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Visual Diary Ums 2016 Day 3 (Saturday)

Tjutjuna

Spacesuits For Indians 

Church Fire

Thee Oh Sees 

Altas

Kitty Crimes 

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Visual Diary Ums 2016 Day 2 (Friday)

Ghost Gone Quiet 

Tom Waits For No Man 

The Allah-Las 

The Baltic 

Dressy Bessy 

Pale Sun 

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Visual Diary Ums 2016 Day 1 (Thursday)

The Milk Blossoms

Soft Skulls 

The Bunny Gang

Bad Licks 

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My UMS 2016 Schedule/Recommendations

I will be attending UMS this year and wanted to help anyone looking for some last minute recommendations on who to see. I have listened to all the bands that are on the line-up list (yes crazy I know) as of writing this post. I will start with my personal roster of bands that I plan to see, followed by anyone that I recommend but won’t be able to this year. 

Wednesday 27th

There are a few bands playing 3 Kings Tavern the night before the official festival starts. I’m going to try to make it to these shows but this week is so manic that I’m unsure.

In case any of you were wondering who was playing on Wednesday the lineup is as follows:

8:00-8:40 Bear Antler Americana 

9:00-9:40 Michael Rault* singer/songwriter 

10:00-11:00 Whitney* rock alt-country

Thursday 28th 

8:00-8:40 Water Aerobics The Hornet indie rock

9:00-9:40 The Milkblossoms Gary Lees Motorcycle Club and Grub pop/indie/experimental

10:00-10:40 Gin Doctors Skylark Lounge pop/tribute

11:00-11:40 The Bunny Gang 3 Kings Tavern punk/folk/reggae/alternative

12:00-12:40 Bad Licks Hi-Dive Rock/Blues 

Friday  29th

6:00-6:40 Plum Main Stage @ Goodwill Throwback rock 

7:00-7:40 Tom Waits For No Man Skylark Lounge noise/post-metal/garagegaze

8:30-10:00 Allah-Las* Mainstage @ Goodwill Throwback Psychedelic

10:00-10:40 The Savage Blush HI-Dive Psychaelic/surf

11:00-11:40 The Baltic Illegal Pete's Shoegaze

12:00-12:40 Dressy Bessy Irish Rover pop/indie

1:00-1:40 Pale Sun Skylark Lounge psychedelic/rock

Saturday 30th

There are two day parties that are being offered by the festival I’m going to try to make it to both but here is the musical lineup for each party 

Spokebuzz Day Party -Irish Rover 

12:00-12:40 PM Holly Lovell

1:00-1:40 PM Silver and Gold 

2:00-2:40 PM One Flew West 

3:00-3:40 PM Last Call Romance 

4:00-4:40 PM Slow Caves 

5:00-5:40 PM Altas 

Boise Day Party* - Hi-Dive 

12:00-12:40 PM Thisper*

1:00-1:40 PM Transistor Send* 

2:00-2:40 PM Marshall Poole* 

3:00-3:40 PM Helvetica*

4:00-4:40 PM Thick Business*

/end

4:00-4:40 Open To The Hound Blue Ice Lounge rock/alternative

5:00-5:40 Tjutjuna 3 Kings Tavern psych/rock

6:00-6:40 Poison Rite Hi-Dive Punk

7:00-7:40 Church Fire Irish Rover noise/pop

8:30-10:00 Thee Oh Sees* Mainstage @ Goodwill psychedelic/ folkpop

10:00-10:40 Nasty Nachos Irish Rover electronic/pop/noise

11:00-11:40 Altas Illegal Pete’s space rock

12:00-12:40 Kitty Crimes Irish Rover hip hop 

Sunday 31st

CU Denver Day Party -Punch Bowl Social

12:00-12:40 Bella Musser

1:00-1:40 Two Faces West 

2:00-2:40 Chloe Tang 

3:00-3:40 Lark 

4:00-4:40 Left Hand Shake 

5:00-5:40 Avenhart 

6:00-6:40 Viretta

/end

3:00-4:10 Décollage Main Stage @ Goodwill pop/avant-gard

4:00-4:40 Shady Elders 3 Kings Tavern psychedelic/dream pop

5:00-5:40  Holophrase Illegal Pete’s electronic/experimental

6:00-6:40 The Velveteers Hi-Dive rock

7:00-7:40 Modern Leisure 3 Kings Tavern indie-pop/folk-rock

8:30-10:00 Policia* Main Stage @ Goodwill psychedelic/shoegaze

10:00-10:40 Turvy Organ Irish Rover Folk/indie

11:00-11:40 The Other Black Irish Rover funk

Other Recommendations 

RL Cole and the Angels Thursday 28th 8:00-8:40 PM Hi-Dive folk/blues

* Repeat Repeat* Thursday 28th 9:00-9:40 PM Irish Rover surf pop

Soft Skulls Thursday 28th 10:00-10:40 PM Illegal Pete's psychedelic/rock 

Beat Soft Pop -Thursday 28th 11:00-11:40 PM Illegal Pete's Rock/Post Punk

Strange Americans -Thursday 28th 11:00-11:40 PM Hi-Dive Americana 

The Assemblage Friday 29th 6:00-6:40 PM Bare Brewing Company experimental/ noise/post rock 

Quantum Creep Friday 29th 7:00-7:40 PM Illegal Pete's rock/throwback/dream

Kid Astronaut Friday 29th 7:00-7:40 PM Blue Ice Lounge RnB

The Corner Girls Friday 29th 7:00-7:40 PM HI-Dive punk/ pastel 

Lee Fields and the Expressions* Friday 29th 7:00-8:10 PM Main Stage @ Goodwill RnB/Soul 

