The Organizers of Goldrush Festival on the festival and blogging

For the next two days, the Goldrush festival will take place at Delite and the hi-dive. The event was the brainchild of three local music bloggers: Jake Martin, Crawford Philleo and Ryan Pjesky. For the last two years, each of the three have been writing largely about contemporary music for…

Bone Orchard Revival

Bone Orchard Revival opens its self-titled album with a dusty, unhurried, reverb-drenched track called “Temptation” that would make an ideal soundtrack for walking through a graveyard — apt, considering the band’s moniker. These Michigan transplants, now based in Denver, also dip into a fair amount of old-time country, blues and…

The Electric Daisy Carnival Experience opens tomorrow at the Mayan

Tomorrow night is the first and only time in Denver you’ll be able to catch The Electric Daisy Carnival Experience, Kevin Kerslake’s film about the popular carnival-slash-rave. (We have a branch of the EDC that takes place every spring here in Denver — but that’s like a kid-brother version of…

Savoy to headline Fillmore on 11/11/11

Dang! If you would’ve told us a decade ago that local acts would be playing shows at a place the size of the Fillmore on with stunning frequency — read more than once a year or on a very special occasion, generally warming up the stage for a higher profile…

Norman Doray on “Chase the Sun,” his upcoming album and more

“A lot of DJ friends have told me Beta is amazing,” says Norman Doray, whose collaboration with David Tort, “Chase the Sun,” spent eight weeks this summer on Beatport’s Top 10 chart. He’ll be at the amazing Beta this Saturday, September 17, promoting Strictly Ibiza To Amsterdam, his new album;…

The Kevin Costner Suicide Pact doesn’t stick to a script

Sketch comedy is the best way to describe it,” says Nathan Wright, discussing the process of composition within the Kevin Costner Suicide Pact. “It’s not verse, chorus, bridge,” adds Carson Pelo. “It’s more of a flow chart. Things don’t necessarily have to go somewhere, but they can lead into something…

Casselman’s gets a sixteen-and-up license

Casselman’s Bar & Venue has been a strong addition to the Ballpark neighborhood since it opened two years ago at 2620 Walnut Street, and got stronger with recent sound and light upgrades. Now, prompted by overwhelming demand from promoters and bands alike, Casselman’s has applied for and been approved by…

Critic’s Choice: Osyluth performs September 17 at 1.21 Jiggawatts

Big suprise that a bunch of guys who might have been gamers formed a metal band and named themselves after one of the denizens of Hell in Dungeons & Dragons. Even bigger surprise that this foursome decided that “Pitsix” was less suitable than naming their project after a demon. Biggest…

Queensryche

Called the Mob when it first started out in Seattle in 1981, Queensrÿche quickly developed what would later be called a “progressive metal” aesthetic — which really just meant that these guys played with great precision and experimented freely with the structures inside each song. In that same era, outfits…

Active Child

As Active Child, Pat Grossi assembles atmospheric compositions that are equal parts organic instrumentation and synthesized sound. Grossi’s harp blends seamlessly with a bevy of electronic layers, creating a primed canvas for his pitch-perfect falsetto. And this church-choir-trained voice acts as an instrument all its own, carrying a gender fluidity…

J. Cole

J. Cole is a fresh-faced young man from Fayetteville, North Carolina, who first exploded onto the scene as Jay-Z’s protegé. Shining on Jigga’s fittingly titled “A Star Is Born,” Cole has amassed a devoted following without even releasing a full-length album. So far, his notoriety has come courtesy of a…

The Psychedelic Furs

It’ll be déjà vu all over again when the Psychedelic Furs share a bill this week with Tom Tom Club, a fellow hallmark band of the new-wave era. The Furs, who crawled out of England’s punk scene, leavened their roiling, tempestuous rock with touches of pop, with Richard Butler’s blustery…

Extra Kool & Satyre

Extra Kool and Satyre once worked together as Optik Fusion Embrace, and the two recently teamed up again for this album full of wry observations and playful musical experiments. It opens with “Optik Fusion Is Dead,” a Danny Elfman-esque recounting of the duo’s history since the breakup. “Everyday Living” is…