Concerts

VICEROY @ BAR STANDARD | 4/26/13 I arrived fashionably late for Viceroy’s guest DJ gig at Denver Disco. The San Francisco based DJs appearance at Bar Standard was definitely one of the more anticipated events of the spring. The Viceroy vibe is “summer all the time,” and that definitely comes…

JAMES BLAKE @ OGDEN THEATRE | 4/28/13 The last thing James Blake wants to be is the center of attention. He took a seat stage left last night at a crowded Ogden and barely moved or acknowledged the crowd of adoring fans gathered together to see him. Not a surprise…

BONOBO @ OGDEN THEATRE | 4/26/13 A capacity crowd filled the Ogden to see Bonobo this past weekend. However, words like “sold out” and “capacity” don’t accurately describe the electric scene inside and outside the theater. Every nook and cranny of the theater from the rafters to the rear of…

KVELERTAK @ LARIMER LOUNGE | 4/30/13 With a name that translates roughly to “stranglehold” in Norwegian, this sextet has spent the last six years cultivating a sound that feels like a mixture of black metal and the Stooges, Cave In and Converge. Fittingly, the frontman of that last act, Kurt…

Just received some harrowing news: Barry Fey has passed away. As anyone who’s lived in Denver for any amount of time knows, Barry was a legendary and revered figure worldwide, but especially here in the Colorado music scene. We’ll have much more in-depth coverage about Barry and his life in…

This weekend, the Matchbox at 2625 Larimer is celebrating its second anniversary. When the owners first opened the bar two years ago, they made a decision to make the space available for various nonprofits. That decision has clearly paid off. The concept of “doing well by doing good,” says co-owner…

SPEAKEASY TIGER @ MARQUIS THEATER | SAT, 4/27/13 Half a decade ago, Speakeasy Tiger seemed to be in the right place at the right time, with a kind of electro-rock that was equal parts Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Gossip, only gone in a more pop direction. The group got…

BONOBO @ OGDEN THEATRE | FRI, 4/26/13 Simon Green’s Bonobo project has taken chilled-out downtempo on a meandering journey through complex syncopation, sweeping strings and heavy bass lines since 1999, when he released the single “Terrapin” on the Tru Thoughts label. Since then, Green has created four full-length albums for…

Time and distance provide perspective — isn’t that what they say? Sure enough, the further removed we are from the recent Boston Marathon bombing, the more the picture appears to be coming into focus of the two brothers alleged to have conducted the terror plot. From analyzing their online presence,…

It’s influenced by everything I grew up on, from American traditions to the Middle Eastern traditions of my father,” says Men in Burka’s Kamran Khan, describing his group’s sound. “I didn’t grow up in a mosque. I didn’t grow up a Muslim, but I was definitely influenced by that culture…

Half a decade ago, Speakeasy Tiger (due this Saturday, April 27, at the Marquis Theater) seemed to be in the right place at the right time, with a kind of electro-rock that was equal parts Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Gossip, only gone in a more pop direction. The group…

Whether he’s producing the fastest, tightest, most insistent drum-and-bass tracks you’ve ever heard or dropping a set that’s pure whomp-based dubstep, it’s clear that Damian Higgins selected an appropriate moniker when he started making music as Dieselboy. His sound is immediately identifiable — slick, dark and powerful, with an underlying…

In the ’90s, Sean Tillman performed in both noise-rock band Calvin Krime and the more pop-oriented Sean Na Na while still a teenager in the Minneapolis area. Around the turn of this century, he created Har Mar Superstar, a bombastic hip-hop/R&B persona that delivers suitably single-entendre lyrics. The act is…

With a name that translates roughly to “stranglehold” in Norwegian, this sextet has spent the last six years cultivating a sound that feels like a mixture of black metal and the Stooges, Cave In and Converge. Fittingly, the frontman of that last act, Kurt Ballou, produced Kvelertak’s latest album, 2013’s…

Perhaps taking a cue from his pal Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic, who’s written and produced songs for an array of top-shelf pop acts, Fray guitarist Joe King has been steadily making a name for himself as a burgeoning songwriter in his own right. Prior to working on his own solo…

Radkey is a band of brothers. No, really — that’s not a figure of speech: They’re blood relations. They’re also completely badass. Once you listen to the siblings — Dee, the oldest at nineteen, sings and plays guitar; Isaiah, seventeen, sings and plays bass; and Solomon, fifteen, plays drums —…

Thief River is essentially a reconfigured version of Rexway with longtime King Rat guitarist Mike Makkay and bassist Geoff Orwiler. In fact, Thief River essentially picks up where that band left off before parting ways a number of years back, seamlessly fusing the most anthemic moments of late-’80s pop metal…

As frontman for the Demon Funkies, Ryan Chrys has demonstrated that he knows his way around the groove, but on 2011’s The Ambivalent Justice Of…, he showed that he’s also well versed in a number of other genres. And from the first few cuts of his latest release, A Lick…

With more than 45 years of playing under his belt, Dan Treanor is a master of the blues. His Afrosippi band recently came in third out of 220 bands at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, but his Code Blue band, which features a different lineup, is just as impressive…

“In the Waves,” the opening track on the new Shady Elders EP, has a lonely, almost wistful breeziness, with crystalline guitar tones cutting a simple figure while another guitar sound flutters and swells around them. “Schoolmate,” meanwhile, features ethereal guitar work with notes that ring out and melodies that recall…

At one time, the Jet Entertainment Group ran a number of spots in town, including Wicked Garden, two Purple Martini locations (one of which was later dubbed Jet South) and the Jet Lounge, located on the main floor of the Jet Hotel, which opened in 2006 at 1612 Wazee Street…