The UMS July 19th-22nd South Broadway
Safe Boating is No Accident
Where and when are you playing at the UMS?
Sunday, 6pm at the Hi-Dive
How long has your band been together?
We've been around in various incarnations for about 4 years,
we started as an avant-garde performance art folk band with a clarinet and
stand-up bass, but we sort of got bored with that and picked up electric
instruments about a year ago.
What was your band's first live show/ performance and what
was memorable about it?
At rhinoceropolis with Yuzo nieto and the hand that rocks
the dreidel. We played rhino in a band with stand-up bass and a lead clarinet.
It was not well-received
What was the first album you purchased?
LP- I bought the Lion King soundtrack and a Beach Boys
compilation with my allowance money when I was 8.
NM- third eye blind
What album was your most recent purchase?
LP- slave ambient by the war on drugs
NM- nothing is wrong by Dawes
Do you have any advice for new bands?
Don't print 1,000 copies of your first album. It's terrible.
If we had a nickel for every band in Denver with 800 CDs in their closet, we
could afford to press vinyl.
Besides your own band- who do you want to see at the UMS?
LP- Shabazz Places
NM- I want to see snake rattle rattle snake light one of
their tambourines on fire
Best past UMS experience?
Free goat vodka above the skylark
Do you have any tips for festival goers?
Trim your toenails before walking around for four days
straight.
What's the best food people can find on Broadway during
the festival?
Sweet action ice cream. If you get a milkshake with cookie
dough ice cream and sprinkles, the you've covered 4 of the 5 food groups.
Who is your all time favorite Denver band?
Apples in Stereo
If you were behind the counter at Twist and Shout, what
three albums would you recommend to our customers?
NM- neutral milk hotel's aeroplane over the sea, pavement's
slanted and enchanted, and John coltrane's a love supreme.
Is there anything we forgot to ask you about the UMS that
you think people need to know?
Alternate beer and water, and don't call your ex at 1:30 am
for a ride to Denver diner.
Achille Lauro
(jonny here!)
How long has your band been together?
we have been playing music together for about five years
now.
What was your band's first live show/ performance and what
was memorable about it?
our first show was at larimer lounge with voices underwater
and pena. as far as memorableness
goes...the show may be forgotten but i feel we'll never forget how fucking
scared we all were. i had to get a work
permit to play and the goddamn larimer lounge didn't even check it...wait a
minute...if i had to get a work permit, i must have been twenty. therefore i guess we've been playing
together for like seven years now! what
the fuck?!?!? please omit my first response to the first question. my bad.
What was the first album you purchased?
personally, my first album i think was either Weird Al's Bad
Hair Day (fuckin' classic) or Cake's Fashion Nugget. i know, i know, nothing too cool but come on, everybody owned Bad
Hair Day!
What album was your most recent purchase?
as far as the last album i've purchased...i'll admit, i pay
for spotify. that's right. i'm that asshole destroying the purchase of
actual music. i'm killing the living
i'm trying to make my living. i do plan
to purchase the Menahan Street Bands Make the Road By Walking if i
find it on vinyl. sorry to be a dick.
Do you have any advice for new bands?
advice for new bands...don't forget to tune. i find myself forgetting that one a
lot. like A LOT!
Besides your own band- who do you want to see at the UMS?
i plan to see all things party at this years denver post
underground music showcase.
Best past UMS experience?
best UMS experience would be closing out the skylark on the
second night of the festival last year.
holy shit! with the artist
lounge being upstairs, any late night at the skylark gets fucking nuts.
Do you have any tips for festival goers?
"Never Let Your Girlfriend Go Camping With That Guy She
Met In Pottery Class" by ten grand.
my only advise to any concert goers.
What's the best food people can find on Broadway during
the festival?
go fish is good.
also this little Mexican joint on Alameda and bannock next to the 7-11
called El Nopalito. it's the bees
knees.
Who is your all time favorite Denver band?
Vitamins. enough
said.
If you were behind the counter at Twist and Shout, what
three albums would you recommend to our customers?
"here buy this (and hand them Beach House's Devotion), if
you wanna sleep lovely. or maybe
this (and hand them Sam Cooke Sings the Billie Holiday Story), if you wanna
sleep soulfully. but this (hand them St
Vincent's Strange Mercy), is if you wanna sleep with everybody"
Is there anything we forgot to ask you about the UMS that
you think people need to know?
aint no party like a d town party cause a d town party don't
stop. until the cops get called.
Bare Bones
Where and when are you playing at the UMS?
Saturday, July 21st @ 4pm. South Broadway Christian Church
How long has your band been together?
Since November of 2012. So, roughly a year and a half.
What was your band's first live show/ performance and what
was memorable about it?
