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100 gecs gec the heck out at Denver’s Mission Ballroom

24Apr

By Sadie AlmgrenNo Comments

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100 gecs gec the heck out at Denver’s Mission Ballroom

Written by Sadie Almgren photo by Sadie Almgren “I went to wilderness therapy in Siberia”, I overhear someone say as I stand in what feels like a can of human sardines. Someone else holds their phone high above their head, playing the pilot episode of Breaking Bad, people eagerly crowd around to watch Walter White ask Jesse Pinkman to cook meth. I was standing in Denver’s Mission Ballroom on a Thursday evening, waiting for 100 gecs to come onstage. Following their genre-defining 2019 album, 1000 gecs, 100 gecs recently released 10,000 gecs and subsequently embarked on the 10,000 Gecs Tour 2. Yeah, I know, that’s a lot of gecs to keep track of. 10,000 gecs offers a delicious combination of classic gecs-style autotuned vocals, ridiculously creative glitchy aesthetics, and stupid s...

redveil drowns Boston in sold-out tsunami of a show

24Apr

By m_wagner@coloradocollege.edu1 Comment

Local Shows: Previews & Reviews, Music, Reviews, Shows

redveil drowns Boston in sold-out tsunami of a show

a.i. generated art of Water 2 Fire written by Mack Wagner After breaching the transit system, I step off the B train and scuttle towards a line of mostly college-aged kids inching towards the double-door entrance of the Paradise Rock Club in Boston, Massachusetts. Post security check and pat down, a dull green hallway, ridden with posters and names of past performers (including the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ween, Billy Joel, Wilco, Joan Jett, and the Pixies), funnels me into a room buzzing with anticipation for the second night of quickly up and coming, independent Maryland rapper-producer redveil’s first headlining tour titled “Water 2 Fire.” Locally known as “the Paradise,” this venue has a capacity of around 900 bodies. Offering up general admission tickets only, co...

Weyes Blood Causes Cosmic Intervention @ Gothic Theatre

8Apr

By Marina MalinNo Comments

Local Shows: Previews & Reviews

Weyes Blood Causes Cosmic Intervention @ Gothic Theatre

Marina Malin Photo by Marina Malin Photo by Marina Malin In the crowd of Doc-Marten-wearing-septum-pierced-purple-haired-young-adults, the older bearded man with a grumpy look on his face stands out like a sore thumb. To my not so surprise he greets me as being the security guard for the press barricade. He fails to appreciate my jokes or general enthusiasm for the concert we’re both about to witness, and finds amusement in my beginner photography skills. Despite this, I’ve completed step one of my mission: make it past the aforementioned security guard and into the barricade. At this point, I’m overcome by nerves but the overriding feeling is: over the moon, absolutely beaming — I can’t believe I’ve been given the opportunity to be this up close and personal with the mystical fa...

27Mar

By RoyceNo Comments

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Dominic Fike is Real

There are a lot of funny things about the Block Plan, but I think one of the more peculiar ones are those 20 minute breaks some professors give you around 10:35. On a random Tuesday in December I had run into an issue during one of those breaks where the Wordle wasn’t cutting it and the Colorado Coffee breakfast burrito wasn't calling my name like it usually does. I just needed something a little more fulfilling than Bon Appetite's potato/egg/cheese combo or the New York Times’ silly little games, so to AXS I went. The funny thing about that app is some concerts are so far away, or too distant in the future, and some have already passed. Low and behold, though, on that uncharacteristically warm December day, there was a Dominic Fike ticket for the same night – there couldn't have been...

20Mar

By soccNo Comments

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Sidney Gish Concert Review

Sallie England Sidney Gish walked onto the stage confidently, but as the lights shot on a shaky hand revealed some gentle nerves. I felt nervous with her. It’s daunting sharing your diary content in front of a crowd. But her incredible guitar techniques and personal touches transcended any doubts a person could have had and left me with the feeling that I had just made friends with one of the most talented artists of our generation. Photo courtesy of Lisa Dibbern Sidney Gish began her set with a cover of STRFKR’s “Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second”. Simple in its lyrics and guitar riffs this song choice set the stage for a playful hug of a set. She started her originals with “Where the Sidewalk Ends”. I loved this choice. This song reminds me of the deep love I have for my clos...

