Walking into Rock Island is always a little disorientating, especially if it is for a hardcore show. The bar with its stalactite sculptures on the ceiling and a rotating crystalloid fixture in the corner was unusually slow and empty. Maybe it was because the hardcore kids aren’t into (or are too young for) drinking. Up […]
Learning to ride a bike, the first day of kindergarten, first prom night. These are all pinnacle points in a child’s life that proud parent’s witness as their offspring grows and evolves as a person. Having heard Bop Skizzum over a year ago, the boys are getting in sync (no, not the Timberlake kind), venturing […]
Eluvium is what you want to hear when it’s overcast and torrential outside as well as in your mind. Eluvium consists of one man playing piano: Mr. Matthew Cooper. He manages to create a haunting, engaging, and short (which is perhaps why it’s so engaging) ambient record, and does it stunningly. Clocking in at just […]
The American music scene as a whole has given Britain a run for their money in the past few years, which has been forever known as the land that births the edgiest form of rock that gets the biggest buzz, magazine covers, and spotlights on various TV shows. But when an Atlanta band has to […]
Chris Karns, aka DJ Vajra, got his first set of turntables about 8 years ago and has not looked back since. Now at the ripe age of 25, DJ Vajra has become an integral part of the turntablism scene, following suit amongst his predecessors like Qbert, Craze, and the X-executioners. But it was the early […]
To be fresh in hip-hop, to be innovative, you have to be prepared to go the route that no one has tried. You have to be in it for the music, regardless of what the general public thinks. The indie record label Definitive Jux has always been on the forefront with that kind of thought, […]
Denver to be Pilot City for National Music Web/TV Show Concept This Friday a locally produced television series, “Noisefloor”, will premier their pilot episode prior to the CD Release concert for Bop Skizzum at the Gothic. Intent on proving that all music is local, “Noisefloor” delves into local music scenes around the country, focusing on […]
