Over the weekend, singer-songwriter Mark Linkous, the mastermind of Sparklehorse (whom we profiled more than a decade ago), reportedly took his own life. He was most famous for his success with his own band, but he most recently worked with Danger Mouse and filmmaker David Lynch on Dark Night of…
Looking over the Oscar nominations for best scores this year is a bit underwhelming, but with the event just of couple days away we figured now was the best time to really break down the nominations and take a close look. Listening through the nominations we see a pretty good…
As we get more and more trailers for the upcoming Tron movie I’m getting more and more excited for no apparent reason. I didn’t even like Tron to begin with. In fact, I thought it was boring with the exception of Syd Mead’s awesome Light cycles. In my effort to…
“Stylo,” the newest single from super-group collaborator’s Gorillaz hit the intertubes a couple days ago (trailer above — watch full video here). In case you’ve been living in a cardboard box the last few years, you’ll be aware the group makes their living on collaborating with a wide range of…
We were really trying to come up with some great puns for this one, but they all just seemed to easy. Either way, we happened upon this rather odd Australian invention called the Record Revirginizer and couldn’t help but share it. As you can see by watching the video behind…
Celebrities have an uncanny knack of doing whatever the hell they want, seemingly with no regard to what we the public think they should be doing. Because of their insistence not to listen to what we have to say, they’ve subsequently become entangled in a number of strange relationships which…
There are a lot of stupid band names out there. In fact there are a lot of stupid band names with the word “fuck” in them, including Fuck Buttons, Fucked Up, the Fucking Champs and Holy Fuck. Let’s be blunt, Holy Fuck is the type of name that actually demands…
So it looks like President Obama is keeping his promise regarding the importance of the plebian voice, at least in the way of intellectual property reform. Back in September our country received its first ever copyright czar (coolest government title ever, BTW) Victoria Espinel and now, just a few months…
Music podcasts are a difficult breed. With the current outdated copyright law, most podcasts can’t utilize full songs in their recordings, making anyone but the best sound like boring music nerds. Of course, we love boring music nerds, but being able to speak eloquently or interestingly about music is a…
There was an interesting op-ed in the New York Times this weekend by OK Go’s lead vocalist Damian Kulash that dealt with his label’s inability to update their business model to incorporate YouTube. It’s worth a read for his insiders perspective, even if it’s a problem most of the Internet…
Celebrities get lucky with interviews most of the time. Networks cut down strange content, or if the interview is too weird, they never make it into print. Regardless of studio and agent watchdogs, countless interviews have made us uncomfortable enough to cringe, even if we couldn’t pull our eyes and…
There’s probably a specific type of hell for people like me: I who can name drop a Belle & Sebastian song off the top of their head, can toss their songs onto mix tapes, have owned the majority of their catalog for several years without ever once even thinking about…
Thanks to the fine folks atWired, we just got a look at the new Liars video for the song “Scissors,” the first single from the band’s upcoming album, Sisterworld, due out on Tuesday, March 9 on Mute Records. And let’s just say, seeing the clip gives us high hopes for…
Our Denver Rock Atlas feature is precisely what it sounds like, a compendium of storied Denver venues, past and present, in which we pick a place and share our favorite memories of the joint. After you read our memories, please feel free to share some of your own. The summer…
With an entire day devoted to the vast, ceremonious, celebration of love, it’s quite easy to overlook President’s Day. But while Valentine’s Day gets all the press and glory (and presents!), we’d be completely remiss not to at least acknowledge the men who helped shape who we are today. Without…
I love songs that tell stories. I’m partial to them in a way that if I got jury duty to pick the best of them, I’d be kicked out due to my relentless love of any and all songs conveying even a semblance of plot. Knowing this, I still feel…
You know the world is going to shit when the Muppets have to step up and offer commentary about something. In the case of this video, we have to admit, we agree with the underlying sentiments. In case you haven’t seen yet: Beaker’s delicate and inspirational attempt at Kansas’ “Dust…
There was something funny going on in the Super Bowl commercials this year, and it wasn’t those stupid Bud Light ads. Nope, this one wasn’t supposed to be funny at all. It was supposed to inspire you to join the Air Force Reserves, but instead it had us thinking about…
Intriguing word out of the George & Caplin camp: Secluded Malls & Scenic Byways, the outfit’s next release, will reportedly be issued as a two-CD set. Any G&C release is cause for excitement, but this one especially so. As we understand it, the second disc is going to comprise a…
Ever wonder how critical consensus comes about — how all of the sudden the whole world just seems to inexplicably share the exact same opinion on a particular artist, occurence or topic? (The recent Taylor Swift Grammy backlash is a great example of this phenomenon.) Here’s what happens: Essentially, one,…
Maybe it’s the post-Grammy slump, or perhaps it’s an entire nation enthralled with something called Lost, but we’ve wandered off into the internet to find something a little different today. That something is something called Devil’s Tuning Fork which made us smile from ear to ear and think of strange…
On Sunday night we had the chance to watch the Colorado Avalanche get pummeled by the visiting New York Rangers. While we should have been paying more attention to the game, we couldn’t help our ears being caught in familiar sounds. The music selections — and there were many –…
