Concerts

Nine years ago … trying to think of what the world was like nine years ago. Hmm … let’s see … that would’ve been back before we documented our every movement, breath, thought and whereabouts on Facebook and Twitter, back when the notion of a Smartphone was still pretty foreign,…

Are you already lamenting the loss of beloved weirdo pop outfit Six Months to Live? Well, do we have good news for you! In just a few weeks, you’ll be able to enjoy some of the same zesty pop/rock flavor with former Six Months to Live frontman’s new act, the…

Monotonix July 4th, 2010 Glob Glob was at partial capacity by the time Expiation opened the show with a set of fairly straight-ahead hardcore. You couldn’t fault the musicianship, and the frontman at least seemed as genuinely menacing as he was confrontational: At the end of the set, he threw…

There’s nothing like experiencing the sweat, thump and catharsis of a great show. But it can be tough to decide which one to go to when you live in Denver, the land of embarrassing musical riches, the land of too many shows and too little time. So which ones are…

Remember Tennis, the great new band we introduced you to last week? What are we saying? Of course you do. Tennis is now your new favorite sport, eh. Well, tonight at the Meadowlark you’ll have a chance to catch the group in person and determine if the husband and wife…

Kate Lesta of Boulder-based Communikey and JT Root of Aeon Child, who curated The Nature of Things music series with some help from MUTEK’s director Alain Mongeau, have put together what looks like an insanely great and eclectic line-up of thirty artists from around the world performing throughout the month…

Used to be time when a stint in the big house would put a stop to an artist’s recording career. Well, today we have evidence that time has passed. Jailed rapper Lil Wayne guests on the new Drake track “Light Up (Rikers RMX)” alongside Jay Z. Only, we assume Jay…

One of Denver’s weirdest pop auteurs has dissolved at least one of his various projects: Yuzo Nieto and the Hand that Rocks the Dreidel played its final show this week. The band, led by the eponymous saxophonist Nieto, has been for some years now trafficking in sounds that spanned from…

Singer-songwriter Liz Clark, who divides her time between Colorado and Ireland, was tapped to play the Lilith Tour at Comfort Dental Amphitheatre on Tuesday, July 13. She won the the Denver-local talent search after submitting her tune “Who’s Your Angel” from her 2005 release Hand on the Stove, which you…

Whoo boy! What a time we had last night. Every year, I’m always so energized after hosting the awards ceremony — not to mention hungover (more on that in a minute). As I mentioned last night (numerous times, apparently), I’m really in love with this town, with this scene and…

He looks like a cross between a young Albert Einstein and a biblical prophet. With a wild mustache and a shock of curls bursting from his head, clothed only in shorts so tiny they look more like a loincloth, Monotonix vocalist Ami Shalev gesticulates like a man possessed as the…

Sara Century has operated on the fringe of the underground music scene in Fort Collins and Denver for the past few years as a member of hardcore bands and, most recently, as one of the primary songwriters in the outsider punk band the Amicable Splits and the far-more-difficult-to-classify Magazine-esque act…

Tim Holland is one of the most respected and influential figures in underground hip-hop. Performing under the name Sole, he was one of the founders of the Anticon Collective in the late ’90s and subsequently worked with (and otherwise helped to bring to the world) acts such as Why?, Slug…

The Pseudo Dates, one of the most promising pop bands of recent years, broke up last year without making an announcement or organizing a final show. Luckily, primary songwriters Nathan Brazil and Suzi Allegra finally came to their senses and realized they wrote great, even timeless songs together, and they…

The music of Josh Gabriel is hard to escape. As half of the duo Gabriel & Dresden — and, more recently, on his own — his productions and remixes have seen play from some of the industry’s top DJs, including John Digweed, Carl Cox and Danny Howells. His signature work…

When Leigh Jones moved to Denver a decade ago, she was living in Park Hill, and the Recovery Room (a longtime dive at 819 Colorado Boulevard) was her neighborhood bar. She went on to open several bars and restaurants of her own — including the now-defunct Brasserie Rouge and B-52…

No amount of Westword cover stories, YouTube sensationalism or pole-vaulting to the head of the line can make Two Bedroom Apartment — the third release by Fort Collins wunderkind Danielle Ate the Sandwich — any more listenable. Luckily, the album doesn’t rely on those things, nor does it need to…

There’s just something about the name Frogs Gone Fishin’ that, well, kind of screams “jam band.” That’s not necessarily a bad thing if you’re hoping to take some folks on a “phishing” trip. But at the same time, it might keep others from actually giving you a fair shake. In…