Last year, Cake celebrated its twentieth anniversary and released its six full-length, Showroom of Compassion, on its own Upbeat Records imprint. Touring in support of the album, Cake stops at Red Rocks Amphiteatre on Saturday, July 28. Denver’s the Lumineers, who released their self-titled debut last week on Dualtone, will…
Killing Kings are getting back together for the reunion show the Denver hardcore scene has always wanted but never expected. Three and half years after their last show, the band is reuniting to raise money for a friend who was hurt and struggling to pay medical bills without health insurance…
Neon Indian (due tonight at the Bluebird Theater) got a boost early in its career by online media, and by the time of the act’s first album, Psychic Chasms was released, there was a pretty big buzz around his blend of synth-driven, R&B inflected pop songs. Alan Palomo and company…
Just one week embarking on its recent format shift focusing on electronic dance music, HOT 107.1 brought in its first high-profile guest for an interview and performance this past Saturday. Shortly after noon, Ellie Goulding stopped by the studios to play some tunes for some lucky listeners, followed by an…
It’s not easy to start a business that succeeds against the odds. With Sub.mission, Nicole Cacciavillano has managed to do that thanks to the help of a dedicated crew of interns, volunteers, resident DJs and eager supporters. At the five year celebration at City Hall this past Saturday, we sat…
DEEP MEDI MUSIK @ CITY HALL | 4.7.12 City Hall felt the bass on Saturday night, the real bass, thanks to the Deep Medi crew coming all the way from across the pond from London to commemorate the five year anniversary of Sub.mission. The local crew put together an unprecedented…
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE @ LARIMER LOUNGE | 4/8/12 It would be a tough to pinpoint a specific climax of this show, but a true high point of feeling for the band — and probably the crowd — came with the last number of the set when Kawabata Makoto used some…
Fiona Apple’s coming to the Paramount Theatre on Friday, July 20: With a newly revitalized career thanks to a stint wowing audiences at this year’s SXSW and fresh off releasing a brand new album with a notably pithy title (in comparison to When the Pawn…, her 1999 album — The…
THE DIRTY FEMMES @ HI-DIVE Like any relationship, a live band needs to first find common ground with its audience, and then and work from there. This is made extremely easy when you’re whole set is duplicating material the audience is already familiar with. The crowd will burst with enthusiasm…
Tonight at Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver will be graced with the four-part Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses tour, where audiences will see the legendary Nintendo game soundtrack scored by a collection of classically trained musicians. But is this just another gimmick to get people out to see the…
GOTYE @ OGDEN THEATRE | 4.6.12A sun rose in a blood red sky as Gotye unleashed the first notes and lyrics to “Eyes Wide Open,” one of the more upbeat tracks — and first single — off of Making Mirrors, the album he released in the late summer of last…
FUN. @ OGDEN THEATRE | 4.5.12 There’s no question that Fun. is fun. The band, fronted by Nate Ruess formerly of the Format, has been compared to Elton John and Queen, turning out tracks of pop rock that are accessible, bouncy and really effing awesome to yell in your car…
Whether you’re honoring a ubiquitous egg-laying rabbit obsessed with scavenger hunts or the miraculous resurrection of a thirty-something Jewish carpenter, the Easter season is upon us once again. But regardless of your religious affiliation, in the world of music, returning from the dead seems to happen more often than it…
Dance music has always been a major draw in Denver — the birthplace of Beatport and the home to Beta and the Church, each considered among the best clubs in the world at one time or another — but right now, it’s just exploding in the mainstream across the country…
EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY @ BOULDER THEATER | 4/5/12 Explosions in the Sky began the show on a high note with the familiar, siren-like guitar figure of “First Breath After Coma.” Sounds came in waves and then floods, as Chris Hrasky struck an almost martial beat with his snare and…
No surprises last night on American Idol. The bottom three, Elise Testone, Hollie Cavanaugh and DeAndre Brackensick, deserved to be on the chopping block following their poor performances on Wednesday. Cavanaugh, the sure-fire one to go home, made it through to the next round — a second chance. Brackensick, however,…
Here we are, already in the first week of April, the sun is shining and the weather is sweet. There are a ton of parties happening this weekend in which you can shake your groove thang, post up in the back and nod your head, or just get plain silly…
Welcome to the end of the work week! Unsurprisingly, your musical options are plentiful this weekend: Gotye packs the Ogden tonight for a sold-out show with Kimbra, Fun. is at the Fox Theatre, John Scofield returns to Colorado after the successful three night stand with Phil Lesh not too long…
Another full dance card this weekend: Sub.mission celebrates its fifth anniversary with a big blowout at City Hall on Saturday, Connie (in her first-ever Denver set) and Ana Sia are both bringing the girl power in different genres this weekend, and they’re balanced out by duo Thugfucker in that act’s…
Holy Jesus! The bizarro-but-awesome Big Head Todd and Bill Murray saga just took an interesting turn. Last week, as you might remember, we posted a short item about Big Bad Bill being spotted all over Austin recently at SXSW rocking Big Head Todd T-shirts. The actor and La Cabeza Grande…
Last night’s performances by the American Idol top eight were all over the place. The theme, ’80s songs, proved difficult for some, while other contestants chose just the right song for their voices and their personalities. The group performances were the most off-putting. “I’m So Excited” by Hollie Cavanaugh and…
The Lumineers, another promising Denver-based act, made its televised debut earlier this week on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Years from now, when the members looks back on this watershed moment in their career, they’ll probably get a chuckle of their first introduction to America, how Ferguson fumbled…
