In Denver’s muggy dance halls and dingy rock clubs, standing amid the billowing veils of local music history, stands one man. El Brian Castillo could be found in nearly every venue and music sub-scene from rock and metal to dance and hip-hop over the last decade, and now he’s working…
The rumors have finally been confirmed: this August, you get to dance yourself clean on the Rocks. LCD Soundsystem will return for two consecutive nights at Red Rocks Amphitheatre this summer. James Murphy’s reunited band will perform August 2-3 in Denver, as part of a slew of summer dates including…
Gordon Koch, drummer with the local, intensely heavy grind-metal band Call of the Void, says that it’s not easy living, working and rehearsing in the metal-wasteland that is Boulder, a condition that’s made all the more difficult by the fact that it wasn’t always that way. “I grew up there…
Being a music fan in Denver is kind of the best. There is no shortage of shows and talent, and there is some event or band news to bring a smile to a music-lover’s face every day of the week. However, if you fall into the main demographic of music-lovers…
When Queensryche’s third album Operation: Mindcrime was released in 1988, it drew immediate comparisons to concept albums like Pink Floyd’s The Wall and The Who’s Quadrophenia. The album is a thoughtful and incisive social and political commentary that told the story of a drug addict recruited into a world of…
Incite Productions is a relatively unknown collection of artists and theater technicians who leave their mark all over Denver in unique, creative and often bizarre ways. They’ve floated down Delaware Street in a makeshift boat dressed as George Washington. They’ve danced on the steps of the Anthem Blue Cross building…
In January, Denver pop-rock band One Flew West released its video for single “Had It All,” an increasingly absurd, dark parody on ’90s-sitcom credits inspired by the viral short film “Too Many Cooks.” For its next video, for the song “These Old Bones,” premiering right here, right now, the band…
Gazebos got off the ground in 2014 but its members have been around the Seattle scene for nearly two decades. As in any big city with an active music scene, people come together organically from going to shows and working at similar jobs. The members of Gazebos found in each…
Once upon a time, guitarist Nils Lofgren was the “new guy” in Bruce Springsteen’s E-Street Band — but no longer. It’s now been more than three decades since Lofgren stepped in for longtime E-Streeter Steven Van Zandt — Little Stevie split in 1984 — and he’s been a mainstay alongside Van Zandt…
It’s a big week for arena shows, including the Who at the Pepsi Center on Tuesday, Carrie Underwood is at the venue on Wednesday and Bruce Springsteen is there on Thursday. The Smashing Pumpkins, Chairlift and Murder By Death are also in the area this week. See the full list of our…
Last night, as the lights dimmed, two back-up dancers took to the stage at the Ogden. Wearing oversized T-shirts and sporting some serious “What’s good?” stares, they took seats on giant bean bags. One had a bag of Cheetos, the other had Gatorade. Then Santi White aka Santigold appeared and launched…
Denverites’ dream of a winter mountain music festival have been once again buried — in late-season snow and disappointment — as the Minus Zero Festival has announced it will be postponed until “sometime during the 2016/2017 ski season.” The multi-day winter sports and electronic music festival, featuring Diplo and Kaskade,…
Railroad Earth, who was originally slated to play the Fillmore Auditorium last month, play rescheduled shows at the venue this weekend while Rachel Platten is at the Ogden Theatre and CocoRosie is at the Gothic Theatre tonight. Excision, Hieroglyphics and Little Green Cars also perform this weekend. See the full list…
Oakland-based hip-hop legends Hieroglyphics, will be performing as a complete group this Saturday, March 26. All eight members (including those of auxiliary group, Souls of Mischief) began a short Colorado run this week. Husband-and-wife duo the ReMINDers will also perform, promising an energetic evening for Denver hip-hop fans. Hieroglyphics is one of the longest-running hip-hop…
NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest just finished its second year, and once again a Colorado band did not win. However, there were over a hundred entries from our talented state, and out of those, a single video caught the attention of Bob Boilen and compay: Rossonian’s “Love In A Wasteland.” “I…
In the world of heavy experimental music there’s nobody with as much clout as Aaron Turner. He founded the seminal record label HydraHead, fronted the post-metal goliath Isis for more than a decade, and has had his hand in so many groundbreaking side projects (Old Man Gloom, Mamiffer, Jodis, Split…
Not long after trumpeter Randy Brecker joined Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1967 and played on the jazz-rock group’s debut, Child is the Father of the Man, he left to join renowned jazz pianist Horace Silver’s quartet. Brecker says it was a logical choice but he had no idea that…
The Vans Warped Tour comes to the Pepsi Center arena lot on Sunday, July 31, with a lineup that includes New Found Glory, Tonight Alive, Sum 41, Falling In Reverse, Less Than Jake, The Story So Far, Yellowcard, Reel Big Fish, Pepper and more. Tickets, which start at $29, are on…
The thing with Madrid quartet Hinds is that they’ll lull you into a false sense of security again and again, especially if you’re not massively familiar with them going in. Like the Pixies (there are other reference points but Frank Black’s band works perfectly here), they’ll start a song with…
It was Taking Back Tuesday, and I had nothing to wear. The Emo Night L.A. DJs brought another edition of their popular throwback party to the Marquis Theater last night, giving twenty- and thirty-somethings the chance to relive a very specific moment in recent music history — the third-wave emo-inflected…
Music festivals are often thought to be a strictly summer kind of thing, but luckily for Colorado, our three hundred days of sunshine lends to a whole extra season of live music outdoors. This spring, electronic acts like Diplo and Kaskade, local superstars like Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats…
Lauren Zwicky is all about aesthetics, something that’s evident in her work as a hair stylist as well as in her efforts as a DJ and event organizer. For her, music can influence the way we present ourselves to the world as much as the way we look can have…
