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Hindsight: Glitch Mob @ Red Rocks
The West Coast electronica scene and the jam band community have been in bed together for what seems…
Dream Pipes: Willie Nelson
Red Rocks will see a lot of green tomorrow. Willie Nelson, the “Red-Headed Stranger” who once sparked a…
Sindustry: Music Issue Release 6/12 @ Casselmans
Curating 303’s 2011 Music Issue was a near Herculean task—Colorado’s music industry is exploding with talent these days—but…
Showdown: Matt Morris @ Film On The Rocks
Although blessed with a musical pedigree, a boost from the folks at Disney, Billboard chart toppers and a…
Natural Highs: Divine by Design
The word “design”, when heard or seen by itself, can constitute a broad range of definitions in the…
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: Savoy
Aurally, Boulder-based Savoy could pass for an adept electro DJ deftly blending others' cuts together. The truth? Savoy is erecting all their bangers from scratch—barring a few borrowed samples—and discharging them live via three-piece PA. It's a savvy formula that's caught on like the brush fire that destroyed a portion of my southeast plains hometown. Destruction is definitely an ingredient in Savoy's live recipe, where decimating decibels keep attendees in a perpetually perspiring frenzy.
The Reel Deal: Total Eclipse of the Heart
According to The New Zealand Herald this past Sunday, a man was found dead at a Wellington theater…
DJ IQ: Denver’s Kostas boasts Global Dance anthem
Kostas Kouremenous has been searching The Mile High City high and low for the perfect set of pipes. Kostas isn't a plumber, though, he's a producer—a DJ and dance music producer, to be exact. Although he's had his fingers in many different Denver pots over the years—a shoe store, a modeling agency and a number of nightclubs now (Amsterdam, Pure, Lotus, DC10, Zen)--partnering with Triad Dragons' Ha Hau on Global Dance Festival at Red Rocks was his single most in-the-black business decision to date.
Aural Pleasure: The Glitch Mob
The Glitch Mob ain't no one-trick pony. “Glitch hopâ€, a genre they're often credited with inventing (or at least popularizing), may have put them on the map, but they refuse to churn out cookie cutter, assembly line club bangers. Drink the Sea, their first fully original full-length, is bound to confound expectations. On the one hand, there are certainly distinctive characteristics that make the record recognizably Glitch Mob. On the other, Sea sees them abandoning many of their signature bells and whistles—most notably the stutter edits suggested by their moniker.