See also: – The Swayback reflects on a decade of going for the musical nectar – The Swayback Raises the Bar Update: The winners are bekahlove, elizarincrimson and parterburn. Check your email for details on how to claim your tickets, and enjoy the Swayback! Once again, it’s on! Dish, the…
The following is a dispatch from Outside Lands Festival, from our sister paper, SF Weekly. One thing crowds at San Francisco’s Outside Lands festival do pretty well is get down. Despite the relentless wind, heavy fog and numbing temperatures, we saw plenty of good moves last weekend — and some…
This Thursday, August 16, marks the 35th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. The iconic singer spent a great deal of time in the Centennial State and had many adventures. In honor of the King, Backbeat is sharing some of these stories all week. See also: – Bob Kortz on tracking…
See also: – The 25 coolest Iron Maiden T-Shirts and fans we saw last night at Comfort Dental – Review: Iron Maiden at Comfort Dental Amphitheatre, 8/13/12 – Slideshow: Iron Maiden at Comfort Dental Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson is generally pretty talkative on stage, and last night was no…
See also: – Review: Iron Maiden at Comfort Dental Amphitheatre, 8/13/12 – Slide show: Iron Maiden at Comfort Dental – The six best quotes from last night’s Iron Maiden show at Comfort Dental Few things are lamer in music than seeing a dude in a band rocking his own group’s…
IRON MAIDEN @ COMFORT DENTAL AMPHITHEATRE | 8/13/12 See also: – The 25 Coolest Iron Maiden T-shirts we saw last night at Comfort Dental – The six best quotes from Iron Maiden’s show last night at Comfort Dental – Slideshow: Iron Maiden at Comfort Dental The word “epic” gets bandied…
Since first opening in unincorporated Adams County at I-76 and Pecos a decade ago, the Grand Paladium — which earned a nod in our 2004 Best of Denver issue for Best Metal Detector in a Club — and later its eventual conjoined twin, the Oasis Cabaret gentleman’s club, have had…
See also: – Slideshow: Big hair and glory at Grizzly Rock – Nair today, gone tomorrow: Cinderella canceled Grizzly Rock gig because stage was too small Lakewood’s Grizzly Rock is no stranger to a spectacle. Although it celebrated its grand opening only last month, the venue has welcomed both mainstream…
See Also: – Photos: The costumed ravers of Skylab 2011 at the Denver Coliseum – Review: Skylab lifts the Coliseum into deep space, 09/25/10 – Slide show: People of Skylab 2010 If you haven’t consumed enough electronic music this summer already, brace yourself: There’s more on tap this fall. Plenty…
Christopher VictorioStevie Wonder at Outside Lands.STEVIE WONDER @ OUTSIDE LANDS FESTIVAL | 8/12/12The following is a dispatch from Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco, from our sister paper, SF Weekly. Stevie Wonder, in theory, is an American artistic treasure. He’s more than our Beatles or Rolling Stones; he’s our Dickens…
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This Thursday, August 16 marks the 35th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. The iconic singer spent a great deal of time in the Centennial State and had many adventures. In honor of The King, Backbeat is sharing some of these stories all week. See Also: – Jonny Barber brings Elvis…
Christopher VictorioMetallica at San Francisco’s Outside Lands festival.METALLICA @ OUTSIDE LANDS FESTIVAL | 8/11/12 The following is a dispatch from Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco, from our sister paper, SF Weekly. Metallica, headlining Saturday night of the Outside Lands festival in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, proved just about…
Christopher VictorioNeil Young and Crazy Horse at the Outside Lands festival.NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE @ OUTSIDE LANDS FESTIVAL | 8/10/12 The following is a dispatch from Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco, from our sister paper, SF Weekly. While he’s putting everything into a solo, Neil Young’s face looks…
Ah, yes, the work week is coming to a close. Time to party and dance yourself silly — some of us here already have a head start. Don’t judge. We’re simply following the decree passed down by the all knowing metal god Ratt (Dance! Dance! Dance!). Anyhow, where were we?…
See also: – Dave Gonzalez of Paladins fame on the Stone River Boys and playing country soul – Review: The Reverend Horton Heat at the Odgen, 1/28/12 – Kappa Cell takes over the Lion’s Lair with its dark, dystopian hysteria Welcome to the weekend! As per usual, there’s a gajillion…
See also: – Slideshow: Skrillex at Red Rocks – Skrillex at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 8/9/12 – Dubstep for Dummies – Dubstep Parking Lot Last night, Skrillex and his fans hit Red Rocks like a shipwreck. Seriously, that’s the metaphor our reviewer, Britt Chester, used for the noisy, dynamic and neon-outfitted…
See Also: – Stone River Boys at Central City Roots Ruckus, 8/11/12 – Stone River Boys at El Diablo’s Rockabilly and Ribs, 8/12/12 Starting in the ’80s, guitarist Dave Gonzalez released a number of albums with the Southern California-based roots rockabilly trio the Paladins before later founding the western soul…
SKRILLEX @ RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE | 8.9.12 See also: – Slideshow: Skrillex at Red Rocks – The bold and the body-painted: In the parking lot with Skrillex fans – Dubstep for Dummies – Dubstep Parking Lot – Review: Skrillex at 1STBANK Center, 10/31/11 – Review: Skrillex at Beta, 3/31/11 -…
See Also: – 25 ass-shaking GIFs from Lollapalooza 2012 – Welcome to the Dubstep Parking Lot – Dubstep for Dummies, a primer for newly-minted dubstep fans – Rusko Q&A: “I, of course, support medical marijuana, and I am clearly a patient.” – Review: Justice at Red Rocks, 8/7/12 Earlier this…
JACK WHITE @ RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE | 8.8.12 See Also: Jack White played a last-minute show this afternoon on Colfax “There’s not enough oxygen here,” Jack White said about half an hour into his set last night at Red Rocks. “I got to keep telling my lungs to breathe, and…
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