Okay, gonna go out on a limb here and say that tix for these dates are probably going to sell out in a little more than the time it takes to read this item: We just learned that Phish — hot on the heels of a pair of well-received dates…
After a supporting slot on Lupe Fiasco’s tour earlier this year, B.o.B. will be making his return to the area for a date at the Boulder Theater on Saturday, October 9, followed by a show at the Ogden Theatre on Sunday, October 10. Tickets for the Boulder show, which are…
If you’re a fan of Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, then you’re already going to find the above video enjoyable, regardless of the content. If you’re a fan of The Best Show on WFMU (one of our favorite music podcasts, by the way), then you’ll find it to be a…
A gathering of cannabis connoisseurs met up at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City this past Saturday, August 21, for the aptly dubbed Cannabis Festiva, a marijuana awareness festival and concert featuring No 1 Left Standing, Slaughter House Rootz, Statewide Emergency, Tatanka, MC Subcon, Full Belly and DJ Mada,…
Final Frontier, Iron Maiden’s fifteenth studio effort and first album in four years, debuted at second spot at Albums on the Hill and came in third at Independent Records. Arcade Fire’s latest effort, The Suburbs, is still performing well and took the top slot at Albums on the Hill for…
Here what the area’s local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We’re currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows including, KTCL’s Locals Only, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown Show, The Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, and The Colorado Wave, which is…
There’s nothing like experiencing the sweat, thump and catharsis of a great show. But it can be tough to decide which one to go to when you live in Denver, the land of embarrassing musical riches, the land of too many shows and too little time. So which ones are…
Hey kids, here’s something fun, free and fresh to fill up your ears and digital music playback devices this fine Monday morning! It’s a groovy chiptune cover/remake/remix of the Accordion Crimes fine tune “Potshots,” done by the Ideal Fathers’ Mike King. Here’s let’s let him explain it: “Not much story…
RODRIGO y GABRIELA Xavier Rudd 08.20.10 | Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO On the drive up to Red Rocks my brother and I alternated discussing how you could describe Rodrigo y Gabriela’s music to a neophyte and speculating what the crowd would look like. When we rolled up around 7:45,…
Montreal electro duo Chromeo played to a sold-out audience on Friday night at the Ogden Theatre, performing songs from its three-album catalog. Photographer Aaron Thackeray brings back these photos: Chromeo slideshow. And read our interview with P-Thugg about Chromeo’s upcoming, fourth album, Business Casual…
SFTSTPS • Pollination Population Hideous Men • No Funeral • Married in Berdichev 08.20.10 | Rhinoceropolis, Denver For this show, Kate Ersing, who performs under the name Pollination Population, draped a string of tiny red lights along the edges of her performance area, around the myriad tape machines and other…
If you ever needed an excuse to head north to Fort Collins besides the many fine breweries there, how about the Bohemian Nights at New West Fest? The free, three day festival is bringing in an eclectic batch of talent, starting with Flobots August 20. They’ll be followed by Earth,…
All right, so this doesn’t happen every day: We just received word that local songstress Wendy Woo is going to be getting hitched next Saturday to Charles Snynder, whom she met a decade ago and reconnected with last year. The way we understand it, Snyder initially hired her to perform…
The number of science fiction authors who can number themselves among the objects of sexual fascination that have had inspired bouncy pop songs about that lust was, presumably, zero until very recently. But now, the ardor of Rachel Bloom for prolific and excellent science fiction author Ray Bradbury has changed…
You have to admire the 3OH!3 dudes. Say what you will about the guys, about their lyrics being trite or the music being disposable electro pop, as some critics contend. While those points are debatable, you can’t argue with the fact that the fellas have their sound and shtick down…
Oh, man, this is the goods! Have you heard the new Cee Lo Green cut, “F**CK YOU”? Gonna go ahead and call this now: This track will, in all likelihood, end up being my favorite song of the year. Even though the song is reportedly the first single from Cee…
Update: We’ve picked a winner. Congratulations to Fletcher Davis! Thanks to the fine folks at Mtn Dew’s Green Label Sound, who set us up with the tix, he and a guest will be our guests tonight at the Ogden. A big shout-out to everyone who entered! Be sure to check…
What a difference a year makes — well, give or take a few months. While it hasn’t quite been a year yet, when it launched its online tour last winter, Candy Claws was still something of an unknown quantity outside of Denver and its home of Fort Collins. And now,…
There are millions of ways to make music in the world — and that’s exactly what the Playground Ensemble and the Front Range Soundpainters are counting on. Seemingly hawked right out of this week’s Fringe Festival in Boulder, soundpainting is the art of live music composition incorporating hundreds of gestures…
Have you seen the cover of the latest Rolling Stone, the one with the True Blood cast members splattered with blood Jackson Pollack style in their birthday suits? It’s attracting quite a bit of attention — and why not? It’s sexy, bloody and, well, it’s sexy and bloody. But it’s…
So, turns out, Pavement may not be as popular in Denver as once suspected. While initially this notion is admittedly somewhat deflating, this is actually great news if you’re a fan of the band: We just received word that the Pavement show, originally slated to take place on Thursday, September…
Behold the hypnotic video for “Franco Cleef Wyoming Reconstruction,” from the just-released (well, released August 13) George and Caplin album Scenic Byways and Secluded Malls/Requiem for an Encyclopedia. It’s a melange of what appears to be vintage footage from the Depression/Dust Bowl era, set to a gorgeous, twangy, Ennio Morricone-meets-Brain…
