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Album and Show Review: Local Natives
Anna Forster-Smith After listening to Local Native’s sophomore album Hummingbird for roughly the 157th time, I was obviously in love
SONG OF THE DAY: Girls — “Honey Bunny”
You kids who are are sticking around or leaving a bit late for spring break are in luck: this Friday, March 16, Girls are coming to The Gothic Theatre in Denver along with another fantastic group of West-coasters, Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Check this vid to see what could be in store for you in a matter of three short days.
UPCOMING EVENT: Nineties Nostalgia Night at Ninth Block
This Saturday, 3/3/2012, join The SOCC as we revisit that Decade of decades; that cultural crossroads; that pre-millennial nether-zone; that halcyon era of our early adolescence; the Nineties. Of course, Nineties revivalism is nothing new–Doc Martins are cool again, we all miss Napster (Down with SOPA), Twin Peaks, Blah Blah Blah–but surely there’s more to be exhumed. Let us remind you of all that you’ve forgotten/repressed. Let us transport you back to your own juvenility (a la Juvenile of “Back That Thang Up” fame). We’ll all be in it together.
Line Up:
Jake Brownell + Josh Cuevas
Anna Forster-Smith + Erin O’Neill
Kathleen Hallgren + Zoe Isabella (Smath and Joe)
Drinks and snacks will be available for purchase, as usual. Click “Continue Reading” for some appetizers.
UPCOMING SHOW: Atmosphere, Common, and Grieves at Red Rocks 1/27
That’s right ladies and gentleman, what better way to start the first week back at school with the FIRST EVER WINTER SHOW AT RED ROCKS? Atmosphere, Common and Grieves this Friday.
UPCOMING SHOW AND SONG OF THE DAY: Macklemore and Ryan Lewis — “Otherside Remix”
Macklemore is playing in Denver this Friday, the only problem is that the show is sold out already. For those of you who don’t have tickets, you can spend your Friday night watching this video. It’s a remix of “Otherside”, featuring Fences.
Post-Invasion: A SOCC DJ Showcase — Saturday. 11/19. 9pm-Midnight.
It’s about to get so real at the carriage house. Come freak with us. Click “continue reading” for more info…
SONG OF THE DAY AND UPCOMING SHOW: Murs
Happy Halloween! Murs, the LA hip-hop genius who is also a part of Felt and Living Legends, is performing this Sunday at the Black Sheep.
SONG OF THE DAY AND UPCOMING SHOW: Blue Scholars
More Seattle hip hop? Of course. Everyone who saw Blue Scholars at Llama last year knows how great they are, and guess what? They’re playing at the Black Sheep this Saturday.
UPCOMING SHOWS: Shlohmo at Cervantes
Hailing from the incredibly prolific LA Low End Theory scene (think Flying Lotus, Teebs, Samiyam, etc.), this 21 year old producer crafts some of the most mature “dubstep” in the blogsophere right now. Where so many contemporary electronic musicians simply wield The Womp like a weapon in a war against artful restraint, Shlohmo challenges himself and his listeners to transcend the desire for visceral indulgence, opting instead to dwell in the ethereal realm of texture and stasis. If music is sex, then Shlohmo is tantric. Each song is a kind of subtle mediation upon itself; establishing a theme and then asking “why?”, his music quickly betrays its own futility while nevertheless insisting upon its beauty. An irrepressible remixer, Shlomo applies this deconstructive tactic to other people’s songs as well, and, in the process, he manages to distill something eminently listenable from even the most frustratingly bad pop-gangsta-rap song (for example).
Shlohmo will be coming to The Other Side at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom on Tuesday, October 18th. Doors open at 8:00pm, and tickets are $10. Click the “Concerts” link for more information.
UPCOMING SHOWS: Low with Eef Barzelay of Clem Snide
TOMORROW, Sun. Sept. 25, Low is coming to CC’s Armstrong theater. Tickets are $10 at the Worner Desk with a student ID, doors open at 6:30, and the show starts at 7:00. See you all there.
SONG OF THE DAY: Mayer Hawthorne – “A Long Time”
Mayer Hawthorne’s patented brand of neo-motown plus cool retro video? Yes Please!
UPCOMING SHOWS: Goldrush Music Festival
So maybe you haven’t heard of the Goldrush Music Festival. That’s ok. Because we are about to change that. For the next three weeks, theSocc.org will be highlighting some of the most exciting acts coming to Colorado to play at the Hi-Dive in Denver on Friday, September 16th and Saturday, September 17th.
For now, check out more specific festival details, snag a free mp3 sampler, buy tickets–all after the jump.
