Contest is over. Congratulations to Elise Smedley, the winner of a pair of tickets to Caspa’s show at the Fillmore. And thanks for all the other entries. Got plans this Thursday? You do now…well, potentially. Caspa — the dubstep phenom known to his mom and dad as Gary McCann, and…
When Chad Aman was a little kid, his parents, both professional musicians, ran a music school out of the family’s basement. At three years old, he started learning piano, eager to emulate some of the sounds he heard wafting up through the house at all hours of the day and…
Colorado is a swing state, apparently. Our vote will be key in helping decide who the next leader of the free world is. It’s all up to us and some people from Ohio — oh, and our, uh, meemaw in south Florida, evidently. Who knew, right? We only know this,…
Okay, so just when we thought we heard the last chords ring out for the year at Red Rocks comes word that the hills will once again be alive without the sound of music tomorrow night. There’s another show slated for the Rocks, and this one’s rather last minute and…
New week, whole new batch of shows. We start off the week with an absolute bang — Sleigh Bells tonight at the Boulder Theater — and end it with lauded locals Big Head Todd and the Monsters playing a super intimate show at the Soiled Dove Underground to raise money…
Big Head Todd and the Monsters already devote a good deal of time and energy to charity-related events and organizations. But when the outfit plays an intimate show at the Soiled Dove Underground this Friday, October 26 (with Johnny Hickman from Cracker, who’s opening the show), it will be for…
For the last two and a half years, Fingers of the Sun have been delighting Denver music fans with their infectious melodies and instrumental flair. And with a moniker as surreal and poetic as theirs, we couldn’t help but call up guitarist/songwriter Nathan Brasil and find out just how they…
Over the weekend, photographer Brandon Marshall stopped by Vinyl, El Diablo, Barry’s on Broadway, Blue Ice, Sputnik, hi-dive, 3 Kings Tavern, Badger’s Pub and Skylark Lounge to capture the nightlife on South Broadway. What’s your favorite South Broadway hangout? See also: – Midnight on South Broadway – Midnight in LoHi…
Quixote’s True Blue has relocated a few times since first starting out sixteen years ago on 9150 East Colfax in Aurora as a place where Deadheads and kindred spirits could gather after the passing of Jerry Garcia. Next month, the now iconic Denver bar will move again into Bender’s Tavern…
DEFTONES @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 10/19/12 Deftones frontman Chino Moreno has an unmatched intensity on stage. With his trademarked disposition, Moreno hovered commandingly over the crowd, hunched over and screaming until the veins on his head popped out, belting songs like “Tempest,” one of many of the band’s songs that…
Ah, yes, welcome to the weekend! And what a glorious weekend it’s going to be. Have you seen the forcast? What’s more, the Broncos have a bye-week this week, which means there’s no reason at not to get out in the sunshine during the day and then treat yourself to…
“My voice is a bit twangy,” says Marie Litton. “It works with dark, quiet music — but bands don’t like to play quiet. The band I have now is perfect for my voice, but it took me a long time to find them.” After fronting the locally-renowned Ghost Buffalo for…
Let’s get this straight: There is only one Madonna. Unless, of course, you’re counting the number of times Madge has reinvented her sound and her look throughout history, in which case there are dozens. And last night at the Pepsi Center, they all came out to see the original. There…
As the latest solo project to come out of the Americana collective Paper Bird, Esme Patterson’s All Princes, I is probably the most radical departure from her band’s bluegrass/Dixieland sound. Pulling from influences as varied as Van Morrison, CBGB-era punk and Motown, the record is an authentic and infectious gift…
Whether your taste is old-school minimalist techno by way of Detroit or bass-driven, glitch-laden tunes that have gained popularity recently, there’s something for everybody to love on this weekend’s Dance Card: Christian Martin headlines a two-day benefit for Scott Christensen at NORAD, Daniel Bell’s at Satori, Michal Menert at Cervantes’,…
FLYING LOTUS @ OGDEN THEATRE | 2/4/12 The Ogden Theatre was hit last night with the bowel-shaking earthquake that is Flying Lotus, who opening his set with a sample from Lil Wayne’s “I feel like dying.” While we didn’t check with every single person, we’re pretty sure the bass-emitting frequencies…
HOPSIN @ CERVANTES’ MASTERPIECE BALLROOM | 10/18/12 If there was a reoccurring theme last night at Cervantes’, it was a pronounced disdain for the recording industry. Spitting in the eye of the industry with bravado, with each artist on the Funk Volume Tour boasting about their independent status, the night…
The scene from A-Trak’s house party last night at Rhinoceropolis: People were pushing, shirts were off, sweat was dripping to the ground like so many leaky faucets then rising from the beer soaked floor to form the most disgusting sauna you can imagine. The best moment of the show, which…
CRIME AND THE CITY SOLUTION @ ORIENTAL THEATER | 10/18/12 From the beginning of its set, Crime and the City Solution created an intimate, sensory immersive environment with a flood of atmospheric sounds built from what seemed like Persian music. The instruments interacted with each other as though emulating waves…
MADONNA @ PEPSI CENTER | 10/18/12 Don’t fuck with Madonna. She’ll shoot you dead. Or, at the very least, if you’re at the Pepsi Center on a Thursday night in October, she’ll make you wait an extra hour until she goes onstage. But this is Madonna we’re talking about here…
Okay, something truly disturbing is happening right now on the radio — and, no, we’re not talking about that inescapable, goddamned “Call Me Maybe” tune (though that song can suck it, too!). No, there’s something far more troubling being broadcast right now on the 103.1 frequency on the FM dial…
This weekend, Christian Martin is coming to NORAD Dance Bar. And while this was noteworthy enough to us to feature Martin’s appearance in this week’s Scratchin the Surface, if you ask NORAD owner Preston Douglas, there’s a bigger, much more important reason to head to his club this weekend. A…
