Lucero: Well-remembered locally from their opening set at the Replacements’ big Midway Stadium gig in 2014, raspy howler Ben Nichols and his groovy Memphis country-rock band are back with a rawer, back-to-the-barroom-basics album, “Among the Ghosts.” Denver tunesmith Brent Cowles opens. They return to the Palace fresh off a three-night run at Red Rocks Amphitheater after also putting on their own festival. Greensky Bluegrass: Trampled by Turtles’ longtime, kindred string-band cohorts from Kalamazoo, Mich., are enjoying their own flourishing career. O’Gara’s will return in a smaller format on the same site in a new housing development. Leighton on Friday and the rock-solid Martin Zellar & the Hardaways on Saturday. Paul watering hole: the once-ubiquitous Twin Cities rocker G.B. Who better to close it out than two old regulars in this venerable St. O’Gara’s swan song: The wrecking ball is coming to the bar that Charles Schulz made famous (he lived upstairs), so it’s a final blowout for the backroom music club formerly known as the Garage. DJ Bonics from Go 95.3 is touring as Wiz’s turntablist.
He’s still a rock-starry rap star on stage, though, and a worthy name to try out the newly remade Armory and its booming atmosphere for hip-hop shows. Dive in below.Wiz Khalifa: The Pittsburgh rapper who packed the State Fair grandstand with his late homie Mac Miller in 2013 is still rolling with the “Rolling Papers” theme, touring behind a sequel to his breakthrough 2011 album that rehashes the same weedy and/or womanizing themes even as he enters his 30s. His pitched-up vocals on songs like "Nights" are leveled out over woozy submerged backdrops, making for a soothing project that you might want to throw on when you finally can't stand your weird family any more this holiday weekend. Slowing Frank's already chilled-out album down a few more notches, Purple is a truly mesmerizing listen. I personally wanted to chop the album to give the fans what they been requesting for during the holiday season!" He also revealed that his personal favorite is "Close To You." We asked Slim K why he wanted to give Blonde the chopped and screwed treatment, and he told us, "It wasn't much about the actual project of Blonde, but more about Frank's voice when slowed down that makes the people enjoy his music Chopped up. Now, the Houston native has worked his magic on Frank Ocean's Blonde (our favorite album of the year).
Slim K of Houston chopped and screwed legend OG Ron C's Chopstars crew has impressed us with "chopped not slopped" versions of Chance The Rapper's Coloring Book, The Weeknd's mixtapes, and many more slowed-down projects over the years.
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