Five Iron Frenzy

New shows on sale this week: Rihanna, Queens of the Stone Age, the Cult, Pinback and more

In addition to Rihanna and Queens of the Stone Age shows that we told you about yesterday, we've also got new dates from the Cult, the Moody Blues and Pinback, all of which go on sale this weekend. Keep reading to get the full rundown on those shows, and to find out what local music is being played ... More >>

New Denver shows on sale this week: Megadeth, Tricky, Wiz Khalifa, A$AP Rocky and more

Megadeth's Gigantour, which features HellYeah, Newstead, Black Label Society and is making a stop at 1STBANK Center in August, goes on sale this Friday, May 10, while Tricky at the Gothic, and Wiz Khalifa and A$AP Rocky at Fiddler's go on sale on Saturday, May 11. Keep reading for the full rundown t ... More >>

New Denver shows: Phoenix, Five Iron Frenzy, Channel 93.3 Big Gig with Lumineers and more

Another solid batch of new shows going on sale this weekend, including Phoenix, who's coming to the Rocks with Dinosaur Jr., Five Iron Frenzy, set to play the Ogden in August, KTCL Channel 93.3 is set to feature the Lumineers, Langhorne Slim and Paper Bird, plus the Monkees. Keep reading for the ful ... More >>

A Colfax-themed comp featuring songs about the world's greatest avenue? Uh, yes, please!

It's amazing that somebody hasn't already thought of this: A Colfax-themed compilation filled with songs about...wait for it... Colfax. Leave it to local music man and ColfaxAvenue.com webmaster Jonny Barber to beat everybody to the punch. This gem features tunes by Five Iron Frenzy ("Where Zero Mee ... More >>

Save the Tank: Musicians unite to preserve the Tank, an acoustic marvel in northwest Colorado

Back in 1976, while traveling around northwest Colorado, composer and musician Bruce Odland was introduced by locals to the Tank, a sixty-foot-tall water tank outside Rangely. Odland used a circular portal to go inside the never-used tank -- and immediately knew he'd entered a very special sonic won ... More >>

Soccer moms of the world, unite: New Kids on the Block are coming to 1STBANK Center!

So this one summer before New Kids on the Block made all the girls (who are all middle aged moms now -- meditate on that for a minute) swoon like no other, the dudes did an in-store at the mall in Cheyenne. I was there. My best friend was a DJ at the station presenting the meet and greet, and so we ... More >>

Clean comedian John Crist loves Katt Williams, and is loved by Denver's dirtiest standups

John Crist has comfortably rooted himself in the world of Christian comedy, crafting niche-specific jokes that kill with the straight-laced Colorado Springs crowd. Yet somehow -- miraculously! -- he's also cultivated a respectable reputation in Denver's underground community, where the dirtiest of t ... More >>

Five Iron Frenzy at Casselman's, 12/31/12

FIVE IRON FRENZY @ CASSELMAN'S BAR AND VENUE |12/31/12 From the very beginning of its New Year's Eve set at Casselman's Bar & Venue in Denver, Five Iron Frenzy brought an enormous amount of energy, fueled by a clear sense of joy at performing. The old fans were incredibly happy to get to see the ba ... More >>

What New Year's weekend looked like in Denver

Wowzers! Is your head still hurting today? Ours is, and we even had all day yesterday to recharge and rehydrate. Needless to say, we all sent 2012 packing in the Mile High City with an absolute ferociousness. Whether you were there and want to relive the revelry or if you had a quiet year end and sl ... More >>

Five Iron Frenzy: A extensive oral history of the band straight from the members themselves

Five Iron Frenzy is a Colorado band with a lengthy and storied history. Initially formed as a side project of Exhumator, an idustrial thrash band, Five Iron became a full time endeavor when its founders, frontman Reese Roper, bassist Keith Hoerig, and guitarists Micah Ortega and Scott Kerr, and drum ... More >>

Ten best concerts this weekend, Friday, September 7, through Sunday, September 9

Welcome to the weekend! We know, it's here already? Indeed. As always in our beloved Mile High City, the options are ripe for the picking and plentiful. We have them all listed in our massive concert calendar. If you're feeling industrious and have some time to kill before lunch, print that bad boy ... More >>

Five Iron Frenzy

Friday, September 7, Summit Music Hall, 1-866-468-7621.

