My. Sweet. Lord. Have you seen this yet? If not, brace yourself: Here we have that god among men, Peyton Effing Manning, and his little brother Eli getting all Lonely Island on us. Attempting to summon the spirit and cadence of early ’80s hip-hop, the two QBs turn in a…
Music videos are the artistic representation of a band’s music, a visual extension of muscle from the shoulder to the fist, jarring a deeper emotion in your brain. If music videos were never created, who knows what would’ve happened? Well, actually a couple things are certain: We would have been…
BRUNO MARS @ RED ROCKS | 8/6/13 Michael Jackson was alive and well at Red Rocks last night in the form of one Mr. Bruno Mars. Mars, decorated in an animal-print shirt and gold jewelry, was ever the showman for a nonstop ninety-minute set, jiving and moonwalking and pelvic-thrusting his…
Anytime a discussion of jazz saxophone takes place, a handful of names invariably crop up, even from those only vaguely familiar with the form. And there’s a good reason for that: While there have been innumerable saxophonists over the last century or so, none have been as influential as these…
If you’re planning to head up to Red Rocks tonight for Phoenix and Dinosaur Jr, take note: Your plans have officially changed. Evidently, the weather in the foothills is not supposed to be very agreeable this evening, so the folks at AEG have opted to move the show inside to…
Music is life — or at least it is for us. When we’re not writing about it, we’re thinking about it, talking about it or listening to it. These are the things that were in heavy rotation for us this week. What are you listening to? What should we be…
We’re back with a new edition of That’s a Rap, a place where we turn you on to fresh local hip-hop. Yes, it’s been a long time. We never should have left you without a strong rhyme to step to, as they say. Anyhow, the pipelines have been bursting at…
Music changes and evolves with each generation, but there’s one topic that has proven to be a constant: Love is a universally understood feeling and experience. While there have been countless crooners over the years to explore the ups and downs of love, there’ve been a select few who stand…
After ongoing discussions for the past few months, AEG Live Rocky Mountains has finalized a fifteen-year deal with the Museum of Outdoor Arts to take over Fiddler’s Green, the 18,000-seat Greenwood Village amphitheatre that opened in 1989 and recently reverted back to its original name after stints as Coors Amphitheatre…
Ben Harper, always a local favorite, will be making his way back to the Mile High City for a show at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House on Friday, November 8, as part of his fall acoustic tour. Tickets ($42.50-$75) go on sale this Friday, August 9, at 10 a.m. See…
After first opening Rock-A-Billies in Arvada in 2010 and opening a second location in Greenwood Village last year, owner Jimmy Nigg is gearing up to open the Monkey Barrel, a live music venue and bar in the central Platte Valley, next month. See more: Rock-A-Billies brings rockabilly to Arvada Nigg…
When musicians reconvene, it can often be as unpredictable as a high school reunion, but at least when band dudes get back together or merely rediscover their original inspiration, it’s something to look forward to rather than dread. Keep reading for a rundown of the ten best metal reunion/rivitalization efforts…
The ZetaKaye House has assembled another edition (well, editions, rather) of its This Ain’t No Cowtown compilation. The fifth in the series, the comps (there’s three) feature, among other things, a brand new tune from Andy Hamilton & the Whiskey Hitchers, the new eagerly-anticipated band led by frontman and former…
Matthew Moon’s homecoming has been years in the making. In the past five years, the Colorado native has lived in Peru and L.A. But for his latest album, I Am the Wind, he made his way back to Colorado, where he holed up in an isolated cabin in Aspen to…
Newsted, Hellyeah, Device, Black Label Society and Megadeth all have well known members from very big former bands — even Dave Mustaine with thirty years of kicking ass and taking names after Metallica. This was one of those shows so jam packed with metal talent, like an Ozzfest, that it…
STEELY DAN @ RED ROCKS | THURS, 8/8/13 Enigmatic, intellectual, wry and clever, Steely Dan played what sounded a bit like smooth jazz when the band debuted in the mid-70s, even as singer/pianist Donald Fagen sang pointedly about clandestine acts, the lurid underbelly of American society and the nuanced psychodrama…
During his five-year stint as talent buyer at the Meadowlark, it was clear that Jonathan Bitz had a deep passion for the local scene, and as such, he helped cultivate a community of singer-songwriters, most notably with acts like Churchill and the Lumineers. Over the last three years or so,…
NO AGE @ RHINOCEROPOLIS | WEDS, 08/28/13 Blurring the line between punk rock and noise, No Age could be mistaken for a particularly frantic and raw garage rock band. But this Los Angeles duo was one of the handful of bands that played at the Smell in L.A. in the…
Just over two years ago, Chances opened in the former Wolfie’s location at 1135 Bannock Street, and in March of last year, it moved to 1320 15th Street, the space formerly occupied by Rack & Rye (and Sauced after that). Now Chances is moving into much bigger digs when it…
GIGANTOUR @ 1STBANK CENTER | FRI, 8/2/13 Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine first conceived of Gigantour as a platform to showcase acts whose music featured virtuosic guitar playing. In addition to his own band, the festival’s inaugural roster, in 2005, included prog-rock vets Dream Theater, extreme-metal unit Nevermore and skronky math-core…
ANNA LUNOE @ NORAD | FRI, 8/2/13 Australian rising star Anna Lunoe has only been working her craft stateside for about a year, but she’s already made a name for herself in this country. After dabbling in the radio-DJ lifestyle, she started spinning hip-hop and indie tunes in venues before…
When we spoke to Fierce Bad Rabbit frontman Chris Anderson last year, he said the band was on “N” on an “A-Z” journey. In less than twelve months, that progress has sped along rapidly. Since releasing its new album The Maestro and the Elephant this past December, the band has…
