Monique Ortiz and Mike Howard of Alien Knife Fight met while both were working, in two separate buildings, for Grav Labs in Austin, Texas, but they didn’t really know one another. One day, in 2010, they ran into each other while practicing with their then projects: Ortiz’s not so serious band, which mostly jammed, and Howard’s stoner-rock band Bay of Pigs.
Electronic dance collective Deep Club will celebrate its four-year anniversary with house and techno music legend Mike Huckaby.
Want to see music this weekend? Here’s your agenda.
Emma Ruth Rundle’s solo music may be inspired by folk, but that hasn’t stopped her from touring the country with black-metal act Deafheaven and post-rock band This Will Destroy You.
WesDawg, one of Denver’s best rappers, has a unique voice and a style that can switch from chill to pissed at the drop of a hat.
A brief comic history of Tennyson’s Tap.
Widespread Panic returns to Red Rocks for a three-night run from Friday, June 23, through Sunday, June 25; tickets ($65) go on sale on Friday, March 24, at 10 a.m.
Jessica Rabbit, the provocatively titled new offering by Sleigh Bells, is both an aural blast and a declaration of independence for musical partners Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller, who headline at the Gothic Theater on March 24.
Noisy, experimental rock band Creepoid and its brethren in psychedelic sounds Ecstatic Vision are touring the U.S. this spring, and Thursday, March 23, will stop at Denver’s hi-dive.
LaRissa Vienna and the Strange plays music that is honest, emotional and poetic — and more than a little strange.
Jam-band fans, brace yourselves: Phish has announced three Colorado concerts.
Pop-star Daya has been busier than most high schoolers over the past two years.
Reverb and the Verse entered the Denver hip hop scene in 1999. Jahi Simbai, who performs as Providence “the Verse,” and Shane Etter are the founding members.
Southern metal bands Norma Jean and He Is Legend will be in Denver this Wednesday, March 22, during their Polar Similar Tour. Their Denver stop is sure to be one of the most Southern fried shows this side of the Mississippi River. To amp you up for the concert, below are…
Intimacy is rarely associated with pop stars, on-stage or otherwise. For Bebe Rexha and her fans, last Friday, March 17, her show at the Larimer Lounge was one of extreme intimacy.
Roots music — whether country, reggae, Americana, bluegrass or folk — holds massive appeal here in Colorado. We love music that boils songs down to something completely devoid of pretension. Throw traditional instruments into the arms of the musos, wind them up and let them go. As a result, we’re…
Over the years, the space next door to the Boulder Theater has housed different bars and restaurants, most recently Ghost BBQ and Sprits. But when that partnership between the venue and the restaurant expired, Z2 Entertainment, which operates the Boulder Theater and Fox Theatre, stepped in to create the Lounge…
Texas-based indie pop band Eisley, that just released I’m Only Dreaming last month, is at the Lost Lake Lounge tonight, while hard rock stalwarts UFO and Saxon take over the Summit Music Hall Tuesday night. Also on tap this week are Kevin Abstract, Norma Jean as well as Pat Benetar and Neil Giraldo.
Riot Fest announced it would cancel its 2017 Denver festival.
Wesley Watkins knows how to bring people together. “That’s my superpower as a human being,” says Watkins, a force in Denver’s music scene who is currently playing trumpet for Wheelchair Sports Camp’s Wall to Wall tour. Before picking up the spring touring gig, Watkins started organizing WMN and the Queen City of the Plains, a showcase of Denver women musicians happening this weekend, March 17 and 18 at Syntax Physic Opera.
Pam Puente, a fixture in Denver’s punk scene since she was 14-years-old, died in early March. Known as a wild-child, she earned praise and ire — often from the same people, says Jill Mustoffa, a Denver punk-show promoter who knew the musician for decades.
Indie/math rock band Montoneros’s members named the band after a leftist political group.
