ERASURE at OGDEN THEATRE | 09/27/11Like two ethereal beings dropped from the glittery synthpop heavens, Vince Clarke and Andy Bell’s slim and nimble figures made larger-than-life-appearances last night at the Ogden Theatre. Legions of fans stood in polite awe as Bell sashayed his way through Erasure’s greatest hits and more,…
You might have caught Young the Giant during its daytime slot at this year’s Westword Music Showcase, but you still have a chance to catch the band during its headlining slot on Monday, October 3 at the Bluebird. Even though the show’s sold out. (Really!)…
TAYLOR SWIFT at THE PEPSI CENTER | 09.27.11Imagine, if you will, a crapload of glitter, teeny tiny dresses, one billion pairs of cowboy boots, free mascara (courtesy of sponsor Cover Girl), and thousands of screaming girls all stuffed into a giant bottle of love – that was the Taylor Swift…
Although Anti just released “Back in the Crowd,” the second single from Tom Waits’ forthcoming disc, Bad as Me, there’s still close to another month before the album hits the stores. So if you’re looking to your Waits fix in the meantime, Gold Hill Inn in Boulder is hosting a…
If you couldn’t make it out to the rather excellent Nirvana Nevermind tribute show last weekend, never fear, because music blog The Flat Response recorded the whole thing for your enjoyment. Jam packed with every song from the evening (and intros!), you’ll be able to live vicariously through those were…
Last June, we wrote about Dred Scott, who was homeless and performing R&B covers on 16th Street Mall, and Tyler Ward helped spread the word about Scott through his featured artist series on YouTube as well as helping getting Scott an EP on iTunes. Scott’s cover of Prince’s “Purple Rain”…
Here’s what’s happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, shows from Dierks Bentley, Mickey Hart Band and Dirty Nasty were announced. On local radio specialty shows, Snake Rattle Rattle Snake, The Congress and The Epiloguesall got some spins. Meanwhile, at our local record stores,…
The summer being over has not slowed the MC’s down in the slightest. Each week, we deliver the newest, freshest, and dopest tracks coming out of the hip-hop scene, and today is no different. Myrical Child capitalizes off of Floyd Mayweather’s winning streak with a new joint; Turner Jackson’s heart…
Guns N’ Roses, who announced last week that it would be coming to Denver (but no venue or date has been confirmed yet), is among the fifteen acts nominated, along with the Cure, Joan Jett, Beastie Boys, Freddie King, Donovan, Erik B & Rakim and Red Hot Chili Peppers, for…
Since the Oriental Theater had to close this week for repairs after a chunk of its ceiling fell on the stage last Friday, saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, whose latest ensemble melds jazz, electronic and Indian music, will be playing at Quixote’s True Blue instead on Friday, September 30. The show still…
Each time Cut Copy has come through town over the last few years, the Australian indie electronic group has played a bigger venue as its popularity grew, moving up from the Larimer Lounge in 2008 to the Bluebird in 2009 to the Ogden Theatre on Tuesday, October 4. After the…
As we’re all aware, piracy has been a big problem for the music industry, but suing for hundreds of thousands of dollars hasn’t worked out too well for for record label’s public perception or their pocketbooks. Digital Rights Corporation wants to remedy that and still collect on the labels behalf,…
This one’s so secret, I don’t even know where it’s at,” admits Gregg Dolan. Starting with 2006’s Hold Your Hour and Have Another, he’s put secret clues about the lyrics of Kissing Party’s final release on each of its four actual albums, including the latest, Wasters Wall. “I buried it…
After years of working in the corporate world, Phil Villotti and Ray Rodriguez took over the former Atrium Bar & Grill at 554 South Broadway, cleaned up the place and are opening it on Thursday, September 29, as The Bar. But it’s a very different bar from the Atrium. “It’s…
(die) Pilot was one of the most promising pop bands of the last decade. Eugene Brown’s almost pastoral lyrics painted vivid images of American life at the dawn of the new century, but managed to avoid making Americana music. But as with so many worthwhile bands, unfortunate timing and internal…
Grab the merchandise, not the person — that’s always been the rule. No need for anybody to get hurt. Bootlegging is a civil matter, not a criminal one, and everybody knows the deal: You make it, they may take it. Simple as that. But the aftermath of an incident that…
More than most of this country’s musical groups, Insane Clown Posse has an American-dream backstory — but not the kind that makes for typical Hollywood movie material. Joseph Bruce had been involved with gangs; to get out, he became a professional wrestler. Disillusioned with the nonsense of that world, Bruce…
Break out the tie-dye hoodie and slip a pair of socks on with those Birkenstocks: Furthur is closing out the 2011 concert season at Red Rocks with a trio of shows this weekend. Like bottles of wine, guitarist Bob Weir and bass master Phil Lesh seem to get better and…
Olympia, Washington, would seem to be an unlikely home for one of the world’s most inventive black-metal bands. But Wolves in the Throne Room manages to capture the raw and abundant beauty of that land west of the Cascades. Just as Crass turned a sophisticated, leftist critique of modern society…
After a brief love affair with house-music icons Derrick Carter and Mark Farina, Berlin-via-Brooklyn’s Camea turned to classic techno labels such as Perlon, Playhouse and Minus, and those sounds quickly became a big part of her deejaying repertoire. Her distinct techno-house hybrid — not tech-house in the strictest sense, though…
I think it’s safe to say that between the ages of about 11 and 22, I was wrong about somewhere in the neighborhood of 95 percent of everything. And for the most part, I’m okay with that: I’m older and wiser now, plus I hardly ever get inappropriate boners. Still,…
From the opening track of “Dreamsong,” this latest album from A Shoreline Dream transports you back to a time when you’d hear bands like Slowdive, Ride and the early Verve plumb the melancholy depths while other rock acts were trying desperately to be Nirvana or Pearl Jam. Losing Them All…
