As a member of Los Dos and the New American Ramblers, Michael David Neff provided a startlingly sincere, intelligent and soulful voice that helped to elevate the music beyond genre. This solo effort displays no shortage of that quality. Although clearly influenced by Dylan and Springsteen, Neff very much charts…
Life got you pissed off? 20XIII has the following prescription: Bang your head against the nearest brick wall until you can’t feel anything. If that sounds like your sort of remedy, this Fort Collins four-piece has just the music for you. In the tradition of Mudvayne, Korn and Coheed &…
Pete Wernick says he’s always walking a fine line: On one hand, he uses five decades of banjo proficiency to play traditional bluegrass with Hot Rize, which did a lot of recording in the ’80s, and, more recently, with Long Road Home, which just released a new album, Live at…
Summoning the gruff howl of punk legends like Leatherface and Jawbreaker, Throwaway Sunshine has no shortage of raw, open-hearted soul. The quartet may be relatively young, but their songs sound weathered by the ages: Singer/guitarist Cory Trendler, formerly of post-hardcore champs the Blackout Pact, brings the same level of passion…
Listening to the music of Holy Ghost! (due at Beta on Friday, February 12), you’d think disco never went out of style and spent thirty-plus years in limbo. Brooklyn-based Nick Millhiser and Alex Frankel have scored big with their own tracks, such as the club anthem “Hold On,” and on…
Kate O’Toole had thought about opening a bar since she was thirteen and saw The Color Purple. “There’s this scene in the juke joint where Shug Avery sang this song called ‘Sister’ to Celie, and she was just getting down and then everyone was getting down,” she remembers. “It was…
In a pairing that is so natural and complementary that it’s virtually cosmic, DeVotchKa, one of Denver’s most treasured exports, is slated to join Gogol Bordello on the road for a series of ten dates in mid April. After playing a dependably sold out Valentine’s Day show at the Fox…
Ke$ha just finished the video for her next single, “Blah Blah Blah,” featuring 3OH!3. The song, which is almost certain to set the airwaves on fire, was written by Ke$ha, Sean Foreman and Benny Blanco, and was reportedly spurred by a conversation the three had in which they discussed who…
Do no evil my ass. Last night and into today, many people using a Blogger account to host a music blog logged on to find this. The news is making its way across the web now, but DJ/record producer Tommie Sunshine tweeted about it way early. Presumably, people got the…
Our reason for picking this week’s flier of the week winner can be explained in a single word: GAMERA! Our love for Japanese kaiju in general, and Japan’s most awesome turtle in particular, means we pretty much knew this appropriated image of Gamera was going to get the top honors…
You know the world is going to shit when the Muppets have to step up and offer commentary about something. In the case of this video, we have to admit, we agree with the underlying sentiments. In case you haven’t seen yet: Beaker’s delicate and inspirational attempt at Kansas’ “Dust…
Won’t Get Fooled Again — or will we? Before we get to the new developments in the White Stripes beef with the Air Force Reserve, we can’t believe that no one else has noticed yet or pointed out the similarities between the music for the Reserve’s other “Live the Extreme”…
As if we didn’t already have enough reason to find our way to Tennesee to catch the Flaming Lips playing Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety, we now have even more incentive — namely, Chromeo with Daryl Hall and Stevie Wonder!
Ginger Perry says she started her new night, This Good Old Country, which debuted last week at Interstate Kitchen & Bar (901 West 10th Avenue), to remember where she came from. Her Kansas-based grandparents on her mom’s side still do everything that’s country, from auctions to horse racing to cattle…
A few weeks ago, we mentioned that the Autumn Film is nearly finished with its new album, The Ship and the Sea, which is slated for release at the Walnut Room on Friday, March 5. We just got to hear one of the tracks, and if that tune is any…
Lil Wayne was supposed to be sentenced and head to prison today for a 2007 gun-possesion arrest. But the man needs surgery to repair a cracked tooth, which we suppose is a common problem among people with a mouth full of diamonds. We’re sure this a completely legitimate delay, and…
There was something funny going on in the Super Bowl commercials this year, and it wasn’t those stupid Bud Light ads. Nope, this one wasn’t supposed to be funny at all. It was supposed to inspire you to join the Air Force Reserves, but instead it had us thinking about…
As if playing in Nirvana and the Foo Fighters wasn’t enough for Dave Grohl, he teamed up with Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones and Queen of the Stone Age’s Joshua Homme to form Them Crooked Vultures in 2009. The Vultures, who released their self-titled debut this past November, descend upon…
In video games, we’re used to running, jumping, collecting and shooting (especially shooting). What we don’t see a lot of is record scratching. And what we see even less of is record scratching to solve puzzles, like those little ball-in-maze puzzles or, uh, safe-cracking. Until now, that is. We discovered…
Intriguing word out of the George & Caplin camp: Secluded Malls & Scenic Byways, the outfit’s next release, will reportedly be issued as a two-CD set. Any G&C release is cause for excitement, but this one especially so. As we understand it, the second disc is going to comprise a…
On Friday night, P.O.S. played a sold-out show at the Marquis with Grieves with Budo, Dessa (of Doomtree) and The Pirate Signal, and then on Saturday night, Drag the River played with Cheap Girls at 3 Kings Tavern. Our boy Aaron Thackeray was there and took a grip of snaps…
Tjutjuna, Orbiteer, Woodsman and Fissure Mystic Friday, February 5, 2010 Meadowlark Jeff Suthers opened this show with the debut of his solo project, Orbiteer. Streaming layers of hazy guitar overlayed sketches of faintly discernible melodies in the distance. Whorls of shimmering, controlled feedback were manipulated into broad vistas of panoramic…
