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Event Horizon: Radiohead
Few bands are as revered as Radiohead. Legions of rabid fans around the planet likely consider the quintet…
Snowball: Colorado’s Coldest Music Fest To Heat Up Vail Valley
Almost exactly a year ago, someone had the brilliant idea to take the fervor and energy from such…
Moving Pictures: Pretty Lights, Camera, Action
Derek Vincent Smith, Pretty Lights by night, has already conquered the concert industry with his new music distribution…
Re:Generation Music Project unites Skrillex, The Doors & more
Surviving members of The Doors were in the studio with Skrillex. Nas and DJ Premier wrote with the…
Countdown Get-Downs
If you’re anything like me, you’re still trying to figure out what you want to do this New…
Moving Pictures: The EDC Experience
How often is a straight-edge Mormon blamed for inciting a riot? Last week’s Hollywood Boulevard block party outside…
Festival Window: Global Locals
Gallons of ink have been spilled by music writers trying to capture a fraction of the massive natural…
Snow Ballin’: Lights, Lips & Bassnectar
I would happily endure freezing temperatures to witness The Flaming Lips. I don’t have the hots for any…
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,…
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.
Beat Diet: Pretty Lights
Although a few established acts have dabbled in the free download game—Radiohead and NIN are obvious examples—Pretty Lights' Derek Vincent Smith built his entire career that way--from the ground up. The Fort Collins-based producer is practically in a league of his own. Name one other artist who hasn't made a single penny on recorded music and is now capable of packing Red Rocks--a feat Smith is reprising this Saturday. It is a trajectory that many will inevitably imitate. Girl Talk might his only near-peer--business model-wise--but unless Crickets Chirping is the alias of a band not yet on my radar, the answer is clear.
Festival Window: South by Southwest
Austin is music industry magnetic zero this week. Bands, brands, managers, bloggers, photographers, label reps, DJs, journalists, hipsters, musicians, assistants, publicists, groupies, roadies, street teams, retailers, talent scouts and publishing houses are all represented by themselves or someone else in the Lone Star city.