For the week ending May 10, local glacial rockers Pleistocene topped Wax Trax’s best seller list with their new album, The Mammoth and the Microchip. New releases by Bob Dylan, Metric, Cursive and Isis also earned spots in the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump…
Bob Dylan’s latest disc, Together Through Life, was the top seller for the second week in a row at Twist and Shout, while new releases from Ben Harper, Isis, Peaches and St. Vincent rounded out the list for the week ending May 10. See the full breakdown after the jump…
For the second week in a row, Tech N9ne’s Sickology 101 and Rick Ross’ Deeper Than Rap grabbed the first and second slots at Independent Records for the week ending May 10. Keri Hilson, Gorilla Zoe and the Dream continue to hold on to slots in the top ten. See…
When the state seized the Recovery Room (819 Colorado Boulevard) for nonpayment of taxes last January, it was a temporary flatline for the legendary dive. But Chris Campbell and Mark Lane, who have owned the Old Towne Tavern (2410 West Main Street, Littleton) for the past four years, stepped in…
Less than a minute into Deadbubbles’ latest offering, Frienemies, frontman Arlo White makes it clear that his band is all about “rock and roll music.” And indeed, the Broomfield act roars off the line with some supercharged rock infused with the swagger of ’70s punk from outfits such as the…
Anyone whose ears are still ringing from the recent My Bloody Valentine show can attest that it was one of the most mind-numbing outings to hit this city in a long time. When the Glasgow-based post-rock outfit known as Mogwai comes to town, there’s a good chance it will be…
“How does it feel to almost be forty?” asked the bartender at Kazmos Lounge (1381 Kalamath Street) after looking at my driver’s license. “I’ll be forty in a few months, too.” It took me a few moments to formulate a coherent sentence. “Uh, I try to not to think about…
As previously reported, Green Day will play its first gig in these parts in over three years when the band hits the Pepsi Center on Saturday, August 15. Tickets for that show go on sale Saturday, May 9. Some other big ticket shows, meanwhile, were announced this week, including a…
Bob Dylan’s Together Through Life, released last week on Columbia, grabbed the top spot at Twist and Shout for the week ending May 3. Depeche Mode, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Neko Case rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump…
Tech N9ne’s new album, Sickology 101, knocked Rick Ross’ Deeper Than Rap down to the second spot on Independent’s best seller list for the week ending May 3. The Dream and Keri Hilson grabbed slots in the top ten for the fourth week in a row. See the full breakdown…
Chad “Chadzilla” Johnson has kept time for a slew of local musicians in addition to filling the drum throne for his main projects, Double Parked, Chadzilla & the Asteroids and Chadzilla3. Here, he teams up with Ed Contreras for the world-percussion-driven endeavor known as Istari, which got its start performing…
Although Richard Buckner has lived on both coasts and in Canada, the singer-songwriter sounds like he’s spent a lot of time in the South and in America’s heartland. On 1998’s Since, for example, he sings with a deep twang that’s more Texas than Bay Area or Brooklyn. On all of…
Back in 1981, a camp counselor convinced me that disco sucked and finally weaned me off the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack. That was the same year that Mötley Crüe released its debut album, Too Fast for Love, but it took me a while to warm to hair metal. First an…
It’s official. King Rat’s Luke Schmaltz & Jennifer “Mama” Foreman have assumed ownership of Bender’s Tavern. They both started working at the spot right after it opened in 2004, and Schmaltz has been the general manager for the past three years. For now, things will be as is at Bender’s,…
Things slowed down a bit this week with concert announcements, especially compared to the past few weeks, but we did the get the word on some noteworthy shows including Sonic Youth Friday, July 31 at the Ogden Theater, Yes and Asia at the Paramount Theatre Sunday, July 12 and a…
British hardcore veterans Discharge topped Wax Trax’s best seller list for the week ending April 26 with the band’s latest album, Disensitise. PJ Harvey & John Parish, Metric and Wolves in the Throne Room were also in the top five while local bands Bum Kon, the Omens and the Local…
Depeche Mode’s brand new disc, Sounds of the Universe, grabbed the top spot at Twist & Shout for the week ending April 26. Iron & Wine’s Norfolk 6/20/05, which was a Record Store Day release, nabbed the second spot while new albums by Manchester Orchestra, Camera Obscura and Booker T…
Rick Ross’s new album, Deeper Than Rap, released last week on Def Jam, topped Independent’s best seller list for the week ending April 26. Asher Roth’s new disc, Asleep in the Bread Aisle, grabbed the second spot while the Dream, UGK and Jadakiss rounded out the top five. See the…
Strangely enough, throughout McCoy Tyner’s storied career, which spans more than five decades, the jazz pianist has rarely performed with a guitar player — something he more than makes up for on Guitars, his fittingly titled recent effort. The outstanding disc, which features lauded fretmen Bill Frisell, John Scofield (see…
It has been said that music is the universal language. It goes beyond borders, and there’s been quite a lot of cross-pollination of cultures within genres over the years. Take young local saxophonist Aakash Mittal, for example. On his debut album, Possible Beginnings, Mittal tapped into jazz’s history as well…
To get an idea of how versatile Adam Stern is as a guitarist, check out “Alchemical Rooms,” the first cut on Twang Shui: Opening with volume swells and a Bill Frisell-esque tone, Stern does some mean country picking à la Danny Gatton, then flips his pickup selector to rhythm and…
Strangely enough, throughout McCoy Tyner’s storied career, which spans more than five decades, the jazz pianist has rarely performed with a guitar player — something he more than makes up for on Guitars, his fittingly titled recent effort. The outstanding disc, which features lauded fretmen Bill Frisell, John Scofield (see…
