DJing

Heidi

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

Uncork some fun at one of these wine events

Unwined -- a two-day alternative wine-tasting geared towards a younger scene -- begins tonight at the EXDO Event Center, 1399 35th Street. In addition to unlimited samples of wine, there will be a variety of food trucks and DJs spinning tunes. The party starts at 7 p.m. and tickets cost $60; purchas ... More >>

Split Decision: Are DJs musicians?

See also: Global Dance Festival Survival Guide Split Decision: Is vinyl obsolete? Split Decision: The Legend of Zelda Symphony With upwards of 20,000 kids descending on Red Rocks this weekend for Global Dance Fest 2012 -- a music festival made up mostly of DJ's -- it seemed like a good time to p ... More >>

Beauty Bar celebrating two-year anniversary with Peanut Butter Wolf

Last summer, DJ and hip-hop producer Peanut Butter Wolf was at City Hall celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of Stones Throw Records, the label he founded. On Saturday, June 30, Peanut Butter Wolf returns to the area to help celebrate Beauty Bar's two-year anniversary. He'll be throwing down the v ... More >>

Darin Epsilon brings a clue to Riddle of the Sphinx on Saturday, May 26

DVS1: "The music wasn't just about what your heard, but what you physically felt"

It wouldn't be a stretch to call DVS1 (aka Zak Khutoretsky) the biggest new thing in techno, except for the fact that he's been deejaying for nearly two decades and promoting underground events in his native Minneapolis for just as long. He made his Denver debut in February of last year, performing ... More >>

DJ Carlos brings salsa house to the Beauty Bar on March 23

DVS1

Friday, March 23, 2200, 720-325-6511.

Rob Gray spins February 11 at the Funky Buddha

Hipp-E and Greg Eversoul: "When we tag-team, it comes out in our sound and in what we do"

Arguably the biggest DJ ever to come out of Denver, Eric Galaviz aka Hipp-E made his bones promoting and deejaying at some of the earliest raves in Colorado. After leaving his indelible mark on our city, he moved to San Diego in the '90s, where he became an influential part of the West Coast house s ... More >>

Review: RJD2 at Bluebird Theater, 1/27/12

RJD2 @ BLUEBIRD THEAER | 1/27/12Is it just us, or does RJD2 look more like R2D2 every time we see him? Last night, when he took to the small, technology-overwhelmed stage of the Bluebird, the DJ/producer was barely recognizable behind a Daft Punk-style robot mask and the sound effects box strapped t ... More >>

Little Mike and Crazy Larry on living life and promoting parties in Berlin and New York

Little Mike, back home for the holidays​Two key figures in the evolution of Denver's constantly changing dance-music scene, Little Mike and Crazy Larry are coming home for the holidays -- and for the party "Homecoming Queenz," which they co-headline Saturday at 2200. Little Mike (known to his ... More >>

Punisher, aka Michelle Herrmann, spins December 10 at 2200

Lee Foss

Friday, December 2, 2200, 720-325-6511.

Martin Landsky spins at 2200 on November 23

B.U.F.F. Brothers bar group splits up

Pendulum, August 10 at Beta

Q&A: Rob Swift on being a DMC battle veteran and what he's looking for as a judge this year

​Rob Swift is not only a turntabling legend, he's a part of a legendary crew. The X-ecutioners not only ushered in a new era, but they opened the door for many who rock the decks behind some of the most popular artists. Saturday, Swift will be in Denver, performing at and judging the Denver DM ... More >>

Weekend Dance Card: Sub.Mission anniversary, DJ ESP, patio parties and more

DJ ESP.​The mile-high city continues to represent electronica with an array of events this weekend -- starting off with tonight's Full Flavor Friday, featuring DJ ESP (aka Woody McBride) at the Appaloosa Grill with resident Greg Campbell, plus Garret and Sound Advice. They'll be dishing out fr ... More >>

Styles Davis spins on April 16 at the Meadowlark

Apex Vibe

Elevate
Self-released

Bigwheel Electrosoul

The Guac Vol. 1
Sound Collage

A New Year Underground goes down New Year's Eve at Theory & Practice

This weekend's Dance Card: Warm, House for the Holidays, Sex Panther and Singularity

​ Warm is the new Thursday night house music weekly at Gallery 22 (formerly the Loft at 821 22nd Street). This week, special guest Kurt Yates joins Warm residents Joey M, Louis Marr and Brandon Bass on DJ duty. Yates was a former resident at Soma during the Boulder nightclub's heyday in the e ... More >>

Saturday: J Phlip at Casselman's

​Raised on a steady diet of Chicago house music as a kid growing up in Champaign, Illinois, Jessica Phillippe emerged as one of the most in-demand underground female DJs over the past few years. Also known as J. Phlip, Phillippe studied engineering at the University of Illinois before relocat ... More >>

