If you’re getting tired of that inescapable electro house sound, consider checking out D. Ramirez. This English DJ was an early champion of the now-ubiquitous style, but he’s since abandoned it for a deeper, more subtle approach that exists at the juncture of deep house and techno, with a splash…
July 13 is the first day off for Breathe Carolina bandmates Kyle Evans and David Schmitt since they hopped aboard the pop-punk juggernaut known as the Warped Tour, and they’re determined to enjoy it. So they’ve headed to Delaware’s Dewey Beach for an afternoon of Jet-Skiing, little knowing that their…
The term “jam band” usually refers more to the fans than the music itself. The Dancin’ in the Streets festival was conceived with that sentiment in mind. The event, which is being presented by Jay Bianchi, a pioneer and supporter of all things jam in the Mile High City for…
The Knux is made up of brothers Kentrell and Alvin Lindsey, who go by the nom de tunes of Krispy Kream and Rah Almillio, respectively. The siblings moved to L.A. after Hurricane Katrina destroyed their childhood home in New Orleans. When they were kids, their mom made them join marching…
The Houses’ approach to music may be “more is more” (aren’t there like forty of them in the band?) but their approach to design is definitely “less is more” and it results in some striking, beautiful design work such as this flier for the group’s Summer EP release at the…
Denver singer-songwriter Rachael Pollard has (thankfully) had more than her allotted fifteen minutes of fame around town over the past few years. But what the heck, here’s another fifteen seconds: In a report that aired yesterday on CBS4 News concerning the city’s proposed trash-collection fee, Pollard — identified by the…
Congratulations are due to the fine young men of the Epilogues. For the second year in a row, the band is one of the winners of the Ernie Ball battle of the bands, earning them a coveted slot on that stage for this Sunday’s Warped Tour date at Invesco. The…
Plans for the Who’s next tour might still be up in the air, but frontman Roger Daltrey has decided to hit the road to keep his pipes in shape on his “Use It or Lose It Tour,” his first solo outing since 1985, which includes a stop at the Paramount…
Update: Download the Diamond Boiz mixtape after the jump. Get it before it’s gone!Original post 3/06/09: When the Diamond Boiz emerged on the local scene a while back, they were a young, amateurish collective with a raw energy that needed honing. But within the last year, the crew, which consists…
Props to 3OH!3. Adding to its global ubiquity, the Boulder-based act was nominated as Best New Artist at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards. From the looks of it, the hooligans from the People’s Republic have a viable shot of taking home honors, as the competition doesn’t seem to be…
Update: Full schedule for all three days posted after the jump.Original Post (07/08/09): All right, just when you think we’ve reached critical mass in terms of summer music festivals comes word of yet another brand new one. This one’s totally worth checking out if you’re a dyed-in-the-wool, unapologetic jam band…
In case you’ve been wondering where Flobots have been for the past six months or so, we’ve got the drop: Apparently, besides cropping up periodically at various events across town such as the Westword Music Showcase this past summer and attending to the launch of their non-profit Flobots.org, headquartered in…
Sonic Youth Friday, July 31, 2009Ogden TheatreThree songs into Sonic Youth’s muscular set, Kim Gordon sang, “I want you to levitate me/Don’t you love me yet?” during “Sacred Trixter.” Although her feet might have still been on the ground, those first three songs, which also included the opener “Stereo Sanctity”…
AOL’s music blog, Spinner.com, posted a list late last week titled “Revenge of the Rock Nerds: The 10 Biggest Geeks in Music.” Between such dorky songsmiths as Talking Heads’ David Byrne (#10) and Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo (#1) lies former Dead Kennedys frontman and longtime Bay Area fixture Jello Biafra (#8),…
Akron/Family, Laura Goldhamer, Achille Lauro, Fellow Citizens Friday, Aug. 1, 2009 Bluebird Theater Better than: Attending an energetic, long-form tribal jam in the woods. Akron/Family had no problem translating their musical dynamic to a live setting. The group’s extended, hook-based don’t require the engineering resources of a studio to remain…
The Northern Way (formerly Set Forth) is getting ready to start shooting its video for the song “Crazy” on Friday, August 7 and is looking for a female lead to star in the clip, as well as a bunch of extras to stand around and act like they’re doing stuff…
Looks like the Danielle Ate the Sandwich phenomenon is continuing to spread like the swine flu in an airport smokers lounge. Just noticed that the Fort Collins-based singer-songwriter is listed as the “band of the month” on paramourfans.com. Not sure about the whole “band” thing or how much such exposure…
Read Indie3O3’s manifesto after the jump. Penned by Ralphie, it’s the radio version of the Things We Think and Do Not Say. Dig it…
On its blog last night, Denver’s oneiric, majestic A Shoreline Dream began offering a free download of its song “Departure.” Co-written with Berlin-based electronica producer Ulrich Schnauss, the song is a lush wash of shoegazing gorgeousness that first appeared on the band’s full-length Recollections of Memory, released earlier this year…
Just caught a whiff of the lineup for this weekend’s Hot IQs barbecue, and we must say it is absolutely, positively killer, friends. Besides being IQs’ very last show ever — unless, of course, the band plays the seemingly inevitable reunion show in a few years from now — the…
Update: Ticket giveaway is over. Thanks to everyone who submitted answers! Congratulations go out to Crawford Philleo. You’re the lucky winner of the last pair of tickets to tonight’s show. Two guest list spots will be in your name this evening at the Walnut Room. (The correct answer to the…
For the last decade, Bands for the Lands has used live music and other arts to further the cause of conservation and sustainability. The Denver-based non-profit will take that one step further with the introduction of the the Ticket-Tee at concert featuring Black Sheep Brigade, Primasonic, Light Travels Faster and…
