Introducing the lo-fi digital weirdness of Hideous Men

Take two parts freak folk and one part New Wave, filter it through a dying Gameboy, then melt shards of sampled hip-hop into the mix and allow to congeal into something weird. That should give you some idea of what to expect with Hideous Men, one of the latest and…

Q&A with Paul Garcia and James Barone of Pacific Pride

Recalling the frayed pop sounds of New Zealand indie-rock bands of the ’80s and the angular, contorted psychedelia of Pavement, Pacific Pride has always focused more on quality over quantity. Beginning in 2004 after the dissolution of the original lineup of the May Riots, Pacific Pride played few shows and…

Hey, DJ! Q&A with DJ Low Key

Every Friday we spotlight the hottest cats behind the decks in the MHC, grilling them to gain some insight on what it takes, exactly, to get the party rocking, to find out about their most treasured crate digging experiences and what they really think when we stumble up to them…

Q&A with Alex Gaskarth of All Time Low

Sleeping with band dudes doesn’t make you famous.” The words scrawl across a closed door after the stock “band slut” walks in behind the drummer in All Time Low’s new video for “Weightless.” Just a few years back, the four Baltimore-based post-punkers wouldn’t have known anything about that sort of…

Q&A with Monolith Festival Director Josh Baker

Yesterday’s news that the Monolith Festival is in financial straits and in need of a rather large infusion of cash just to continue wasn’t completely shocking, especially given the modest turnouts and the fact that AEG Live opted out of helping produce and promote this year’s fest, which seemed to…

Q&A with Vaughn Harris of Nitzer Ebb

Nitzer Ebb, from Essex, England, helped to define the musical style called EBM with its heavy industrial rhythms and stark vocals. As with emo, another much-maligned genre, EBM started out as a vital and relevant music whose pioneers never chose to name with a blanket term to encompass a music…

Q&A with Alex Webster of Cannibal Corpse

Cannibal Corpse didn’t invent death metal, but it has become one of the genre’s definitive bands. Forming in Buffalo, New York in 1988, Cannibal Corpse quickly came to prominence due to its decidedly brutal music and horrifically detailed lyrics to match. From the beginning, Cannibal’s album covers were a source…

Q&A with Maynard James Keenan of Puscifer and Tool

Maynard James Keenan is tough to pin down. Over the years, he’s fronted a variety of different bands — most famously Tool, but also A Perfect Circle and, currently, Puscifer, a wild and sometimes wacky ensemble that headlines on November 20 and 21 at the Paramount Theatre. But Keenan’s interests…

Q&A with Jacob Bannon of Converge

Although tagged by some as “this generation’s Black Flag,” Converge vocalist Jacob Bannon is a long way off from becoming Henry Rollins — off stage anyway. Onstage, Bannon is a whirling dervish of emotion, complete with violent fist pumps and blood curdling screams. Offstage, however, the singer is quiet, introspective…

Q&A with Dick Valentine of Electric Six

Electric Six have been bringing the party to the unwary for six albums in as many years, starting with 2003’s Fire and leading up to the brand-new Kill. The group’s songs combine ’80s rock, disco and New Wave into a cranked-up, ultra-catchy sound all its own, with lyrics that mix…

Hey, DJ! Q&A with DJ Bedz

Every Friday we spotlight the hottest cats behind the decks in the MHC, grilling them to gain some insight on what it takes, exactly, to get the party rocking, to find out about their most treasured crate digging experiences and what they really think when we stumble up to them…

Q&A w/ Isaiah Owens of Free Moral Agents

Isaiah “Ikey” Owens is better know these days as the keyboardist of the Mars Volta. His versatile and creative musicianship, though, was honed in the ’90s when he played with Sublime and later Long Beach Dub Allstars. Ikey first played with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala in the dub project…

Q&A with Micky Braun of Micky and the Motorcars

Micky and the Motorcars, led by Micky Braun, bring their rowdy brand of country rock to the Grizzly Rose tomorrow night. On the surface, the young Texas band’s success might appear to have come relatively easy but ask any hardcore Micky and the Motorcars fan and they’ll point out every…

Q&A with Greg Hill of Six Months to Live

Having released three albums in four years, Six Months to Live has been one of the most prolific of poppy rock and roll bands out of Denver. Formed by former members Mr. Tree and the Wingnuts, Six Months’ membership has included Mendel Rabinovitch of Cabaret Diosa and Zack Littlefield of…

Q&A with Thomas Turner of Ghostland Observatory

After turning their hometown of Austin, Texas upside down on several occasions, Thomas Turner and Aaron Behrens continue to electrify audiences around the world as Ghostland Observatory with its vibrant stampede of symphonic blips and driving rock. We caught up with one of the group’s masterminds, Thomas Turner, who talked…

Introducing the complex, beautiful Brim Liski

Update 11/11/09: The full Brim Liski EP was released yesterday on Latenight Weeknight Records and is now available for download on iTunes for $5.99. We’ve just learned of a promising new group based here in Denver (with a connection to the Netherlands too, apparently). It’s something of a local eclectic…

Hey, DJ! Q&A with DJ Vajra

Every Friday we spotlight the hottest cats behind the decks in the MHC, grilling them to gain some insight on what it takes, exactly, to get the party rocking, to find out about their most treasured crate digging experiences and what they really think when we stumble up to them…

Q&A with Nathan McGarvey of Hearts of Palm

Hearts of Palm started out in the winter of 2006 as a pop song writing collaboration between former Roper and Black Black Ocean guitarist Stephen Till and longtime friend Nathan McGarvey. Within the following year, the project expanded to eight plus members and the band’s sound went from a spare…

Q&A with Oz Fox of Stryper

Stryper arrived on the metal scene in 1984, clad in yellow and black spandex, and quickly became major players in the exploding melodic hard rock scene. The foursome played catchy tunes and won the ears of millions of listeners, but what stood out most and invited controversy, was the band’s…