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So What! The Club turns twenty: See more fliers from Denver's longest running club night

So What is Denver's longest running club night. While there's been a few hiatuses here and there over the years as the night transitioned from venue to venue, for the most part, So What has been an ongoing concern for twenty years. Twenty years! On the surface, that might not sound like that admirab ... More >>

So What! The club turns twenty this Saturday

Twenty years ago this Saturday night in the basement of City Spirit on 14th and Blake, DJ K-Nee hosted the very first edition of So What! with DJ L7-Square. Little did K-Nee know back then that So What! would not only go on to become Denver's longest running club night, but that he and Big Styles (a ... More >>

Getting stoned with MU$A

Our state recently made history by voting to legalize marijuana for recreational use. In honor of this momentous occasion -- and while the specific legalities are being ironed out with the feds -- we thought we'd take a few minutes to catch up with various members of our musical community, the known ... More >>

Unwined and Dined

Peter Black on growing up around music, So What! and the importance of community

See Also: Tonight: Peter Black at the Meadowlark Peter Black (aka Peter Gurule) first gained renown as a DJ as part of the long-running and legendary club night, So What! Since then, he's made a name for himself not just as a skilled DJ in a very real sense of the term but as someone who has taken ... More >>

Weekend's best nightlife: Sascha Dive, Danny Daze, Paul Oakenfold, Peter Black and more

See Also: Q&A with Peter Black Q&A with Porter Robinson Aw, yeah, weekend's here! There's a heady mix of local and international talent brewing on the dance scene this weekend, including Peter Black's official retirement party and tunes by Porter Robinson, Danny Daze, Sascha Dive and Paul Oakenfol ... More >>

Peter Black on community-building in Denver

Ten things to do for $10 this weekend, June 8-10, 2012

Down to your last ten dollars? Don't worry, there are plenty of things you can do this weekend that cost a Hamilton or less. Gawk at a performance artist living in a box, usher in summer at a dance party, or pretend you're in Paris at a Francophile craft party. You might even have some money left ov ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, April 6-8, 2012

Spending money is such a bummer. Luckily, you don't have to drop that much cash to have fun this weekend. Whether you fancy a mystical art show, Hunger Games costume contest or a 3-D dance party, we've got them (and more!), all for under $10. Get out there and enjoy the spring. For a full listing ... More >>

Weekend's best party bets: HEADNOD at Meadowlark, '90s house party and more

This weekend's best party bets come to you in the form of reggae and head noddin' beats courtesy of Peter Black, Mu$a and Nofrendo, who will be rocking the Meadowlark tonight, getting their groove on like they do. Govahment Promotions, meanwhile, will be keeping the reggae crowd moving this evening ... More >>

Weekend's best dance bets: Snowball, Tigerskin (aka Dub Taylor), the Crystal Method and more

There is a ridiculous amount of talent in the state this weekend, and we do mean ridiculous. Between the Crystal Method, Bassnectar and the renowned Tigerskin (aka Dub Taylor), you'd have plenty to choose from. Snowball Music Festival kicks off this weekend in Vail with Rusko, MiMOSA, Major Lazer, M ... More >>

Weekend's best live music bets: The Swayback, Pure Sunshine II, Snoop Dogg and more

Welcome to the weekend! Whether you're making your way up to the mountains for Snowball Music Festival 2012 or staying behind in the city, there's an abundance of musical choices: Tonight at the Fillmore Snoop Dogg throws down before heading up the hill himself for a slot at Snowball, while a couple ... More >>

Weekend's best party bets: Greatest Show on Turf, Queenz of Hip-Hop and more

You wanna party? Oh yes you do. It's Friday and you don't have anything better to do! It's the third day of the Greatest Show on Turf celebrating DJ Ktone's birthday, the Analog Space crew is getting down at Meadowlark, there are tons of reggae parties tomorrow, as well as hip-hop house parties galo ... More >>

Weekend's best party bets: DJ Mu$a, So What! and more

This weekend is ready to grab you by the hand and whirl you around on a dance floor or three. The party lineup is looking gloriously funky and melodic, from DJ Mu$a's celebration of black music tonight at Euphoria to the one-year anniversary of the Massive Reggae party at Funky Buddha. Wait, there's ... More >>

Get Natty and Nice this weekend and kick with GirlGrabbers at Misletoe and Mistresses

​The holiday party swagger is in full effect this weekend. It's rounded out by everything from a Natty and Nice reggae party to GirlGrabbers' Mistletoe and Mistresses party going down at Theory and Practice Gallery. GirlGrabbers (Gypdahip, Qknox and Brikabrak) are bringing out the holiday chee ... More >>