The Drink turns a year old

The Martin Brothers at Denver Creative Co-Op Studio

Epilogues premiere "Hunting Season" video tommorow night at Summit Music Hall

So the Epilogues have finished work on its new "Hunting Season" video, which was filmed on location this past spring in the woods at the site of the infamous Hayman forest fire of 2002. To celebrate the premiere of the Dillon Novak directed video, the outfit has put together one hell of a bill at ... More >>

2010 DMC Finals in NYC: Cysko Rokwel reflects on the competition

​ As reported here last week, nearly half of the finalists competing for the US DMC title in New York City this past weekend hail from Colorado. Unfortunately, none of the five local contestants, who battled it out in front of a celebrity crowd against some of the most talented and well-seaso ... More >>

Sydney Blu at Beta

Mark Farina tonight at the Gothic Theatre

Shauna Regan​Didn't get tickets to Lupe Fiasco and B.o.B. at the Ogden? Bummer, kid. It's sold out, from what we hear. No worries. Mark Farina's at the Gothic tonight with Miguel Migs, J Flash and Half Color, and there's still tickets left for that show. Farina, in case you're not familiar, g ... More >>

Hey, DJ! Q&A with DJ Amen

​ Every Friday we spotlight the hottest cats (and kittens) behind the decks in the MHC, grilling them to gain some insight on what it takes, exactly, to get the party rocking, to find out about their most treasured crate digging experiences and what they really think when we stumble up to the ... More >>

Hey, DJ! Q&A with DJ Big Styles

Dave Gaslin Every Friday we spotlight the hottest cats (and kittens) behind the decks in the MHC, grilling them to gain some insight on what it takes, exactly, to get the party rocking, to find out about their most treasured crate digging experiences and what they really think when we stumble up to ... More >>

Telepath

Wednesday, February 10, Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-443-3399.

Over the Weekend: Cobraconda at Lipgloss

Cobraconda spun house DJ Boyhollow's birthday at La Rumba's Friday-night Lipgloss party. See photos by Aaron Thackeray on the slideshow page. ​

Hey, DJ! Q&A with DJ Quote the Beatmaker

vega​Every Friday we spotlight the hottest cats (and kittens) behind the decks in the MHC, grilling them to gain some insight on what it takes, exactly, to get the party rocking, to find out about their most treasured crate digging experiences and what they really think when we stumble up to t ... More >>

Hey, DJ! Q&A with DJ Psycho

​Every Friday we spotlight the hottest cats (and kittens) behind the decks in the MHC, grilling them to gain some insight on what it takes, exactly, to get the party rocking, to find out about their most treasured crate digging experiences and what they really think when we stumble up to them half ... More >>

Q&A with Brikabrak and Naeem Oba

AG Photography​Starkville, Mississipi is known for a lot of things: the arrest of Johnny Cash for public drunkenness, which inspired the song "Starkville City Jail." Real life American gangster Machine Gun Kelly lived there while studying agriculture at Mississippi State University. Starkville als ... More >>

Hey, DJ! Q&A with DJ Vajra

​Every Friday we spotlight the hottest cats behind the decks in the MHC, grilling them to gain some insight on what it takes, exactly, to get the party rocking, to find out about their most treasured crate digging experiences and what they really think when we stumble up to them half cocked and as ... More >>

Hey, DJ! Q&A with Ivy

​Every Friday we spotlight the hottest cats behind the decks in the MHC, grilling them to gain some insight on what it takes, exactly, to get the party rocking, to find out about their most treasured crate digging experiences and what they really think when we stumble up to them half cocked and as ... More >>

Hey, DJ! Q&A with Kid Hum

​Every Friday we spotlight the hottest cats behind the decks in the MHC, grilling them to gain some insight on what it takes, exactly, to get the party rocking, to find out about their most treasured crate digging experiences and what they really think when we stumble up to them half cocked and as ... More >>

Mark Knight at Beta

Daedelus at Bluebird Theater

DJ Craze

Friday, September 25, Beta, 303-437-3011.

Monolith adds more than a dozen local DJs

DJ Vajra​Just received word from Monolith curator Matt Fecher that the annual fall festival, headlined this year by the Mars Volta and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, has just added more than a dozen local DJs to its lineup. Nationally renown turntablist DJ Vajra heads the roster, which also includes Mu$a, w ... More >>

DJ Soup at Lucky Strike Lanes

Westword Music Showcase reviewed: Vinyl

Brian Landis FolkinsFresh Breath Committee kicked things off at Vinyl. See more photos from Vinyl at westword.com/slideshow. Fresh Breath Committee, 12:00 p.m. The day started off nice and sunny and Club Vinyl's rooftop, but I was a bit late in catching the set from the Fresh Breath Committee. The ... More >>

Mix It Up

Explicit Electronica takes synthesizer sounds back to the future.

Drink of the Week

La Playa

Grade C

Craig C is taking Denver house music to the masses.