Concerts

“Being a white woman in hip-hop has allowed me to be invisible,” says Nicole Cormier, a writer and editor dedicated to Denver’s hip-hop scene. “It has allowed me certain rights that I don’t think a man would have in this community.” Cormier acknowledges that regardless of her identity, being a…

In the mid-2000s, during the height of Denver’s indie-rock era, the members of Somerset Catalog were in some of the city’s more prominent bands. Bryce Merrill, John Kuker and Trevor Trumble were part of Everything Absent or Distorted, whose raucous live shows displayed the influence of Guided by Voices and…

93.3’s Not So Silent Night is an interesting show: basically a mini music festival, featuring five well-known bands, any of which could easily headline of a large room in Denver. This year Amzy, The Wombats, Airborne Toxic Event, Cold War Kids, and Bastille all took to the stage at the…

Over the span of four studio albums, U.K.-based rock band Foals have gone from small-scene indie favorites to an international festival headliner. The group’s latest album, What Went Down, debuted in August this year at #3 on the UK Albums Chart and #58 on the Billboard 200, making it their…

Drummer Brian Blade is town for four nights at Dazzle with the Fellowship Band (and with Bill Frisell and Ron Miles later in the week) and Jason Bonham, son of Led Zeppelin drummer Jason Bonham, brings his Led Zeppelin Experience to the Summit Music Hall while other picks this week…

The Funky Buddha Lounge is moving locations. The cocktail bar and entertainment venue at 776 Lincoln will reopen after the new year at 1033 Broadway in a smaller space next to Bar Standard, according to Doug Bohm, Director of Marking and Promotions for SoCo Nightlife, which promotes Funky Buddha and…

This weekend’s live music calendar includes a couple good ones, like Channel 93.3’s Not So Silent Night 2015, Elephant Revival, English Beat, Booker T. Jones and Nikki Lane. See the full list of our picks below.  FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4 Chase Rice $23, 8:30 p.m. Grizzly Rose Elephant Revival $27, 8 p.m. Ogden…

At the Tacocat merch table, between some vinyl and sweatshirts for sale, was an old paper book titled The Woman’s Dress For Success Book. It was priced at $100. It was a partially a joke, but mostly a direct statement. There were a lot of statements, musical and otherwise, from…

The Elephant Revival has morphed over the years into this region’s most warm and fuzzy feel-good bands. When considering metro Denver isn’t short on folk bands, that’s no mean feat. It’s no dig either; the Nederland troupe has that mournful, mildly gothic (without the Cure makeup) quality that many country…

It wasn’t that long ago that the Devil Makes Three was playing venues like the Walnut Room and Shakey Graves was playing the hi-dive. Now the two acts are so big that they can co-headline Rocks on Friday, May 27. Tickets ($39.75-$44.75) go on sale on Friday, December 4 at…

Leighton Peterson, frontman for Safe Boating Is No Accident and Jessie Rehms, a Denver University law student, want to help Syrian refugees. Rehms has experience working with refugees, and Peterson has his band, so together the couple has decided to host “Syrian Sock Hop,” a benefit show on Sunday, December…

The day after famed keyboardist Ikey Owens passed away in October 2014, a song came to Rubedo vocalist Kyle Gray. Owens produced every Rubedo album, and was like a brother and honorary bandmate to the Denver trio — constantly providing connections, companionship and words of wisdom. Gray, overcome by grief,…

Tacocat’s web address is tacocatdotcom.com. Tacocat’s name is a lighthearted palindrome. While these initial details might seem silly, they reveal much about the irreverent humor and lateral thinking that underpin the band’s creative work. “Everybody that uses Tacocat on the Internet uses it for [something fairly silly], so we had…

“It’s always the right time to do the wrong thing,” Nikki Lane sings at the outset of All or Nothin’, her latest album — a rousing blend of classic country, roots music and category-defying ass-kicking produced by the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach. And Lane, who headlines the Bluebird Theater on Sunday, December 6, carries…

“I was basically a DIY punk kid, but doing it through hip-hop music,” says Travis Egedy, aka Pictureplane, about his early days of making music. “It had the same energy and intelligence and sent the same type of message, and I was really into that.” Born in Santa Fe, Egedy…

New York-bred MC Homeboy Sandman is a lyricist that has gained praise from all walks of life in the hip-hop community. He is a lyricist’s lyricist — writing raps that are intelligent and to the point, with instantly recognizable wit, oozing from clever one-liners that stick out like a Magic…

This week’s picks include Kid Cudi at the Fillmore, Lights and the Mowgli’s at the Ogden, the Bad Plus Joshua Redman at the Boulder Theater and HEALTH at the Larimer Lounge. See the full list of our picks below.  MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30 Kid Cudi $49.50/$55, 7 p.m. Fillmore Auditorium All…

This weekend’s line-up includes A. Tom Collins two-night album release at the hi-dive, Warren Haynes’s two-night stand at the Ogden and Leftover Salmon’s release of its new live album with two nights at the Boulder Theater. There’s also a celebration of the life and music of Mike Herrera, who passed…

Happy Thanksgiving, Denver! Westword is technically closed today, but we here at Backbeat understand you need something to read while you’re sitting at the table, avoiding political conversations with your family and checking your phone today. Give thanks and plan ahead: here are this week’s new concert announcements.  Journey and…