Every so often I will be posting under the ‘Derailed’ heading. This is for posts that are outside my normal comfort area…indie rock/pop. While I’m standing in line ,the guys behind me are talking about how they can’t share a cigarette with their buddy because he has herpes. Five minutes later a guy selling...
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First came The Twilight Sad, then Frightened Rabbit, then Glasvegas and now another great Scottish band, We Were Promised Jetpacks. Yes, they have a very stupid name, but they are a damn good band! And last night they brought it to the Hi-Dive. I was originally going to the show alone, but my wife...
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Big week for Drive-By Truckers news in Colorado! First, I Listen So You Don’t Have To Presents The Big To-Do Listening Party and now we are getting 3 shows! Those of us in Denver might have to drive a bit, but I’m not complaining. Who’s up for a 3-night marathon? Who’s up for a...
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A couple days after I locked in my travel to Chicago for the Pitchfork Music Festival…they make things much more interesting by adding Broken Social Scene, Panda Bear, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, El-P, Girls, Titus Andronicus, Bear in Heaven, Freddie Gibbs, Smith Westerns, Dâm-Funk, Cave and Allá. This lineup is in addition to the...
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One more week until SXSW comes to Austin. The Film, Music and Interactive Event will bring an estimated $99 million to Austin along with some of the best artists out there today. Can’t wait to get down there on the 17th and see what kind of trouble we can get into without a badge!
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Every so often I will be posting under the ‘Derailed’ heading. This is for posts that are outside my normal comfort area…indie rock/pop. IRON MAIDEN!!! Denver!!!! June 14th. With Dream Theater! Up The Irons!!!! Not much more to say about that…. Tickets onsale March 2oth (via LiveNation) The rest of the dates: IRON MAIDEN,...
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We are now in the month of SXSW. For all those who refused to spend $600 on a wristband, more free daytime parties are popping up every minute! Follow the Unofficial SXSW 2010 Events & Parties Group on Facebook for all the info. * Click on posters above for show and rsvp info
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Pavement played their first show in 10 years in New Zealand this weekend and they will be coming to Colorado on September 9th. They will be playing the Broomsfield Event Center, sorry, I mean the Odeum…or, no, it’s now called the 1st Bank Center in Broomfield. Tickets go onsale March 12th and are only...
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When I first saw this headline I could not wait to write a scathing report about Eric and Bud‘s blasphemous money grab…how the hell could Sublime be Sublime without Bradley? That’s just stupid! Full disclosure, I am a self-proclaimed Sublime expert. I had a demo tape of 40 Oz. to Freedom before Lou’s Records...
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Mastodon headlining a night with Between The Buried and Me, Baroness, High on Fire AND others? This calls for a Southwest flight! Presale Tickets (password = fantastic) (via APE/ticketmaster)
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Last year I talked a bunch of people into going to the Westword Music Showcase in the Golden Triangle in Denver. We all went down there, it was pouring rain and we spent the rest of the day in a bar and didn’t even catch one band. Not even Built to Spill. This year,...
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