Don't miss FaceMan's Waltz this Friday, February 3, at the Bluebird.

​This Friday, February 3, at the Bluebird Theater, FaceMan is celebrating the release of its new album, Feeding Time, with a full slate of guests, including members of Achille Lauro, the Knew, Flobots, Boulder Acoustic Society, Hindershot, Wheelchair Sports Camp and more. Feeding Time, the outfit's second full-length, was recorded at Uneven Studios by Bryan Feuchtinger and Evan Reeves at UI Sound in Boulder and then mixed and masterered by Orbit Service's Randall Fraizer at the Helmet Room.

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​Alert, one of the masterminds behind the Whomp Truck and the creator of the eeriest dubstep this town has ever seen, has a new track out on his Oblivion Fringe label, plus a cut from Peanut Butter Gaucho. "Hypno Ties" is classic Alert, with deep (and slightly menacing) basslines growling like some creature from outer space. And "Brass Gaucho" contains some very Twilight Zone-esque piano lines with bass that's not messin' around. Page down to stream/download the tracks.

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​Kid Hum (aka Dylan Avery) has been keeping a low profile these days, lurking in the shadows and only showing his face periodically to gift the masses with new music. At the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, he dropped The Beet Tape, and the new joint comes hot on the heels of his other project, the exceptional instrumental album, Love to Give, which dropped last month. A track from Love to Give has been given the motion-picture treatment by Konsequence (Jeremy Pape). Page down to sample both records and watch the new video.

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​Remember back in August when we told you about the new band that Bobby Smith, Bob Rupp, Chris Cheiffo and Jeff Black formed called Sleazy, Loud, Ultra-Trashy -- S.L.U.T. for short? Well, let's just say suspicions confirmed. The outfit's moniker is also a fairly apt description of the collective noise the furious foursome have conjured up. If the ge-ups in the above picture don't give enough indication, S.L.U.T. is drawing from influences pooled in a retro glam-rock gutter. Velvet Revolver pull your trigger? You'll eat this shit up. Page down to have a listen of a rough demo, and then catch the dudes on New Year's Eve at the Lion's Lair, with the Other Russia.

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Aimee Giese

​Remember last month when we introduced you to Bop Skizzum's new singer, Julie Almeria? She made her live debut last month at Cervantes' when Skizzum warmed up for Fishbone. Shortly after that gig, the band was slated to head up to the Blasting Room to record some of the new material they'd been working on. Well, the first fruits of their labor are finally here in the form of a brand new tune called "Still Time."

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Update (12/15/11): My Body Sings Electric named as one of this year's top three finalists in KTCL's Hometown for the Holidays promotion.

​My Body Sings Electric is one of the recent local Kickstarter success stories. Granted, the act's initiative wasn't quite as successful as, say, Five Iron Frenzy's recent campaign, which has raised a staggering $161K and counting, but My Body Sings Electric successfully funded its project. And the band used the money raised to record a new song up at the Blasting Room with Andrew Berlin and Jason Livermore. In advance of its official release tomorrow, My Body Sings Electric hooked us up with the track, "Doctor," which the dudes also submitted to KTCL for its annual Hometown for the Holidays promo. Have a listen below.

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​The Occupy Wall Street movement has been inspiring almost everyone to speak up and speak out, whether in favor of the abstract movement or against it. Local hip-hop artists have gotten together to release a series of three tracks in support of the movement. Activist and MC Molina kicked off things with a track called "Stacks of Bills." Molina has been using his voice to speak out on the revolution for quite some time, and as usual, his observations are right on the money.

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​We know and love Alert as one of the premiere dubstep producers in Denver; his eerie, horror-film-inspired sound is dubstep at its finest. But we also love it when he breaks into drum-and-bass to mix things up, which is what he does on Necropolis, an EP on the Oblivion Fringe label that also features tracks and remixes from Goreteks (aka DJs Baloo and Strode). And we're offering four tracks for download so you can hear for yourself what dark, dirty drum-and-bass should sound like.

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​Of all of Alphabets' considerable number of releases this year (there have been at least nine), DDR is certainly one of the most unique. What you'll get here is a mash-up of a lot of genres, each being pushed through the Alphabets grinder and coming out on the other end sounding like something completely new.

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Johnnie Cluney

​This past Friday, Daytotter.com posted the session John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light recorded at their studios in Rock Island, Illinois, over the summer while the band was in the midst of its Midwest tour. If you're not already a member of Daytrotter, it's totally worth signing up for the free trial period just to listen and get your hands on these tracks. Common and company (on tour now through the end of the month) offer up completely lived-in arrangements of three familiar tracks and introduce a new tune, "Your Man."

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