Dead Confederate. As a band, Georgia’s Dead Confederate — the subject of a November 20 Westword profile — is very much alive. Singer/guitarist Hardy Morris and his mates were plucked from obscurity by former Capitol Records president Gary Gersh, who made the band the first recruit for his new TAO…
John Legend visits the Paramount Theatre January 8. There’s a bit more action this week with concert announcements, including John Legend’s January 8 show at the Paramount, Galactic’s Valentine’s Day show at Fillmore and a bunch of good shows at the Bluebird. Celine Dion’s show originally scheduled for tomorrow (Nov…
This Saturday, November 22, the members of Pee Pee, Denver’s most curiously named combo, will be warming up for Nellie McKay at the Mercury Cafe before then joining the songstress back on stage as her backing band. The show, a benefit for bands for lands, will be the outfit’s last…
Just received word from Dent that he’s made the entire Low Budget Soul comp, one of my favorite local hip-hop releases to date, available for download. While the hip-hop scene has evolved considerably since then, Soul, released in 2005, provides a great snapshot from the scene at that time and…
Concert season is over at Red Rocks, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make use of music’s best outdoor venue — especially on those occasional spring-like days that heat up the Colorado winter. Here, five ways to make use of Red Rocks until the bands plug back in next spring…
Would you buy this record? I know we’re not supposed to judge a book (or album, in this case) by its cover, but, sweet lord, what the fuck is up with that? Just stumbled across this god-forsaken artifact and it was just one of fifteen creepy album covers collected for…
Celine Dion’s November 19 show at the Pepsi Center has been rescheduled for February 24, 2009. Dion’s physician has instructed her to refrain from singing in order for her to completely recover from a recurrent naso-pharyngeal infection that was further complicated by inflamed vocal chords, according to the show’s promoter,…
Young Coyotes, still among my favorite local bands, has announced plans to record a Daytrotter session in Davenport, Iowa, on Thursday, December 4, at the end of its current cross country jaunt, which wraps later that night at the Blue Fugue in Columbia, Missouri. Only a scant few Denver bands…
Photo: Laurie Scavo This next news comes with more than a hint of sadness. With a notable amount of rueful displeasure we bring you word of another stellar Denver band reaching the end of its road. After some deliberation, the members of Cat-A-Tac have decided to part ways. That’s the…
Jethro Tull’s 1971 show at Red Rocks was almost the last rock show ever held at the venue In 1971 at early rock show at Red Rocks featuring Jethro Tull, unruly fans turned the venue into a war zone. It started when fans who couldn’t get get tickets for the…
Just received an advance of KBCO’s Studio C 20th Anniversary Edition. The 38-song two-disc set, celebrating two decades of in-studio performances, gathers tracks from a few of the usual suspects (Dave Matthews Band, Sheryl Crow), alongside some rare gems from the likes of Jeff Buckley, Dr. John and Tom Waits,…
Tickle Me Pink, who’s in the midst of a cross country tour right now with Hawthorne Heights (full dates after the jump), has posted an explicit, NSFW version of their “Typical Whore” video. Like the the original version, the video features porn star Gabriella Fox crawling through comforters on her…
Photo: Jon Solomon Of Montreal Ogden Theatre Sunday, November 16, 2008 Better than: Fellini’s Satyricon It’s one thing to see photos and videos from Of Montreal’s Skeletal Lamping tour. It’s another thing entirely to witness the spectacle firsthand. Even if they released a 3-D tour film complete with scratch-and-sniff Oderama…
If his music is half as good as his acting, expect his album to be punishingly bad Here’s a round up of all the great content you might have missed this week on Backbeat Online while you were busy digging through your old CDs for Bruce Willis’s album from the…
Looks like we won’t have to wait until February after all to hear what the Fray has in store next. The band is slated to debut “You Found Me,” the first single from its forthcoming self-titled album, next week. Beginning at 10 p.m. on Thursday, November 20, fans can listen…
Suge Knight files lawsuit against Kanye West Former Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight has filed a $135,000 lawsuit against Kanye West for a gunshot wound and a robbery of his diamond-stud earring that occurred at West’s pre-MTV Music Awards party back in August 2005. According to TMZ, Knight believes…
OMFG! This Craigslist post, which, of course, has since been flagged and removed, is way too good not to share. Seriously. After spying this a couple of days ago, we were half way tempted to get the Satan-o-verb 2000 and the Demonizer out of hawk and hit the dude up…
Chances are better than good that if you’re just hearing about this now, you’re probably not going to catch this show. Nonetheless, we thought we’d let you know about it, just in case, for whatever reason, there’s still room on the list. (Hey, you never know, right?) This Tuesday, November…
Today is Chris Barber’s birthday, and to celebrate, he’ll be in full-on Velvet Elvis form tonight at the Skylark. Should be a doozy. The Spiv frontman hasn’t channeled The King in a while — tearing his achilles tendon this past January slowed him down a bit. Anyhow, he’s back and…
Rise Against, Alkaline Trio, Thrice, the Gaslight Anthem Thursday, November 13, 2008 Fillmore Auditorium Better than: Taking in a punk show in an arena setting. Finding the optimal spot to take in the sound at the Fillmore Auditorium can be a tricky task. With the auditorium’s wide wings, its open…
Set your DVRs to stun. Word has it the 3OH!3 hooligans, who have reportedly sold out their recently announced second night at the Ogden Theatre in January, will be making Americans holla til they pass out tonight from temperature controlled confines of a Burbank soundstage when their Last Call with…
Photo: Cory Casciato Remember the good old days? If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably caught yourself on more than one occasion muttering that rhetorical question while you waxed nostalgic about something or other that you could just swear was far superior ten or twenty years ago or more. Remember…
