Subject: Red Rocks Amphitheatre

• This Weekend: Monolith Festival @ Red Rocks, Friday, September 14

  September 17, 2007

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

  September 17, 2007

• This Weekend: Monolith Festival @ Red Rocks, Friday, September 14

  September 18, 2007

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

  September 18, 2007

• Last Night: Arcade Fire @ Red Rocks, Monday, September 17

  September 18, 2007

• Best success story

  June 29, 2000

• Backwash

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• The Westword.com blog shortcut, June 2 edition

  Va-va-va-voom. Shape up. Today in Cafe Society: • Booze, boobs and broads: Jonesy's EatBar staff showing skin for a good cause. • Half-price bottles at the Wine Loft today. • Who tried to blow up the Fat Cat Sports Bar? • Rock & Roll Grill goes up in smoke. • Chill: Icehouse Tavern is opening later this month. • Starlight Lounge ready to shine. • LaLa's Wine Bar uncorks bottles from the Southern Hemisphere. Today in Backbeat Online: • Last night: Camera Obscura at the Bluebird

  June 2, 2009

• Backwash

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• Drunk of the Week

  August 14, 2003

• The Beatdown

  February 5, 2004

• Best Online Music Store

  March 24, 2005

• The Beatdown

  August 11, 2005

• Even Obama's dry-erase board became a piece of history at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science

  March 5, 2009

• Last night: Leonard Cohen at Red Rocks

  Soren McCartyLeonard Cohen Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison Thursday, June 4, 2009 Better Than: Cohen probably was fifteen years ago. Something must have happened to Leonard Cohen these past several years, because the performance the man gave on Thursday was stronger, more confident and even better developed than he has often sounded on his records. At the outset, the ten-piece group, including Cohen, were dressed in dark colors and many were wearing hats. The show began immediately with "Dance

  June 5, 2009

• Let Freedom Reel

  Cinemocracy Rocks! puts democracy into film.

  August 21, 2008

• Run For the Hills

  Red Rocks hosts Blade Runner for Film on the Rocks.

  July 31, 2008

• It's Only Forever

  July 10, 2008

• Go for the Gold!

  June 4, 2009

• Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

  July 12, 2007

• How to Survive...A Hippie-Fest at Red Rocks

  Watch out for beer bottles, laser pointers and pointy umbrellas.

  June 2, 2005

• From Mile High to Monolith, breaking down Denver's summer music fests

  The Mile High Music Fest returns to Dick's with Tool, Widespread Panic and the Fray. With so many music festivals to fill up your summer and drain your pocketbook, we put together a handy rundown of Denver's fests, in order of their appearance on your calendar. Which are you looking most forward to? What should concertgoers know about each? Use the comments section below -- and enjoy the summer. Built to Spill headlines this year's Showcase.Westword Music Showcase Dates: June 13 Venue: Numerou

  May 26, 2009

• Last night: Punk Rocks at Red Rocks

  Photos by Aaron Thackeray Check out the full slideshow.Punk Rocks: Offspring, Alkaline Trio, The Vandals, Street Dogs, Frontside FiveRed Rocks AmphitheaterThursday, May 28, 2009 Better than: Attending a purported punk festival at the Pepsi Center. It was an unlikely forum for a punk show. Red Rocks Amphitheater isn't the first venue that pops into my mind when I think of an ideal setting for a live punk experience. Indeed, the amphitheater's airy expanses and grandiose feel almost contradict w

  May 29, 2009

• 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 Sky and Star Death & the White Dwarfs, which features Wayne Coyne's nephew Dennis. Tickets, which run from $36.75 to $46.50, go on sale Saturday, June 20 at 10 a.m. And as an added bonus, all tick

  June 16, 2009

• Last Night's Show: The Rouge at Red Rocks

  Kiernan Maletsky Imagine that you are a member of the Rouge. You've just completed your first tour. One of the stops was at L.A.'s Knitting Factory, where you played for six labels and a couple of them showed interest. Less than a week later, you come home and play Red Rocks, which I hear is a big deal.  Imagine the feeling of stepping onto that stage, hollowed ground, only a couple years removed from living in a tent in your friend's backyard in Baker. Can you imagine what that would feel l