A. Tom Collins Friday 29th 10:00-10:40 PM 3 Kings Tavern Alt Rock/R&B

The Omens Friday 29th 10:00-10:40 PM Irish Rover Garage rock

Codename: Carter Friday 30th 11:00-11:40 PM Irish Rover rock/surf/soundtrack

Colfax Speed Queen Friday 30th 11:00-11:40 PM Hi-Dive Psychedelic Rock

Emerald Siam Friday 29th 11:00-1140 PM Skylark Lounge noise/rock

Zebroids Friday 29th 1:00-1:40 AM HI-Dive punk

Male Blonding Saturday 30th 4:00-4:40 PM Skylark Lounge psychedelic

Best Creeps Saturday 30th 5:00-5:40 PM Hi-Dive Throwback Psychedelic 

Los Retro 45 Saturday 30th 6:00-6:40 PM Gary Lees Motorcycle Club and Grub rock/throwback/Spanish speaking

Oko Tygra Saturday 30th 6:00-6:40 PM3 Kings Tavern Dreampop

Spacesuits for Indians Saturday 30th 6:00-6:40 PM Illegal Pete’s Psychedelic

Bark Wilson Saturday 30th 7:00-7:40 PM Illegal Petes psychedelic/surf

The Riprats Saturday 30th 7:00-7:40 PM Hi-Dive Rock/garage

Sunboy Saturday 30th7:00-7:40 PM 3 Kings Tavern rock/soft/experimental 

Eros and Eschaton Saturday 30th 8:00-8:40 PM3 Kings Tavern rock/dream

The Munsens Saturday 30th 8:00-8:40 PM Skylark Lounge metal

Mouse Powell* Sunday 31st 5:00-5:40 PM Garry Lees Motorcycle Club and Grub hip hop Megafuna* Sunday 31st 6:00-6:40 PMIllegal Pete’s psychedelic/dream rock

FL* Sunday 31st 8:00-8:40 PM Blue Ice Lounge hip-hop

Plume Varia Sunday 31st8:00-8:40 PM3 Kings Tavern psychedelic/ Dream pop

Bandits Sunday 31st 9:00-9:40 PM Hi-Dive dark rock

Crl Crrll Sunday 31st 9:00-9:40 PMBlue Ice Lounge electronic/minimal

Ancient Elk Sunday 31st 9:00-9:40 PM Irish Rover Psychedelic

The Raven and the Writing Desk Sunday 31st 9:00-9:40 PM 3 Kings Tavern dream pop  These are all of my recommendations for #UMS2016. If you want more information about the festival or artists playing or you want to buy tickets check out http://theums.com. 

For more coverage of the festival stay tuned to this space 

see you out there

* indicates that the band is NOT from CO

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First Base Tapes: First Kiss Compilation

It all started when nine friends met working at Radio 1190 in Boulder. Their passion and dedication to the local scene led them to start First Base Tapes in October of last year. With three solo releases now under their belt, they have decided to put together a compilation. I caught up with Caden, one of the founding members, to discuss their new release. 

Why did you decide to put together a compilation? What do you think the advantages are to a compilation over the traditional album format?

The First Base Tapes compilation was something we envisioned from the beginning as a great way to unite some of our favorite local artists in one package, creating something that’s greater than the sum of its parts. Variety is the key difference between the compilation and a traditional record, and the release will help to establish the identity and sound of the label. We’re a small operation, and not every artist involved with us has the means for a full length release yet, so to us this was the perfect way to showcase our current favorites.

Do you have a specific genre/region/style that your label tends to gravitate towards. Why or why not?

So far, we haven’t serviced anything outside the Denver-Boulder crescent, but we’re not limiting ourselves to that and we could possibly see more distant acts on our label in the future. Since we formed, we’ve put out a lo-fi rock record, an electronic record, a post-punk record, and we’re set to release a compilation tape on March 5th with a ton of variation in genre and style.

How did you choose the artists when it came to putting together this compilation? Did you have any specific criteria?

After our first few releases, we got some attention from friends and local artists who wanted their music released through us, and most of the tracks came to us this way. We didn’t have any criteria other than uniqueness and originality, and as the tracks started to roll in we knew that this release would be special and distinct.

What are some of advantages/disadvantages of working in the medium of tape as oppose to digital or vinyl.

Tapes have the potential to be highly personal and unique, and using cassettes gives us the opportunity to do the heavy work ourselves. Digital formats are so ubiquitous these days that it’s hard to say they’re personal, but regardless all of our cassettes come with free digital downloads. We’ve expressed interest in trying vinyl in the future, but no official plans have been made yet.

Is the process of putting a compilation together harder/easier then the traditional album format? Why or why not?

It’s significantly harder, because instead of assembling tracks from a single artist we assembled them from 18 separate ones. This makes the process a bit more complicated, but we’re very excited that it has all come together so nicely.

Tell me about some of the highlights from this compilation.

Scary Drugs and Wrinkle produced some of the best tracks for the compilation, and we’re proud to say that we recorded the tracks ourselves. A few of the tracks were recorded with more professional means, but most of them were done independently and completely from scratch. Even with that in mind, the tape as a whole sounds really great and consistent while also spanning lots of different genres and styles.

Where do you see First Base Tapes in a year? What is your goal with First Base Tapes? 

Our goal with the label is to make friends, release great music, build relationships, help the local music scene, service national artists, establish a firm base in Denver, and possibly get live music space in the area. In a year we’d like to be doing bigger releases, perhaps doing vinyl releases, and hopefully be running our own shows.

