Nearly two minutes of Born in the Flood’s “Anthem” was used in last night’s episode of One Tree Hill. Local musician Dan Craig and former Colorado resident Katie Herzig and have also had songs placed in the show. Check out the clip after the jump. The Born in the Flood…
It took Guns ‘N’ Roses fifteen years to finally release Chinese Democracy, which was released November 23 and available exclusively at Best Buy. That’s a mighty long time. Heck, Jesus Christ died and returned from the grave in just three days. Our sister paper in Houston compiled a slide show…
Tim Kaminski, who fronts Yerkish, got an e-mail from his half-brother Brian Tomes a few days ago, with a subject line that read: “Sarah Palin’s latest shame.” He thought, “Yeah, whatever. I’ll watch it later.” The next afternoon, he got a call from Tomes: His sibling was suddenly famous. See, Tomes…
HDNet recently started using Jessica Sonner’s song “Still Be Here” as the soundtrack for a promo video for Dan Rather Reports, HD World Report and InFocus Documentaries. Check out the video here…
The new Synthetic Elements video for “How Far” (directed by Dave Franco and Ben Martinez) shows the band knee-deep in the rock and roll lifestyle: getting out of an Escalade limo, walking the red carpet, foxy dancers in cut-offs and hot chicks in hot tubs. Check it out after the…
Photo: Chad Fahnestock Coldplay, Jon Hopkins, Sleeper CarFriday, Nov. 21, 2008Pepsi CenterBetter Than: A rock show where the band stays rooted in one spot.Making an arena rock show personal may seem like an impossible task, especially for any band playing to thousands of fans in the airy expanses of the…
Charlie Parker’s “Billie’s Bounce” isn’t that hard — the melody is pretty simple, and it’s blues in the key of F — but I was struggling with the tune on my tenor sax while sitting in at El Chapultepec (1962 Market Street). I’d only been playing the horn for about…
Ingrid Michaelson has been caught up in a whirlwind of activity for almost almost two years since her song “Breakable” was used on an episode of Grey’s Anatomy. The show then placed her endearing tune “The Way I Am,” which was also used in Old Navy’s fall commercial campaign. But…
While Of Montreal has gotten quite a rep for its highly visual shows, the Athens, Georgia-based indie-pop group looks like it’s pulling out all the stops on this current jaunt in support of Skeletal Lamping. Judging from recent tour accounts, the act is turning its shows into theatrical, psychedelic, aural…
The painting on the cover of O’Death’s latest album depicts a boy and a girl, with the spaces where their faces should be replaced with black sky and lightning. It’s all a bit creepy, but it gives the listener some insight into what’s inside the American gothic band’s third release,…
On a recent Saturday at the Zephyr Lounge (11940 East Colfax Avenue in Aurora), a guy was dancing by himself while the band played Bob Seger’s “Old Time Rock and Roll” — but he wasn’t busting any moves like underwear-sporting Tom Cruise did in Risky Business. This guy was having…
I was making the rounds and hit The Loft (821 22nd Street) on the last Saturday in October, the last night of the club’s Rocktober series, which had featured two local bands each Saturday. On October 25, one of them was the ska/reggae act P-Nuckle, and as the musicians finished…
Although Larry Ochs is probably best known for his work with the Rova Saxophone Quartet during the past three decades, in recent years the avant-garde musician has released two outstanding albums — The Neon Truth and last year’s Up From Under — as the Sax & Drumming Core, with seasoned…
When Kostas Kouremenos took over the old meeting hall at 940 Lincoln Street, his initial plan was to retool the space with an Asian concept, since the building’s Japanese architecture would lend itself to that. But instead, in 2006 he opened an airplane-themed bar, DC10, which flew for two years…
Aaron Parks was precocious as a youngster. At age fifteen, he was already working on a triple major in math, computer science and music at the University of Washington. He says he never really thought about a career in music until the music began playing him. By the time he…
I vaguely recall watching the first Real World episode, which was filmed in New York. That was in 1992, and the characters, well, it’s all pretty foggy now, but I do remember that they lived in a sweet loft, which probably ran $20,000 a month back then. In almost every…
The origin of the Legendary Pink Dots reads like some mythical tale: Three people staying in separate tents at Stonehenge get up at the same time in the middle of night and walk through a mist, where they see a band playing. The mysterious musicians are so completely enthralled by…
When I was in middle school, I had a Vision Gator skateboard named after Mark “Gator” Rogowski, a superstar skater in the ’80s. The last time I was on that board, I was holding on to the bumper of my friend’s car when I hit a patch of Seventh Avenue…
What began as a boutique hotel with a cool lounge has turned into the start of a nightlife empire. In early September, Jet Entertainment Group — those folks who bought the Luna Hotel at 1612 Wazee Street and turned it into Jet Hotel — acquired the Purple Martini clubs in…
Nearly two years ago, Kayo Dot’s Toby Driver and Mia Matsumiya visited Denver with their side project Tartar Lamb, which was inspired by composer Morton Feldman and also nodded to Steve Reich. Their fondness for modern classical is also evident at times in Kayo Dot, especially on the relatively calm…
Widespread Panic fans mourned the loss of Moon Time Bar & Grill (846 Broadway), which closed in early August, taking Widespread Wednesdays with it. Now Highland Pacific (3934 West 32nd Avenue) is helping fill the void, bringing in Eric Martinez and Tori Pater, a pair of guitarists who often played…
After opening Slim 7 nearly two years ago, Bill Ward is hoping to move his now-closed club from Larimer Square to Cherry Creek. At the end of August, Ward packed up Slim 7, which was tucked into a small space off an alley, to make way for what will become…
