There’s so much on our Dance Card this weekend that we know you’ll have a tough time deciding whether you’d rather see Pretty Lights or Thievery Corporation at Red Rocks. Why not do both? Or select one of the other events on our list that’s more to your taste? Whatever…
Update: Today’s ticket giveaway is over. Thanks for all the comments. If you haven’t already, definitely follow us on Facebook and Twitter @westword_music to get the drop all upcoming contests. Thanks to everybody else for the entries! Congratulations to Dennis Porter and Josh Yardley. Each of you and your guest…
Gramatik (due tomorrow at Red Rocks with Pretty Lights) used to be an MC who rapped with his buddies over his beats. He grew up in Slovenia listening to DJ Premier, Guru, Rza, Dre, and an arsenal of hip-hop and break beats fills his catalog of sample options. Now, after…
The riots in the U.K. destroyed a lot of things, but one dear to our hearts is the Sony distribution center that housed the bulk of one of the largest distro’s in Europe, PIAS. On the August 9, looters torched the entire facility, destroying the inventory of over 150 labels,…
Nothing stirs the ire, it seems, quite as efficiently and effortlessly as devoting coverage to pop tarts like Katy Perry. In response to Cory Lamz’s Poptimystic piece on Perry’s recent chart success as it compares to Michael Jackson’s previous chart-topping accomplishments, one rather passionate reader asserted that any such comparison…
Hollagramz might currently be touring around the country at the moment, but that hasn’t stopped the group from dropping a new EP, which is available for free download. The two song effort, dubbed Galactic Leash EP, is a bit more subdued than a lot of the act’s previous work, but…
KMFDM (originally Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid) performed last night, Thursday, August 10, 2011 at Summit Music Hall, with openers Human Factors Lab, out of Orlando, 16Volt and Army of the Universe. Check out the full KMFDM at Summit slideshow. Below are a few highlights…
Adrian & The Sickness (playing the Rockaway Tavern tonight with No Good Reason) is much more than just the front for guitar great Adrian Connor’s original material. Connor — also known also as the “Angus Young” of the wildly successful AC/DC tribute, Hell’s Belles — has been writing and playing…
Brace yourself: Looks like the word is out on BLKHRTS. After an enviable co-sign from Jeff Weiss — an extremely well-regarded West Coast blogger who also writes for the Los Angeles Times — on the LA Times blog in advance of its show last night at that city’s famed Low…
Ah, yes, each week we bring you the latest and greatest in the world of local hip-hop and rap music. We’re all across the map with this installment of That’s a Rap, bringing you a sexy freestyle from singer Bmore, a beautifully crafted joint from Zome of Diamond Boiz, a…
The job market’s still very tough, your 401 (k) has probably lost its value over the last week, and your rent, car payment and baby mama aren’t going to get paid on their own. You hate your job, your boss treats you like garbage, and bygod, you deserve better. Repercussions…
John Legend considers everything, especially when he’s being interviewed. He pauses long enough for you to imagine him considering several inferior answers and tossing them before choosing one that sounds just right. Back in the fall of 2004 at Denver’s Club Soul, he displayed a similar thoughtfulness…
Every week in an effort to pay tribute to the old-school way of promoting shows by hanging up posters, we make our way around the Mile High City to get a gander of the eye candy. Here’s the fliers we spotted this week across the city on random telephone poles…
Not too long after opening in June of 2010, Wild Ivories dueling piano bar hit a few sour notes when Tim Kirkland, one of the club’s partners, discovered that Caz Bzdek, the club’s founder, was running up a bunch of bills with construction, marketing, advertising and vendors. As a result,…
Depending where you fall on the John Denver love/hate continuum, this will either enrage or endear you. If you’re a John Denver purist, whose heart was absolutely brimming with glee this past spring when the singer, formerly known as Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr., became the first inductee in the Colorado…
Always nice to go out on a high note, isn’t it? Safe to say after lending an ear to Brittle Bones, the outfit’s swan song, The Still City (playing its final show this Saturday, August 13 at the hi-dive with Serious Moonlight and All Capitals), can legitimately stake claim to…
Vitamins (playing tonight at the Larimer Lounge Gauntlet Hair, Woodsman and Hearts In Space) is seemingly unstoppable — The Denver-by-way-of Fort Collins band has been on a roll with new releases and stunning accompanying videos (like the just-released “Vimanas” below), plus, the quartet had the opportunity to the stage with…
Update: Contest is over. Thanks for all the entries. We’ve picked the winners. Congrats to Jeremy Coss, Dave Shuck and Francine Profitt, who will be seeing the show on us, courtesy of our friends at Soda Jerk. Be sure to follow us on Twitter @Westword_Music and Facebook to get the…
Founded in Salem, Oregon, in 2005, Typhoon (due tonight at the hi-dive, with Lord Huron and Sour Boy Bitter Girl) started out as a recording project but quickly evolved into a sprawling live affair with over ten members. Two years into its time together, the act essentially went on hiatus…
In a completely unsurprising move, Walmart has announced plans to shutter the doors of its MP3 store. The most stunning part about this news is learning that Walmart actually had an MP3 store to begin with. Word of its demise comes via a leaked memo over at Digital Music News,…
Here’s something to help you over your humpday: Snag Films is screening the outstanding documentary Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin’ About Him?) for free for the next couple weeks. If you haven’t had the pleasure of seeing it yet, take a long lunch or knock off…
Smoke ’em if you got ’em: After, ahem, cough, cough, blowing folks away at Summit Music Hall this past spring on his Jet Life Tour, Curren$y is coming back to the Mile High City, with Method Man, on the Smokers Club Tour, with Big K.R.I.T., Smoke DZA, Fiend, The Pricks,…
