Marnie Stern and Tera Melos at Moe’s, 3/12/11

MARNIE STERN & TERA MELOS Lil’ Slugger 3.12.11 | Moe’s Original BBQ The self-described week-long Marnie Stern Birthday tour came to Denver last night, and while it wasn’t Marnie Stern’s actual birthday, bassist Nithin Kalvakota predicted that when it is later this week in San Francisco, he and drummer Vince…

Girl Talk at the Ogden, 3/11/11

GIRL TALK With Max Tundra and Junk Culture 3.11.11 | Ogden Theatre See full Girl Talk slideshow It was like a bad dream, a deja vu shit show, that, when repeated, almost always seems to involve young women barfing all over the carpeted foyer and tiled bathroom floors of the…

String Cheese Incident at 1STBANK – 3/11/11

STRING CHEESE INCIDENT Winter Carnival, Night Two 03.11.11 | 1STBANK Center Read reviews of Night One and Night Three In the second night of its three-night run at 1STBANK Center, the String Cheese Incident showcased its diversity throughout the evening dipping from its bluegrass roots weaving in elements of funk,…

Planet of the Drums at the Gothic, 03/11/11

PLANET OF THE DRUMS DJ Dara • AK1200 • Dieselboy • MC Messinian Sure Shot • Mystical Influence • DJ Fury 3.11.11/Gothic Theatre It’s been a while since a drum-and-bass show of this caliber hit Denver — most DNB has been eclipsed by the dubstep movement, and although there are…

Night of Noise returns with a once a month noise residency

Noise shows seem to happen in spurts in Denver. One weekend there will be seventeen different shows going on and then there won’t any for a month and half. Thankfully, Backwards Records has decided to resurrect the monthly series first started by Jonathan Canady and Matt Jones in 1997. Night…

Tonight: Mike Relm at Cervantes’

There is no way Mike Relm could be confined by the simple title of mash-up DJ — the San Fransisco-based artist not only cuts and pastes music together in mutated forms, but he deftly brings video to disjointed life, too, with on-the-spot edits. The multi-media performer manipulates music videos, commercials…

Epitonic is back in business

Epitonic.com was one of the first sites to host MP3 files of legitimately. Launched in 1999, it also happened to be the epicenter for all things indie, with a comprehensive list of bands, solo projects, off-shoots, record label details and plenty more. After a seven-year hiatus and a Kickstarter fundraising…

String Cheese Incident at 1STBANK – 3/10/11

STRING CHEESE INCIDENT Winter Carnival, Night One 03.10.11 | 1STBANK Center Read reviews of Night Two and Night Three The String Cheese Incident has played eleven shows since partially disbanding in 2007. The few shows they have played since then — six of which have been in Colorado — have…

Photos: Lords of Acid at Summit, 03/09/11

Lords of Acid stopped by the Summit Music Hall last night with Radical G and Angelspit for a colorful evening that was all kinds of sweaty and sexy. Our resident shutterbug, the ever intrepid Aaron Thackeray was on hand and captured the whole thing for posterity. Click through to give…

Tonight: Priory at Walnut Room

Slap the folk label on a band is kind of a sweeping generalization — simplicity in instrumentation and a focus on vocals might be a better way to describe Portland’s Priory, who come through Denver tonight for the second time in the past few months. Reminiscent of Wolf Parade and…

Tonight: Randy Newman at the Boulder Theater

Everybody knows Randy Newman — his comforting, sometimes scruffy and bubble-throated voice has been a recognizable movie soundtrack staple for years. The ragtime piano player has scored over two dozen films — like this year’s Oscar winner for original song, “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3 — making him…

Top 5 songs nodding to Notorious B.I.G

Ah, Christopher Wallace, aka the Notorious B.I.G. There hasn’t been — and as long as hip-hop is a genre, won’t be — a quiet passing of March 9. Similar to when Buddy Holly took the fateful flight that inspired a nation to observe the day the music died, the day…

The Uncertain Sea is certain about purple

Purple: Perhaps the least popular color in the Crayola box next to taupe and coral. Save for fans of Prince, the Minnesota Vikings, the Fluid and Grimace, it’s not exactly the most enticing color in the world. Amazingly, however, the Uncertain Sea has combined purple with a sort of sea…

SXSW Tip Sheet: Colorado bands

Deep in the heart of Texas, about seventy bazillion bands and at least as many tastemakers are converging in Austin for the annual South by Southwest celebration. It’s a symbiotic relationship: The bands have high hopes of being fawned over (or at least remembered fondly) by the tastemakers, whose meager…

Lauryn Hill hits the Fillmore at the end of April

Psst. What do you have planned for Saturday, April 23? Too far ahead? We know what we’re doing. We just circled that date on our calendar in bright-red ink. From what we hear, that’s the day the lovely and talented Ms. Lauryn Hill will finally make her way back to…