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Join me for more local music this Friday at Road 34 (bonus: it is Sean Bennett of The Heyday's birthday on Saturday): If that video wasn't enticing enough for you to make the trek to Fort Collins on Friday to see The Heyday, Eldren and BlackHounds, then maybe this video of Eldren from their show last week at Marquis with My Body Sings Electric will be: Plus the BlackHounds look like a fun band to party with:
Of Square credit card readers! Yes, my purse is generally full of crap: camera, iPhone, Blackberry, iPad, Mophie, countless cords, ear plugs, wallet, makeup, band-aids, Advil, contacts...the list goes on and on and on, but how many times has it come in handy for you? There have been countless nights where I have lent out my cell phone charges, Mophie chargers to those in need, given Advil to those in pain and caught many moments on camera (that most would probably like to forget) but it is always worth it. Now my purse is full of something else that will likely help others more than it helps ...
For anyone that did not heed my advice and missed out on Mountain of Arms last weekend, you are in luck, I took a ton of videos! Here are some of my favorites: Bop Skizzum covering Florence and the Machine's Dog Days Are Over Eldren: Acoustic Air Dubai: Petals of Spain singing Lady Luck: Here is a playlist of all the Mountain of Arms videos (and link to them all on my YouTube Mountain of Arms page): Hopefully you have learned from your mistakes if you were not there and will pay attention to my list of upcoming local concerts next time! :)
Here comes another great weekend of local concerts in Denver! I have added a Google Calendar to my blog (on the right) that details the list of upcoming concerts I plan on attending. Please let me know if I have missed any that you think I should be attending.
...with ear plugs My love affair with ear plugs started innocently enough. While at a concert during SXSWi I realized I had received some free ear plugs that were conveniently located in the humongous purse that is permanently attached to my shoulder. After minutes of digging in my purse to find them, I finally located them. Eventually I was able to get them into my ears, and I was in heaven! Considering I generally find myself next to the speaker (always on the right side too) the ear plugs gave my ears a much needed break from the show. For the rest of my time at ...
The organizers of Mountain of Arms just posted the schedule for Saturday. It is such an awesome line up, I cannot wait! My plan is the following: 4:00 - Sam Lee 4:45 - Caleb Slade 5:30 - Caramel Carmela 6:15 - Bop Skizzum 7:00 - Carbon Choir 7:45 - Eldren 8:30 - Air Dubai 9:15 - Churchill 10:00 - Petals of Spain 10:45 - The Heyday 11:30 - My Body Sings Electric 12:15 - Vices I Admire Despite having 2 other concerts this week before Mountain of Arms, I am looking forward to this day of music.
Time to vote for the best bands in Colorado via the Westword! There are 49 categories ranging from Pop to Rock-Psych Rock/Shoegaze. I already have my picks for some of the categories, but still need help picking the other ones. The toughest category for me was Pop-Traditional because every band in that category is amazing: Boys, Della, The Heyday, The Northern Way and Regret Night. It doesn't get much better than that! So here are my picks: Pop-Traditonal: The Heyday Pop-Alternative: My Body Sings Electric Rock-Traditional: The Foot. Rock-Alternative: The Knew Rock-Indie: Fierce Bad Rabbit Rock-Roots: Arliss Nancy Hip-Hop-Band: Air Dubai Punk: Reno Divorce Post-Punk: Wire Faces Americana: Paper Bird Folk/Acoustic: Churchill Funk: Bop Skizzum (more…)
Time for some more local music! My latest song on repeat comes from veterans Bop Skizzum. They have been around for over 10 years, but are still just as rocking as ever. They describe themselves as 'funk, soul and some rock and roll.' I went to college with Andy ROK Guerrero at CU Denver and am happy that Bop Skizzum is still kicking it. They are playing a show in Boulder, at the Fox Theater tomorrow night, April 19th, which is exciting, since we all know my thoughts on the local Boulder music scene. Enjoy Beauty Queen below, and consider joining me for their show tomorrow! Beauty ...
Now that FoCoMX is over, I am already planning out the rest of my month with as many concerts as I can. There are 2 festivals that are coming up in April that have great lineups and are both for good causes. The first is Mountain of Arms, which will be a big festival that takes place at City Hall in Denver and features 25+ bands, playing 3 stages on April 23rd. Best part? Tickets are only $12 AND all proceeds benefit Japan. (more…)
Unwritten Law was one of my favorite bands growing up, so when I got an email saying they would be playing at Summit Music Hall on April 20th (tickets still available - open invitation to join me!) I had to do research to see what they have been up to over the past few years. Turns out they have a new CD coming out March 29th (tomorrow!!) and they just released a video for their new single Starships and Apocalypse. Also watch the behind the scenes video: "Take my hand, off we go to lala land"
