Searching for Sugar Man is a documentary film about a couple guys from Cape Town who decide to find out what happened to a musician named Sixto Rodriguez — an artist they believe to be dead. The big reveal comes about halfway through the film when they discover the artist is very much alive,...
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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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When the end of the world is upon us, in those last days when only a few survivors hold on to humanity’s last hopes and dreams, I see Nick Cave walking through the streets of a decimated city in a dusty black suit and crisp white shirt. He’s swinging a timepiece on a gold...
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If Mike Cooley seemed a little on edge on Saturday night, it’s probably because he had been awake since 4:30am. By the time he took the stage at Larimer Lounge, after a full day journey from Seattle, “delirious and drunk were staring each other down and neither could see shit”. That might also explain why...
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If you need an introduction to Cooley, I’m afraid I’ll have to point you in the direction of your local record store (or your favorite digital alternative). Pick up (or download) Southern Rock Opera, Decoration Day and The Dirty South. After you spend a few years educating yourself on the duality of the Southern...
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The end of the year is usually pretty light on new releases; especially December. So I usually spend the last month of the year reviewing ‘best of’ lists to find out what I missed. This year I skipped the lists in favor of giving my ears a break from new music. I have been...
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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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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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It was just before dusk as the parade of costumed characters made its way down South Broadway to the aptly named Gothic Theatre on Friday night. Those in the predominately female procession began to blur together, leaving faceless images draped in ruffled Victorian dresses augmented by leather corsets, sleeve tattoos, protruding silver studs, thick...
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Taking to the stage in darkness, Jack White’s elongated shadow could have easily been mistaken for an eccentric from another generation, and like Tom Waits, Jack White is all about creating the best possible audience experience — even going as far as trying to ban the use of camera phones throughout the performance. The...
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Dark, sweet, haunting, beautiful. These are words you wouldn’t expect to describe the vocals from a band called Acid Bath, but if those vocals came from a man named Dax Riggs (and they do) then these descriptions would not even come close to doing his amazing voice justice. His dark, gothic lyrics combined with...
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