Concerts

With the disintegration of Lala coming May 31st, we’ve been left with one less choice for downloading. Lala was one of the best digital music distributors in town, offering full album streaming and low prices for downloading. After the website was gobbled up by Apple in December of last year,…

The Colbert ReportMon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cNailed ‘Em – Drive-Through Rappingwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorFox News If you currently are or have ever been a stupid teenager, chances are you’ve done something dim-witted at a drive-thru. Maybe you mumbled your order to sound like you’re saying “fart,” or perhaps…

In 1972, ListenUp began designing and selling high-quality audio/video systems in Colorado. Thirty-eight years later, the company, which is still going strong, is hosting its annual Music Matters summit this week. Among the speakers are John Atkinson, editor of Stereophile magazine, a man considered one of the preeminent authorities on…

There is one guarantee in life: When a musician dies, we go through their catalog of songs. This is most certainly true in the case of Ronnie James Dio, who passed away on Sunday. As we listened over the course of the last couple of days, we started noticing themes,…

On June 8, just a little late for its 21st birthday, the Cure’s classic album Disintegration is getting the kind of super-deluxe reissue treatment that should make goth kids, ex-goth kids and dudes named Rhett very, very, very happy. In addition to the de rigeur remastered album, Robert Smith has…

Drake • Mike Posner • DJ Chonz05.17.10 | Ogden Theatre First was Denver’s own DJ Chonz, who was assigned with warming up the rapidly-filling Ogden. He performed his task admirably [editor’s note: with one turntable, no less], but as the first-act DJ, the ceiling was pretty low. Next was Mike…

Looks like it’s the end of the road for Meese. Well sort of. This Saturday, May 22, at the Bluebird, the band will be playing its last official show — or delivering its final Broadcast, as it were — as Meese with the Northern Way…

Props to DJ Cysko Rokwell, who qualified for the U.S. Finals of the DMCs this past weekend in New York City, besting fifteen other DJs to earn his spot at this finals this August 7. There he’ll compete against the country’s best turntablists (including DJs Notch and Skip Ripkin, who…

Pictureplane (aka Travis Egedy) got some more love from indie bible Pitchfork last week. The new media titan called Egedy a “Denver house music mastermind” while pimping his latest free mix, a 41-minute mix which includes selections from Crystal Castles and Rihanna and serves as an intro of sorts to…

The Mile High Madness DVD release party proved that Hip Hop is not only alive and well in the Mile High City, but thriving. Presented by Big Joe Thunder and Box State Music, the DVD is Thunder’s tenacious effort put Denver’s underground art and music on display. The party was…

Bongo Fury • Night of Ultraviolence • Aenka • Hunter Dragon 05.14.10 | Glob Jason Isaacs is probably better known for his stints in Bio Bitch and Friends Forever, but for this show, he performed as Night of Ultraviolence, a project that’s been going on for at least a couple…

Akron/Family • Bad Weather California • Widowers • Candy Claws 05.15.10 | Quixote’s True Blue Obsessive record collectors, potentially-autistic sonic geeks, students of the craft, this one’s for you. It was 1:30 in the morning and we still had a half hour to go. Akron/Family were well into its second…

We would hate for you to miss out on all the awesome that happens every weekend in our fair city, so we’ve decided to run down five of the best shows in one easy-to-swallow post, with video and audio. Tell us — and the rest of the world — what…

Wanna know what’s cracking in the hip-hop scene in Denver, ask us. If we don’t know, ask us anyway, and we’ll get with our boy Joe Thunder. If we haven’t heard about it, chances are, he has. Dude’s plugged in and has his ear to the streets 24-7. For real…

The rumors were true. We’ve received confirmation from K.C. K-Sum himself that the Warlock Pinchers are indeed planning to reunite this summer — on Friday August 6 at the Gothic Theatre, if fact. And as reported back in March, Dale Crover of the Melvins is slated to pound the skins…

If we were to tell you of an event with wizards and music involved, what would your gut reaction be? Pleasure? Glee? Anger? Well, prepare yourself accordingly: Wizard Prom — it’s going down next week. Get your wands in a twist this Monday, May 17 at 7 p.m. at Other…

Want to own a piece of music history? Suburban Home Records is selling off a number of rare — essentially unique, actually — vinyl test pressings they’ve amassed over the years. If you aren’t familiar with the concept, test pressings are basically just what the name says, a limited run…