Denver hip-hip duo Top Flite Empire has dropped a video for the track “WAVE,” from the debut album Bad Decisions, and it’s causing a stir within the local rap community thanks to the manner with which it’s tackling race and class stereotypes, and the prejudices that people harbor without knowing it.
Los Angeles-based soul and psychedelia band Chicano Batman is touring in support of its 2017 album Freedom Is Free.
Just because Methyl Ethel was perhaps the only band in the universe not to have descended upon Austin for South By Southwest last month doesn’t mean the trio hasn’t been plenty busy.
Saharan band Tinariwen headlines the Oriental Theater on Saturday with Cambodian pop/psych-rock outfit Dengue Fever opening, while rapper Tech N9NE returns to the Fillmore Auditorium on Saturday as well.
Violent Femmes and Echo & the Bunnymen team up for a summer co-headlining tour that stops at the Fillmore Auditorium on Wednesday, July 26. Tickets ($39.75-$45) go on sale on Friday, April 7, at 10 a.m.
As a kid, Bison Bone’s Courtney Whitehead would leave the radio on all night long and wake up in the middle of the night listening to the more adventurous end of country music programming.
Since forming in 2008 and releasing a self-titled debut in 2012, the quartet the Allah-Las have become a constant presence in the United States’ psychedelic-rock circuit.
In addition to founding DINK, brothers Jeff and Charlie LaGreca perform as part of the geek-rock band H2Awesome! Formed in 2008 with Jeff on keyboards, vocals and guitar and Charlie on vocals, the group also features singer/bassist Suzanne Slade, guitarist Jon Price and drummer Ian Smith. Live, the band dresses…
At points in Monday night’s Ariana Grande concert at the Pepsi Center, it was hard to tell if she was even there. He voice was there, albeit blotted out by the overwhelming bass, but 75 percent of the concert, the performer was in the dark – literally. In all of…
Tom’s Press sits in an old corner-store building at 37th and Navajo streets. The exterior is patchy red- and blue-painted brick with wood paneling. A garish yellow placard screams, “FLYERS 1000 for $39,” and in the window a neon sign blinks, “FAX.”
The underdog team at Levitt Pavilion, a new 7,500 seat venue, has announced a handful of free summer concerts showcasing local and up-and-coming acts for its first season.
A brief comic history of the Lighthouse Writers Workshop.
Sydney Koke finds it peculiar that it took several shoegaze-obsessed teenage boys in the Incandescents to lure her into playing in a band. “My three guy friends were like, ‘We need a girl to sing soft lyrics in our My Bloody Valentine band,’” Koke, who now plays bass in the…
From the outside, Melina Duterte who plays under the name Jay Som appears to be an overnight success. At just 22, she has already positioned herself as indie rock’s newest critical darling.
Dazzle is leaving its longtime location at 940 Lincoln Street and preparing to move downtown to the Baur’s Building at 1512 Curtis Street, where the club will celebrate its grand re-opening on Thursday, June 1.
Denver Botanic Gardens has developed a knack for appealing to millennial and Gen-Xers and part of that is by not just focusing on plants, but branching out to arts, culture and music.
Vanessa Carlton isn’t a household name anymore, but her song “A Thousand Miles” will be familiar to most people who listened to pop radio in the early 2000s.
It is common practice for songwriters to retreat deep into isolation for focus and perspective when writing new music. For Dead Man Winter’s David Simonett, due April 4 at the Bluebird Theater, his retreat to the tiny village of Finland, Minnesota, not only helped him reshape his musical perspective but also get his life back on track.
The March Open Music Session welcomed El Javi, a Denver-based Mexican acoustic flamenco guitarist who uses his gypsy lifestyle to shape his music alongside percussionist Jordi Marin, as showcased by this year’s EP A Gypsy Journey: Pt.1 Trip.
It’s a big week for arena shows, with Ariana Grande at the Pepsi Center tonight and Eric Church at the venue on Wednesday, and Green Day at 1STBANK Center on Wednesday. Also this week, Indigo Girls team up with the Colorado University Symphony Orchestra to record a live album at…
We survived March, spring came, and now snow is apparently back. So as we sit inside this first weekend in April, let’s look back at some of the best times Denver music lovers had in March, relish the memories we made and bemoan those we missed.
April is rife with potential to see some awesome DJs. Many of these events are centered around Denver’s favorite cultural holiday 420. So earmark your calendars and find your favorite pair of trainers to dance all night long.
