Jobless Throws a Benefit for Planned Parenthood and the ACLU

When Jobless planned to release its new album Attitude Adjustment, the trio decided to throw a fundraising event for the ACLU and Planned Parenthood, a variety show including performances by the Romero Theater Troupe, the Black Actors Guild, and like-minded musicians in Total Goth and the Milk Blossoms.

Ten of Denver’s Best Music Producers

Denver is blessed with a host of talented musicians of all genres, and most of them record at the many great Colorado studios. That inevitably means that behind the scenes talented producers, engineers and all sorts of studio technicians are working their magic without much fanfare.

To Make Music, Bob Mould Looks to Raging Storms

A year after the 1988 breakup of Hüsker Dü, the mighty punk trio that Bob Mould had fronted for a decade, he played his first ever solo shows at McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica in support of his debut solo album, Workbook. “It was really nerve-wracking the first couple…

Carl Carrell Is Done With Pop Music

Carl Carrell spent his early twenties striving to make hits. He worked out of a Denver condo that was equipped with a home studio alongside his roommate, who wanted to start a record label. Carrell spent his days mimicking Top 40 songs and pitching what he wrote to national artists…

Japanese Alien Band Peelander-Z Calls Denver People “Crazy”

They came from the Planet Peelander to spread smiles onto everyone’s faces. Or, perhaps, Peelander-Z came from Japan, via New York, and based themselves in Austin. One of those is the true story, the other is the one that, quite frankly, we should all go out of our way to believe, because it’s way more fun.

Top Flite Empire Unveils Controversial Video for “WAVE”

Denver hip-hip duo Top Flite Empire has dropped a video for the track “WAVE,” from the debut album Bad Decisions, and it’s causing a stir within the local rap community thanks to the manner with which it’s tackling race and class stereotypes, and the prejudices that people harbor without knowing it.