The aesthetics of this week’s flier match the aesthetics of the band so well, we couldn’t help but pick it as our top design of the week — that, and the dude with the pipe reminded us of our stint in the Church of the SubGenius (all hail Bob!). The…
Just received word that the Damned, slated to appear at the Bluebird Theater with Danko Jones and the Nicotine Fits on Wednesday, October 28, has been forced to cancel all of the dates on its upcoming American tour. According to a post on the band’s site, the cancellation stems from…
Updated: The farewell performance is Saturday, October 24, not Friday. DJ Miss Audry, one of the best-known female DJs in the city, is retiring after more than a decade behind the decks. “It’s been a long and amazing DJ ride for me, but after thirteen years, I have decided to…
Billy Joel and Elton John, both legendary pop singers and pianists, have been on their Face 2 Face tour since March will visit the Pepsi Center Sunday, November 22. After opening the show with a series of duets, each playing pianos and trading vocals, Joel and John will play sets…
Square Rot Hot Congress Prevue House Show Night of Joy, Fissure Mystic, The Jim Jims, Old Radio, Lil’ Slugger, Vitamins Friday, October 16, 2009 Patrick Kelly’s Crib Better Than: Paying mucho dinero for parking, tickets, and beer at a standard venue. Nothing screams house show quite like a porch full…
The Bottesini Project Friday, October 16, 2009Notably Fine AudioBetter than: Any other local collective improvisation group. One of the great things about Bottesini Project shows is the uniqueness of each performance. Since the shows are based completely based on collective improvisations, there’s a freshness and vibrancy about the performances…
A Hawk and a Hacksaw, The Hand That Rocks the Dreidel and Damon and Naomi Friday, October 16, 2009hi-dive Better Than: Having to see the out of town bands at a bigger venue. The Hand That Rocks the Dreidel, a four-piece this time out including two drummers — one with…
Gregory Alan Isakov, Elenor, Danielle Ate the Sandwich, Andy Thomas Bluebird Theater October 17, 2009 Better Than: A full tank of gas and the lonely, open road before you. A local artist sold out the Bluebird for his vinyl release show, which is impressive. This probably says more about the…
After six weeks off the road spent working on new music and revamping its live show, Meese is back on tour. The outfit is kicking off its upcoming series of shows tonight with a gig at the Theater of the Living Arts in Philadelphia, followed by nearly two dozen dates…
DJ Stupac splits his time between Denver and Dallas and will occasionally connect with Denver’s DJ KTone for a mixtape every now and then. Apparently the folks down south are really enjoying their efforts. The 7th Annual Southern Entertainment Awards is going down on March 7, 2010 in Memphis, Tennessee,…
Okay, so how many times have you went to a show, watched a band and thought to yourself, I can out sing that dude in my sleep!? If this sounds like you, here’s your chance. If you’ve secretly harbored the desire to get up onstage and showcase your pipes but…
This Sunday morning, early risers who make it out to the Denver Marathon will be treated to a diverse array of local talent along the race route. Perhaps taking a cue from the Bolder Boulder, marathon organizers fielded a number of suggestions from the runners before settling on a half-dozen…
Appearances to the contrary, the first annual 5280 Urban Music Awards has nothing to do with 5280 the magazine. It does, however, have everything to do with the local hip-hop scene. The UMAs are slated to be held on Saturday, October 17, at the Crown Plaza Convention Center off of…
I am a pensioner!” Roger Daltrey declares with a laugh. “I’m not just a few years from it. Technically, I am. That’s the age we are.” Do the math. Circa 1965, Daltrey was the 21-year-old lead singer of a U.K. band called the Who – a flinty young tough with…
With a broad sonic brush, Johnny Wohlfahrt creates music that blurs the line between pop and the avant-garde with a rare daring and openness of spirit. Writing and performing under the moniker nervesandgel (due on Tuesday, October 20, at Rhinoceropolis), Wohlfahrt has been a prolific songwriter whose work, while clearly…
“Don’t take me away, spaceman/I want to stay here on this wasteland,” sings BrakesBrakesBrakes’ Eamon Hamilton on “Don’t Take Me to Space (Man),” one of the many high points of the British band’s new and third full-length, Touchdown. The outfit’s weird, sinewy yet innocent garage rock is far sleeker and…
Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang first burst onto the international underground rock scene as two-thirds of influential dream-pop band Galaxie 500. When Galaxie split in 1991, on the verge of stardom, Damon and Naomi released their first EP as a duo. Ever since, Krukowski and Yang have produced a string…
Hailing from Olympia, Washington, LAKE has a refreshingly un-ironic and musically solid take on mixing together indie pop with R&B for a sound that is essentially blue-eyed soul. The delicate harmonies and infectious melodies present in most of the band’s material are reminiscent of popular songs of the ’70s, without…
On Liam Finn’s outstanding 2007 debut, I’ll Be Lighting, the New Zealand-based singer-songwriter played nearly every instrument save for drum tracks and some bass help from his father, Crowded House and Split Enz alum Neil Finn. Liam’s vocals definitely recall his old man’s, even more so on Champagne in Seashells,…
When performing solo, Washington state’s pop savant Phil Elverum operates under the name the Microphones — but when he hauls his troupe of players along with him, the project is known as Mount Eerie. The difference may be mostly academic, but the live experience is vastly different; drawing from a…
Denver-based jazz bassist Erik Applegate has strong enough chops to have performed with jazz heavies like Milt Jackson, Harold Mabern and Tom Harrell, but on Red Skies, his debut as a leader, Applegate shows he’s a skilled and well-versed composer, as well. Over the course of his six originals here,…
Hindsight may be 20/20, but it still seems too soon to truly get a big-picture idea of what the ’90s were all about. Luckily for St. Elias, the big picture is moot. With its debut full-length, Believe It, the Denver trio has homed in on one tiny but worthwhile slice…
