German industrial-dance darlings KMFDM are coming to FashioNation Friday, October 9, for a two-hour, in-store CD signing and fan meet and greet. We have a special place in our once black heart for these scowling Germans — in a roundabout way, they paved the way for us to become dance…
Emmylou Harris, who was inducted into the Country Music of Hall of Last Year, visits the Macky Auditorium Friday, November 20 in support of her latest effort, All I Intended to Be. Buddy Miller, who backed up Robert Plant and Allison Krauss last year at Red Rocks, opens the show…
Daedelus, Musa and CacheFlowe Bluebird Theater Monday October 5, 2009 Better than: The rest of my Monday — by a long damn shot. Today, I had a bad case of the Mondays. As a result, I approached this show with a heavy heart — I would much rather have been…
Just last week Distrakt launched a new web-video game called “Delta Blaze, just the fun of it. Now this week, he’s premiering his new video, “Sup,” which features hip-hop icon Sadat X of Brand Nubian on the hook. The video is the typical Distrakt style animation with a super hero…
Local oddball popsters Six Months to Live are calling it quits — just as soon as the new album is finished and released. “If stoned friends are any judge of quality, it’s going to be an incredible record,” frontman Gregory Hill says. The band’s CD release and final show will…
Pretty Lights, Lifesavas, Mr. AnonymousSaturday, October 3, 2009Ogden TheaterBetter than: Watching a disinterested DJ hide behind his equipment.Derek Vincent Smith doesn’t categorize himself as a DJ. The driving force behind Pretty Lights has made a point to stress the distinction in interviews, pointing out that he doesn’t spin records and…
Insane Clown Posse, The Dayton Family, (həd) p.e.Friday, October 2, 2009Fillmore AuditoriumBetter Than: The spectacle of a white trash cult on parade that many expect.Standing in a line around the block for this show with people randomly chanting things like, “Magic, magic ninjas whut!” and “Faygo! Send yo’ momma straight…
Maybe it was the last minute switch of venues from the Auraria Campus to the 3 Kings Tavern and Oriental Theater, but it was pretty slim turn-out for Saturday night’s section of the festival at 3 Kings. Although not many folks came out that night, there was still a lot…
Kanye West and Lady Gaga’s Fame Kills tour, which was just announced on Monday, has been canceled. The tour was to include a stop at the Pepsi Center on December 2 and tickets were scheduled to go on sale Saturday, October 3. There’s no word yet on why the tour…
Distrakt is mad busy and he’s getting all digital on us. Besides working on a new album and directing videos like crazy, he’s now made a video game. The web-based game, Delta Blaze, is a flying shoot em’ up, which appears more so to promote “Sup,” his upcoming single and…
With the Rockies clinching its playoff birth yesterday and this being Rocktober and all, it seems only fitting to post the “Rockies Anthem,” penned by 3OH!3 for the boys of summer and captured live at the Ogden, to get everybody all fired up. If you haven’t caught the clip yet…
All right, have y’all heard about this one yet? Beck’s record club? Just stumbled upon this one ourselves. Evidently, El Guero Loco and his cronies — an ever shifting lineup which includes Nigel Godrich, Devendra Banhart, Ben Goldwasser and Andrew Van Wyngarden from MGMT, Andrew Stockdale from Wolfmother, Binki Shapiro…
Ah, now here’s an idea we can co-sign. Just received word from Mike Marchant (Widowers, Houses) alerting us to a rad new idea he’s about to execute, a songwriter’s workshop at the Meadowlark. Dubbed as “Dissecting and Perfecting the Pop Song – A Songwriter’s Workshop,” the sessions are slated to…
Ah, Europe. Home of tiny mustaches, hot yet unshaven women and an entirely too-forgiving stance toward child rapists with artistic achievements. And, of course, a firm appreciation of American-style garage rock, which we assume is the reason that the Omens are headed over there for a ten-day whirlwind tour (well,…
Tauntaun ripped up 3 Kings on Wednesday night, and photographer Aaron Thackeray was there. See his photos on the slideshow page…
Update: Drag just added another show at the Triple Nickle in Colorado Springs (JJ Nobody’s place) on Thursday, October 8. This one appears to be without Slim Cessna, though.This one has all the makings of a Mile High classic. Two stellar bands, each a headliner on its own, on the…
The leaves in the trees aren’t the only thing changing in Denver. We received late confirmation that Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom and Quixotes True Blue next door have indeed been sold. Rumors have been swirling for a few weeks that a deal was in the works, and last night it was…
Everyone in the audience was armed,” says Paper Bird’s Esme Patterson, recalling making that horrifying discovery on stage at a recent show. “It was like that scene in The Blues Brothers, where they play at the country bar and no one knows what to think.” While you can picture such…
The only time I saw the Violent Femmes was when the Milwaukee-based trio played a short, energetic set on the counter of Wax Trax Records in the mid-’80s. People were stuffed in the aisles of the store for the entirely acoustic set; I’m pretty sure the drummer banged on a…
Andy Monley isn’t exactly a household name, but maybe he should be. He’s definitely made the Denver music scene a lot more interesting for more than two decades. As a guitarist for pioneering local bands Jux County and Velveteen Monster, Monley showed an impressive range as a guitarist and songwriter…
Most artists hope to develop an indelible personal style — but achieving that goal can produce both negatives and positives, as Hope Sandoval (joined on this bill by Dirt Blue Gene) has learned over the course of her come-and-go career. She first moved the pop-culture meter in the late ’80s…
It’s important to take note of Boston’s the Dear Hunter, if for no other reason than to not confuse the group with Deerhunter, the Atlanta-based art-rock outfit. Fans of the latter’s jagged yet atmospheric awesomeness are likely to run screaming from the former’s pompous, overwrought, Danny Elfman-on-steroids spasms. Wielding emotive…
