In the Whale started out in Greeley as a side project of What About Pluto? and Trailer 77, but guitarist Nate Valdez and drummer Eric Riley wanted to do something more raw as an outlet for sublimated frustration and angst. A former counselor of juvenile delinquents, Valdez undoubtedly had plenty…
You read that right. You can see Blackalicious at the Fillmore this Friday, January 27, for just $10 (well, plus the applicable service fees). Tickets are on-sale right now at LiveNation.com or you can pick them up directly at the Fillmore box office. Oh, we should also let you know…
YOB @ LARIMER LOUNGE | 1/22/12 Mike Scheidt of Yob was replacing a string on his guitar that had just snapped and he told us, “Two more songs and we’ll end it brutal.” True to his word on behalf of the band, Scheidt and company escalated quickly into the rampaging…
Update 3/21/12: See also: Brad Paisley tweets at Tim Tebow, lobbies for Titans: “Nashville’s really a great place to live” BRAD PAISLEY @ THE PEPSI CENTER | 1/21/12 It’s about three-quarters of the way through “Waiting on a Woman” during Brad Paisley’s blues-inflected lead that you arrive at a startling…
GARLAND JEFFREYS @ LION’S LAIR | 1/21/12 There was no opening act for Garland Jeffreys on Saturday night, and the show got started around 9 p.m., so if showed up thinking it would start later, you missed some songs. This wasn’t the usual sort of show for Lion’s Lair, where…
ZIGGY MARLEY @ BOULDER THEATER | 1/21/12 There’s an ongoing fight in Boulder County regarding the farming of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) on public land, and Saturday night, Ziggy Marley headlined a sold-out show that generated some serious artillery (and funds) for the GMO Free Boulder contingent. His song selection…
Z-TRIP @ CITY HALL | 1/21/12Z-Trip brought the ruckus so damn hard for the Saturday night Terminal Kings festivities at City Hall. Surrounded by the art that will adorn the walls of Denver International Airport, party-goers most definitely got what they came for last night: The music phenom imbued City…
Update 3/21/12: See also: Brad Paisley tweets at Tim Tebow, lobbies for Titans: “Nashville’s really a great place to live” Um, so, yeah, you’ll be happy to know that the whole Tebow mania thing hasn’t died down in the Mile High City. Not in the slightest. Apparently, being utterly eviscerated…
Bad news: Familiar with that expression, “You snooze, you lose”? Yes? Well, it applies here. If you slept on getting your tickets to see the Black Keys at 1STBANK Center on April 30, you blew it. Show’s sold out. D’oh! Luckily for you, though, you’ll have another chance to see…
BIG GIGANTIC @ THE BOULDER THEATER | 1/20/12In closing down the set, “Eyes Closed” showed off some of the more complex rhythms that Dominic Lalli and Jeremy Salken — the duo which makes up Big Gigantic — are working with, especially the climatic ending where a machine-gun wobble shakes bodies…
Just in case this whole presidency thing doesn’t work out this year for President Obama, it’s good to know that our current Commander In Chief has something to fall back on. Maybe he and Clinton can put a band together or something. They can call it Presidents of the United…
A definitive, earnest and passionate voice in the history of American pop music has gone silent today. Legendary R&B chanteuse Etta James died this morning at the age of 73 in Riverdale, California, reportedly from complications tied to leukemia. Along with this week’s deaths of fellow giants of the genre…
When military nonprofit LifeQuest Transitions wanted to raise awareness for the issues of moving from active duty to civilian life, it chose what founder CW Conner somewhat cheesily refers to as “the universal language”: music. And it worked. The Colorado Springs group’s second annual veteran songwriting camp has opened with…
The weekend is finally here — well, almost here, give or take a few hours. Just in case you don’t know what you’re getting into yet because you’ve been too busy all week, you known, getting all ground up in the gears to make any plans, we’ve put together a…
Souls of Mischief @ City Hall | 1/19/12 Following the Ninja Stylez Bboy competition in the main room, Souls of Mischief exploded from behind the stage, tearing into the opening lines of “You Never Knew” with A-Plus casually swayin’ behind his all-black shades amidst flawless lyricism. City Hall was all…
WILCO @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 1/19/12 “I’d like to thank the Fillmore for having us back,” Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy told a capacity crowd last night. “It’s a pretty sweet joint you got here. It’s a good rock and roll joint with chandeliers. I don’t think anything rocks without chandeliers…
Denver’s best live music bets, weekend of January 20, 2012
As usual, Denver is showing the world what’s up in electronic music this weekend; on Saturday, you’ll have to choose between Z-Trip at City Hall or Gabriel & Dresden at Beta, and that’s far from everything that’s on our Dance Card. Page down to see what else is in store…
Don’t take it personally if the King Mob dudes don’t answer when you call their name. Nothing against you. That’s just not their name anymore. Let it be known: From this moment on, the outfit previously known as King Mob has been rechristened as the Young Pharaohs. To commemorate the…
Grab your party shoes, kids. Andrew W.K. is coming back to Denver. In honor of the ten year anniversary of I Get Wet (hands up if you can believe it’s already been a decade since dude first hit the scene), Mr. Party Hard is bringing his party to the Bluebird…
Trey Spruance first came to prominence as the guitarist in Mr. Bungle, with Mike Patton and Trevor Dunn. Spruance also did a brief stint in Patton’s then-more-famous band Faith No More. After Bungle effectively quit being an active unit in 2000, Spruance took his interest in myriad musical styles, and…
Update 1/25/12: Low, which played in Denver at the Bluebird Theater last fall, has been added to the bill. Death Cab for Cutie is kicking off its upcoming North American tour in Denver on Tuesday, April 10, at Ellie Caulkins Opera House. The band will return to the Mile High…
