While everybody in the music world is seemingly fixated on the eagerly awaited musical output of a pair of prodigious punks in customized motorcycle helmets, the Lockerpartners have created a piece on a laudable batch of local masked minstrels, the fantastical 36-member beast known collectively as Itchy-O, the "big, broken toy box of dark junk and light."

See also:
- Itchy-O Marching Band at 3 Kings Tavern, 6/7/13
- Best of Denver 2011: Best Guerrilla-Style Band- Itchy-O Marching Band
- Scott Banning on the Origins of Itchy-O Marching Band

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Emily Driskill

At the risk of pushing the Morrissey/Denver needle even further into the red (what am I even talking about here -- that ship has long since sailed!), there's one more item of interest that we'd be considerably remiss if we didn't pass along. Last night, Churchill, the most recent local additions to the A&M Octone Records imprint, performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live. While that in itself is noteworthy, what makes it even more so is the fact that the Denver band's appearance was in lieu of Morrissey, who reportedly opted out because the Duck Dynasty dudes were also slated as guests. Continue on to see Churchill perform a pair of tunes.

See also:
- The longtime friends in Churchill are on a mission
- The failed Smiths '80s radio takeover attempt is really a story of redemption
- Morrissey's new Denver date is April 26

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We're not going to lie here: The fact that the Baltimore Ravens are heading for the Big Easy next weekend instead of our beloved Broncos stings more than the time we faceplanted on the playground in third grade and mom had to pluck shards of gravel from our mangled paw and then finished it off with a warm stream of peroxide. Yeah, like that, only worse. Not that we're bitter, by any means, except that, uh, well, we are.

See also:
- Fresh local hip-hop: A Broncos anthem, plus new cuts from Billy Lipz, Young Doe
- Innerstate Ike on making music for the streets and the evolution of hip-hop in Colorado
- From being shot to losing his best friend, Innerstate Ike has quite a story

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UPDATE (7/6/12): We got our hands on a sample cut of "Slow and Low" off of Ishe and DirtMonkey's new album Turn Up the Ride. Page through and give it a listen.

By night, Beta is Denver's best dance club and North America's number one dance club. By day, though, apparently Beta doubles as a set for music video shoots. Yesterday, DJ Ishe and Dirt Monkey teamed up with John Hunt of Grimey Gatsby to shoot a video for "Slow and Low" from the pair's forthcoming album. We were on hand for the shoot and got some behind the scenes footage.

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Taylor Swift's shocked! Again! As seen in the Hollywood Reporter

Sunday was a good day for Taylor Swift. A glowing profile by 60 Minutes' Leslie Stahl, followed by her cleaning up at the American Music Awards; she took home the awards for Favorite Country Female Artist, Artist of The Year, Favorite Country Female Artist, and Speak Now won Favorite Country Album. This, of course, follows a career that's been as consistently incredible as anyone's in music. So is Taylor used to, blase or even jaded about the success? OH, HELL NO.

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A while back, we ran a feature detailing the ins and outs of Innerstate Ike's rise as celebrated MC in the hip-hop scene. In that piece, Ike gave great detail to the night when he was shot, leaving the MC paralyzed and his best friend, Colfax Cac, dead. In homage to the slain rapper's influence on the anniversary of his passing, a touching tribute video has been making the rounds.

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If there is one thing we've come to expect from Denver's music videos recently, it's that they seriously enjoy freaking us out. It's like they're all specially created to make us start audio-visually tripping. Case in point, David Dohrmann's new video for the Hollagramz track, "Galactic Leash," which looks like something you'd be shown in a hippie biology class.

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Here's something to help you over your humpday: Snag Films is screening the outstanding documentary Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) for free for the next couple weeks. If you haven't had the pleasure of seeing it yet, take a long lunch or knock off early and have a gander. Totally worth it. Best rock doc we've seen. An insightful film to a truly masterful songwriter who commanded the respect and adoration of a cavalcade of admirers including John Lennon.

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We've grown to expect offbeat videos from Pictureplane over the years, but the just-released video for "Negative Slave" officially takes the cake as one of the most subtle yet oddly unsettling videos in his repertoire. While it's full of insidious and easy-to-miss oddness, if you pay close attention, you'll possibly end up learning something -- or, rather, Pictureplane hopes you walk away knowing a little more about yourself.

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So, this first release from Yo Soy Sauce has been in the works for a while -- two years to be exact. The collaborative effort between local electronic guru CacheFlowe and Flobot MC Brer Rabbit officially drops as a single tomorrow, but the duo handed us the video for "Juke Box" over the weekend.

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