It’s that time again. Next Thursday night, the Denver Film Festival kicks off. Although the various films are clearly the main draw, by no means are they the only attraction. As in years past, the real excitement takes place after the screenings. For those who are unable to get their…
This week’s flier breaks most of the rules of good design — there are too many fonts, it’s busy and, arguably, cluttered, the color palette is all over the map — but that just goes to show that sometimes, the rules are meant to be broken. Because even though this…
Fabolous, Twista and Mario, who have each recently dropped new albums, are among the noted hip-hop and R&B talent slated to appear at KS 107.5’s Jingle Jam Friday, December 18 at the Fillmore Auditorium. Advance general admission tickets are $27/$30 day of show. Steve Earle, who’s touring in support Townes,…
Okay, can we all just agree that Jeff Buckley is a god? Mean, seriously, the man was in a whole other league from all of the other artists of his time. And with the exception of perhaps Jimmy Gnecco from Ours, no one has even come close to displaying the…
A few weeks ago, the longtime Colorado dance music community unnet.net fractured and came apart under the stress of some considerable internal drama. This was a sad thing, but no surprise. Online communities frequently do that after a decade or so of existence. Very shortly after unnet.net ceased to exist,…
Matt Fecher isn’t letting the grass grow under his feet. Although his hands are clearly already full with helping curate the Monolith Festival, Fecher, who DJs under the name Hot to Death, is constantly moving in a number of different creative directions at once it seems, from launching and hosting…
Update 11/03/09: Just received word that I Am the Dot’s self-titled debut EP will be available tomorrow, Wednesday, November 4, from Brother Bear Records at the online music retailer of your choice. The EP, mixed and mastered by Matt Wilcox in his home studio, contains four tracks, “Love Song for…
There’s no denying that Denver’s cachet as a top music city is quickly becoming recognized across the country, but in case any lingering doubts remain, we just received word that the Harmony Sweepstakes, one of the world’s top a cappella music competitions, has once again chosen Denver for it’s 2010…
Bad news for those hoping to catch Voodoo Glow Skulls tonight at Moe’s Original Bar B Que: We just heard that the band has had to cancel due to problems the singer is having with his voice. No word yet on when/if the Glow Skulls will make-up the date. In…
Update 11/02: Just received word that Dashboard Confessional has postponed its upcoming tour due to “a family situation that is beyond our control,” including a scheduled appearance at the Fillmore on Monday, November 9. No word on when the dates will be rescheduled or how this new development will impact…
The Siren Project Sunday, November 1, 2009 The Church Better Than: The Project has been in a long time. Having a show at the Church is a bit of a losing proposition not because it’s not that a cool place to have a show — although it’s a beautiful building…
David Bazan, Say Hi November 1, 2009 Hi-Dive Better Than:Dreaming about an open mike night during a nap. “Do you guys want to hear a joke?” asks Say Hi frontman Eric Elbogen maybe three songs into their set. We do, of course. “Clean or dirty?” he asks. He gets a…
For a project that initially began as a home recording project, Fell, led by Josh Wambeke, has sure turned a lot of heads, from Camera Obscura label head Tony Daley, who stepped up to release the act’s music virtually sight unseen, to the producers of the indie film The Purest…
Looks like the inclement weather we’ve been experiencing for the last 72-hours has forced yet another show to be postponed. As such, Train and Uncle Kracker fans expecting to see those two acts at the Ogden Theatre tonight don’t have much to, uh, smile about right now. Evidently the roadways…
Just a bit ago, Blackhearts, the thus far super secret collaboration between Yonnas Abraham of the Pirate Signal, F.O.E. and Karma, made its online debut with a track called “Bloodlines of That Gangsta Shhh.” According to Abraham, the still burgeoning outfit will expand to include collaborations with other artists such…
A group of engineering students who are passionate about music? The mere notion seems incongruous, like, say, a group of accountants forming an art appreciation club and then getting together periodically to discuss the works of Van Gogh and Michaelangelo. Nonetheless, that’s exactly the basis for Something Like Sound, a…
We just go word from Live Nation that Goodie Mob’s show originally scheduled for tonight at the Gothic Theatre has been postponed due to weather. A rescheduled date for the Atlanta-based hip-hop group will be announced shortly. …
If you weren’t paying attention, there was this little thing called the 5280 Urban Music Awards that got the Colorado hip-hop heads all riled up (see the commentary here). But despite the reaction to the nominees, the show went off without a hitch, as evidenced by the video recap above…
Ah, snow. I hate it. I am not a skier, not a ‘boarder and I sure as fuck don’t snowshoe. And it’s not because I am some pansy-ass, warm-weather transplant from SoCal or something. I grew up in Wyoming and I’ve been in Colorado for almost thirteen years, so I…
Here’s something to brighten your day: An allegedly African rapper named Bangs — “Superstar hip hot artist,” according to his web site — laying down “Take U To Da Movies.” It reminds me of “What What (In the Butt),” which is too bad, since I was hoping to never be…
Gotta love record companies, especially the majors. What moxie, eh? Even in the midst of steadily declining record sales, that get progressively worse each year, and despite the fact that we’re smack dab in a recession with record unemployment, they’re still trying to squeeze every penny out of us with…
On the third floor of a giant, dilapidated Victorian mansion on Franklin Street just south of Five Points, Andy Wild and Joe Ramirez are mixing. The soft gold of the evening lights up the massive yellow structure, restoring it to a bit of its former majesty: It towers over the…
