Update: Congratulations to jmc.film, jessdealme, nicholas.r.mueller and jdhitc! You’ve each won two tickets to Artopia. Check your email for details on how to claim them. Original post: This year’s edition of Artopia is only five days away. The lineup is pretty stacked, with Wheelchair Sports Camp, Hearts In Space, Kitty…
The Ruby Suns are the brainchild of Ryan McPhun, whose New Zealander ancestry led him to the land of his father before he joined his first band. Before that, he had played along to Nirvana in his parents’ garage. That experience, coupled with what he learned as a member of…
Kaoru Ishibashi (aka Kishi Bashi) came straight out of Berklee with a degree in film scoring and went right into performing, first with Barnum’s Kaleidoscape and then with his own group, Jupiter One. Along the way, he had stints with Regina Spektor and Sondre Lerche, and he was also a…
As people who think about, talk about, write about, listen to and make music, it’s not surprising that the most common (and favorite) topic of conversation among us is the same: “What are you listening to right now?” Stick a quarter in us, and, boy, wouldn’t you know it, off…
What are you doing this Saturday night? Cancel it. Now. No, really. Take my word for it: Whatever you’ve got planned, I can guarantee it’s gonna be lame as shit compared to this — well, unless you’re all set to be launched into space or something. That would probably be…
At one time, the Jet Entertainment Group ran a number of spots in town, including Wicked Garden, two Purple Martini locations (one of which was later dubbed Jet South) and the Jet Lounge, located on the main floor of the Jet Hotel, which opened in 2006 at 1612 Wazee Street…
Country singer Mindy McCready is thought to have taken her own life this past weekend, on the front porch of her home in Arkansas. That part of her story has been widely reported. What you may not know, however, is that toward the end of her career and, ultimately, her…
Today is your last chance to vote in round one of Westword’s Best of Denver 2013 Readers’ Poll, and we want your input. What are your favorite places, services and events in the metro area? Before the balloting closes (temporarily) at midnight, take the time to give your favorites the…
If you’re fond of the Dave Matthews Band, you’ll want to bust out your Sharpie and circle Friday, August 23 and Saturday, August 24 on your calendar. That’s when Mr. Matthews and company are slated to make their return to Colorado, or more specifically to Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in…
Update, 2/22/13: So this story of the Smiths fan who held a station here hostage in the ’80s? It’s true…well, sort of. We caught up with former station employees and found the news coverage. Everyone has a different recollection it seems. “In 1987 a distressed young man in Denver, Colorado,…
Craig Hlavaty I’ve had satellite radio in my life since Christmas. Nothing is better than falling asleep on the couch on a Saturday afternoon after a big fat lunch with Willie’s Roadhouse playing, waking up every few hours to piss during a Ray Price cut and then falling back to…
As vastly different as our tastes are when it comes to music, there’s one thing we can all agree on, and that’s our distaste for and subsequent amusement/bemusement/resentment with certain individuals who insist on behaving badly at shows. You know who we’re talking about. The Talker, universally loathed by everyone,…
By David Thorpe While perusing Insane Clown Posse’s Twitter timeline, like a person does, I came across something interesting: Our favorite rap clowns announced a new update to their official smartphone app, which I didn’t even know existed. For the advancement of pop journalism and human knowledge in general, I…
ELECTRIC SIX @ LARIMER LOUNGE | TUES, 2/19/13 Electric Six has been bringing the party to the unwary for a decade. The group’s songs combine ’80s rock, disco and New Wave into a cranked-up, ultra-catchy sound all its own, with lyrics that mix a David Lee Roth-esque bravado with surreal…
LIFE IN COLOR // BORGORE @ BALCH FIELDHOUSE | 2/16/13 Life in Color: Rebirth is new name for the former DayGlow touring party, and the name pretty much sums up just what this party is about. A mostly white-clad crowd piled into the Balch Fieldhouse to see what all the…
NEUROSIS @ SUMMIT MUSIC HALL | 2/16/13 Experiencing the rare and punishing set from Neurosis at the Summit Music Hall evoked the sensation of being in front of an oncoming freight train. But then the music itself was so powerful and felt like so many things that it was almost…
Ah, nuts. We had a sinking suspicion that this would be the case when last week’s dates in Dallas and some other cities were pushed back. Turns out Morrissey will not be resuming his tour in Denver this coming Thursday night at the Buell Theatre as originally planned. The doctor…
We know it’s beautiful here. Carrie Underwood evidently finds it pretty breathtaking, too. This photo from the country queen’s Instagram account shows Underwood taking an oxygen break before last night’s encore. See also: – Photos: Carrie Underwood @ 1STBANK Center, 2/14/13 – The misappropriation of country music: Kid Rock opened…
So the Harlem Shake. You now know everything you need to know about it. If you still have doubts about the ubiquitous grasp it has on the zeitgeist at the moment, witness how the curious phenomenon has spread to Colorado. Keep reading to see Colorado doing the Harlem Shake [insert…
By Brittany Spanos At what point did teen girls suddenly just become wrong? “Serious” music fans seem to have universally accepted a critique of quality that befalls any artist who willingly sells to the rabid teen girl market and stigmatized the fans who dare to sometimes be male or at…
This is a turning point in the history of music on the internet. I know, I know, it feels like a regular Friday, but trust me, things will never be the same again. The forces of capitalism, social networking and goofing off have converged at the perfect time to create…
Rowboat started out as the more acoustic and folk-oriented solo project of Sam McNitt, then the singer and lyricist of Blue Million Miles. With that band, McNitt learned to transform acoustic songs into heady, often aggressive space rock, but his words always seemed to come from a place of refined…
