If Lou Reed had lived in the ’30s and had an affinity for moonshine instead of heroin, he would sound dangerously close to the delicate rootsiness of what Chris Jeffries is creating. Combining the swagger of Mr. Reed with the bad-luck living and roaring fingerpicking of folk stalwarts like Lead…
On Bobby Walker’s tenth album, 2008’s Git It, the whiskey-rasped singer proved that he definitely still had it after four decades of being in the biz. On his new EP, Way Back When, Walker digs into the past and lays down five cuts he grew up with. He and his…
Starting out with a subtle drone of cycling sounds, like time-lapse clouds streaming across the night sky, side one of this album slowly evolves into darker territory, conjuring a rainy weather pattern moving in with the summer breeze. Textured low end later in the mix suggests the sound of helicopters…
Everything about Air Dubai is ironic. While not strictly hip-hop-based, there is a good amount of cadence in the dueling vocals of Jon Shockness and Julian Thomas. There is a melody and harmony that drives the band’s tunes, and its latest effort, Wonder Age, an album about nothing, has evolved…
Austin’s Woven Bones is serious about rock and roll, and makes no bones about its love affair with the more primitive aspects of drums, bass and guitar. Taking cues from the lo-fi aesthetic of the garage underground and post-punk pantheon, the band runs its cacophonous brand of minimalist hip-shake through…
You can hear the influence of growing up in a musical family (drummer father, singer mother) in pretty much every one of Swedish electro/progressive house producer/DJ John Dahlbäck’s tracks. Presumably, his dad’s penchant for pounding the skins led him to dance music, where he could keep insistent rhythms pumping constantly…
There was a time when pop punk wasn’t just a fashion statement, musical or otherwise, despite bands like Green Day and NOFX making the style known to people who couldn’t tell you anything about 924 Gilman Street. The Gamits emerged in 1996 as an energetic trio that didn’t just play…
Oh, man, it’s about to get all sorts of dumb over at Gallery 22 on Saturday afternoons. Just heard that the Radio Bums crew is taking over the patio from 1-6 p.m. for The Radio Bums Hangout. If the flier is to be believed the Bums will be throwing down…
If we weren’t already completely stoked for this weekend’s Warlock Pinchers reunion (and admittedly, we are), this week’s flier would entice us to check it out. The mirrored symmetry and the long, elfin faces of the ladies central to the image are intriguing. The flowers (and the clever way the…
Our Denver Rock Atlas feature is precisely what it sounds like: A compendium of storied Denver venues, past and present, in which we pick a place and share our favorite memories of the joint. After you read our memories, please feel free to share some of your own. Where does…
The Absinthe House is slated to open later this month in the former Foundry space at 1109 Walnut Street in Boulder, which has been vacant since November. Its website says it will be serving over forty beers from around the world and boasts the largest selection of genuine absinthe in…
Behold nine-year-old Ezra Lux, possibly the world’s first (and greatest) pre-teen metal blogger. Over at his barely a month old metal blog Crud Wizard (which is also the best name for a metal blog we’ve heard in a long, long time), Ezra is dropping some serious wisdom, such as this…
It’s been a hell of a week for show announcements. Aside from getting the word on shows by the Cult, Blitzen Trapper, Bad Religion, the Thermals and Drake, Gorillaz announced a show at the Wells Fargo Theatre on Sunday, October 24. Tickets to see the Damon Albarn-fronted group, which includes…
Need a robot to harmonize on your latest opus, but Autotune got you down and vocoder too kitschy and retro? Well, local electronic music mastermind CacheFlowe (aka Justin Gitlin) has got a treat for you! As of today, his custom vocal processing software Rob.Vox is available for the low, low…
Alright, now this is a frightening proposition, just utterly frightening — and mind you, this is coming from a guy who files taxes each year with somebody who actually has Elvis’s visage tattooed on her person. I, perhaps more than most people, have a firm grasp on maniacal, inexplicable fanaticism,…
Hollywood-based Andrew Bagg, aka DJ Cobra, touched down in Denver around 9 p.m. Friday night and was spinning records at Suite 200 downtown a few hours later. Photographer Aaron Thackeray brings back these photos from the party…
20:12 Mixtape and Video Release Party 07.30.10 | Casselman’s Bar and Venue Maybe it was the free vodka. Or maybe it was the hundreds of ladies dressed to the nines. Or perhaps it was the unmistakable family vibe. Hard to say. Whatever it was, though, 20:12’s release party at Casselman’s…
Miniature Tigers • Sprinto Band • The Dont’s and Be Carefuls 07.30.10 | Larimer Lounge, Denver At this point, the Dont’s and Be Carefuls’ “new” keyboardist, Dane Bernhardt, formerly of the Silver Cord, is fully integrated into the band. At least that’s how things sounded this past Friday. These guys…
Reverend Deadeye 7.31.10 | Paris Wine Bar It just takes one glance at the Reverend Deadeye’s rig to get a good idea of what’s in store for his gigs. There’s the washtub snare with a tambourine attached to it, a kick drum, hi-hat with a mannequin hand on top, an…
Michael Franti & Spearhead with Brett Dennen 7.31.10|Red Rocks Amphitheatre Since 1986, Michael Franti has been making music with a social conscience — from his industrial punk days in the Beatnigs to the hip-hop leaning Disposable Heroes to his current (and most commercially successful) project, Michael Franti & Spearhead, which…
Spilling Over Every Side: That’s the name of Pretty Lights’ latest release, and what a perfectly fitting title it is. Derek Vincent Smith simply just doesn’t stop. Smith, of course, is Pretty Lights’ mastermind. When we last checked in with Smith in March, he had just released his new EP,…
Growing up in rural Missouri, it’s doubtful that the prospect of being written up in the pages of prestigious publications like the New York Times ever crossed Nathaniel Rateliff’s mind. That said, you’ve gotta think that the thought of one day having his music reviewed in the pages of Mojo,…
