At Westword, Virgil Dickerson has been heralded as the most significant figure in Denver music in the past year. When you consider everything Dickerson has been involved in, that’s not a surprising turn of events. Nonetheless, the man himself was surprised.
Cash Kiser III, a 29-year-old music promoter who took his own life Saturday, December 17, built the Grand Junction music scene.
Denver Noise Fest 2016 proves Denver’s DIY scene is far from dead.
Nicholas and Cara Yañez of the band Get Along are making their way as a married couple and musicians with a two-year-old daughter.
A comic history of the Boulder Theater
Wizards, witches and allies: Brace yourselves for a rush on tickets. This morning the Colorado Symphony announced its next events in the Harry Potter film series: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
Rockmount Ranch Wear sells Western designs sought out by generations of musicians wanting to adopt the Old West authenticity of the company’s brand.
Killswitch Engage and Anthrax bring their co-headlining Killthrax tour to the Fillmore Auditorium on Friday, April 28.
Wondering which venues opened and closed in 2016? Here’s a roundup.
In Denver music news, as on the national stage, 2016 has been good, bad — but mostly it’s been ugly. From the deaths of irreplaceable pop icons to the (forced) closures of beloved venues (R.I.P. Quixote’s) and the bizarre antics of artists we can’t seem to escape, this year has kicked our collective asses. Before we run screaming into 2017, here’s a look back at ten of the most shocking or controversial stories in Denver music that rocked our world in 2016.
This weekend’s concerts are all about the holidays.
Heavy Metal is the reason for the season — at least, at Black Sky Brewery.
Bryan Ostrow, an organizer of the recently shuttered DIY venue Flux Capacitor, talks about the future.
A brief cartoon history of Red Rocks.
Denver’s experimental music scene has yielded stellar releases in 2016. A complete list of all the bands operating in that realm could be much longer, but here is a primer of ten of the best acts that offered quality recordings anyone with an ear for the adventurous or unusual should check out. The bands are listed in alphabetical order because, as usual, music is not a competition.
Despite the recent shut down of Rhinoceropolis, Denver Noise Fest 2016, originally scheduled to happen at the DIY space, will go on at nearby Globe Hall.
Finding dusty record shops that cater to artsy geeks has never been so hard in Boulder, where the city’s eccentric charm has been diluted by a sky-high cost of living and an influx of techies from the coasts. Absolute Vinyl is one of the last spots where the college town’s once notorious weirdness still lingers.
Chic’s Nile Rodgers, the producer behind Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” and David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance,” will be receiving an award for musical excellence.
The Colorado Springs DIY space Flux Capacitor was shut down by the fire department for zoning code violations late last week, venue organizers posted to Facebook last Friday.
Denver rapper Trev Rich’s new album, To Make a Long Story Short, released by the hip-hop powerhouse label Ca$h Money Records hit stereos yesterday.
We’re shining the spotlight onto a few of the brilliant women in Colorado’s music scene and the musicians they admire.
Two weeks after a fire burned the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland, killing 36 people, Denver’s DIY community came out in the hundreds to raise money for the victims and dance to ambient and experimental hardcore.
