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The ten best concerts to see in Denver this week

SHABAZZ PALACES @ LARIMER LOUNGE | MON, 5/6/13 In the first half of the '90s, Ishmael Butler went by the moniker "Butterfly" as part of the rap trio Digable Planets. After the outfit's 1995 split, the group performed one-off shows here and there, but since 2009, Butler has released music with Tendai ... More >>

The Appleseed Cast

Wednesday, May 8, hi-dive, 303-733-0230.

Gonzo Museum in Aspen is going, going, gone as of April 1

The plane lands in Aspen at a quarter after four; I'm late. Outside the terminal, which doubles as a café for sharp-dressed skiers and businessmen, D.J. Watkins is waiting in his heavy-breathing '89 Subaru Legacy. The 29-year-old Kansas native moved to Aspen five years ago, determined to preserve H ... More >>

Morrissey cancels Denver date along with the rest of the dates on his North American tour

Welp, it's a wrap. No Morrissey, Denver. That's the word. Whoever said they were just waiting for the word "postponed" to follow word of the new date to make up for his twice previously postponed Denver dates, you should start buying lottery tickets or something. Well, except that the date hasn't be ... More >>

Q&A: Director Joan Grossman talks about Drop City, her latest Colorado-connected film

In 1965, a southern Colorado community known as Drop City was born when a collective of artists from Boulder and Lawrence, Kansas, settled on a seven-acre plot just outside of Trinidad. With a desire to establish a non-ideological creative community whose physical structures -- modeled on Buckminste ... More >>

Morrissey's new Denver date is April 26

It's all Morrissey all the time on Backbeat apparently. In what can only be explained as the universe being charter member of the Cult of Moz (or just seriously coincidental timing), we've just received word that the one and only Steven Patrick Morrissey has rescheduled his upcoming Denver date. Pos ... More >>

New Morrissey Denver date: Moz now due at the Temple Buell Theatre on Thursday, February 21

Here's some news that ought to brighten your day -- assuming of course that you're suffering from a case of the Mondays like the rest of us and it needs brightening: A new date has been announced for Morrissey, whose previous date at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House at the beginning of November was po ... More >>

The Melvins counting on Denver to help them earn a spot in the Guinness World Records book

On Wednesday, September 12, you'll have a chance to become part of history and help the Melvins weasel their way into the Guinness World Records book, which they hope to do by playing shows in all fifty states plus one in the District of Columbia in just 51 days. One can only imagine what sparked th ... More >>

Joe Freemond, exec chef of the Cellar Wine Bar, on fresh blood and Denver in a nutshell

Joe Freemond Cellar Wine Bar 2556 15th Street 303-455-9463 www.cwbon15th.com This is part one of my interview with Joe Freemond, exec chef of the Cellar Wine Bar. Part two of our interview will run in this space tomorrow. Raw fish. That's what Joe Freemond gravitated toward when he was a kid. Not ... More >>

West of Center is more a cultural documentary than an art show

Slide show: View images from West of Center

Dancer Michelle Ellsworth wins a $50,000 USA Fellowship prize

​The sixth annual round of the USA Fellowship grants -- fifty awards of $50,000 each -- were announced last night in Los Angeles, and exactly one went to a Colorado artist: Michelle Ellsworth of Boulder, for her work in the field of dance. Ellsworth has an MFA in dance from the University of ... More >>

After some legal wrangling, pedal-powered booze carts gain traction in Denver

Drew Gibson reflects on the music scene in Lawrence and his band, Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk

Last Night: Re: Definition brings underground electronica to the masses at Cervantes

The New Deal.​ RE: DEFINITION The New Deal|MartyParty|Orchard Lounge|Raw Russ DJ Rootz|Future Rock|The Floozies|Tokimonsta|Sonkin 10.9.10 | Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom/The Other Side Dubstep is here to stay -- at least for a while -- and last night at Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom, sever ... More >>

