Raging from Oakland, California,Wallpaper. will teach you how to throw a party. They’ve got the party anthem beats down and when it’s time to get white boy wasted, they’ll set you in the perfect mood.
Wallpaper. consists of a foursome led by the cheeky Ricky Reed, two explosive drummers, and the funky, yet gorgegous Novena Carmel. Their latest club hopper, #STUPiDFACEDD, remains a dominant force that bends your ears in multiple musical genre directions. In a good way.
This Tuesday night, November 8th, Wallpaper. will be opening live in Denver at the Ogden Theatre with headliner The Dirty Heads.
Well, you made it through the week, and I can’t think of a better way to celebrate than shaking your booty to great music in Denver. To aid in your mission to get loose and to sooth your weekend show cravings, here is a quick list of what is going down. Happy Friday!
When I first got into Eisley I could still sing the high parts on “Invasion” from their Combinations album. That made it all the more charming to sit down in the tour bus with the familial five-piece a couple years and a bit of puberty later at the outset of their ValleyScapes tour.
Kicking off the tour at The Black Sheep in Colorado Springs, I got to see the newest incarnation of Eisley and the darker more visceral sound of The Valley album released this year. Moving the tour to The Marquis Theater in Denver the next day, I was invited aboard the big blue bus to ask the band the questions everybody really wants answered, like what color lightsaber would you have, and what’s your natural hair color? The answer is blond, for every one of them.
These kids were crazy fun, and the espoused Darren King of MUTEMATH, new hubby to Eisley’s Stacy Dupree, was there on the bus to be a welcome obstruction. They promised to be back in CO again, so look out for more to come from Eisley in the future.
Here are a few of the shows worth going to in Ballerado this weekend in order to show off that witty costume you’ve been working on since last year. Happy Halloween!
Colorado and I are finally on the same wavelength. At least when it comes to music. Specifically, bringing in the music of Frank Hoier and Moselle Spiller of Boom Chick.
Fresh-faced old souls Frank Hoier (Guitar/ Vocals) and Moselle Spiller (Drums) bring a contemporary elegance to their early American-rock inspired sound. The duo is giving a complimentary touch to the Colorado music scene this weekend in one extremely stylish and talented package.
Sure, you can spend your nights listening to classical music, or crying yourself to sleep to the Les Miserables soundtrack, and probably score some points for you sensitive side. Where’s the fun in that? The fun, my friends, resides in the highly offensive, absurdly hilarious The Book of Mormon.
If you don’t know, The Book of Mormon is the brainchild of Denver’s favorite delinquents, South Park’sMatt Stone and Trey Parker. Oh boys, thank you so much for creating this freak of nature. The music could still make you cry at night, but from choking, as you try and catch your breath between laughing fits.
I’m excited and honored to represent the The Vinyl District as it opens up metaphorical shop here in Denver. Colorado has such an eclectic musical profile. It’s a mecca to electronic music culture as well as home to the world famous Red Rocks Ampitheatre, and of course you can’t properly articulate the culture of musicianship in Colorado without homage to its folk/traditional music scene, which will also be getting some of our love.
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My co-editor Emily began with The Vinyl District in DC before coming to Colorado. She found me, and now we have the privilege of launching the latest addition to The Vinyl District family here in the Wild Wild West. I’m a filmmaker and former member of more over-ambitious and under-funded bands than I could count. In celebration of the new TVD Denver, my co-worker Emily and I have tag-teamed to list the Top 5 Most Successful Bands, love them or hate them, to come out of our beloved rectangle of a state.