Five noteworthy examples of how Kickstarter is helping make the local scene more vibrant

Amanda Palmer recently set the record for crowd-sourced fundraising among music-related projects -- a record once held by Five Iron Frenzy -- after the Kickstarter campaign to fund her new record raised $735,000 in about two weeks. The former Dresden Dolls frontwoman served up tickets, copies of the ... More >>

Listen to My Body Sings Electric's new track "Doctor" before it officially drops on Tuesday

​My Body Sings Electric is one of the recent Kickstarter success stories locally. Granted, the act's initiative wasn't quite as successful as, say, Five Iron Frenzy's recent campaign, which has raised a staggering $161K and counting, but My Body Sings Electric successfully funded its project. ... More >>

Five Iron Frenzy reunion: FIF posts new song, announces plans for new album due in 2013!

Update, 7:54 p.m.: Astoundingly, unless our eyes are playing tricks on us, Five Iron Frenzy appears to have already reached its Kickstarter goal of raising $30,000 to record its new album. Holy crap! That's got to be some kind of record. So far, this reunion seems to be off to a great start. So as ... More >>

Five Iron Frenzy promises that November 22 will be a day that no FIF fan will soon forget

​Oh those crazy Five Iron Frenzy kids. What will they do next? They have something planned. Something big, evidently. And whatever it is, it's happening tomorrow. Or at least that's when the beloved, bygone homegrown ska-core ambassadors are going to tell us whatever it is they have up their l ... More >>

O Scum all ye faithful: Christianity gets the punk-rock treatment at this Denver church

Reese Roper on Five Iron Frenzy and Scum of the Earth, the church he helped co-found

​In the course of writing this week's feature ("O Scum All Ye Faithful"), I spoke with Five Iron Frenzy singer and Scum co-founder, Reese Roper. Roper was an icon for '90s Christian punk rock, writing songs with a lyrical sophistication that referenced literature and world history. His songs w ... More >>

Reflecting on the rise and fall of Five Iron Frenzy

By the time Five Iron Frenzy played its final show on November 22, 2003 at the Fillmore, it was, at the time, one of Denver's most successful acts. From the time it formed in 1995 until the time it folded nearly a decade later, the band built a rabid fanbase the old fashioned way, winner over one ... More >>

Five Iron Frenzy DVD in the works

​Remember back when we didn't really have too many high-profile bands, before the Fray and all the other members of the Neo Denver Invasion were even a gleam in their daddy's eye? Then you probably remember Five Iron Frenzy, the ridiculously popular ska-core outfit fronted by Reese Roper whose mem ... More >>

The Hollyfelds make your black heart blue

It's time to start getting excited about a fresh EP from the Hollyfelds, the band that Westword readers deemed the best alt-country act in town last year. It's been just over a year since the thoroughly entertaining, unflinchingly professional and utterly engaging quintet graced us with its debut fu ... More >>

Mile Hi-Fidelity recast playlist - 01.21.09

Update: Wednesday night's show has been posted after the jump.Well, we made it through another show. What are we at, like, seven now? Kind of lost count. Somebody's keeping track, right? Anyhow, it was a good one, but like I said at the beginning of the show, you'd hardly expect to hear otherwise fr ... More >>

Brave Saint Saturn

Anti-Meridian
Department of Biophysics

The Hollyfelds

Yellow Second Reunites

Mile High Makeout: Leaving the Nest

The Hollyfelds

The Hollyfelds Keep It Familiar

A band that eats together stays together.

Sunday Best

Nathan & Stephen

This nine-piece band started out as a simple duo.

California Dreaming

Yo, Flaco! says goodbye to Denver.

Turning Japanese

All appearances to the contrary, Denver's latest zine has nothing to do with Japan.

The Beatdown

Dan Rutherford has his finger on Mootown's musical pulse.

Second Coming

Yellow Second puts faith in the redemptive power of pop.

The Beatdown

Putting Denver on the musical map.

The Beatdown

Giving KTCL’s Project Next a whole new spin.

The Beatdown

Striking while the Iron is still hot, Reese Roper returns with a new band.

Xmas Marks the Spot

A guide to new holiday discs, from surprise presents to Tannen-bombs.

Backwash

Yellow Second and Mary Beth Abella unleash two fine samples of local sounds.

Yellow Second

Still Small (Urban Achiever Records)

Best Ska Recording

Electric Boogaloo
Five Iron Frenzy
5 Minute Walk Records

Summertime Rolls

It's the time of the season to check out some local releases.

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Queer Power

Joe Queer makes punk that's built to last.

Home, Sweet Home

The peak performances by Colorado artists in 1997.

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Music Showcase, Take Three

Another Descent

The Descendents live to punk again.

Irons in the Fire

They're punk. They're ska. They're Christian. They're Denver's Five Iron Frenzy.