To fully appreciate the dynamics that control the ebb and flow of Denver’s music scene is to know the collective breath-holding that local artists, fans and interested business parties have been doing lately. You see, milestones of various size and significance have dotted the last 15 years of Denver’s musical history, with each subsequent mark […]
About a week before this show I got a text message from a friend and fellow drummer asking me if I had listened to Unearth’s new album In the Eyes of Fire. At the time I hadn’t. So I was pretty stoked to not only have the opportunity to review the show, but to also […]
Thinking back on SXSW circa 1996 when I first set my virgin sneakers onto the Austin concrete, I had no idea at that time what I should expect, but I felt like a kid in a candy store. I believe I found out about it through this cool thing called the internet or maybe it […]
Colfax Avenue: SOUL OF A CITY (Michael Jacobs and Daniel Silverstein) It was four or five years ago when I saw the cover of the Faithless CD, Sunday 8pm, which featured the marquee of the BlueBird, the inspiration for their album’s title. I remember looking at that and wondering what the place was like, its […]
The Black Keys with The CutsWednesday, Sep. 15th, 2004Gothic Theater, Denver I had been waiting to see The Black Keys ever since they rolled through the Fox Theater for an afternoon photo shoot one day last July. At this point I was an office intern at the Fox, filing business receipts and wondering, “Who the […]
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 […]
For the previously uninitiated (as I was), Super Furry Animals live in concert can only be described as an experience worth repeating. So much so that the Welsh quintet’s Saturday night show at The Bluebird included a back-to-back, repeat performance of fan-favorite “International Language of Screaming.” And there was much rejoicing. Of course, likening the […]
