BIG GIGANTIC @ THE BOULDER THEATER | 1/20/12In closing down the set, “Eyes Closed” showed off some of the more complex rhythms that Dominic Lalli and Jeremy Salken — the duo which makes up Big Gigantic — are working with, especially the climatic ending where a machine-gun wobble shakes bodies…
Just in case this whole presidency thing doesn’t work out this year for President Obama, it’s good to know that our current Commander In Chief has something to fall back on. Maybe he and Clinton can put a band together or something. They can call it Presidents of the United…
A definitive, earnest and passionate voice in the history of American pop music has gone silent today. Legendary R&B chanteuse Etta James died this morning at the age of 73 in Riverdale, California, reportedly from complications tied to leukemia. Along with this week’s deaths of fellow giants of the genre…
When military nonprofit LifeQuest Transitions wanted to raise awareness for the issues of moving from active duty to civilian life, it chose what founder CW Conner somewhat cheesily refers to as “the universal language”: music. And it worked. The Colorado Springs group’s second annual veteran songwriting camp has opened with…
The weekend is finally here — well, almost here, give or take a few hours. Just in case you don’t know what you’re getting into yet because you’ve been too busy all week, you known, getting all ground up in the gears to make any plans, we’ve put together a…
Souls of Mischief @ City Hall | 1/19/12 Following the Ninja Stylez Bboy competition in the main room, Souls of Mischief exploded from behind the stage, tearing into the opening lines of “You Never Knew” with A-Plus casually swayin’ behind his all-black shades amidst flawless lyricism. City Hall was all…
WILCO @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 1/19/12 “I’d like to thank the Fillmore for having us back,” Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy told a capacity crowd last night. “It’s a pretty sweet joint you got here. It’s a good rock and roll joint with chandeliers. I don’t think anything rocks without chandeliers…
Denver’s best live music bets, weekend of January 20, 2012
As usual, Denver is showing the world what’s up in electronic music this weekend; on Saturday, you’ll have to choose between Z-Trip at City Hall or Gabriel & Dresden at Beta, and that’s far from everything that’s on our Dance Card. Page down to see what else is in store…
Don’t take it personally if the King Mob dudes don’t answer when you call their name. Nothing against you. That’s just not their name anymore. Let it be known: From this moment on, the outfit previously known as King Mob has been rechristened as the Young Pharaohs. To commemorate the…
Grab your party shoes, kids. Andrew W.K. is coming back to Denver. In honor of the ten year anniversary of I Get Wet (hands up if you can believe it’s already been a decade since dude first hit the scene), Mr. Party Hard is bringing his party to the Bluebird…
Trey Spruance first came to prominence as the guitarist in Mr. Bungle, with Mike Patton and Trevor Dunn. Spruance also did a brief stint in Patton’s then-more-famous band Faith No More. After Bungle effectively quit being an active unit in 2000, Spruance took his interest in myriad musical styles, and…
Update 1/25/12: Low, which played in Denver at the Bluebird Theater last fall, has been added to the bill. Death Cab for Cutie is kicking off its upcoming North American tour in Denver on Tuesday, April 10, at Ellie Caulkins Opera House. The band will return to the Mile High…
Couple of recent closures to let you know about, one that’s more permanent than the other. First up: Mo’s, the bar at 1037 Broadway, has gone dark after a two-year-plus run. “It’s been a long run and something new is always on the horizon,” reads Mo’s Facebook page. “Change is…
As reported here last month, Barry Fey and Harry Tuft are on deck to become the next inductees into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame. Due to an increased demand, the ceremony, originally slated to take place at the Dal Ward Athletic Center on the University of Colorado Boulder campus,…
This Thursday, January 19, you can get up close and personal with some prominent local creative types who are assembling to chop it up about making it in the worlds of music, art and fashion. Fittingly titled “How to Make It in America,” the panel, which features Guerilla Garden’s founder…
Korn is coming to the Fillmore Auditorium on Monday, February 27, with Kill the Noise. Pre-sale tickets go on sale this Wednesday on the band’s website, and regular tickets will go on sale to the general public this Friday at 10 a.m. Gotta hand it to the dudes: Who thought…
Ah, yes, girls, we love them. Who doesn’t, right? Mötley Crüe wrote an entire song about them. Actually, so did Jay-Z, come to think of it. But we digress. Where were we again? Oh, right, girls, we love them. So you can only imagine the overwhelming sense of joy we…
The initial acts for this year’s CMKY festival have been announced. The fifth annual edition of the festival is slated to kick off with a performance by Laurie Anderson on Wednesday, April 25, at the Boulder Theater, and will run through Sunday, April 29, at various venues across Boulder, which…
On the heels of its three-night stand at the Ogden Theatre this past December, Social Distortion has announced plans to return to the Centennial State, this time at the Boulder Theater, with the Toadies. Tickets for the Thursday, May 10, date go on sale this Friday, January 20, at 10…
Yesterday, NBC Nightly News host Brian Williams unwittingly — and probably very much to his chagrin — became the most visible among Lana Del Rey’s detractors following her awkward performance on Saturday Night Live this past weekend. He earned this distinction thanks to a note that he sent to Gawker…
Years ago, my mom asked me, ‘What are you going to do when your music can’t support you?'” Dominic Lalli remembers. “And I think it was then that I realized that I just had to go at this thing full steam.” And go at it full steam he has. And…
