Concerts

NURSES @ THE HI-DIVE | 1/15/12 This was one of those Sunday shows where a lot of people showed up and everybody seemed to be very into all of the artists on the bill, from the opening set from The Don’ts and Be Carefuls all the way to the end,…

FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS @ THE OGDEN THEATRE | 1/15/12 Fitz & The Tantrums put on a show that was magnetic, engaging and inspiring. Boasting an impressive presence unable to be captured by its recordings, the Los Angeles act absolutely set the stage on fucking fire with an undeniable chemistry…

GAME SEVEN at QUIXOTE’S TRUE BLUE | 1/13/12When the bases were loaded last night after the monumental kickoff of the Great Cycles Spectacles tour at the Fillmore, the party was still rolling at Quixote’s True Blue with the miracle that is Game 7. Music Marauders started its celebration of its…

SOUND TRIBE SECTOR 9 at the FILLMORE | 1/13/12Somewhere toward the end of the first set, STS9’s Zack Velmer and Jeffree Lerner took the reigns on drums and percussion for a monumental, LED temple-constructing percussive solo that left the auditorium in complete disarray. If the crowd left on that note,…

Happy Friday the 13th! If you’re like us, you’re ready to get into a little mischief in honor of this superstitious date. In addition to the brand-new speakeasy-style party at Milk Bar being hosted this week by yours truly, there’s plenty of parties to entice you out of the house…

For whatever reason, you’ll notice that this Saturday night, aside from the second night of STS9’s two-night stand at the Fillmore, there aren’t too many must-see shows. This is mere speculation on our part, but we’re guessing that might have something to do with a certain sporting event taking place…

Every time Sound Tribe Sector 9 heads to Denver, you know the techno-hippies are going to come out in full force to hear the livetronica act; if you’re more into house or trance, then you’ll want to catch Avicii and Sydney Blu. Page down to take a peek at what…

Okay, I know we’re all a little Tebow crazed around here these days and with good reason, but is anybody else here befuddled by the retooled version of John Parr’s mid ’80s tune “St. Elmo’s Fire (Man in Motion),” in which England’s elder mullet ambassador has inexplicably revised the original…

Whoa! If you check the electronic iTunes Top 10 chart right now, you’ll notice that Big Gigantic’s latest album has jumped to the second spot on the chart. While that in itself is noteworthy, what makes it more so is that the outfit made Nocturnal available for free download on…

Based upon the number of hoarse voices we encountered after the game this past Sunday, we’ve reached the following conclusions: Nobody in this town seems to know how to express his enthusiasm without damaging his voice. And with another big game on tap this weekend and the way the season’s…

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have postponed their upcoming tour to allow time for frontman Anthony Kiedis to recuperate from the recent surgery on his foot to remove a bone and repair a detached flexor tendon. The band, which was originally due at the Pepsi Center on Sunday, March 4,…

Are you ready to party? What are we saying? Of course you are. You were born to rage! Good thing: Artopia, one of our most eagerly anticipated parties of the year next to the Westword Music Showcase, is upon us once again. The lineup has been finalized, and we’ve got…

Those looking for a little rowdy cinema to warm up those dreary final months of the season should look no further than Growler Distro’s Mid-Winter Punk Film Festival, which features only the most hard-core selection of underground punk-rock movies of the ’70s and ’80s through today. The series is a…

As a founding member of the Punch Brothers and bassist for Leftover Salmon for the past decade, Greg Garrison undoubtedly knows his way around bluegrass. Before all that, though, Garrison was a jazz fan. As a teenager, he immersed himself in albums like John Coltrane’s Crescent and the Oscar Peterson…

It’s fairly obvious that Patrick Dethlefs — a transplant from Tacoma, Washington, who now makes his home in Kittredge, Colorado, of all places — is no stranger to the kind of focused introspection that yields the mature songwriting style he has cultivated at a relatively young age. Folk? Americana? Sure,…

Mansions on the Moon holds the rare distinction of being able to say that it’s been backed by the likes of Pharrell Williams and Shay Haley and also opened for Wiz Khalifa. Few indie acts can make that kind of claim. Such opportunities undoubtedly came about because of Mansions on…

Inspired by the Mayan calendar’s succession, STS9 has developed a one-of-a-kind musical experience in the form of a tour dubbed the Great Cycle Spectacles, a presentation of art, imagination and music performed by one of the most sought-after psychedelic jam-rock bands going right now. After a successful tour following bassist…

Formed in 2008 around music already written by bandleader Michael Fitzpatrick, Fitz & the Tantrums came together within a week, just in time to play their first show. The chemistry was perfect, and the group’s brand of rhythm and blues with a shiny modern radio style was cemented. While there’s an…

Sometime in the past decade, Nurses moved from Idaho to Portland. Now based in a town that’s in no short supply of chamber-pop bands both great and mediocre, Nurses has successfully taken some of that style and transformed it into something much more idiosyncratic. At least that’s the impression you’ll…

There’s a subversive genius at work beneath the surface of John Lennon’s “Imagine.” At first glance, it’s an instantly approachable bit of lite-rock fluff that peddles an equally pleasant message: “Hey, guys, wouldn’t it be great if we could all, like, just get along?” Pretty universal. But that was never…