BLONDE REDHEAD With Ólöf Arnalds 11.27.10 | Ogden Theatre With the swirling fog and twin spotlights bathing her in white light, Ólöf Arnalds seemed like a mythical forest creature manifesting springtime wherever she stands — which was fitting because her whole persona was one of an innocence and playfulness. It…
British music magazine MOJO referred to Ólöf Arnalds (due tonight at the Ogden Theatre with Blonde Redhead) as “Reykjavic’s answer to Kate Bush,” which is fair enough considering Arnalds’ gorgeously otherworldly singing and penchant for writing songs that cannot be linked directly to any particular musical genre other than the…
KTCL’s Not So Silent Night with 3OH!3 Innerparty System | Oh My Stars | The Epilogues 11.26.10 | 1STBANK Center View 3OH!3 at 1STBANK slideshow Watching 3OH!3’s rise over the last few years has been an interesting one, and the best gauge of the duo’s hometown success has been the…
The super-official, absolutely real, Record Store Day might have been earlier this year, but there’s no reason why we can’t celebrate our favorite holiday twice. Instead of cutting each other’s throats and arguing with old folks at the mall today, maybe you’d like to consider spending your Black Friday picking…
Early in its career, Blonde Redhead clearly drew inspiration from DNA, whose song was the inspiration for the band’s name. But instead of solely offering up atonal squalls and musical deconstruction, Blonde Redhead’s songwriting also flirted with haunted melodies…
The once-nomadic-now-settled Nederland folk quintet Elephant Revival is celebrating the release of its second album, Break In The Clouds, tonight at the Walnut Room, but this isn’t just a regular old release show. The band is also offering up a “meet and greet” session as part of the evening engagement,…
BONOBO | 11.24.10 | Ogden Theatre Bonobo, aka Simon Green, is touring in support of his latest album, Black Sands — and he brings with him enough instrumentalists to accurately reproduce its sweeping, orchestral sounds, plus Andreya Triana, the vocalist whose haunting, lovely voice is heard on several Black Sands…
If you read our review of Roger Waters at the Pepsi Center last night, you know it was a show not to be missed. As a band, Pink Floyd is in that select (but growing none the less) group of bands whose fans are more like soldiers, proudly wearing the…
If you’re looking for a handy way to snap out of your tryptophan-induced coma tomorrow evening, Tim Alexander, aka DJ Tower, will be holding down his regular slot at Milk Bar for ZOMG Thursday. Tower has been running the weekly electro-heavy event for the better part of a year, bringing…
The last few month have been unkind to a few local groups. It seemed like everywhere we looked bands were getting their gear jacked. Thankfully, Colorado loves to help when these things happen, that’s where Loss Prevention Thanksgiving comes into play…
Pardon our inappropriate use of a preposition, but the Bluebird is where it’s at — tonight Tennis, Gauntlet Hair and Gangcharger come together for an all-local line-up, continuing a week of great shows happening at the theater. Tennis has been up to all kinds of good stuff lately — preparing…
ROGER WATERS 11.23.10 | Pepsi Center If you were at the Roger Waters show last night at the Pepsi Center, chances are you’re still talking about it this morning, regaling your co-workers and feebly trying to figure out a way to somehow express the unbelievable awesomeness you experienced. Good luck…
ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI With Diva and Os Mutantes 11.23.10 | Bluebird Theatre Ariel Pink (whose real name is Ariel Rosenberg) spent the better part of the last decade making lo-fi recordings of himself in his bedroom and being booed off-stage during solo tours. When he got signed to record…
Back in June when Beauty Bar opened its doors, The Swayback’s Eric Halborg and Bill Murphy were brought in to throw down some jams and get the party started on 13th Avenue once again, following the Snake Pit’s closing the year before. The night was a hit, and has since…
Kanye West released My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy yesterday amid rave reviews — Pitchfork gave it a perfect ten rating, Spin gave it nine out of ten stars, Rolling Stone gave it five stars, Urb gave it four and a half out of five stars, and XXL has reportedly given…
Astrophagus unceremoniously ended its run this past September at Lost Lake. Bolstering the adage that you can’t keep good men down, we’ve learned that the Cain brothers, Jason and Josh, are about to resurface as Port Au Prince, with a little help from their friends Hunter Dragon on drums, Brian…
My Chemical Romance, which hit the road near the beginning of the new year on the World Contamination Tour and just released a new album, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, is due to stop at the Fillmore Auditorium on Saturday, April 9. Tickets ($32.50, $35 day…
Los Angeles’ supreme weirdo Ariel Pink brings his band/concept Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti through Denver tonight, in support of his latest release, Before Today. With a discography that challenges Frank Zappa’s sheer strangeness and prolific nature, Pink and company build unique sets from the dozens of recordings he’s made –…
When Johnny Wohlfahrt announced in private that he would play the new open mike night at Starbucks, it seemed incredibly absurd. Open mike is almost always either for poets trying out new material or for singer-songwriters testing the waters after years of writing out of the public eye. Open mikes…
I remember staying up all night just hanging out with my friends, and randomly there would be gunshots and cop cars everywhere,” recalls José Bonilla, aka Zé of Diamond Boiz. “That’s just something we took for granted.” Remarkably, the MC, who grew up in Denver’s Westwood neighborhood, never got involved…
When he took over the space at 1320 15th Street that had held Alto (and Sambuca before that) last year, Paul Piciocchi split it into three 2,000-square-foot venues. The Drink opened in mid-November 2009, followed by the Rack & Rye gastropub a few weeks later, and then Mix Music Lounge…
It turns out that Nederland should be known for more than just its tranquil gentility and Grandpa Bredo and his Tuff Shed. Elephant Revival (due at the Walnut Room on Friday, November 26) does the unlikely by taking bluegrass-inflected Americana and making it seem more fresh than old-timey. The outfit…
