Sister-band Meg & Dia started out as just that — two sisters sharing singer-songwriter duties, with the Meg Frampton half on guitar. But after the duo’s 2005 debut, Our home is Gone, Meg & Dia expanded into a full-fledged five-piece, adding some electric weight to a formerly soft, acoustic sound…
Last month, Yale University Press released The Anthology of Rap, an exhaustive compendium of rap lyrics edited by CU professor Adam Bradley and his colleague Andrew DuBois. Although the book has been praised by some admitted outsiders, it has also been subjected to scrutiny by various hip-hop afficionados, who have…
Nearly a year after helping break in in the remodeled 1STBANK Center last March, Furthur, fronted by Bob Weir and Phil Lesh, is slated to return for another three-night stand on Friday, February 11, through Sunday, February 13. Reserved and general-admission tickets, which range from $55 to $59.75, go on…
Bob Ferbrache’s Absinthe Studios has been buzzing along for the better part of three decades, recording the likes of Ian Cooke, the Fluid, the Swayback, Frantix and many others. Now, friend and fellow sound engineer James McElwee wants to tell Bob’s story in a new documentary — but he needs…
JonBenét Ramsey is the one who brought them together. Well, it wasn’t so much JonBenét as it was Jeffree Star’s desire for a tattoo of her. And it actually wasn’t even the tattoo itself. It was the pop star and his soon-to-be tattooist Kat Von D’s shared fascination with beauty…
Although Arvada doesn’t have a big rockabilly scene, Jimmy Nigg and his brother grew up there — and that’s where they decided to open Rock-A-Billies. The brothers had spent a year looking all over Denver for the perfect place to put a rockabilly-themed bar; when they found out that the…
If you ever heard or saw the name “The Legendary Beep Beeps,” you probably — understandably — thought it was going to be something dumb. But the band wasn’t, and despite the seeming commercial-rock aspirations in some of its songwriting, there was a core of something ineffably compelling in its…
In 1932, the Marx Brothers released one of their classics, a movie called Horse Feathers. The music of the Portland, Oregon, group of the same name may not possess the inspired zaniness and slapstick of the Marx Brothers, but the band’s earnest pastoral sound could have been created long ago…
In the decade since the Bad Plus has been together, the adventurous jazz trio has included cover songs on each of its recordings. Bassist Reid Anderson, pianist Ethan Iverson and drummer David King have deconstructed and reimagined cuts by everyone from the Pixies and Nirvana to Bowie and Blondie. Last…
In southern Florida, Mike Diaz has been evolving MillionYoung from a promising synth-pop project into something that doesn’t really fit into that whole “chillwave” category so much as it captures the image those of us living in colder climates have of warm nights and lazy days in tropical climates. Florida…
Occasionally, an artist from in or around Denver will put out a release that captures the spirit of the moment and forever reminds you of that time. This seven-inch record from Gauntlet Hair is effectively that release for 2010. The songs echo and shimmer like spring sunshine through trees sporting…
Some folks say the more trichomes (or crystals) there are in your weed, the higher you’ll get, since there’s a lot of THC in them. Nowhere in the Fort Collins-based Trichome’s materials does it say that that’s what the band’s name alludes to. But considering that Trichome is a reggae…
Eolian’s connection to past prog-rock giants shows on Egg, the band’s 35-minute, single-track concept album. The group — frontman Ian O’Dougherty, drummer (and occasional Backbeat contributor) Sean Merrell and bassist Adam Edwards — offers a wide range of sounds and contours, summoning giants of the genre like Geddy Lee and…
Julia Libassi and Scott Conroy met while attending Tufts University and played in and around Boston with their band Stop Switch before moving to Denver in the summer of 2009. Upon arriving here, the pair sought out potential bandmates on Craigslist. A terse comment to their post — essentially proclaiming…
The first thing you will notice about I Know You, Rider is that it’s an instrumental band. But its music is not just spontaneous noodling: The outfit has been working on its debut EP for over a year now. The four tracks on La Bufadora are driving rock songs, albeit…
Mochipet’s ramshackle rambling through the world of music highlights just what can be done with a little technology and a lot of imagination. The experimental/hip-hop DJ (also known to the world at large as David Wang) is all over the place, remixing everyone from Kraddy to Michael Jackson, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony…
This is not a token “throwback to the early days of Lipgloss party.” We repeat, this is not a throwback. Creep, which kicks off December 15 at Beauty Bar, is a totally new night brought to you by one of the DJs who birthed Lipgloss, but Michael Trundle, aka Boyhollow,…
At this point in his career, Tech N9ne needs no introduction to Colorado. The independent and highly successful Kansas City rapper — who makes his fourth and final stop in the state tonight for this round of his tour — found a niche for his bizarre hip-hop style in and…
TAME IMPALA With Achille Lauro 12.04.10 | Bluebird Theater Stardeath and the White Dwarfs were originally slated to be part of this bill but couldn’t make it, so at the last minute, local band Achille Lauro was added, which is just as well, because that band shares a bit of…
We’re putting together our annual New Year’s Eve/New Year’s Day guide, and we want you to be a part of it. Send your music- and club-related New Year events to newyear@westword.com today so we can add you to our listings. And thanks!…
Derek Vincent Smith, a/k/a Pretty Lights played Belly Up in Aspen last night, and photographer Soren McCarty brings back these photos from the show…
By now, its no secret: Tennis was born out of months at sea, after which newlyweds Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley came home and made and record. A whirlwind of interest in the band and a deal with Fat Possum Records followed, and now the duo is readying the release…
