Based out of Austin, Ian Moore & the Lossy Coils (playing tonight at Bender’s Tavern with National BLues Arsenal and Land Grabbers) bring the kind of epic-sounding rock and roll to the table that doesn’t need much of an introduction. Led by Moore’s soulful vocals, the three-piece makes straightforward power-pop…
Another must-see date to circle in blood red ink: Saturday, August 13. Trust us: you will NOT want to miss this show. Planes Mistaken for Stars is getting back together for a reunion show at 3 Kings Tavern. Planes was one of the most kickass and ferocious bands to ever…
Online dating, that cesspool of hilarious stories and perhaps even true love. Sure, you could scour OkCupid for witty About Me paragraphs, be completely charmed by his or her fondness for biking in the rain, and then get to the favorites section. Favorite band is Tool? Nope, not compatible. Or…
The epic monsoon that swept through Denver last night took out more than just trees. The torrential rainstorm also wiped out Peter Black’s entire music catalogue when his car, which contained his Mac Book and virtually all of his music gear, was flooded. A veteran of the Mile High music…
Ben Folds (performing tonight with Kenton Chen) has had several careers over the last few decades. Playing in bands since the ’80s, the multi-instrumentalist found MTV and radio-friendly success in the ’90s with his piano-led outfit Ben Folds Five. Weathering the storm of mainstream success, Folds continued on with some…
As a musician, is there anything worse than having your gear ripped off? Really? I mean, aside from having your best friend sleep with your girl while you’re on the road, probably not. Talk about feeling violated. Just the thought of somebody else fondling your cherished instrument — few things…
Steve from FaceMan is pinching himself right now. Well, don’t quote us on that. We don’t know that for a fact, but we’re assuming he is. He’s gotta be. This Friday afternoon, his band FaceMan is going to be recording at Bryan Feuchtinger’s Uneven Studio with the Dirty Dozen Brass…
Pardon us for a minute while we marvel at the cover art for the new Snake Rattle Rattle Snake record, would ya? Don’t mean to gush, but… wow! As you can see below, Ravi Zupa simply outdid himself, and Kit Peltzel has put it all together in a way that…
Surveying similar terrain as bands like Autumn to Ashes, No Fair Fights returns after five years with a fierce new album. The Sound of Burning Bridges finds the band even more refined, with impeccably groomed vocals, drums that bear the distinct stamp of Dave Otero — who mixed and mastered…
While some of George Inai’s previous material sounded like what he described as “a Model T built by Toyota in a Mexican factory,” what he’s doing with A Curious Ghost is somewhat different than the gothic Americana-meets-Mexican folk he’s done in the past. On A Curious Ghost Part I, Inai…
It would be a stretch to call this a concept album. Yet on Hello Cruel World, Sole comes back to the theme of how modern society is hostile to intelligence and creativity. But he never prescribes the despair and pessimism he expresses here as the solution. “Hello Cruel World” cleverly…
More than a thousand punk-rock patrons crammed into a sold-out Summit Music Hall to see Alkaline Trio perform in support of its newest album, Damnesia, last night, Monday, July 11. Openers were the Gamits and Smoking Popes. Photos by Aaron Thackeray…
Just in time for its in-store tonight at Twist & Shout (6 p.m.) celebrating the release of its brand new album, Americana, out today on the band’s own Slow and Shirley imprint, Rose Hill Drive just premiered a new video for the song “Psychoanalyst.” The clip stars Josh Blue looking…
So evidently, we should have held off a bit longer posting that scene report yesterday. After that item went live, we received word that Primasonic had reached the end of the road, and this morning, we caught wind of another new group getting ready to hit the scene. Thief River…
It is hard to believe black metal band Liturgy (playing tonight at the hi-dive with Collapse and Barnacle) has only been around for a handful of years. The Brooklyn quartet — led by Hunter Hunt-Hendrix, whom we spoke with in advance of this evening’s show — sounds like it has…
Last month, we gave you an exclusive sneak peek of the video for Manufactured Superstars’ new club banger, “Serious,” featuring Selina Albright. We didn’t know when the actual song would be released, as certain remixes were still being worked out. Those remixes have evidently been finished, since the song is…
Brooklyn’s Liturgy (due Tuesday, July 12, at the hi-dive with Collapse and Barnacle) started as the solo project of singer/guitarist Hunter Hunt-Hendrix, who started writing the music with a drum machine on which he created the “burst beat” — a way of taking the blast beat of much grindcore, death…
I saw them play at the Rainbow Tavern in Seattle,” recalls Matt Cameron. “I loved Soundgarden even before I joined the group. They were my favorite Seattle band. I always tried to make their shows whenever they played. I was always impressed with Chris’s natural charisma, and Hiro was fantastic…
In the three-plus decades since Bob Engel opened BJ’s Carousel (1380 South Broadway), Denver’s longest-running gay bar has gone through a number of ups and downs, from the oil boom and bust to losing a number of customers to AIDS in the ’80s to taking a tough hit in the…
Since forming in July 2007, the Vergers (due at the Larimer Lounge on Friday, July 15) have been something of an an unknown quantity in the underground rock scene in Denver — but it’s not for lack of effort or quality material. Like most bands, the Vergers wrestled with a…
The Sleepy Jackson and Pnau might not ring any bells on this side of the pond, but both outfits are well-known in their home country of Australia — and, it would seem, have very little in common. The Sleepy Jackson is an alternative-rock group from Perth, on the west coast…
Although Goapele (pronounced Gwap-a-lay) first came to prominence with the gentle funk jam “Closer” at the start of this decade, the former Berklee music student is far from a one-hit wonder. In 2006, she returned to the charts with “First Love,” a ballad so light you hardly expected it to…
