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The Get Down: Hall & Oates, Social Distortion, And Jazz Aspen Snowmass
After a long and eventful weekend, as Riot Fest took over Denver’s National Western Complex for the entire…
The Get Down: Global Dance Festival, Meghan Trainor, Death Cab For Cutie + More
Well, here we are, mid-way through July, and there is absolutely no shortage of great concerts hitting our…
Barcelona – Showing Red Rocks Love
Barcelona, a soulful and melodic up-and-coming band from Seattle, will be joining The Fray on a huge two-month…
The Fray: Back With New Ferocity
Just when we all think we know what to expect from The Fray, they decide to go and…
The Drop: “Helios” by The Fray
Helios, the new album from The Fray, opens easily enough with “Hold My Hand,” a song that’s very…
Neighborhood Noise: 10 Minutes With Holly Lovell
It seems that female singer-songwriters in Denver are either hidden or non-existent. There have been some great lady…
Showdown: Nathaniel Rateliff @ The Fox
Nathaniel Rateliff. Sound familiar? If it doesn’t, where the hell have you been? Seriously. Not only is he…
CD Report Card: DJ Dragon – HomeGrown
Dragon, one of Beta's resident DJs, recently orchestrated another Mile High milestone: Homegrown. Compiled by the Triad mascot, Homegrown is a mixed CD consisting primarily of Colorado producers. Pretty Lights, Shawn Astrom, Ty Tek, Venaccio, Satori-C, Entropy, Lea Luna, Sonaris, mLe, Shawn Mitiska, Joman, Sir Thomas, Jquintel, Manufactured Superstars, Dirt Monkey, Savoy, Kostas K, Samples, Jontron and Dragon himself are among the individual artists included.
Aural Pleasure: MGMT’s Grammy Nods
Alex Khadiwala deserves credit for first turning me on to MGMT. These days, Khadiwala is one of Beta's Noise Friday resident DJs. At the time, though, he played “Poptronica†on Beta's patio for the Beatport “Pool Partiesâ€. One of his very first Poptronica mix CDs featured the MGMT track “Electric Feelâ€. I won't pretend that I was immediately blown away, but the tune definitely grew on me over time. Apparently, I wasn't alone.