Lea Luna has moonlighted as a singing telegram messenger for me on occasion. What characters have I hired her to play? Naughty Nurse and Officer Frisk (Officer Strip-search?). We even penned a tune together...
California is not all bubblegum sweet despite what Katy Perry might have you believe. It's also not just a hunk of land overtaken by L.A. and Hollywood to the south and geek land to the north, though the PCH of...
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 g...
Lightning in a Bottle has been on my radar for nearly half a decade now. Organizers The Do Lab have been manifesting high-profile interactive art at both Burning Man and Coachella for years. Sonic Bloom fes...
Fresh off the success of 2011’s Lasers and “Vava Voom,” his recent collaboration with Bassnectar, Lupe Fiasco will make his first appearance in the 303 tonight since last fall.
If you weren’t lucky enough to...
Otherworldly music that transports me from my own skin to somewhere other than here always garners a guaranteed future listen; when combined with decomposing trip-hop beats and pneumatic synths, my ears get wea...
From the two that have seemed to become the mothers of hip hop, Afeni Shakur and Voletta Wallace, to Debbie Mathers, topics of moms and motherhood have been a mainstay in hip hop. So, for your listening pleasur...
If you put a poppier Bob Dylan in a room with a less reflective Leonard Cohen that was biding his time chewing on a Jayhawks record, the musical meanderings of The Always Unprofessional might lope out at the en...
It's a sad day for music fans today as Adam "MCA" Yauch passed away at the age of 47.
If you haven't heard of MCA or the Beastie Boys, I imagine you've been incarcerated in Joe Arpaio's "Tent City" since '86...
Ladies and gentlemen, if you have not yet gotten tickets to the Ogden Theatre's soiree a la mode, get in line: this is Boombox. The duo consists of Russ Randolph and Zion Rock Godchaux; the two will take the to...
Byrners unite: Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom is bringing it home with a Talking Heads cover party by local funk favorites Juno What?! tomorrow. Pick me up and turn me around. It's going to be a freak show, ju...
Sweden continues to produce some amazing music–whether it’s airy, acoustic indie rock or sweeping electro-pop , the country’s music scene begs a smile.
Stockholm spells youth this time around with electroni...