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Showdown: She Wants Revenge
Independence can be a real bitch. People need people. Record labels need bands. Bands need money and fans.…
March 21, 2011
Mash-up Pastiche: Girl Talk
Getting paid to play other people's music might seem like an easy way to make a living. Maybe that's why everyone and their MILF is a DJ these days—all the benefits of rock stardom are possible, without out all the creative hassle of composition. Greg Gillis exists somewhere in between. All Day, his latest mash-up pastiche as Girl Talk, doesn't feature a single original note, but it does distill hundreds of samples—373 to be exact—into a 71 minute mega-mix that was so sought-after upon its November release it practically “broke the internet”.
March 7, 2011
Snow Ballin’: Lights, Lips & Bassnectar
I would happily endure freezing temperatures to witness The Flaming Lips. I don’t have the hots for any…
February 28, 2011
Hindsight: Denver gets $leazy
“It’s going to be a fucking epic dance party,” Ke$ha announced at the kickoff of The Get $leazy…
February 22, 2011
CD Report Card: Radiohead – The King of Limbs
Radiohead’s last release netted headlines the world over for its pay-what-you-please download model. In Rainbows moved three million…
February 21, 2011
Band Buzz: Bare Bones
Oscar Wilde once observed that, ‘Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life’, but for Denver alt-country…
February 21, 2011
CD Report Card: Bright Eyes – The People’s Key
Today is Conor Oberst’s birthday. The Omaha tune-smith behind critically-lauded Bright Eyes turns 31–he’s been writing and recording…
February 15, 2011
Snowdown: Z-Trippin’
We Coloradans love the white stuff. While I’m sure the Colombian kind has its share of fans here…
January 27, 2011
mpFree: Pretty Lights’ proteges Break Science & Paper Diamond
Pretty Lights, Fort Collins’ biggest musical export, already excels in the sight and sound departments. Derek Vincent Smith,…
January 26, 2011
Tappin’ that axe: Social Distortion
I have a theory about notoriety: the longer it takes an individual or group to achieve it, the…
January 18, 2011
Holidaze: Sexmas
Christmas sucks balls–and I ain’t no Scrooge. Don’t get me wrong, I love my family, but there a…
December 21, 2010
MMJ DJ: Mix Master Mike
Mix Master Mike--The Serial Wax Killer--shares the bill with Mickey Avalon, Asher Roth and Denver's own Flobots this weekend at KushCon II, a medical marijuana convention at The Denver Convention Center.
December 13, 2010