Machine Gun Kelly (named after the infamous early 20th Century gangster) is well-known for his rapid-fire delivery, rabid fan base, “Wild Boy” persona and crazy antics (during a performance for a Microsoft Store, he was stomping across tables, destroying several computers before getting shut down by the very company that…
Hard to believe it’s already been this long, but a decade ago this month, the D Note opened in Olde Town Arvada. To commemorate this momentous occasion, the venue will host a weekend long celebration featuring Laughing Hands, Opera on Tap, Cabaret Otaku and Lionel Young on Friday, February 15…
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…
Yesterday, Pitchfork posted a short interview with Marnie Stern — the lovely lass from the Win a Date with Marnie Stern (but only if you live in New York and are not a stalker/creepo) contest — in which she revealed that she’s essentially broke and not making ends meet with…
Update, 2/1/13: Congratulations to halversonep and seifert4329. Both of you and a guest will be our guests tomorrow night. Check your email for details on how to claim your tickets. And thanks to everybody else for the other entries! This year’s edition of Snowdown jumps off this Saturday, February 2…
Denver is the capital of Colorado. It is located exactly one mile above sea level. Weed is legal here, while riding your bike on the sidewalk is not. Your mom can make more free throws than Andre Iguodala — these are all facts. The music scene here sucks ass…now, that…
Gateway Acts is a new ongoing series on Backbeat in which we examine the music that served as an entry point for our burgeoning musical obsessions, a gateway drug that tuned us in and turned us on. Today, Noah Hubbell gives us the goods on a Rush to judgment that…
Update: Congratulations to p.quinby! For more information on how to claim your tickets, check your email. Original post: So we can’t be sure, but it looks like the tickets that were released last week for the second edition of Icelantic’s Winter on the Rocks, taking place this Friday, Feburary 1,…
As people who think about, talk about, write about, listen to and make music, it’s not surprising that the most common (and favorite) topic of conversation among us is the same: “What are you listening to right now?” Stick a quarter in us, and, boy, wouldn’t you know it, off…
Six years ago, Ana Sia was hustling around a kitchen preparing delicious recipes for a living; cooking up grimy bass music was merely a hobby. After being flown out for her first gig, though, she decided it was time to focus her full energy and attention on her music. Playing…
There are a ton of new shows to tell you about this week, including a co-headlining date at Red Rocks featuring Alabama Shakes and Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, plus new shows from Paramore, a solo date from Jim James of My Morning Jacket, the Gaslight Anthem, Marina &…
If you were living in Denver thirty-four years ago this week, the Rainbow Music Hall would’ve been the talk of the town. After a grand opening gala featuring Jerry Jeff Walker, who performed three sets on two back-to-back nights at the venue, suddenly, the humble movie theater multiplex at the…
For nearly three years now, Ellie Goulding has been steadily taking over the airwaves. Whether it’s vocal features on the hottest new EDM tracks, dominating on her own with singles from one of her two platinum albums or appearing on remixed tracks from the world’s biggest producers, the pop starlet…
Another week, another swell roster of music in the Mile High City. From the bacchanalian throwback debauchery of the Darkness, who will be invading the Summit Music Hall, to the lyrical thriftiness of Macklemore, who is set to headline Icelantic’s second annual edition of Winter on the Rocks, there are…
DISCO BISCUITS @ OGDEN THEATRE | 1/25/13 Although the Disco Biscuits’ show at the Ogden Theatre may have been only the second in the band’s three Colorado stops for their Winter Inferno tour, the Philadephia quartet made it feel distinct, treating the show like its own musical statement. Both segments…
PINBACK @ GOTHIC THEATRE | 01/27/13 So you’re standing there on the floor of the Gothic, stroking your beard or dancing ever-so-subtly, watching Pinback play in equally subdued fashion. All around you and onstage, folks are so chill that you’re wondering where they hid the bong. And then the guitarist…
Kristi Stice used to belt it out when she fronted the Fort Collins-based band Eve’s Drop, but after getting a jazz vocal degree at the University of Northern Florida, her approach to singing changed. Her vocals on her debut album, Under the Willow, are much more kindred to Jolie Holland…
Welcome to the weekend, friendos! Mere hours away from quitting time, and there’s so much great music to look forward to this weekend. We’ve got some choice grooves on tap from Disco Biscuits, who are closing out their three-night Colorado run tomorrow night at 1STBANK Center, some heavy goodness from…
The sheer amount of talent in the city this weekend is truly dumbfounding. It’s like the promotional powers-that-be are testing the boundaries of our dimension by packing as much dance-driven energy into as little square footage as possible. Needless to say, if you’re looking for somewhere to shake your tailfeathers…
After months and months of outrageous speculation, fake posters and seemingly endless chatter, this year’s Coachella lineup has finally been revealed. If you haven’t seen it yet, we can summarize it for you in one word: underwhelming — well, unless you’re like certain friends of ours who think that bands…
CAT POWER @ THE OGDEN THEATRE | 01/24/13 Cat Power — better known as Chan Marshall and a Revolving Cast of Other Folks — played a bizarrely unbalanced show last night at the Ogden. When it was good, it was transformative. When it was bad, it was hard not to…
Remember earlier this week when we gave you a chance to win tickets to this year’s edition of Icelantic’s Winter on the Rocks concert featuring Macklemore and Ryan Lewis with Major Lazer and Grouch and Eligh, and we made mention of the note on Ticketmaster’s site that some tickets would…
