George Christiansen’s latest effort, Photosynthesis, the followup to his 2006 self-titled debut, is a notably stripped-down affair, with about half of the tracks on the album featuring Christiansen accompanying himself on guitar, with playing that at times veers toward jazz and funk territory. Save for the upbeat and bouncy opening…
Andy Hackbarth is back in Colorado after spending the past four years in Nashville, where the sheen of that town’s assembly-line production evidently rubbed off on his music. Just the same, Hackbarth, the son of llama ranchers, is no country bumpkin. In fact, Hackbarth is tailor-made for hot AC radio…
After an October trip to Boulder, the Foot wrote a blog post ensuring its return to “rock your balls off again.” For now, we’ll have to take the guys’ word for it on the live show. But the music contained on the band’s debut album, Primary Colors, is certainly ball-rocking…
King Khan was scheduled to play Denver last November with BBQ (aka Mark Sultan), but the duo and their tour manager got held up in Kentucky when cops found a controlled substance in their car. While King Khan and the BBQ Show do a damn fine job making a joyous…
In a city where the sound of oonsa oonsa oonsa has dominated dance floors for decades, the subterranean subwoofer frequencies of dubstep (wobble wobble boom clack clack!) stand out emphatically. For the past three years, the Denver residents of Sub.Mission — Budros Gali, ServOne, RumbleJunkie, Dayquill, Zeno and Subliminal —…
Techno has a reputation for coldness and sharp edges, even brutality. But it doesn’t have to be that way, and Montreal’s Pheek (Jean-Patrice Rémillard to his mother) is living proof. He delivers a warm, inviting strain of techno that defies the stereotypes without abandoning the foundations. While still embracing the…
Achille Lauro is opening for John Common at Casselman’s. Everyone is seated, drinking complimentary spiked fruit juice. Achille Lauro frontman Matt Close is introducing every song in this manner: “This song is about and drag racing.” Some people laugh at this, some people think he’s serious, and drummer Ben Mossman…
When Star Bar, at 2137 Larimer Street, was slapped with a liquor-code violation late last year for serving a minor, it had to close from January 1 to March 1. But it didn’t reopen after that punishment was up, and the future looked dim for the last surviving saloon from…
When Paul Piciocchi said he was closing Tryst at 1512 Larimer last week and moving the club down to Playa Del Carmen, he said the former space would soon become a new watering hole. After less than a week of remodeling, Dive on 15th is slated to open this weekend…
When Soda Jerk Presents started booking punk and hardcore shows in 1997, its main venues were Club 156 on the CU-Boulder campus and Tulagi’s. Since then, company, headed up by owner Mike Barsch went on to book shows at the Raven and Rock Island, before buying The Cat, and for…
The Chain Gang of 1974 has finally completed work on its new album, White Guts, slated for release on Tuesday, April 27. Impatient like us and don’t feel like waiting that long to hear it? No worries. Head on over to the hi-dive next Friday, April 16 (with former Chain…
Snake Rattle Rattle Snake’s debut headlining performance at the Bluebird is a momentous occasion, so it’s no surprise that the poster promoting it is suitably momentous as well. The flier definitely turned our head when we walked by it the other day, prompting us to head straight the computer to…
Chalk this one up to a case of celebrity cash-in: It looks like Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer has an iPhone app now. And this probably isn’t going to come as any surprise, but it it absolutely blows. The ap, Joey Kramer: Hit Hard, only held our attention for about three…
Spoon • Deerhunter • Michachu and the Shapes 04.6.10 | Ogden Theatre There are so many people crammed into the Ogden that it’s difficult to see the stage. The guy in front of me is rubbing against me so often I’m wondering if his girlfriend is going to get jealous…
Last night, Big Boi and his new label Def Jam hosted a listening party for the long-awaited Sir Luscious Left Foot: Son of Chico Dusty. The main purpose of the party was to officially release the album’s first single, “Shutterbugg,” which, as you can hear above, is pretty great. But…
Only in Colorado: Tonight’s sold-out Muse and Silversun Pickups show, originally scheduled at the 1stBank Center, has been postponed due to snow on Vail Pass. But there’s good news for anyone who didn’t get tickets to the show; when the band returns the area October 2, it will play at…
Once one of Denver’s biggest hip-hop spots, Club Bash closed late last year after a decade-long run. But it looks the 20,000-square-foot space at 1902 Blake Street, formerly the Blake Street Baseball Club and then the LoDo Music Hall, is reverting back to a live music venue dubbed Summit Music…
This year’s Lollapalooza lineup has been revealed. Bold face names this time around: Soundgarden, Green Day, Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire and Erykah Badu, alongside nearly ninety of the brightest emerging acts, including MGMT, Grizzly Bear, the National, Yeasayer, Phoenix, Frightened Rabbit and Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, among others…
While the Mile High Music Festival was announced yesterday, the Vans Warped Tour is also coming to town. Alkaline Trio, Andrew W.K., Bring Me the Horizon, Dillinger Escape Plan, Every Time I Die, Reel Big Fish, Anti-Flag, Face to Face, Dropkick Murphys, Pennywise and a ton of other bands will…
If you’re in a band here in Denver, you’ve likely gone through the motions of recording your own record at some point. Getting that thing cut to vinyl, however, is a completely different story. There isn’t exactly an abundance of resources out there to advise you on who to turn…
Taking a page from the playbook of bands like the Czar’s and Cracker, the Heyday is appealing to the fans to finance its next record. Rather than relying on a corporate sugar daddy, they group has launched a fund raising campaign calledAlong for the Ride. So far, says bassist Peter…
Tegan and Sara • Steel Train • Holly Miranda 04.4.10 | Ogden Theatre There is some dumb joke to be had about a band playing on Easter in support of an album called Sainthood, but let’s not take the easy way out here. Because Tegan and Sara is fifteen years…
