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Siouxsie & The Banshees in Denver, 1986 2026 intro and 1986 article by Duane Davis Siouxsie Sioux's voice during her peak in the 1980s was an immediate presence, cold, hard, supple: coil upon coil, a predatory embrace, not so much malign as indifferent–a gun going off in a distant room. The Siouxsie and the Banshees... Continue Reading →
By Daisy Spinelli After nearly a decade in the making, Wheelchair Sports Camp released their highly anticipated album, “Oh Imperfecta” on Alternative Tentacles last Friday, May 15. Self-described as a “collage of sound,” the new album is political without being preachy, hilarious without losing emotional weight, and cohesively genre-diverse. Ahead of their Wax Trax early... Continue Reading →
By: Ethan Goddard It isn’t very often I have a good excuse to talk about movies here in Wasted Energy. But with the recent release of “Michael” (the first installment in the two part Michael Jackson biopic), I figured now is the time. MAYBE I can convince Wax Trax to let me write-off my AMC... Continue Reading →
By Simone Fohrman If you’ve been digging into the Denver music scene you’ve most likely heard The New Country Sounds of Ryan Wong, released in May. In my ear it's a perfect clash of the punk attitude with a gentle folk expression, and a good fit for Denver--a reconstruction of the music historically associated with... Continue Reading →
Review by Duane Davis, October 2023 Listening to the new Quits album "Feeling it," recently released by the reliably noisy Sleeping Giant Glossolalia label, felt a little like being dropped into a lost chapter of Hubert Selby's Last Exit To Brooklyn. There's a dense claustrophobia, a feeling of walls closing in, of impending violence, of... Continue Reading →
Review by Duane Davis The history of loving someone is necessarily going to be a history of sorrow: it's as true as death and taxes: nothing lasts, not love, not life, not you, not me. The veteran Denver four-piece Super Bummer just released a collection of 11 lovely and loving songs that, each and every... Continue Reading →
Review by Duane Davis Uh Oh! I know what you're thinking: 'New Country Sounds'! Merle Haggard with an iPhone and a White claw? Gram Parsons on a yoga mat busting out a Supine Pigeon Pose?? Another Millennial cowboy trying to Waltz Across Brooklyn??? Nope. What we have is a fine set of folk inflected C&W... Continue Reading →
By Simone Fohrman Hannah Alexander AKA Sybil Attack struck a chord on a Saturday earlier this summer at one of the most captivating shows I’ve seen this year. Hundreds of Denverites poured into the city’s newest DIY space, previously known as the Evan’s School. The building, built in 1904, was silhouetted against the moonlit sky,... Continue Reading →
By: Simone Fohrman On a recent Saturday eve in March over at the D3 Arts Center, Denver’s own Water on the Thirsty Ground launched their new album “Exploding Head Syndrome” with a raucous show. The D3 is rapidly becoming one of the city’s most vibrant DIY venues, and on this night it was overflowing with... Continue Reading →
The Denver band Watch Yourself Die is not satisfied with the typical relationship between performer and audience. A passive listener will not make it through unscathed. The name of the band is no mistake, it speaks to an inevitable journey inward, a kind of ego-death, or the disintegration of the known. At a Watch Yourself Die... Continue Reading →