If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll already know we’re big fans of Chelsea Wolfe and Wolves in the Throne Room. Both acts topped most of our lists last year in almost every category. So it’s with extreme jealously that I present Genji’s review of the joint bill at Echoplex last Thursday night. There’s a...
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Cleveland's Cloud Nothings have arrived with Attack on Memory. There was no doubt this album would be my pick for this first month of 2012. It's inevitable that I miss out on a band at Fun Fun Fun fest every year and it seems 2011 was no exception. I had no...
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My first exposure to the sisters Söderberg was the tail end of their opening set for Lykke Li at the Ogden Theatre back in November. Regrettably missing the majority of their set, I couldn’t help but think of Neko Case while a girl next to me suggested a female Fleet Foxes. I don’t think...
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‘We’ve been coming to Denver for 26 years!‘ For over a quarter century, Mike Ness and a revolving cast of characters have been on the road, bringing punk rock to the masses. It was 1978 when Ness formed Social Distortion around his love of British punk rock, American rock ‘n roll and the original...
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Every time Nathaniel Rateliff comes home to Denver, it’s like a family reunion. Friday night at the Gothic Theatre was no different. A hometown line-up including not only Nathaniel and his Fairchildren, but also Snake Rattle Rattle Snake, Bad Weather California and A. Tom Collins, brought people out en masse on this chilly Black...
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Looking out my window on this crisp November morning, all the Fall colors have disappeared and left only a few survivors hanging from the naked trees in the neighborhood. Winter is upon us here in Denver, Colorado and those few hangers-on will be gone with the next storm. It’s a transitional time, out with...
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Those of us who made it out to Hi-Dive last night were rewarded with a surprisingly mellow psychedelic jam from Philadelphia‘s The War On Drugs. The band took the stage at 11:00pm with very little audience engagement. Adam Granduciel is not your dynamic frontman, and to be honest I was a little put off...
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Andrew Jackson Jihad – Knife Man (Asian Man Records, 2011) Andrew Jackson Jihad are a folk punk duo from Arizona. Ben Gallaty plays the stand-up bass and Sean Bonnette plays guitar while doing his best to drive casual listeners running for the hills with his singing/screaming/speaking songs built around basic chords and ridiculou, insulting,...
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Chuck Ragan – Covering Ground (SideOneDummy, 2011) Continuing my practice of discovering artists in the ‘alt/country/folk/punk/rock’ camp way after the fact, I have recently discovered Chuck Ragan. The former lead singer for Hot Water Music has been releasing material in one form or another for over 15 years now, but Covering Ground is the...
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It’s hard to believe it has been less than a year since we started talking about the black-veiled songstress Chelsea Wolfe. Since then she has released two albums, performed at SXSW, toured Europe, shared a stage with acts as diverse as Liturgy, How To Dress Well and Julianna Barwick, and now her Zev Dean...
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We have a pair of tickets for Anaïs Mitchell Presents Colorado Sings Hadestown! at L2 Arts & Cultural Center this Saturday night, 10.15.11. Use the comments section below to tell us why you deserve these tickets this folk opera. Contest will only run until 11:00pm on Wednesday to allow time to mail the tickets...
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