Just announced: Pretty Lights at Red Rocks for back-to-back shows on Friday, August 17, and Saturday, August 18. Hold on to your flat-bills, dance-music aficionados: Colorado will catch the final stops on an international trek that will take Pretty Lights (born Derek Vincent Smith) all over the globe, from Santiago,…
Starting off with The Guess Who on Sunday, June 3, and closing with Super Diamond on Sunday, August 26, the Hudson Gardens summer classic rock-centric concert series includes more than a dozen acts such as Mr. “Proud to Be An American,” Lee Greenwood, on July 3 and 4, Heart on…
Crosby, Stills and Nash returns to Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Tuesday, August 21. After wrapping up dates down under and in South America, the classic rock trio will be returning to Red Rocks this summer as part of its upcoming nationwide tour, which kicks off on June 7 in Philadelphia…
Update 4/12/12: Hot on the heels of its appearance on Saturday Night Live this past weekend, One Direction has announced a date at the Pepsi on Tuesday, July, 24. Tickets on sale next Saturday. With a slew of odd choices for musical guests lately, it’s not much of a surprise…
After touring South America and Japan, Aerosmith brings its Global Warming Tour to the States, starting in Minneapolis in June and stopping at the Pepsi Center on Wednesday, August 1, with Cheap Trick opening the show. While tickets go on sale on to the public on Friday, March 31, pre-sale…
On Friday, Sole & the Skyrider Band premiered its new video for “DIY.” More of a mini-saga than a basic video, the clip, directed by Patrick Selvage and produced by Alan August — with the help of cinematographer Chris Newman and effects editor Shannon Wilkerson — is set in an…
Florida, long known as ground-zero for death metal and all that comes with it, is home to Tampa-based Deicide, who stopped by the Bluebird Theater over the weekend with Lecherous Nocturne and Jungle Rot. Brandon Marshall, our resident metal-head was at the show and snapped some shots of the band’s…
Metal is often stereoptyped as being a violent genre. And while violence is a indeed a common theme in the lyrics of many bands — and granted, even the concept of mosh pits is violent — when you combine that with the violence we’re all exposed to in movies, TV…
Attention, die-hard Lucero fans (are there any other kind?): You’ve probably already caught wind of this, but just in case you haven’t, this Saturday, March 31, Lucero frontman Ben Nichols will be at Illegal Pete’s in LoDo with Rick Steff for a very special eat and greet performance. The band,…
WOVENHAND @ ORIENTAL THEATER | 3/24/12 One song into Saturday night’s set at the Oriental Theater and Michael Gira told the crowd, “Okay, shut up. Shut the fuck up. Time to shut up.” He’d opened with brooding and droning “Jim” from Swans’ latest effort, 2010’s My Father Will Guide Me…
For roughly eight hours yesterday, Bender’s Tavern hosted day one of the UMX, round after round of speed-dating-style auditions for the upcoming 41st Annual Capitol Hill People’s Fair. Having only two songs or ten minutes to prove themselves, scores of acts busted out their A-material, performing for a room full…
While Dustin Wong (who will be at Moe’s on Saturday, March 24) played in the duo Ecstatic Sunshine and the Baltimore-based art rock group Ponytail, who broke up last year, the guitarist does some enthralling stuff on his own. On his second solo album, Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads,…
Interviewing Alphabets (Colin Ward) is similar to listening to his music: you’re put through the ringer of an obnoxious charm, simultaneously witty and grating, aggressive and inviting. Combining both the underground music scene with demanding academic ambitions, the hyper and endlessly talented Colin Ward keeps himself busy with a creative…
In this week’s feature on Dale Bruning, the Longmont-based jazz guitarist talks about his five years of teaching Bill Frisell, who has since gone on to be one of the world’s finest guitarists, both in the jazz realm and beyond. We caught up with Frisell, who is performing with Bruning…
At least the cheerleader theme in “Give Me All Your Luvin'” was new visual territory for Madonna, if not a bit influenced by her contemporaries. The same can’t be said for the video to “Girl Gone Wild,” Madonna’s second single from M.D.N.A., her twelfth album. Watching the clip is like…
It wouldn’t be a stretch to call DVS1 (aka Zak Khutoretsky) the biggest new thing in techno, except for the fact that he’s been deejaying for nearly two decades and promoting underground events in his native Minneapolis for just as long. He made his Denver debut in February of last…
The Hive Dwellers (due Saturday, March 24, at Yellow Feather Coffee) is the latest musical project of Calvin Johnson. Since 1982, Johnson’s K Records imprint has been one of the most influential underground labels not just for its ethos of an eternally youthful perspective and using creativity as the route…
A wise man once gave credence to the whole idea of living for the weekend with one simple phrase, “party and bullshit.” With that in mind, we’ve put together a rundown of the best roof-raising get downs the city has to offer this weekend, including Gold Standard at 24K tonight…
Welcome to the weekend! Spring has officially sprung, and just as you can count on a another delightful couple of days weather wise, there’s some great music awaiting you in the Mile High City. Locals rule this weekend. Tonight at the Walnut Room, the Autumn Film celebrates the release of…
In the past two weeks, American Idol has eliminated two of its weaker contestants, Shannon Magrane last week and Erika Van Pelt last night. While we’re sad to see them go (kind of), what we’d really like to see eliminated is the strange choice of music themes from week to…
Radio Slave is making up for lost time this weekend when he plays an underground party at Artwork Network, so if you were sad he couldn’t make it this past July, now is your chance to see what all the hype is about. The Others and DJ Carlos round out…
Canadian rapper Drake is hitting the road with J. Cole, Waka Flocka Flame, Meek Mill, 2 Chainz and French Montana as part of his 27-city Club Paradise Tour, which stops at Comfort Dental Amphitheatre on Sunday, May 13. Drake’s latest effort, Take Care, released last November on Cash Money, has…
