While the main character of the Epilogues’ new video for “The Fallout” might or might not be undead, the song itself certainly is. Originally written five years ago, the single was killed for aesthetic reasons, resuscitated through new writing, incorporated into a music video more than a year ago and…
The Colorado Music Hall of Fame has announced plans for its next induction event. On Saturday, September 8 at the Boulder Theater, the Astronuats, Sugarloaf, Flash Cadillac and KIMN Radio will join the Hall’s most recent inductees, Barry Fey and Harry Tuft, alongside the inaugural inductees John Denver and Red…
Japanther (due tomorrow night at Glob) was started by a pair of art school students who wanted a way to create art beyond the confines of a specific medium or traditional methods. The resulting New York duo has been just as involved in the art world and performance art as…
Destroyer (due at the Bluebird Theater this Saturday, June 9) released its last album, Kaputt, in January 2011. More than a year and a half later, Dan Bejar, the act’s distant, notoriously cryptic frontman has no idea where the change — the romantic experiment and distinctly new direction — came…
Flying Lotus swooped into Two AM Afterhours absolutely beaming after his set at Red Rocks on Saturday night and absolutely tore it down, setting a new precedence for incredible, wordlessly. He let the music do most of the talking without much toasting to the crowd from the microphone. In a…
Last night, Lorin Ashton (aka Bassnectar) brought his massive production to Red Rocks Amphitheatre for night one of the bass-infused mayhem. Backbeat’s own Britt Chester (who was also commissioned by the Bassnectar camp to document the evening) was on-hand for the festivities and brought back these photos from the night…
There’s some ridiculous talent in town, including Bassnectar at Red Rocks, Julius Papp at Bar Standard, and there’s also some dope parties, including the inaugural Full Moon Gathering of 2012, an underground camping blowout, and more. Page down for the weekend’s best dancing and nightlife bets…
A collaboration between Duane Taylor, Francois Baptiste and Alvin LaCabe of 3Deep and Kevin Kain Ent., Soiree is the brainchild of three of the city’s top promoters and Bar Standard’s latest Saturday night party. Judging from last week’s packed patio opening, the results thus far are impressive. The launch of…
By the summer of 1966, the Beatles sucked. Or at least that’s the way they felt for the band. “Performance, for us, it’s gone downhill,” Paul McCartney said of his band at the time. “Because we can’t develop if no one can hear us; so for us to perform…it gets…
Update (6/1/12): We’ve received word that services for Jerry Krantz will be held next week on Thursday, June 7 at 10 a.m. at St Catherine of Siena Catholic Church at 4200 Federal Boulevard, followed by an interment at Ft. Logan National Cemetery at 12:30 p.m. in area “B.” Jerry Krantz’s…
BON IVER @ RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE | 5.31.12 Flanked by talented multi-instrumentalists and standing in front of two drummers, both of whom played kits so sprawling they resembled Neil Peart’s smaller setups in the ’70s, Bon Iver compelled the packed Red Rocks crowd with songs from across its powerful catalog…
While the concert announcements have started tapering off a bit, there’s still some big shows that have been announced, including Gotye’s Red Rocks show in August, Channel 93.3’s Big Gig in September featuring Silversun Pickups, 3OH!3, the Hives, the Wombats and others at Red Rocks. Also, Matisyahu and the Dirty…
Over the course of the next few weeks, Backbeat will be counting down the twenty most fabled moments in Denver music history. Today, a look back at the first time the Grateful Dead played at Red Rocks in 1978. The origins of Colorado’s jam band “scene” are pretty nebulous, but…
Simian Mobile Disco (due for a DJ set tonight at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom) is two brilliant, slightly nerdy British dudes with a powerful, slightly aggressive grasp on man-made machine music. They create dirty club stompers and nostalgic, atmospheric, glitchy house anthems and blistering electronica, but despite a shared friendship and…
John Mayer knocks Adam Lambert from the top of the Billboard 200 albums chart this week as Mayer’s new record, Born And Raised, lands at number one. Lambert’s Trespassing, meanwhile, drops all the way to number twelve. Born And Raised is Mayer’s third number-one album, joining 2003’s Heavier Things and…
The rowdy (and related) rockers in local quintet Be the Ant (due at the Marquis Theater on Friday, June 15) might be the only people ever to be positively impacted by what is easily the most terrifying scene in the entire Back to the Future trilogy — the one in…
Prime Element is hitting the road this week, bringing its classic Colorado hip-hop style to the rest of the country. This Friday, the group joins Sweatshop Union for several dates as it kicks off its summer tour in Boise, Idaho, and then throughout the rest of the summer, beginning with…
Lipgloss is changing locations. After an award-winning, eight-year run at La Rumba, one of Denver’s longest-running dance nights is on the move from the Golden Triangle to Capitol Hill, where it will land at Beauty Bar.This Friday, June 1, will be your last chance to experience Lipgloss as you’ve known…
Welcome to round seven of this year’s VIP upgrade contest for the Westword Music Showcase — June 23 in the Golden Triangle — in which we’ll give two people VIP upgrades (totaling $150) for the festival each week leading up the show. Read on to find out how to play…
Over the course of the next few weeks, Backbeat will be counting down the twenty most fabled moments in Denver music history. Today, a look back at the time when Radiohead had all of its gear stolen outside the Rockmada before a 1995 show at the Ogden Theatre. Okay, so…
JANE’S ADDICTION @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 5/29/12 Before closing out an hour-and-a-half long set last night, Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell told a packed Fillmore Auditorium: “I read a review of this tour. It was not good. It said, and I say verbatim, ‘Jane’s Addiction has no reason for existing…
SANTIGOLD @ OGDEN THEATRE | 5.29.12 Last night at the Ogden, there were horses and what looked like buffalo skins, elaborate umbrellas and a rhythm-perfect band dressed in…we don’t know what. There were striking red, blue and green lights, with plenty of space for Santigold to emerge, flanked by two…
