CAFFEINE @ 1STBANK CENTER | 3.30.12 Let’s not kid ourselves here: Caffeine Music Festival is a rave of epic proportions. From the first candy-clad fan entering the door at 7 p.m., to the last man standing on the floor of the laser-scaped 1STBANK Center, Caffeine blew up like an explosion…
With another Caffeine Music & Arts Festival on the books for 2012, take a look back at last night’s parking-lot scene outside the 1STBANK Center with the folks who traveled from far (Texas) and near (the Springs) for the all-night annual party put on by Triad Dragons…
Put a few thousand people in a room, put on dance music and loose-fitting — or very little — clothing and you’re bound to drop a few items. Before the ravers who were at Caffeine last night wake up, here are the ten common things you’ll find on the floor…
Eric GruneisenSay Anything last night at the Summit Music Hall. More Say Anything Denver photos. SAY ANYTHING @ SUMMIT MUSIC HALL | 3/30/12Freddie Mercury be damned. Say Anything frontman Max Bemis’s performance last night at the Summit Music Hall resembled more than a tribute to Queen’s lead singer; it was…
TIM HECKER @ ODD FELLOWS HALL | 3/30/12 “Normally I don’t sit down when I play,” said Tim Hecker with some bemusement before starting his set. “But this chair looked inviting. This will be a special, Stephen Hawking-inspired performance. No disrespect.” With that, noises, tones and sounds trickled in and…
Great news for dance music fans, just in time for Caffeine this weekend: Hot 107.1 just flipped formats. The former Top 40 station, owned by Max Media, will now be catering the electronic dance community. Partnering with Denver-based Global Dance Music, the station will now be spinning the biggest bangers…
Tony Wilson (the Andy Warhol of Manchester, England) once made the hackneyed statement “Morrissey is a woman trapped in a man’s body,” to which the dandified frontman of the Smiths eventually replied, “Tony Wilson is a man trapped in a pig’s body.” The two were friends and icons of the…
Rachel Thoele of Flipper (due tonight at the Lion’s Lair) got her start in the Bay Area punk scene in her first band God (or G.O.D. aka Girls On Drugs or Girls Over Dosed). But the first band she was in that many people got to see was Frightwig, the…
Lady Gaga celebrated her 26th birthday earlier this week, and the Interwebz were aflutter with little monsters’ birthday wishes to her — Twitter, YouTube, even Billboard’s website were sending their well wishes. One person who didn’t tell her happy birthday, however, was Madonna. On the day of all days which…
After he spent all season with a bad attitude, Heejun Han was finally sent home during last night’s elimination round on American Idol. It’s not that Han was a poor singer — in fact, he performed well throughout his time on the show — it’s that he just didn’t seem…
Spring fever!! This is the best time of the year to step outside, get some fresh air, and party your face off. Catch Paul Wall tonight at Casselman’s, or you can saddle up to the Electric Pony tonight at Appaloosa Grill with DJ Khalib and friends. Tomorrow night, meanwhile, Concept…
Lupe Fiasco is coming back to Denver for a date at City Hall Amphitheatre on Thursday, May 17 with a stellar local supporting cast, including Foodchain, Pries and DJ Mu$a. Tickets ($40-$45) for this 18 plus show are on sale now via SoCo, and if Lupe’s last show at the…
FLIPPER @ LION’S LAIR | 3/29/12 “How do you get a hippie girl pregant?” asked Rachel Thoele before Flipper even played a note. “Cum on her Birkenstocks, and let the flies do the rest.” Bruce Loose had a chuckle and asked her if she had any more jokes. She did…
This weekend’s most high profile dance event is Caffeine at the 1STBANK Center, featuring DJ Micro, along with Head Hunterz, Cassette, Icey, Jes and more. At Beta, meanwhile, Jesse Rose and Oliver $ bring techno, house and tech-house to the next level tonight, and Jacques Lu Cont performs tomorrow night…
Ah, yes, welcome to the weekend! Don’t you just love living in the Mile High City? Besides the glorious weather we’re enjoying right now, we have yet another weekend filled with a ridiculous number of enticing options: Lucero kicks off its two-night stand at the Bluebird, in addition to an…
Planet Bluegrass, the Lyons-based outfit that brings you the enormously popular Telluride Bluegrass and RockyGrass, which has already sold out, and Rocky Mtn Folks Festival, which is on its way to selling out, have announced plans to host Yonder Mountain String Band this coming August. The two-day Kinfolk Celebration is…
Update 3/30/12: Photo of Nading-Presley Memorial Gym plaque added. Jonny Barber is troubled. Last week, the former Velvet Elvis, the Mile High City’s expert Elvis channeler and resident Elvistorian received news that the building that used to house the Nading-Presley Memorial Gym, which The King generously helped build for the…
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Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 bring their white hot melodies, thunderous vocal stylings and high vibration rhythms to the Boulder Theater tonight. But while Seun, the son of legendary Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, and his band are clearly the main draw this evening, you won’t want to miss the opener,…
Rockie is releasing Censored 2.0: Gold Dreams, on Monday, May 28, his birthday. The new project finds the young MC writing smarter, more creative rhymes. Adding a golden touch to his swagged out verses, Rockie is up-ending the rap game with an entirely new steeze. Representing, Squizzy Gang, with production…
Redefining an instrument and creating a new genre are rare musical feats, creative accomplishments that come once in a generation, at best. The death of Earl Eugene Scruggs on Wednesday at the age of 88 marked the passing of such an innovator, an American artist who built a brand new…
Lots of noise on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the past two weeks, and it hasn’t been from Adele…for once. Last week, newcomers One Direction made history as the first British import with a number-one album debut — neither the Spice Girls nor the Beatles had albums ever debut…
