Concerts

This weekend’s concerts are all about the holidays.

Bryan Ostrow, an organizer of the recently shuttered DIY venue Flux Capacitor, talks about the future.

Despite the recent shut down of Rhinoceropolis, Denver Noise Fest 2016, originally scheduled to happen at the DIY space, will go on at nearby Globe Hall.

Finding dusty record shops that cater to artsy geeks has never been so hard in Boulder, where the city’s eccentric charm has been diluted by a sky-high cost of living and an influx of techies from the coasts. Absolute Vinyl is one of the last spots where the college town’s once notorious weirdness still lingers.

Chic’s Nile Rodgers, the producer behind Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” and David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance,” will be receiving an award for musical excellence.

The Colorado Springs DIY space Flux Capacitor was shut down by the fire department for zoning code violations late last week, venue organizers posted to Facebook last Friday.

We’re shining the spotlight onto a few of the brilliant women in Colorado’s music scene and the musicians they admire.

Two weeks after a fire burned the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland, killing 36 people, Denver’s DIY community came out in the hundreds to raise money for the victims and dance to ambient and experimental hardcore.

The New Orleans-based Rebirth Brass Band funks up the Bluebird Theater for two nights this week while Grammy-winning gospel group the Blind Boys of Alabama perform Christmas songs at the L2 Church tonight and Celtic Woman teams up with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra tomorrow for an evening of holiday favorites at Boettcher Concert Hall. Also, the Denver Noise Fest is at Globe Hall on Wednesday, December 21, and Thursday, December 22.

Here are four videos to help you decide whether you want to see Umphrey’s McGee

This has been a tumultuous week for Lupe Fiasco, who is reeling from accusations of antisemitism and may be retiring.

Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats are more than just a band. They’re a brand.

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers bring their fortieth-anniversary tour to Red Rocks for two nights, on Monday, May 29, and Tuesday, May 30, with Joe Walsh opening; tickets ($49.50-$149.50) go on sale on Friday, December 16. at 10 a.m. Norah Jones, who released Day Breaks last October, headlines Red Rocks on Wednesday, June 14; tickets ($45-$68) go on sale on Thursday, December 15 at 10 a.m. Bell Biv DeVoe will be at the Bellco Theatre on Valentine’s Day, Tuesday, February 14; tickets ($49-$119) are on sale on now.

Daniel Hertel of blues-rock band Verses the Inevitable

Over the last decade, Nathaniel Rateliff has hosted holiday shows with various projects he’s fronted, including Born in the Flood and the Wheel. This weekend at the Ogden Theatre, he’s with his group the Night Sweats, who have had an epic year of touring. Also this weekend, Rose Hill Drive…

If you’d rather not sing along to “Deck the Halls” or the “Hallelujah Chorus” this year, don’t miss these world holiday concerts that are sure to spice up the season for all celebrations.

“Many of my close friends are grieving hard over the losses because we are involved in a similar lifestyle of hosting and performing in spaces that are sometimes dangerously unconventional.”

Denver indie-pop band Kissing Party has a complicated relationship with the holidays. Although the group has released a Christmas single every year for the past six, it’s ending that tradition this year and instead updating 2013’s Winter in the Pub album, a collection of holiday songs, with the addition of…

Lupe Fiasco will bring his thought-provoking hip-hop to the Fillmore Auditorium on Thursday, December 15, for what could be his last performance ever. That’s if he doesn’t cancel the show. After releasing his latest song “N.E.R.D.,” a freestyle over J. Cole’s “Everybody Dies,” listeners flocked to Twitter to criticize the…

He’s a respected singer/songwriter and former member of the Commodors. She’s a mega-pop star who can hit the shit out of some high notes. Lionel Richie and “very special guest” Mariah Carey have announced they are touring together next year. The All the Hits tour will hit 35 cities and…

Lupe Fiasco, who dropped his new song “Killers” last week, headlines the Fillmore Auditorium on Thursday, December 15 while the Brian Setzer Orchestra brings its holiday show to the Paramount Theatre on Tuesday, December 13. This week’s lineup also includes Mushroomhead, Planes Mistaken for Stars, Red Fang and Joe Russo’s…

Five tenants who were living in DIY space Rhiniceropolis were displaced Thursday night after Denver Fire Department inspections uncovered numerous fire code violations. The inspection and resulting evictions shook the local DIY community, which has been mourning deaths of 36 DIYers in California after a space there, Ghost Ship, burned December…