If you’re missing the festivals of summer, head down to the I Love Music Festival (formerly known as the NoDo Record Swap), featuring sixty bands — including Space in Time, Pink Hawks and Oblio Duo — playing twenty-minute sets in every genre from thrash to blues to gypsy folk. “We’re…
Sure, terrorism, climate change and economic collapse are pretty scary, but today’s worst-case scenarios have nothing on the nightmares of yesteryear. Take, for example, A Boy and His Dog, a 1975 Hugo Award-winning film based on a Harlan Ellison novella. In a world ravaged by nuclear war, a boy named…
UPDATE: Just got word that the shoot is postponed until Friday, February 6, at noon. I know this doesn’t help you much if you are already there, but those of you suffering the pain of knowing you missed it just got another chance. If you’ve always wanted to watch a…
Did you ever feel like the universe is reaching directly into your brain for inspiration on what crazy shit it should do next? That’s how I feel watching this clip, which takes like five of my favorite things in the world — Krautrock inspired electronic grooves, zombies, G.I. Joe, John…
All week we’ve been talking about talking at shows and all this talking has compelled me to weigh in with my own two cents. Like many of our other commentators, I need to admit a bit of guilt first — I have been known to say a few words whilst…
Turn on your radio-listening device tonight at 7:30 to 106.7 KBPI to catch Workhorse, Denver’s southern-rock-fried answer to Mastodon, on Uncle Nasty’s show. They’ll be interviewing Ross and Randy from the band as well as playing the song “Wooly Molasses.” If you like what you hear (and you probably will;…
The Chinese New Year is the biggest, best and most colorful of the traditional Chinese holidays, celebrated not just by the Chinese, but by many of the cultures they’ve influenced during their long and storied history. Here in Denver, there are plenty of opportunities to celebrate the Year of the…
When it comes to adaptations of Richard Matheson’s novel I Am Legend, Will Smith can suck it. The 1964 Last Man on Earth (aka The Damned Walk at Midnight) may not be well known among today’s horror fans, but it’s a seminal classic that stands head and shoulders above the…
Even as an ardent, tireless fan of zombie cinema, I’ve never seen anything quite like Otto; or, Up With Dead People. Existing in some heretofore undiscovered common ground between the arthouse and the grindhouse, Otto is a tale of a young gay zombie in a cruel world that’s as dead…
There isn’t a song on Dew on the Needles that doesn’t incorporate an unexpected twist or pleasant surprise. Songs will start out one way, set a nice groove, then take a hard left into weird territory; fairly straightforward tunes will suddenly give way to an extended sample of a woman…
Get ready to get twisted. One of the most innovative, intense and flat-out insane artists in the world is coming to Aquarius on January 31. I’m talking about the incomparable Otto von Schirach. He’s loud, he’s crude, and he’s the very essence of awesome. His discography includes such tasteless titles…
Looks like the third time’s a charm for Dualistics. “I think there’s a lot of excitement, especially with us, for this disc,” enthuses bassist Jimmy Stofer of the band’s new album, its third. “Even just the way it looks, the tangible product, and the way it sounds. I think we’re…
It seems like just yesterday that we were writing about how you could pick up the Heyday’s new album for a song (okay, it was just yesterday). Well, if you’re still on the fence, the band would like you to try out three of the album’s tracks for free –…
Finally! All my years of practicing the Hammer dance and holding on to my harem pants are about to pay off. DanceJam is running a contest to find the best Hammer dancer in the U.S. If you’re fourteen years old or older, live in any of the fifty U.S. states,…
Though the pub quiz is rumored to have been invented by the Egyptians shortly after they invented beer, the sport has only recently achieved the kind of worldwide status accorded to other top sports, like soccer, baseball and beer pong. And it is here, in Denver, where the top teams…
Because I hate working on Friday as much as anyone else, I offer you the following video from a Norwegian model named Lene Alexandra posted after the jump. Consider this my weekly Friday afternoon distraction (which will heretofore be a regular thing known as Freak Friday). This wonderful/horrible clip is…
Yeah, I know we already had a flier of the week, on Tuesday (and a kick-ass flier it was, too). I also realize the show this flier is advertising is already over, as of last night. But I absolutely could not resist giving this flier some props. It’s awesome. I…
Denver’s own glitch-hop/dub-step/experimental electronic music wunderkind Cacheflowe has just dropped a killer platter of tracks called Cache, Stacks & Queues. It features a jungle-influenced neo-dub sound and some excellent guest appearances, most notably by Brer Rabbit of the Flobots on the cleverly named “Flowebot,” and a Machine Drum remix of…
Swallow Hill just released the lineup for its third annual RootsFest, coming Saturday, March 28, to the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. The highlights of the show are the legendary Leo Kottke and Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Shawn Colvin. Also appearing are the Boulder Acoustic Society, Hot Rize, Tallest Man on Earth, Joe…
What’s three inches tall, cute as hell and one of the hottest collectibles on the planet right now? If your answer includes the word Kidrobot, you already know all about the impossibly cool wonders of Dunnies. If not, tonight’s your chance to learn all about it at the Plastic Chapel…
Fulfill your yearning for the sounds of futures past tonight at Explicit Electronica, a showcase for Marcel Peelen’s Music From the Future project, an unapologetic celebration of the synthesizer in all its squelchy, sci-fi-sound-effect glory. “I kind of got the idea from commercials for shows where you’ll see warnings for…
Spaceflight Orchestra’s debut album is ten tracks of dubby downtempo and funky breaks perfect for your next blunted journey into inner space. It’s reminiscent at times of the Orb and Royskopp, with a clean, uncluttered aesthetic and impeccable production. The disc starts off a little slow but hits its stride…
