Dethklok may be a virtual band, but it has somehow put out the best-selling death metal record of all time. Everyone who’s familiar with Dethklok knows that it’s the live band cognate of the popular Adult Swim series Metalocalypse. In the show, the band is the world’s seventh biggest economy…
TITUS ANDRONICUS @ LARIMER LOUNGE | 11/19/12 This was one of those shows where you couldn’t tell which band people were there to see. Even when the faces changed up front, the energy level was equally as charged for both outfits. It’s rare to see and experience the the type…
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND @ PEPSI CENTER | 11/19/12 Bruce Springsteen asked for silence, and a crowd of thousands obliged. Springsteen and the E Street Band were eight songs deep into their three-hour, 26-song set at the Pepsi Center on Monday night, and the mood had suddenly…
This past weekend was another lively one in the Mile High City. Adding to our ongoing photo series documenting nightlife in the Mile High City, which already includes snapshots of the Golden Triangle, East Colfax, South Broadway and Lo-Hi, we sent our intrepid roving photographer Chris Morgan out this weekend…
Winter on the Rocks: As promised on Friday, we’ve got the drop on frozen fiesta, which is slated to return for a second year at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Friday, February 1. While the inaugural edition featured Atmosphere, Common, Grieves + Budo, the next Winter on the Rocks will feature…
Another weekend in the books, another week ahead. But oh what a kickass week this one will be. For starters, not only will it be abbreviated for most of us, thanks to the annual Tryptophan-filled holiday devoted to overeating and football, but next to perhaps New Year’s Eve, but this…
Our state recently made history by voting to legalize marijuana for recreational use. In honor of this momentous occasion — and while the specific legalities are being ironed out with the feds — we thought we’d take a few minutes to catch up with various members of our musical community,…
Titus Andronicus, an outfit named after arguably the bloodiest of Shakespeare’s plays, trades in an exuberant, unvarnished melodic brand of rock that’s infused with plenty of the energy you’d expect from a punk band. At the same time, the act could never be confused for a conventional punk band, and…
JAPANDROIDS @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 11/18/12 Brian King said that while he and David Prowse had had a blast at the Larimer Lounge this past June, they were going to do even better tonight he declared. As promised, the pair proceeded to do just that with every single one of…
GRAMATIK @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 11/17/12 Perched atop a primitively painted motherboard graphic, flanked by several columns, Gramatik and guitarist F.A.Q. towered over the Fillmore in the midst of “The Coil,” as Gramatik’s colossal new setup has been appropriately dubbed. Framed by three tesla-coil looking structures that were triggered to…
WOVEN HAND @ ORIENTAL THEATER | 11/16/12 Shrouded in a moderate haze of fog colored by lights, Woven Hand took the stage as a trio, sounding a bit edgier than in times past. Delay and reverb on Chuck French’s bass formed whirlpools of low end around David Eugene Edwards, who…
NAS & LAURYN HILL @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 11/17/12 Bright white spotlights behind the band are pointed back out at the crowd illuminating a field of hands raised in the air, the video screen is covered with footage of glittering, metallic confetti, and Nas is ripping through a triumphant version…
Okay, it’s five o’clock. Boss is gone. Time to blow this taco stand, y’all. Before you get all sorts of wild and crazy doing whatever it is you decide to do this weekend in Denver after dark (we’ve got a few ideas if you’re looking for tips), take a mental…
BURNTmd, a Brooklyn born, Denver-by-way-of-Vermont transplant, recently released Not So Black & White, a project eight years in the making, which features his well honed but constantly changing flow, plus old-shcool hip-hop legends Craig G of Marley Marl’s legendary Juice Crew, and production from Madlib, J Glaze and Copywrite, among…
Roniit is a project that got started around two years ago by namesake Roniit Alkayam, who went to high school in Evergreen and studied music business at the University of Colorado at Denver. Alkayam started writing her own music in conjunction with her boyfriend Eric Brown, who keeps time for…
Aw yeah! It’s Friday! TGIF and all that. Ready to rock and pop the top of a few colds ones? Too early to start thinking about cold ones? You just barely finished your coffee? Pffth! In the words of Mr. Jackson, it’s five o’clock somewhere. Anyhow, yeah, the weekend. Brace…
Recognized as one of the most important and influential figures in underground dance music today, Frankfurt’s Chris Liebing is a DJ, producer, label-boss and the charismatic host of the popular weekly CLR Podcast. A longtime player in the international club and party scene, Liebing has seen his status rise considerably…
Welcome to the weekend, friendos! If you’re ready to cut loose and lose yourself on the dancefloor this weekend, you’ve come to the right place. There’s a slew of world class talent behind the decks this weekend, and as usual, we’ve got the drop on all the choice fiestas, including…
We came. We saw. We tweeted. Last night, Westword hosted the third annual Denver Web Awards, our celebration of Denver’s greatest digital minds. In September, we put out a call for you, dear readers, to nominate your favorite online projects, and a team at Westword spent more than a month…
Swallow Hill Music is expanding. This spring, the esteemed non-profit music association, a veritable Denver institution after a more than three decade-long existence, is planning to open up a new campus in Lowry. According to a release from Swallow Hill Project & Publicity Manager Lindsay Taylor, the new 3,600 square…
Have you been to Cervantes Other Side recently? If so, you may have noticed a drastic change in the sound coming from the stage. Last night we found some downtime during the Asher Roth show at the Other Side to chat with Shrink, Cervantes’ production manager, and he filled us…
Twenty years hasn’t done much to mellow the pure weirdness of Pure Guava, Ween’s third studio album and major label debut from 1992. Like 1991’s The Pod, Pure Guava includes plenty of sound experiments and bizarre conceptual flights of fancy. But the album – released twenty years ago today -…
