U2 and Neko Case nabbed the top two spots for the second week in a row on Twist & Shout’s bestseller list for the week ending March 15. Madeleine Peyroux’s new album, Bare Bones, which was released last week, Raphael Saadiq’s The Way I See It and Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn…
It was a hell of a big deal when My Bloody Valentine reunited last year after a sixteen-year hiatus for gigs in London, Europe, Japan and America, including the Coachella festival in Indio, California, and the All Tommorow’s Parties festival in New York. In addition to playing Coachella again, the…
When Wicked Garden opened last Halloween on Larimer, some folks were hoping it might be Denver’s answer to Hollywood’s Viper Room. But it takes a little more than throwing up a few ’80s album covers, pictures of Jimi Hendrix and Angus Young and painting quotes from Aerosmith songs on the…
The morning after playing a party for his high-school graduation, Josh “Reverend” Peyton woke up with severe pain in his hands. Doctors thought that Peyton, who had been playing guitar for five years, would never play again. “For almost two years, I didn’t play,” Peyton notes. “I ended up having…
It’s been nearly a decade since jazz pianist Marc Sabatella released an album as a leader. The guy’s had a lot going on since then: In the liner notes, he writes about how he began working with vocalist Wendy Fopeano, whom he eventually married, how he earned a Master of…
People are going to drink through the good times and the bad. But where they drink may change. Mike, who owns the Rockstar Bar (3358 Mariposa Street), thinks that a lot more folks are buying booze at liquor stores and drinking at home these days. Mike doesn’t like drinking alone…
The new Bad Weather California album is called Young Punks. And unless you consider reverb-drenched, Stones-inspired riffs to be punk, then the title might seem like an ironic misnomer at first. Stylistically, at least, the act’s rollicking psych-folk-rock is a far cry from the music of the bands that shaped…
The summer concert season is beginning to take shape. A lot of great shows were announced this week, including Neil Young’s show at Magness Arena on Monday, April 27, Depeche Mode’s show at Red Rocks on Thursday, August 27, and Keith Urban’s show at the Pepsi Center on Wednesday, July…
The Bad Plus The Soiled DoveMonday, March 9, 2008Better than: the last time I saw the trio. There’s a live recording of Rahsaan Roland Kirk where he talks about how he’s going to play two entirely separate songs on two different saxophones. One was Dvorak’s New World Symphony and the…
U2’s brand-new album No Line on the Horizon also claimed the top spot at Independent Records this week, bumping Lamb of God’s latest down to the number-two slot for the week ending March 8. Elsewhere, Independent’s top ten this week is filled out by the likes of T.I., Soulja Boy…
U2’s No Line on the Horizon and Neko Case’s Middle Cyclops, both released on Tuesday, March 3, showed some of best numbers at Twist & Shout in many months. The Fray moved back up into the top five, followed by Van Morrison and Beirut for the week ending March 8…
For Mr. Anonymous’s 2005 debut, former Samples drummer Jeep MacNichol went down to Kingston, Jamaica, and teamed up with Sly & Robbie, the English Beat’s Dave Wakeling, Brando and a bunch of other reggae superstars to record an album fused with reggae, dancehall, dub, hip-hop and electronica. On this followup,…
Halfway through my senior year in high school, I got a call from a military recruiter, who said something about how the Marines would pay for college if I enlisted. The offer sounded so promising that I actually went to his office and took a written test, which I aced…
Black and Read in Arvada has already sold out of U2’s brand album, No Line on the Horizon, which just hit stores yesterday. Animal Collective, Andrew Bird, Wino and Atmosphere, meanwhile, also showed strong sales this week. See the full top ten breakdown after the jump…
No Doubt just announced a 45-city tour with Paramore and the Sounds that includes a Wednesday, May 27 stop at Fiddler’s Green. On Monday, August 24, Def Leppard, Poison and Cheap Trick will also share a bill at Fiddler’s, while Lady Sovereign hits the Bluebird Monday, May 18, Neko Case…
The deluxe and regular versions of Lamb of God’s new album, Wrath, grabbed the top two spots on Independent Records’ bestseller list for the week ending March 1. Project Pat, K’Naan, Bobby Valentino and Souljah Boy Tell ‘Em also showed strong. The full breakdown is after the jump…
Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks Live at the Hollywood Bowl, released last week, nabbed the number-one spot on Twist & Shout’s best list for the week ending March 1. JJ Cale’s new album Roll On, the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack, Tea Leaf Green’s Live at Twist & Shout and Morrissey’s Years of…
When Bobcat Goldthwait started doing standup in the 1980s, he was on the alternative side of comedy before it was alternative. The way he sees it, he’s like Iggy Pop, who was punk before there was such a thing. Goldthwait has also acted in quite a few films in addition…
The first time I saw Rob Drabkin perform, a few years ago, I think I must have worn an expression similar to the one Drabkin is wearing on the cover of his latest album: brow furrowed, one eyebrow cocked, looking a tad annoyed yet curious, thinking, “Man, this dude still…
Near the end of 2007, the guys in the Photo Atlas were ready to record the followup to their full-length debut, No, Not Me, Never, but on Christmas Eve, most of the staff at the Stolen Transmission label was fired. Around the same time, Nick Miles filled the drumming chair…
I’d been to Bushwacker’s Saloon (1967 South Broadway) many times, but I’d never before noticed that the sunken bar was shaped kind of like a penis — or at least like half an erect one and a ball. The gal who pointed this out to me also explained that the…
Beirut’s new double EP March of the Zapotec grabbed the top at Wax Trax Records last week while the Dark Was the Night compilation, which features Andrew Bird, Arcade Fire, Beach House, Bon Iver and more, came in second. Local bands Git Some and Eyes & Ears also made the…
