You know how that “dubstep” thing has been steadily gaining popularity for the past few years here in Denver? Well, not to blame anyone or point fingers, but Sub.mission Dubstep crew can pretty much take full responsibility for it, and with a fifth anniversary coming up in April, you can…
Never trust a big butt and a smile. Ah, yes, these sage words of Bell Biv Devoe have served us well into adulthood. Those few nuggets of wisdom undoubtedly saved us from a world of heartache and subsequent therapy. And don’t even get us started on Teddy Riley of Blackstreet…
Here’s what’s hot this week in music on the Front Range: On the concert front, new shows featuring the Avett Brothers, James Taylor, Blues Traveler and Gogol Bordello were announced; Gauntlet Hair, Hindershot and Fierce Bad Rabbit got spins on local radio; and recent albums from Van Halen, Dr…
Get your track pads and refresh buttons ready, electro-heads! Exclusive three-day passes for the 2012 Global Dance Festival at Red Rocks Amphitheater are about to go on sale. This Wednesday, February 15 at noon, Triad Dragons are releasing exclusive, three-day passes to the largest electronic music festival in the Rocky…
Sole and the Skyrider Band have always played by their own rules, but with their new video for “Bad Captain Swag,” the Denver quintet illustrates how iconoclastic tendencies can change the idea of music video to sci-fi flick with impressive results…
Here’s what’s hot this week in music on the Front Range: On the concert front, new shows featuring the Shins, James Taylor and Explosions in the Sky were announced; In the Whale, Tennis and FaceMan got spins on local radio; and recent albums from Leonard Cohen, Matador, Young Jeezy and…
Last week, nominations for the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards were announced, and Denver got a few nods. The 40,000 square-foot Grizzly Rose, which has been the city’s premier country bar for over two decades, received another nomination as Nightclub of the Year, while KYGO earned a nod…
Gamers and Geeks, rejoice! Here’s another reason to leave the house besides MileHiCon and the occasional run to stock up on Mountain Dew and pizza bagels: The local premier of The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses, a four-part symphony celebrating the storied franchise’s theme music over the years,…
Rejoice, metal heads! On Friday, May 11, Meshuggah is slated to hit the Ogden Theatre for a show in support of its forthcoming album, the eagerly anticipated followup to 2008’s Obzen, due out on Nuclear Blast on March 27. The Swedish metal masterminds will be joined at the Ogden by…
Holy smokes! With the ridiculous number of enticing shows coming to town this spring, you might want to stock up on some five-hour energy and consider getting a second job. Here’s yet another show to be completely stoked about: The Civil Wars at the Ogden Theatre on Wednesday, May 23…
This should be pretty killer: In support of their latest albums, Heritage and The Hunter, Opeth and Mastodon — two acts that recently headlined the Ogden Theatre and are certainly no strangers to the Mile High City — are preparing to hit the road together on the aptly named Heritage…
Tech N9Ne is coming back to Denver. Again. If it seems like he was just here, it’s because he was. This past November. At the Fillmore Auditorium. And before that he was there in July. And December before that in Boulder. Tech N9Ne is here so often, in fact, you’d…
British dubstep producer Flux Pavilion (aka Joshua Steele), one of the founders of Circus Records, and his cohort Doctor P headline the Global Dub Festival at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Friday, May 18. Canadian dubstep producers Datsik and Downlink, and the electro-house duo DirtyLoud are also on the bill. General…
Lyle Lovett & His Large Band, Amos Lee, Randy Newman and Kasey Chambers are just a few of the artists who are part of the preliminary line-up of the 22nd Annual Rocky Mountain Folks Festival, which runs from Friday, August 17 to Sunday, August 19 at Planet Bluegrass in Lyons…
Anyone who didn’t snag tickets for Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers show on April 19 at the 1STBANK Center will get another chance as AEG just announced a second show on Wednesday, April 18. Tickets ($49.50-$99.50) go on sale this Saturday, February 4 at 10 a.m. through TicketHorse. Regina Spektor…
Miranda Lambert, two-time Country Music Association Female Vocalist of the Year, will be at the 1STBANK Center on Saturday, March 17 in support of her latest effort, Four the Record, which was released last November. Chris Young and Jerrod Niemann will both open the show. Tickets, which start at $38.75,…
Oh, now, this is going to be just awesome! Girl Wreck is presenting two nights with Flipper. Although a legendary punk band in its own right, many remember the Bay-area outfit best for being immortalized by Kurt Cobain on an episode of MTV’s Unplugged, when the late Nirvana frontman wore…
Update (2/7/12): Isaac Slade and Joe King give a track-by-track breakdown of Scars & Stories, the Fray’s new album. On the eve of releasing their third full-length album, Scars and Stories and almost exactly a year after playing at Invesco with U2, the Fray has announced plans to return to…
Before Snoop Dogg heads for the hills for his Saturday evening headlining set at Snowball 2012 on Saturday, March 3, he’ll be making a stop in the Mile High City for a show at the Fillmore Auditorium the night before on Friday, March 2. Tickets for the concert are $37.50…
Holy hip-hop nirvana! Why can’t it be SIA week all year around? This week is straight bananas. So get this, as if there weren’t already too many crazy good shows to choose from, here’s one more: Tomorrow night at Casselman’s, we’re hearing that the one and only Raekwon is set…
Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All has announced its upcoming North American tour dates. The act is returning to the scene of the crime, as it were, on Sunday, March 11, to the Fox Theatre in Boulder, which as you might remember, was the first place the act played…
Is it just us, or does November seem like a lifetime ago? Okay, maybe it’s just us. Anyhow, remember way back in November when we told you how the Overcasters had wrapped up the new album, Curses//Prayers, and set a release date for the second annual Gathering of the Clouds?…
