Instant Empire

This photo of Instant Empire makes it pretty difficult to think the band would be anything other than awesome. This summer they were featured in CMJ for their EP Heavy Hollow and can be found playing all over Denver (October 26th, Walnut Room - GO!). "Counting Backwards" is a hell of a song. Stream their performance and interview here. I REALLY LOVE THIS TOWN (and this band)

aaaand thanks to Oliver, Emmy, and Mia of the the band MegaGem for spending the first hour with us. Pick a household chore or drive to Denver while listening to this LP gem. Look at that artwork! The music is just as high of quality. Also, Mia is only 7 and the youngest guest ever on the Local Shakedown! Listen to us chat and hear songs from the album cause MEGAGEM IS THE COOLEST and check out a (partial) set list:

16 HorsePower – Prayering Arm Lane
Tin Tin – Holiday Misfortune

MegaGem – Onions

Pee-Pee Jaroline

Summer Salt – The Sun

Mega G - Don’t Call Me Romantic

Princess Music – White

Meg Gema - Mia’s Singalong

Horse Lattitudes - Wild Ballon 

MegaGem - Puddles 

Summer Salt  Heart Races 

Megagem - Creepy Fingers

EL Toro de la Muerte - Dancer 

  

Hindershot

Hindershot is fun to the umpth degree. Quality dance fun, smooth sexy fun, pop punk fun. Fun fun fun.

Listen Below. 

STREAM THE PERFORMANCE and STREAM THE INTERVIEW

Thanks Stewart, Lucas, Jesse, Spencer, Duncan, and Ned - you all are a fun and making good music. Stick around for a Concerted Effort webisode of their visit to the station.

It was a busy day, check out my interview with Boulder's West Water Outlaws as they headed to the mountains for a vintage bluesy rock and roll show and thanks to Sarah Slater of TITWRENCH for stopping by to discuss the progressive female fronted festival and play some tunes from the artists involved.

WEST WATER OUTLAWS INTERVIEW

Holophrase

Stream the  HOLOPHRASE LIVE SET and listen to THE BAND talk about their experience with producer Ikey Owens, circuit bending Nintendos, and impromptu AV art....that you should check out here.  

Set List:
Starting the Hearts  - Helmet 
Heart Short Hope –  Untitled 2

Space Team Electra – Possum
Achille Lauro – Hard Pressed

Palisades – More Than Halfway

Apples in Stero – No Body But You

Porlolo/Roger Green – Clinton and Elva

Safe boating is no accident – Her New Man

Cowboy Curse – In Spite

The Gamits – Molly

Elway – Dear Colorado

Hell’s Half Acre – Bed of Needles

Starting the Hearts – Helmet

Jackson Turner – Revenge of the Nerds

Sole – Bottle of Humans

Bugaboo – Sober Eye

Tom Hagerman -  Veiled

Rowboat – Devil and Dust

Wentworth Kersey – Riot

Houses – Fairweather

Rabbit Is A Sphere – Axioms
The Marrow 

Young Pharaohs Part 2

Get your headphones and throw the boys of Young Pharaohs a few bones for this listening experience.

The trio is currently touring the west in a veggie oil powered school bus. Be sure to check them out when they return to Denver as the scene and music they bring is one that shouldn't be missed.

Thanks to Concerted Effort for chronicling the Shakedown event and to PORTALS for showing me a thing or two...or three or four.

YOUNG PHARAOHS PERFORMANCE

Set List:

You Me and Apollo – a pearl

Petal of Spain – lady luck

Mesita – here for you

Chain Gang of 1974

Cerulean – future wind

Obeah – one hand washes the other

VU – left to fit right in

The Fogcutters – it’s my world

2045 AD – the ultra boyz

Dirty Few -  oh yeah oh no

Cells – don’t change your mind

16 horsepower – Low Estate

Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – cranston

Two Tone Wolf Pack – dead man hanging

Across Tundras – dark flower of the prarie

Skully Mammoth – untitled

Git Some – loose control

Warlock pinchers – friends forever anthem 5

Picture Plane –slow it up

Amazing Larry – i don’t even care

Flashbulb Fires – cult life

young pharaohs perform live 

Twine – piano

The Very Hush Hush – washing song

Fevrier – leo sunshine

Ankylosaurus – sweets

Lil Slugger – “O History” premiere track