Mitchel Evan says artistic beauty lies in imperfection. Back & Forth, the album that his band, Mitchel Evan & the Mangrove, is getting ready to release, is a partial attempt to document the struggles he’s experienced in his own life.
Whether you have new music you want to try out on an audience or you’re looking to see Denver’s best up-and-coming talent (and perhaps some of the worst as well), open mic nights are for you.
Suzanne Slade of Battle Pussy & Daenerys and the Targaryens shocked herself the first time she performed live.
King Rat frontman Luke Schmaltz talks about No Apologies, No Regrets, the Denver punk band’s latest album with Unable Records.
Andy Baxter of Penny & Sparrow talks about the act’s latest album, Wendigo, and why so many of the songs are all about death.
Looking for live music? Check out our picks for this week’s best shows in Denver.
Joey Santiago, lead guitarist for alt-rock band Pixies, was never into playing fast. He says it’s just too much work.
Commemorating music legend John Denver’s death, Westword’s Michael Roberts weighed in with a rant titled: “The Mega-Irritating John Denver Revival on the 20th Anniversary of His Death.”
Since forming in 2008, Las Vegas alt-rockers in Imagine Dragons have risen steadily, until this year when the band really has exploded. Thanks to its new album Evolve and the accompanying singles “Believer” and “Thunder,” it’s tough to have the radio on for ten minutes, for better or worse, without hearing Imagine Dragons.
While lively punk scenes thrived in many cities across the U.S. in the late ’70s and early ’80s, San Francisco’s had something the others did not. “It feels like the San Francisco scene is so overlooked, because it was more intellectual and more art-based,” says Colorado-based photographer Richard Alden Peterson.
Ivory Circle has released its latest video. Here’s the story behind it.
Tech N9ne answers the phone. He’s somewhere in Canada, tripped up on time zones, with a fitness trainer named Jaws.
Your guide to the best concerts in Denver October 13 to 15.
John Denver died twenty years ago today. Here are twenty of the weirdest stories we have written about him since.
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats will be releasing their full-length live recording of their first headlining show at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Live at Red Rocks, on November 10, from Stax Records.
Cold Crush continues to scramble for a new location after its current landlord, at 2700 Larimer Street, refused to extend the music venue and bar’s lease in August; the venue must be out by the end of this month. A logical spot to move to, says owner Brian Mathenge, would be the building he owns at 3014 East Colfax Avenue. One problem: He rents it out to Southside Bar and Kitchen, which has no plans to move.
Together Pangea is Denver bound with a stripped down sound.
Here’s your guide to every new Denver concert announcement.
Simon Katz, bassist for Denver-based prog-rock trio Boats Without Oars who died when he was sixteen years old, is remembered by his bandmates on their new album.
Other people’s hats and hairdos have ruined one too many concerts for us. Here are some styles to avoid.
Erica Brown was singing “Billie Jean” at Basin’s Up, when she fell and flashed the crowd.
It’s not the gentrification or the ugly condos that are driving Ian Cooke away. The reason the singer-songwriter is leaving Denver in January, weeks after the Ian Cooke Band collaborates on a production with dance troupe Wonderbound, is simple: love.