You can purchased the tape at their release show on March 5th, and they will also sell tapes at Twist & Shout, Wax Trax and online through their Bandcamp page. Additionally,  you can check out First Base Tapes on their Facebook page and Bandcamp for more information on their upcoming releases. 

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Congratulations to @male_blonding for their tape release with @first_base_tapes ! Release show @physicopera was awesome! #congratulations #localmusic #denvermusic #localproduct

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2015 holiday hideous

This blog will be on hideous from Sunday December 22nd to Saturday January 5th, for the holiday season. Please enjoy your holiday and Ill see you in the new year for a bunch of amazing content

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Weekly Show Round-up 11/22-11/28

7th Circle

11/22-  7th Circle CD Compilation release show! ft  FUBAR, Dr. Zilog, Solarfall, Violent Fantasies, Screwtape, Paths To Necropolis

11/25-  Enemy In I / Deprivationist / Paths To Necropolis / Remain and Sustain / Reality at its Finest @ 7th Circle

11/28-  The Short Bus Rejects, Then I Fly, FUBAR, Twenty Year Push, Mission Accomplished, Life Lessons, Umbrella Weather, The Neutralizers

Bluebird

11/22-  Fuzz, WALTER, RipRats

11/27- Marshmello, Vinnie, AViVA

11/28-SF1, Kid Astronaut, Cicely O'Kain

Cervantes 

11/24-  Silverstein & Senses Fail, Hundreth,Capsize

11/25-   Sunsquabi w/ Signal Path, Vibe Street , Mikey Thunder's Retro Futurism ft. Mikey Thunder, DeluXe (Late Set), Kinetik Groove and UNFOLD_Music 

11/27-  Devin The Dude & Potluck, MenacE, ITsEVi, Troxy Cotton, Jiggy Thompson and Hoody Bombs

11/28-  Bass Control ft. Must Die!, TrollPhace, Lumberjvck, Dirt Monkey, Mizer & Goetz

Cervante’s Other Side

11/22-  MikroFoneRob JayJ Felton Biggie $avage, Synchronous E.T., $PR, Kanipshin, 7th Ncounter, Teez, Aaron Lattany, Mass Mind Mob, LIL E, Chubby McCabe, Dispicable, Alana K., MADDHOUSE WRECKORDS, BiONYK, Magz the Outlawed, DNA, Cosmo, MAXMILLI

11/23-  Trivial Psychics, Colonel Angus & NoFrendo

11/24-  . Thanom (Birthday Set), Subliminal, CurlyOne, Swayd & Sektah

11/27-   That 1 Guy

11/28-  Templo, Homemade Spaceship, Ooomah, R-Doo x True School and Habitual Flow

The Gothic 

11/24- Allen Stone, Bernhoft 

11/27- Flat Earth Space Program, 21 Taras, The Arturo Complex, The Electric Daisies 

Hi Dive

11/22-  Ashley Adams Benefit featuring Tommy Metz, Anthony Ruptak, VWLS, For Keeps

11/23-  Vinyl Mondays 

11/25-  FRNKIERO ANDTHE CELLABRATION, Roger Harvey, Jared Hart

11/26-  Thanksgiving at the Hi-Dive w/ JJ

11/27-  A Tom Collins, Sweet Tooth Meat Tooth

11/28-  A Tom Collins,Sunboy, Reverend Deadeye

Larrimer Lounge

11/23- Tony Meade, Matt Rouch, Many Mountains

11/24- Blanket Empire, Chocolate Diamond, Silver Face, Ivar Evan

11/25- The Piers, The Baltic, Race to Neptune, Then I Fly, Hawking

11/27- Altas, Cicada, Ghostpulse, Eat the Sun 

11/28- Natalie Tate, Chimney Choir, Joe Sampson

Lost Lake

11/22- You Never Were, Old Sport, Meet the Giant, Byrgeau Noil

11/22- Drunken Relatives

11/23- The Shivas, Best Creeps, The Kinky Fingers, Bark Wilson

11/24- Eye & the Arrow, We Are Not a Glum Lot, Femmedeleur (Anna Smith of Ancient Elk), Larry Nix

11/25- Tortuga, Derty Vibe, Dirty Gemstones, DJ Etcha Skratch, DJ T.O.F.U.

11/27- Keep Shelly in Athens, Millicent, Lascivus

11/28- Juliet Mission, Emerald Siam, Plume Varia, Voight

The Marquis

11/22-  Demun Jones, JDirty, J.O.B.

11/23-  Northlane, Volumes, Cane Hill, Coldrain, Hemingway Hero 

11/24-  The Royal Concept, Parade of Lights, Tribe Society, Rumours Follow 

11/25-  Rowdy Shadehouse, The Other Black, Dogs Got Flavor

11/27-  Through The Roots and Maoli, Red Sage, Transverse Waves 

11/28-  Conquer Everest, The Burial Plot, Dead for Denver, Bodies We've Buried, Controlled Demise 

Moe’s Barbcue (Engelwood)

11/27- Fall Line,Mitchel Evan & The Mangrove, Blue Mesa, Ty Lord

11/28- The Ghoulies, Old Man Skate Camp, The Avant Guardians

Mutiny Information Cafe

11/23-  Fuck the facts, Vermin Womb, Athamé

The Moonroom at Summit Music Hall

11/22-  Jonny Two Bags, Brent Loveday (of Reno Divorce), Arliss Nancy

11/27-  The Dusty 45s, Kerry Pastine & the Crime Scene, The Parlor Pickers

The Ogden

11/25-  Ryan Bingham, Jamestown Revival

11/27-  Ryan Bingham, Jamestown Revival

11/28- Warren Haynes and the Ashes & Dust Band, Jonathan Tyler, ChessBoxer

The Oriental

11/25-  Tommy Castro, The PainKillers

11/28-  The Bunny Gang (Featuing Nathen Maxwell of FLOGGING MOLLY), The Dendrites, Brent Loveday &  the Dirty Dollars, Wiredogs 

