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The xx at the Fillmore Auditorium, 6/3/13

THE XX @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 6/3/13 Clad in black and appearing every bit as mysterious and guarded as their music implies, the xx stepped on stage, strapped on its gear and began playing "Try" from its sophomore album, Coexist. The siren-like drone from Jamie Smith's synthesizer set the tone for ... More >>

The ten best concerts in Denver this week

JOE BONAMASSA @ BELLCO THEATRE | TUES, 4/23/13 Joe Bonamassa is a nouveau bluesman who favors a hybrid blues-rock sound that employs simple song structures and puts the emphasis on powerful fretwork, an approach that nods to a distinctive era of the 1960s, when British players such as John Mayall, J ... More >>

New Denver shows: STS9, Big Gigantic at Red Rocks, tickets on sale this Saturday, April 6

There's a couple of big Red Rocks shows that were just announced and about to go on sale this Saturday, April 6, and next Saturday, April 13: On the heels of its highly visually stimulating Great Cycle Spectacles tour which hit both the Fillmore and Red Rocks last year, Sound Tribe Sector 9 is makin ... More >>

Lamb of God at Fillmore Auditorium, 12/10/12

LAMB OF GOD @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM |12/10/12 The highpoint of Lamb of God's set came somewhere around the midpoint, when after projecting pictures the band's fans in the military on the twin screens flanking drummer Chris Adler, Randy Blythe dedicated "Now You've Got Something to Die For" to the men ... More >>

Anders Fridén of metal act In Flames becomes honorary brewer at Great Divide

Great Divide Brewing has been distributing its beers to Sweden for years via Great Brands -- a craft-beer-focused Swedish distributor that carries a handful of American brews, including those from Avery, Left Hand, Oskar Blues and Ska. The Denver brewery has garnered many fans in Scandinavia since, ... More >>

New shows: STS9 and String Cheese NYE runs, Fun. at 1STBANK, DeVotchKa and more

New Year's Eve is shaping up to be an epic night of shows, with the String Cheese Incident pulling into 1STBANK Center for a three-night NYE run (tickets on sale this Saturday, September 29), STS9 plays three shows at the Fillmore (tickets on sale Friday, September 28), and the Motet's Beginning of ... More >>

Wilco at Red Rocks June 22-23

After a stellar show at Fillmore in January in support of its latest release, The Whole Love, Wilco returns to the area for a two-night stand at Red Rocks on Friday, June 22 (with Punch Brothers) and Saturday, June 23 (with Dr. Dog). On Record Store Day (April 21), Wilco is set to release Mermaid Av ... More >>

Lupe Fiasco at City Hall on May 17

Lupe Fiasco is coming back to Denver for a date at City Hall Amphitheatre on Thursday, May 17 with a stellar local supporting cast, including Foodchain, Pries and DJ Mu$a. Tickets ($40-$45) for this 18 plus show are on sale now via SoCo, and if Lupe's last show at the Fillmore offers any indication, ... More >>

Weekend's best live bets: Lenny Kravitz, Widespread Panic and more

Ah, yes, we've reached the end of another glorious week in the Rockies, which can only mean another dope weekend of music in the Mile High City. Lenny Kravitz kicks things off tonight with a show at the Buell Theatre, Widespread Panic pulls into the Fillmore for a three-night stand, TaunTaun returns ... More >>

Review: Lotus at the Fillmore Auditorium, 2/3/12

LOTUS @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 2/4/11 Freezing temperatures aside, the Fillmore was turned into a dancing sauna, brimming with melodic improvisations and thousands of moving bodies. If Lotus derived their band name from Greek origin, then we all got a taste of the sweet fruit that leaves you in a st ... More >>

Weekend's best live bets: Ryan Adams, Lotus and more

Update: The Ryan Adams show originally slated for tonight the Temple Buell has been postponed until tomorrow night. The Dr. Dog show has also been postponed, but a new date has not been announced. What's a little snow? Blizzard schmizzard. There's too much great music this weekend to stay at home. ... More >>

