Concerts

I’ve been thinking a lot about the way that my tastes and interests outside of music influence my musical taste. The most recent example is my fascination with horror movies over the past year, which has caused me to start listening to a number of movie scores, a practice I…

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…

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…

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…

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…

This Sunday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. at Herman’s Hideaway, more than a dozen local acts will take the stage to perform at the Hand That Bleeds benefit for Horse drummer Steve Patt, who was recently involved in a power saw accident that has rendered him unable to work for at…

Back in December we lauded Colorado producer Kid Hum’s solo instrumental album, Fossil Fuel, which he offered for free download. Apparently a lot of rappers felt inspired to possibly spit a rhyme or two over those instrumentals. With a blessing from Kid Hum, Khal of rockthedub.com proceeded to gather and…

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…

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…

Gene Ween Saturday, May 10, The Walnut Room Sunday, May 11, The b.side lounge Better than: Hearing Gene Ween play a bunch of solo songs you don’t recognize. Gene Ween (aka Aaron Freeman) perhaps best summarized the dynamic of his trio of Colorado shows early on during his first performance…

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…

So we heard a rumor as we were closing up shop last week from a very reliable source that Tickle Me Pink had reached the end of the line. Well, TMP fans can rest easy. We’re happy to report that the rumor is indeed just that. Just got off the…

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…

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…

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…

O.N.E. is usually the Infinite Mindz crew member who is tasked with singing a majority of the hooks for the group’s songs. But little did fans know, in addition to being a talented vocalist, he’s also a rapper and flexes both skills on his new mixtape, Inglorious Bastard, which was…

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…

“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…

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…