As we made our usual walk from Cheeky Monk to the Ogden Theatre on Sunday night, we were among an unusual crowd for that particular stretch of Colfax. James Blake was in town for the first time and his presence brought out a unique crowd — a procession of the fashionable otherwise unknown in...
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Some friends of mine were lucky enough to witness Sigur Rós perform in Iceland last year and I’ve been meaning to ask them if the locals were singing along. Granted, some of the lyrics are sung in Jónsi’s own Hopelandic tongue, but I’m almost positive that the majority of sounds escaping his mouth are truly Icealandic. And...
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The end of the year is usually pretty light on new releases, so I don’t have a lot to recommend right now. In fact, November was so sparse I’ve gone ahead and included albums from late last month as well. I realize this is being posted a little early, but I will be traveling...
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October turned out to be a HUGE month for new music. The return of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, a double album of original material from Neil Young & Crazy Horse, the debut from Kendrick Lamar…Death Grips bypassing their label with the graphic NO LOVE DEEP WEB, hardcore shit from Pig Destroyer, Enslaved and Converge…the return...
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It seems like a lifetime ago when “VCR” was the top download on The Hype Machine, so when the London trio performed the song that introduced so many to their sublimely subtle sound, it was hard to believe The xx have only been in our lives since 2009. This young band became the next...
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September more than made up for August’s lack of color. Maybe there wasn’t anything as dense and mindblowing as The Seer, but I seriously doubt I could’ve handled another one of those anyway. What follows is a fitting goodnight to the long days of summer. And as much as I hate grouping these albums...
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As Red Rocks season winds down, Colfax beckons with a slew of fall shows at the Ogden and Bluebird theaters. After spending more than two months away, it was something of a homecoming to find ourselves drinking at the Cheeky Monk in preparation for a show. Mere minutes after my wife commented on how...
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August has been one of the most disappointing months of new music in recent memory. I literally had a hard time finding even one album I could recommend in good conscience. Sure, there was that comeback Redd Kross album, that 2 hour opus from Swans, that Ash Borer album, and that debut from Jessie...
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Most of July was spent in transit, so my tastes might be skewed towards albums that sound good turned up loud while flying down the freeway, but that’s not to say there wasn’t variety in my roadtrip soundtrack. The past month might have been heavy on metal, but it also saw exciting releases in...
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The first half of June was spent working on the mid-year review, so there wasn’t quite as much time for new music. That being said, there are still quite a few recommendations from this month — a month dominated by metal and female vocalists, including one incredible metal album with a female vocalist. And...
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There was a short time in my life, between 1994 – 1996, where going to ‘parties’ meant going to a warehouse, a desert or someone’s home — any place that was filled with ecstasy and loud electronic music. The ‘parties’ would be promoted via flyers, and the locations would be kept secret until the...
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