How’s your knowledge of potions? Can you rattle off the names of all the star Quidditch players at Hogwarts without breaking a sweat? And what’s the magic word you’ll need to cast a summon spell? You’ll need to master all of that knowledge and lots more to stand a chance…
Megasoid got its start as a Montreal-based mobile sound system with a predilection for turning illegal and unconventional spaces into after-hours parties. The duo’s aggressive street sound is based in hip-hop beats wrapped in edgy, innovative production that blends old-school electro and new-school noise into a unique, playful, bass-heavy sound…
Meet Savoy, a dance act with the soul of a rock band. “We did always want to play dance music, but we’re also fascinated with the big-time stadium-rock feel, too,” explains Ben Eberdt. “All of our music is dance-y, but a lot of it is very hard-edged and rock-y. We…
Minimalism, abstraction and a clever design combine perfectly in this week’s top flier. There’s not a lot going on here, but what little there is goes a long way. The cascading boxes are the key to the whole thing. If you were to scrub the text off this, leaving just…
We introduced you to Tangled; We Weave a couple of months ago, but if you missed it (and can’t be bothered to click that link to catch up), it’s a music and photography collaboration between Seattle-based photographer Jennifer Brookes and Denver Musician Eric Peterson (Houses, Old Radio). Every week, Brookes…
If you don’t like LCD Soundsystem, the new song “Drunk Girls” probably isn’t going to change your mind — it’s the same kind of shouty, indie dance thing he’s been doing since the beginning. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t watch the video embedded above. To the contrary, if you…
Germany is a strange, strange place, almost like Bizarro-world. It’s place where David Hasslehoff can have a huge success as a pop singer, for example. And if you keep that in mind, the existence, and success, of today’s freaky selection almost, kind of, sorta makes sense. Today’s clip is a…
Kick-Ass starts tomorrow and, based on the early buzz and the trailers, it’s going to, well, kick ass. In case you’ve somehow managed to ignore it, it’s a film about superheroes that don’t have powers — just a desire to do some good and too little common sense not to…
If Dr. Who was a steampunk epic done in the style of German expressionism, it would be Quest for the Indie Tube, filmmaker John Hartman’s high-concept sci-fi series created for the Internet. In it, a hundred-year-old inventor has to seek out new arthouse creations to stay young. He uses the…
Today at Four Mile Historic Park, you can learn how your great-great-grandmother’s lifestyle was eco-friendly long before green living and sustainability were buzzwords. Turns out our ancestors’ simple, thrifty habits like reusing and repurposing things until they fell apart made them paragons of environmental virtue. “They weren’t trying to be…
Akufen’s 2002 debut album, My Way, was one of those records that just seemed to stand alone, unique and perfect. The microhouse sound championed on the disc was deep and technical without being over-intellectualized. The use of microsecond snippets of sound, chopped up and shaped into shuffling, swinging house music…
Our top flier this week is the work of the folks at Bocumast, the record label/design house that’s home to Astrophagus, Cougar Legs, Iuengliss and many other fine acts. Its intriguing use of color and collage caught our eye right away, but there are several other subtle things going on…
There’s something about an overcast Tuesday that makes it all but impossible to get anything done. On a day like today, you need a little pick-me-up to get your ass in gear. May we suggest the latest Savoy release? The three-track release has two new original tracks from Boulder’s finest…
Insane Clown Posse’s new video for “Miracles” (see above) has been blowing up the Internet for a few days now. The ridiculous, syrupy rap song about the many “miracles” of existence, and more especially, the jaw-droppingly stupid video that accompanies it, lead to one, inescapable conclusion: the Insane Clown Posse…
This week’s dose of freak is of the trippy variety. It’s from an Australian sampling artist named Pogo, and what he’s done here is sampled tiny bits from the Disney animated Alice in Wonderland, and then built those snippets into a cyclic, psychedelic lullaby. With a video to match. Now,…
John Common has a passion for collaborative art. He’s just kicked off the third project asking artists to draw inspiration from his Beautiful Empty album and share it with the world, with the Beautiful Empty Photo Conspiracy…
Take a crash course in Japanese film over the next four days with Focus on Japanese Cinema, a program of twelve diverse movies from the Land of the Rising Sun. “I think, locally, no one’s ever really done a Japanese Cinema 101,” explains Denver Film Society programming manager Keith Garcia…
To remind us of libraries’ value to society, the Printed Page Bookshop is celebrating National Library Week with a special Get Carded, Get a Book promotion. “Anyone who shows us a library card, we’ll have a really nice selection of free books. They can pick the one they want,” says…
Techno has a reputation for coldness and sharp edges, even brutality. But it doesn’t have to be that way, and Montreal’s Pheek (Jean-Patrice Rémillard to his mother) is living proof. He delivers a warm, inviting strain of techno that defies the stereotypes without abandoning the foundations. While still embracing the…
Snake Rattle Rattle Snake’s debut headlining performance at the Bluebird is a momentous occasion, so it’s no surprise that the poster promoting it is suitably momentous as well. The flier definitely turned our head when we walked by it the other day, prompting us to head straight the computer to…
Spoon • Deerhunter • Michachu and the Shapes 04.6.10 | Ogden Theatre There are so many people crammed into the Ogden that it’s difficult to see the stage. The guy in front of me is rubbing against me so often I’m wondering if his girlfriend is going to get jealous…
Feeling a little jittery? Maybe you had too much coffee and you need something to calm your over-stimulated heart? Consider a dose of Ocean Bump! Ocean Bump! (yes, the exclamation point is part of the name) is the project of Candy Claws guitarist Martin, but don’t expect anything like that…
