With the UMS in full-swing, Broadway’s got dozens of bands both local and national to choose from throughout the weekend. But the rest of the city’s venues have some good shows happening, too — like tonight at Meadowlark, where the Neon Knights monthly throwdown has been keeping the dance floor…
Tomorrow night, Ginger Sexton and the Sexton drag empire take over the Gothic Theatre for the second annual Apocalyptic Ball, a celebration of life and a fundraiser for the Colorado AIDS Walk. Sexton — who by day is known as make-up artist Briceson Ducharme — started up the variety showcase…
Last week, I ripped on camping. Because camping sucks. So what does someone do with her summer who doesn’t choose misery as a vacation destination? Well, I cruise. Not cruise like the Cheesman Park kind of cruising (though, if you’re interested in that, I will be happy to draw you…
It is hard to believe Seattle’s Fleet Foxes (playing the Fillmore Auditorium tonight with Alela Diane) was ever known as Pineapple. Luckily, another local band was using the same moniker, forcing the baroque-folk sextet to come up with something else, and thus Fleet Foxes was born…
This week, Nickelodeon has been running some of its favorite shows of the ’90s, finally tapping into what the Internet has been saying all along: People like old television programming. And, as Netflix continues to make its customers increasingly irate with price increases (information released last week in a coddling,…
Born as a side project for Casey Crescenzo’s work that didn’t quite fit in with the sound of the Receiving End of Sirens, his post-hardcore band, the Dear Hunter (playing Summit Music Hall tonight with Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground, O’Brother and The Outfit), quickly grew into Crescenzo’s main…
When he’s not crashing somewhere in Denver (he’s a former resident of the DIY venue/house Rhinoceropolis), this weirdo jet-setter is all over the country (and Europe too!) performing his otherworldly jams. But beyond his musicianship, Pictureplane is also a prolific tweeter, sharing all of his inner musings and interactions with…
As The Blow (performing tonight at the Larimer Lounge with He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister and Shaky Molars), Khaela Maricich has been making albums since the late ’90s, and has been doing so through influential Pacific Northwestern label, K Records, for most of that time. The Blow’s minimalist approach…
After spending over a decade on hiatus, Soundgarden (playing tonight at Red Rocks Amphitheatre) reunited in 2010, to the open arms of fans new and old, some sticking around since the band’s 1984 inception. Drummer Matt Cameron spoke with us about the band getting back together, the current tour and…
If you’re not preparing for round two of Global Dance Fest tonight at Red Rocks, there are still plenty of shows to look forward to this weekend. Cellist and songwriter Ian Cooke brings his beautiful music to the Fox Theatre in Boulder tonight with Danielle Ate The Sandwich & The…
Taking an obvious cue from the catalog of great Arnold Schwarzenegger films, 1994’s Twin Sitters has all of the stereotypes one could ever want out of a cast of D-list actors. Uppity white people (a real butler too!), bratty kids, a sassy black woman and, of course, the oily variety…
From 1988 to 1992, I attended Girl Scout camp at Tomahawk Ranch in Bailey. It was awesome. We made tie-dye T-shirts, ate burnt s’mores and hunted for Snipes (a fictionalized skunk-rat that was rumored to live in the woods and could only be captured in pillow cases by Girl Scouts)…
Based out of Austin, Ian Moore & the Lossy Coils (playing tonight at Bender’s Tavern with National BLues Arsenal and Land Grabbers) bring the kind of epic-sounding rock and roll to the table that doesn’t need much of an introduction. Led by Moore’s soulful vocals, the three-piece makes straightforward power-pop…
In contemporary Internet society, e-mail forwards should be all but obsolete. Facebook has eliminated the need to spam your friends, coworkers and nieces with chain letters, LOLCats and tacky “This is what a best friend is for” unfunny Internet poetry. But somehow, a few crappy e-mail chains full of drivel…
Ben Folds (performing tonight with Kenton Chen) has had several careers over the last few decades. Playing in bands since the ’80s, the multi-instrumentalist found MTV and radio-friendly success in the ’90s with his piano-led outfit Ben Folds Five. Weathering the storm of mainstream success, Folds continued on with some…
Yeah, yeah. We’re a little late on the Kelly Oxford Twitter train — so sue us. The Canadian stay-at-home mom and tweeting goddess has been working with CBS over the last year to produce a show about her life — which, by all accounts, is funny. Even if you don’t…
It is hard to believe black metal band Liturgy (playing tonight at the hi-dive with Collapse and Barnacle) has only been around for a handful of years. The Brooklyn quartet — led by Hunter Hunt-Hendrix, whom we spoke with in advance of this evening’s show — sounds like it has…
On his last record, Pictureplane ripped the idea of teenage counterculture wide open and gave new meaning to being goth. This time around, it’s like he’s suspended himself in time; songs are rife with ambient sameness, but the tingly, synthesized feeling is one of overwhelming satisfaction. The kicky drum and…
Chicago’s Alkaline Trio (due this evening at Summit Music Hall with The Gamits and Smoking Popes) are one of those bands that essentially created a genre, and then thrived in it for the better part of two decades. The band’s melodic punk came to prominence in the mid-’90s and has…
On Sunday afternoon, we randomly wandered over to the 7-11 on Broadway and 3rd Avenue to find a parking lot overtaken by sweet cars. In the second annual “Bringing You Back To Broadway” car show, local promotor and DJ “Cruisin'” Dave Bos and his wife Sandi put together a day…
With plenty of time to recover from the long fourth of July holiday, this weekend is shaping up to be just as good, with dozens of shows happening across the city. Tonight, Jessica Lea Mayfield makes an appearance at the Larimer Lounge with Ferraby Lionheart and Bare Bones. The young…
In case you haven’t heard yet, Snake Rattle Rattle Snake is playing a free in-store at Twist and Shout at 6 p.m. August 16, in celebration of the release of the band’s first full-length, Sineater. That performance is timed to coincide with a release show later that week at the…
