Recent Posts from Merry Swankster

Merry Swankster — Monday February 1 Haiti relief benefit: Mike Maurer Band, I Sank Molly Brown, more @ Marquis Theater Nouvelle Vague @ Bluebird Theater Jackie Greene @ Fox Theatre Brittany Shane @ Walnut Room Tuesday February 2 Ave @ Larimer Lounge The Strange @ ... read more »

Merry Swankster — “Oh, how happy we will be/ if we keep the ten commandments of love.” —the Moonglows “One of a thousand pities that you can’t categorize There are ten commandments of love…” —Elvis Costello, “Pidjin English “She’s got the ten commandments t... read more »

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Merry Swankster — Monday January 25 Nile @ Bluebird Theater Tuesday January 26 Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody @ Hi-Dive Patrick Kratzer @ Larimer Lounge Timbaland feat The Fray @ Gothic Theatre Wednesday January 27 Suckered Inn @ Hi-Dive White Denim @ Larime... read more »

Merry Swankster — Monday January 18 Tuesday January 19 Parachute @ Marquis Theater Seismic Event @ Larimer Lounge Wednesday January 20 Goodie Mob @ Gothic Theatre Baby Birds Don’t Drink Milk w/ MMCIII @ Rhinoceropolis Edge of the World @ Larimer Lounge Mount Ri... read more »

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Merry Swankster — [Reverend Horton Heat week in Colorado] Monday January 11 Tuesday January 12 Tyler Despres @ Meadowlark Wednesday January 13 100 Monkeys @ Marquis Theater The Supervillains @ The Black Sheep Pluyd w/ Matt Spinks @ Herman’s Hideaway Analog Sp... read more »

Merry Swankster — Please let this herald the year of very weird hip-hop videos. Lil Wayne with a horse and magenta-paint-drenched Rubix cube. Jim Jones with a cross fighting grandma zombies. Dipset constructing a house made out of stucco and old National Geographic... read more »

Merry Swankster — I hope you enjoyed our 50 songs of 2009 list as much as we enjoyed writing. Shall we say 87% enjoyment? Aces. Before we go headfirst into 2010 (/checks calendar, /urges all to momentarily forget what year it is), I wanted to do my own listicle of ... read more »

Merry Swankster — Monday January 4 Show Me The Sky @ The Black Sheep Quee Quegs @ Old Curtis St. Bar Tuesday January 5 Andy Henningsen @ Larimer Lounge Wednesday January 6 The Acidophiles @ Larimer Lounge Robert Earl Keen @ The Black Sheep Carl Robota @ Meadowlar... read more »

Merry Swankster — Our Favorite Songs of 2009: #20 - 11 #30 - 21 #40 - 31 #50 - 41 Dirty Projectors & David Byrne - "Knotty Pine" “Here is the sound that photographs make” is either the most artistically brilliant opening line of the year – or the most dum... read more »

Merry Swankster — Our Favorite Songs of 2009: #20 - 11 #30 - 21 #40 - 31 #50 - 41 Dirty Projectors & David Byrne - "Knotty Pine" “Here is the sound that photographs make” is either the most artistically brilliant opening line of the year – or the most dum... read more »

Merry Swankster — Hello again friends. Just as last year last year I once again queried Denver's best, brightest and most prolific music writers for their take on the year. While I didn't get replies from everyone, the ones I did were funny, interesting, enligh... read more »

Merry Swankster — This much is clear: I don't always get around to timely reviews of shows. Sometimes they lay around gathering dust for so long that other things are placed atop and forgotten they lay beneath the stack. This year I'm committed to clearing house ... read more »

Merry Swankster — Major Lazer (feat. Nina Sky and Ricky Blaze) - "Keep It Going Louder" Eric Wareheim’s favorite act pushes some joy through with this Summer Jam-for-a-minute, and the lasses from Nina Sky bring exactly what you would expect – a straightforward, s... read more »

Merry Swankster — Grooms - "Dreamsucker" The songs on Grooms’ mighty, mostly underrated Rejoicer are perpetually ready to take a detour into sinister surreality (marine craft that resemble bloody lips, for example). Its lead track invests banal statements with th... read more »

Merry Swankster — Destroyer - "Bay of Pigs" Dan Bejar never really gets around to talking about the invasion of Cuba in this rippling ambient-electro-disco epic. In fact, in terms of 60s geopolitical events, the track has more structural similarity to Vietnam--ki... read more »

Merry Swankster — [Photos by Merry Swankster] Phish made a triumphant return to the stage this year after quelling the demons of the whispered, but never public, demons of addiction that were plaguing frontman Trey Anastastio. Hitting bottom with an early mornin... read more »

Merry Swankster — This much is clear: I don't always get around to timely reviews of shows. Sometimes they lay around gathering dust for so long that other things are placed atop and forgotten they lay beneath a stack. This year I've committed to clearing house b... read more »