On September 24, 1991, A Tribe Called Quest released The Low End Theory, a beautiful fusion of hip-hop, jazz, and esoteric lyrics aimed at a new generation of hip-hop. Twenty years later, the album sounds just the same in 2011, as it did, frankly, whenever you heard it. Inspiring such…
Andy Cabic of Vetiver (due tonight at The Bluebird Theater) started out in more rock-oriented bands when he was a college student in North Carolina in the 1990s, rubbing shoulders with some of the great underground bands of the era, as will be outlined below…
As a record, T. Rex’s Electric Warrior wears both the flickering flame of ageless cool and the glaring time stamp of what was 1971. Flagged as the entry point for glam rock, this second record for T. Rex (the sixth, technically speaking, as the band endured line-up changes and a…
The forthcoming twentieth anniversary of Nirvana’s Nevermind isn’t just an observance of the release of the 1991 record; it is a tangible marking of a shift in popular culture…
Never Shout Never used to be a band of one — namely, Christofer Drew, the teenage singer-songwriter who began relaying fantastic love songs to his MySpace masses in 2007. Now, at twenty years of age, the Joplin, Missouri, native has given his music a new life and brought in a…
Twenty years after its release, it’s no wonder that many still consider The Pod to be Ween’s most challenging album. Released on September 20, 1991, less than two years after the band’s freshman release, GodWeenSatan: The Oneness, the 23-track EP took the group’s flair for surreal sounds and heady humor…
Her name is Dev. She may roll like a G6, but her sex-drive shtick is totally hot. And the sea of hands touching her naked body doesn’t hurt either. Unlike other dance-pop starlets of today, Dev comes out of left field with a sound that’s more Euro club than Euro…
Although JT Nolan, who made his guitar debut at thirteen by playing Van Halen’s “Eruption,” and Paul Mulikin, who plays for the Boulder Philharmonic, have know each for a decade, they never imagined starting a hip-hop project until last year when they started passing ideas back and forth. The duo…
Michal Menert has parlayed his snowboarding mentality into a music career. It’s all about doing what you love because you love doing it, and Menert embodies that in every way, from the dedicated tours to the free distribution of his music. Tonight, Menert joins RJD2 and Doomtree at Red Rocks…
With his ground-breaking band Joy Division, Peter Hook (due this Monday, September 19, at the Bluebird Theater) perhaps accidentally created a style of playing bass that made the instrument not just a part of the rhythm section but also a carrier of the melody…
Another week in the Mile High City, another fresh batch of new local hip-hop. As per usual, the scene has been putting in work to keep the wheels of creation rotating with rhythmic, thought provoking lyrics and trunk-banging beats. This week, we’ve got new tracks from FOE, D.Girl, Whygee and…
On this day fifteen years ago, Tupac Shakur was gunned down on the Las Vegas strip while riding in a car driven by Marion “Suge” Knight. The seeming culmination of a media hyped East Coast vs West Coast rivalry, the murder of 2Pac has been shrouded in mystery and conspiracy…
Adele makes Billboard chart history this week, as “Someone Like You” flies to the top spot on the Hot 100. Even though it wasn’t officially released as a single, it’s still all over Denver radio. Adele deserves this, though. Girl has had a huuuuuge year in music. First “Rolling in…
Having established himself as an in-demand drummer in both jazz and rock circles by working with everyone from Wayne Shorter and Bill Frisell to Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan, Brian Blade is also a strong leader in his own right — namely, with his Fellowship Band, which will be at…
Fashion Designer, musician, entrepreneur, public speaker and downright cool broad are but a few ways to describe Brandi Shigley (due with B.Sue tonight at the hi-dive for a triple EP release show). The first time I came in contact with Brandi was in her store, Fashion Denver. Some soft, sweet…
Update (9/28/11): The follow-up story to this original item has now been posted. While you’re certainly free to express your opinion in the comments section below or, better yet, on the story itself, important reminder: please keep the discussion civil. We’ve deleted several comments that we felt crossed the line…
While DJ Max Klaw has had his share of weekly club nights at various local venues, on top of a weekly residency at Carey Hart’s Wasted Space club at Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, for the past year, he’s been heading up Sex Panther on second Fridays at Beauty…
“Folks, a star is born.” So wrote AEG impresario Don Strasburg this morning on Facebook in reference to Michael Kiwanuka. And, man, I’m here to tell you: There’s clearly a reason that Strasburg does what he does for a living. Dude can spot talent from a mile away. Kiwanuka, a…
Kelly Clarkson is back. Again. After disappearing from the pop-music scene following her massive hit album Breakaway, then returning with the Clive Davis-hated project My December, then returning again with “My Life Would Suck Without You,” Kelly Clarkson makes another comeback with her new single, “Mr. Know It All.” Thank…
Phish played three shows over this past Labor Day Weekend in Denver (Commerce City, actually) at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. Read all about each Phish concert in Denver here. Being the tech-savvy — if shaggy haired and a little rough around the edges — fans they are, Phish-heads took to…
Over the course of a line-up change or two, Ideal Fathers, playing its final show tonight at the Larimer Lounge, developed a sound and a stage presence that probably would have otherwise been lumped in with “dance punk,” but there was always an agenda in the band to inspire people…
Phish parking lots are a gold mine of bootleg memorabilia for fans. It used to be that a clever T-shirt design was the hot item on lot, but these days, fans have been moving into a different type of collectors item: hat pins. Below are our top ten hat pins…
