random things from our office for answering a bunch of random questions every week. Kind of random, eh? Anyhow, for the inaugural edition of our humpday hoedown, we thought…
Behold another edition of the Single File road files: In this week’s episode, we find our heroes set up on the showroom floor of the Gap performing “Zombies Ate My Neighbors.” The in-store is purportedly in honor of the retailers 40th anniversary (really? forty years? who knew?). Which Gap? Dunno…
If karma truly is a boomerang, then may the thieving, unscrupulous jerkoffs who stole a truckload of gear belonging to End of Empires get audited by the IRS — or at least, like, I don’t know, come down with a nasty case of swine flu or something. Earlier this week,…
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*, KQMT’s Mountain Homegrown Show, the Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and the Colorado…
Hall & OatesSunday, August 30, 2009 Paramount TheatreBetter Than: Seeing most other bands of this vintageThe Hall & Oates show this past Sunday at the Paramount Theatre attracted a well-heeled, recital-worthy crowd. Aside from a few rogue, enthusiastic fans who just couldn’t resist dancing in their seats, the majority of the audience…
Last night, Doug Beam caught the De La Soul show at the Bluebird. After the jump, we’ve posted a few choice shots from the night. Enjoy! [page]…
Formed from the remnants of Mansfield, Gangcharger has steadily made its mark on the scene, offering a jagged, distorted counterpoint to kindred textured acts such as Overcasters and Sonnenblume, armed with an intimidating arsenal of careening guitar lines, thick penetrating rhythms and insistent, incisive vocals. “Recalling Sonic Youth at its…
Katy Perry annoyed the hell out of us when she first came out with that damn “I Kissed a Girl” song. It was as annoying as it was inescapable. As much as we hate to admit it, though, Perry has kind of worn on us — probably because our better…
Although Xiren has never particularly struck as an artist you’d file under AC — radio lingo, evidently, for the Adult Contemporary format, which we believe from our years working at KOSI in a past life is another way of saying light rock — apparently program directors across the country feel…
The End-O-Trend Festival, due to take place on Saturday, October 3 at Auraria Campus, just announced some of the acts that will be appearing on its four stages. While there’s a few national headliners, namely the Heavenly States and Edie Sedgwick, the bulk of the bill at this fest appears…