Drag the River tapped to join Lucero for series of dates in November and December

​In what has to be one of the most natural pairings we've heard about in recent memory, we just received word that the estimable Drag the River dudes, currently on tour in Europe with Austin Lucas and Cory Branan, have been tapped to accompany Lucero on at least nine dates at the end of Novemb ... More >>

Rooftop Vigilantes

Sunday, June 6, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

The Appleseed Cast's sound has undergone as many changes as its lineup

Freeloader: Download a new track from Pretty Light's forthcoming EP in advance of shows this week in Boulder and Denver

​ Derek Vincent Smith, who performs under the Pretty Lights moniker (due tonight at the Boulder Theater), has announced plans to release three new EPs, the first of which, Making Up a Changing Mind, was just posted to his site last week. With three albums already under his belt that have rec ... More >>

The Weekend Showdown: Get (Pacific) Prideful

Bailey Ferguson​ We would hate for you to miss out on all the awesome that happens every weekend in our fair city, so we've decided to run down three of the best shows in one easy-to-swallow post, with video and audio. Tell us -- and the rest of the world -- what we missed in the comments.

King Khan & BBQ Show's tour manager arrested, shows canceled

​Our fellows in St. Louis at A to Z, the Riverfront Times music blog, are reporting that the notoriously wild garage rockers King Khan and BBQ Show were a no-show for their nearly sold-out performance there the other night. It turns out the band was delayed, perhaps indefinitely, when their to ... More >>

Meese back on the road with a modified lineup

​After six weeks off the road spent working on new music and revamping its live show, Meese is back on tour. The outfit is kicking off its upcoming series of shows tonight with a gig at the Theater of the Living Arts in Philadelphia, followed by nearly two dozen dates across the country -- includi ... More >>

The Appleseed Cast

Saturday, February 21, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk, Yellow Elephant and Married in Berdichev at Rhinoceropolis

Photo: Tom Murphy Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk w/Yellow Elephant and Married in BerdichevSaturday, November 29th, 2008RhinoceropolisBetter Than: Seeing well-established bands in a less idealistic setting.As a relatively new, experimental band, Yellow Elephant is still working out its kinks and inco ... More >>

Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk

Saturday, November 29, Rhinoceropolis, 303-641-9809.

Tickle Me Pink releases explicit version of "Typical Whore" video

Tickle Me Pink, who's in the midst of a cross country tour right now with Hawthorne Heights (full dates after the jump), has posted an explicit, NSFW version of their "Typical Whore" video. Like the the original version, the video features porn star Gabriella Fox crawling through comforters on her ... More >>

Q&A with David Marion from Fear Before the March of Flames

Traveling Turns South by Southwest

This Weekend: Monolith Festival @ Red Rocks, Saturday, September 15

Conner

Friday, March 23, Oriental Theater, 303-455-2124.

Busted Up

Shirting the Issue

Putting the fun back in the revolution.

White Whale

WWI (Merge)

The Appleseed Cast

Monday, February 27, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

The Esoteric

Friday, March 11, Revoluciones, 303-825-3845.

The Message

Youth Movement

Roses Are Rad

Rose Hill Drive has come a long way...without me.

Voices Carry

With a buoyant new album, Voices Underwater is rising to the surface.

Sky High

A new record deal and some famous friends may put 34 Satellite into orbit.

Football Fanatics, Arise

Put your pigskin pedigree to the test.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of August 22, 2002

Mates of State

Our Constant Concern (Polyvinyl)

Alone on the Range

Our purple mountains' majesty can be a headache for traveling bands -- and for fans who crave live music.

Trischka's Treat

The banjo champion makes music that's finger-pickin' good.

The New Order

Mail Order Children play ska--and a lot of other things, too.

Feedback

HERE COMES THE FUZZ

CRITIC'S CHOICE

HUNT FOR A BLUE NOVEMBER

LET FREEDY RING

LETTERS