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Derek Plaslaiko on how well Communikey is run

A genuine craftsman from the days when DJs played actual records and an encouraging reminder that some in fact still do, Derek Plaslaiko is truly a DJ's DJ. The Michigan native was a fixture on the Detroit rave scene from the mid-'90s until 2004, when he relocated to New York City, where he maintain ... More >>

Berlin screenings reveal two possible cases of grading on the curve

The best EDM in Denver this weekend: Pan-Pot, Prefuse 73, Bad Boy Bill, Tommy Lee and more

Are you ready for this weekend? Are you sure? Because there's a lot on this weekend's Dance Card, from tech-house darlings Pan-Pot to the illustrious and always brilliant Prefuse 73 to the persistent house stylings of Bad Boy Bill. Tommy Lee from Motley Crue, meanwhile, will be drumming up a set at ... More >>

Weekend's best EDM (end of the world edition): Yooj, J.Phlip, Madlib, MartyParty and more

The countdown to the apocalypse has begun! So where do you want to be when the world ends, at home on your couch wrapped up in a Snuggie, waiting for the sky to fall, or out on the dancefloor, living it up and shaking your booty? Dancefloor? We thought as much, which is why we're offering up this co ... More >>

Yooj celebrates the end of the world at Beta this Friday

Experimental DJ Alex Celler will groove at Beatport Lounge

Heidi

Friday, November 2, NORAD, 303-297-7884.

Amanda Palmer at Gothic Theatre, 9/21/12

AMANDA PALMER @ GOTHIC THEATRE | 2/4/12 Amanda Palmer wants to ask the audience a personal question. It's halfway through her set, and the crowd is understandably sweaty, aroused, and willing to answer anything she asks. "How many of you, in high school, were described as 'goth'?" To which the crow ... More >>

K.atou brings her stripped-down techno to NORAD on September 8

Weekend's best dance bets: Troy Pierce, DB, Danny the Wildchild, Caley Martin and more

Work week's almost done. Feel like blowing off some steam on the dance floor? You've come to the right place. We've got you covered. There's a full dance card this weekend with a little something for everyone. Drum-and-bass aficionados have their hands full this weekend at City Hall with Jungle Alli ... More >>

Troy Pierce

Saturday, August 25, NORAD, 303-297-7884.

Jay Ahern to launch Modular Cowboy, a new electronic-music imprint out of Boulder

Modular Cowboy, a Boulder-based electronic-music label, is getting set to launch later this month. Jay Ahern, who moved to Colorado from Berlin in 2010, is the man behind the new imprint. You may know Ahern from his aliases Cheap and Deep or Add Noise; he's also collaborated with To Rococo Rot's Ste ... More >>

Sante toasts your health at Beta, Friday, August 17

Konrad Black

Friday, August 17, NORAD, 303-297-7884.

Konrad Black

Photos: Perc at NORAD, 6/8/12

Last night and into early this morning, London's Perc (aka Ali Wells), one of the leading producers in techno today, performed at NORAD. Photos by Nick Callaio for Westword. More photos below.

Celebrate with Sarah and Julie Slater at Gorinto tonight

Sarah Slater, founder of the Titwrench music festival, is a 2011 MasterMind award winner -- and it looks like smarts run in the family. Because tonight, Sarah and her sister, Julie Slater, will host a special edition of Gorinto to celebrate Julie's acceptance to college in Berlin, where she plans to ... More >>

Patrik Skoog brings techno skills to a secret party in Denver this weekend

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Rachel Thoele of Flipper: "There would be times they would get up and play one song, but still it was amazing"

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 legendary art punk band from the '80s that was oft ... More >>

Radio Slave

Saturday, March 24, Artwork Network, 878 Santa Fe Drive.

Alex Kruger spins on March 3 at 2200

Sven Weisemann spins on January 27 at Shine in Boulder

J.Phlip spins December 23 at Bar Standard

Little Mike spins December 17 at 2200

12th Planet, Cassy, Anna Lunoe, Punisher and more on this weekend's Dance Card

12th Planet​Bassheads, tonight's your night: Dubstep king 12th Planet will test Beta's world-class sound system with his wobbly basslines and whompy beats. In the Beatport Lounge, you can catch Berlin's Cassy (with an after-hours party running well into the early hours of the morning); and oth ... More >>

Berlin's Cassy due at Beta on December 9

​After months of secrecy, Afterhours Anonymous and Mahesh Presents have announced that international megastar Cassy will perform Friday, December 9 at Beta -- and at a special, somewhat exclusive after-party. Cassy, listed among the top twenty DJs in the world by Resident Advisor, often holds ... More >>

Troy Pierce

Friday, October 7, Beta, 303-383-1909.

