Erstwhile Tulip Wars members Dan Barnett and Sean Geisthardt discovered that their catalogue of shared influences (including Radiohead and Battles) translated easily into sounds for their new project, Goer. The pair’s second EP in as many months finds them continuing to develop a cerebral blend of electronica and indie rock…
Super Dope is not so much a compilation album as it is a collaborative effort by the members of the Super Dope crew, combining Boy Davey’s beats, A. Fox’s mellow flow and Bigg Jeff’s determined gruffness. Jeff’s rhymes stand out and complement Fox’s singing and the melodic tone of his…
At the outset, the cutting build of “Extractor” lets you know that maybe these guys listened to a bit of Shellac. Bryon Parker’s impassioned vocals wouldn’t be out of place on one of those classic records out of Louisville from the early ’90s, owing to their ability to be melodic…
Spoke in Wordz takes a number of risks on DNA, risks that pay off immensely, particularly on cuts like “Protect Us From Evil,” which is the illest song on the project. On the entire album, he employs a flamboyant, island-inspired flow, proving he can rhyme over any production and kick…
It’s taken time and experience for Eric Rachmany to learn how to be comfortable in the spotlight. Rachmany, frontman for the Santa Barbara reggae outfit Rebelution, is soft-spoken and humble, a songwriter who’s uncomfortable writing lyrics about his own experiences. Rachmany says he’s dealt with the duties of fame in…
Chicago and Detroit might be the cities you think of first when house music comes to mind, but believe it or not, Nottingham, in the United Kingdom, plays host to a vibrant underground house scene, due in part to the presence of the Kinky Movement DJ collective there. The crew…
There are assumptions to be made prior to attending something billed as a “Paranormal House Party,” assumptions to be made about the crowd, about what could be passed off as “evidence” supporting the existence of ghosts and what might be found lurking in the dark recesses of the Stanley Hotel’s…
LA’s Odd Future and its approximately 1,000 T-shirt designs and orange foam (middle) fingers came to Boulder’s Fox Theatre last night for its third-ever Colorado show. Photographer Eric Gruneisen was there and brings back these photos of Odd Future last night in Boulder…
Def Leppard and Poison, who toured together in 2009, are back it again for a massive tour this summer that hits the Pepsi Center on Monday, June 25. Lita Ford will open the show. Reserved tickets ($29.50-$95) go on sale on Friday, March 16 at 10 a.m. through TicketHorse, at…
Kottonmouth Kings and Twiztid are teaming up for the Kaos & Kronik Tour, which starts next month in Kansas City and makes its way to the Ogden Theatre on Tuesday, May 15. Special guests Blaze and Big B open the show. Kottonmouth Kings are slated to drop their thirteenth studio…
DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS @ OGDEN THEATRE | 03.09.12 The last time the Drive-By Truckers came through town they wrapped up a leg of a tour with a two-night stand at the Ogden Theatre a year ago. This time around, the guys kicked off a West Coast run at the same venue…
Marco Torres”What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area.” — Tommy Lee Jones, The Fugitive You don’t have to spend much time at South By Southwest to know that all…
Over the last six years Paper Bird (due tonight at the Fox Theatre in Boulder and tomorrow night at the Aggie Theater in Fort Collins) has become a Denver favorite for all ages and backgrounds. Since dropping its debut album, Anything Nameless and Joymaking, in 2007, the bandmembers have been…
Today marks fifteen years since the Notorious B.I.G. was tragically gunned down in a murder that remains shrouded in opinion, mystery and haunting culture appeal. You probably remember exactly where you were on this day in 1997 when you heard the news that one of the game’s greatest rappers had…
This weekend, the weather will likely be warm enough to incite visions of summer dresses and cool drinks. You can get started with your summer loving this evening with a slew of party swagger with Damn Gurl, Ty Lawson at 24K or, on the hip-hop tip, with Anxious at Oak…
Happy Friday! Another great weekend of music awaits you this weekend. Tonight the Drive-By Truckers kick off a three-night run in Colorado with a show at the Ogden Theatre, followed by a gig tomorrow night a the Fox in Boulder and a show at the Belly Up in Aspen on…
Friday night is going to kick this weekend off with a bang, and Saturday night is going to be truly killer, with Eats Everything (among several more out-of-town guests at one party), Pete Moss, Colorado’s own VibeSquaD with Phutureprimitive and much more providing the soundtrack to your weekend. Feel like…
Biggie Smalls — who died fifteen years ago today at age 24 — was most famous for his mafia style and lyrics tinged with his famous “don’t give a fuck” style. The track “Victory,” released posthumously, is the best example of this. When this joint dropped, it was clear that…
Boom! That’s our first reaction to the Shady Records lineup for this year’s SXSW. Take a look at the poster. Look closer. Uh-huh. There it is, right there: Next to all the boldfaced names, Yelawolf, Slaughterhouse and a Get Rich or Die Tryin’-performing 50 Cent, is Denver’s own Foodchain. These…
Tyler Gilmore helped launch Dazzle Recordings while he was Dazzle Restaurant and Lounge’s music director, and since releasing the debut of his seventeen-piece jazz ensemble, Ninth & Lincoln, in late 2007, the label has gone on to put out a number of albums by local jazz artists. Gilmore is now…
Notorious B.I.G. died fifteen years ago this week, on March 9, 1997, at age 24, and Ready to Die is the only studio album released during his lifetime. (Life After Death was released fifteen days after his death, on March 25, 1997.) But Ready to Die album contained hits that…
Over the last year, three dueling-piano bars have closed, including Chez Cirque in Greenwood Village, Wild Ivories and, most recently, SingSing, which went dark at the end of last year. Howl at the Moon, which has more than a dozen locations across the country, will fill that dueling-piano void when…
