Concerts

Over the course of this week, we’ve delivered a ton of Monolith coverage, so you’d be forgiven if you managed to overlook something. But because we care, we’ve taken the time to round everything up in one spot for you. Every Q&A, the stories in the paper, our special list…

To celebrate the label’s 14th anniversary, Suburban Home Records is giving everyone one free, downloadable album, with no obligation and no hoops to jump through. That’s right. Free album — no bullshit. You will have to supply an e-mail, but that’s just so they can mail out the authorization code…

MTV’s ongoing love affair with the dashing young gentlemen of 3OH!3 continues unabated. Just the other day, they delivered this in-depth expose of what the guys pack in their carry-on luggage while flying around the globe living the jet-set lifestyle of electro-crunk superstars on the way to winning (we hope)…

The Killers, Nervous Wreckords Red Rocks Amphitheater September 9, 2009 Better than: Seeing an epic, intricately staged arena show in the confines of an indoor arena. The Killers did a fine job of summoning the glitz and glamour of their hometown during their appearance at Red Rocks on Wednesday night…

Danielle Anderson does not like hugs. Despite this, she might as well be Tigger at Disney World every time she plays a show. The sound guy, the promoter, the other bands, the fans — everyone’s got to get a squeeze. It’s an understandable mistake. After all, she’s young and casually…

Playing guitar may not seem like a lot of work, but it’s a real workout. I’ve played my fair share of gigs, and whether the show lasts all night or is just a half-hour set, by the time it ends, I’m usually a big, dripping ball of sweat that wants…

Ever since Jack and Meg White reimagined the raucous, bluesy two-piece of the pioneering Flat Duo Jets, anyone flying that musical configuration gets compared to the White Stripes. Dustin Lawlor and Tom Nelson, who make up The Getdown! (due at the Larimer Lounge on Thursday, September 10), clearly reach beyond…

The state of New Jersey seems to have several unshakable stigmas attached to it: It’s dirty, full of gangsters and is the possible resting place of John Gotti. As off-base as those notions might be, one thing is certain: Jersey is a breeding ground for great working-class music, from Bruce…

Conceptually speaking, Chickenfoot, on tour with Davy Knowles, seems less like a band than an act of revenge — an attempt to outdo the current incarnation of Van Halen by two disgruntled VH vets (wailer Sammy Hagar and vocalist/bassist Michael Anthony), supplemented by a couple of ringers (axman Joe Satriani…

An Anglophile’s tea-infused wet dream, Friday’s Boulder Theater bill brings together two British bands that epitomize their respective eras: the Psychedelic Furs and Happy Mondays. The Furs, of course, are responsible for one of the most enduring new-wave hits of the ’80s: the refreshingly gruff and guitar-centered “Pretty in Pink,”…

It’s not as if Titus Andronicus (joined on this bill by the So So Glos, Raleigh and Accordion Crimes) had dozens of members. The band’s latest album, The Airing of Grievances, features just four regulars: Liam Betson, Ian Graetzer, Eric Harm and Patrick Stickles. Somehow, though, the quartet combines to…

With a sound so basic and raw that Jay Reatard sounds like a rocket scientist by comparison, San Diego’s Wavves achieves the improbable: making a two-piece outfit come off even simpler than the sum of its constituents. It also makes for some drama: Singer/guitarist Nathan Williams had to cancel a…

Though often cited as being instrumental in forging the mid-’90s, post-hardcore aesthetic that was the second wave of emo, many of the Get Up Kids’ latter-day critics forget that the band wrote pop songs worth imitating. And it just so happens that the airwaves of the last decade have been…

“It’s so simple when you open your mouth,” singer-guitarist Rob Gault croons in “Simple,” among the gems on this consistently beguiling EP — but that’s not necessarily true. Because he and his drum-playing brother, Lewi, moved to Denver from Scotland, listeners will expect vocals that recall actor James Doohan sputtering…

As if the title of the Dropskots’ new full-length, More Seriouslyer, weren’t a tipoff, the band makes no bones about the fact that it has a sense of humor about itself and its music. But there’s a telltale, shit-colored lining to the outfit’s bright goof-punk. The album’s standout track, “Miseria,”…

On the Dreaming Machines’ self-titled debut, Arnie Swenson and Kurt Bauer use various instruments from around the world to create some intriguing tempo-less excursions. Their second effort, Speed of Flying Creatures, covers similar territory, with the two musicians using worldly instruments such as the shakuhachi flute and the Chinese san…

The debut EP from Panal S.A. de C.V. is an all-instrumental affair that blends electronic pop with experimental rock. Recalling the expansive progressions and sunlit melodies of Melrose-era Tangerine Dream from the first track, Cortometraje also contains undercurrents of post-Brotherhood New Order in the keyboard arrangements on tracks like “Linda…

Like the Smiths and Teenage Fanclub before them, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart write songs that appeal to the spirit of innocence, exuberance and emotional fragility of young adulthood. The New York band’s sparkling guitar work, headlong pacing and propulsive rhythms recall the music of C86 bands such…

DJ Anthony Pappa has evolved from his progressive roots into a somewhat deeper, more techno-inflected sound on his recent releases — still polished and melodic, but with a slightly edgier and perhaps somewhat darker vibe. Whatever idiom he’s worked in, he’s been a consistently solid jock throughout his career while…

It’s no secret that the Pirate Signal is one of the dopest hip-hop groups out of Colorado, so why do we act surprised when they continually prove it? Early this morning, lead vocalist Yonnas fired off two new tracks via Twitter, possibly from the group’s upcoming album, and made the…