Never satisfied with trying out just one sound, Sleeping in the Aviary started out as a lo-fi pop band with a quirky live energy like that of Eat Skull before quickly evolving into something a bit more nuanced and delicate. Although the name of the group’s sophomore effort — Expensive…
Lou Barlow is no fool. His sad-man side project, Sebadoh, released some of the first great lo-fi rock albums some twenty years ago, and he’s not about to stand idly by while the I Love the ’90s train rolls through contemporary pop culture. This tour coincides with the re-release of…
Electronic music of any experimental stripe has always been filed under the heading of “techno” and sometimes blurred together with “industrial.” Meat Beat Manifesto was — and still is — considered by many to be part of the wave of industrial music that was affiliated with the Wax Trax imprint…
There is a cinematic feel to every track on this release. “1993” suggests the dream sequences in Brazil in which Jonathan Pryce’s character is a triumphant winged champion in armor, while “Mega Fortress” sounds like what might happen if an old computer tried to emulate the sound of rain falling…
John-Alex Mason doesn’t sound at all like a 35-year-old skinny, blond-haired dude. His deep and booming vocal delivery sounds like it’s coming from someone twice his age and weight. The Manitou Springs-based Mason reaches back into Delta music from the likes of Charlie Patton and Skip James, but puts a…
Locus takes itself out from under the loose, ugly modern-rock umbrella with unexpected instruments — strings and tribal drums, mostly. The band is much better off leaning in that direction. When the players go for straight-up dead lifting with the guitar and testosterone-fueled vocals, as they do on “Vices,” they…
At this point, DeVotchKa (due at the Fillmore this Saturday, February 12) appears incapable of producing music that’s anything less than intoxicating; just listening to the band inspires a sense of romanticism in even the most hardened of hearts. Everything there is to love about DeVotchKa is present on 100…
Bethany Cosentino and Nathan Williams are too good to be true. She makes surf pop as Best Coast; he makes surf punk as Wavves. They used to date when they were younger and stupider; now they’re famous and back together, happily tweeting out a new relationship. It’s like a stoner…
Sounding like the unexpected but inevitable pairing of Phil Spector-produced wall-of-noise pop and the free-spirited sonic experimentation of early shoegaze bands like Telescopes, Medicine and My Bloody Valentine, Montreal’s No Joy came to the attention of fans and critics alike on the strength of its debut seven-inch, “No Summer/No Joy,”…
Denverites should be well acquainted with DJ Fury (aka Steve Blakely) by now. The local drum-and-bass phenomenon has been spinning his addictive blend of jungle with smooth, deep bass and tapping drums for two decades; in an era in which simple, driving beats are the popular choice, it’s refreshing to…
At Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom on Saturday, headliner Michal Menert invited guest DJs onto the decks to share tracks with him. The house exploded when Pretty Lights (Derek Vincent Smith) joined Menert onstage for almost an hour. Photos by Jonathan Shoup. See the full slideshow here: Michal Menert at Cervantes’…
Metallic-emo stalwarts Underoath played on February 7, 2011 at Summit Music Hall with Thursday, who played Full Collapse, its 2001 album, start to finish. Openers were Skylit Drive and Animals as Leaders. Photos by Aaron Thackeray. See the full slideshow here, Underoath, Thursday @ Summit…
Sometimes, a songwriter’s first acknowledged endeavor is just the primer for better work to come. Moving from the more folk and pop-oriented quartet Page France to gospel-inspired melancholy of Cotton Jones — who plays tonight at the Hi-Dive with Jay J Matott and Sunshine House — it seems Michael Nau…
Sasquatch became the second major summer festival to announce its lineup last night. The George, Washington (kills us every time) indie-fest is always heavy on the hipster bait, but this year is egregious. The top of the bill looks like this: Foo Fighters, Death Cab for Cutie, Modest Mouse, Wilco,…
FACEMAN’S FIRST WALTZ 02.4.11 | Bluebird Theater It was only one of many chaotic scenes in a four-hour show that featured almost forty different musicians. Members of the Knew and the Outfit crowded onto the Bluebird stage Friday, sharing space with the show’s headline trio, FaceMan. As the guest musicians…
KING MOB Modern Witch • Married In Berdichev • Hideous Men 02.05.11 | Meadowlark Most people who have seen Ben Martin perform have probably seen him as a guitarist and singer in experimental rock band Lil Slugger. But last night, he teamed up with his brother Sam for a duo…
INVISIBLE ALLIES and ARCHNEMISIS The Malah • Bluetech • Kilowatts • Archnemesis • Frequent-C • David Seied 02.04.11 | Cervantes’ and The Otherside The never-ceases-to-amaze Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom packed in the crowd last night for a special collaborative show with Bluetech and KiloWatts coming together as Invisible Allies. The Malah,…
Man alive! Ahem, it’s a super weekend. As you can see, there is no shortage of things to do in the Mile High City. There’s a full Dance Card, FaceMan having its First Waltz tonight at the Bluebird, then there’s that kick ass double-bill at 3 Kings and the hi-dive,…
For the better part of the last two decades, Wally Callerio has been one of the key players in the West Coast house scene. The Los Angeles-based DJ/producer/Dufflebag Recordings label boss/house music purist performs in Denver on Friday night with Treehouse Collective DJs Brick Lee and Travis Press at 2711…
Okay, so here’s an idea that’s completely rad and long overdue: This evening, 3 Kings Tavern and the hi-dive have two absolutely splendid bills — the kind in which you wish you could split yourself in two and be at both places at once. We’ve got some great news: You…
Making music since the mid-1950s, George Clinton — in town tonight at the Fillmore towing the Parliament-Funkaledic line — is an enduring musical force that extends far beyond sound. Clinton is a movement in himself, a colorful cultural noisemaker who has, over the last five decades, taken funk from the…
It’s Black History Month, a time when we celebrate the achievements of African-Americans and their impact on society. With that in mind, it’s completely fitting to discover that Uncle Luke (aka Luther Campbell) chose the month of February to announce his intent to run for mayor of Miami-Dade County…
