News has been spreading this week of Gina, a bomb-sniffing dog at Peterson Air Force Base, who returned from a stint in Iraq a year ago. There, she witnessed gunfights and explosions. When she returned home, Gina was diagnosed with PTSD by a military veteranarian. Obviously, an animal can be…
Earlier in the week, we brought you news of the University of Colorado’s fall in the pot rankings. But why stop there? The Princeton Review ranks, logically or not , all manner of things: class discussions, race relations, general excellence and, yes, Birkenstock frequency. But what about the more… flavorful…
By now it’s clear what a huge misstep gubernatorial hopeful Dan Maes took in declaring Denver’s Bike Sharing part of a global conspiracy to deprive us of our personal freedoms. For its part, the program is just grateful for the publicity. “It’s shedding Dan Maes in an unfortunate light, which…
Hike to the top of Longs Peak, that is. Presumably he could do without the lightning, though Brandon Baker is recovering nicely at St. Anthony’s. The Minnesota man talked to his hometown Star-Tribune from the hospital and that story fills in some of the details missing from yesterday’s initial reports…
Chris McGarry was born on the Mississippi, raised on hymns and ballads and is currently living in the Internet age on Capitol Hill — that much we know. And sure enough, his debut full-length reflects this: It’s rootsy, full of banjo and lap steel and twang, but there’s also some…
Our Rough Mixes entry focusing on 50 Cent in this week’s issue only contained excerpts of our recent conversation with the rapper. In advance of his show tonight at the Fillmore, we’ve posted our entire exchange with the stunningly emaciated MC after the jump…
We would hate for you to miss out on all the awesome that happens every weekend in our fair city, so we’ve decided to run down five of the best shows in one easy-to-swallow post, with video and audio. Tell us — and the rest of the world — what…
For the second week in a row, album sales reached their lowest point in the history of the SoundScan era. “Indie” bands, meanwhile, continue to chart unexpectedly high: This week, The Black Keys are number three, Band of Horses is number seven and LCD Soundsystem is number ten. But these…
The Disco Biscuits aren’t just about the jam scene – this year’s installment of their summer music festival Camp Bisco will feature, among many others, LCD Soundsystem, Method Man, Ghostface Killah & Raekwon and Denver’s own Pretty Lights. The Biscuits have actually been incorporating electronics in their music since their…
50 Cent has avoided confrontation exactly never in his twelve-year career. His debut full-length, meanwhile, is universally hailed as a hip-hop classic. So he’s been a polarizing force for a long time. You could say that 50 took an artistic stumble with Curtis, perhaps due to an increasing involvement in…
You’re not getting the full experience until your ears are ringing. Even with markedly improved recording quality over last year’s demos, Makeout Point’s songs come through a wall of white noise on Night Moves. Turn it down too much and that’s all you’ll hear: white noise. The rewards come with…
That was quick. For those of you not eagerly lapping up every vague clue coming from the Arcade Fire camp, allow us to bring you up to speed. May 15: The band posts a virtual postcard (the front of which you see above) saying they’re just finishing pressing their new…
Above is a screen grab from Lady Gaga’s video for her latest single, “Alejandro.” Her official website says the full video is “coming soon,” and if this Gagapedia entry is to be believed, it will involve deaths, surprise twists, vampire fangs and was directed by fashion photographer Stephen Klein. Given…
3OH!3 • Cobra Starship • Travie McCoy • I Fight Dragons05.21.10 | Fillmore Auditorium “We just released another new song on iTunes,” says Nat Motte, riding the fervor of the crowd, pacing back and forth across the stage. “It’s called (pause for effect) ‘Touchin On My’!” The animatronic wolves with…
We would hate for you to miss out on all the awesome that happens every weekend in our fair city, so we’ve decided to run down five of the best shows in one easy-to-swallow post, with video and audio. Tell us — and the rest of the world — what…
This week’s signs of the music industry’s apocalypse: 1. The National had the highest selling debut album in the country this week, good for number three overall (behind Justin Beiber and Lady Antebellum). 2. This was the worst week for album sales since SoundScan started keeping track in 1991. Q:…
The ’90s are long gone. But, hey, sixteen-year-old kids are still getting sad, right? So why not throw some pillow-soft vocal melodies about missed opportunities in love over sunrise guitars and piano and puppy-dog drums? This is a band that lists Counting Crows among its chief influences, and it would…
I Fight Dragons is ostensibly edgy because it has an obscure-sounding genre tag: chiptunes. Really, it’s not even that. Chiptunes would be all-eight-bit music, which, if annoying, is at least a challenge. This is just the first HelloGoodbye album, but with NES controllers instead of (or, really, in addition to)…
Drake is hip-hop’s flaxen-haired knight without the flaxen hair, and this is one of his busses, presumably. There were two more busses behind the 7-11 — not exactly fuel efficient, but when you know way too many people here right now, you’ve got to find a place to accommodate them…
Drake • Mike Posner • DJ Chonz05.17.10 | Ogden Theatre First was Denver’s own DJ Chonz, who was assigned with warming up the rapidly-filling Ogden. He performed his task admirably [editor’s note: with one turntable, no less], but as the first-act DJ, the ceiling was pretty low. Next was Mike…
Akron/Family • Bad Weather California • Widowers • Candy Claws 05.15.10 | Quixote’s True Blue Obsessive record collectors, potentially-autistic sonic geeks, students of the craft, this one’s for you. It was 1:30 in the morning and we still had a half hour to go. Akron/Family were well into its second…
We would hate for you to miss out on all the awesome that happens every weekend in our fair city, so we’ve decided to run down five of the best shows in one easy-to-swallow post, with video and audio. Tell us — and the rest of the world — what…
