Most bands are not popular before they’ve played their first real show. But most bands aren’t Ion. The project started as a collaboration between Switchpin’s Noe De’Leon and Blister66’s Joe Sego, and caught the attention of Todd Schlafer, who was still in Los Angeles following the demise of his band,…
Acoustic Cafe: 95 E. 1st St., Nederland, 1-303-258-3209. Jam and java are on the menu at Acoustic Cafe, an aprs-ski stop for the Eldora set and a destination in itself. String, folk and jazz bands play at this funky hippie-town cafe most Friday and Saturday nights, but amateurs can strike…
In some respects, Ministry’s Al Jourgensen has mellowed. For instance, he says he’s no longer helping his friendly neighborhood heroin dealer keep up with his Hummer payments. “It’s been over eleven months now since I’ve had anything,” he says. “I’m very proud and very clean.” From a creative standpoint, however,…
Adriana Aguilar doesn’t remember what happened on May 25, 2002, but doctors, family members, cops, insurance agents and friends have told her it went something like this: Derrick Daisey, her friend, was driving his Jetta along Monaco Boulevard near Evans when he suffered an epileptic seizure — his first –…
Countdown 8 p.m. EST, Monday, March 17 In the lobby of the Radisson Deauville, on the eve of the Winter Music Conference, the music stops when President Buzzkill addresses the world. The face of George Bush replaces the Dirty Vegas video on the big-screen TVs in the center of the…
Blending jazz, bluegrass, funk and even a little worldbeat, Matt Flinner — mandolin virtuoso and former Leftover Salmon tour guest — and company take dawg-style music (think David Grisman Quintet) to the next level. The ensemble, which appears at Quixote’s True Blue on Friday, April 4, is composed of Flinner,…
A sexless, suicidal, anti-carnivorous existence is cause for celebration, at least according to Moses Montalvo. A member of the Denver band May Riots, Montalvo has gathered a tribe of morose-music-loving locals to pay homage to the wrist-carving mope rock of the Smiths and Joy Division. The event, dubbed I Wear…
Dave Audé is an electronica storm, mixing, producing and touring in a nonstop whirlwind. A full-fledged MIDI professor at the Los Angeles-based Recording Workshop by age 22, he developed an interest in house music that led to a partnership with Steve Levy, owner of the club Truth. While working with…
Keller Williams debunks the theory that jam groups have to include multiple-musician lineups. With his live, one-man show, Williams — who appears Saturday, March 29, at the Paramount Theatre — has the unique ability to kindle the same brand of exploratory magic manifested by artists such as Medeski, Martin and…
A co-ed, lo-fi trio with a sound that’s as garage as a dusty croquet set, the Speeks have been all over local stages in recent months. An upcoming gig will punctuate their hectic schedule: On Wednesday, April 2, at the Larimer Lounge, the band opens for Riverside, California’s finest soul-punks,…
Thisclose to international success, DJ Etain already has a South African tour planned for spring — which means an interruption in her resident club duties at the Castle and the Underground. Breaking away from traditional teenage activities, like school, to sneak into nightspots and explore music, the prodigal DJ/producer developed…
John S. Hall, leader of the music/spoken-word project King Missile III, and George W. Bush, president of the United States, have at least one thing in common: their habit of prominently displaying their middle initials. But as demonstrated by “Mr. President,” a willfully absurd cut on The Psychopathology of Everyday…
It’s been five years since Gang Starr released a new album — practically an ice age in hip-hop. Guru and DJ Premier know a lot has changed, but if they’re worried, they’re not letting on: They no longer have to step into the battle arena to earn their rep, because…
Many performers consider the term “bar band” to be pejorative, believing it implies that folks will enjoy a certain outfit’s music only if they’re properly lubricated. Still, it’s a plain fact that the songs of some combos are more effective in a raucous social setting than they are on plastic…
In the tradition of politically and socially conscious artists such as Public Enemy and Dead Prez, the talented group of vocalists, producers and rhyme-sayers (F.I.S.K., WhizM, Taughfeek, Pirahana Jones, Nafia, Shiek and Clymaxx) on this local compilation affiliate themselves with the Seerz Movement. Put together by DJ F.I.S.K. and the…
“The Bible Thump! The Bible Thump! Everybody do the Bible Thump!!!” Along with his dead eye, the good Reverend might just have a couple screws loose. Bibles, hellfire, trains, booze and babes are Reverend DeadEye’s meat and potatoes, and he delivers his lyrics in what could only be called “singing…
Proudly boasting the label of “acoustic prog rock,” Orion’s Room mixes the unlikely combination of Celtic-influenced folk music with various aspects of ’70s-era arena rock. The fact that Herman’s Hideaway serves as the “arena” on this live offering is only part of the problem with The Development. The juxtaposition of…
On his energetic second full-length, guitar-totin’ Mike Serviolo splits the difference between free jazz and ballistic heavy metal, adds a pinch of prog and brings the whole shebang to an aggressive boiling point with the finesse of a saucier. Propelled by the rhythmic thrust of bassist Bob Gumbrecht and drummer…
The crisp young couple sitting next to me on the plane from Austin to Dallas couldn’t stop snickering. Native Austinites on their way to a business convention, the two had recognized a common denominator among the passenger load. “Everyone on this plane is, like, so coooool…,” said the male, who…
With the recent semi-notoriety of Har Mar Superstar and MC Paul Barman, there seems to be a newfound market for self-consciously geeky Jewish dudes making self-consciously fucked-up novelty music. Atom and His Package, though, has them all beat. Atom (playing Thursday, March 20, at Club 156, Boulder, with Sixty Stories,…
Satirical tunesmith Gregory Ego (who files his taxes under the name of Greg Daurer), laments failed love, nicotine withdrawal and the divisive nature of talk radio. But the Vermont native turned Denver resident certainly has good taste in shopping malls from the days of yore: Cinderella City, once the crown…
A DJ for more than ten years, Kimball Collins has a unique production style that makes the longest club set feel like a single, flowing unit. Collins, who hails from Orlando, sealed his reputation with a five-year residency at the legendary Beacham Theatre in the early ’90s, staking a claim…
