See Also: R.I.P. Dick Clark, 11/30/29 – 4/18/12 Firefall is one of a handful of Colorado acts (Richie Furay and Phillip Bailey were among the others) who performed on American Bandstand over the course of the show’s four-decade run, a span that encompasses nearly 3,000 episodes. The band appeared on…
See Also: At the Helm – A throat cancer survivor, the Band’s Levon Helm can’t sing anymore — but the beat goes on Levon Helm, iconic drummer and singer extraordinaire of the Band, died yesterday at the age of 71, after a long and strenuous battle with throat cancer. Helm’s…
See Also: Firefall’s Jock Bartley on American Bandstand and the time Dick Clark called the band “Firefly” When Dick Clark died earlier this week from a massive heart attack at the age of 82, he left a musical legacy that’s far too comprehensive and broad to easily sum up. Clark…
COUNTING CROWS @ PARAMOUNT THEATRE | 04.19.12 See Also: (Photos) Counting Crows at Red Rocks 7/09 Let’s start with a piece of information that Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz didn’t share with the audience until the very end of last night’s show at the Paramount: He felt like shit. Seriously. He…
See Also: (Review) Tom Petty at 1STBANK Center, 4/19/12 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers put on a hell of a show last night at the 1STBANK Center. While you can see all the photos from last night’s Tom Petty show in our slideshow, below are a few shots of the…
AXWELL @ OGDEN THEATRE | 4/19/12 Who needs the dry, sun blasted heat of the Coachella valley to have a good time? Not Axwell, the headphone-turned-goggle sporting Swede who happens to make up one third of Swedish House Mafia, one of the headlining acts at this weekend’s Coachella Festival. Last…
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS @ 1STBANK CENTER | 4/19/12 See Also: Sweet Tom Petty shirt, man: The shirts we spotted last night in the parking lot See Also: Michelle Bachmann plays “American Girl” after Tom Petty asks her not to See Also: (Review) Tom Petty at Mile High Music…
See Also: A 4/20 playlist from Westword’s marijuana critic William Breathes Happy 4/20! Welcome to the end of another work week. As always, there are plenty of music options to consider this weekend — and that’s whether you’re living the Mile High life or not. The second edition of the…
And just like that, America got it wrong. On last night’s results round of American Idol, one of the stronger, consistent contenders, Colton Dixon, was eliminated after two solid performances on Wednesday night. Apparently, fans didn’t like his take on Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” or Earth Wind & Fire’s “September”…
The folks over at Yahoo! Studios have delivered an epically messy music video for “We Are Young.” The parody isn’t quite as funny if you can’t relate to the plight of these almost-middle-aged men and women, but as far as “We Are Young” YouTube covers go, this one is easily…
Ah, the happiest holiday of the year is upon us! Around the country, thousands of people will be getting together to celebrate our favorite plant, myself included. And what goes better with a spliff of some good ganja than some reggae music? That’s right — reggae music about ganja. Below…
Okay, can we all just agree here that everything sounds better with an orchestra? And we mean everything. Pretty sure you’d get no argument from those who caught Trey Anastasio at Boettcher recently, or those who saw Death Cab for Cutie at Ellie Caulkins last week. Air Dubai, who already…
SLAUGHTERHOUSE @ CERVANTES’ | 4/18/12 Emerging onto the stage one by one — Crooked I first, followed by Joell Ortiz and then Royce da 5’9″ and, finally, Joe Budden — the members of Slaughterhouse came together like a perfect storm and immediately proceeded to murder the game. Royce da 5’9″…
Last night’s episode of American Idol saw the Top 7 tackle a new set of songs — one produced between now and the turn of the century and one school classic. Some performances worked, some didn’t, but there was certainly a lot of Lady Gaga and Alicia Keys for one…
See Also: • Review: Gotye at the Ogden Theatre, 4/6/12 • Slideshow: Gotye at the Ogden Theatre, 4/6/12 • Why This Song Sucks: Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used To Know” featuring Kimbra Adele may be back near the top of the charts this week with 21, but it is Lionel…
Next Friday, April 27, the Jefferson County Open School is throwing an event that it describes as being like “Burning Man meets the Renaissance Festival.” And from the sounds of it, the Global Elements Festival is going to pack quite a punch, with enough activities jammed into one night for…
Hold your hip-hop horses. For all you rap fans looking to get your Action Bronson on this coming week, we’ve got some bad news: The New York MC, originally slated to smash through City Hall on Friday, April 27, has canceled the show due to a scheduling conflict. The heavyweight…
See Also: A comprehensive guide to Record Store Day 2012 activities See Also: Wax Trax celebrating 33 1/3 birthday in April See Also: Download a track from Wheelchair Sports Camp’s forthcoming EP, Where We All Live In honor of Record Store Day this Saturday, we dug deep into our collection…
TYGA @ OGDEN THEATRE | 4.18.12 All right, Tyga was pretty impressive last night at the Ogden Theatre. Okay, more than impressive — he was damn good, and he has way more hits than just “Rack City.” Surprised? We were, too! The line was three blocks long, and the sound…
Before he and Rihanna found love in a hopeless place, few people in the States knew who Calvin Harris was — even though the Scottish producer had released two albums of game-changing electro-pop across the pond. The Timbaland of electro, Harris has a distinctively auteuristic quality to his production. Every…
Lacuna Coil (due tonight at The Summit Music Hall) started in Milan, Italy in 1994, but it wasn’t until the band recruited Cristina Scabbia to do vocals on an early demo that things started to take off for the band. Shortly after recording with Scabbia, Lacuna Coil signed with Century…
When Dazzle Restaurant and Lounge owner Donald Rossa started Dazzle Recordings in 2007 with Tyler Gilmore, the club’s music director at the time, it was a kind of pet project centered on music that Rossa liked to listen to. At first, he says, they were just having a little bit…
