Jeff Mangum at the Ogden Theatre, 4/26/12

JEFF MANGUM at OGDEN THEATRE | 4/26/12 See Also: • Jeff Mangum comes to the aid of a distressed fan at Coachella • Neutral Milk Hotel books a room in Denver. • The Apples get set to reap the fruits of their labors Jeff Mangum has not returned to Denver…

Laurie Anderson at Boulder Theater, 4/25/12

LAURIE ANDERSON @ BOULDER THEATER | 4.25.12 See Also: • Q&A with Laurie Anderson • CMKY brings electronic arts and music to Boulder for a fourth year Laurie Anderson probably could have had a career in comedy if she wanted. Her subtle and playful humor last night definitely balanced the…

Denver Concert Calendar: New and improved

Individual results may vary.We’ve just rolled out a new and improved calendar of Denver concerts. Our online music listings are now sortable by artist, venue and price. We’ve also got a raw, unadulterated, alphabetical list of upcoming shows in the drop-down menus on the right hand side of that page…

Nero at the Ogden Theatre, 4/24/12

NERO @ OGDEN THEATRE | 4.24.12 See Also: • Levitate Festival at 1STBANK Center, 4/20/12 • Axwell at the Ogden Theatre, 4/19/12 • Last Night review archives As Alana Watson — who handles the vocals on Nero’s drum-and-bass tracks — emerged from the back of the massive boombox, joining her…

Cobraconda goes on Spring Break

I wouldn’t put Cobraconda in the same vein as anything in Denver,” says Spencer Foreman. “We get fucking crazy and buck-wild at shows. We’re party animals, man. Fuck-beast mode. This is Godzilla, older and harder than beast mode.” And when provoked, sometimes the Cobra strikes. Just ask Michael Mazzotta. In…

Mourning Sickness CD release, April 26 at the Oriental Theater

Unless you’ve been to a Larimer Lounge barbecue or perhaps an odd night when the Denver Art Rock Collective invited this band on a bill, chances are you haven’t heard of Mourning Sickness (due this Thursday, April 26, at the Oriental Theater). That’s unfortunate, because the members of this trio,…

Washed Out

The modern tale of Washed Out’s fame isn’t an uncommon one: Musician makes bedroom tracks and nonchalantly posts them online, blog world picks up on the idea, and the rest is music-festival-circuit history. But when Washed Out (aka Ernest Greene) began creating his down-tempo, lo-fi synth brilliance within the confines…

Jeff Mangum

Jeff Mangum grew up in Ruston, Louisiana, with Robert Schneider, Bill Doss and Will Cullen Hart. In 1991, the four friends founded the Elephant 6 Recording Company — here in Denver, actually. The collective was influential because of its core bands: the Apples in Stereo, Olivia Tremor Control and Mangum’s…

Lustmord

Brian Williams started Lustmord in the early ’80s, when he became involved in the world of music that included avant-garde luminaries like Throbbing Gristle, Clock DVA, Coil and SPK, which he ultimately joined. In June 2006, Williams broke a 25-year streak of no live Lustmord shows when he was convinced…

Real Estate

There’s no shortage of dreamy, washed-out vibes in indie music these days, but Real Estate — which hails from the not-so-sunny suburb of Ridgewood, New Jersey — is doling out reverb rock with the best of them. The quartet’s sophomore album, Days, glides listlessly through its ten tracks, recalling the…

It’s ridiculous to take Ted Nugent seriously

On the wall in my house, right next to the desk where I work, hangs a framed vinyl copy of the 1978 Ted Nugent butt-rocker Weekend Warriors. Not because the record itself is any good (it’s not), but because of the cover art: a realist portrait of a shirtless, bell-bottomed…

Benny Loco

Benny Loco’s latest effort is a standout in the crowded field of contemporary electronic music. The six-track EP features the title track — a new tune — alongside remixes of five songs from the Boulder-based producer’s Set EP, released last November. On “Lines,” bright analog tones coast over the top…

Be the Ant

Ants are not glamorous animals, and neither are the five brothers and cousins in their namesake Denver band. On record, the guys function like a small, sloppy, rowdy and hungry colony of aggressively nostalgic former Warped Tour moshers. With discordant shouts and dramatically orchestral riffs layered over every track in…

Lexigram

“Robot Haikus of Despair and Self Loathing” shows Lexigram — the act previously known as Yerkish — stretching out a bit, with more attention given to space within the song, especially in the middle, where Tim Kaminski’s voice spirals off into a tasteful sustain, more operatic than indulgent, before the…