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As Black Moth Super Rainbow’s mastermind Tom Fec told Reverb, the decade-old band can sometimes have a problem with perception. In the past the group has been looked to as a psych-flag bearing, love drug-encouraging act. Fec’s never seen Black Moth Super Rainbow that way, and after the band’s set at the Bluebird Theater Friday night, it’s easy to see why. (more…)

Album review: Majical Cloudz, “Impersonator” |Check It >>

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Billboard Music Awards 2013: Watch five highlights with Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift and more |Check It >>

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Album review: Daft Punk, “Random Access Memories” |Check It >>

Daft Punk, “Random Access Memories” It’s no easy feat to listen to Daft Punk and set aside the French duo’s genius for marketing. A carefully woven narrative of science fiction combined with a strategically executed, consumer-teasing campaign has propelled the release of “Random Access Memories” into a cultural event. For Daft Punk’s first proper release since 2005’s “Human...

Tame Impala bassist Nick Allbrook leaves band |Check It >>

Australian psych revival group Tame Impala will no longer be playing with bassist Nick Allbrook. A statement on the band’s web site, dated May 18, reads: “Nick Roland Paisley Adams Allbrook is hopping off the Tame Impala band wagon so that he can try and screw his head back on, and make an attempt to assimilate back into society.” “A task the rest of us fear we will one day...

Billboard Music Awards 2013 photos: Justin Bieber, Prince, Taylor Swift and more |Check It >>

BY MESFIN FEKADU  AP MUSIC WRITER Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards 2013. Swift won eight of 11 awards, including top artist and top Billboard 200 album for “Red.” She told the crowd: “You are the longest and best relationship I ever had.” (more…)

Watch: Kanye West performs two new tracks on “SNL” |Check It >>

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Hangout Festival 2013 live stream: Watch the Shins, Tom Petty and more |Check It >>

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Brown Bird in Denver canceled, Larimer Lounge hosts Dave Lamb benefit in its place |Check It >>

The scheduled Brown Bird show at the Larimer Lounge has been canceled, as the band’s Dave Lamb has been admitted to the hospital with severe anemia, according to a news release. In its place, the Larimer Lounge has booked a free benefit show for Lamb with the Ghost of Joseph Buck. (more…)

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Billboard Music Awards 2013

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The Lumineers and Joe Pug at the Bluebird

The Lumineers stop by Uneven Studio to record a four-song session, including an exclusive version of the platinum-selling "Ho Hey"

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Black Moth Super Rainbow at the Bluebird Theater, 5-17-13 (photos, review)

Black Moth Super Rainbow @ the Bluebird Theater 05/17/2013

Black Moth Super Rainbow performs at the Bluebird Theater in Denver on Friday May 17, 2013. Photos by Dylan Langille, heyreverb.com.

As Black Moth Super Rainbow’s mastermind Tom Fec told Reverb, the decade-old band can sometimes have a problem with perception. In the past the group has been looked to as a psych-flag bearing, love drug-encouraging act.

Fec’s never seen Black Moth Super Rainbow that way, and after the band’s set at the Bluebird Theater Friday night, it’s easy to see why.

Read more…

Album review: Daft Punk, “Random Access Memories”

Daft Punk's long-awaited new album "Random Access Memories" comes out on Tuesday.

Daft Punk, “Random Access Memories”

It’s no easy feat to listen to Daft Punk and set aside the French duo’s genius for marketing. A carefully woven narrative of science fiction combined with a strategically executed, consumer-teasing campaign has propelled the release of “Random Access Memories” into a cultural event.

For Daft Punk’s first proper release since 2005’s “Human After All,” the electronic dance duo that influenced everyone from Skrillex to Kanye West has abandoned sampling for live instrumentation. A bold artistic decision and smart marketing ploy for artists who inspired a generation of one-man, laptop bands.

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Film on the Rocks reveals the 2013 musician lineup: You Me & Apollo, the Knew and more

You Me & Apollo @ hi-dive 02/03/13

You, Me & Apollo performs at the Hi-Dive on Feb. 2, 2013. Photos by John Moore, heyreverb.com.

Who represents “Wet Hot American Summer” better than the sweaty rock of the Knew? No one else could channel the high school drama of “Mean Girls” better than Sarah and the Meanies and Kitty Crimes. And maybe, just maybe if you ever have to jump shirtless from an exploding building In the Whale will be playing in your head. Film on the Rocks has revealed the 2013 artist lineup that it has paired with this summer’s movies.

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