  July 8, 2009

• Mile High Music Festival Q&A: Pepper

  Averaging 200 shows every year for the past eight years, the members of Pepper have earned a reputation for being as dedicated as they are hedonistic.  With five full-length albums under their belt and the development of their own record label, the Hawaiian-bred members have demonstrated an intense love for music that can only be rivaled by their love for surfboards and Jagermeister. Blending the organic harmonies of reggae with the melodic undertones of pop-rock, the outfit has produced a

  July 17, 2009

• Today's Featured Event: Record-break at Film on the Rocks' World's Largest Music Lesson

  Paramount Pictures/Lucasfilm Join Henry and Indy Jones at Film on the Rocks.​Film on the Rocks is, hands down, my favorite summer film series in the area. First, there's the gorgeous view of the city from Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 18300 West Alameda Parkway in Morrison. Then there's all the additional entertainment thrown in for the price of admission -- music and comedy and giveaways galore. And finally, there are the films themselves, hand-picked by the folks over at the Denver Film Soc

  July 28, 2009

• 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 Recollections of Memory, released earlier this year. ASD's next show is Aug. 22 at Bender's, and it's also slated to appear at Red Rocks on Sept. 13 as part of the Monolith Festival.

  July 31, 2009

• Over the weekend: Phish at Red Rocks, 8/02/09

  Aaron Thackeray​Phish's last night at Red Rocks Amphitheatre was made complete with one very special guest, Bill Kruetzman. The former drummer of the Grateful Dead was not expected and to bring him out for six songs to close out the second set was quite a treat. In typical Phish fashion, the band employed a little trickery to keep everyone guessing. Instead of honoring Jerry Garcia on his birthday, Saturday August 1, they choose to bring Bill Kreutzman out on the day after his birthday, becaus

  August 4, 2009

• Q&A with Krispy Kream of the Knux

  ​Don't let the tight jeans and thick-rimmed glasses fool you. The brothers who make up The Knux were raised about as far away from the suburbs as you can get: New Orleans' Ninth Ward. Still, Krispy Kream and Rah Almillio (aka Kentrell and Alvin Lindsey) found their sound by listening to just as much pop as hip-hop, and they are savvy enough to know that their cross-genre music plays better with the college kids than the hardcore rap fanatics. So they don't fight it. They fill their music w

  August 5, 2009

• Over the weekend: Kings of Leon at Red Rocks

  Aaron Thackeray​Kings of Leon, The Whigs Sunday, August 9, 2009 Red Rocks Better than: Listening to generic music on the radio. I had no problems with the delivery. The Kings of Leon's set at Red Rocks on Sunday didn't suffer from any bum notes, off chords or flubbed lyrics. The quartet offered a solid performance, one that encapsulated the group's best known radio hits and one that spurred the capacity audience to enthusiastic responses. But the show missed on a more general level. The endle

  August 10, 2009

• Over the Weekend: Rocking the Rocks

  Photo by Aaron Thackeray​On the heels of hosting some of hip-hop's favorite sons on Thursday, Red Rocks welcomed indie rock's on Sunday: Kings of Leon. See photos at westword.com/slideshow.

  August 10, 2009

• Making music eventful

  Soren McCarty​Most years, I make it up to Red Rocks for just one show. It has to be a real occasion -- something to make it worth the drive, the parking, the overpriced beers and the difficulty of escaping once the show is over. Two years ago, I made the journey for Ozomatli, and I left when the headliner, Los Lonely Boys, launched into its onanistic set. Last year, it was Daft Punk, I think. This year, I thought Leonard Cohen was going to be the one show worth the hassle -- one beautiful, mag

  August 12, 2009

• Over the Weekend: Atmosphere at Red Rocks

  ​ Atmosphere, Aesop Rock, Murs and Eyedea & Abilities Red Rocks Friday, August 14 Red Rocks giveth, and Red Rocks taketh away. The sprawling amphitheater is so storied at this point that it tests performers playing it like few venues in the country -- and not everyone passes. That was certainly the case on Friday night, when two of the four top acts on the bill traveled through the fire unharmed and even enhanced by the experience, while the other pair wound up a little crispy around the

  August 17, 2009

• Over the weekend: The Flaming Lips at Red Rocks (bonus review)

  It was a series of firsts last night for Adam Perry: In was his first show at Red Rocks and his first time seeing the Flaming Lips. Given the profound, momentous nature of that combination, we thought we'd share his experience, and as a result you get a bonus review of the show today.Adam Perry​The Flaming Lips, Explosions in the Sky, Stardeath & White DwarfsRed Rocks AmphitheatreSunday, August 23, 2009 Better Than: Anti-depressants "Last night I had a horrible dream/ wakin' up at Red Roc