20Feb

By c_hering@coloradocollege.eduNo Comments

Campus Events, Local Shows: Previews & Reviews, Shows

When House Shows Go Right: The Keeps

Written By: Caleb Hering All photos by Ethan Rothschild What might possess? So far as to be enraptured, possibly even obsessed? There may be many answers. Few we will know and far more that will never light our minds. But it will always remain a question we grapple with as we meet our first love, a favorite food, or decide only a few moments into the first song of a band you did not expect much of—albeit from ignorance—that you must write about them—interview, even, if possible. And so, I did, on a cardboard box with some random pen: impromptu possessed. Of late, many house shows have been detrimentally fun. Waking the same morning you had gone to sleep, a few hours earlier shooting-the-shit with Brandon—a wiry, long-haired baller who works the register at the beloved E Cache 7-E...

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Conclude Their North American Tour at Red Rocks

13Nov

By Emily FaulksNo Comments

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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Conclude Their North American Tour at Red Rocks

November at Red Rocks Amphitheater is sometimes a gamble with the changing seasons, but I had no hesitation when given the opportunity to attend another 3 hour marathon concert from King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s North American Tour. When I went to their first Red Rocks show in early October many of the fans held these tickets since their 2020 tour that was canceled due to COVID. The November date was a surprise, as the final show was tacked onto their tour promising the same feel-good giz energy as the first marathon show at Red Rocks. My friend flew into Denver with some film cameras after hearing the news and we eagerly waited in the longest line I have seen at Red Rocks- undisturbed by the cold in my gizzard-themed crocodile onesie. Note: I was encountered by multiple “...

22Oct

By Jack MadisonNo Comments

Local Shows: Previews & Reviews

Black Midi Commit (sonic) Arson in Denver

My head is a flaming 1998 computer with fans whirring and every time I hear a noise I want to catch those jagged soundwaves and catapult them away to Andromeda. I just got back from the doctor, and I did get a concussion after colliding heads with somebody at the Black Midi concert. This is not me looking for sympathy, but my concussion - as well as the destruction of my friend’s seemingly indestructible Doc Martens - just goes to show what a septic tank the pit at the Black Midi show was. Black Midi is a chaotic band of many pretentious dashed genres: brutal-prog, jazz-rock, post-punk. My dad would probably call them ‘weird for the sake of being weird,’ and I would’ve agreed a year ago. Over time their arsonist approach to music warmed up to me with its redeeming qualities in ma...

5Nov

By HenryNo Comments

Artist Spotlight, Local Shows: Previews & Reviews, Reviews, Shows

CONCERT REVIEW: The Front Bottoms at Mission Ballroom 10/11/21

By Henry Hodde The Front Bottoms’ performance at Mission Ballroom last Monday was a reminder that punk rock and roll is not dead. The genre is alive and well alright. It may not look the same as the days in which The Clash and The Ramones reigned supreme, nor does it sound like Metallica, or even Green Day. Nevertheless, fans of noise first and foremost ought not despair. The Front Bottoms at Mission Ballroom The Front Bottoms are not a new band. Guitarist Brain Sella and childhood buddy Mathew Uychich began to write music together in 2007, adding Uychich’s brother Brian to complete the original lineup. Sella and Mathew Uychich still form the heart of the New Jersey band, but on Thursday, the founding duo were complemented by Erik Kase Romero and Natalie Newbold. The next ...

11Oct

By soccNo Comments

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Greensky Bluegrass with Lukas Nelson and the Promise of the Real

by Max Brown It’s August 7th of this year, and I’m standing in a crowd with some of my closest friends, unconsciously swaying while the sounds of dobro, banjo, and mandolin wash over me. I close my eyes, but behind my eyelids I can still make out the soft blue lights from the stage. I’m at Salmonfest, a music festival in my home state of Alaska, and Greensky Bluegrass is rocking my world for the first time. Cut to September 17th, just over a month after my first exposure to the group, and I’m on my way to see the band again, but this time for my very first concert at Red Rocks Ampitheatre and with four brand new friends. I’d never been to Red Rocks before that night. I’d seen photos, heard stories, even listened to and watched recordings of live shows there. But I knew none of that ...