Kentucky-born musician, actor and photographer Bonnie Prince Billy’s landmark 2006 cover album The Brave and the Bold, with instrumental wizards Tortoise as the backing band, was seen by many as an epochal event in American rock music. It’s fairly astonishing that Billy has put out four quality records since then,…
During the early ’90s, the Samples helped put Colorado on the map. Led by gifted pop songwriter Sean Kelly, the band signed with a locally based label, What Are Records? (W.A.R.), toured incessantly from coast to coast, released a slew of albums, endured a series of personnel and business changes,…
The music scene is clogged with performers desperately seeking stardom. So does Los Campesinos! guitarist/songwriter Tom Campesinos! see any irony in the quick rise of his group, which quickly earned buzz-band status even though none of its members actively sought it? “Completely — and I think it’s something we still…
As a musician, making a big enough splash to attract the attention of your primary influences within a few short years of your first release is quite an achievement, and that’s just what French-born, London-based DJ/producer Giom has done. He cites heavyweight deep-house icons Derrick Carter, Mark Farina and DJ…
When Sleeper Horse broke up, it was a sad day for Denver music. The act’s brand of heavy-duty musical brutality and adrenaline-fueled live shows earned accolades in the short time it existed, and to see the group fall apart before it could fulfill the awesome potential they displayed was a…
The roads must be pretty nasty west of Denver. We just received word from AEG Live that the sold out Blue October/Ours show slated for tonight at the Ogden Theatre has been postponed until tomorrow due to inclement weather and driving conditions. Tickets for tonight’s show will be honored tomorrow…
Although Denver soul singer charleyBRAND has released a few projects on the jazz/blues/R&B side of things, he’s also been hopping around the city recording with producers and rappers from the Colorado hip-hop scene. In the last year and a half or so, he’s done tracks with SP Double, Flawless (of…
Note: Record Store Day is an annual event honoring independent record stores — a onetime retail staple that’s becoming an endangered species. In an effort to preserve this important cultural resource, dozens of artists are lending their support to this year’s bash on Saturday, April 18, by issuing exclusive material,…
Our super groovy flier of the week comes from the newly reincarnated Night of the Living Shred. The Best of Denver award winning dance party is returning as a monthly party at Tooey’s and to kick off the re-inaugural on Thursday, April 9, with DJs Wesley Wayne, Parris and Sonny…
A number of shows were announced this week, including New Kids on the Block (Wednesday, July 15, Fiddler’s Green), Boz Scaggs and Michael McDonald (Monday, July 6, Paramount Theatre), Loretta Lynn (Wednesday, June 10, Paramount Theatre) and Reggae on the Rocks featuring Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Fishbone, the English…
Even though Kamtin Mohager is touring the country right now playing bass in 3OH!3’s backing band, his group, the Chain Gang of 1974, which also features guitarist Luke Osbourne and drummer Brandon Anamier, hasn’t been idle. Over the weekend, the act premiered its new video for the track “DANCEKISSLOVEMOVE.” The…
After six months of searching, it looks like the guys in Vices I Admire have finally found a new bassist, and you might be as surprised as we were when you find out who it is: Dan Battenhouse (pictured left, bottom right). Name ring a bell? It should. When the…
The Prids, Overcasters, Gangcharger Monday, March 30, 2009Larimer Lounge, DenverBetter Than: A show featuring genre-specific, nostalgia acts.Gangcharger set the pace for the show opening with a grittily atmospheric instrumental piece shot through with pulses of pure energy, followed by what sounded like a Confusion is Sex-era Sonic Youth song. At…
Got plans this weekend? If not, you do now. There’s a couple of shows totally worth checking out featuring local musicians paying homage to a pair of past icons, groundbreaking, paradigm shifting artists who left this world violently and prematurely. This Friday night at the hi-dive, the Dualistics — and…
So after last week’s outrage over how the Phish shows at Red Rocks sold out seemingly instantaneously — thanks, allegedly, to a gaggle of unscrupulous scalpers short-changing countless fans — we thought we’d check back in to see how much tickets were going for now. Great googily-moogily, we about spit out…
Did you happen to catch 3OH!3’s recent spring break performance on MTVU? Panama City, Florida, on the beach with babes in bikinis, wall-to-wall kids, losing their minds, Benny Blanco on the ones and twos — trust us: the shit was b-a-n-a-n-a-s, as Ms. Stefani would say. Er, well, actually, if…
This Friday, April 3, Love Potion is bringing Garth (one of my favorite DJs of all time) and DJ Skunk (my hands-down favorite local DJ — ever!) in for an all-nighter at Orange Cat Studios. I’m pretty much bouncing in anticipation here. I’m sure DJ Garth needs no introduction to…
Black Pegasus is probably one of the hardest-working hip-hop artists in Colorado. It seems like he’s on tour every month, and when he’s not touring, he’s performing almost every weekend or working on side projects with folks like Liquid Assassin and Bobby Hooks. In between all that, though, he somehow…
This weekend, Bender’s Tavern is going to be jumpin as the bar plays host to the 2009 edition of the Ultimate Music Experience, a two-day audition in which eighty or so bands showcase in hopes of landing a slot at this year’s Capitol Hill People’s Fair, the two-day extravaganza slated…
Rickie Lee Jones was just tapped to co-headline Swallow Hill’s RootsFest with Hot Rize and Leo Kottke tomorrow night at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. Shawn Colvin, who was originally scheduled to perform, had to back out due to an unforeseen family emergency. Other acts at the fest include Tallest…
Although we just got a ton of snow, there’s still a reason to get out, drive through the white stuff and check out the club debut of Snake Rattle Rattle Snake, a local superband of sorts that includes Doug Spencer and Hayley Helmerecks (Monofog), Hayley’s brother Will, Kit Peltzel (Mr…
The Five Peace Band featuring Chick Corea & John McLaughlinWednesday, March 25, 2009Paramount TheatreAfter Chick Corea and John McLaughlin played on Miles Davis’s jazz-fusion-birthing albums In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew, McLaughlin formed Mahavishnu Orchestra and Corea started Return to Forever. Both bands helped propel the fusion movement throughout…