Red Rocks

no more concerts for the season 

The Summit

11/24-  Misfits, She Demons, King Rat, Seven Days Lost 

11/25-  Between The Buried & Me, Enslaved, Intronaut, Native Construct 

11/28- The Noise Presents TesseracT, The Contortionist, Erra, Skyharbor

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Weekly Show Round-up: 11/15-11/21

 7th Circle

11/15- Keeper, Variants, Mission Accomplished, All Dogs Invited, The Ephinjis 

11/18- Cousin Curtiss, Wilson Harwood, Emily Shreve Music, The Opiate Poet and more! 

11/19- Miss Massive Snowflake, Tom Waits For No Man, Mike Frazier, Danghead, loanword 

11/20-  Burn the Fleet (ex-Flagship), Mosaic and more

Bluebird

11/15- JD McPherson, Parker Millsap 

11/16- Joe Budden, Red Dot, Kontrast & Fo Chief 

11/17- Robert Delong, Coleman Hell 

11/18- Our Last Night, Palisades, Hail the Sun, Picturesque 

11/19-TOKiMONSTA, Leikeli47, RUMTUM 

11/20- Night Riots, Rubedo, Modern Suspects 

11/21- Ben Sollee, Mother Falcon, Jonah Wisneski 

Cervantes 

11/20-  Soulive, The Shady Horns, George Porter Jr., Runnin' Pardners 

11/21-  Soulive, The Shady Horns, George Porter Jr., Runnin' Pardners

Cervante’s Other Side

11/15-   Mike Wlkr, 7, Birdclaw, LACED, Rezzonance, Immortek, AB, DREAMPCE, Glasses, I2J, P-Rose, HeavenBound, Gorillaphant, Hatchicist, BABY SEAN, Soldier's For Christ, Lost Soul Family, DIAMOND KARTEL, TYJA3, VNTHRO JAMESON, IDIIAIMOINID MUSIC

11/16-  Monday Night Menagerie ft. Metafonics and Trivial Psychics

11/17-  Electronic Tuesday ft. Quest w/ Caustik & Decibel

11/18-  Boulder Sound Lab, Melody Lines, Serenity Mindset, The BREW & More

11/19-  Big Something, Lil Skoop, Sweet Lillies

11/20-  TNERTLE, Skydyed, Alixir and Sassfactor, PartyPants (Mikey Thunder and Project Aspect)

11/21-  PROF & Kutt Calhoun, DJ Fundo, Nacho Picasso, Flawless, King Kong, and Special Guests

The Gothic 

11/18-  Motionless in White, The Devil Wears Prada, Upon a Burning Body, The Word Alive, The Color Morale

11/20-  Public Image Ltd

11/21- The Queers, Th Lilingtons, The Mr. T Experience, PEARS 

Hi Dive

11/15-  I Am Love, Spirit Award, Major Babes

11/16-  Vinyl Mondays - DJ EDDIE B

11/17-  RipRats DJ Night

11/18-  Heavy Dose DJs

11/19-  American Relay, Bad Luck City, No Dry Count

11/21-  The Yawpers, Eldren, Dragondeer

Larrimer Lounge

11/15- Th Threadbarons, Brian Parton, Corey Daggers, Katherine Mourne, Les Baca

11/17- Decatur, Nathan Cahoone

11/18- Reptar, Breathers, Sound of Ceres

11/19-  David Ramirez, Liza Anne

11/20- Holiday Honky Tonk featuring: Casey James Prestwood & the Burning Angles, High Plains Honky, Henscratch, Bib Tucker & the Liars Club

11/21- Darwin Deez, Strange Names

Lost Lake

11/15-  Kaia Kena, Many Mountains, Emily Shreve, Hannah Samano

11/17- The Hunnie Beatz, Mac Attack, Blody Mary

11/17- Robert DeLong (DJ Set)

11/18- Kevin Garrett, Sur Ellz, Crl Crrll (DJ Set)

11/19- Guttermouth, Blacklist Royals, Red Stinger

11/20- Brothertiger, Sunboy, Running Niwot

11/21- Panther Martin, Slow Caves, Flaural, Super Bummer

The Marquis

11/15-  The Acacia Strain, Counterparts, Fit For An Autopsy, Kublai Khan, Alcaeus 

11/16-  Dance Gavin Dance,Slaves, A Lot Like Birds, Strawberry Girls 

11/17-  Hands Like Houses, I The Mighty, Lower Than Atlantis, Brigades, Too Close to Touch

11/18-  Hate Eternal, Misery Index, Beyond Creation, Rivers of Nihil, Odio

11/19-  Doyle, Lotus Gait, Throttlebomb, Straight Outta Luck

11/20- Almost, Maine, Defy You Stars, 888, All Wrong 

11/21-  Modern Baseball, PUP, Jeff Rosenstock, Tiny Moving Parts 

Moe’s Barbcue (Engelwood)

11/20-  Poor Me, The Couch Bombs, The Windermeres, The Healz

11/21-  Signs and Signals, The Sound And Color, Open To The Hound

Mutiny Information Cafe

11/16- Open Mic Night!