December 10, 2012 at the Hi-Dive with Horse Feathers. It was
memorable because there was such a sense of excitement and lack of any
expectations. I had some songs and Frieda and I had been putting some ideas
down. We approached Ben at the Hi-Dive about playing the show. He said yes and
I had then asked him to play drums. Everything came together very organically
and the show and performance just felt like it was meant to be. I felt we
played well and people seemed to enjoy it. It was something just a little
different than anything else at that particular moment.
What was the first album you purchased?
I honestly don’t remember. I just kind of always grew up
around music. Pet Sounds and Abbey Road were always on and I remember growing
up on the oldies radio station. A lot of those pop elements seeped into my
subconscious.
What album was your most recent purchase?
The Horrible Crows - Elsie and Glen Hansard Rhythm &
Repose
Do you have any advice for new bands?
If you love it, keep at it. Quit when it becomes work.
Besides your own band- who do you want to see at the UMS?
Land Lines
Best past UMS experience?
Just hanging out. Seeing friends play and jumping from one
show to the next.
Do you have any tips for festival goers?
Stay cool.
What's the best food people can find on Broadway during
the festival?
Sputnik is always a go-to.
Who is your all time favorite Denver band?
Uh…there’s too many to pin down.
If you were behind the counter at Twist and Shout, what
three albums would you recommend to our customers?
I’ll just recommend the 3 that have been on constant
rotation: The Horrible Crows - Elsie / Glen Hansard Rhythm and Repose / Ryan
Adams – Ashes and Fire
Is there anything we forgot to ask you about the UMS that
you think people need to know?
Support your friends…after all that’s what it should be
about.
Glowing House
Where and when are you playing at the UMS?
Sunday, 8:00pm at the South Broadway Christian Church
How long has your band been together?
About 3 years
What was your band's first live show/ performance and what
was memorable about it?
September of 2009 was the first time Jess and I played
together; we weren't officially Glowing House yet. It was at Leela's European Cafe and memorable because it was
Jess' birthday.
What was the first album you purchased?
Jess' was Jagged Little Pill and mine was the soundtrack
from Beauty and the Beast. I was young.
What album was your most recent purchase?
Fiona Apple's The Idler Wheel...
Do you have any advice for new bands?
Play a lot and write even more. And yes, you have to know people, but it's fun getting to know
those people.
Besides your own band- who do you want to see at the UMS?
A. Tom Collins, Chimney Choir, Dan Craig, James Haan,
Patrick Dethlefs, You Me & Apollo
Best past UMS experience?
Gregory Alan Isakov last year at the main stage
Do you have any tips for festival goers?
Stay cool. Have
fun. Listen.
What's the best food people can find on Broadway during
the festival?
We are HUGE fans of Spicy Basil.
Who is your all time favorite Denver band?
Gregory Alan Isakov
If you were behind the counter at Twist and Shout, what
three albums would you recommend to our customers?
Gillian Welch - Harrow and the Harvest, Feist - Metals, The
Black Keys - Brothers
Is there anything we forgot to ask you about the UMS that
you think people need to know?
Don't get too worn out before Sunday night. See ya out there!
Wheelchair Sports Camp
Where and when are you playing at the UMS?
Sun, July 22, 2012 10:00 pm at Compound Basix
How long has your band been together?
WSC has been around since 2007ish but we weren't really a
band yet...
What was your band's first live show/ performance and what
was memorable about it?
We played the Hi-Dive for one of those scam artist promoters
and we wore mustaches
What was the first album you purchased?
The first album I ever had was Michael Jackson
Dangerous. Next it was TLC Ooooohhh on
the TLC Tip and Salt n Pepa Very Necessary.
What album was your most recent purchase?
Besides all the random used vinyl I buy all the time, I
think my last record shopping day I bought Tune-Yards Bird-Brains,
Warpaint Exquisite Corpse, and Shabazz Palaces Black Up (vinyl).
Do you have any advice for new bands?
Stray from the bullshit
Besides your own band- who do you want to see at the UMS?
I've been waiting to get Shabazz Palaces to Denver for a
while now and luckily those UMS gents took my nudge! I don't even think he's
ever been here so I'm really really excited for that! And of course Big Freedia is going to shake my booty shorts
off. Super pumped for Emily Wells as
well. Locally I'm excited for Go Star, Rubedo, FaceMan, Panal, Hindershot,
Achille Lauro, 3Two, Ian Cooke, Land Lines, Men in Burka, Lee Avenue, The Knew,
and there are probably a bunch more that i'm missing
Best past UMS experience?
Last year when my Strange Famous pals B.Dolan and Sage
Francis came to town and Sage wore his WSC costume on stage. They both put on
killer sets!
Do you have any tips for festival goers?
Pace yourself, drink water, and lather up the SPF!
What's the best food people can find on Broadway during the
festival?
The food trucks are always best
Who is your all time favorite Denver band?
Right now I'd have to say Rubedo
If you were behind the counter at Twist and Shout, what
three albums would you recommend to our customers?
FaceMan Feeding Time, The High Tops' new EP Sneaker Wars EP.1 and Rubedo's Massa Confusa
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