Fresh on the heels of releasing their Isn’t It Fun? EP this past September, the members of Safe Boating Is No Accident are back in the studio, working again with film sound engineer Will Klingenmeier on the duo’s yet-to-be-titled followup. The release will come out on cassette, as part of…
For the more astute among you, this news comes as no surprise. Just over a month ago, we posted a video of Kamtin Mohager signing some sort of contract. While the Chain Gang of 1974 mastermind wasn’t at liberty to confirm or discuss any specific details at the time, we…
At the end of each year, after everyone’s weighed in on their favorite releases, the overall critical consensus is always interesting. Invariably, a number of titles consistently crop up on countless lists (ahem, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy). But while you’ll find many of those acclaimed albums represented in our…
The name says it all: A New Year Underground is not going to be the highest-profile New Year’s Eve party in the city. However, local DJs Beekay, Brick Lee, Brandon Bass, Eli D, Rescue, Sean Michaels, Spindler and Uriah West are no strangers to throwing good parties — old-school style,…
As we compiled our annual Moovers and Shakers issue this year — a rundown of our favorite local releases from the past year — we found, once again, that there were simply more albums that we dug than we had space to devote to in the paper. Thankfully, no such…
Christmas night is a big bar night for some people — those folks who are back in their home town and who’ve maybe had just a bit too much quality time with family — which is why many bars throw special parties on the 25th of December. Nightlife photographer Aaron…
Memorable Christmas gifts are made with love, and in the case of this gent, his Christmas gift is infused with a rap-metal logos of the ’90s and early 2000s. Many of the classic T-shirts are there: the Korn Adidas rip-off and 40 ounces, the Coal Chamber ice cream truck, the…
Thursday night, a special New York City edition of Warm at Gallery 22 features three Denver-to-NYC transplants who are back in town for the holidays: Wyatt Earp, Crazy Larry and Juan Francisco. For years, Wyatt Earp of the Casa Del Soul collective was one of Denver’s favorite local DJs, holding…
Tonight, we’re recommending two dance parties we told you about earlier in the week–The Analog Space Black Christmas Party and the Bring Your Own Records Party and benefit–because both are for a good cause, and both promise a throwdown of some great jams…
While they’re pretty funny for a few weeks every year, there’s very little about an ugly Christmas sweater that’s going to make you seem “cool” to the opposite sex. But God love ’em, a few people donned sweaters last night at Suite 200, perhaps as some strategic holiday peacocking. Jonathan…
What’s the best way to promote a show with a headlining band called Battleship Agenda? Well, you get a big ass battleship and you show it off. Bonus points go to whoever booked this show and made sure to tag Nautical Mile to play as well; it’s a sea-faring trip…
Okay, so not a million, but the Swayback frontman is putting down his bass and picking up the acoustic guitar for the first time in a long time, going solo tonight at the Surfside 7 in Fort Collins and December 23 at 3 Kings Tavern. At the request — or…
December 2010 is not likely to be a month Brad Roulier is going to forget anytime soon. As you might recall, the month started off with Roulier and his nightclub being among those named in lawsuit filed by night club rival Regas Christou in U.S. District Court, and it’s ending…
After hitting South Africa and Australia in December and January, legendary hip-hop act Public Enemy makes its way to the Ogden Theatre for a co-headlining bill with Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe on Saturday, February 19. Jurrasic 5’s Chali 2na opens the show. Tickets ($25) for the 16 and over show…
When Meagan Patrick, a former friendly face behind the counter at Pablo’s Coffee on 6th and Washington, got sick, the community within the neighborhood hangout wanted to help. Tomorrow, December 22, longtime Pablo’s employee Jason Cain and longtime Pablo’s customer Sarah Slater are hosting a benefit to help uninsured Patrick…
On December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley sealed his fate as the first rock-and-roller who got too old and joined the Man. The White House meeting between the King and Richard Nixon was the former’s idea — he’d written a six-page letter proposing the visit and asking to be made a…
Whatever your measure of success — whether you define it as adventurous artists making boundary-pushing music and then releasing it themselves, or as acts with commercially attractive songs that get a more mainstream push — you have to agree: A music scene is only as interesting as the music being…
Since it first opened as a movie house eight decades ago, the Roxy Theater (2549 Welton Street) has gone through many incarnations, most recently as a dance club. The building is one of many properties in Five Points acquired by Charles Cousins, who passed away in May 2009. Some of…
It’s a long way from Dallas, Texas, to the United Kingdom, but Gina Star has made the transition with both glamour and aplomb. The DJ/producer has seen several sides of the music business — at one point, she was the director of A&R at Thrive Records, putting her ear for…
The music world is a little less surreal this week. Don Van Vliet, better known to fans as Captain Beefheart, died from complications tied to multiple sclerosis in California on Friday. He was 69 years old. Beefheart is survived by his wife of forty years, Jan Van Vliet — and…
LOW With Charlie Parr 12.18.10 | Larimer Lounge Fellow Minnesotan Charlie Parr opened the show and brought a classic blues and folk sensibility to his performance. It was a pretty minimalistic, stripped down set-up but if you paid attention to what Parr was doing on guitar, it was intricate, but…
BUZZOV•EN With Kingdom of Magic • Il Cattivo 12.19.10 | Larimer Lounge We’ll get to that confederate wristband in a bit because Buzzov•en’s Southern hillbilly persona did not define this show at all. Might as well start with first opener Il Cattivo because that set was the most fun of…
