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2011 Stories by Jon Solomon

• Slim Cessna's wife, Victoria, and John Rumley collaborate on guitar up for sale on Etsy

  published Nov 25, 2011

  While John Rumley has spent many years playing in Slim Cessna's Auto Club, he's also spent much of his time building many of the band's guitars and banjo. Just over a decade ago, he started his own ... More >>

• Quixote's True Blue celebrates 15th anniversary this weekend

  published Nov 25, 2011

  Jay Bianchi and his two brothers opened the original Quixote's True Blue fifteen years ago at 9150 East Colfax in Aurora as a place where Deadheads and kindred spirits could gather after the passing o... More >>

• Jux County celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Lions Lair's first show tonight

  published Nov 25, 2011

  Although the Lions Lair opened in 1967, the bar didn't start hosting live music until Jux County played there in 1991. Since then, the place has brought in a steady stream of local and national acts, ... More >>

• Record Store Day, the Black Friday edition

  published Nov 25, 2011

  Record Store Day was originally started a few years ago as a once-a-year celebration for some 700 independently owned record stores in the U.S., including Twist & Shout and Wax Trax, but the organizer... More >>

• Science Partner

  published November 24, 2011

  Although Tyler Despres originally formed Science Partner in 2008 as an outlet for his acoustic material outside of his work with Dualistics,... More >>

• Instant Empire

  published November 24, 2011

  Instant Empire hasn't been together all that long, but that fact isn't readily apparent from listening to the indie-rockers' self-titled EP.... More >>

• Dave & Buster's reboot is a petri dish for the video-game chain

  published November 24, 2011

  The fourteen-year-old Dave & Buster's at 2000 South Colorado Boulevard just became the chain's first location to get a major overhaul.... More >>

• Jam together during the holidays at Otis Taylor's Trance Blues Festival

  published November 24, 2011

  Everybody thinks I play gloom-and-doom music," says Otis Taylor, "so I don't get hired to play during the holidays, because people think my... More >>

• U2's Achtung Baby turns twenty Saturday

  published Nov 18, 2011

  While U2 frontman Bono said "The Fly," the first single from Achtung Baby, was "the sound of four men chopping down The Joshua Tree," it could easily be applied to the entire album, which was release... More >>

• Dave & Buster's unveils new club-like vibe today

  published Nov 18, 2011

  The fourteen-year-old Dave & Buster's at 2000 South Colorado Boulevard just became the chain's first location to get a major overhaul, which is unveiled today. The redesign is the initial phase of the... More >>

• Dave & Buster's on South Colorado unveils its new look today

  published Nov 18, 2011

  The fourteen-year-old Dave & Buster's location at 2000 South Colorado Boulevard just became the chain's first spot to get a major overhaul, which will be unveiled today. The redesign is the initial p... More >>

• Funk It Up

  published November 10, 2011

  While some people might look askance at a klezmer-funk-hip-hop collaboration, world-renowned klezmer clarinetist David Krakauer sees the... More >>

• Total Ghost issues dance-party decrees on its new EP

  published November 17, 2011

  Total Ghost began when Randy Washington and Adam Nix made a cheesy music video for a friend as a birthday present. Before long, the two came to... More >>

• Aloft in the Sundry

  published November 17, 2011

  While there's still a lot of Jason Hernandez's piano on Aloft in the Sundry's latest effort — its second full-length and fifth release... More >>

• Mark's Midnight Carnival Show

  published November 17, 2011

  While the name of the band might immediately evoke some sort of percussion-heavy, accordion-driven, Tom Waits-esque freak show, the indie rock... More >>

• Brennan Bryarly debuts his new monthly series at Beauty Bar

  published November 17, 2011

  Brennan Bryarly, a resident DJ at Lipgloss under the name option4, got to see world-renowned turntablist A-Trak in a room of... More >>

• Review: Lucinda Williams at the Paramount Theatre, 11/12/11

  published Nov 13, 2011

  LUCINDA WILLIAMS at PARAMOUNT | 11/12/11About a halfway through Lucinda Williams' two-hour set on Saturday night, it felt somebody hit a switch at the Paramount Theatre and all the sudden the place wa... More >>

• Option4 kicks off The Hundred next week

  published Nov 11, 2011

  Giving others the chance to enjoy up-and-coming artists in small venues was the reason Brennan Bryarly started The Hundred. Bryarly, a resident DJ at Lipgloss under the name option4, got to see world-... More >>

• Tennis releasing sophomore album in February

  published Nov 09, 2011

  Nearly a year after Tennis released its debut, Cape Dory, the act is set to release its sophomore album, Young and Old, on February 14 on Fat Possum. In advance of the album, which is produced by Blac... More >>

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  Barry Fey signing his new book at Rockbar and Twist & Shout

  published Nov 09, 2011

  During his three decades as a promoter, Barry Fey brought in legendary acts like the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and U2. In his new book, Backstage Past, released ye... More >>

• Aloft In the Sundry's Jason Hernandez on the new album and his band's many lineup changes

  published Nov 09, 2011

  Since forming in 2005, Aloft in the Sundry has gone through nine members. And while nearly every position in the band has changed hands at least once, founder and frontman Jason Hernandez has been the... More >>

• Abyssal Creatures

  published November 10, 2011

  A lot of the songs that make up the sixteen-track Social Awkwardness feel like they could have been written and recorded by a nerdy,... More >>

• Lucinda Williams reveals all about her writing process

  published November 10, 2011

  Lucinda Williams learned an important lesson from her poet father, Miller Williams: Never censor yourself. And indeed, since her 1978 debut,... More >>

• Cherry slated to go into former Bar Luxe space in Cherry Creek at 231 Milwaukee Street

  published Nov 08, 2011

  Earlier this year, Michael Olsen tried to open another version of Hush, the nightclub he used to have in the Larimer Square spot now occupied by Wicked Garden. He was met with some opposition from Che... More >>

• Social Distortion adds third Ogden Theatre show

  published Nov 04, 2011

  After selling out two nights at the Ogden Theatre on Saturday and Sunday, December 4 and 5, Social Distortion, who's on tour in support of its latest effort, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes, just added ... More >>