Andrew Bird at Ogden Theatre, 8/17/12

ANDREW BIRD @ OGDEN THEATRE | 8/17/12 See also: Q&A with Andrew Bird on his songwriting process and his approach to improvising using loops Last night at the Ogden Theatre, singer/violinist/Olympic-grade whistler Andrew Bird performed in front of the most attentive, respectful, rapt crowd the Chicago wunderkind could have possibly…

Five best concerts in Colorado this weekend

See also: – Brennen Bryarly goes Into the Night as option4 – Parting words: A Sauna Q&A before its farewell show – Sharon Van Etten Q&A: “I get nervous sometimes that my songs are too personal” – Q&A with Brendan Perry of Dead Can Dance – Q&A with Derek Vincent…

Brennen Bryarly goes Into the Night as option4

Brennen Bryarly is still terrified of heights. You’d think he wouldn’t be by now, but he is. For a decade, he performed the most dangerous job in America, and he spent a lot of time looking down. Now he’s soaring to new heights with his music. Bryarly, of course, is…

Gun Street Ghost gets real at the hi-dive on Friday, August 17

If you were to put together a short list of the most interesting indie-rock bands from Denver in the past ten years, it would probably include at least one of the groups featuring either Mike Perfetti or Tyler Campo. Anyone paying attention over the years probably heard of or saw…

Dead Can Dance

A year after forming in Melbourne, Australia, in 1981, the members of Dead Can Dance moved to London, where they came into contact with the great post-punk bands of the era, such as the Sound, Comsat Angels and Death in June. The dark urgency of that music can be heard…

Konrad Black

A seasoned DJ, producer and live performer, Berlin-by-way-of-Vancouver’s Todd Shillington — aka Konrad Black — has roots in drum-and-bass and hip-hop, but he’s best known today as one of the founders (with Mathew Jonson, Graham Boothby and Jesse Fisk) of the international techno and house label Wagon Repair. Early in…

Cannibal Corpse

Buffalo, New York-based death-metal legend Cannibal Corpse has been going strong for more than two decades now, longer than many of its younger fans have been alive. That, however, is the beauty of this style of music — and of Cannibal Corpse in particular. As long as there are fresh…

Refused

When it formed in Sweden in 1991, Refused sounded like any other hardcore band influenced by the later era of that music. But by the time of its second record, 1996’s Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent, these guys made it clear to anyone paying attention that they were…

It’s been a good year for this Congress

A lot has changed for the Congress since the band released its 2010 self-titled debut EP. For starters, it’s gone from being a quartet to a trio, and it brought in a new drummer, Mark Levy, about a year and a half ago. This was right around the time the…

Sante toasts your health at Beta, Friday, August 17

Artist and master of funky, dirty tech-house Santé is closely tied to his label, Avotre, in more ways than one. For one thing, the name itself is a play on his chosen moniker (“À votre santé” is French for “To your health” — their version of “Cheers!”). For another, he’s…

Iron Maiden at Comfort Dental, 8/13/12

IRON MAIDEN @ COMFORT DENTAL AMPHITHEATRE | 8/13/12 See also: – The 25 Coolest Iron Maiden T-shirts we saw last night at Comfort Dental – The six best quotes from Iron Maiden’s show last night at Comfort Dental – Slideshow: Iron Maiden at Comfort Dental The word “epic” gets bandied…