Fear is on the menu on the new Men in Burka album, War/Magic. But while themes of anxiety and trepidation are familiar territory in instrumental music, there is something inherently authentic about this release. Traditional Middle Eastern aesthetics are filtered through modern beats and compounded with samples of machine guns…
The Gromet has done nothing but progress since releasing its auspicious self-titled debut EP in 2009. And while that disc was certainly noteworthy, 2010’s Colorado Captain was even better, with bigger, bolder melodies and broader instrumentation. Now a quintet, the Gromet (due this Saturday, November 17, at Moe’s BBQ) has…
As a followup to last year’s Break in the Clouds, Elephant Revival went into Boulder’s Immersive Studios to record its latest effort — the It’s Alive EP, due in stores this Tuesday, November 20. The members wanted to be able to record their individual parts while in the same room…
It’s difficult — maybe impossible — to think of a more influential figure in underground dance music than Frankfurt-based DJ/producer Chris Liebing. In 2009, the techno icon celebrated the tenth anniversary of his highly esteemed record label, CLR, by rebranding the imprint as Create Learn Realize (from Chris Liebing Recordings)…
UPDATE 11/14/12: All right, now this is just disappointing. As you can see from the photo above, sometime between our last update last night and this morning, some unscrupulous person(s) defaced the new Jerry Garcia mural on the east wall of 314 East 13th Avenue, the former home of Bender’s…
We suspected that the fall concert season was going to carry the momentum from the summer concert series, but we had no idea just how memorable it was going to be. Here we are just roughly past the halfway mark, and already we’ve been treated to shows by Marilyn Manson…
Next month, the members of Wanker will celebrate their 25th anniversary. But not only is it the anniversary of the band, it’s also the anniversary of the band being on the cover of this here fishwrap. While Wanker went on to earn nods from our paper as Best Band in…
Here’s some news that ought to brighten your day — assuming of course that you’re suffering from a case of the Mondays like the rest of us and it needs brightening: A new date has been announced for Morrissey, whose previous date at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House at the…
Welcome to another week! Plenty of goodness awaits you. As always, we’ve got all of this week’s shows listed in our concert calendar if you’d prefer to get a full view of what’s going on. Otherwise, we’ve narrowed it all down and picked out the best shows that are the…
No matter what part of the city we seem to visit, it’s pretty clear that Denver has an incredibly vibrant nightlife scene, as evidence by our recent snapshots of East Colfax, South Broadway and Lo-Hi. This past weekend, we sent our intrepid roving photographer Chris Morgan to capture the scene…
A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS @ LARIMER LOUNGE |11/11/12 It’s never boring when you go see A Place to Bury Strangers play, and last night at the Larimer was no exception. The band overwhelmed the senses for the bulk of the set. A tasteful layer of fog drifted around the…
EMANCIPATOR @ OGDEN THEATRE | 11/9/12 A perfect complement to the cooling Denver temperatures, Emancipator orchestrated a wonderful symphony of downtempo electronic music at the Ogden last night, offering us an ideal soundtrack for the transitioning seasons. His long, fluid productions, layered with Ilya Goldberg’s electric violin, captivated the spellbound…
The Hive, which opened near the end of May, closed earlier this week following a fatal shooting outside the club this past weekend. Stoney Jesseph and Will Trautman, who own Stoney’s Bar and Grill next door, are reportedly taking over spot and plan to open it as Krewe sometime before…
Welcome to the weekend! You ready to toss a few cold ones back and get a little loose? Thought so. Us, too. As always, there is ton of good music and a wide variety at that to dazzle and delight you this weekend in our fine city. If you’re a…
Welcome to weekend! Ready to get down? Good. You’ve come to the right place. There’s plenty of dancing to be done this weekend and we’ve got the drop on all the best places to get your groove on and who’ll be providing the soundtrack: Emancipator’s at the Ogden tonight and…
THE FAINT @ OGDEN THEATRE |11/8/12 Even though this was a tour in support of the reissue of Danse Macabre, late in the set, the Faint treated us to a rare cover of “Mote” by Sonic Youth from that band’s 1990 album Goo. The haunted vocal delivery was in the…
Quixote’s True Blue, which hosted the last show at its downtown location at 21st and Lawrence this past week, is preparing for its grand opening next week in the former Bender’s Tavern space at 314 East 13th Avenue. Keep reading for the full lineup of Quixote’s grand reopening, which is…
Fifteen years ago, at the height of the swing craze, Jesse Morreale opened Ninth Avenue West at 9th and Acoma and brought in some of the top bands of the day, like the Royal Crown Revue and the Mighty Blue Kings. But around the turn of the century, as swing…
SONAR ON TOUR WITH DIE ANTWOORD @ OGDEN THEATRE | 11/7/12 Things to consider when bringing the Sonar Tour to the Ogden Theatre: Should the set times be released prior to the show? Is it okay to have a show that lasts 7.5 hours without re-entry? Should there be a…
The River has run dry. After playing together for nearly a decade, first as Pillage My Village and later as the Legendary River Drifters, Curtis Wallach, Suzanne Magnuson and their current bandmates in the River Drifters have simply run their course. And as timing would have it, they’re just about…
Warren Bedell is one of the co-founders of Rhinoceropolis. But before helping establish that long-running DIY space, Bedell had been in the experimental post-punk/noise-rock band Zombie Zombie. And while living at Rhino, he had his hand in numerous projects, including Spellcaster, which showcased his towering guitar experiments; the post-punk quartet…
When the Faint released Danse Macabre in 2001, it seemed like a nostalgic look back at the intersection of ’80s new wave and post-punk. Now, after the waves of dance punk, electroclash and synth pop that followed in its wake over the past decade, the record seems positively prophetic. It…
