What do you get when your dad leaves the priesthood and your mom gives up on the nunnery? If you’re Martin Dosh, the answer is: piano lessons. And thank God for that. On his fourth proper album, Wolves and Wishes, the Minneapolis native gracefully transforms his love for ambient electronica,…
In “Crystal Beach Memories,” an animated video accessible at www.FunnyOrDie.com, 32-year-old singer-songwriter Hayes Carll remembers his early gigs at Bob’s Sports Bar and World Famous Grille, a Texas eatery that promoted his appearances with a sign that read “All U Can Eat Fried Chicken & Hayes Carll, $4.99.” Carll saw…
Soul singer Bettye LaVette and the Drive-By Truckers recorded The Scene of the Crime in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where one of the most significant things in LaVette’s 47-year singing career happened. In 1972, she recorded Child of the Seventies for Atlantic Records, but instead of it being the breakthrough record…
Denver has long been a home to intelligent, sophisticated pop music. In their relatively brief time together, the Pseudo Dates have established themselves as purveyors of thoughtful, ambitious, infectious pop, with songs that recall the Kinks, early Floyd and various acts from the Elephant 6 collective. On the eve before…
You know when your mom sometimes goes on and on about how handsome you are, or how talented you are and whatnot, and you’re all like, “Ah, ma’, you’re supposed to say that crap. You’re my mom”? Keep that sentiment in mind right now as we tell you just how…
Panic at the Disco, Motion City Soundtrack, The Hush Sound and Phantom Planet June 3, 2008 Fillmore Auditorium Trend-hopping highfalutins who place equal value on their hipster credibility and their genitalia likely view Panic at the Disco with contempt bordering on the pathological, and that makes perfect sense. The band…
R.E.M., the National and Modest Mouse Tuesday, May 30, 2008 Red Rocks Better Than: Every large-scale rock show I’ve seen for ten years. Last night was a perfect night for a concert at Red Rocks. What more could you ask for to complement a night of great music besides a…
Slide show by Jon Solomon Return to Forever Tuesday, June 3, 2008 Paramount Theatre Better Than: Going back to the future. When it comes to chops, Lenny White, Chick Corea, Al Di Meola and Stanley Clarke are heavyweights. Just seeing one of these guys on his own would be a…
Jamie Lidell w/ James Pants Bluebird Theater Monday June 2, 2008 Better than: Any Monday night show in my personal history. From the moment Jamie Lidell and his band take the stage, it’s apparent that something weird is afoot. It’s the clothes. Three of the five are in costume. Lidell…
James Pants Welcome Stones Throw Records 00:00-00:45 of “Cosmic Rapp” Whoa, set your ears to stun because “Cosmic Rapp” is a surprisingly interesting song that appears to showcase Stones Throw’s taste for the odd. The song combines everything that was wrong with the ‘80s with everything that is right from…
The Silver Cord w/Split Second Massacre and Slight Harp Friday, May 30, 2008 Café Cero, Denver Better Than: Going to The Shelter to hear faux-Goth EBM. Unfortunately I arrived just as Slight Harp’s set had ended and didn’t get to enjoy its experimental ambient/post-rock goodness. When they say the show…
Photo by Anna Hrnjak Thrones, Epileptinomicon, 19ADD and Munimula Friday, May 30, 2008 3 Kings Tavern Better Than: Any other doom rock show I’ve ever seen. The incarnation of Epileptinomicon that performed this night included Mike Reisinger (ex-Motheater) and Pat Keck (artist behind Bogwitch and Ghetto Dogs). Reisinger had set…
White Rabbits, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, Blue Million Miles, Pop Wreck Saturday, May 31, 2008 Bluebird Theater Better than: A Jefferson Airplane cover band. When I stepped up to the Bluebird I was a little confused – there wasn’t anybody outside, there was music coming from the stage and the…
George Clinton and Parliament/Funkadelic Saturday, May 31 Fillmore Auditorium Better than: getting up for the downstroke. For years, George Clinton and P-Funk have been delivering marathon sets of uncut funk where four –hour shows seem to be the norm. While Saturday’s Fillmore shore was just under four hours, it really…
All right, since this is presumably on the super DL, you didn’t hear this from us, but supposedly, those crazy Machine Gun Blues bastards are playing a show in — are you ready for this?! — Globeville. (The quaint little neighborhood just north of I-70 and just east of I-25)…
Choosing a flyer to highlight in this week’s Pole Position was an absolute no-brainer. As you may be aware, d.biddle is one our favorite bands, so naturally, we have no qualms about hyping the act’s CD release show on Friday, June 13 at the hi-dive. Regardless, even if we didn’t…
LOCALS ONLY The name Frank E may not ring bells in the local hip-hop scene, but the DJ/producer is working like a mad man to help put the Colorado hip-hop scene on the map — by going outside the scene…
Trima Replicates OK Computer Live Thursday, May 29, 2008 Oriental Theater Better Than: anyone had a reasonable right to expect it to be. Well, color me impressed. Against all odds, they pulled it off. Trima, the band assembled by drummer Damon Scott with the sole purpose of replicating The Greatest…
The Morning Benders and The Kooks The Ogden Theatre May 29, 2008 Better Than: An Oasis cover band — barely. Outside the Ogden, I spotted the first signs of trouble, although I didn’t identify it at the time. A lot of the crowd milling around looked subtly out of place…
Joan Of Arc, Future of The Ghost, d.biddle Thursday, May 29, 2008 Hi-Dive Better than: The last time I saw Joan Of Arc. What is it like to be praised on one hand and completely loathed on the other? The only other man able to answer that question besides George…
Dig OK Computer? What am I saying? Of course you do. That’s like asking if you’d be into a mind blowing, marathon toss with Claire Forlani on the banks of the French Rivera, followed by a fresh Dunhill and a man sized plate of Krispy Kremes. Mmm… Claire Forlani… donuts…..
After its date at the Mile High Music Festival at the end of July, the Photo Atlas will reportedly be heading out to Baltimore for two weeks to record with the legendary J. Robbins. For the uninitiated, Robbins is an icon from the D.C. hardcore scene on par with guys…
