1964 – 2012 Adam Yauch has died. He was 47 years old. The man known as MCA was diagnosed with cancer back in 2009 and today he succumbed to the disease. Yauch was one third of the Beastie Boys — the group who started out punk before enraging parents in suburbs all over the...
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Radiohead are the sole reason I am still in Denver tonight. If the boys from Oxford weren’t performing at the 1st Bank Center in Broomfield, I would have been well on my way to Austin for SXSW. That being said, I do have a flight to catch in a matter of hours, so I’m...
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February turned out to be a great month for music releases, and as much as I hate grouping recommendations into posts like this, other aspects of life are getting in the way of individual recommendations. These types of posts will have to serve as ‘better than nothing’ for the time being. Perfume Genius –...
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What a difference 24 hours can make. Last night’s My Morning Jacket show at Red Rocks was the antithesis of the The Flaming Lips production the night before. The band from Louisville, KY took the stage with nothing more than their instruments and their beards. A little stained-glass to augment the natural background was...
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It might have seemed a little presumptuous when Wayne Coyne took the stage to declare this night as ‘one of the greatest Red Rocks has ever seen‘. It might have seemed that way if you don’t understand Wayne’s personality. He didn’t really mean that this night would top countless legendary performances over decades of...
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‘We’re Soundgarden and we’re back!‘ It had been over 15 years since I last saw them, but on Monday night Soundgarden proved they are still 100% legit. Led by a long haired, goatee sporting Chris Cornell, the grunge masters performed one of the hardest hitting shows I have ever seen at Red Rocks. It...
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Fucked Up – David Comes To Life (Matador, 2011) A hardcore concept album concerning a heartbroken factory worker? An 80 minute album of epic proportions from a band that was known for 7″‘s overflowing with screw-you-in-your-face political punk rock just a few short years ago? The end, right? They literally fucked up, right? What’s...
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TV on the Radio suffered a great loss when bassist Gerard Smith died of cancer last month. Even though Smith wasn’t on the current Nine Types of Light Tour, he was a big contributor to the album and a close friend to everyone in the band. So it only made sense when they cancelled...
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The Twilight Singers – Dynamite Steps (Sub Pop, 2011) This album, the fifth for Greg Dulli under The Twilight Singers moniker, has been on repeat for the past couple months. In fact, I have probably listened to this album more than any other this year. Again and again I come back to these dark...
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Radiohead‘s “Newspaper Album” The King of Limbs will be shipped in May, but the digital version will be crashing the Internet on Saturday!
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The White Stripes 1997–2011 I’m actually ok with this, it was time. I would give you more information, but their website seems to have crashed when this news hit. The White Stripes - We’re Going To Be Friends
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