Denver's techno scene goes global in October

Actually, to be fair, we've already seen several world-class techno acts in this fair city during 2011; between Afterhours Anonymous/Mahesh Presents bringing in Dixon, Mother Earth Sound System's Robag Wruhme show, plus last weekend's Great American Techno Festival, it's been a big year for Denver t ... More >>

Restaurant roll call for July

​Hot dog joints are on a roll in Denver, with Uber Sausage joining a scene that also welcomed the largest IKEA restaurant in the country. But Denver also said farewell to Bistro Felix and Organixx, as well as some of the earliest food trucks. Here's our Restaurant roll call for July:

75 years ago today, Colorado's Glenn Morris was in Hitler's Olympics

Glenn Morris.​The 1936 Olympic games in Berlin actually turned out to be Jesse Owens' Olympics, thank you, but the Führer oversaw the opening ceremonies, held 75 years ago today. And Colorado's ranch-born Glenn "The Simla Sensation" Morris won the decathlon that year and turned down $500,00 ... More >>

Dixon due in Denver on Saturday, September 10

​AfterHours Anonymous, Mahesh Presents and Roots Denver have just made a major announcement: Germany's Dixon will headline an event dubbed Apex: a Journey on Saturday, September 10, in Denver at an undisclosed venue. For those unfamiliar, Dixon operates the Berlin-based Innervisions label and ... More >>

Now open: Belvedere Restaurant

Kelly Kaoudis​It didn't quite hit the July 1 target, but Belvedere Restaurant is now open at 323 14th Street, in the former home of Cafe Berlin. (That restaurant moved to a second-floor spot at 1600 Champa Street.) Kinga Klek, who also owns Kinga's Lounge, transformed the spot into a fine-din ... More >>

Richie Hawtin

Thursday, June 30, Beta, 303-383-1909.

Colin Chmielewski and Mahesh Patel on Inception and who's next in the AAMP lineup

​Colin Chmielewski and Mahesh Patel have both been men-about-town in the electronica scene for more than a decade now; after both taking a break for various reasons, they teamed up for a New Year's Eve party at the Clocktower that was a big success. That inspired them to team up for Inception ... More >>

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Belvedere Restaurant is going in where Cafe Berlin went out

​Cafe Berlin just vacated its spot on 14th Street for the 16th Street Mall, saying it couldn't move forward in a space so close to Civic Center. But another restaurant is ready to give that location a go: Belvedere Restaurant just landed its liquor license.

A garden of beasts, origin stories and more in our new release picks for May 10, 2011

​Now that summer is nearly here, it means we need to prep ourselves for hot days, big blockbusters and vacations. That means the best picks for this week come in the form of comic book origin stories to prep you for all the big movies, and two -- yes, two -- big-time mystery-thriller novels th ... More >>

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The Arvada Center's Cabaret is highly entertaining, if a little mild

Wildlife bridge contest: Winning West Vail Pass entry "elegant" yet practical

The winner​A New York team has won a unique international competition to design a special bridge for wildlife crossing I-70 west of Vail Pass, the first structure of its kind ever proposed for the United States. The winners, HNTB with Michael Van Valkenburgh and Associates, will take home a pr ... More >>

West Vail Pass wildlife crossing contest: Bold designs un-Vailed for I-70

And the finalists are...​Last night, participants in the Western Governors' Association confab at the Curtis Hotel got a sneak preview of models from the five finalists in an international design competition to build a special wildlife bridge over West Vail Pass -- and each entry was a pretty ... More >>

West Vail Pass wildlife bridge: Will design contest help save endangered animals?

​An international competition to design a special wildlife bridge for West Vail Pass has announced five finalists for the $40,000 grand prize -- two teams from New York and one each from Toronto, Philadelphia and Amsterdam. But local bridge builders shouldn't call foul. Each team is required ... More >>

Do you have what it takes to design a wildlife bridge?

Center for Native EcosystemsA coyote waits for the "walk" sign on Vail Pass.​Friend, do you consider yourself both gifted and green? Do coworkers refer to you, without a hint of mockery, as some kind of ecogenius? Do you spend time wondering not why the doe crosses the road, but how the hell ... More >>

UFO enthusiasts and furries make Denver an unconventional place

Andy Caldwell at Beta

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