Concerts

St. Patrick’s Day is on Thursday, March 17 as usual, but here in Denver our celebrations of all things Irish start this weekend. Denver’s St. Patrick’s Day parade is the largest parade west of the Mississippi, and our Irish-themed parties are just as large. We have compiled a list for a variety of Celtic music…

Canadian songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Basia Bulat has spent the last nine years garnering attention for her thoughtful songwriting and passionate live performances. Much of her recorded output could loosely be called folk but Bulat’s brand of that music transcends preconceptions. So much so that she was tapped by Denver gypsy…

The Hawaiian Punch Winter Tour, featuring Iration and Pepper, is at the Fillmore Auditorium tonight while the Revivalists headlines the Ogden Theatre, Tom Paxton plays at Swallow Hill and Vince Staples is at the Bluebird Theater. See the full list of our picks below.  FRIDAY, MARCH 4 Iration and Pepper $25.25,…

It’s a stretch – to celebrate March 3 as Colorado Pride Day because 303 is the dialing code in parts of the state, but what the hell. We don’t need much of an excuse to party around here while displaying your inner, or outer, C with pride. If you happen to wander…

We firmly believe that Denver is a match for anybody when it comes to quality music in any genre, and the dark world of Goth is no different, even when it’s branching out into industrial and horror-punk. With Captain Blood opening for the Other at the 3 Kings Tavern on…

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, who just released The Unruly Mess I’ve Made, will be at 1STBANK Center on Sunday, June 5 as part of their North American spring tour. Tickets ($46/$56) go on sale on Friday, March 4, at 10 a.m.  The Kills, who are set to release a new…

The Audio Social Dissent tour was, in essence, a traveling label showcase, since all three bands on the bill released their latest full-lengths with Third Man Records. Headliner Wolf Eyes couldn’t seem to be more different from the rock bands Timmy’s Organism and Video. Local opening acts Echo Beds, an…

It went from nearly being sold for scrap to becoming a new destination on the world’s music map. Thanks to the efforts and cooperation of musicians worldwide and the small town of Rangely, 275 miles northeast of Denver and a short hop from the Utah border, an empty storage tank…

Making an album can be a daunting and expensive process for musicians — especially if they’re just starting out. Having spent a lot of time in the music trenches themselves, friends and longtime members of Denver’s music scene Tyler Glasgow (known for his work in pop-soul-rock band PLACES) and Jack…

The near one-hundred-year-old Aztlan Theatre in the Art District on Santa Fe has sat (mostly) empty for the past decade. That’s all about to change with the promise of a concert on April 16 as a platform for local music, put together by Emily Owens and Cody Noha. With the blessing…

Miami-based DJ Michael Brun comes to Denver this Thursday, March 3, for a night at Beta. Brun has made a name for himself blending progressive house with musical styles from his native Haiti, including RaRa and Konpa, and his latest release, Wherever I Go, was in fact recorded in Haiti…

Since 1988, Pittsburgh’s outspoken punk band Anti-Flag has made it its business to draw awareness to the issues it feels are important, whether that be income inequality, or bigotry in the form of racism, sexism and homophobia, human rights or animal welfare. Anti-Flag have beaten those drums loud and proud for over twenty years,…

Sage Cook took a moment out of an always-busy morning on his farm to talk with the Westword about his upcoming Colorado shows with the band We Dream Dawn. Cook left Nederland, Colorado-based gypsy folk band Elephant Revival in early 2015 after eight years to pursue a dream and a passion of his: farming…

Sound of Ceres, the new project from ex-Candy Claws duo Karen and Ryan Hover, is unsettling. It’s dreamy and David Lynchian. Drone-y and majestic. It’s supposedly about space and existential dread. It’s everything except what the band cites as a main influence: Brazilian bossanova. “We were really into bossanova,” says…

South by Southwest is coming up fast, March 11-20, in Austin, Texas, and as ever there are hundreds of bands on the bill for industry peeps to sink their teeth into. Representing Colorado, we have the wonderful Judy Collins (look out for an interview with her soon), and these eight…

This week’s best concerts include Cannibal Corpse at the Summit Music Hall, Animal Collective at the Ogden Theatre, Steel Panther at the Fillmore Auditorium and the Eddie Gomez Trio at Nocturne. See the full list of our picks below.  MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29 Cannibal Corpse $25/$28, 6:30 p.m. Summit Music Hall Alison…

The first “Summer Is Forever” tour, featuring Best Coast and Wavves, was in 2011. I saw them in Boulder on Valentine’s Day. At the time Bethany Cosentino (Best Coast) and Nathan Williams (Wavves) were the “It Couple” of the Urban Outfitters generation, writing songs about their relationship, Instagramming photos of…

When did people stop dancing at electronic music shows? Because surely if there’s a pairing that warrants some major league writhing, pulling out all the moves — it’s Com Truise and STRFKR. But no; with a few notable exceptions, Thursday’s crowd just swayed a little and nodded their heads, and that was all. They…

Hot Buttered Rum and Tea Leaf Green co-headline two nights at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ball Room this weekend, Best Coast and Wavves play two nights at the Bluebird, Something Underground celebrates the release of its new album tonight and Rickie Lee Jones is at the Oriental Theater on Sunday. See the…

This morning Planet Bluegrass announced its preliminary lineup for the 26th annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival, which takes place August 19-21, 2016 at the Planet Bluegrass Ranch in Lyons. The headliners include “not pretentious hipsters” the Decemberists, Lucinda Williams, Passenger and up-and-coming eclectic folk act Darlingside, which recently had a big…