August 17, 2010
here we are, summer

we made it — that time in the summer where the light is lower in the trees, perched not so much on branches but on lines, silhouettes of spindly earthen shape — the ground hums along, chokes on heat, resumes. it is too hot to work in this plaid shirt he said, color dripping onto the concrete, and bent squares of sun agree

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August 10, 2010
oh hey crystal castles

oh hey crystal castles

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August 5, 2010
SHOWCAST / DENVER: Crystal Castles, Ogden, August 9, $35. Might be the best $35 any individual Denverite can spend all summer. You don’t want to miss this. Below: “Untrust Us”, off Crystal Castles (2008). Ogden event page is here. (h/t to axefield on deviantart for the image.)

SHOWCAST / DENVER: Crystal Castles, Ogden, August 9, $35. Might be the best $35 any individual Denverite can spend all summer. You don’t want to miss this.

Below: “Untrust Us”, off Crystal Castles (2008).

Ogden event page is here. (h/t to axefield on deviantart for the image.)

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July 31, 2010

alan palomo, neon indian

alan palomo, neon indian

crowd for neon indian

crowd for neon indian

dirty projectors

dirty projectors

dave longstreth, dirty projectors

dave longstreth, dirty projectors

Some very belated photos from this year’s Westword Music Showcase — Neon Indian/Dirty Projectors were easily the best two sets I’ve seen all summer. Crystal Castles (August 9, Ogden, showcast post upcoming) might have something to say about that, though. Or Tokyo Police Club, or Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.

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July 19, 2010
SHOWCAST / DENVER: The Dodos (w/ New Pornographers), July 28, Ogden, $26 advance (or $30 DOS, but I wouldn’t count on that). This one requires very little explanation — it’s the fucking Dodos. New Pornos are rumored to be terrible live, but I’ll probably stick around to at least decide that myself before taking off. Event page from the Ogden, from which you can buy tickets, is here.

SHOWCAST / DENVER: The Dodos (w/ New Pornographers), July 28, Ogden, $26 advance (or $30 DOS, but I wouldn’t count on that).

This one requires very little explanation — it’s the fucking Dodos. New Pornos are rumored to be terrible live, but I’ll probably stick around to at least decide that myself before taking off.

Event page from the Ogden, from which you can buy tickets, is here.

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June 17, 2010
SHOWCAST / DENVER: Westword Music Showcase, Saturday, June 19, multiple venues in Golden Triangle-ish area, only $15 ($30 day of show). Highlights: Neon Indian (above). Dirty Projectors. Pictureplane. Single File. Tickle Me Pink. And much more. Check out the full lineup and buy tickets here.

SHOWCAST / DENVER: Westword Music Showcase, Saturday, June 19, multiple venues in Golden Triangle-ish area, only $15 ($30 day of show).

Highlights: Neon Indian (above). Dirty Projectors. Pictureplane. Single File. Tickle Me Pink. And much more. Check out the full lineup and buy tickets here.

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June 17, 2010
Denver, via the Locals and Tourists Flickr project. Red dots mark photos by tourists, blue by locals and yellow by people of unknown tourist/local status. Surprised that Red Rocks isn’t bluer than it is—maybe locals just don’t use Flickr very widely. (h/t to mel for finding this)

Denver, via the Locals and Tourists Flickr project. Red dots mark photos by tourists, blue by locals and yellow by people of unknown tourist/local status. Surprised that Red Rocks isn’t bluer than it is—maybe locals just don’t use Flickr very widely. (h/t to mel for finding this)

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May 15, 2010
SHOWCAST / DENVER: Local Natives, Larimer Lounge, 5/21. It’s already sold out—rendering this the most useless showcast ever—but this may be worth standing outside and paying off the bouncer, or something along those lines. At the least, you should give these guys a listen. Hailing from Orange County, Local Natives released their album Gorilla Manor in late February. I finally got around to listening and plan to be jamming on this all through the summer. The album sounds like something in the musical territory between Fool’s Gold, Vampire Weekend and White Rabbits, but it balloons outward from there in often-unexpected directions. Whatever the hell “afropop” means (go ask Pitchfork) there’s some of that here: clean guitars float over rolling drums and Yeasayer-esque vocal harmonies. But the band can rock out too, like in “Sun Hands” and “Wide Eyes.” In short—see you outside Larimer Lounge. At least we tried, right? Gorilla Manor: amazon (album player below via Local Natives’ website)

SHOWCAST / DENVER: Local Natives, Larimer Lounge, 5/21. It’s already sold out—rendering this the most useless showcast ever—but this may be worth standing outside and paying off the bouncer, or something along those lines. At the least, you should give these guys a listen.

Hailing from Orange County, Local Natives released their album Gorilla Manor in late February. I finally got around to listening and plan to be jamming on this all through the summer. The album sounds like something in the musical territory between Fool’s Gold, Vampire Weekend and White Rabbits, but it balloons outward from there in often-unexpected directions. Whatever the hell “afropop” means (go ask Pitchfork) there’s some of that here: clean guitars float over rolling drums and Yeasayer-esque vocal harmonies. But the band can rock out too, like in “Sun Hands” and “Wide Eyes.”

In short—see you outside Larimer Lounge. At least we tried, right?

Gorilla Manor: amazon (album player below via Local Natives’ website)

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December 15, 2009
SEVEN DAYS

SEVEN DAYS

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November 29, 2009
a forgotten picture of forgotten pots at home

a forgotten picture of forgotten pots at home

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