Damon Albarn’s project Gorillaz brought their massive world tour to Denver on Wednesday night and they had a variety of special guests in tow. While the show was definitely heavy on material from the group’s first three albums, the band featured a trio of tunes from their upcoming album “Cracker Island” including the title cut.
Gramatik is headlining his first show at The Fillmore this Saturday night. With opening acts Talib Kweli and Mux Mool, it’s sure to be a night that lives up to Gramatik’s personal ability to move from one musical genre to the next. His new light design, inspired by infamous physicist Nikola Tesla is sure to be a highlight of this blowout. He was kind enough to take a few minutes away from his busy schedule to talk to Listen Up Denver! about the tour, his musical influences, and about his philosophy of giving away all of his music for free to fans.
It was a hip-hop history lesson at Cervantes’ this weekend and we all got schooled. The place was packed, with bass thumping and bodies moving to the sounds of NY Hip-Hop from the early 90’s. Modern rap has gone a totally different direction than it was going back then this show made us all wish we were back in the day every Saturday! De La Soul has a uniquely positive and energetic sound while Black Sheep brought the classics and whipped the room into a frenzied explosion.