Monolith Festival

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Review: The Avett Brothers at Red Rocks, 7/9/11

The Avett Brothers last night.​When Governor John Hickenlooper introduced the Avett Brothers last night at Red Rocks, which he called the one of best bands in the world, he said, "If you look back into the history of music, there's something special about people who are born with multiple tale ... More >>

Snowball Festival's organizers on how it came together and what inspired it

​This weekend's Snowball Festival in the Vail Valley has already surpassed expectations. Barely in its first year, and the festival has put together an impressive lineup that includes acts like Bassnectar, Pretty Lights, the Flaming Lips, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Local Natives and D ... More >>

Mile High Music Festival not happening

​In case you've noticed that the Mile High Music Festival hasn't announced its lineup yet for this year and you've wondered why -- first of all, congratulations on being astute, but secondly, the lineup hasn't been revealed because, well, there is no lineup this year. There is no festival. Aft ... More >>

Oakland's Beats Antique opens for Glitch Mob on Halloween at the Fillmore

Chromeo on the new album, Business Casual, and the importance of humor in its music

Tim Saccenti​ Formed by pair of childhood friends, Chromeo first began gaining notoriety with the release of its second album, Fancy Footwork in 2007, and before long the Canadian duo, individually known as P-Thugg and Dave 1, garnered coveted slots at major festivals such as Coachella. The o ... More >>

The Weekend Show Down: Monotonix mixes up a molotov of rock

Aaron ThackerayMonotonix at last year's Monolith festival​ There's nothing like experiencing the sweat, thump and catharsis of a great show. But it can be tough to decide which one to go to when you live in Denver, the land of embarrassing musical riches, the land of too many shows and too li ... More >>

DJ Mu$a on living in Brixton, playing in Paris with Saul Williams and being an envelope-pusher

Paul Winner​ 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 stumbl ... More >>

Under the electronic exterior of Savoy beats the heart of rock and roll

Hey, DJ! Q&A with boyhollow

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 co ... More >>

Hold off reading Monolith its last rites. The festival still has some life in it.

​From the outside looking in, things still look incredibly grim for the Monolith Festival and its prospects for the future. Organizers set up a Kickstarter account a few weeks ago in response to an overwhelming outcry from fans, who offered to pitch in when word first leaked that the festival was ... More >>

If ever there were an indie-rock orchestra, Moonspeed is it

Q&A with Monolith Festival Director Josh Baker

Matt Fecher (left) and Josh Baker with Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips, whose band headlined the inaugural editon of Monolith ​Yesterday's news that the Monolith Festival is in financial straits and in need of a rather large infusion of cash just to continue wasn't completely shocking, especially ... More >>

Breaking: Monolith Festival on the ropes

​Just received word from Josh Baker, co-curator of Monolith, that the future of the indie-centric festival is uncertain. (Read Baker's full statement after the jump.) Although the turnout for this year's festival seemed to increase slightly from year's past and the lineup itself seemed more solid ... More >>

Animals At Risk remixes the Swayback

Matt Fecher isn't letting the grass grow under his feet. Although his hands are clearly already full with helping curate the Monolith Festival, Fecher, who DJs under the name Hot to Death, is constantly moving in a number of different creative directions at once it seems, from launching and hostin ... More >>

Monolith Q&A: Thao with the Get Down Stay Down

​Thao with the Get Down Stay Down's latest record, Know Better Learn Faster, carries a wide menu of influences. Like the ensemble's previous work, the album draws from traditional American folk precedents, as well as snippets of other sounds that range from old Motown to '60s pop. The blend c ... More >>

Monolith Q&A: Depreciation Guild

Photo by Drew Reynolds​Brooklyn's the Depreciation Guild has spent the last few years fusing elements of synth pop, dream pop and experimental electronic music into an indistinguishable amalgamation of the band's wide-ranging sonic influences. In reviews and profiles of the band, much has been ... More >>

