Concerts

Of all the changes technology has wrought to my listening habits and way of experiencing music, the biggest impact has come from the way my iPod destroys context.The most obvious benefit of the iPod revoution is the convenience of having thousands — even tens of thousands — songs in your…

We did a short profile of Colorado producer Frank E a while back, focusing on his work with national artists like Plies and Flo Rida. Then he hooked up with T-Pain and cooked up another a mixtape gem. But there’s still no slowing him down, as Flo Rida is dropping…

The past twelve months have been rather eventful for the Autumn Film. Last year, the act, formerly known as Tifah after its front woman, Tifah Al-Attas, changed its moniker, downsized its lineup, released an EP’s worth of material for free download and spent the bulk of the year on the…

Although no official word has been handed down, it sounds like (die) Pilot may be on its last legs. “We have had a lot of crap to deal with in the past few months,” reports frontman Eugene Brown. “And we do not know if we will continue forward in 2009.”…

Just a few weeks into the new year, and already it’s shaping up to be a good one for the Swayback. Just received word from Eric Halborg, who’s celebrating the birth of his brand-new baby (congrats!), that the band has licensed two of its songs. “All Bad News,” a newer…

In the print edition of this week’s paper, I saluted the Class of 2009, artists that I think are worth keeping an eye on in the coming year. After the jump, as promised, here’s a few more picks. This list has become something of an annual tradition around here. So…

Local DJ/producer Kostas K is climbing up the charts at Beatport with his new release “Change We Can.” It’s an Obama and MLK sampling monster of a swooshy, chugging progressive track that’s currently at number 12 on Beatport’s charts. Pretty impressive for our scene, which is awesome but hasn’t had…

Buzzard and FanaticsFriday, January 9th, 2009Carioca Café, DenverBetter Than: A show where everyone is a chin-stroking tourist.When I finally got to the venue, Buzzard, which was playing its farewell show, had already started its set. I’d unfortunately missed Clusterfux, but the crowd wasn’t crazy yet, so I made my way to the…

Update (01/12/09): Stream Nathaniel Rateliff’s appearance after the jump.Gonna go out on a limb here and say that by the time most of you read this, Nathaniel Rateliff will have already wrapped his appearance on Matt Pinfield’s morning show on New York’s WRXP, the station otherwise known as101.9 RXP, the New…

Oh, man, gang! Lock up your liquor cabinets. We just caught wind that the combustible former members of the Blackout Pact will be reconvening next week for a show — their first since splitting up over two years ago. While we knew the guys were getting back together to record…

I was there, and you can hear it In case you’re not familiar with it, archive.org is a giant Internet archive of all kinds of stuff — old websites, tons of free audio and video, etc. It’s one of my favorite Internet sites, largely because of the absolutely ginormous collections…

Nothing I could possibly say would add to this video in the slightest, so let me just say thanks to fellow Westword scribe A.H. Goldstein for putting this horrible thing on my MySpace page, inspiring me to share it with you all. Push play and bask in the incredible power…

If you were planning on pounding beers with Kamtin Mohanger, the dance floor wrecking machine otherwise known as the one-half of the Chain Gang of 1974, at shows this summer, you better pack a bag. Kam’s going to be on tour — again. With 3OH!3. Hold on. Not like last…

Everything is still coming up roses these days for A Shoreline Dream. After roaring out of the gate in 2006, wisely aligning itself with Paste and Filter Magazines and Urban Outfitters, to then earning a nod in Urb’s Next 100 issue last spring and collaborating with Ulrich Schnauss, the act has…

This just in: TV is the new radio. Another area artist has had a song placed on One Tree Hill, the CW network’s benchmark teen serial. When Tim Hanauer’s new tune, “Miss,” airs this Monday, January 12, he will join a growing list of local luminaries whose songs have already…

Although it hasn’t been said as much outright, it sounds like Spools of Dark Thread’s days may be numbered. Chris Thomas, Spools’ furiously talented frontman (far right), revealed this afternoon that he and his mates are discussing whether or not the band will continue. Let’s hope so. Spools has produced…

In between playing a flurry of dates all across the state, the Indulgers have found time to record a brand new album. In advance of the new disc’s release, the shamrockers have made the title track from the new album, Whiskey Tonight, available for free download. Have at it, mates…

On Tuesday, we let you know that Colorado’s DJ Sabotage and Hypeman P were headed to Los Angeles to represent the Box State at Scion’s 2008 Hypeman Contest as a finalist. So what happened? Sabo and P represented the Mile High City lovely taking first and second place, respectively. Sabotage…

Spoke-In-Wordz will always be lauded for his rapid-fire flow but does he get the same props when he spits fire in Spanish? Spoke connected with the group 20/12 to record a song for the soundtrack of the film Platinum Illusions, which features cameos from folks like Chino XL, Mr. Capone-E,…