Something Like Sound

In a continuing effort to get you to actually listen to my recommendations, here are some more links to free and legal downloads of Colorado bands.

Albums and EPs

Hearts of Palm – complete collection

Chain Gang of 1974 – Guerilla EP

Everything Absent or Distorted – The Lucky One EP

M. Pyres – & New Past Tense EP

Pretty Lights – Passing Behind Your Eyes

Katie Herzig – Live In Studio: Acoustic Trio

(only available until Nov. 15 for free)

Live Recordings (from The Flat Response)

Houses at the Hi-Dive (UMS – 7/24/09)

Danielle Ate The Sandwich at the Bluebird (10/17/09)

Looks like Young Coyote Zach Tipton is up to something again. It seems that everyone has their own side-project, and Zach is not immune to the lure from such an outlet (for another side-project band I like, see Discovery, which is Wes from Ra Ra Riot and Rostam from Vampire Weekend). Further details are unavailable at this time, but you can check out his new MySpace (complete with a stream for a forthcoming EP). Click on the image to go there.

Last night we enjoyed some VIP treatment at Dave Herrera’s big awards ceremony party, and watched as some of the bands we nominated won their categories (The Photo Atlas, pictured above, won Electro-Dance-Punk). Congrats to the winners, see the entire list here.

Photo by Patrick Beseda

Friday October 30th, 2009 may be 4 months and 4 days away, but it’s not too early to get excited about some world-class music. On that day indie-rock legends Dinosaur Jr. will be playing the Aggie Theatre, one of my favorite venues (and the best place to see a show in Fort Collins, my old hometown).  Having just released a new album, Farm, Dinosaur Jr. is sure to play a memorable (and loud) set that will likely go down as one of the best the Aggie has seen (I also remember seeing Thursday, Against Me!, and Saosin play there, truly epic shows).

Tickets are only $20 (a steal by any means) and are available online and at The Finest record store in Campus West in FoCo. We will be there, you should be there.

In the mean time, enjoy the newest Dinosaur Jr. video for their song “Over It”

We sat down with Denver-based progressive-pop-rockers Dualistics before their recent set at the Hi-Dive to talk about their background, plans, and influences. Also, they had a watermelon but no knife, so we didn’t get to eat any of it.

Hey everybody, they just posted the online form here. Not sure who to vote for? Take a look at who we nominated here (note that not all of the bands we nominated are up there, but quite a few are).

If you thought our list (the one we submitted to Dave), was epic, then check out the final list of bands that made the cut for this year’s Westword Music showcase

http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2009/04/2009_westword_music_showcase_r.php

Also, if you look at the very bottom of that post you’ll see yours truly was one of the members of the nominating committee. In other news, we’ve got exclusives from Danielle Ate The Sandwich and Rob Drabkin coming up in the next few days. We’ll post a link to the official voting ballot once it’s available.

Hey everybody, recently we reviewed a couple of albums from SideCho Records (1090 Club’s Natural Selection and Michael Zapruder’s Dragon Chinese Cocktail Horoscope) and the label just announced that one lucky person can win both albums and a bunch of other goodies by signing up for their email newsletter. All you have to do is email contests@sidecho.com. Good luck! For more on SideCho Records, visit their website www.sidecho.com

Photo Courtesy Patrick Beseda

Hey everybody, this is another link post to something awesome! Our buddy Lance over at The Flat Response posted his recording of the set from the other night. Check it out here.

This is just a link to the great music blog Daytrotter, which is also featuring Young Coyotes this week, be sure to check out the session with free mp3 downloads! (Click the image to go there)