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The first hints that My Body Sings Electric was pissing people off came long before the brutal reviews. Shortly after getting together in 2007, the band’s members went out of their way to be as self-indulgent and strident as possible. They specialized in making “musicians’ music” — songs with experimental…

By Dave Herrera and Britt Chester Update, 4:24, 6/19/13: The identity of the deceased man found at the Sonic Bloom Festival in Georgetown this past weekend has been released. According to Captain Bruce Snelling of the Clear Creek Sheriff’s Department — who also spoke with us yesterday about the unrelated…

So if you can’t tell by our wall-to-wall coverage, we’re pretty damn geeked about the Westword Music Showcase this weekend — and for good reason. It’s our absolute favorite time of year, the time when we get to put the spotlight on our beloved scene and — more important –…

If you haven’t picked up your tickets to the Westword Music Showcase yet, dig it: We’ve got the total hookup. Today only, you can buy tickets for $20 with a special promo code. Don’t sleep. Prices are increasing every day from now until the Showcase, so if you want to…

A couple of quick lineup changes to let you know about this weekend: Nunchuck, featuring Chuck Morris of Lotus, has been added to the main-stage lineup at the Westword Music Showcase this weekend. On a related note, due to unforeseen and uncontrollable circumstances, Nick Waterhouse will no longer be appearing…

JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 6/15/13 Saving one of the most blistering numbers of the show for the end of the set, Jon Spencer and the Blues Explosion cut loose with “Blues X Man.” Making his way to the front of the stage amid a squall of…

GETO BOYS @ SUMMIT MUSIC HALL | 6/14/13 Stepping on stage with an eager swagger, lead by Donny Hathaway’s “Little Ghetto Boy,” Scarface was the first of the Geto Boys to greet the crowd. The rapper, who visited Denver on his own last fall, announced that all three member of…

DEVOTCHKA & THE COLORADO SYMPHONY @ RED ROCKS | 6/14/13 Sharing the spotlight with an orchestra of more than fifty members, DeVotchKa ran the risk of getting lost in the shuffle on stage at Red Rocks. Then came the aerialists, who climbed high above the stage via slim stretches of…

HAVOK @ MARQUIS THEATER | FRI, 6/21/13 Hot on the heels of its European tour with Cephalic Carnage, Suffocation and Fallujah, Havok is preparing for the release its new album, Unnatural Selection, next Tuesday, June 25. The ten-track album, the band’s fourth release overall and the followup to 2011’s Time…

There’s some great live music this weekend. We’ve already given you a full rundown of the ten best concerts in Denver and the best EDM, but if don’t feel like leaving the house, or you can’t find a sitter or whatever, you can still get your live fix. Bonnaroo kicks…

Nearly four years after transforming the Monarck into the Oak Tavern, Lotus Concepts’ Francois Safieddine has closed the venue and his 24K club upstairs last weekend. Paulina Szafranski, president of marketing for Lotus, says that Safieddine, who owns the building at 1416 Market Street, doesn’t have any plans for the…

ERIC PRYDZ @ THE CHURCH | FRI, 6/14/13 Eric Prydz’s biggest hits so far have both incorporated famous work by other musicians: “Call on Me,” from 2004, samples Steve Winwood’s “Valerie,” and the 2006 track “Proper Education” is a remix of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2.”…

DEVOTCHKA & COLORADO SYMPHONY @ RED ROCKS | FRI, 6/14/13 Teaming up with an orchestra can sometimes be a thin attempt to disguise a creative lag, but in this case, the pairing has produced an inspired, brilliantly structured melding of two aesthetics that relies less on contrast than it does…