We’ve heard rumblings about this for the past few weeks, but now it’s confirmed: Beatport is reportedly being sold to SFX Entertainment for $50 million. According to the New York Times, who broke the news last night on its Media Decoder blog, Robert F. X. Sillerman, who heads up the…
It’s all Morrissey all the time on Backbeat, apparently. In what can only be explained as the universe being charter member of the Cult of Moz (or just seriously coincidental timing), we’ve just received word that the one and only Steven Patrick Morrissey has rescheduled his upcoming Denver date. Postponed…
Celebrity fandom is almost always based on inaccessibility. Whether it’s a rock star, an actor or a politician, desire is created when you reach out for the object of passion and come up a few inches short. So what happens when you have a fanbase that is made up of…
Craigslist is a place where weirdos and miscellaneous miscreants alike can convene in the relative privacy of anonymity without the prying and scrutinizing eye of the public — well, except for the fact that we’re all voyeurs who stalk the web round-the-clock for the latest absurdity to distract us from…
TESTAMENT @ SUMMIT MUSIC HALL | MON, 2/25/13 In terms of thrash metal, Testament is one of the bands that you can make a strong case for expanding the Big 4 to the Big 5. The Bay Area act was part of the original thrash movement, which fused the precision…
MOUSE ON MARS @ SUMMIT MUSIC HALL |2/23/13 As visuals flashed, streamed, scrolled, blinked, increased in luminosity and otherwise conspired to reflect the jittery, glitchy, sometimes manic and always dynamic flow of sounds being produced by Mouse on Mars, Andi Toma and Jan St. Werner stood behind a bank of…
With Artopia’s dense schedule, it’s important to get limber. You can’t rush into things. Pulling a muscle or getting a cramp early could mean missing all too many things. Much like a herd of wildebeests in migration, there is no forgiveness for being slow because time — like a lion…
Umphrey’s McGee, due for a pair of sold-out dates at the Belly Up in Aspen on Wednesday, March 6 and Thursday, March 7, will be making its way back to Colorado this summer for a pair of dates, one for certain a show at Red Rocks on Friday, June 7,…
TINI @ NORAD | SAT, 2/23/13 tINI holds down residencies in Ibiza, London and other high-profile cities all over the world as well as in her native Germany; despite her name, she’s clearly a force to be reckoned with. Then again, her moniker is just as likely a nod to…
YO GABBA GABBA! @ PARAMOUNT THEATRE | SUN, 2/24/13 Sesame Street couldn’t handle mixing kids’ programming with Katy Perry cleavage, but Yo Gabba Gabba! gets it right every time. Perhaps it’s because one of the show’s creators, Christian Jacobs, is MC Bat Commander of the Aquabats. After becoming a father,…
So, hey, listen, I totally meant to share this with you earlier in the week, but I completely forgot. As you can see, it’s only the best sign in the history of ever. I came across this brilliant piece of signage this past Saturday night after the Neurosis show, when…
Mike Cooley has never had a problem playing in front of huge crowds with the Drive-By Truckers. Playing solo, however, has been a different experience entirely. “Sitting down in a room of people right in front of me and playing a song on an acoustic guitar by myself, I would…
Many yawn-worthy bands have been inspired over the years by hard rock and metal from the ’70s and ’80s. But rest assured, there’s nothing boring about The Blackouts (due on Friday, February 22, at Jugg’z Saloon). Oh, sure, the group dishes out plenty of covers. But that’s what you do…
With the recent release of the latest Toro Y Moi album, Anything in Return, Chaz Bundick should be able to transcend the chillwave label that’s been assigned to him by countless critics. Like his friend and mutual mentor Ernest Green of Washed Out, Bundick started his project as an entirely…
Growing up in Boulder, Rudresh Mahanthappa got an early start on the saxophone and studied with Mark Harris — who exposed him to a wide variety of music — before heading to Berklee and DePaul University to study music. Since moving to New York in 1997, the innovative Mahanthappa has…
Ladies love G-Eazy. They absolutely adore him. Whether it’s his lazy-smooth flow or Dapper Dan look, we don’t know, but the last time he was in Denver, warming up for Hoodie Allen on the Excellent Adventure Tour at Summit Music Hall, bras were flying on stage like roses at the…
Marcel Everett (aka XXYYXX) may have just turned seventeen this past October, but his most recent effort, a self-titled album he released last year, is already his second. Often when we hear about teenage artists, it’s related to some kind of manufactured pop or punk. In the current era, though,…
Even though it’s far from the best cut on this mixtape, the song most emblematic of Myke Charles on Flight Plan is “Angels & Demons.” As Charles says, he’s “tryin’ to keep it real, but also tryin’ to make a million.” And he could do it. He’s already doing half…
As on their previous album, 2010’s Mountain Bound, the Blue Canyon Boys mix some first-rate originals with a number of covers on their fifth release, Next Go ‘Round. Early on, the guys stay with lively, foot-stomping bluegrass, then jazz it up on swinging numbers like “Heartaches Welcome” before slowing it…
Twin Peaks kicks off the new year with a five-track EP that weaves pop, prog, no-wave and grunge into a tapestry that tells a tale of the group’s creativity and technical proficiency. On “Noir Echoes,” which clocks in at a hearty seven and a half minutes, the hard-rocking refrain plunges…
The ebullient melodies that informed the music of Ian Gassman’s old band Night Owl can be heard throughout Confluence’s new EP. But instead of reflecting that group’s more upbeat Elvis Costello vibe, these songs have an expansiveness of spirit reminiscent of recent pop bands such as Surfer Blood and the…
Aside from touring as a solo act under the VibeSquaD moniker, Aaron Holstein has found the perfect balance between his duties as a highly sought-after EDM producer and those of being a father. Following a successful stint on Bassnectar’s VaVaVoom tour, Holstein has settled in for 2013 by touring with…
