As the Guy Who Sits in the Media Tent and Updates Our Live Music Fest Coverage, there are two perks to my job: 1. Proximity to free food. 2. Opportunity to pick which photos we use in our slideshows and live-review blogs. Monolith, like Mile High before it, served up…
All right, by now you’ve seen the clip of Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at this past weekend’s MTV Video Music Awards (see the clip after the jump if you haven’t already), an act of utter douchebaggery that’s been universally condemned: Katy Perry likened the outburst to stepping…
It’s been an insanely busy week of concert announcements that run the gamut from King Kahn & BBQ Show and Melt-Banana, Wolfmother and Ghostland Observatory to Stone Temple Pilots, Insane Clown Posse and Kevin Smith (yep, Silent Bob himself will speak). Steely Dan fans might get a bit giddy to…
From Bill Joel to Trent Reznor, it’s a well-worn story line: a shrewd business manager attempts to hoodwink young musicians under his charge, taking advantage of their inexperience and naivety for his gain, and gets away with it for a while before they know any better or realize what’s happening…
The mysterious Mr. Anonymous, one of the standout artists on Boulder-based label Black Bridge, has a new tune out called “Some Gal a Move,” a shuffling, smile-inducing, head nodding slow jam with autotuned vocals and ridiculous lyrics. And to accompany this fine new song, he’s dropped a fun and weird-ass…
Over the weekend, the New York Times broke the news that Jim Carroll, a thought-provoking poet who made several appearances in Denver and Boulder and whose 1978 memoir, The Basketball Diaries, was immortalized on the big screen in a 1995 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, passed away from a heart attack…
Elsewhere: See reviews from Saturday, plus photos of the bands and fans from Sunday on the slideshow page. We’re back on the Rocks for what, so far anyway, is looking to be a much more pleasant day than Saturday. In case you missed yesterday’s festivities, it was viciously cold and…
See more photos of the bands at westword.com/slideshow. Is this thing on? We’re live from Red Rocks for Day One of Year Three of Monolith, the indie-hipster-Urban-Outfitted-neon-fest that marks the end of the Colorado music-festival season. The lovely promotional folks at Madison House have moved the media tent from the…
After ripping the Heavenfest stage over the summer and shining on the Gotee Records Hip Hope compilation album earlier this year, Colorado emcee Proxy is out and about pushing his new album Proximus. Released through his own Group Vigilant imprint, the album was predominately produced by Decap, an in-house producer…
If you’ve followed DJ MU$A at all in the last fifteen years, you already know that he’s one of the best, if not the best, mixers coming out of the Mile High City. His eclectic tastes have him mixing hood classics with anything ranging from ’70s soul and ’80s pop…
Over the course of this week, we’ve delivered a ton of Monolith coverage, so you’d be forgiven if you managed to overlook something. But because we care, we’ve taken the time to round everything up in one spot for you. Every Q&A, the stories in the paper, our special list…
To celebrate the label’s 14th anniversary, Suburban Home Records is giving everyone one free, downloadable album, with no obligation and no hoops to jump through. That’s right. Free album — no bullshit. You will have to supply an e-mail, but that’s just so they can mail out the authorization code…
MTV’s ongoing love affair with the dashing young gentlemen of 3OH!3 continues unabated. Just the other day, they delivered this in-depth expose of what the guys pack in their carry-on luggage while flying around the globe living the jet-set lifestyle of electro-crunk superstars on the way to winning (we hope)…
The Killers, Nervous Wreckords Red Rocks Amphitheater September 9, 2009 Better than: Seeing an epic, intricately staged arena show in the confines of an indoor arena. The Killers did a fine job of summoning the glitz and glamour of their hometown during their appearance at Red Rocks on Wednesday night…
Danielle Anderson does not like hugs. Despite this, she might as well be Tigger at Disney World every time she plays a show. The sound guy, the promoter, the other bands, the fans — everyone’s got to get a squeeze. It’s an understandable mistake. After all, she’s young and casually…
Playing guitar may not seem like a lot of work, but it’s a real workout. I’ve played my fair share of gigs, and whether the show lasts all night or is just a half-hour set, by the time it ends, I’m usually a big, dripping ball of sweat that wants…
Ever since Jack and Meg White reimagined the raucous, bluesy two-piece of the pioneering Flat Duo Jets, anyone flying that musical configuration gets compared to the White Stripes. Dustin Lawlor and Tom Nelson, who make up The Getdown! (due at the Larimer Lounge on Thursday, September 10), clearly reach beyond…
The state of New Jersey seems to have several unshakable stigmas attached to it: It’s dirty, full of gangsters and is the possible resting place of John Gotti. As off-base as those notions might be, one thing is certain: Jersey is a breeding ground for great working-class music, from Bruce…
Conceptually speaking, Chickenfoot, on tour with Davy Knowles, seems less like a band than an act of revenge — an attempt to outdo the current incarnation of Van Halen by two disgruntled VH vets (wailer Sammy Hagar and vocalist/bassist Michael Anthony), supplemented by a couple of ringers (axman Joe Satriani…
An Anglophile’s tea-infused wet dream, Friday’s Boulder Theater bill brings together two British bands that epitomize their respective eras: the Psychedelic Furs and Happy Mondays. The Furs, of course, are responsible for one of the most enduring new-wave hits of the ’80s: the refreshingly gruff and guitar-centered “Pretty in Pink,”…
It’s not as if Titus Andronicus (joined on this bill by the So So Glos, Raleigh and Accordion Crimes) had dozens of members. The band’s latest album, The Airing of Grievances, features just four regulars: Liam Betson, Ian Graetzer, Eric Harm and Patrick Stickles. Somehow, though, the quartet combines to…
With a sound so basic and raw that Jay Reatard sounds like a rocket scientist by comparison, San Diego’s Wavves achieves the improbable: making a two-piece outfit come off even simpler than the sum of its constituents. It also makes for some drama: Singer/guitarist Nathan Williams had to cancel a…
