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2011 Stories by Britt Chester

• Review: Pretty Lights at 1STBANK Center, 12/30/11, Night One

  published Dec 31, 2011

  PRETTY LIGHTS @ 1STBANK CENTER | NIGHT ONE | 12/30/11 See also photos from New Year's Eve With a fairly expansive catalogue to draw from, Derek Vincent Smith has a plethora of singles at his dispos... More >>

• Pretty Lights Music releases iPhone app

  published Dec 28, 2011

  If giving away free music via a self-run record label website isn't enough, the team over at Pretty Lights Music has developed yet another way to infiltrate the airwaves: the Pretty Lights Music app. ... More >>

• Ten Best Electronic Shows of 2011

  published Dec 22, 2011

  How does one go about defining the best electronic music shows of the yearr A lot goes into it, trust me. There is the production aspect, which looks upon the lighting choreography and the overall vis... More >>

• Octopus Nebula

  published December 15, 2011

  Capturing the moments and energy of a psychedelic rock show on an album isn't easy, but Octopus Nebula has managed to do just that on its... More >>

• Club 404 will issue last call on Wednesday after 60 years -- time to pour out some memories

  published Dec 12, 2011

  Denver will lose a familiar face this week when Club 404, a classic dive bar at 404 Broadway, changes hands after sixty years under owner Jerry Feld.To commemorate the end of the era, Cafe Society wil... More >>

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  Review: Beats Antique at the Fillmore, 12/3/11

  published Dec 04, 2011

  BEATS ANTIQUE at THE FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 12/3/11When Zoe Jakes emerged from stage right during the opening song adorned in a traditional bedleh and a painted mask to tease, it was pretty much set in... More >>

• Zoe Jakes and David Satori of Beats Antique on Elektrafone and working with Alex Grey

  published Nov 30, 2011

  Beats Antique (due Saturday, December 3, at the Fillmore Auditorium), a trio made up of producer and show-stealing belly dancer Zoe Jakes and a pair of classically trained multi-instrumentalists, Davi... More >>

• Beats Antique: Let us entertain you

  published December 1, 2011

  Beats Antique, a trio made up of producer and show-stealing belly dancer Zoe Jakes and a pair of classically trained multi-instrumentalists,... More >>

• Photos: PANTyRAiD at the Fillmore with NiTGRiT, Project Aspect and Miraja, 11/19/11

  published Nov 20, 2011

  PANTyRAiD at the Fillmore | 11/20/11Well, it's safe to say that Marty Folb and Josh Mayer successfully raided the Fillmore's panties last night. Debuting their new stage set-up, created by a Denver ba... More >>

• Photos: Zeds Dead at the Ogden Theatre, with JFlash and Vinnie Maniscalco, 11/19/11

  published Nov 19, 2011

  ZEDS DEAD at the OGDEN | 11/18/11For the first of two nights, Zeds Dead sold out the Ogden Theatre, and introduced Denver to its new staging, which included a strobe so powerful that it wouldn't be at... More >>

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  2011 Denver #WebAwards winners announced!

  published November 17, 2011

  Westword recognized the best of the local Web again in 2011 with the Denver Web Awards, held on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at... More >>

• PANTyRAiD on why the act doesn't tour and why its name is synonymous with female energy

  published Nov 16, 2011

  Update: Monday, November 21: Photos from PANTyRAiD at the Fillmore are up now. PANTyRAiD doesn't tour. So when the act, which is made up Josh Mayer of Glitch Mob and Marty Folb of MartyParty, bring it... More >>

• Review: Savoy at the Fillmore Auditorium, 11/11/11

  published Nov 12, 2011

  SAVOY at the FILLMORE | 11/11/11In front of an estimated crowd of 3,600, Savoy took the stage at exactly 11:11 p.m. on November 11, 2011. While this is only marvelous due to the nature of wishes, ever... More >>

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  DanceSafe isn't your mom or the police, but it's here to make sure you're partying, well, safely

  published Nov 10, 2011

  DanceSafe's mission is spelled out rather plainly in its name. With nine chapters now in place across the United States and Canada, including the latest one in Denver, the non-profit organization, as ... More >>

• "Warm Beats for Cold Streets" provides soup and clothing for the homeless

  published Nov 09, 2011

  The Mile High Sound Movement is a collective of artists, ranging from MCs and producers to photographers and artists. Zack Karuzas, both a rising local MC and co-founder of Mile High Sound Movement, s... More >>

• Photos: SBTRKT at The Bluebird Theater, with Mikey Thunder and Peter Black, 11/5/11

  published Nov 07, 2011

  SBTRKT at THE BLUEBIRD THEATER, 11/5/11This past Saturday night at the Bluebird Theater, U.K.-based, vowel-abstaining electronic artist SBTRKT (aka Aaron Jerome) set it off with the help of Mikey Thun... More >>

• Photos: Paper Diamond at the Ogden Theatre, with Raw Russ and Sorry for Partying, 1/4/11

  published Nov 05, 2011

  PAPER DIAMOND at the OGDEN | 11/4/11Paper Diamond (aka Alex Botwin) cut the bullshit last night on its first headlining appearance at the Ogden. With the assistance of fellow Elm and Oak labelmate Raw... More >>

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  Review: Skrillex at 1STBANK Center, 10/31/11

  published Nov 01, 2011

  SKRILLEX at 1STBANK CENTER | 10/31/11Skrillex's performance last night at 1STBANK is one for the books. Thanks to the live synched projector mapping, coupled with two towering LED screens on both side... More >>

• From Red Rocks to Emo's, re-create the exact acoustics of the country's hottest venues

  published Nov 01, 2011

  When Matt Finn was able to finally quit his job as an e-mail server technician thanks to the success of his ClearTune guitar-tuning application for smartphones, his world changed forever. From a humbl... More >>

• Photos: MiM0Sa at the Fillmore, 10/29/11

  published Oct 31, 2011

  MiM0SA at THE FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 10/29/11Tigran Mimosa celebrated Halloween at the Fill-Morgue with a full venue of ghouls, girl scouts, slutty devils and rabid fans. With openers Sleepyhead, GinZ ... More >>

• A dozen cost-effective (read: cheap) music-related costume ideas for Halloween

  published Oct 28, 2011

  Sometimes, you just don't have the cash lying around to splurge on that expensive Halloween costume. Fear not, young heathens! We have compiled a list of costumes for you that cost nearly nothing. In ... More >>

• Halloween Events: Great American Taxi, MiM0Sa and Designer Drugs (win tickets!)

  published Oct 28, 2011

  This weekend is huge. It's one of those, "If you aren't here, then you aren't having as much fun as me" kind of weekends. The deck is stacked with amazing things to do, so pick a card -- any card. We'... More >>

• Tigran Mimosa of MiM0SA on moombahton and his in-store at Albums this past spring

  published Oct 25, 2011

  Tigran Mimosa (aka MiM0SA, due at the Fillmore Auditorium this Saturday, October 29) hails from the West Coast, but after returning from a summer spent in a New York studio, he can attest to the posit... More >>

• MiMosa

  published October 27, 2011

  In just one short year, Tigran Mimosa has gone from bass-bombing Cervantes' and playing free shows at Boulder record stores to headlining the... More >>

• Trentemøller at the Ogden Theatre, 10/21/11

  published Oct 23, 2011

  TRENTEMØLLER at the OGDEN THEATRE | 10/21/11Though certainly not the dark horse by any electronic music connoisseur's standards, Trentemøller's performance Friday night at the Ogden Theatr... More >>