Concerts

Phoenix, appearing with Amazing Baby, is generating a buzz nearly a decade in the making. The electro-tinged French group, whose lineage has links to both Air and Daft Punk, released United, its diverting Astralwerks Records debut, back in 2000 — and the imprint issued two more impressive long-players, 2004’s Alphabetical…

Dan Hicks is one of those artists you’re pretty sure was never in it for the money. It’s not that he doesn’t take his craft seriously; it’s just that his formula — a combination of just about everything under the sun — is a guarantee for cult status. In that…

The Fat Possum Records aesthetic, whether it pertains to rock groups like the Black Keys or blues artists à la R.L. Burnside, champions primitivism over polish and rawness over refinement — which is why the music of Crocodiles (on this bill with White Rabbits) belongs in the imprint’s catalogue. Guitarist…

Experimental pop-folk songwriter Luke Temple has released a short string of critically acclaimed albums and even had one of his songs featured in an episode of Grey’s Anatomy. Within the last year, Temple put together a band called Here We Go Magic to perform his songs and release an album…

Patrick Meese’s friendship with Isaac Slade was handy from a getting-noticed standpoint. But now that Meese’s namesake band is receiving the major-label-release treatment, Broadcast will undoubtedly be viewed through a Fray-ed prism — and that brings minuses along with pluses. Heavily pianistic tracks like “Taking the World On” and, especially,…

Otis Taylor’s tenth album (issued locally this Thursday, June 25, at the Toad Tavern, in the company of John-Alex Mason) explores more love and its myriad aspects across thirteen tracks than most songwriters have or will in an entire career. And he does so with the soulful and colorful storytelling…

In the press release that accompanies Weapon of Choice, Dangerous Nonsense lists one influence: human rights. Accordingly, it’s clear the trio prizes social consciousness as highly as it does musical prowess. Many well-meaning bands, of course, have been hamstrung by giving their politics and their music equal billing; thankfully, Dangerous…

Every time legendary North Carolina-based blues guitarist Steady Rollin’ Bob Margolin comes to Colorado, he has the Delta Sonics back him up. Margolin, a former Muddy Waters sideman, knows a hell of a lot about Chicago-style blues, and he probably uses the Delta Sonics because they’re deft at the style…

Post-punk is supposed to have a sharp, concise edge to it — but I Sank Molly Brown ushers the genre down meandering byways littered with warbling vocals, wobbly rhythms and weird cul-de-sacs of dissonance and dynamics. And then, of course, there’s the humor; named after one of Denver’s most hallowed…

Just in case you’re interested — and we’re assuming this applies to just about everybody, as generally it seems you’re pretty hard pressed to find anybody who hasn’t swooned over her music at some point — NPR is streaming Björk’s latest effort, Votaic, in its entirety before its release next…

And the award for the most unfortunately named release of the year goes to… drum roll, please … Rhino Records. Just under a month after the crushing elimination of our Denver Nuggets from the NBA Western Conference Finals, comes word of a box set being issued by the folks at…

So, it looks like our favorite singer-songwriter, Danielle Ate the Sandwich, has become everybody else’s favorite, after all. Ms. Sandwich (or Ms. Anderson, if you prefer formality), appearing this Friday, June 26, on the Meadowlark patio, has garnered invitations to perform at the upcoming UMS and Monolith festivals, and was…

Last month, ManeLine was the first hip-hop act to hit Channel 2 The Deuce’s Guitar Center Stage and now we’re getting an encore tonight. The group’s first appearance was early the morning while people were getting up and getting ready for work, but Mane Rok, Inkline and DJ tense have…

Update: Well, that was short lived. Scotty Ramone has officially been retired, and Magic Cyclops has returned to compete tonight in… Seattle! After crushing defeats in Denver and Fort Collins, the Magic one somehow raised enough loot to take a road trip to the Emerald City to make one more…

If you’re available tonight around 8 p.m., Beta Nightclub (1909 Blake St) will be hosting the Red Bull Big Tune Beat Battle, a hip-hop producer head-to-head competition. The event, which is a premier national hip-hop event, will be hosted by well-renowned rapper/producers Exile and Black Milk.Twelve Colorado and regional hip-hop…

A little over a month ago, we reported that Immortal Dominion was seeking a new drummer to fill the slot vacated by Ben Huntwork, who parted ways with the group after fifteen years. Evidently, Huntwork was displeased with the band’s decision — at the behest of producer Sterling Winfield –…

Yes, it’s been more than 20 years since the Beastie Boys were licensed to ill, and in those intervening years, the trio’s output has been, on balance, fantastic. Sure, there have been a few duds along the way, but every album has been worth hearing. That’s why I still get…

By now you’ve probably heard that Sunny Day Real Estate, one of my all-time favorite bands and an act whose influence can not be overstated, is reuniting and heading out on the road for twenty dates with the original line-up. We just received word that the tour, which kicks off…

Even though L.I.F.E. Crew member Deca has been spending the last year or so living in California, we can’t deny his Colorado roots.The gruff-voiced rapper has filmed a video for a song called “Movement,” in California in the midst of a wind farm. We’re not sure where the song is…

In case you’re like us and got just completely jacked at the Hot IQs farewell show at the Bluebird on Friday night, forgot to set your DVR and thus missed 3OH!3 on Jimmy Kimmel, here’s the video. From what we can gather from the boys, evidently, it’s still never a…