After a long run throughout the mid-’80s and ’90s, Jux County called it quits in 2001, but over the last decade the band has gone on to do a few reunion shows, including last year’s Farmfest, which benefits Urban Farm, an urban garden that promotes sustainable communities. Jux County is…
In 2006, Diego Ramos started shooting a web-based documentary on the Colorado music scene, but he says it was a little ahead of its time. So last summer, Ramos, who’s worked as director of photography on the Discovery Channel’s Disappeared, started filming other local acts for another project titled Music…
DeVotchKa’s music has been used in films like Little Miss Sunshine, and frontman Nick Urata has also been involved in scoring a number of films, including 2009’s I Love You Phillip Morris. The band’s cinematic and sprawling music lends itself quite well to visuals so it’s not surprising Volkswagen used…
The folks at Moe’s Original BBQ just announced that San Diego-based surf rock act Wavves, who’s on the road in support of its latest effort, Life Sux, will be at the venue on Thursday, October 6…
Although Soul Asylum was originally slated perform at the finish line of the Sports Authority Rock ‘n Roll Denver Marathon on Sunday, October 9, the band won’t be able to make it due to scheduling conflicts. Smash Mouth is stepping in to fill the headlining slot for the marathon, which…
Next month, Guns N’ Roses will kick off its first U.S. tour in five years, but there are still more than a dozen cities on the band’s tour itinerary, which the band released yesterday, that have yet to have dates or venues set, including Denver. While the tour, which starts…
Chicago-based hardcore act Rise Against, who is touring in support of its latest effort, Endgame, Celtic punkers Flogging Molly and and local pop-punk band Calibrate Me will be at the 1STBANK Center on Tuesday, December 6 as part of Channel 93.3’s Not So Silent Night. General admission tickets ($36.25) go…
New York-based jazz guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg, who will be performing at Dazzle on Thursday and Friday, September 22 and 23, will also hosting an improvisation clinic at the Broadway Music School from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 24. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door…
Lafayette-based duo Gauntlet Hair, who was picked up by Dead Oceans over the summer, is set to release its self debut on the imprint on October 18. Already receiving high praise from a number of music blogs around the country for “Top Bunk,” the first single from the album, Gauntlet…
Although Al Jourgensen has said he’d never tour with Ministry again, the frontman reunited the group after a health scare last year and plans to record a new album, Relapse, before the end of the year. Ministry hits the Ogden Theatre on Sunday, June 17, as part of a five-date…
Just a week after starting its seated tour, WHY? canceled most of its remaining U.S. tour dates, including its show at the Gothic Theatre slated for Wednesday, October 12. The band’s Facebook page states, “Dear fans, due to an unfortunate injury, we are going to have to cancel the rest…
Paul Simon, who recently announced a new two-disc collection that spans five decades of material, is coming to the 1STBank Center on Wednesday October 26, two days after his new album, Songwriter, hits stores. Next month also marks Simon’s seventieth birthday. Reserved tickets for the show ($45-$85), which also features…
While Tesla has done its share of amplified rocking over its 25-year history, the band has also been successful going the acoustic route. Five Man Acoustical Jam went platinum and helped inspire MTV’s “Unplugged” series. Now celebrating the twentieth anniversary of that album and the release of Twisted Wires &…
Every week, in an effort to pay tribute to those dedicated to the time tested way of promoting shows by hanging up posters, we make our way around the Mile High City to take a gander at all the eye candy affixed to light posts and such. Here are the…
Dang! If you would’ve told us a decade ago that local acts would be playing shows at a place the size of the Fillmore on with stunning frequency — read more than once a year or on a very special occasion, generally warming up the stage for a higher profile…
After performing at Red Rocks last year with the Royal Philharmonic, Sting returns to the area with his Back to Bass Tour on Sunday, November 20, at the Wells Fargo Theatre. Backed by a five-piece band (including Dominic Miller, Rufus Miller, Vinnie Colaiuta, Peter Tickell and Jo Lawry), the singer…
Tech N9Ne is no stranger to the Mile High City, and for the first time, the Strange Music MC will be blowing the roof off of two different Denver venues. In addition to his already announced date at the Fillmore on Saturday, November 12, Tech’s due at Summit Music Hall…
Big Sean is coming to the Fox Theatre on Friday, November 11. Signed to Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music label, Big Sean legitimately poses this question: “Who came first, Big Sean or Drake?” No kidding. If you don’t know Big Sean from “My Last,” his single with Chris Brown, let’s just…
Every week, in an effort to pay tribute to those dedicated to the time tested way of promoting shows by hanging up posters, we make our way around the Mile High City to take a gander at all the eye candy affixed to light posts and such. Here are the…
Bad news if you we’re planning to get down tomorrow night with a certain Funky Homosapien named Del: We’ve just received word that the iconic rapper — last seen around these parts at the Westword Music Showcase this past summer — won’t be performing tomorrow night in Denver. The show…
Watch for Fluff Bar to open in early October at 1516 Wazee Street. Originally slated to be called Fluff Beauty Bar, the combo hair salon, cocktail lounge and champagne bar dropped “beauty” for reasons that should be obvious (if you’ve ever been to the fourteen-month-old Beauty Bar, at least)…
This Saturday, September 10, Germany’s Dixon is making a rare stateside appearance at Cluster Studios. An impeccable mixer with a clean, hypermodern sound carefully pulled together from a broad range of genres and styles, Dixon is a veteran of Berlin’s electronic music scene, who was voted among the top ten…