Review: Ween at the Fillmore Auditorium, 12/30/11, Night Two

WEEN @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | NIGHT TWO | 12.30.11 See also, reviews of: 12/29/11 (night one) and 12/30/11 (night three) There was no ambitious declaration or plan of attack from the Ween brothers as they launched into their nearly three-hour long set on Friday night for the second show of their thr ... More >>

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

Britt ChesterZoe Jakes of Beats Antique last night at the Fillmore Auditorium. See more pics in the full Beats Antique at the Fillmore slideshow​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 ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Tech N9NE raps, clothes swap, Boulder Cafe serves, lumberjacks party

Big pics below.​Another jam-packed weekend -- and Westworders were there to bring you all the action, courtesy of our Cafe Society, Backbeat Online and Show and Tell blogs, plus our slideshow page. Look below to check out samples featuring Tech N9NE, a clothes swap, Boulder Cafe's happy hour ... More >>

Chromeo, Lupe Fiasco, X, St. Vincent, Odd Future and more on tap this weekend

Rocktober is living up to its name so far, especially this weekend: On Friday, Chromeo electrifies the Ogden, while Frank Turner throws down at the Marquis and Lupe Fiasco raps at the Fillmore. On Saturday, there's some agonizing decisions to make between seeing OFF!, which features Circle Jerks fro ... More >>

Review: Beirut at the Fillmore, 9/28/11

Zachary Condon of Beirut​BEIRUT at the FILLMORE | 9/28/11"Thank you, sorry we didn't make it out here sooner," said Zachary Condon of Beirut last night to an adoring crowd at the Fillmore. Despite his birthplace just 350 miles to the south in Santa Fe, the globe-trotting Condon and his band -- ... More >>

Explosions in the Sky

Tuesday, September 13, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

Review: Pretty Lights at the Fillmore, 8/12/11

Pretty Lights, aka Derek Smith​PRETTY LIGHTS at the FILLMORE | 8/12/11Pretty Lights Music is more than just a label now. It's more than a producer. It's more than Derek Vincent Smith. It's huge. Backed by a solid team of producers and talented deejays, the audience last night at the sold-out F ... More >>

Ween slated for a three-night stand at the Fillmore Auditorium New Year's weekend

​Have you started thinking about New Year's yet? What? Too soon? Well, yes, now that you mention it, it is only July. Nonetheless, if you're a fan of Ween, we have a feeling you're going to want to be at the Fillmore around then to ring in the New Year with Dean and Gene. Word has it that Ween ... More >>

Good Friday: Tech N9NE, the Glitch Mob and more on tap this Independence Day weekend

​So, the Fourth of July falls on a Monday this year, but that doesn't stop the celebrations from starting early this weekend. There's tons of shows this weekend, beginning with Tech N9NE tonight at the Fillmore. Tech's been on a constant grind, and shows no signs of stopping. Read our intervie ... More >>

Fashion First opening night at Suite 200: Do clothes make the woman? (PHOTOS)

​Do clothes make the woman or vice versa? Photographer Kate Levy's gallery of shots from Fashion First's opening night at Suite 200 should help you decide -- and there are plenty of other arresting images on view as well. Get an insider's look at StarFest 2011, Rise Against at the Fillmore and ... More >>

My Chemical Romance at the Fillmore, 4/9/11

Eric Gruneisen​ MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE The Architects • Neon Trees 04.09.11 | Fillmore Auditorium Walking into the Fillmore, I was greeted by a writhing sea of wildly dressed teenagers and hundreds of their parents awkwardly trying to fit in while performing chaperone duty. Seeing scads of gi ... More >>

Mumford & Sons due at the Fillmore in June

​ Wow! What a difference the Grammys make. Say what you will about the relevance of the annual awards show, but judging from the subsequent success of crossover country act Lady Antebellum last year to the increased exposure it generated this year for already celebrated indie acts like Arcade ... More >>

Lauryn Hill hits the Fillmore at the end of April

​Psst. What do you have planned for Saturday, April 23? Too far ahead? We know what we're doing. We just circled that date on our calendar in bright-red ink. From what we hear, that's the day the lovely and talented Ms. Lauryn Hill will finally make her way back to the Mile High City. The Fill ... More >>

This Weekend In Stoke: Five ways to beat the cold and get your blood moving

​We're #1! Come see the best roller derby league in the country in action when the Rocky Mountain Roller Girls (2010 Women's Flat Track Derby Association national champions) open their 2011 season on Saturday at the Fillmore at 7 p.m. The bout pits two of the league's teams - Dooms Daisies vs. ... More >>

Holy crap! Talk about a Super weekend -- and we ain't talkin' about football here!

