Hindsight: Beach House @ The Boulder Theater
There is something about Beach House’s music that can make any space feel cavernous and endless. They sucked you into their abyss of echoes with the first song, causing you to go into a musically-induced trance. That is what happened to me on Sunday night when I went to see this dream pop trio at...
Hindsight: Dispatch @ 1STBANK Center
Memories of Dispatch take me back to driving around town, blasting their joyful rock music when I first got my driver’s license. Specifically “The General,” a timeless song that people catch themselves belting every lyric to when it pops up in iPod shuffle (guilty). It’s been ten years since the band officially broke up and...
Folk Shtick: The Milk Carton Kids
Milk Carton Kids. A name like that is bound to conjure up images of missing children, not two guys from L.A. with badass guitar skills and harmonies that take you far, far away. The Milk Carton Kids, a folk duo comprised of guitarists/vocalists Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale, are harmony-driven, lyrically impressive and perhaps unintentionally...
Rock & Roll & Babes: It Doesn’t Matter if You’re Jack or White
He ranks up there with the greatest of the greats: BB King, Hendrix, Clapton, Jeff Beck. A textbook definition of “shredding” on his guitar and smashing the keys like they’re groundhogs in that carnival game where you hammer their heads as they poke through the little holes. Equipped in his signature suspenders and wide brimmed...
Hindsight: Natalie Merchant @ Denver Botanic Gardens
There aren’t many artists that you can say you fell in love with when you first turned on MTV as a child – and that you still love today. I’m not talking about the late 90’s cliché favorites Britney Spears, TLC, or the Backstreet Boys, but yet an old soul of a woman: Natalie Merchant....
Hindsight: Dia Frampton @ The Bluebird Theater
Those of us who watched the first season of The Voice on NBC might remember the sultry songbird Dia Frampton when she stole the show with her rendition of Kanye West’s “Heartless.” However, coming in 2nd place doesn’t always get you the attention you deserve once the cameras stop rolling. But with a headlining tour...
Hindsight: Trampled by Turtles @ the Ogden
Denver bluegrass lovers came in droves to the Ogden Theatre on Friday for the sold out Trampled by Turtles show. The intoxicated crowd was almost bewildering–young and vibrant, it seemed like the oldest guy in the joint was up on stage. Considering the local, it wasn’t a huge surprise. We are in Denver after all, not more...
Hindsight: Gogol Bordello @ The Boulder Theater
When Gogol Bordello plays, everyone in the audience is a gypsy, if only for that moment. As Eugene Hütz sings, “Be it punk, hip-hop, be it a reggae sound, it is all connected through the gypsy part of town,” and on Thursday night, Boulder became just that. Bringing their eclectic mix of international music to Colorado,...
Hindsight: Snowball Music Festival
As the snow, ice, and mud still settles from the three-day adventure that was Snowball Music Festival and the headaches and depression come to an end, we here at 303 Magazine want to take a fond look back on the highs (and some lows) that occurred during the fun and music-filled weekend. For this past...
Hindsight: Michael Jackson Immortal @ The Pepsi Center
Even though he never fully recovered from pyro gone awry on a Pepsi commercial set, Michael Jackson made a post-mortem appearance last night at the Denver venue that bears the beverage’s name. No, I’m not high. And I’m not referring to the small army of impersonators featured in Cirque du Soleil’s authorized tribute. I’m talking...
Hindsight: Social Distortion @ The Ogden
There are some voices that, when raised in song, don’t merely carry a tune … they preach it. When this happens, anyone within earshot just can’t help being somehow transformed. But when the voice in question happens to be that of Mike Ness, this transformation involves being stripped down, chewed up, spit out on the floor,...
Backspin: How The Grouch Stole Christmas 2011
Honestly, I could feasibly have this entire review be one sentence: “How The Grouch stole Christmas 2011 happened the other night”. For anyone that knows any of these artists, that’s enough of a description to know it was fierce. I’ll lengthen the review for two reasons: 1) I’m going to write this review for people...
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