Music

As if there weren’t already enough unnerving and terrifying things in everyday life to worry about, now comes word of even more scary shit you can unwittingly come across as you’re minding your own business — stuff like brain-eating amoebas and flesh-eating bacteria. Ask Chris Young about the latter. He…

MY BLOODY VALENTINE @ OGDEN THEATER | 8/19/13 My Bloody Valentine’s show last night at the Ogden Theatre may not have felt as blisteringly loud as its show at the Fillmore a few years ago, but the band didn’t exactly skimp on the volume either this time out. Between the…

Jody Savin and Randall Miller are preparing to release their latest film CBGB in a few months. If those names ring a bell, they should: These are the same filmmakers who announced plans earlier this year to start work on Caribou Records, a movie about the legendary Caribou Ranch recording…

BLITZEN TRAPPER @ CULTIVATE FESTIVAL | 8/17/13 By the time Blitzen Trapper made it onto the stage at this year’s Cultivate Festival, it was the hottest point of a scorching ninety-plus degree day — a comical contrast to last year’s soggy and cold affair. It was the kind of day…

FIVE IRON FRENZY @ OGDEN THEATRE | 8/17/13 There were several moments during Five Iron’s set that nodded to the hometown crowd, and all of them were dependably absurd thanks to frontman Reese Roper. “The Broncos are losing forty to seven,” Roper informed us. “I’ve never been more proud to…

PRETTY LIGHTS @ RED ROCKS | 8/16/13 Spirits were high as Pretty Lights took the stage on Friday night, the first night of the act’s annual two-night run at Red Rocks, both of which would feature a live band this year, something that Smith had hinted at in our interview…

SUMMER SLAUGHTER @ OGDEN THEATRE | 8/16/13 Kicking the slaughter off early before work hours ended didn’t prevent fans from sneaking out of work a little early to get the mass-murder body-ripping brutal metal started. Those who were previously in docile work environments quickly acclimated to the carnage of metal…

MY BLOODY VALENTINE @ OGDEN THEATRE | MON, 8/19/13 Few bands of the past two decades have had as profound an influence on as wide a spectrum of artists as My Bloody Valentine. Not only did the landmark 1991 album Loveless have a massive impact on the group’s peers at…

How rad is this: Judge Roughneck got Angelo Moore of Fishbone to sing on its new album. The tune? “Mirror in the Bathroom.” Best part? He’s coming to town to sit in with the guys next Saturday at Reggae on the Rocks. After frontman Byron Shaw literally dreamed up the…

QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE @ RED ROCKS | 8/15/13 Drawing liberally from a broad range of its catalog, Queens of the Stone Age planned its Red Rocks set out especially well last night. Everything rolled forward with ample momentum, but the band and the crowd both had plenty time…

KURT VILE @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 8/15/13 Kurt Vile strolled into the Bluebird last night carrying a stack of his CDs. He’s a small man, maybe 5′ 3″ and weighing 130, with shaggy brown hair. Looked awkward. Very awkward. Was he about to steal my wife’s heart with his songs,…

PRETTY LIGHTS @ RED ROCKS | FRI & SAT, 8/16-8/17 Returning to the Mile High City for his now-annual two-night run at Red Rocks, Pretty Lights maestro Derek Vincent Smith is bringing an album’s worth of new music and a talented cast of characters to entertain the hometown crowd. On…

FIVE IRON FRENZY @ OGDEN THEATRE | SAT, 8/17/13 Five Iron Frenzy began life in 1995 as the side project of a long-forgotten thrash-metal-and-industrial band called Exhumator. Ahead of the ska revival of the mid-’90s, Exhumator’s members wanted to play music that was inherently fun, positive and uplifting. Two years…

The Arise Music Festival kicks off today at Sunrise Ranch in Loveland and runs through Sunday. Take one look at the schedule, and you’ll quickly see there are an overwhelming number of acts on the bill. We narrowed it down to the half-dozen acts you must see. Keep reading to…