11/20-  Pale Angels, Boss' Daughter, Cowcatcher

The Moonroom at Summit Music Hall

11/19-  Reve Kalell, Toy Box, Supreme Ace, Trayce Chapman 

11/20-  Tunes for Tots

11/21-  The Little Ravens, Murphy's Law, Rocky Mountain Oysters

The Ogden

11/17- Minus the Bear, Murder By Death, Aero Flynn 

11/18- RCA/Big Data, Karl Kling, Filous 

11/19- Greensky Bluegrass, Billy Strings 

11/20-  Greensky Bluegrass, Grant Farm 

11/21-  Greensky Bluegrass, Tom Hamilton's American Babies

The Oriental

11/18- Acoustic Circus

11/20-  Mr. Majestyk's 8 Track Revival- a tribute to the 1970′s

11/21-  The Music Train - Family Concert Series

11/21-  Polytoxic's 10th annual last show ever

Red Rocks

No shows 

The Summit

11/15-  Big Freedia, Boyfriend, Narky Stares 

11/17-  The Menzingers,  Mewithoutyou, Pianos Become The Teeth, Restorations

11/18-  The Fall of Troy, Kylesa, Powwers, I Sank Molly Brown

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Weekly Music Round Up 11/8- 11/14

7th Circle

11/8-   Justinedrugs, Alaska, Woozy, Borrowed Spirit, Mailman Land 

11/9-  Eyes Eat Suns, Nasty Bunch of Bitches, All Dogs Invited, The Healz 

11/11-  CULT LEADER, Call of the Void, Gnash, Full Bore

11/13- DJ Soli, Milo, Safari Al, An Hobbes, Beyond Existence 

11/14-  The Rotten Blue Menace, The Short Bus Rejects, FUBAR, Screwtape,  Paths To Necropolis, Pennyfarthing Gang, Fall of Scylla, Mission Accomplished, Violent Fantasies, Three Dollar Knife Fights

Bluebird

11/11- Angel Haze, Kid Vegas, Supreme Ace 

11/12- Yamn, The Mantras, Greener Grounds 

11/13- Fruition, Haunted Windchimes 

11/14- Fruition, Chamomile and Whiskey 

Cervantes 

11/9- Bossilator, Wabakinoset, Doran Joseph, Inna De Red, Gladys, Blanket Empire

11/12-  Shredded Beats,. Chali 2na & The Funk Hunters, Party People, Proximity, Black Coal, DJ Gatsby

11/13-  Big K.R.I.T., BJ the Chicago Kid, Scotty ATL, DeLorean, Input & Broken

11/14-  Tory Lanez, Boogie, H, J-Krupt, Damien The Architect

Cervante’s Other Side

11/9-  Smoov-E, BTP, Kid Gucci, Meelo V

11/10-  AMIT, Despise & Dillard

11/11-  Cultural Collision, Evanoff, Second Species, Nobide, Elliot Olbright 

11/12- Ben Marshal, Hot Soup, Timber!

11/13-  Digg, Caribou Mountain Collective, Jubilingo

11/14-  Barely Alive, Astronaut, Dack Janiels

The Gothic 

11/9- Halsey, FLOR *sold out*

11/13- Super Diamond, Under A Blood Red Sky 

11/14- Kill Paris,  Illenium, Toy Box, jilly.fm 

Hi Dive

11/8- Boytoy, Quantum Creep, The Vanilla Milkshakes

11/9-  Vinyl Mondays -  Bodhi

11/11-  Pure Bathing Culture, Wild Ones, Natalie Tate

11/12-  Christopher Paul Stelling, Samuel Edgar Band, Brent Cowles 

11/13-  BANDITS, the Outfit, Slow Caves

11/14-  All Waffle Trick, The Larimers, Modus Audio

Larrimer Lounge

11/9- Gavin James, Marc Scibilia

11/10- Broncho, The Shelters, Pearl Charles

11/11- Hawking 

11/12- The Rocket Summer, Team. Truth & Spectacle

11/13- Low, Andy Shauf

11/14- Boy & Bear, Tyto Alba, Somerset Catalog

Lost Lake

11/8- Forty Fathoms, Souls, Anterroir, Seeing Red, Line Brawl

11/10-  The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die, Foxing, This Town Needs Guns, Brightside

11/10- The Membranes, Drunken Relatives, The Uglys

11/11- Strange Talk, Intergalactix, The Solid Ocean

11/12- Fever the Ghost, Decollage, Lzrwlf

11/13- Holly Golightly, Ned Garthe Explosion, Jobless

11/14- Buku, Infuze, Azon Classic, Kinetik Groove

The Marquis

11/8-  Ghost Town, Dangerkids, Palaye Royale, Bad Seed Rising, Sounds Like Harmony 

11/9-  Soulfly, Crowbar, Incite, Of Man and Machine

11/10-  Carnifex, The Last Ten Seconds of Life, Within The Ruins, Doomsday for the Destroyer

11/11-  Like A Storm, From Ashes To New, Stitched Up Heart, Failure Anthem 

11/12-  Darkest Hour, Cephalic Carnage, IAMTHESHOTGUN, Skyburial 

11/13-  Parquet Courts, Young Mammals

11/14- Chin Check, Lockjaw, 1862, Deprivationist, Riverdale, Crown-Magnetar 

Moe’s Barbcue (Engelwood)

11/12- Redlands, Medic, Dear Vienna, Tyler Jakes

11/13- In The Variant, Solterra, Gravity Lies, Buzzhead Republic, NAVi

11/14- 1000 Miles of Fire, Tonight We Rise, Pullman Standard, Not My Weekend

Mutiny Information Cafe

11/13-  Purgatory, Liars Tongue, Speak in Vowels, Uneasy Peace

11/14-  BullDykeSlutMilitia, Ludlow, Naftlia Eyebrow, Flower Crown me a Queen, and Bearsnail

