Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg is one of the very few performers in hip-hop who can say he’s watched the genre grow old with grace. From his tumultuous times at Death Row Records to a questionable signing with the No Limit label, Snoop has soldiered on through the years to become one of…

Crocodiles

Up until the middle part of the last decade, Charles Rowell and Brandon Welchez spent time in underground punk and noisy post-punk bands in San Diego, the most noteworthy of which was the Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower. That act dissolved in 2006; two years later, the duo…

Ani DiFranco

Ani DiFranco has a solid cult following that dates back to the ’90s, when young women found refuge in her defiant, angst-ridden music. Since then, the Buffalo-hailing singer-songwriter and feminist icon has embraced motherhood and revealed a softer, more vulnerable self in her songs. She isn’t as radical as she…

The Swayback

Most bands offer few surprises more than ten years into their career. While people who never liked the Swayback probably won’t be persuaded by this latest offering, the guys really challenged themselves in making an album like this, one that’s diverse yet cohesive. It isn’t all over the place in…

Year of the Dragonfly

Having teamed up with Madeline Johnston of Mariposa for this new project, called Year of the Dragonfly, Hunter Dragon embraces a more consistent, accessible sound. The duo’s debut release, Pupil, is a chilled-out gem of an album that explores the intimate, comfortably sad sounds of Massive Attack or Kid A-era…

Miner

While some guitarists lower their E strings down to D for a chunkier sound, Miner guitarists Jeff Sollohub and Tim Beattie take things a bit further south to get a super-thick and beefy tone on most of the cuts on the band’s six-song EP, Building a Rocket. These guys share…

Dave Mustaine isn’t gay, he’s Christian

A long time ago, back in ancient Judea, there was a group of sanctimonious turds called Pharisees whose mission, as the moral authority, was to cram their oppressive values down the throats of everyone else. If you’re familiar with the Bible, you’ll know these guys; they were the ones who…

Magic Cyclops dishes on his American Idol tryouts

Magic Cyclops began making himself known to audiences outside of Fort Collins around ten years ago. Whether he was putting on a show or running Championship Karaoke Night at the hi-dive, he always left some kind of impression. Magic’s British accent and spoiled-rock-star stunts alternately made you think that a)…

Mane Rok

Mane Rok gives his take on love with a perfect balance of sweet and sour on the entirely Mr. Bostic-produced Saul Amore: A Modern Day Massacre. On “Addicted,” the EP’s opener and one of its best tracks, Mane comes in with a surprisingly controlled, low-toned flow. The cut is impressive…

Alex Kruger spins on March 3 at 2200

Berlin producer Alex Krüger’s first major impression on international dance floors was his 2000 hit “I Can’t (Fall in Love With Another One),” under his Dub Taylor alias — and he’s managed to stay cutting-edge relevant in the dozen years since he first helped shape Germany’s deep-house scene. The minimalist…

R.I.P. Nick Dickson

Some terribly sad news to report this afternoon: The Mile High City has lost another beloved member of our local music scene. If you haven’t heard yet — although based on the outpouring of remembrances on his Facebook page today, the news has already reached a great many of you…

Bon Iver and Feist at Red Rocks on May 31

Bon Iver and Fiest at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on May 31: Go ahead and file this one under yet another show that undoubtedly rises to the level of must-see status. In what’s already shaping up to be one of the better concert seasons in recent memory with impending shows from…

Review: T-Pain at the Ogden Theatre, 2/26/12

T-PAIN @ OGDEN THEATRE | 2.26.12 In a display of what can only be described as obnoxious, drunken, ego-driven mania, T-Pain performed for nearly three hours last night to a two-thirds-full Ogden Theatre that, by the end of his reign of terror, was more than half empty. The king of…

Review: Zola Jesus at the Larimer Lounge, 2/25/12

ZOLA JESUS @ LARIMER LOUNGE | 2/25/12There is an implicit capacity for a show to feel like a “religious experience” — when the light is minimal and dramatic, fake smoke is pumped into the tight space and the crowd is thick and moving in unison, they inherently take on the…

Review: Gathering of the Clouds at City Hall, 2/24/12

Gathering of the Clouds Day 2 @ City Hall | 2/24/12One of the main reasons for the festival was the release of the new Overcasters album, Curses/Prayers and as usual, Overcasters delivered a solid set of music. Bathed in various shades and hues of shifting light over the course of…

Paris Hilton “Drunk Text” with Manufactured Superstars: “It’s a hot mess of misspelled obscenities, body parts and run-on questions”

Manufactured Superstars stock has just risen dramatically — or their notoriety has, anyway. In case you missed it, the Denver-bred production duo of Brad Roulier and Sean Sabo, known collectively as Manufactured Superstars, made all sorts of headlines yesterday on the interwebs for their work with Paris Hilton (?!) on…