This week we had lots of fine material to choose from, but this flier stood out even among the wonderfully crowded field of great images and cool design. We’re not too sure what, if anything, the image is supposed to represent — is it a circuit diagram? cell mitosis? what…
Note to the People of the People’s Republic: In case you somehow haven’t heard yet, your prayers have been answered. The astroid you’ve been praying for to hit your town has … uh, what’s that? Ah, right. That makes more sense, we suppose… Ahem, actually, go ahead and disregard that…
Band of Horses recently finished recording a new album, Night Rainbow, which the act has been playing songs from at shows since. While there’s still no word on when the disc will be issued, chances are better than good that the band will be playing new material when it hits…
Pop Tart Charts: 3OH!3 is atop the iTunes chart, thanks to their collaboration with Ke$ha. The pop tart’s wittily titled “Blah Blah Blah (feat. 3OH!3)” might be “face-shooting pablum” (as we called her work the other day) but this “unholy, completely sexless union of Katy Perry and Lady Gaga” (as…
Photo ninja Aaron Thackeray ventured into the wild on Friday night to dance with the restless natives, at Suite 200 (he missed LeBron, apparently) and something called Croc’s. His resulting photos are on display at westword.com/slideshow…
Here’s a little public service announcement for you, just a quick heads-up in case you’re blissfully unaware: As tempting as it may be, do not — we repeat DO NOT — park in the bank parking lot on S. Broadway and W. Archer (directly across from 3 Kings Tavern). Doing…
Acoustic Profanity Friday, January 8, 2010Bender’s Tavern Better than: MTV Unplugged. Acoustic Profanity was about what you’d expect from the name: Get a bunch of punks together and take them out of their element a little by handing them acoustic guitars and sitting them on some stools. Over the course…
While many of us are daydreaming of summer while trying to keep warm shoveling snow, word that the Hot Sounds at the Denver Pavilions weekly concert series will not return in 2010 takes away one more fun thing to look forward to during the upcoming months. The outdoor music event…
Pink Hawks, Bad Weather California, Pictureplane Saturday, January 9, 2010 Hi-Dive Ideology unites these three bands. Specifically, a belief in the importance of right now. Which makes for a set of live shows that is rough around the edges but breathing and dynamic, with the bands responding to the audience…
Brandi Carlile clearly has a thing for Colorado singer-songwriters. That’s what we gather anyhow from her choice of tour companions. Former Boulderite, Katie Herzig, who’s hanging her hat in Nashville these days, has been tapped to open nine dates for Carlile starting with a gig at the Knitting Factory in…
We would hate for you to miss out on all the awesome that happens every weekend in our fair city, so we’ve decided to run down three of the best shows in one easy-to-swallow post, with video and audio. Tell us — and the rest of the world — what…
Elvis is 75 today. Er, he would be, rather, if he wasn’t, like, you know, dead and stuff. Things like this tend not to escape your attention, especially when you live with an Elvis fanatic (having Elvis’s image permanently etched on your flesh does qualify you as a fanatic, right?)…
Six years after disbanding and breaking hearts across the front range, the Gamits are back together. Although this version of the band is not the same lineup that was on stage at the Bluebird in December 2004, the players will be familiar to longtime fans. This time around, frontman Chris…
For those who’ve always wanted to party like an NBA star (sans the guns and indecipherable card games) but couldn’t dunk anything but a doughnut, tomorrow night is your chance to live the dream: Suite 200, the swanky LoDo hot spot, will host Lebron James after his Cavs play the…
How about those Everything Absent or Distorted gents? Don’t you just love them? They’re as charming and clever as the day is long. We traded emails with the lads this morning, asking if there was any truth to the rumor that’s being bandied about that some of the fellas might…
Father’s day: If you’ve been digging the new “Tokyo Gore Police”/”Guitari 2600” single from Ideal Fathers as much as we have, you’re going to want to head down to the Meadowlark on February 6 for their next show. The band will be giving away handmade “cassingles” (that’s a cassette single,…
“Just listened to a “song” from Ke$ha. Fucking shoot me in the face! That was the worst 3min of my life. I am going to kill puppies now.” Best. Tweet. Ever. Hands down. Couldn’t have said it any better, numberthree. Not only do you swing the sticks with the zest…
Last month, it looked like the Rocket Room, one of the hipper clubs in Colorado Springs, might close at the end of the year due to some issues with the landlord. But according to the club’s Facebook page, owners Shalonda and her husband Dave Cantrell were able to get an…
We spent most of December reflecting on the past year and the past decade; now it’s time to start thinking about a new year and a new decade. And 2010 is already off to a great start, with a number of acts that have been percolating over the past twelve…
I listened to my share of Hendrix while learning to play guitar in high school, but somehow I overlooked one of his most gorgeous songs, “Little Wing.” In fact, I heard Sting’s watered-down version of the tune before I discovered Hendrix’s original on the Axis: Bold as Love album. But…
It’s rare when true technical ability is met with imagination and tasteful restraint. But that’s exactly what you get with Amphibious Jones, a quirky trio that threads together progressive rock’s chops, psychedelic space rock’s expansive soundscapes and punk rock’s liberating aggression. Although given to lengthy instrumental passages, Jones never quite…
Band of Heathens is technically from Austin, but the band comes off like it might have spent a great deal of time in New Orleans learning the rich mixture of sounds that mark that city’s eclectic scene. In moments, this outfit is reminiscent of the Band circa the early ’70s…
