Kicking off with the bubbling and feisty “Bigger,” this EP finds the mostly instrumental Bizarre Learning Center channeling the distorted, glittery melodies of the Pastels or Black Tambourine, only at double speed. Robin Walker’s soothing vocals are mixed at a level comparable to the rest of the instrumentation, resulting in…
Not yet in her teens, Boulder-based singer-songwriter Jaden Carlson already has three albums under her belt. Even more impressive, the gal started playing guitar at age six; since then, she’s developed some fine picking and songwriting chops and has shared the stage with major acts such as Michael Franti and…
It’s still a bit early to start engaging in any album-of-the-year type of discussion. Just the same, Steady by Your Side, which offers one of the most exhilarating listening experiences of the year by far, warrants inclusion in any such conversation. Yes, Andy Schneider’s burnished vocals and the band’s blend…
When Scott Uhl first formed Forgotten Serenade about five years ago, everyone hated the name, so it was changed to Glass Delirium, after one of the act’s earliest songs. Now, following a handful of lineup changes and as many stylistic evolutions, the band has arrived at a style that’s informed…
Damian Lazarus has plenty of experience in the music industry — not just as an artist, but also as a writer and an A&R executive on the City Rockers label, where he helped sign some major talent. Lazarus, who’s been searing dance floors around the world since he was invited to…
While a lot of people began celebrating Halloween this past weekend, there are still a ton of parties to check out, where you can show off whatever clever costume you dreamed up this year (we’re going as either King Diamond — or one of the baseball furies, depending how our…
We just received word on the lineup for New Year’s Eve at City Hall and Club Vinyl. With everything else going on for the post-Mayan end-of-year celebration, the folks at SoCo have put together an enticing lineup this year that will one-up their New Year’s Eve parties in past years,…
It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year already since Open Air 1340 launched, but it has been. This time last year — on Halloween, to be specific — the station aired its first broadcast, and to celebrate this momentous occasion, the station has enlisted some of the scene’s…
THE AFGHAN WHIGS @ OGDEN THEATRE |10/30/12 Probably the biggest surprise of the Afghan Whigs show last night at the Ogden came right before the end of the set when Greg Dulli revealed that his band had a Colorado connection. He told us how more than two decades ago, the…
Lest it get lost in all the hubub of Halloween, be advised: Tomorrow night marks a significant and bittersweet moment in the Denver music scene. It’s the last call for Bender’s Tavern, which is slated to change hands in the next few weeks and become the new home of Quixote’s…
RYAN ADAMS @ BOULDER THEATER Half of the fun of seeing Ryan Adams live, apparently, is getting to hear all his banter. He has a fascinating duality: One minute he’s completely enthralling the crowd with a heartfelt ballad, and then he bookends the tune by casually offering up a hilarious…
The genius part of the Church’s Friday-night party theme — Naughty Tricks and Sexy Treats — is that the majority of Halloween costumes can be adapted to fit it. And they did: Hundreds of costumed party people flocked to the nightclub to dance, drink and enter the Church’s $1,000 costume…
Triad Dragons know how to throw a party. Over the weekend, they threw a small country. The massive annual costume party that is HallowFreak’nWeen took over the National Western Complex on Saturday with more than forty electronic acts and thousands of dressed-up (and dressed-down) ravers celebrating both sin and salvation…
Taylor Swift fans — and judging by the enormous first week record sales of Red, her latest platter released last week, that accounts for a great many folks — will be rejoicing at news that Swift is heading back out on the road this spring (to wit, that means 58…
Happy Monday, amigos. Hope you didn’t go too hard this past weekend — though, judging from the pics from Rockbar’s last call, some of you apparently did — because there’s at least four truckloads of shows (including Ryan Adams acoustic set at Boulder Theater tonight) going down this week, which…
After last call this past Saturday, Rockbar went dark for good. From the looks of it, the beloved Colfax bar didn’t go gently into that good night, but rather went out with a bang — ladies on tables and babies boozing. Oh what a night, as the Four Seasons once…
Bad news for Morrissey fans: As you’ve undoubtedly deduced from the headline above, the estimable crooner, who was originally slated to appear this Saturday, November 3 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, will not be in the Mile High City this weekend. The reason: He’s postponed all of the remaining…
Update 10/29/12: Rumor confirmed. After performing this past weekend with Dirty Femmes at the Larimer Lounge, Violent Femmes frontman Gordon Gano is staying in town for an encore performance with the Denver tribute band this Friday, November 2, at the Oriental with Hell’s Belles and MF Ruckus. According to Korte,…
BEATS ANTIQUE @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 10/27/12 As the lights rose for the encore, multi-instrumentalist David Satori made sure to inform everyone at the Fillmore the importance of voting, and then went on to note that if you weren’t planning on taking part in the process then in the very…
Welcome to the weekend, amigos! Ah, yes, we finally made it. Is it just us, or has this seemed like the longest week ever? Ah, maybe it’s just the weather. Whatever the case, it’s in the rearview now, and it’s time to blow off some steam. Drinks are on the…
Is it Halloween already? Why, yes, you bet your sweet trick-or-treat it is — and the proof is in the ridiculous amount of talent that’s landing on the city this weekend, including Pete Bones, Beats Antique and Paco Osuna, among others. Whatever costume you have picked out, hopefully you can…
RAEKWON @ ROCK THE VOTE ROAD TRIP / AURARIA | 10/25/12 “Whether there’s twenty people or 2,000,” said Raekwon, painfully aware of which side of that spectrum this small gathering was on, “I’m always gonna give it 200 percent.” And he did, with grace. He spoke directly to the front…
