Ever wonder what a Drag the River album sounds like before it gets tracked with drums and amps? Wonder no more. The band has made almost half of the 24 tracks that are being recorded for a new studio album due out next year available for download on its Bandcamp…
It was only a matter of time before a film was made about Phil Spector. His life has been bonkers enough to at least warrant a made-for-TV movie. It turns out, this might just end up being the case. Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that David Mamet…
Some of us were fortunate enough to have parents cool enough to buy us all the Super Mario and Sonic games we needed. Others weren’t so lucky. These poor souls were stuck with third-rate, non-licensed Christian games like Bible Adventures and Sunday Funday. Fortunately, even those of us that missed…
Some of our most loved fliers are hardly decipherable messes of wacky design, so it’s nice to see something readable and simple sometimes. Simplicity was once a staple among concert posters because they needed to convey two simple facts: who was playing and where. Thankfully, this artist showcase manages to…
Some bummer news from over the weekend: Early on Sunday morning, the king of rock and soul, Solomon Burke, died of natural causes after arriving at an airport in Amsterdam. Burke left behind a hell of family legacy — 21 children, 90 grandchildren and 19 great-children — as well as…
With a billion different retailers and hundreds of different mediums to chose from, keeping up with the best and newest releases in any form is difficult. This week we’ve got a wide range of stuff you’re not going to want to miss, including the release of a television show you…
Soundgarden was just certified Platinum for sales of its best-of album, Telephantasm (which, incidentally, has the worst cover art of the year, beating out Hurley by a long shot), generated in one day. On the surface, this sounds like one hell of an accomplishment, until you read the fine print:…
We get it, you’ve been saving up all month for your Mad Max Halloween costume and you’re a little short on cash. That’s okay, don’t worry. You can still get out and have fun this weekend — especially if your idea of fun includes building sandcastles, black comedies, dancing or…
In a Q&A with GQ posted earlier this week, Steve Albini takes Sonic Youth to task for selling out when they signed to Geffen in 1990. He contends that when Sonic Youth entered the mainstream machine, it encouraged other bands to follow suit. It’s kind of confusing logic if you…
There are thousands of blue-collar jobs in the world, but few have the cultural appeal of the bike messenger. As Denver has become more bike-centric over the years and more people have been saddling up, the bike messenger’s job has taken on a glamorous appeal. But their heavy bags filled…
A mansion once occupied by the late, great Ronnie James Dio, who passed away earlier this year, is up for sale, and it’s just barely out of our price range at a mere $3,333,000! Based on the pictures that accompany the listing, it looks like quite the spread. While a…
Earlier this week, Nick Cave responded to accusations that he nicked the basis of the song “Palaces of Montezuma” from a tune by some guy named Frank Duffy called “Grey Man.” It seems absurd someone as versatile as Cave would intentionally borrow a lick or two from another song. Any…
Do you like words? What about word games? If just thinking about Scrabble makes you hot, you might want to check out our browser game of the week, Word Bubbles. It doesn’t have anything to do with Scrabble or words inside bubbles, but it is a word game that gives…
The media of today is hard to keep up with: It comes from so many directions and in so many forms that it’s next to impossible to keep track of your favorite artists, let alone new ones. Because we’re devoted to your convenience, we’re going to pick five things each…
Kanye West has been busy the past couple of months making everyone else in music look lazy. Not only did he perform on Saturday Night Live over the weekend with two of the best musical performances we’ve seen in a while, but he’s also been dropping free MP3s in a…
We’re all familiar with Ozzy Osbourne’s infamous unprovoked attack on a bat in the early ’80s, but rarely do you hear stories about animals attacking musicians. Until now, that is. Earlier this week, Bloc Party and Ash guitarist Russell Lissack was reportedly attacked by a lion cub while visiting an…
Some people will try and tell you that $10 won’t get you much these days. To those people, we say “you’re wrong, sir,” because every weekend in Denver’s there is more than enough to do for 10 bucks and less. This weekend there are arts shows, cult-films and not one,…
Hey, ladies, think your male friends are resilient to emotion? Perhaps you’ve never seen them tear up, save for that lone teardrop that forms at the end of Rocky IV. Well, if you’re looking to evoke a little emotion from a partner, a recent study suggests you can do it…
We know the deal: You’re looking for ways to waste time at work, and we’re here to help you waste it. Hence, Browser game of the week, where we’ll comb the depths of the Flash game vortex and pick different games for you to waste away your Wednesday with. We’ll…
In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, our president revealed that his music palette has expanded slightly in recent years with a little help from his personal aide, Reggie Love. New additions to his usual standbys of Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones include Nas and Lil’ Wayne. It’s a…
The media of today is hard to keep up with: It comes from so many directions and in so many forms that it’s next to impossible to keep track of your favorite artists, let alone new ones. Because we’re devoted to your convenience, we’re going to pick five things each…
So evidently, Metric doesn’t feel like tagging industry pros to do its remixes . Instead, the members of this Canadian outfit want YOU to remix them. There’s reportedly some cash in it for you if your remix is picked. Although we’ve seen the whole crowd-sourcing remix thing before — Nine…
