It is rare for people to buy tickets to a concert in person anymore, let alone wait in line for those tickets. Tickets these days are more likely a code on your smart phone than a physical item. Rubedo wants to change that, at least temporarily. Tomorrow at noon, the…
The Colorado Music Hall of Fame is headed for an eventful 2015. The organization, which started in 2011, is planning a permanent Hall of Fame facility at Red Rocks — according to director G. Brown, it will be open to the public early this summer. The expansion of the CMHOF…
This year’s Denver Music Summit — the third iteration of the gathering — will be about more than just good music. There will be live performances by local and national artists, yes, but there will also be networking, panels about industry trends and brand enhancement, a presentation by Martin Atkins…
Red Bull Sound Select is getting ready to host another show in Denver, and for this one, they’ve enlisted the help local collective Souls In Action. Souls In Action, which bills itself as “a Denver-based collaboration of young, hungry, like-minded individuals creating change through music, art and social activism,” was…
Once home to O.P. Baur Confectionery Company in the late 1800s, Baur’s Ristorante and most recently, Le Grand Bistro, which closed last year, the building at 1512 Curtis Street has a long history. Now the Baur’s name is getting a reboot with Baur’s, Est. 1872 restaurant and its music venue,…
I first heard Weird Al when I was around ten years old. I was in it for the fart noises and puns at first. Today, I admire him for other reasons; he has set an example for anyone who comments on music. His devotion to pop doesn’t prevent him from…
John Denver’s former home in the Aspen area is up for sale. The singer lived in it until his death in 1997, and the current owner bought the property in 1999 as a vacation home. It’s 9,000-plus square feet of mountain house. Well, two mountain houses, really — the main…
Backbeat has a new music editor. My name is Kiernan Maletsky — I’m a Colorado native who has spent the past three years first in St. Louis and then Dallas. Last Saturday, I filled my sedan with whatever clothes fit once my record collection was in there and made what…
The Colorado Music Hall of Fame is preparing for its next round of inductions on Friday, November 8, at the Paramount Theatre. Before Judy Collins, Bob Lind, the Serendipity Singers and Chris Daniels become the next set of Colorado artists to be honored, an hour-long special is slated to air…
Kyle Even has parted ways with Breathe Carolina, and co-founder David Schmitt reports that the split is completely amicable. Even, who recently celebrated the birth of his first child, has left the fold to devote more time to his family. Breathe Carolina, whose current lineup features Schmitt, Luis Bonet on…
Alright, so normally in Guess Where I’m Peeing, we make you do all the heavy lifting. We post a photo of a random restroom at a random venue and then sit back and wager with one another how long it’s going to take for somebody to correctly identify the bathroom…
See Also: Guess where I’m peeing archive Hey there! Welcome back to our completely irregular and totally random feature, Guess Where I’m Peeing. If you can guess the location correctly, you win, well, nothing — but at least you’ll have the satisfaction of being right at least once today…
Here’s what’s hot this week in music on the Front Range: On the concert front, new shows featuring Wilco, 311, Slightly Stoopid, Dukes of September and more were announced; Overcasters, Lumineers, Churchill and the Jekylls got spins on local radio; and recent albums from the Shins, E-40, Fun. and the…
Here’s what’s hot this week in music on the Front Range: On the concert front, new shows featuring Aerosmith and Cheap Trick, Pretty Lights, Tenacious D, Umphrey’s Mcgee and more were announced; Overcasters, Lumineers, Churchill and the Jekylls got spins on local radio; and recent albums from the Shins, the…
Here’s what’s hot this week in music on the Front Range: On the concert front, new shows featuring Madonna, Jeff Mangum, the String Cheese Incident, Jane’s Addiction, B.B. King and more were announced; Lola Black, Fresh Breath Committee and the Autumn Film got spins on local radio; and recent…
Here’s what’s hot this week in music on the Front Range: On the concert front, new shows featuring Girl Talk, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Battles, Bon Iver and Feist, LMFAO, Destroyer, Anders Osborne and Classix were announced; the Swayback, Coles Whalen and Strip the Stars got spins on local…
Here’s what’s hot this week in music on the Front Range: On the concert front, new shows featuring the Beach Boys, Florence + the Machine, the Walkmen, Passion Pit and Justice were announced; Coles Whalen, Caleb Slade, FaceMan and the Apples got spins on local radio; and recent albums from…
Here’s what’s hot this week in music on the Front Range: On the concert front, a ton of shows go on sale this weekend, including the Fray at Red Rocks, Opeth and Mastodon at the Fillmore, Miranda Lambert at 1STBANK and more; Le Divorce, Shel and Dave Preston got spins…
Here’s what’s hot this week in music on the Front Range: On the concert front, shows from Van Halen and Death Cab for Cutie go on sale this weekend, while the Black Keys add a second show; Medic, the Don’ts and Be Carefuls, Oakhurst and the Voodoo Hawks got spins…
Here’s what’s hot this week in music on the Front Range: On the concert front, shows from Social Distortion, Nickelback, Rodrigo y Gabriela and Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros were announced; Swayback, Hindershot and Hillbilly Hellcats got spins on local radio; and new releases from the Black Keys and…
Here’s what’s happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, shows from T-Pain and David Grisman Bluegrass Experience at the Ogden Theatre were announced; Bop Skizzum, Overcaster, Breakaway and Lion Sized got spins on local radio; and new releases from the Black Keys, Young Jeezy…
Here’s what’s happening in music on the Front Range this week: On the concert front, shows from Foster the People at Red Rocks and Soulive at the Fox Theatre were announced; Breathe Carolina, Gauntlet Hair and Chris Daniels and the Kings got spins on local radio; and new releases from…
