denver/boulder shows for 1/26 - 2/1/09

Monday, January 26
Nickel Eye @ Marquis Theater
STS9 @ Bluebird Theater

Tuesday, January 27
Millionaires @ Marquis Theater
STS9 @ Fox Theatre

Wednesday, January 28
Cradle Of Filth @ Gothic Theatre
Drew Emmitt Band @ Boulder Theater
The Golden Ticket @ Marquis Theater
Gravy Train @ Walnut Room
Josh Turner @ Ogden Theater
Tim Reynolds & TR3 @ Fox Theatre

Thursday, January 29
ABK (Anybody Killa) @ Marquis Theater
Drew Emmitt @ Bluebird Theater
The Ettes @ Larimer Lounge
Jay Nash @ Soiled Dove
My Friend Tom @ Walnut Room
North Mississippi Allstars @ Fox Theatre

Friday, January 30
Big Timber @ Hi-Dive
The Boombox @ Marquis Theater
moe. @ Fillmore Auditorium
My Shadows Existence @ Larimer Lounge
North Mississippi All Stars @ Bluebird Theater
Reverend Horton Heat @ Ogden Theater
State Radio @ Fox Theatre
Tim Reynolds & TR3 @ Soiled Dove
Todd Snider @ Boulder Theater
Yerkish @ Walnut Room

Saturday, January 31
Combichrist @ Marquis Theater
DJ Craze @ Gothic Theatre
Dore Taylor @ Walnut Room
Dressy Bessy @ Hi-Dive
Dualistics @ Larimer Lounge
moe. @ Fillmore Auditorium
North Mississippi All Stars @ Bluebird Theater
Purge And Swap @ Hi-Dive
State Radio @ Fox Theatre

Sunday, February 1
In This Moment @ Marquis Theater
Marc Broussard @ Fox Theatre
She Rides @ Larimer Lounge

denver/boulder shows for 1/19 - 1/25/09

Sorry, kids, I just forgot...

Monday, January 19
Eek-A-Mouse @ Fox Theatre
Powerman 5000 @ Bluebird Theater

Tuesday, January 20
Farewell To Bush Bash Featuring Effektor @ Walnut Room (w00t!)
Farewell To Bush Bash Featuring The Swayback @ Hi-Dive (w00t!x2)
Silent Option 8 @ Larimer Lounge
Tim And Eric's Awesome Show @ Ogden Theater
Veil Of Maya @ Marquis Theater

Wednesday, January 21
The Donkeys @ Hi-Dive
Maruth @ Larimer Lounge
The Otherside Of Clearview @ Marquis Theater
Treasure Fingers @ Fox Theatre

Thursday, January 22
Adele @ Bluebird Theater
The Best Response @ Marquis Theater
Can't Quite Get Right @ Larimer Lounge
Lunafest @ Boulder Theater
Souls Of Mischief @ Fox Theatre
Sunset Curse @ Hi-Dive

Friday, January 23
A Shoreline Dream @ Marquis Theater
Audioflux @ Gothic Theatre
Goddamn @ Larimer Lounge
Jerry Joseph And The Jackmormons @ Bluebird Theater
Rob Drabkin @ Soiled Dove
Umphrey's McGee @ Boulder Theater
Young Coyotes @ Hi-Dive

Saturday, January 24
Dirt Nasty @ Larimer Lounge
Drag The River @ 3 Kings Tavern
Guru's Jazzmatazz @ Fox Theatre
Lenka @ Soiled Dove
Lost Point @ Gothic Theatre
Meat Puppets @ Bluebird Theater
Springdale Quartet @ Boulder Theater
Stand By Your Band III @ Hi-Dive
Umphrey's McGee @ Fillmore Auditorium
The White Tie Affair @ Marquis Theater

Sunday, January 25
City And Colour/William Elliott Whitmore @ Bluebird Theater
Jeff Austin & Brendan Bayliss @ Walnut Room
Voodoo Glow Skulls @ Gothic Theatre

my top albums of 2008

From the better late than never files... Even though it's the middle of January already I was determined to get this list done. I have vowed this year that I will not listen to as many new albums as I did in 2008.

So here it is, with links to TLOBF reviews where applicable:

50

Department Of Eagles - In Ear Park
TLOBF review

49

Centro-Matic - Dual Hawks
I like the South San Gabriel half, but it wouldn't make top 50 on its own...
TLOBF review

48

Sun Kil Moon - April
TLOBF review

47

Boston Spaceships - Brown Submarine

46

Giant Sand - ProVISIONS
TLOBF review

45

Woodpigeon - Treasury Library Canada

44

Hello Saferide - More Modern Stories From Hello Saferide

43

The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead

42

Bowerbirds - Hymns For A Dark Horse
TLOBF review

41

The Dodos - Visiter
TLOBF review

40

Islands - Arm's Way

39

Hayes Carll - Trouble In Mind

38

The Ruby Suns - Sea Lion
TLOBF review

37

The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
TLOBF review

36

Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst
TLOBF review

35

Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue
TLOBF review

34

The Walkmen - You & Me
TLOBF review

33

Will Quinlan & The Diviners - Navasota

32

Born Ruffians - Red Yellow & Blue
TLOBF review

31

Horse Feathers - House With No Home

30

Shearwater - Rook
TLOBF review

29

You Am I - Dilettantes

28

The Whigs - Mission Control
TLOBF review

27

Man Man - Rabbit Habits

26

13Ghosts - The Strangest Colored Lights

25

Port O'Brien - All We Could Do Was Sing
TLOBF review

24

Langhorne Slim - Langhorne Slim
TLOBF review

23

Pete And The Pirates - Little Death
TLOBF review

22

Cloud Cult - Feel Good Ghosts (Tea-Partying Through Tornadoes)

