Americans are accustomed to paying for our entertainment by purchasing something, and then enjoying that product later. There are exceptions, of course, like broadcast television, which is free but supported by ads. We don’t usually associate this model with games, but Backflip Studios in Boulder is changing that with its…
Marcus Church’s newest EP, Minutiae, is up for a free download right now on Bandcamp. The record, recorded sporadically over the last year or so, features a much fuller sound then we’re used to from this once-one-man act, and it’s fused with perked-up pop sounds, the occasional driving riff and…
Music apps are quickly taking over our smartphones, turning music into toys, productivity tools and providing free tunes no matter where we are. This week, we’ve got a few great ways to find music and stream it, plus one of the best score readers for iPad yet…
Ah yes, the fabled month-change weekend — the most dreaded weekend of them all. You know that the bills are going to be due on Monday morning, the rent will need to be sent out early and you’ll be left with no extra cash for the weekend. It’s a good…
When we told you about the release of the song, “Fortitude,” from Ian Cooke’s new album of the same name, we didn’t know much about how the song came to be. Sure, we knew where it was recorded and who did it, but we didn’t know how much work and…
Neal Stephenson will be at Tattered Cover LoDo tomorrow, and in advance of his appearance we talked with him about his new novel, Reamde, a thriller based on a virus that steals your information and requires payment via gold in a MMO game. Before you click through to the interview,…
Good news for those of you who miss Indie 101.5: John “Whip” Wilbur, the station’s morning show host and music director, and Lipgloss co-founder Tyler Jacobson have announced plans to launch a new Internet-based indie radio station in Denver, Post 303…
If dressing up like a robot and computing your way around town while solving riddles in an Alternate Reality Game sounds like a fun way to spend a Saturday afternoon, then Robot Pursuit is for you. The goal of the pursuit is to get people to solve puzzles and riddles…
Holy crap, there were a lot of shows this month. It was difficult to pick our favorites of the bunch, especially with big-name acts like Taylor Swift, DMX, Blink 182 and Ke$ha rocking the stages in Colorado. We have so many photos, it’s tough to sift through them all, which…
Author Neal Stephenson will be at the Tattered Cover LoDo on Friday and in advance of that appearance, we’ll have a Q&A with him tomorrow. In the meantime, we’re giving you a chance to win a copy of the book right now, so you’ll be able to have Stephenson sign…
If you couldn’t make it out to the rather excellent Nirvana Nevermind tribute show last weekend, never fear, because music blog The Flat Response recorded the whole thing for your enjoyment. Jam packed with every song from the evening (and intros!), you’ll be able to live vicariously through those were…
Today is unofficial nostalgia day: One of the greatest games of all time gets an HD rerelease today alongside one of the best books about gangsters. It’s certainly a little retro-tastic when you combine that with the hilariously dumb new Transformers movie, but thankfully, we’re saved from only consuming old…
As we’re all aware, piracy has been a big problem for the music industry, but suing for hundreds of thousands of dollars hasn’t worked out too well for for record label’s public perception or their pocketbooks. Digital Rights Corporation wants to remedy that and still collect on the labels behalf,…
As counterintuitive as it might initially seem, if you own a Kindle or a device with the Kindle app (iOS, Android, PC, etc), you can now check out books from the Denver Public Library via its eMedia site. Yes, students, that includes CliffsNotes, if you’ve managed to seriously drop the…
If there is one thing we’ve come to expect from Denver’s music videos recently, it’s that they seriously enjoy freaking us out. It’s like they’re all specially created to make us start audio-visually tripping. Case in point, David Dohrmann’s new video for the Hollagramz track, “Galactic Leash,” which looks like…
Nintendo was in town yesterday showing off some short product demos for their holiday lineup. We had a chance to sneak into the Nintendo van (which was hidden away in an alley) and get our grimy paws all over Zelda, Mario and everything else they have on tap for the…
The city is ramping up for its Halloween phase, but before that goes down, we’ve got a few great things to spend your money on this week, including plays, films, art shows and festivals. For the toughest among us, it’s also the final week to get your yoga on in…
Update: Most of the apps are live now and you should be seeing streams in your Facebook feeds. If you want to get into the action yourself, you’ll need to re-install the app you’d like to use to secure permissions again. At the f8 Developers Conference today, Facebook’s CEO, Mark…
The first ever Denver Silent Film Festival kicks off tonight at the King Center on the Auraria Campus. Silent films have long been out of style, unless you count muting a video on YouTube, which is why we decided to catch up with festival coordinator and presenter (and teacher and…
It looks like Heart in Space was too excited to get their new sounds into the hands of its fans. In preparation for its official release on November 11 at the Larimer Lounge, the dreamy-space-rock band has made the disc available digitally for streaming or a six-dollar download…
Silent films are decidedly out of style, but the Denver Silent Film Festival hopes to rekindle the audience’s amazement with moving pictures by showing off classic films in the same context in which they would have premiered: on 35mm prints with a full orchestra accompanying them. Because of the nature…
If you ever tried (and probably failed) at model painting as a kid, then you might take solace in WingNutCon II, a setting for model builders and artists to show off their work. The contest spotlights some of Colorado’s best model builders and their creations in over forty different categories…
