This week in rap, we offer several different mediums as viable outlets of rap expression. First up, we’ve got a new video from D’Girl, the Gang Green International affiliate who thrives on spitting hard core rhymes with a pretty face. Naeem Oba, meanwhile, comes out swinging on track whose provocative…
It’s been a while since Zeke rocked our ears off in these parts. Drummer Donny Paycheck (aka Don Hales) of Zeke’s thinks the last time was in 2005 with Motorhead and Corrosion of Conformity. Alas, the Zeke dudes are roaring back into town tomorrow night for a gig at 3…
Update (2/7/12): Isaac Slade and Joe King give a track-by-track breakdown of Scars & Stories, the Fray’s new album. Last night, we caught up with Isaac Slade for a few minutes as he was sitting aboard a plane on the tarmac at DIA waiting for his flight to take off…
Update (2/7/12): Isaac Slade and Joe King give a track-by-track breakdown of Scars & Stories, the Fray’s new album. UPDATE (5/24/11): Our original interview item from last week has been updated with Isaac Slade’s post-show impressions opening for U2 at Invesco Field this past Saturday. Isaac Slade sounds at greater…
A few years ago, Crystal Stilts (due tonight at the Larimer Lounge), along with friends Blank Dogs, gained notoriety in the blogosphere for its reverb-drenched post-punk, which was notably different from everything that had been coming out of New York in the past decade…
Who Is Jane Doed? is the name of the debut album from Amanda Hawkins, frontwoman for the band Della. It also refers to the name of Hawkins’s alter ego, the most fierce and strong side of herself. “Jane Doed is not the girl next door,” her bio clarifies. “Unless, by…
Phish heads are undoubtedly doing the dance of joy right now. Long rumored, the Colorado dates were confirmed this morning by the legendary jam purveyors, who gave word that they’ll be wrapping up their summer tour over Labor Day weekend (September 2-4) at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park…
There is something really awesome about being able to wake up and look at a day and think, I’m probably going to be in at least two states during the course of the next 24 hours. This is the epitome of what tour feels like, when it’s going well, anyway…
Whatever image you conjure up when we say Matt Morris (due tonight at the Bluebird Theater with Danielle Ate the Sandwich), forget it. It’s now as obsolete as a Hollywood Video card. You wouldn’t recognize the guy these days. We didn’t. When we stopped by Macy Studios just as he…
After reading the above headline, you’re probably thinking: Denver needs another tattoo parlor and art gallery like it needs another dispensary, right? Hold on. This one’s a little different. For starters, it’s being run by Emily Francis, a cherished member of the local music scene…
Jorge Rendon, known as Morning Star on wax, has a notable duality about him. With a moniker that comes with references in the Bible to both Jesus and the Devil as the “morning star,” it seems as though he embraces both characters. On one hand he is a proud Mexican,…
Jessica Lea Mayfield (due at the Fox Theatre on Monday, May 9) has literally grown up before our eyes. First performing at age eight with her family’s bluegrass band, she began writing her own songs at eleven and performing them under the name Chitlin. Now at the seasoned age of…
I realized when we started planning this tour that, from talking with my friends (both band and non-band people) about the endeavor, there was a little bit of mystery as to how this level of touring works. The level at which my band, Night of Joy, operates — I guess…
Rob Swift is not only a turntabling legend, he’s a part of a legendary crew. The X-ecutioners not only ushered in a new era, but they opened the door for many who rock the decks behind some of the most popular artists. Saturday, Swift will be in Denver, performing at…
Punk rock has always been known for masking a deep-seated earnestness with playfulness, and Red Stinger follows firmly in that tradition. Although the band’s latest album, Money in a Blender, is chock-full of political angst and personal self-doubt, the group still makes it sound lively and playfully nonchalant. In advance…
Iman S. is passionate about everything he does. The Denver native (“It’s all Denver everything — I’m from Park Hill,” he says) has only been rapping for two years, but to hear him tell it, he’s the best out there. Known for releasing mixtapes with upwards of thirty songs, the…
Let’s face it: Wednesdays in Denver aren’t exactly poppin’ on the regular. The mid-week LoDo scene is still recovering from the previous weekend, the Highland district has yet to catch a ride on the bass wave, and Capitol Hill just needed something. Enter Wasted Wednesdays at Vinyl in the BASSment…
Over the past year, Bad Weather California has been hard at work on two albums, Sunkissed, recorded in Detroit with Akron/Family, and Demos and Live Takes for the Fans, recorded at bandleader Chris Adolf’s home. The latter is being released this Saturday, April 23, at the Larimer Lounge, with A…
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Type O Negative frontman Peter Steele (aka Petrus T. Ratajczyk). The towering singer was found dead of heart failure following an unspecified illness at the age of 48. In memory of this one-of-a-kind ex-Playgirl model, our resident Peter Steele expert runs…
When Russ Christiansen wanted to develop his skills and confidence as a songwriter, he went straight to his peers. For more than a year, the former Three Miles West frontman has spearheaded the Surplus Cheaper Hands Collective, a studio project that’s seen input from a slew of local musicians. The…
With a number of Grammys under his belt, and being named “Male Singer of the Year” by the Jazz Journalists Association six times in the last decade, Kurt Elling is one of the world’s top jazz vocalists. On his latest effort, The Gate, released in February on Concord, Elling teamed…
Ten years ago, My Chemical Romance (due at the Fillmore this Saturday) was just another aspiring band in a van hoping to make it big. With a handful of three-chord punk rock songs hastily written and recorded in the attic of a house in New Jersey, the young outfit had…
