Got moves? If you’ve been polishing up your go-go dancing skill set in front of the mirror for a while and are ready for your big break, your big break may just be ready for you. This Friday, March 6, Team Easy and the Triad Dragons are sponsoring tryouts for…
3 the HardwayFebruary 28, 2009The Marquis TheatreBetter than: The Talib Kweli show the night before at Club Vinyl where you could have had your jaw tapped.In celebration of the release of their debut album, Set in Stone, rapper A.V.I.U.S., producer Es-Nine, and DJ Cysko Rokwel, collectively known as 3 the…
Git SomeFriday, February 27Hot Topic, 16th Street MallBetter than: Going to Hot Topic for any other conceivable reason.I was there at the intersection Friday night where aggressively unwashed punk rock and its pre-torn-jeans-wearing, sterile imposter collided, and it was weird. Git Some, a band that has been compared (okay, mostly…
Charlie Hunter Quartet February 27, 2009 The Oriental TheaterBetter Than: Hunting through your receipts for itemized deductibles for your tax check. Which is what I should have been doing. Over the past few decades, Charlie Hunter has become an icon among bass players, guitarists and rhythm gurus for his ability to sculpt a…
Well, sadly, the rumors that have been swirling about for a while now are indeed true. Autokinoton is about to be put to rest. Despite issuing word this past summer that there wouldn’t be one, the act’s final show is slated for Saturday, February 28, at 3 Kings Tavern, with…
The first release from Jewell Tyme Music in 2009 is from rapper Karma in the form of a mixtape called Barack O’Karma: Street Politics. It’s mixed by DJ Tense of ManeLine and features appearances from the entire Jewell Tyme roster, including F.O.E., Haven, and 800 the Jewell. The project is…
A New Jersey blogger named Khal recently heard about Colorado MC Whygee and the work he was doing with Sunken State, Kid Hum, and other Colorado hip-hop artists. Over the last month and a half or so, Khal got to know Whygee and found out that the rapper had some…
To say that Soul School/Opie Gone Bad drummer Scott Davies put himself in harm’s way last night is a understatement of epochal proportions. By now, you may have read about the high speed chase last night that ended with a motorist being killed by a police officer on 5th and…
Broken Spindles, Born in the Flood, IuenglissThursday, February 26, 2009hi-diveBetter than: Eating chips and looking at a borrowed book of David Byrne’s weird photography of furniture, which is what I would have been doingHere’s what was weird about this show: Broken Spindles stole all the press. The band features one…
A Shoreline Dream, Moonspeed, SonnenblumeThursday, February 26, 2009Bluebird TheaterBetter Than: Taking OxyContin and staring at clouds.Maybe it’s the pretty sunsets, or maybe it’s the lack of oxygen, but Denver has the makings of a surprisingly good bliss-rock scene. Last night’s all-local lineup at the Bluebird brought the pink noise in…
Andrew Bird, Lonely DearThursday, February 26, 2009Ogden TheaterBetter than: Having a good show ruined by an obnoxious audience.Andrew Bird’s stage entrance at the Ogden Thursday night boasted all the careful ceremony and staid splendor of a religious rite. His fast establishment of a dynamic stage presence and quick offering of…
For those of us who were watching the Denver Nuggets-Atlanta Hawks on television Wednesday night, missed probably one of the best half time shows of the season. DJ Vajra and the Mad Monkeys dance crew repped hip-hop to the fullest at center court. Weren’t at the game? No worries. Check…
Dunn the Signtologist is a Denver artist known for taking your average street sign and converting them into pieces of art.But what folks may not know is that Dunn is an avid supporter of the Colorado hip-hop scene. So much so that he’s done portraits of some of the scene’s…
If you don’t have plans Friday, how about an extra-spooky evening with the Silver Cord, who promise “shattered glass, sex and tears” for the show? The neo-goth/industrial band is releasing its Conflicting Emotions EP at the Old Curtis Street Bar and for the low, low price of $5 you not…
So we’ve been raving about A Shoreline Dream since first hearing the act and speaking with Ryan Policky almost two and a half years ago, and we continue to be impressed by these guys as whole. We absolutely love the music, and we sincerely admire their truly DIY approach to…
Before Gregg Stone quit drinking nearly five years ago, playing metal was just “something to do while I got drunk,” he declares without the slightest hint of irony. These days, the Horse frontman is far more focused. He’s got to be: His former lifestyle nearly cost him what could be…
I’d been to Bushwacker’s Saloon (1967 South Broadway) many times, but I’d never before noticed that the sunken bar was shaped kind of like a penis — or at least like half an erect one and a ball. The gal who pointed this out to me also explained that the…
We don’t know if the members of this quartet were imagining what it must have been like to be inside Noah’s head as he built the Ark, or if they were having a private giggle at the cosmic joke of the journeys of Odysseus following the Trojan War. Whatever inspired…
As one third of seminal dance act Underworld, Darren Emerson was a key player in creating some of the best, most memorable dance anthems of all time. Tracks like “Born Slippy,” “Cowgirl” and “Push Upstairs” not only set dance floors worldwide on fire, but they also made it onto soundtracks…
It’s been just over a year since rapper A.V.I.U.S., producer Es-Nine and DJ Cysko Rokwel came together to form 3 the Hardway. On the strength of their first leaked single in 2007, “Wild Style West,” the three have created a buzz that’s stretched statewide. Now they’re gearing up to drop…
Near the end of 2007, the guys in the Photo Atlas were ready to record the followup to their full-length debut, No, Not Me, Never, but on Christmas Eve, most of the staff at the Stolen Transmission label was fired. Around the same time, Nick Miles filled the drumming chair…
Appropriately enough, Noble Beast, the latest recording by Chicago’s Andrew Bird (on tour with Loney, Dear), boasts some notably avian moments: “Fitz and the Dizzyspells” is among the tracks that feature whistling, and “Masterswarm” includes simulated birdsong that may or may not have been created by a theremin. But Bird…
