Nathaniel Rateliff | Ale House | 9 p.m. Clinging to the Trees | Mohawk | 8:20 p.m. Nathaniel Rateliff was clearly being glib last night when he asked “Is that why you’re being so quiet, because you know me?” upon getting a roar of approval when he announced that he…
Itchy-O (due at Old Curtis Street on Friday, March 19) isn’t a band so much as a multimedia art project designed to be an all but complete sensory experience for those who witness its performances. Truth be told, though, the troupe is probably working on its being a wholly immersive…
The complex, intricate techno favored by Dustin Zahn is miles away from the mainstream conception of techno as brainless, soulless, repetitive thump-thump-thump. While he does deliver the thump-thump-thump, his work incorporates delicate, fleeting strands of melody that dance around deep, layered percussion and synth work. And while repetition is a…
When the Continental Club opened at 475 Santa Fe Drive in early 2008, it showed a lot of promise, and quickly became our Best New Bar in that year’s Best of Denver issue. The Continental closed within the year, though, and was replaced by One Eyed Jacks last January. And…
Dwight Thompson was ready to quit. After years of playing bass for hire, he’d simply had enough. “I was actually at a point this year when I was like, ‘I’m giving this two more years and then I’m done,'” he recalls. “I’d rather have a day job than play music…
Robert Glasper’s latest Blue Note effort, Double Booked, shows just how well the pianist straddles the jazz and hip-hop worlds. On the first half of the disc, Glasper flexes his jazz chops within the confines of an acoustic trio setting, cutting through four brilliant originals before diving into the angular…
Ozzy Osbourne has suggested that Ray Davies invented heavy metal with his signature guitar-riff opening on “You Really Got Me.” While that may be true, Davies’s career with and without the Kinks has shown mainly that the guy has a true knack for inventive pop songwriting and for writing incisive…
Here’s the thing about Jay-Z: When he says “I. Will. Not. Lose. Ever… Fucker” in “U Don’t Know,” he’s not kidding. Of his studio albums, three are instant-classic, holy-shit ridiculous, and all eleven hit number one on the charts. That’s one more than Elvis. Quite the American Dream for a…
Remember Dusty Dinkleman in Just Friends, the hapless sap vying with Ryan Reynolds for the affections of the ever-illusive Miss Jamie Palamino? On the surface, the dude was unbearably sweet — we’re talking elderly-serenading, kitten-cuddling, hold-your-hair-while-you’re-puking sweet. Beneath the facade, however, lurked a completely depraved, knuckle-dragging, mouth-breathing ultra-perv, who, when…
The Autumn Film has gone from beautiful to stunning. Tifah Al-Attas’s voice flows like warm honey, but it did that before this album. What it has this time around is a more suitable canvas of instruments. Before, Tifah was the sad spotlight, and now she is sunken into an ebb…
Bridging the gap between dream pop, dark Americana and orchestral indie rock, the songs on this EP manage to be eclectic without seeming artistically overburdened. “Charred Metropolis” has an air of spiritual turmoil just shy of being melodramatic, while the down-tempo “Frontiers” shimmers with the music’s impressionistic dynamics. “Summer Rainstorms”…
In its ten years of existence, the Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts has seen some 600 teenagers participate in its programs, camps and workshops. Fourteen Channels, the organization’s latest release, features two different groups — the Dominant 7 and the Jazz Arts Messengers — that comprise members of the…
For fifteen years, King Rat has held down its own small, smelly corner of Denver’s punk scene. That kind of longevity alone is commendable — especially considering the volatile, at times self-destructive nature of King Rat’s music, a crackling blitzkrieg of hard rock, ’80s hardcore and Mike Ness-style confessionals. On…
The brainchild of multi-instrumentalist JT Nolan, the Lovely and Talented seems eerily similar to fellow Denver outfit DeVotchKa. After all, both gather sounds from a similar pool of eras and genres, and Nolan has even appeared on stage with DeVotchKa — not to mention the fact that that group’s drummer,…
Seventeen years after it was founded, Quasi is touring in support of its recently released album, American Gong. Not unlike the 2003 album Hot Shit, the new record takes aim at some of the more unsavory aspects of American imperialism without exercising an uninspired heavy-handed approach, opting instead to strike…
Local ambient rockers Woodsman are having a heck of a month. Starting with landing a pair of songs as the a and b sides of the weekly single on Beko Digital Single Label, which has the simplest web site in existence…
Fort Collins’ strangest, savviest band are only one of many representing locally at SXSW. However, they continue to demonstrate their ability to stand out from the pack, which is a skill we’re sure they’ll find particularly handy in Austin. The duo posted the merch they’ll have in tow on their…
If this week’s top flier pick is any indication, The Other Russia is a scary place. At least, it’s a scary place in a kind of slightly campy, ’70s horror movie lobby poster way. And it in no way hurts that The Other Russia would be a great name for…
Social networking + Geeks + Internet. Not sure how no one has done that math until now, but the void has been filled. Oh has it been filled. Meet the newest social networking site on the block, backed by “Rocket Man” singer and all around rad dude William Shatner. It’s…
Are you drunk yet? Well, you should be, presuming your name is Jimmy and you like being hammered before Kathie Lee and Hoda even hit the airwaves. It’s St. Patrick’s Day, after all. You can find tons of shit to do on our St. Paddy’s day event listings. Or, if…
As it turns out, the above Miley cover featuring members of Boulder Acoustic Society is a sign of things to come. Danielle Anderson is currently in the finishing stages of her third album and it will be nothing like the others. Details after the jump…
Band of Horses • Co. • 03.16.10 | Ogden Theatre There are certain tricks storytellers use, moves that keep the audience’s minds or livers from getting anxious and hitting the bar. Band of Horses owns a heavy arsenal of those tricks — but we’ll get to that shortly…
