Last Night: Mogwai at the Bluebird

Mogwai, Women Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Bluebird Theater Better than: Listening to layered and nuanced instrumental music as background. Instrumental music is not dead. For all the prominence of vocal-driven music in the modern pop scene, a careful and dynamic approach to the subtleties of instrumental music can still draw…

Last Night: Ghost Buffalo at 3 Kings Tavern

Ghost Buffalo, Eyes and Ears, Brian Hartley, Sonic Vomit Tuesday, May 12, 2009 3 Kings Tavern Better than: The death of a person — that just sucks. Out of the death of a band, at least there came a great show The night was bittersweet. And how could it not…

Tori Amos tour hits Denver in July

Tori Amos’s new album, Abnormally Attracted to Sin, is set to drop next Tuesday, and we just her that her Sinful Attraction tour, which kicks of in Seattle at the beginning of July, will be making a stop in Denver on Tuesday, July 21, at the Paramount Theatre. No word…

Counting Crows, Rock the Bells and Black Keys shows announced

Just when we thought the Red Rocks summer line-up couldn’t get any hotter, three more shows were just added to the schedule, including Counting Crows and Augustana on Wednesday, July 29, Rock the Bells ’09, featuring Nas, Damian Marley, Busta Rhymes and more, on Thursday, August 6, and the Mountainside…

Tonight: Everyone But You screening at the Oriental Theater

Tonight at the Oriental Theater, Eric Shiveley’s excellent film Everyone But You will be screened for the very first time in Denver. The movie, as I assessed several years ago, serves as an exceptional portrait of a struggling artist. Written, filmed and edited entirely by Shiveley with little to no…

This weekend: Benefit for Chris Blochinger of Potcheen Folk Band

As you can see from the other benefit-related item we posted just a bit ago, musicians with benefits are, unfortunately, a rare commodity. Unlike most folks who have at least some level of coverage and can thus seek medical attention when required, without having to mortgage their house and part…

Meese reveals track list and cover art for new album

In a little over a month, Meese’s major label debut is slated to drop. At a listening party a few months ago at the Larimer Lounge, we learned that the album would be titled Broadcast and would feature “The Start of It,” a song well familiar to all of the…

DJ Quote put Yung Berg on blast

We’ve heard story after story about local and national DJs getting screwed over by big wigs. Whether it’s getting shafted by a promoter after a gig or having a rapper take advantage either by not paying up or not returning any favors, any veteran party rocker has a story to…

Over the weekend: Napalm Death at Marquis Theater

Napalm Death, Coliseum, Toxic Holocaust and KataklysmSaturday, May 9, 2009Marquis Theater, DenverBetter Than: A straightforward metal show.The last time I saw Coliseum, the band had played at a warehouse space with Motheater. For this show, even though it was a more conventional setting, these guys from Kentucky still played an…

3OH!3 breaks top ten on Billboard Hot 100

As you can see from the picture to the left, which features 3OH!3 co-frontman Nathaniel Motte chilling at Bamboozle with the most baddass little chimp darling black and white capuchin on his shoulder, life is clearly very good right now for the boyzos from the People’s Republic. Hot on the…

Last night: The Dead at the Pepsi Center

The DeadThursday, May 7, 2009Pepsi CenterBetter than: a Grateful Dead cover band but at times worse than some of Phil Lesh’s bands — wait, the Dead kind of is a Grateful Dead cover band.Singer/guitarist Bob Weir, always the wild-eyed youngster in the Grateful Dead, was in his late teens and…

Former Machine Gun Blues singer to enter the ring as a luchador

The late, lamented Machine Gun Blues was a band known not only for its raucous, high-energy rock and roll but for the intensely theatrical and physical performances of its frontman, Aaron Collins, who would get naked, throw himself around the stage, often careening into the audience and end up covered…

Flier of the Week: Ideal Fathers CD Release at Larimer Lounge

Our premier flier for the week advertises the upcoming CD release party for the Ideal Fathers debut EP on Saturday, May 16, at the Larimer Lounge. The Fathers are great live performers  who bring some serious energy, the EP kicks ass and this is pretty much a can’t-miss show –…

Elvis Perkins tries to move out of the darkness

At times, singer-songwriter Elvis Perkins admits, anonymity is more appealing to him than personal acclaim. “I didn’t do any singing in the first two bands I was in, and it took me a while before I had the nerve or the material I deemed worthy enough to even step onto…

Time-tripping at Kazmos Lounge

“How does it feel to almost be forty?” asked the bartender at Kazmos Lounge (1381 Kalamath Street) after looking at my driver’s license. “I’ll be forty in a few months, too.” It took me a few moments to formulate a coherent sentence. “Uh, I try to not to think about…

Dinner With Cannibals at the Larimer Lounge

Emerging from the rubble of experimental-rock terrorists Bangtel, Dinner With Cannibals pursues a similarly twisted musical vision. But with a name that alludes to Looney Tunes composer Raymond Scott, these Cannibals (due at the Larimer Lounge on Friday, May 8) also take a comically playful approach to their creative output…