DEATH GRIPS @ LARIMER LOUNGE | 11/23/12 Most bands that get hyped rarely live up to it. Death Grips was better than any hype could convey. Zach Hill and MC Ride put the amount of energy into this less than hour-long performance equaling what you’d have to sustain for a…
We hope you’re not too sleepy after all that food and shopping, because it’s time to hit the streets and dance your face off until the sun comes up and Monday rolls around. As always, some great music to soundtrack your weekend, including Danny Howells, Bro Safari, Torro Torro, Tin…
Welcome to the weekend — excuse us, make that the holiday weekend! Whoo hoo! If all is going according to plan right now, hopefully you’re reading this right now in your jammies — or better yet, you won’t be reading this for a few hours because you’re taking advantage of…
Vincent Furnier has gone by Alice Cooper for more than four decades. During that time, two different versions of his on-stage persona emerged: the early one, when he was kind of meek; and the later one, when he became more of a villain. The change came when he stopped drinking…
“The first time I dealt with a major label, I thought I had all the answers,” recalls Tyler Ward. “I thought I was so good at what I did that they couldn’t tell me what was going on. There were two or three offers on the table, and I said,…
EARTH @ MARQUIS THEATER | 11/21/12 Near the end of Earth’s set, Dylan Carlson said, “This is the first song I ever wrote for Earth. It’s called ‘The Ouroboros is Broken.'” This probably came as a surprise to a lot of people because it is inarguably one of Earth’s classic…
Vincent Furnier has gone by Alice Cooper for more than four decades. During that time, two different versions of his on-stage persona emerged: the early one, when he was kind of meek; and the later one, when he became more of a villain. The change came when he stopped drinking…
When you think about musical projects forming in Boulder these days, rock and roll isn’t exactly what comes to mind, despite Rose Hill Drive’s hailing from that town. But West Water Outlaws (due on Wednesday, November 28, at the Larimer Lounge) can safely be filed in that category. The act…
The guys in Death Grips are not interested in following in anyone’s footsteps, hip-hop or otherwise. Adopting what drummer/percussionist Zach Hill refers to as “future primitivism,” the outfit uses whatever is readily at hand, including camcorders and cell phones, to capture sounds, and mulches a lot of raw audio into…
When Diplo’s Mad Decent spin-off label Jeffree’s dropped the Bro Safari single “Da Worm” last year, it brightened the spotlight already shining on Nicholas Weiller. Bro Safari might be a relatively new project, but Weiller, who currently performs under that name, earned his stripes as a DJ and producer with…
Whatever questions you direct at Asking Alexandria, you can be sure the answers will be delivered in some kind of scream. The Alexandrians trade in the breakdown-heavy thrashing known as metalcore, which, true to its name, combines the excesses of both metal and hardcore into one headache-inducing brew. Asking Alexandria…
As the frontman of Interpol, Paul Banks helped to usher in the most recent wave of post-punk. His emotive quaver and resonance have often been compared to that of Joy Divison frontman Ian Curtis. Musically, however, it’s clear that he’s also absorbed the electrifying, percussion-driven darkness of the Comsat Angels…
At first listen, this album sounds like Jesse Briata, aka Lockbox, borrowed a lot from Aphex Twin and Dan Deacon. “Parmenter Acid,” for instance, is the kind of playfully spastic electro-pop song that wouldn’t be completely out of place on an earlier Deacon record. “Headbones,” meanwhile, is like a cousin…
The debut album from Reed Fuchs (déCollage) is a ten-track collection of psychedelic, surrealist pop that oscillates between the melting fluidity of the Flaming Lips and the irreverent DIY experiments of early Beck meshed with some Animal Collective-esque, experimental neo-folk-pop-musical-collective rhythmic structures. Although it’s cut into songs, the album plays…
Inspired by the music of the Yellowjackets and the late Don Grolnick (once a member of fusion groups Steps Ahead and Dreams), Polarity displays some fine solo work throughout King of Hearts. Fronted by local saxophonists Pete Lewis and Clare Church, the band uses fusion as a backbone and injects…
BurntMD’s Not So Black & White combines relatively old-school production with a new-school flow that draws from MCs as diverse as Pharoahe Monch, Xzibit, Aesop Rock, Canibus and Mos Def and seems to change dramatically with every track. The sound is anything but repetitive and is tricky to pin down…
Brandon and Collin Bordeaux have been making music together since they were kids. The two brothers, better known in local hip-hop circles as H*Wood and Kid Vegas, respectively, act as each other’s business partner, musical critic, marketing director and confidant. Brandon, who’s returned home after four years in Los Angeles,…
Everyone’s heard of the legendary Pete Tong, whose BBC Radio 1 show has been known for years as the best place to hear the hottest new EDM trends. Pay attention to the person touring with him when he next hits up Denver: Bristolian Daniel Pearce, who’s better known as Eats…
While Thanksgiving and Black Friday steal all the headlines, the holiday that’s really worth celebrating this week is Thanksgiving Eve, the biggest party night of the year next to New Year’s Eve. It’s the ultimate ruse: You can go way too hard raging all night with your old friends –…
As far as fully realized cartoon bands go, Dethklok kicks everyone else’s ass. (Don’t believe us? Fine — you can go see Josie and the Pussycats or Alvin and the Chipmunks instead.) Last night, the very real band behind Adult Swim’s Metalocalpse put on a very rowdy show during its…
As noted in our review of Bruce Springsteen’s show last night at the Pepsi Center, the concert was packed with longtime fans and visited by an array of ghosts — those of beloved bandmates and even, at least from looking at the shirts on display in the crowd, past versions…
TITUS ANDRONICUS @ LARIMER LOUNGE | 11/19/12 This was one of those shows where you couldn’t tell which band people were there to see. Even when the faces changed up front, the energy level was equally as charged for both outfits. It’s rare to see and experience the the type…