The Moonroom at Summit Music Hall

11/12-  Foxxes, Corsicana, Sleep Wake, Galleries 

11/13- Kaji, Sleep Well Destroyer, Ian Mahan-Neef, Seger Marion, Conan the Barber Librarian *local show*

The Ogden

11/9- City and Colour, Hurray for the Riff Raff 

11/12- An Evening with Luucero

11/13- The Motet, The Main Squeeze 

11/14- The Motet

The Oriental

11/8-  Hawley Penfold, Friar, Unanimoose, Payton Lee, Ode to the Marionette,The Norman Collins Quartet, Eva Claire, End System, Gospel Son’s, Colin Hovden

11/12- Fi

11/14-  Casey James Prestwood, the Burning Angels

Red Rocks

no events

The Summit

11/9-  Peaches, Christeene

11/10-  New Found Glory, Yellowcard, Tigers Jaw 

11/11-  Blind Guardian, Grave Digger

11/14-  Marianas Trench, Secret Someones

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Exhibit A: Chad Saxton, Dryer Plug Studios

In this series, I want to highlight the stories of people working in the local music scene who you may not know much about. In this first installment, I sat down with the owner and engineer of Dryer Plug Studios, Chad Saxton.

It all started in a small town east of Denver, where Chad grew up.  Chad started playing music at a young age, but he attributes his current music taste to his older brother. “ I would steal his punk rock CDs. I went to my first show with him...” This led Chad to start his own punk-rock project in High School. “I didn’t realize it until just recently that I created a DIY scene in this small town”. With very few venues in town, local bands did what they could to continue playing shows, including playing at a house demolition.  

Around this time, Chad first found his love for recording. The house Chad grew up in had an unfinished basement. He made a deal with his dad that if he helped finish the basement, he could turn one of the rooms into a recording studio. The first band he recorded was his own, using a Shure SM57 microphone and an SM58 knockoff, a three-way car speaker wired in reverse and and a sub-woofer as his microphones. He used this set up to record his project to a 4-track tape recorder. Of these recordings, he said, “They were awesome in their own right, but also pretty terrible”.

After high school, Chad was unsure how to go about working in music, so he decided to work on an oil rig. Speaking about this time in his life, Chad said that It sucked and he was unhappy. 

After his time on the oil rig, Chad went up to Fort Collins looking to find a way back into recording. He went to a recording studio known as The Blasting Room and begged for an internship. After several attempts at getting an internship, they finally gave him one. The work he did at the start of his internship was mostly janitorial. “Eventually they let me touch microphones..” and from there, he got a job as a staff engineer. When no one was in the studio, Chad was allowed to record his own projects. 

Having doubts about a career in the recording industry, Chad left his job at The Blasting Room and got a job with Live Nation. With Live Nation, he worked as the operations manager at The Fillmore and Fiddler’s Green. While he was working for Live Nation, he occasionally recorded at home. This is where  Dryer Dryer Plug got its name “I had to stretch a cable through the house to the dryer plug to get enough power to power all the equipment”. As he was with Live Nation, Chad slowly realized that recording was what he loved to do; so after five years with Live Nation, he left. 

A month after Chad left Live Nation, he got a job engineering and mixing all of the KBCO Studio C and channel 9.33 garage sessions for Clear Channel. Chad admitted that he was probably not qualified for the job when he started with Clear Channel, but it gave him the financial opportunity to open Dryer Plug Studios. 

The lease was signed on Dryer Plug on October 1, 2013, making the space two years old last month. Within five days of signing the lease, Chad was moved in and working on recording.

 The equipment at Dryer Plug Studios Chad has collected over time. “ I haven’t gotten rid of very many things in my life. I’ve kinda been collecting stuff for ages.” He got a huge break when one of his mentors sold Chad a lot of equipment for pennies on the dollar. “ I got about 50% of my gear from that deal.”

Chad still works with Clear Channel as his “main bread and butter gig”. Since it is a contract gig, he gets to spend a lot of time at Dryer Plug working on other projects. “...every day I wake up and think about this is my job, this is my job and its fucking amazing, people say their living the dream I’m living my dream”. 

“I am thankful for every musician, every person, who has ever helped me. Anyone. Anyone who gives me money, I’m extremely grateful that people continue to give me money to do this. It blows my mind. I cant believe it sometimes. This is what I do.”

To find out more about what Chad does with Dryer Plug Studios click here. 

To like their Facebook page click here.

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Weekly Show Round-up 10/25-10/31

7th Circle

10/25-  The Jukebox Romantics, The Neutralizers, La Mugre Social Club  

10/28-  Young Jesus, Kid Eternity, Kevin Lawson 

10/30-  Allout Helter, The Ghoulies, Captain Blood, WhiteCatPink

Bluebird

10/25- Blue Scholars, Brothers From Another, Stay Tuned, High Five 

10/26- Blitzen Trapper, The Domestics 

10/28- Of Montreal, Diane Coffee, DéCollage 

10/30- In the Valley Below, Handsome Ghost, Plume Varia 

10/31- Con Bro Chill, Este Noche, Hell on Wheels

Cervantes 

10/29-  Orchard Lounge, Sam Warren, ARtime

10/30-  DeadPhish Orchestra, Pickin’ On Ween feat. members of Whitewater Ramble, Hot Soup, Runaway Truck Ramp,  James Brown

10/31-  Mac Miller x The Grouch & Eligh, FL (of the Foodchain) & Many Special Guests

Cervante’s Other Side

10/26-  Monday Night Menagerie ft. Doran Joseph, Wabakinoset, Jah Kings

10/27-  Electronic Tuesday ft. Grimblee VS Hecka + Bogtrotter, Sub.mission Resident Throwdown