21

Dr. Dog - Fate

20

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
TLOBF review

19

The Capstan Shafts - Fixation Protocols
TLOBF review

18

Noah And The Whale - Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down
TLOBF review

17

Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster...
TLOBF review

16

Glasvegas - Glasvegas
TLOBF review

15

Grand Archives - The Grand Archives
TLOBF review

14

The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
TLOBF review

13

The Acorn - Glory Hope Mountain
TLOBF review

12

The Tallest Man On Earth - Shallow Grave

11

Basia Bulat - Oh, My Darling

10

The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound

09

Evangelicals - The Evening Descends
TLOBF review

08

Blitzen Trapper - Furr
TLOBF review

07

Johnny Foreigner - Waited Up Til It Was Light
TLOBF review

06

Elliott Brood - Mountain Meadows

05

Okkervil River - The Stand-Ins
TLOBF review

04

The Wooden Sky - When Lost At Sea

03

The Wave Pictures - Instant Coffee, Baby
TLOBF review

02

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
TLOBF review

01

Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
TLOBF review

What I'm looking forward to (or in some cases already enjoying) in 2009:

A.C. Newman
Andrew Bird
Animal Collective
Art Brut
Asobi Seksu
Ben Kweller
Bishop Allen
The Boy Least Likely To
Dan Deacon
The Decemberists
Great Northern
Handsome Furs
Heartless Bastards
J. Tillman
Loney, Dear
M. Ward
Malajube
Matt And Kim
Neko Case
P.O.S.
Papercuts
Phosphorescent
Swan Lake
Thermals

denver/boulder shows for 1/12 - 1/18/09

Monday, January 12
Fight Fair @ Marquis Theater

Tuesday, January 13
Aloft In The Sundry @ Hi-Dive
Corb Lund @ Soiled Dove
The Somnabulists @ Larimer Lounge

Wednesday, January 14
Bustle In Your Hedgerow - A Tribute To Led Zeppelin @ Fox Theatre
Drinking Gourd @ Larimer Lounge
My Children My Bride @ Marquis Theater
No Quarter - Tribute to Led Zeppelin @ Soiled Dove

Thursday, January 15
Everything Absent Or Distorted @ Boulder Theater
From The Pawn @ Marquis Theater
Honkytonk Homeslice Electric/Oakhurst @ Fox Theatre
Luminous Theory @ Hi-Dive
Polkanauts @ Larimer Lounge

Friday, January 16
3OH!3 @ Ogden Theater
Appetite For Destruction @ Bluebird Theater
Full Blown Chaos @ Marquis Theater
The Gougers @ Walnut Room
Jonathan Coulton @ Soiled Dove
The Killers @ Fox Theatre
Strange Condition @ Gothic Theatre
Tiny Television @ Hi-Dive
Wild Women Of The West Show @ Boulder Theater
With Eyes And Ears @ Larimer Lounge

Saturday, January 17
3OH!3 @ Ogden Theater
Blue Note Records 70th Anniversary Tour @ Boulder Theater
Greg Brown @ Soiled Dove
Gregory Alan Isakov @ Hi-Dive
The Killers @ Magness Arena
The Kirkpatrick Project @ Walnut Room
My Dear Disco @ Larimer Lounge
Rodney Atkins @ Grizzly Rose
Silencer @ Bluebird Theater
Tapes 'n Tapes @ Fox Theatre
Turbo Crunk @ Gothic Theatre

Sunday, January 18
Molotov @ Bluebird Theater
Rooftop Vigilantes @ Hi-Dive

denver/boulder shows for 1/5 - 1/11/09

Tuesday, January 6
Cain And April @ Larimer Lounge
The Fray @ Gothic Theatre

Wednesday, January 7
Cadillac Sky @ Soiled Dove
The Chalet @ Marquis Theater
Silent Option 8 @ Larimer Lounge

Thursday, January 8
The Bronz @ Bluebird Theater
John Legend @ Paramount Theatre
King Rat @ Marquis Theater
Pseudo Dates @ Hi-Dive
Reel Big Fish @ Ogden Theater
Ryan Shupe And The Rubberband @ Fox Theatre
Tangible Stereo @ Larimer Lounge

Friday, January 9
Carcinoma @ Marquis Theater
Hollyfelds @ Hi-Dive
Identity Pusher @ Bluebird Theater
Jim Jims @ Larimer Lounge
Pepper @ Fillmore Auditorium
Robert Earl Keen @ Grizzly Rose
Rocky Mountain Grateful Dead Revue @ Boulder Theater
Socialibrium @ Fox Theatre
Treasure Fingers @ Gothic Theatre
The Wailers @ Ogden Theater

Saturday, January 10
All Capitals @ Bluebird Theater
Black Lamb @ Larimer Lounge
George Clinton @ Fillmore Auditorium
Hightide Blues @ Walnut Room
Potato Pirates @ Marquis Theater
The Radiators @ Gothic Theatre
The Wailers @ Fox Theatre

Sunday, January 11
Richie Havens/Angel Taylor @ Boulder Theater (E-Town)