  August 24, 2009

• Monolith adds more than a dozen local DJs

  DJ Vajra​Just received word from Monolith curator Matt Fecher that the annual fall festival, headlined this year by the Mars Volta and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, has just added more than a dozen local DJs to its lineup. Nationally renown turntablist DJ Vajra heads the roster, which also includes Mu$a, who just performed over the weekend with Pretty Lights at City Hall, Cysko Rokwell of 3 the Hardway, Satan's Eighties Lovechild, Boyhollow of Lipgloss, Klaw, Mike Deez, Metat, Scotty Matelic, Option 4,

  August 24, 2009

• $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 48 hours. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Of Montreal, Girl Talk, Dandy Warhols and Phoenix are just a few of the stellar acts that will be at Red Rocks Saturday and Sunday, September 12 and 13.

  September 3, 2009

• The Westword.com blog shortcut, September 9 edition

  Open wide.​Meat, and so much more. Today in Cafe Society: • The winner of the burger battle at Tony's Market. • Open house today at 3014. • Tonight: Denver Five dinner at TAG with local winemaker Ben Parsons. • Chef and Tell: Mark Dym of Marco's Coal-Fired Pizza. • Our Weekly Bread: Cheba Hut. Today in Backbeat Online: • Monolith Q&A: the Bad Veins. • Monolith Q&A: Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros. • Q&A with Joe Bithorn of Beatles tribute band Rain. • MP3 Freeloader:

  September 9, 2009

• Last Night: The Killers at Red Rocks

  Photo by Eric Syl Gruneisen​ The Killers, Nervous Wreckords Red Rocks Amphitheater September 9, 2009 Better than: Seeing an epic, intricately staged arena show in the confines of an indoor arena. The Killers did a fine job of summoning the glitz and glamour of their hometown during their appearance at Red Rocks on Wednesday night. Indeed, the Las Vegas-based quartet's performance summoned the grand scope and dazzling flash of a show on the strip. The band's intricate stage setup included

  September 10, 2009

• 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 comes largely from the tastes of the band's lead singer and guitarist, Thao Nguyen. Originally from Virginia, Nguyen blends the traditional and the contemporary in her high-energy guitar lines and plai

  September 11, 2009

• Over the Weekend: Experience the urban-outfitted neon-infested loveliness of Monolith

  ​ Westword's weekend was dominated by Monolith, the annual two-day hipsterfest at Red Rocks that this year featured the Mars Volta, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Phoenix, Chromeo and plenty of other bands. Our stage-to-stage coverage includes photos of the bands from Day One and Day Two, photos of the fans and reviews of the shows from both days. Find it all at westword.com/slideshow and on the Backbeat blog.

  September 14, 2009

• Watch 3OH!3's set from the MTV VMAs

  Okay, if you're like us and were up at Red Rocks for Monolith this past Sunday night watching the Mars Volta confound the audience with its spectacular over indulgence or -- depending upon your perspective -- dazzle the crowd with its awe-worthy musicianship, you missed 3OH!3's thirty second long, blink-and-you-missed-it performance on the VMAs. Good for us, the fine folks at MTV graciously captured the clip in its entirety. If you're not already a card-carrying, dyed-in-the-wool fan of this gr

  September 15, 2009

• On the Rocks

  October 8, 2009

• Ween's September Red Rocks show available on iClips

  Eric Gruneisen​It seemed like there was a special significance to Ween's show at Red Rocks in September. In addition to the fact that the show marked one of the final spots on the band's fall tour, we noticed a number of cameras during the performance and mused that the show could wind up being released as a DVD or a supplement to an upcoming album. Turns out we weren't far off. The Ween crew have announced on their website that the Red Rocks show is available for download on iClips for about

  November 6, 2009

• The Rouge's red letter day continues

  ​Looks like the Rouge's red letter day is continuing. From kicking off the summer performing at Red Rocks to making its way up to headlining status, the band is now enjoying a healthy buzz generated by the inherent sex appeal of its shirtless, leather vested frontman its passionate live shows and Heat and Light, the outfit's excellent new record, issued this past spring on Morning After Records. And the buzz, it seems, is beginning to pay off: Tonight the act is playing a show at the Marquis (

  November 6, 2009