Man alive! Ahem, it's a super weekend. As you can see, there is no shortage of things to do in the Mile High City. There's a full Dance Card, FaceMan having its First Waltz tonight at the Bluebird, then there's that kick ass double-bill at 3 Kings and the hi-dive, Bob Marley's b-day celebration at ... More >>

Hot geeks love Gary Busey?: Check out our Geek Bowl V photos and more weekend slideshows

​What is Gary Busey's mysterious appeal? Is it that he doesn't have any? Attempt to solve this puzzle by perusing photog Kate Levy's shots from Geek Bowl V at the Fillmore. And that's not all. Check out Raekwon at Summit Music Hall, RJD2 at the Gothic and more on our au courant slideshow page ... More >>

Eating as Art

Making a scene at Insane Clown Possee, Bisco Inferno, Burlesque at Lannie's and Alice In Wonderland at Rockbar

​ It was yet another glorious and glamorous weekend in the Mile High City, and we've got pictures to prove it. Lots of 'em. We sent our boy Aaron Thackeray out armed with his fancy, schmancy soul-stealing machinery to capture the various nightlife scenery, and he sent back flix of Insane Clow ... More >>

Last Night: Pixies at the Fillmore Auditorium (bonus review)

For those with tickets to tonight's Pixies show, here's a bonus review with another perspective, to give you a clear idea of exactly what to expect this evening. If you haven't already check out Jon Solomon's review.Adam Perry​PixiesFillmore AuditoriumMonday, November 16, 2009Better than: having w ... More >>

One year ago today at the DNC: The New Orleans All-Star Jam-Balaya at the Fillmore Auditorium

Allen Toussaint.​This week marks the one-year anniversary of the Democratic National Convention, an event that made Denver the center of the media universe for several unforgettable days. To mark the occasion, we'll be offering selected flashbacks of Westword coverage. First up: An on-site cou ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Hey! Nice Snuggie!

So it turns out April showers bring... people getting hammered in sleeved blankets. See photos from the Snuggie Pub Crawl, My Bloody Valentine at the Fillmore and DJ Chuck Love at Beta at westword.com/slideshow. And watch video from the weekend in local music on the Backbeat blog.

The Westword.com blog shortcut, January 26 edition

Look out below! Falling blogs! Today in Cafe Society: • Rock, paper, scissors, booze at Nine75. • Mark & Isabella now open in Belmar. • Just in time for the Super Bowl, a Milking It review of Cap'n Crunch's Touchdown Crunch. • Buenos Aires Grill to close. • Thanasi Foods thinks Bigs wit ... More >>

DeVotchKa announces spring tour dates

This Friday night in Philadelphia, DeVotchKa is kicking off a fairly exhaustive eight week tour that will take the band across the country from New York to San Francisco to Austin -- not during South By Southwest, surprisingly -- back up through the midwest before culminating in Cleveland on Saturd ... More >>

The Black Crowes

Saturday, December 13, Fillmore Auditorium, 303-830-8497.

The Westword.com blog shortcut, November 14 edition

The devil made him do it. For more blogs, look out below. Today in Backbeat Online: • The Imp of Satan writes the best Craigslist musician-wanted ad ever. • Get a free MP3 download from your Mama. • Meese's now not-so-secret show in Boulder next week. • The Fray premiers new single dur ... More >>

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Cinema Paradiso

Infinity Park takes up the outdoor-movie banner.

Over the Weekend...George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic @ Fillmore

Blues Jean Bar

Last Night... Kraftwerk @ Fillmore Auditorium

Moguls Gone Wild!

Watch Denver's finest take on a mechanical bull.

Colin Check

Colin Check

Caddyshack

Films on Fillmore

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Friday, July 1, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 303-830-8497.

An Apple With Bite

Say what you want about Fiona Apple's past erratic behavior, her Denver performance showcased her considerable talent.

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