This weekend, the Unity Gain Reunion show will be taking over 2200, with special guest (and former Colorado resident) Liondub playing a reggae and dancehall set, along with guests Mr. Anonymous and Psychonaut, and house/slomo stylings by Patricia Hertz, Ejay and Ivy. We caught up with Liondub to ask about…
The Donkeys (due tonight at the Hi-Dive) from San Diego often get lumped in with anyone inspired by the country rock of the ’60s and ’70s. But even a casual listen to its latest release, Born With Stripes, reveals a band not beholden to a specific aesthetic of times past,…
Grammy Award-winner and ultimate musical collaborator Lucinda Williams (playing tonight at the Boulder Theater with Lionel Young) shouldn’t need an introduction. The rough-voiced storyteller has been making records since 1979, intertwining blues and rock n’ roll with her own salty version of Americana country…
Hip-hop lyrics often get lost amongst the bass, snare and 808-drenched beats and production of a song. That’s why, when a rap artist — like Jay-Z, for example — decides to take on MTV’s famous Unplugged series, the outcome can be amazing, as was the case with Jigga, and hopefully…
VIVIAN GIRLS No Joy * School Knights 05.12.11 | Larimer Lounge It isn’t the worst thing that can happen to you when you’re on stage, but breaking a string without having an immediate replacement or a back-up guitar can induce the kind of red-faced anxiety that throws a show into…
ProJect Aspect and friends made the trek to Lincoln, Nebraska last night for the Waka DJ Classic. The difference between Aspect and everyone else who entered is that he left with two artists passes to Wakarusa — and the opportunity to play an hour-and-fifteen-minute set at the Wakarusa Music and…
You know what the best part of waking up is? For Jered Lish, Zac Crider and Chris Stuberg of the Sunshine House (due at this year’s Westword Music Showcase), we’re betting it was waking up to find that they’re one of five finalists in the Folgers Jingle Contest. Although, curiously,…
The Library of Congress has just turned on its new streaming audio service, which includes a large piece of the national archives totaling around 10,000 titles. The joint venture of Sony and the Library of Congress gives users access to many Sony-controlled recordings that have long been out of circulation…
At the risk of alienating and outraging vast swaths of music fans, there’s really no polite way to refer to bands with a career spanning fifteen years plus as a whole. So here are ten “oldster” bands — written by a self-proclaimed oldster — that kept making great records long…
To say that Joe Purdy (due this evening at the Bluebird Theater with The Milk Carton Kids) is prolific would be, well, exactly accurate — the singer-songwriter has released ten albums in ten years, all while touring. His workman like approach has paid off in the form of devoted fans,…
Quick: Name the most iconic albums of the classic rock era… Uh, let’s see.. Dark Side of the Moon? Check. Born to Run? Uh, yeah. Led Zeppelin IV? Of course. Revolver? Duh! Sticky Fingers? Totally. Who’s Next? Tommy? Yes and yes! Where are you going with this anyway?…
Looks like Big Gigantic has gotten quite a bit bigger than anyone realized. Yesterday around lunchtime, the Boulder-based music blog THISSONGISSICK posted a new track from Big Gigantic, and within minutes, literally, the server crashed. Bam! Just like that. “I posted the link at 12:00 p.m.,” says THISSONGISSICK’s Nick Guarino,…
So the band formerly known as Yerkish will heretofore be known as Lexigram. If you’re just joining us, last week, Sprint, the behemoth telecommunications titan, signed on to help Yerkish come up with a new name as part of the company’s All. Together. Now. campaign. More than 54,000 suggestions were…
Update, 05/12: We just received word that DeVotchKa will be stopping by eTown at the Boulder Theater on Wednesday, June 1, for a live taping with Joe Purdy, playing tonight at the Bluebird Theater. If you happen upon a bunch of starry-eyed students in caps and gowns this Saturday at…
Last we heard from Ian Cooke, he had extended an invitation to fellow local musicians to remix his song ” The Race.” With that goal in mind, Cooke posted a dozen different parts of the song that folks could download and tweak, twist and manipulate at will. A number of…
This morning, we shared the unfortunate news that Bad Weather California won’t be performing at this year’s Westword Music Showcase. While this is most certainly sad news for us, it’s great news for the band, who will instead be joining Meat Puppets for a string of West Coast tour dates…
There isn’t much of a way to approach Dredg (who play the Marquis Theater tonight with the Trophy Fire, Balance and Composure and the Dear Hunter) without talking about the band’s legacy. Retaining its original lineup since its 1993 formation, the California outfit has weathered stylistic storms with its own…
Generally speaking, we’re not fans of photos on fliers. Not because we hate reality or looking at things in the real world or anything, but fliers made from photographs nearly always look like crap, because nobody bothers to spend the money on a good print. Of course, we’re proven wrong…
It’s like the universe knows, like it waits patiently for us to go to press and then drops the hammer. The ink is almost literally still drying on the local lineup for the 2011 Westword Music Showcase (see page 45 of this week’s issue), and already, it’s changed: Bad Weather…
Tim Browne always knew that being a talkative and outgoing drunk would eventually pay off. One night, the perfect mixture of cocktails and dreams led the Elway frontman to start up a conversation with Brendan Kelly of the Lawrence Arms, which eventually led to a recording contract. “I always like…
The Roslyn Grill was always one of Denver’s more colorful dives, both in its original home on 14th Street and the spot at 504 East Colfax Avenue where it moved two decades ago, when the Colorado Convention Center took its place downtown. When Prohibition opens in the space on Colfax…
Two years ago, Gritt Hitter (due at the Gothic Theatre this Friday, May 13) was a promising three-piece metal act that was clearly inspired by the new wave of British heavy metal, with a thrash undercurrent. Even though some of its sound was familiar, the band seemed caught up in…