Spacetime Continuum, Luca Bacchetti, Africa Hitech and more on this weekend's Dance CArd

Catch DJ ESP at Bar Standard tonight​Feel like dancing? There're plenty of places to get your groove on this weekend. Tonight, Bar Standard is hosting Spacetime Continuum and DJ ESP (aka Woody McBride) as part of Full Flavor Fridays; expect ambient techno and experimental live PA or vinyl sets ... More >>

Here are your 2011 Denver #WebAwards music winners

​Here are the winners of the 2011 Denver #WebAwards in the category we're loosely dubbing "music," which means Backbeat scribes report on the happenings in these areas, right here on Backbeat. These are the winners only; for a complete list of finalists go here: "Here are your 2011 Denver #Web ... More >>

Halloween Events: Great American Taxi, MiM0Sa and Designer Drugs (win tickets!)

This weekend is huge. It's one of those, "If you aren't here, then you aren't having as much fun as me" kind of weekends. The deck is stacked with amazing things to do, so pick a card -- any card. We've got some passes to Designer Drugs at Club Vinyl to give away, so leave us a comment on a memorabl ... More >>

10 things to do for $10 this weekend, October 28-30, 2011

​This weekend is all about one thing: Halloween. While there are a couple things you can do without stretching your costume muscles, nearly all of the events happening are related to Halloween in some way. If you don't like the holiday, you best hit up the video store and stock up on full seas ... More >>

Bass Invasion 3 takes over Cervantes' on September 16

Torrential rainstorm wipes out Peter Black's entire music collection and destroys gear

​The epic monsoon that swept through Denver last night took out more than just trees. The torrential rainstorm also wiped out Peter Black's entire music catalogue when his car, which contained his Mac Book and virtually all of his music gear, was flooded. A veteran of the Mile High music scene ... More >>

Peter Black presenting first annual Denver After Dark Festival this August on Larimer

Looks like Peter Black, the progressive mind behind Analog Space, is trying his hand at curating a music festival. Dubbed Denver Afterdark, Black's inaugural soiree is slated to take place at the Meadowlark, the Larimer Lounge and Flobot.Org's community space on Friday, August 26, with performances ... More >>

DJ MU$A presents: My Robot Girlfriend

Paul Winner​DJ MU$A has emerged from his creative cave with a striking new mixed CD he's been working on called My Robot Girlfriend. A mash-up that's more sophisticated than many full album productions hitting the streets these days, My Robot Girlfriend finds MU$A infusing elements of old-scho ... More >>

So What! reunion slated for May at Beauty Bar

​ Psst! We just heard from a little birdy that So What! is having a reunion. What is SoWhat!, you ask? Only one of the most popular, longest-running, progressive, influential nights in town. Not to mention resilient. Let's talk about resiliency. Think the Solution has thrived despite enduring ... More >>

Prefuse 73, The Hood Internet and more: Your Artopia 2011 music schedule

Photo: Mattie StaffordThe Hood Internet perform in June in Minneapolis. See more photos.​Artopia, Westword's annual "biggest, greatest, most poppin' ass art party of the year," goes down on Saturday night. A highlight this year as always is the musical talent, so we've parsed down the full sch ... More >>

SOCO Nightlife Dancers, Professor Phelyx, Firemancer, and more at Artopia

This babe has her eyes set on the FireMANcer.​When you're talking about the "biggest, greatest, most poppin' ass art party of the year," you know there's going to be a lot of stuff going on -- almost too much stuff. But not really. That would be ridiculous. Don't be ridiculous. Because you do ... More >>

Tonight: Analog Space at Meadowlark, plus a Bring Your Own Records Party at the Merc

​Tonight, we're recommending two dance parties we told you about earlier in the week--The Analog Space Black Christmas Party and the Bring Your Own Records Party and benefit--because both are for a good cause, and both promise a throwdown of some great jams.

Peter Black co-hosts Local Shakedown on Radio 1190 this afternoon, offers free holiday mix

​Peter Black never quits, thankfully. The DJ, producer, party promotor and all-around busy bee is working hard this winter through his creative house, Analog Space -- which announced a partnership with Speaker Snacks, that will come to fruition in 2011. But before heading into the new year, Bl ... More >>

Free mix from DJ Narky Stares of the Real is a Feeling crew

A solstice, an eclipse and a dance party? Dude.​Not a lot of holiday parties circle around events that only happen every 456 years, but tomorrow night at Meadowlark, Real is a Feeling is holding it down as your winter solstice pre-party headquarters. To honor the solstice -- which is extra spe ... More >>

Blackhearts become BLKHRTS and prepare to release debut, BLK S BTFL (Black Is Beautiful)

