B.B. King, DJ Shadow, Os Mutantes shows announced

Master bluesman B.B. King, who seems to visit these parts a couple times a year, returns to the Boulder Theater on Saturday, January 22. Tickets ($77.50 general admission, $96.50 reserved, $124.50 gold circle) go on sale this Saturday, October 2, at 10 a.m. , When DJ Shadow hits the Ogden…

Michael Franti, Santana, Blonde Redhead top sellers at local stores

Michael Franti & Spearhead’s The Sound of Sunshine , released last week on Capitol, grabbed the top spot at Albums on the Hill and checked in at number three at Twist & Shout for the week ending September 26. Santana’s new Arista release, Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of…

Crimson & Gold Tavern should be open this weekend

When brothers Kevin and Craig Caldwell took over the former Aroma Cafe (and Pita Jungle before that) at 2017 South University Boulevard near the end of 2009, they’d hoped to reopen the spot as the Crimson & Gold Tavern in the spring. But in February, they were denied a liquor…

The Knew

It took six months for the Knew to make Pulpería, its long-player released earlier this summer. In contrast, the guys banged out the three songs on this seven-inch vinyl EP in a weekend. While both recordings prove that the Knew can put out quality stuff whether it’s months or days…

Nate Birkey

Although Nate Birkey grew up in Evergreen, the trumpeter spent a lot of time in Santa Barbara, where he split his time playing in jazz clubs and with local indie-pop band Spencer the Gardener. For the past five years, Birkey has lived in New York City, where he’s refined his…

Crimson & Gold to open near the University of Denver

When brothers Kevin and Craig Caldwell took over the former Aroma Cafe at 2017 South University Boulevard near the end of 2009, they’d hoped to reopen the spot as the Crimson & Gold Tavern in the spring. But in February, they were denied a liquor license; turns out the address…

STS9, the Heavy and Dimmu Borgir shows announced

After selling out a two-night stint at Red Rocks and a show at the Boulder Theater earlier this month, STS9 has announced its return to the area for a three-night stand at the Fillmore Auditorium, from Wednesday, December 29, to Friday, December 31. While tickets for the New Year’s run…

No more live music after next month at PT’s Club Inferno

Throughout the late ’60s, 1601 West Evans was a prime destination for live music, with acts like the Doors, Cream, the Grateful Dead and Van Morrison performing in the space now occupied by PT’s Showclub. Four years ago, rock returned to the building when the folks at Left Nut Entertainment…

Grinderman, Black Angels, Trey Songz top sellers at local stores

Grinderman, which features Nick Cave and three members of the Bad Seeds, claimed the top spot at Albums on the Hill and landed in the top five at Twist & Shout with Grinderman 2, released last week on Anti. The Black Angels’ Phosphene Dream, meanwhile, which also came out last…

The Blue Canyon Boys

On the Blue Canyon Boys’ fourth album, Mountain Bound, the bluegrass quartet does some fine covers of older material from Alton Delmore, Reno and Smiley, the Country Gentlemen, the Louvin Brothers and Bill Monroe.  What’s amazing here, though, is how well their version of the INXS song “Don’t Change,” which…

Hayter’s & Co. opened today in former Lizard’s space

After overhauling the former Lizard’s Bar & Grill space at 1920 Blake Street for the last month and a half, Hayter’s & Co. officially opened today. Mike Hayter and Mike Refling moved down from Bozeman, Montana, to start the sports bar with a bit of a throwback feel. Hanging on…

Brandon Flowers, Rob Halford, the Judds shows announced

Killers frontman Brandon Flowers is hitting the road this fall in support of his solo debut, Flamingo, which hits stores today on Island. He’ll be at the Ogden Theatre on Thursday, November 18. Tickets ($30) go on sale Saturday, September 18 at 10 a.m. Another frontman heading out on tour…

John and Kim Baxter launch ZetaKaye House

Although ZetaKaye House, the name of John and Kim Baxter’s new booking and management company, might sound like sorority house, it’s actually a deliberate fusion of the names of two individuals: Oscar Zeta Acosta, who was part of the Brown Power movement in the ’60s and Hunter S. Thompson’s attorney,…

Bill Ward has big plans for miniBAR

Bill Ward learned a hard lesson in Larimer Square, where he owned Below Bar and Slim 7: At most clubs, you only have a small window — say, from 10 p.m. until closing — when you can make money. But now that he’s out of Larimer Square altogether, Ward’s planning…

Reverend Deadeye

With his modified wok-lid resonator guitar, rigged-up drum kit (which includes a metal washtub for a snare), a rusty Falstaff beer-can microphone and assorted other things, you have to wonder how the hell Brent Burkhart, aka Reverend Deadeye, takes the one-man band concept to a completely different level — and…

MiniBar has plans that begin with coffee and end with a club

Bill Ward learned a hard lesson in Larimer Square, where he owned Below Bar and Slim 7: At most clubs, you only have a small window — say, from 10 p.m. until closing — when you can make money. But now that he’s out of Larimer Square altogether, Ward’s planning…

Neovak: Joshua Novak’s Dead Letters is lush and sparkly

For years, I’ve really fought to dissuade people as categorizing me or thinking of me in singer-songwriter terms,” Joshua Novak says. “Not that it’s bad. I felt like those people in the ’70s who were singer-songwriters, they all had bands. But something happened in the ’90s, when the coffee-shop singer-songwriter…

Glitch Mob, Danzig, KT Tunstall shows announced

Glitch Mob, which released its debut, Drink the Sea, this past spring, is slated to perform at the Fillmore Auditorium on Halloween night, Sunday, October 31. In August, the electronic trio also teamed up with MishkaNYC to release Drink The Sea Part 2: The Mixtape, which can be downloaded here…

Wilco at Jazz Aspen Snowmass – 09.03.10

WILCO 09.03.10 | Jazz Aspen Snowmass “Don’t even think about yelling ‘Freebird,” Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy responded to the guy in the crowd who screamed out the name of the Lynyrd Skynyrd tune early in Wilco’s ambitious two-hour set at the Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor Day festival. “You can wait…