After growing up in Denver, Rob Drabkin went to Trinity University in San Antonio to major in biochemistry and molecular biology. But a few weeks before graduation, he says, something snapped in him while watching the Broadway musical Chicago. His mind drifted, and while daydreaming, he realized he would have…
In order to fully understand the impact Dean Paul has had on the West Coast techno scene, you should know that he is a full-time resident with Droid Behavior, the Los Angeles collective behind the Droid Recordings label (other residents include techno powerhouses Audio Injection, Drumcell and Raíz), the D-Node…
On “Disappear 1,” which opens Rowboat’s Of Disappearing, Sam McNitt displays a keen gift for articulating the paradoxical delicacy and intensity of certain emotions. The crushing sense of loss conveyed in that song is both comforting and unnerving: It’s as though the feelings being addressed were too overwhelming to endure…
On “This Charade,” the opening cut on Laroy & Co’s Worth Reckoning, the trio unleashes a flurry of Rodrigo y Gabriela-esque Spanish guitar before settling into a medium-tempo backbeat. During the Spanish-tinged solo, frontman Jason Laroy Boudreau proves he knows his way around the fretboard, a skill that’s further evidenced…
Border Patrol, the third album from this Denver-based trio, features famed trumpeter Andre Mali, who wastes no time in showcasing his talent. The album’s opener, “Tumbleweeds,” immediately sets the theme and mood for the whole piece: road-tripping across the country, soaking up the intricacies and details of the landscape, keeping…
The cover art for the Trainwreckers’ latest release features a stock font touting both the name of the band and the album, framing an austere yet seductive illustration by Sean Tracey of a scantily clad gal propped up in front of a vintage Victrola. The simple design is the ideal…
The D Note in Olde Town Arvada is celebrating its tenth anniversary this weekend. The two-night celebration will be bittersweet, as it will also serve as a goodbye party of sorts for the DeGraff family, who recently sold the venue to Dave and Mernie Rosenberg. Adam DeGraff, who has booked…
Looks like all the Whos from Whoville showed up last night in force at the Pepsi Center in support of their favorite band, and they all came wearing their adoration on their sleeves. We sent intrepid roving photographer Brandon Marshall out with specific marching orders to roam the concourse and…
FEED ME WITH TEETH @ OGDEN THEATRE | 2/12/13 As the stage-sized curtain dropped, the lights went down, the entire Ogden erupted with glee, and the place immediately lit back up — with cell phones. Nearly everyone in the theater was holding a phone up. While we’ve certainly seen this…
THE WHO @ PEPSI CENTER |2/12/13 Pete Townshend’s first windmill of the night last night at the Pepsi Center came during “The Real Me.” Seeing the famous windup in person is an entirely different experience from merely listening to Townshend’s fretwork on the recordings, which is exciting and energetic in…
TY SEGALL @ HI DIVE | 2/12/13 Ty Segall and his band must have been feeling nostalgic as they performed the final set of what looks like a monster tour. Over the past three months, they’ve been going nonstop between enviable European destinations to the West and East coasts and…
Bluegrass aficiandos, rejoice! Time to break out the banjos. The Midwinter Bluegrass Festival, which kicks off this Friday, February 15, and runs through Sunday, February 17, will give you all the bluegrass you can handle this weekend with performances by a parade of the area’s prime purveyors from Finnders and…
After revealing part of its lineup last month, Communikey organizers revealed the rest of the headliners for this year’s edition of CMKY, their annual Boulder-based electronic festival. In addition to the acts already announced, including Nicolas Jaar, Valentin Stip, Demon John, Mountains, Safety Scissors, Derek Plaslaiko, Andrew Weathers and Spoolius…
Although to our knowledge, Mike Marchant’s name has never appeared in bold print in the New York Times touting the local scene, he’s a local treasure and has most certainly played a crucial role in helping to make the music in this town infinitely more compelling. He first made a…
After two years of dropping deep house beats at Lipgloss, option4 (aka Brennen Bryarly) will be bidding farewell this weekend to the long-running indie-dance night, performing his final set this Friday night at Beauty Bar before moving on to his own residency at NORAD. We spoke with both Bryarly and…
Bummer news if you’re like us and were totally looking forward to catching OFF! this Sunday, February 17, at the Marquis Theater. We’ve just received confirmation that the show has been canceled — well, the entire tour has been canceled, actually. Keith Morris, OFF!’s legendary frontman, is reportedly recovering from…
TEA LEAF GREEN @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 2/9/13 Tea Leaf Green is no stranger to jamming out. The act take its shit seriously, and when the San Francisco band took the stage at the Bluebird, it got right down to business. The only greeting was by way of the strum…
VELVET ACID CHRIST @ CASSELMAN’S BAR AND VENUE | 2/9/13 At one point or another during Velvet Acid Christ’s set, Bryan Erickson became winded, and he joked about how it was the altitude. He then said it was probably that he was out of shape because of too much eating,…
THE PHOTO ATLAS @ HI-DIVE | 2/8/13 The wide-ranging sounds of “Memory Like a Sinking Ship” was one of the high points of this set from the Photo Atlas. The way the band’s usual wiry energy was threaded together with colorful, incandescent moody passages and hanging melodies around confessional, self-effacing…
We’re right in that lull between three-day weekends, and we almost can’t comprehend waiting until Washington’s birthday to have another Monday off. Thankfully, the weekends in this city always provide plenty of distraction, and this one is no different: On our Dance Card this time around, you’ll find whompy, dirty…
Welcome to the weekend! Another work week is almost in the books. Time to cut loose. If it’s live music you seek, you’ve come to the right place. Tons of great music on tap this weekend, a diverse array of options whatever your flavor, everything from jazz and jam to…
By now you’ve long since been grossed out/freaked out/mesmerized by the seemingly inexhaustible creative genius of Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne, the latest example of which, of course, is an anatomically correct chocolate heart that comes signed by the band in custom packaging and complete with an embedded USB drive…
