Has it really been almost 6 years since Bloc Party played in Denver? Thankfully the rumor a few years back about the band’s potential break up proved to be false, and the U.K. band returned with a new album Four in 2012.
A natural tendency for many concert goers is to get there just in time for the headlining act to come on stage. But what they don’t know does hurt them, and they end up hearing from early birds about how great the opening band was. In the case of IO Echo, who has been on […]
The folks at Lollapalooza released their Official 2012 Line-up video today. Lollapalooza 2012 takes place once again in the heat of the summer festival season, August 3-5 in Grant Park, Chicago.
Suffice it to say I was a bit floored to learn that Kele Okereke of Bloc Party wasn’t as stoked on their worldwide acclaimed debut Silent Alarm as the rest of us because the drums were mixed too loud. In 2005, that was a top five favorite album for most everyone I knew. But, time […]
London natives The Noisettes ripped into the Ogden Theater like a Gallagher chainsaw through watermelon. This three-piece act with drums, guitar, bass, and vocals played a frenetic set of swank rock songs in support of their debut album, What’s The Time, Mr. Wolf? Fronted by the glorious Shingai Shoniwa on bass and vocals, Dan Smith […]
Fil Snyder – Bartender – La Rhumba/Lipgloss, BlueBird/Ogden 1. Bloc Party “Banquet, Remixed”A great debut album made even better 2. Ladytron “Witching Hour”A great album by a band that keeps getting better and that will be remembered longer than the scene that spawned it. 3. The Dukes of Nothing “War and Wine”Pure Motorhead-esque, balls to […]
GORILLAZ 1. Late Registration – Kanye WestRussel: ‘I think this works even better than ‘College Dropout’. It’s got a great original energy to it. His delivery’s really fresh sounding. Kanye West is hip-hop’s new maestro at the top of his game’. Murdoc: Š.And other cliché’s 2. Get Behind Me Satan – White Stripes Noodle: ‘I […]
Teppei Teranishi – Guitar 1. Emliana Torrini – Fisherman’s Woman2. Doves – Some Cities3. Sigur Ros – Takk4. Bloc Party – Silent Alarm5. The Mars Volta – Frances the Mute
Bloc Party has been the “it” band in the UK for a number of months now, and rightly so. BBC radio did their version of a documentary on the origin of British Rock, and from their informal poll of people on the street and objectives from industry pundits, most of what their country had to […]