10/28-  Retro Futurism feat. Warp9, The Party People (Mikey Thunder, Mr. Bugatti & Benjamin's Vibe), Casual Commander and Shuj Roswell 

10/29-  Blackberry Bushes Stringband, The Good Time Travelers, The Littlest Birds

10/30-  Jon Wayne & The Pain, The Dendrites, MindState

10/31-  ExMag, Krooked Drivers, Mikey Thunder, SoDown

The Gothic 

10/29-  Smallpools, Phoebe Ryan, Machineheart

10/30- Leon Bridges, Kali Uchis 

10/31- Pimps of Joytime, Analog Son 

Hi Dive 

10/26-  The Worth, Twingiant, Matriarch, Green Mountain

10/29-  Tyler Lee Holter, OKO TYGRA, The Still Tide, Tyto Alba

10/30-  Cobraconda, Zebroids, All Chiefs, Larimer Jackson & the Rhinos

10/31-  Dirty Few, Rootbeer and Mermentau, Bud Bronson + the Good Timers, Blanket Empire, Dr. Neptune, Single File, 

Larrimer Lounge

10/25- Colony House, Coin, Elliot Moss

10/26- King Dude, Drab Majesty, Voight

10/27- The National Parks, Lazer and Levi, Brumby, Oh River, Scott Schumann

10/28- Winehouse, Lost Dog Ensemble, Kid Astronaut

10/29- One Flew West, Rumours Follow, Slow Caves, The Host Club

10/30- The Hood Internet, Dirty Gemstones, Jiggy Thompson

10/31- Small Black, Painted Palms

Lost Lake

10/25- S (Jenn Ghetto), Mirror Fears, The Piers

10/28- Albny, Blanket Empire, Foxxes, Serpentfoot

10/29- Sunboy, Plum, Freaky North

10/30- Amzy, Foxfield Four, Compass & Cavern

10/31- Albert Hammond Jr., Walking Shapes

The Marquis 

10/26-  Mod Sun, New Beat Fund, Allday

10/27-  Against the Current, Vinyl Theatre, Jule Vera, Shatterproof

10/28-  New Years Day, Get Scared, Eyes Set To Kill, The Relapse Symphony, The Darksiderz, Discount Cinema 

10/29-  Have Mercy, Transit, Somos, Microwave 

10/30-  Act of Defiance & Allegaeon, SmackFactor, Fall of Scylla

10/31-  The Winery Dogs, Kicking Harold

Moe’s Barbcue (Engelwood)

10/28-  One-Eyed Doll, Stitched up Heart, Run 2 Cover, LaRissa Vienna

10/29-  Space Suits for Indians, Drunken Relatives, Codename: Carter, GALLERIES

10/30-  The Bourbonites, Coverado

Mutiny Information Cafe

10/31- Keldari Station, SMP 3000, DJ Deth Fez!

The Moonroom at Summit Music Hall

10/25-  Allison Weiss, Mal Blum, Winter, Kid In The Attic 

10/26-  Aiden, ashestoangels, Tonight We Rise, Autumn Burn

10/29-  Strafgod, Bottom Bracket, Screwtape, Drink Drank Punk 

The Ogden

10/27- The Wonder Year, Motion City Soundtrack, State Champs, You Blew It! 

10/28- Marina and the Diamonds, Christine and the Queens 

10/30- Cherub, Hippie Sabotage, Shooka 

10/31-  Cherub, Hippie Sabotage, Shooka

The Oriental

10/25-   PD$ / Typhy / MOA / Doobie Newton / Utica / Fed Rez / PDF

10/30- “Hair Ball”  featuring Maiden Denver (Iron Maiden Tribute), Rockissity (Kiss Tribute), And Fools in the Rain (Led Zepplin Tribute)

Red Rocks

10/31- Mac Miller/ Action Bronson, Flatbush Zombies, Tory Lanez, Goldlink, Domo

The Summit

10/27-  Timeflies, Kalin & Myles

10/28-  We Came As Romans & All That Remains, Like Moths To Flames, Red Sun Rising 

10/30-  Collective Soul - The See What You Started Tour, King Washington 

10/31-  GWAR, Battlecross, Vale of Pnath

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Weekly Show Round-up 10/18- 10/24

7th Circle

10/18-  Backseat Vinyl, The Pharos, Landlord, Sharon 

10/19-  Brother Moses, We Are Doom, *Less, Evenstar 

10/23-  7th Circle Covers Weekend Night 1! Rage Against The Machine, Against Me!, NOFX's "The Decline", Blink-182, Dead Kennedys

10/24-  7th Circle Covers Weekend Night 2! Suicidal Tendencies, Bright Eyes, Pat The Bunny, Misfits+Ramones

Bluebird

10/18- Joshua Davis, The Longest Day of the Year, Dear Me, 

10/20- Inspire 2.0 “Snowman” featuring live music from Bonfire Dub and Ian Michael Andrews, original art from Carrie Fell and special guest speakers 

10/21- Gorgon City,  Amtrac, Justin Jay 

10/22- Kung Fu, Greener Grounds, Vine Street Vibes 

10/23- A Silent Film, Chemistry Club 

10/24- Cash Cash + Tritonal, Gladiator 

Cervantes 

10/18-  PME (King, Gi Flow, C Da Beast), Mass Mind Mob, Villa Medema, Steve.O.Spadez, Rinkxx, $PR, DaveyBoy, ObLisK, Riverren, SinJin, JM Blackfriend, TRIPPZ, Jasun, Synchronous E.T., CERIOUS MONEY, Johnny SyFy, Cosmo, Smoked Out Squad

