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Enjoy our picks for the best concerts in Denver this weekend.

Kevin Abstract raps about his problems, big and small. On his first album, American Boyfriend, Abstract sings: “I hate my yearbook photo/I hate my passport/I hate my last name/I hate everything it stands for.” While his songs are filled with self-loathing and on-and-off disgust with pretty much everyone and everything…

Rock singer Bryce Fox knows about the devil in us all, and what better way for him to let his horns out than to perform on St. Patrick’s Day, at 93.3’s Keggs & Eggs festival? Raised in Bloomington, Indiana, Fox grew up listening to a variety of musical styles, which…

We’re excited to announce the bands and musicians who made the ballot for this year’s Westword Music Showcase. More than 200 musicians, fans, journalists and industry players weighed in on their favorite acts in the Front Range. Based on those recommendations, we have have compiled this ballot showcasing some of the…

This month 53-year-old DJ Paul Oakenfold plans to be the first DJ to “party at the top of the world” and play Mount Everest. Tomorrow, March 16, he plays Denver. Everest won’t be the world-renowned DJ’s first extreme trip. Over his thirty year career, he’s played everywhere from an Alaskan…

As eclectic and musically wide-open as the Denver scene is, there are still some areas and genres where we’re lacking. Much of that has more to do with the variety, or lack thereof, of cultures in the Denver region. We might have, for example, a lot of Latinos in Colorado,…

The rock band American Authors has performed all around the world, making a name for itself with songs like its recent hit, “Born to Run.” The group is slated to play in Denver on Friday, March 17, for Channel 93.3’s annual St. Patrick’s Day festival, Keggs & Eggs, which promises…

On Thursday, March 23, the Ogden Theatre stage will be graced by a slate of Colorado superstars: Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, DeVotchKa, Joe Sampson, and Jonny 5 and Brer Rabbit of Flobots. While it’s easy to be wowed by the star power of the lineup, the concert has…

As the lead singer for hard-rock band Heart, Ann Wilson was one of the very few prominent female voices in an era overwhelmingly dominated by men. Her electrifying voice and knack for turning an imaginative phrase were instrumental in establishing Heart as one of the great bands of the classic-rock…

Last year it was widely reported that Insane Clown Posse’s Gathering of the Juggalos would take place in Denver. Not so. “We couldn’t find a location in Colorado that would work for the Gathering,” Jason Webber of Psychopathic Records e-mailed Westword on March 13. “We should be announcing a final location…

In the mid-’90s, Orange County ska punk was very much the in thing. Bands like No Doubt, Reel Big Fish and the Aquabats took a third-wave ska scene from cities like Anaheim and Huntington Beach into the upper reaches of the Billboard charts. Forming in 1995 and taking its name…

British rockers Enter Shikari have risen from playing the darkest dives and the bottom of festival bills to headlining arenas in the UK. Here in the States. though, the band hasn’t quite managed to get a foothold on anything like that level of success yet. That’s not particularly unusual; there…

Although St. Patrick’s Day is Friday, March 17, things kick into gear this weekend with the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, the largest of its kind west of the Mississippi, as well as a number of other celebrations with Celtic music and Irish dance. Here’s your guide to events throughout the…