Monolith Q&A: The Glitch Mob

​The Glitch Mob started out as a Los Angeles-based DJ collective that pooled its collective talent to make a more collaborative music with expanded sonic possibilities. As individual artists, Ooah, edIT and Boreta have released solo albums of cutting edge electronic music but it is as a team t ... More >>

Monolith Q&A: Red Wire Black Wire

​Often compared to New Wave bands of the early '80s -- especially the Human League --Brooklyn, New York's Red Wire Black Wire, uses synthesizers as a primary compositional instrument. Described by the New Music Express as having an icy sound, the immediacy and sincerity of Doug Walters's vocal ... More >>

Monolith Q&A: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros

​Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros are definitely one of the more buzzed about underground bands to come to Colorado this summer and deservedly so. With a briskly selling headliner show at the Planet Bluegrass Wildflower Pavillions in Lyons on Friday September 11 and a hotly anticipated appea ... More >>

$99 two-day Monolith Festival passes released

​If you haven't yet scored tickets for the Monolith Festival, which is just over a week off, now might be the ideal time to get them and save a few bucks. Esurance, one of the festivals sponsors, just released a block of 400 $99 two-day passes (no service fees) that are only available for the next ... More >>

Over the weekend: The Avett Brothers at the Ogden Theatre

​The Avett Brothers, Sally Ford and the Sound Outside Saturday, Aug. 22 Ogden Theatre Better than: Most of the shows I've seen this summer. I never thought I'd see a full-fledged hootenanny on the stage of the Ogden Theatre. But during choice moments of the Avett Brothers' Saturday set, an appea ... More >>

A Shoreline Dream offers free download of Ulrich Schnauss collaboration

​On its blog last night, Denver's oneiric, majestic A Shoreline Dream began offering a free download of its song "Departure." Co-written with Berlin-based electronica producer Ulrich Schnauss, the song is a lush wash of shoegazing gorgeousness that first appeared on the band's full-length Reco ... More >>

Speakeasy Tiger earned its current buzz the old-fashioned way - by working hard and writing great music

Flaming Lips, Modest Mouse, Frank Black shows annouced

The Flaming Lips know all about putting on a hell of a show, and the Monolith Festival gig at Red Rocks in 2007 was one most phenomenal things to happen to that venue in the last few years. Lets hope for a repeat performance when the Lips return to Red Rocks Sunday, August 23 with Explosions in the ... More >>

The Kills

Wednesday, April 22, Fox Theatre, Boulder, 303-443-3399.

From Blonde to Black: When DJs Attack

On Monday night, while I was enjoying the turntable stylings of DJ Hot to Death (aka the Monolith Music Festival's Matt Fecher) and those of his co-horts for the evening, Heather Powell Browne (writer of the "I Am Fuel, You Are Friends" music blog), and Nathan and Patrick Meese at the Larimer Lounge ... More >>

Manic Monday

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Memorialize Monolith on the cheap

Did you miss out on the Monolith festival, but want people to believe you were there? Or maybe you blew all your cash on a ticket and a few $7 beers, leaving you no funds to purchase the appropriate shwag to remember the event by? Or maybe you're like me, and you just couldn't face the prospect of ... More >>

When Cafe Cero closed, Open Tap took over

A Long, Strange Trip

A panel discussion looks at how rock

Live Review: Dressy Bessy, the Fire Drills & the Pseudo Dates

Q&A with Tammy Ealom of Dressy Bessy

Printer's objections -- about the F-word? -- delay issue of FM magazine

Rearview: The Week in Review (9/13/08-9/19/08)

The Westword.com blog shortcut, September 15 edition

Monolith Festival Live Blog, Day 1

The hipsters of Monolith

Westword's Freeloader tips you off to the best in legitimate, artist-approved downloads.

Over the Weekend...Cloud Cult @ Larimer Lounge

Last Night: The Blood Arm, Art Brut, the Hold Steady @ The Fox Theater

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

Wino Diaries

Make room on the Amy Winehouse bandwagon.