10/20-  Les Sins (Chaz of Toro y Moi) - A Very Special Intimate Performance w/ Paul Basic (Pretty Lights Music), Dynohunter and Templo

10/22-  Nightmares on Wax w/ Peanut Butter Wolf and CurlyOnE

10/24-  Keller Williams Trio featuring Rob Wasserman and Rodney Holmes w/ Cabinet 

Cervante’s Other Side

10/18-  Straight Outta Denver Artist Showcase ft. Denver's Best Unsigned Talent

10/19-  Monday Night Menagerie ft. Doran Joseph, Gladys and Inna Di Red

10/20-  Electronic Tuesday ft. Compa w/ Dillard & Goreteks

10/21-  Sun-Dried Vibes w/ Roots of a Rebellion, Transverse Waves and Selecta Razja

10/22-  Coral Creek (CD Release) w/ Dirty Bourbon River Show, Rabbit Wilde and Benyaro

10/23-  Gipsy Moon & Rumpke Mountain Boys w/ Danny Barnes and Nick Forster (Hot Rize)

10/24-  Gaudi & Kaminanda w/ Cualli and Digital Vagabond

The Gothic

10/18- Creative Collab Tour featuring Matthew Espinos, with Jake Foushee, Brandon Bowen, Chris Miles, Alec Bailey, The Gabbie Show, TEZ 

10/19- Owl City, Rozzi Crane 

10/20- Saint Motel, On and On 

10/21- Toro Y Moi, Astronauts, Etc. 

10/22- Alunageorge, Rome Fortune 

10/23- Misterwices, Waters, CRUISR 

10/24- Wild Child, Max Frost, Povi 

Hi Dive

10/19- Vinyl Mondays

10/21- Heavy Dose DJ

10/22-  Lawsuit Models, Poor Me, the Windemeres, Charlie Continental

10/23-  Land Lines, 'Porlolo, Bluebook

10/24-  Yob, Black Cobra, Yung $tardiamond$/echo beds Collab Set

Larimer Lounge

10/18- Hotel Books, Bad Luck, Until we are Ghosts, Motives

10/19- Rachael Yamagata, My Name is You

10/20- Hinds, Public Access T.V., Mailmand Land

10/21- Mondo Generator, Peter Pan Speedrock, MF Ruckus

10/22- Matt Nathanson

10/23- Ought, Accordion Crimes, Bleak Plaza

10/24- Holychild, Creature Canopy, Tommy Freed and the Sound

Lost Lake

10/18-  Girlpool, Kissing Party, Jobless, Lanedecay

10/19- Los Kung Fu Monkeys, Highline, The Plates

10/20- Magpie, The Samuel Edgar Band, Jon Arckey, Ethan Griggs

10/21- Icracc, Gadgio, Mitwice, Yung JJ, Gooda, The Qor, Vyce Vz

10/22- Teen Daze, Heavenly Beat, Shark Dreams

10/23- Dragondeer, The Velveteers, Evan Holm, The Longest Day of the Year

10/23- Shakey Graves (DJ set)

10/24- Oddisee, & Good Company, Turner Jackson’s Red Plastic Cup, Ag Flux, U.T.I.C.A

The Marquis 

10/19-  SUBHUMANS, Joy Subtraction, ROAC, Self Service

10/20-  Vinyl Williams, Shady Elders, JJUUJJUU 

10/21-  Knuckle Puck, Seaway, Sorority Noise, Head North, Everyday Heroes 

10/22-  Escape The Fate, A Skylit Drive, Sworn In, Sirens and Sailors, Myka Relocate 

10/23-  For Today, Fit For A King, Gideon, Phinehas, Silent Planet

10/24-  Tattooed Strings, No 1 Left Standing, Apex Vibe, Thunderthief 

Moe’s Barbcue (Engelwood)

10/22-  The Bloody Mary's, 30,000 Days, The Low Beams

10/23-  Strawberry Runners, Sour Boy, Bitter Girl, Tyto Alba

10/24-  The Lollygags, Carmelita's Lovers, STEREOSHIFTER, Before The Bulb

Mutiny Information Cafe

10/22-  Fister, In the Company of Serpents, Khemmis, Yung $tar Diamond$

10/23-  Driftin' Suns, Snailmate, Ziggy King

*10/24- Balanced Breakfast: Denver Music Industry Meet Up

10/24- Die Choking, Rotstrotter, 908

*while this isn’t a show it is something that I think the musical community in Denver could benefit from. It is a weekly talk with 

The Moonroom at Summit Music Hall

10/19-  Highly Suspect, American Slang, Bridges Will Break, AOMM

10/22-  Runaway Kids, Take Shape, Head Injuries, The Coast Is Ours, American Blackout

The Ogden

10/20- Run the Jewels, Boots, Fashawn, CUZ Lightyear 

10/21-  Run the Jewels, Boots, Fashawn, CUZ Lightyear

10/22- Israek Vibration, Highway50 and the Horns of Destruction 

10/23- Shakey Graves, Tennis

10/24-  Shakey Graves, Tennis

The Oriental

10/23- Remeber ( a tribute to R.E.M.), Ugly Rumor

Red Rocks

no shows this week

The Summit

10/20- Trivium & Tremonti, Wilson

10/21-  Hollywood Undead, Crown The Empire, I Prevail 

10/23-  Sevendust, Wovenwar, No Fair Fights 

10/24-  Deafheaven, Tribulation

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Sorry for the brief leave I took. I had to deal with some personal things as well as go on a personal trip. Normal posts will return on Sunday with next weeks weekly show round up! Thanks for hanging in there