Welcome to our newest, most tasteless feature, wherein we sneak photos of stalls in various venues/nightspots around town while the other occupants of the bathrooms look at us suspiciously. And then you guess where we are in the comments. We begin with the inviting and colorful shit-canister you see above…
Given the quality of her string of featured appearances in the last year, we’re pretty pumped for Nicki Minaj’s debut album, due in no hurry later this year. Above is probably the album’s lead single, and it’s just alright. Somewhere between guest verses on Robin Thicke’s “Shakin’ It For Daddy”…
The Hollyfelds • Hello Kavita • Casey James Prestwood 03.27.10 | Larimer Lounge Jon Pareles, rock critic for The New York Times, went to SXSW and came back with a reality check on glo-fi, one of many micro-genres burning up the blogs. Among many good points he made was this:…
We would hate for you to miss out on all the awesome that happens every weekend in our fair city, so we’ve decided to run down five of the best shows in one easy-to-swallow post, with video and audio. Tell us — and the rest of the world — what…
Before we get into the whole Free Scooter thing, which is mind-blowing on a couple levels and takes a little explaining, let’s take a second to think about Justin Bieber, who is probably a stranger pop star than Lady Gaga. Above is a video of Beiber performing his hit “Baby”…
What do you get when you cross Rage Against the Machine with a sense of humor? For one thing, you get press photos staged on a golf course with the resulting band wearing pastels and floral patterns. You also get moments of serenity that keep Musuji’s debut EP surprisingly off…
Know what’s better than free music? Free music that’s good enough to pay for. Tommy Metz, who is typically known around these parts as Iuengliss, has posted his new album, The Blossom Frontier, for free on his web site. Go download that sucker immediately because it’s like his previous work…
Achille Lauro made a promo video for their album release party, and they nailed the campy informercial vibe hard. Front man Matt Close, from the clip: “When we’re not writing choice rock and roll tunes, you can find us in the gym, using the Achille Lauro System to make sure…
Vampire Weekend • The Blow 03.19.10 | The Ogden Theatre A lot of people accuse Vampire Weekend of not being original. “It’s Paul Simon but smirkier,” they say, or: “It’s Afro-pop but whiter.” And maybe it is those things. But you know what we’re willing to bet no Afro-pop band,…
We would hate for you to miss out on all the awesome that happens every weekend in our fair city, so we’ve decided to run down five of the best shows in one easy-to-swallow post, with video and audio. Tell us — and the rest of the world — what…
Festival season is fast approaching, and the Fort Collins Music Experiment kicks things off locally three weeks from today. FoCoMX debuted last year by featuring most of Northern Colorado’s considerable musical talent. This year, they’re 50% bigger, which means over 150 bands, which is just ridiculous. The full lineup won’t…
Just because you’re famous doesn’t mean you’re invincible. Fresh Breath Committee released one of Colorado’s best rap albums last year in CPR. MCs Flawless, Purpose, Fo Chief and Kontrast stand out for their urgency and dexterity, and they consume Boi-1da’s “Forever” beat. It’s spare and gothic, and the Committee’s boilerplate…
Every Friday we spotlight the hottest cats (and kittens) behind the decks in the MHC, grilling them to gain some insight on what it takes, exactly, to get the party rocking, to find out about their most treasured crate digging experiences and what they really think when we stumble up…
Rihanna’s “Rude Boy” is the number one song in the country. Its accompanying video, meanwhile, is a hot mess, and we have officially never used that expression more accurately. Because we probably like Rihanna more than we should, given that she can’t actually sing, and because there’s a blinding amount…
The dust is settling on the drunkest holiday of the year. And today you have a choice: you can relive with exactly 100 of the night’s best photos spread over three slideshows, or you can work. Aaron Thackeray was there for Kegs and Eggs at Lodo’s and still found time…
As people who think about, talk about, listen to and make music, the most common question we encounter is, “What are you listening to right now?” So whether you’re looking for recommendations, trying to get a feel for our individual sensibilities, or are just curious, we’ve compiled a list of…
If you can read these words on your computer screen today, you have shamed St. Patrick. Also, you were probably not anywhere near Colfax last night. Fortunately for you, that is exactly where a pad of paper and I were, so we bring you an after-the-fact-live blog. Or a tape-delayed…
The Autumn Film has gone from beautiful to stunning. Tifah Al-Attas’s voice flows like warm honey, but it did that before this album. What it has this time around is a more suitable canvas of instruments. Before, Tifah was the sad spotlight, and now she is sunken into an ebb…
Here’s the thing about Jay-Z: When he says “I. Will. Not. Lose. Ever… Fucker” in “U Don’t Know,” he’s not kidding. Of his studio albums, three are instant-classic, holy-shit ridiculous, and all eleven hit number one on the charts. That’s one more than Elvis. Quite the American Dream for a…
Local ambient rockers Woodsman are having a heck of a month. Starting with landing a pair of songs as the a and b sides of the weekly single on Beko Digital Single Label, which has the simplest web site in existence…
Fort Collins’ strangest, savviest band are only one of many representing locally at SXSW. However, they continue to demonstrate their ability to stand out from the pack, which is a skill we’re sure they’ll find particularly handy in Austin. The duo posted the merch they’ll have in tow on their…
Have you heard “Office Musik” yet? It’s Clockwork mashing Lil’ Wayne’s “Hustler Musik” with the theme from The Office. It’s good. So good that we listened to it about fifteen times yesterday. So good that it was Hype Machine’s number one track at the same time that Entertainment Weekly wrote…
