Blitzen Trapper Live

Monolith pics day 1

Blitzen Trapper - solid band / performance. Touring with Stephen Malkmus this fall - in Denver at the Gothic Nov. 6th





Cut Copy



Holy Fuck




Mickey Avalon - didn't know about this guy till the weekend before. Not really a fan. The posing girls added to his show made for some decent pics





A Place to Bury Strangers - loud. louder than I remember at the Larimer Lounge earlier in the year. The stage limited my view, but appearances isn't what this band's about. Catch the loudest band from NY Oct. 8th at the Larimer Lounge.



Vampire Weekend





Silversun Pickups - the singers voice was a step in the wrong direction from the recorded album.




Atmosphere - I know a girl that knows this guy - really well.

videos - Fleet Foxes/Blitzen Trapper

Mykonos - Fleet Foxes



Devils A-Go-Go - Blitzen Trapper



Blitzen Trapper played some cool new songs that I didn't get on video. Not seeing any info on the internet about upcoming B Trapper releases...

Great show! See VPatty's review below.

pics - Blitzen Trapper (Denver Hi-Dive 04.14.08)

Feeling a bit Blitzed

I’ve always been a sucker for heavy percussion, but I tend to be less captivated by heavy guitar. The two together, however, throbbing in sync, leaves little room for skepticism. At least this was the case with Blitzen Trapper. Their performance at the High-Dive this week sold me on the band and the venue forever. This six man troupe unleashed their rhythm and melody mercilessly on those of us committed enough to venture to Washington Park at 11pm on a Monday. Rarely do harmony and distortion compliment one another and even more rarely is the story they take turns telling punctuated with Dylanesque harmonicing and a Casio. Blitzen Trapper is Glam Rock gone grunge, a union surprisingly organic, each drawn to flaunting their own brand of brash disobedience and disinterest in pleasing the hands that feed them. And though their low-ankled sneakers are no substitute for silver platform heels and their untucked cotton crewnecks expose their Portland roots, Blitzen Trapper is Glam Rock’s prodigal son! They’re proud. They’re loud.

I lost some hearing to them this week…but it was worth it.

Blitzen Trapper

I ended up at the Melvins/Big Business show instead of the Blitzen Trapper show last night. Two drummers make sense with these guys.



thanks to the dude who gave me a free ticket the second before I was going to purchase one!

Wild Mountain Nation

Here's another video from Tuesday's Blitzen Trapper show:



Solid performers/musicians. They'll be back in Denver at the Hi-Dive 9-22. Hand gesturing at its finest!

Miss Spiritual Tramp

Blitzen Trapper (tonight)

They're opening for Smoosh and Aquaduct (unfamiliars). Here is their site, and here is one of their songs (track 1: Devil's a-Go-Go):

Blitzen Trapper

You Portland folks might want to consider catchin' one of your local bands on June 28. check the sched: here or check it and listen to some of their rockin' tunes here. I'd say they sound like Wilco-meets-Pavement-meets-Lynyrd Skynyrd, and I'd think their show would be a fun one to catch. They'll be in Denver on 7-31 so we'll probably check 'em out then.