Matt LaBarge, co-owner of the popular South Broadway spots hi-dive and Sputnik, says he’s all set to open his third spot, The Lost Lake Lounge, at 5 p.m. tonight. He’s turned the former Bulldog Bar space, and Mr. Von’s Almo before that, into something of a cabin-styled lounge since that’s…

On the cover of her latest album, Neko Case wields a sword in her right hand while looking straight ahead and crouching down on the hood of a late-’60s Cougar. In a way, the image sort of evokes Zoe Belle hanging on the hood of that Challenger in Death Proof,…

Just from looking at the liner notes of David Rynhart’s By the Hollow Tree, which quote Henry Miller, Paul Gaugin and Vincent Van Gogh, it’s evident the guy has some depth. But Rynhart’s not just name-dropping. In fact, “A Puddle on the Ground,” one of the album’s many high points,…

The sign posted by the door at 3602 East Colfax Avenue reads: “Bar Closed. Remember the Alamo!” But few dive-bar lovers would remember this Alamo, the first piano bar on Colfax that opened back in the early ’40s. After that, the space became Mr. Von’s Alamo, then the Monroe Tavern…

The Bottesini Project is based on free improvisations, which means each of the group’s shows offer entirely different experiences. The results are often as diverse as the musicians leader Paul Riola recruits for concerts and albums. His group of constantly revolving players has included nationally known musicians like Wilco guitarist…

Three years ago, DJs Low Key and Sounds Supreme started the Solution as a way to create the kind of party they’d want to go to. And while the weekly, underground hip-hop parties have gotten bigger and better over the years, Low Key says, it’s the still the same party…

After Thirty-two bands faced off over the last three months, the Epilogues took the top prize from Yerkish, Forth Yeer and Goldie & the Bears during the finals of Westword’s Best of the West competition Friday at Herman’s Hideaway. At the end of the night, the Epilogues were handed a…

Over the past few months, the former Snake Pit location at 608 East 13th Avenue has been getting an overhaul to make way for Beauty Bar, which will be one of ten Beauty Bars around the country. While owner Noah Ray McMahan was originally thinking it might open by January…

Promoter and label owner Dave Vendetta says Denver has one of the biggest goth/industrial scenes in the country, but he’s had a hard time finding venues to book shows, especially since Rock Island closed. And then he found the Roxy (2549 Welton Street), which is open to him bringing in…

Ken Kadonaga started the Boulder-based Adventure Records in 2001 as a way to promote local musicians, visual artists and charities. Since then, the label has released five compilations under the title Cuvée (a wine term meaning blend or special lot), featuring bands such as DeVotchKa, the Motet, Cabaret Diosa and…

As with guitarist Dale Bruning’s Classical Connections—Vol. I, the songs on the followup, Classical Connections—Vol. II, were culled from archived live recordings of two Dazzle sets back in November 2006 (save for the solo opener, “I’m Always Chasing Rainbows”). Both volumes find Bruning and special guest Ali Ryerson dipping into…

It’s Friday night at Paris Wine Bar (1549 Platte Street), and every seat in the place is occupied. People pack the aisle, too, making it tough to get to the back room, which was part of the adjoining Paris on the Platte coffeehouse until late last year, when the wall…

The former Grand Slam Sports Bar space at 9660 East Arapahoe Road in Greenwood Village will celebrate its grand re-opening as Slam Bar on Friday and Saturday, February 26 and 27. Jaima Manley, the bar’s general manager, says the place has been completely redone, and this weekend’s naughty- and nice-themed…

For now, the sign next to the Bulldog Bar’s door reads, “Bar Closed. Remember the Alamo!” While the sign’s a nod to the bar’s earlier incarnation, Mr. Von’s Alamo, the bar at 3602 East Colfax Avenue is slated to re-open next Friday, March 5 as the Lost Lake Lounge. Matt…

Sometimes luck and trouble go hand in hand; other times it takes a bit of both to balance things out. While the folks in Tequila Mockingbird had a few troubles and struggles during the two years it took to make their third, fittingly titled disc, it might have been a…