​A little over a month ago, we wrote about the impending reinvention of The Pirate Signal and reported that frontman Yonnas Abraham would be shortening his own stage name to just Yo, followed by various punctuation, to be determined by the context. Well, now it seems his other outfit, Blackhea ... More >>

Tjutjuna at Larimer Lounge, 11/19/10

Tom MurphyTjutjuna​ TJUTJUNA Woodsman • Married In Berdichev • DJ Peter Black 11.19.10 | Larimer Lounge For his set, Peter Black used an iPad to control and trigger some of the sounds he was weaving into his live remixes. This set of songs had kind of a raw, percussion heavy sound and se ... More >>

Tonight: Tjutjuna album release at the Larimer Lounge

Trip balls with Tjutjuna, dude.​Finally, Tjutjuna will be giving its debut LP a proper celebratory release tonight, with a show at the Larimer Lounge. The self-titled, ten-song LP -- which became available for a a listening preview in September and was physically released in October -- is fina ... More >>

Win tickets to see Das Racist this Friday

​Das Racist -- the dudes responsible for the genius/idiocy that is "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell" -- are in town this Friday night for the Remedy Relief show at Casselman's with Pictureplane, Hollagramz, DJ Synergy, Peter Black, Kent Dub and Nikka T. We've got tickets with your name w ... More >>

Win tickets to see Holy Fuck, Indian Jewelry, Gauntlet Hair and Peter Black at the Larimer

​Okay, so we picked a winner for the pair of LCD Soundsystem tickets we had for tonight. If your name isn't Brandon Saranik and your submission wasn't "Liquid Courage Dancing," we're guessing you're slightly bummed. (If it's any consolation, there were a ton of responses we dug -- Lethargic ... More >>

Peter Black brings Hideous Men, Hollagramz and more to Meadowlark for Halloween bash

​Peter Black, the man behind the explosive Analog Space parties, has enlisted a diverse roster of DJs and bands for his upcoming Voodoo Ball 2010, a glittering Halloween blowout with a hand-picked lineup featuring Gauntlet Hair, Woodsman (their tour kickoff, according to Mr. Black), Hideous Me ... More >>

Last night: School of Seven Bells - 09/24/10

Tom MurphyPeter Black​ SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS With Active Child and DJ Peter Black 09.24.10 | Larimer Lounge, Denver Peter Black kicked off the evening with an hour-long set of remixes he's done for various artists, including songs by Chris & Cosey, Blonde Redhead and Glasser. Black moved in ... More >>

Share your sensibilities at Hard Drive

​Earlier this summer, a group of DJs started getting together for an informal round table of sorts at City O'City. Inspired by a party they admired in West London called "CDR," a trio of DJs, A-What, Musa and Peter Black, began meeting to play music for one another and talk about the songs eac ... More >>

Analog Space presents a special screening of Animal Collective's Oddsac at the Meadowlark

Mario Zoots/Modern Witch​Ah, looks like we're finally going to get around to screening Oddsac, Animal Collective's twisted take on cinema verite (see trailer after the jump), thanks to the lovely chaps from Analog Space and their esteemed counterparts at Research & Development, who will be tre ... More >>

Presenting the 2010 Westword Music Showcase Schedule and Map

IMPORTANT SCHEDULING UPDATE: Due to circumstances beyond our control (and, more to the point, frontman Chris Fogal's) TAUNTAUN will not be performing in the 6:15 - 7 p.m. slot at Broadway's tomorrow. While Fogal is resting his aching back ("I would tough it out," he assures us, "but the problem is t ... More >>

Win tickets to our special VIP pre-party with BoomBox

Tobin Voggesser​ Got your tickets to the Westword Music Showcase yet? Yeah? Nice work! Here's some news just for you: We're throwing a very special VIP pre-party just before the Showcase on Thursday, June 17, featuring BoomBox, who will be playing a private DJ set, Ginger Perry and Peter Blac ... More >>

Westword Music Showcase local lineup revealed

Gabriel Rovick And Ryan James (Focus 4 Design)​ The complete lineup for Showcase has been finalized, and all that's left to do now is countdown the days until the sixteenth annual Westword Music Showcase takes place on Saturday, June 19. Nearly a hundred local acts (well over a hundred if y ... More >>

Saturday night was a thrilling night for homegrown hip-hop in the Mile High City

As the headline states: Saturday night was a thrilling night for homegrown hip-hop in the Mile High City, even as it was also a study of contrasts. Starting the night off at the Walnut Room and catching the masterful floorwork of BreakEFX, fresh off its stint on America's Favorite Dance Crew, foll ... More >>

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