By now you’ve seen Tupac’s performance with Snoop Dogg last night at Coachella. The legendary rapper was brought back to life by Dr. Dre’s production company, in collaboration with Digital Domain, James Cameron’s digital production company, and AV Concepts, a company based in Tempe, Arizona, using a Musion Eyeyliner projection…
Update: Read about how Tupac was brought back to life last night at Coachella and check out our Q&A with Nick Smith, co-founder of AV Concepts, the company that helped consult on the technology for the project. Tupac at Coachella. While there were plenty of memorable performances and an equal…
SLEIGH BELLS @ OGDEN THEATRE | 4.13.12 Ever heard of the loudness wars? Doesn’t matter. War’s over. Sleigh Bells wins. Decisively. Right now, there’s a roomful of people banging their heads in unison, in the kind of scene that makes dollar signs appear in the eyes of chiropractors. It’s so…
KS107.5’s Summer Jam: Tickets for the 2012 edition of the aptly titled hip-hop extravaganza at Comfort Dental Amphitheatre go on sale to the general public tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. LiveNation is holding a special pre-sale right now (password: Boss), if you wanna get a jump. In case you haven’t…
Furthur is making its way back to Colorado for a three-night stand at Red Rocks Amphitheater that kicks off on Friday, September 21. Pre-sale tickets ($55-$60) go on sale this Monday, April 16, at 10 a.m. through Furthur’s fan page and will be available until 4 p.m. on Thursday, April…
Feel like cutting loose this weekend? Good news, you will lack for nothing when comes to things to do, whether you feel like losing your inhibitions and partying like a rock star or losing your mind to some killer dance music. Our own Ru Johnson will be at Milk Bar…
TGIF! You’ve worked hard all week, now it’s time to coast into weekend. Plenty of great music on tap to help you unwind — or get wound-up, as the case may be. Tonight at the Ogden, Sleigh Bells assaults the senses, Mojo Nixon kicks off a two-night stand at the…
It’s the off-season. Do you know where your Broncos are — uh, we mean, the ones who aren’t huddled around fawning over their fearless new leader? We know where one of them is, or was, rather, earlier this week. Broncos running back Willis McGahee was in Miami, his old stomping…
As the saying goes: There are only two things that are certain and unavoidable in this life — death and taxes. And while both might be causing folks to lose sleep these days (you didn’t forget tax time is upon us again, did you?), take comfort knowing that rock stars…
Low Gravity (hosting its dual CD release party tomorrow night at 3 Kings Tavern with Jaded Poet) got together in the summer of 2009 when Jess Ellis — who used to play in the noteworthy, and unconventionally literary, sludge metal band the Nod, as well as Half of Zero –…
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Update: Contest is over. Thanks for all the entries. Congrats to Michael Garcia. You and a guest will be our guests at tonight’s show. Drop us a line for details on how to claim your tix. Got plans tonight? You do now. There’s a killer show tonight at the Fillmore:…
Jessica Sanchez can thank J. Lo for saving her last night on American Idol after a surprising revelation that Sanchez, one of the stronger vocalists this season, had received the lowest number of votes from Wednesday’s show. Sanchez, whose take on Jazmine Sullivan’s “Stuttering” was far from worthy of sending…
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One Direction is at the Pepsi Center on Wednesday, July 24…2013! You read that right — next summer. Wow! Talk about getting a jump on things. Hot on the heels of its mind-changing performance on Saturday Night Live this past weekend, the U.K.-based neo-boy band (the hottest thing to cross…
Update 4/12/12: Congrats to Ian O’Dougherty and Kaila Schleu. Both of you and a guest will be our guests at the show tonight. Drop us a line for details on how to claim your tickets. Holy moly! The Summit Music Hall has one helluva show tonight. The Revival Tour is…
In the ultimate twist of “Give Me Some Luvin'” irony, Nicki Minaj has dethroned Madonna from the top of the Billboard 200 chart this week, as Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded easily takes the top spot with 253,000 copies sold, while Madge’s MDNA dropped to number eight, selling only 48,000 in…
DOM KENNEDY @ THE BLUEBIRD THEATER | 4.11.12 Maybe it was the monitors and he couldn’t hear himself, maybe it was excitement at rocking his tracks to an adoring packed crowd at the Bluebird, maybe he was trying to scourge our memory of the awful performance by Tommy Hilfiger’s son…
Since forming in 2008, Sleigh Bells (due tomorrow night at the Ogden Theatre) have issued three records, a debut EP on M.I.A.’s N.E.E.T. Recordings in 2009, followed by two full-length albums, 2010’s Treats and its latest offering, Reign of Terror. The band’s combination of heavy, expansive guitar rock and hyperkinetic,…
Eight years have passed since the three members of Eve 6 — Max Collins, Jon Siebels and Tony Fagenson — released a new album together. During the break, they never stopped working on music; they just stopped working on music together as Eve 6. Nearing twenty years of working in…
With the new EP Arroyo, Mariposa has delivered an emotionally mature record with rich, expansive instrumentation. Although previous releases contained a great deal of sensitivity and beauty, those elements were locked away inside a fragile song structure. Now performing with a few new musicians, Madeline Johnston has blossomed, and her…
RODRIGO Y GABRIELA @ 1STBANK CENTER | 4.10.12 Although Rodrigo y Gabriela are performing with a full band on their current tour, the most memorable moments of the act’s set still come when the two are playing by themselves. About half a dozen songs into their set last night, with…
