Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails is routinely mentioned alongside Radiohead in references to sizable stars who’ve made new music available online prior to distributing physical copies via time-tested methods. Nonetheless, there are enormous distinctions between their approaches. Radiohead allowed surfers to choose the price for In Rainbows, a significant addition to its…

Atmosphere

The characters given life by Slug on Atmosphere’s new album have unenviable situations, but they’re not all painting that shit gold (whatever that means). Vagrants, single parents and dope-addled fiends, they all work, fuck and wallow in their misery, giving the emotional indie rapper a chance to traffic in someone…

Sirhan Sirhan

It might not be the musical equivalent of an assassination, but Sirhan Sirhan brings plenty of violence and aggression to its beer-fueled proto-punk party. With maniacally purring vocals, viciously crunchy guitar, bloodthirsty bass, and drums as sloppy and belligerent as an aging, pot-bellied punker who’s had one too many PBRs,…

We Versus the Shark

Georgia’s own We Versus the Shark, joined by P-Nuckle, the Supervillains and Apex Vibe, is akin to a demolition derby: Lots of stuff crashes together on a regular basis, but the mayhem’s generally pretty entertaining. On EP of Bees EP, a clumsily named 2007 release, tracks such as “I Am…

45 Second Reviews: pureNRG, Puscifer, Robyn, Santogold

pureNRG Here We Go Again Word Entertainment 02:30-03:15 of “Here We Go Again” This is one of the most totally awesome releases that I’ve heard in a long time! OMG I am so excited that FINALLY there is a group out there that is full of love and energy for…

Monolith Line Up Announced

All right, if you thought the inaugural edition of Monolith last year was pretty kick ass, wait until you get a load of this year’s line-up, which comes even closer to living up to the festival’s name: How about some TV on the Radio? Justice? Vampire Weekend? Neko Case, And…

15th St.Tavern Denied Liquor License

Almost a year after being forced out of their former location by redevelopment, the owners of the 15th St. Tavern have encountered a major setback in in their efforts to set up shop at their new location, 1028 Park Ave West. According to a note sent out by Mykel Martinez…

Last Night…The Raconteurs @ The Fillmore Auditorium

Slide Show Last Night: Birds of Avalon and the Raconteurs Monday, April 28, 2008 Fillmore Auditorium Better Than: Actually returning to the ’70s. You would have been forgiven if you wandered into the Fillmore Auditorium last night and thought you been transported back in time 30 years. That’s not because…

Friday Rap-Up: F.O.E., Rock the Bells Tour, Nas, EPMD

LOCALS ONLY For the last decade or so, F.O.E. (Father of Enemies) has steadily been putting in work, first as a member of the group Hilltop Click, then as a solo artist and now as vice president of Jewell Tyme Records. But just because he’s helping run one of Colorado’s…

Flobots Storm Billboard’s Hot Modern Rock Tracks Chart

Damn, man, can Flobots catch any more fire? A week after we reported that the crew will be sharing a bill with Metallica (less than a month after inking its deal with Universal, no less) comes news today that the act has claimed the seventh slot on Billboard’s Hot Modern…

The Titan Courageous Takes A Break

Photo by C. James Hamilton The Titan Courageous, one of the dozen promising bands from the Class of 2008 is going on hiatus until the fall, and then… well, we don’t know. All we have to go on is a semi cryptic blog titled “New Shit Has Come to Light,…

The Crimson Red Is Dead

After being together less than a year, the Crimson Red has called it a day. The outfit, comprised of former members of Ion, Adam’s Ruin and Ember, offered no reason as to why the band is splitting aside from leaving a pithy note on its MySpace page last week stating…

Last Night… Kraftwerk @ Fillmore Auditorium

Kraftwerk Wednesday, April 23 Fillmore Auditorium Kraftwerk? In 2008? In Denver, Colorado? The date – one of just four by the German quartet in a mini U.S. tour – was easily the most unusual booking of the season at the Fillmore Auditorium, and that likely contributed to the modest turnout:…

Last Night…Neva Dinova, Ladyhawk, Vampire Hands @ Hi-Dive

Neva Dinova, Ladyhawk, Vampire Hands Wednesday, April 23, 2008, Hi-Dive Better than: Drinking a bottle of NyQuil. Looking for a night full of surprises, something completely lost to me of late, I ramped up to the Hi-Dive to experience some new rock music for the first time in ages. Of…