In its relatively short life, Austin’s Follow That Bird! (due at the hi-dive tonight with the Marrow, Married in Berdichev, Port Au Prince and Jess Williamson) has moved from an instrumental duo to a fierce and vocally-led trio, all while continuing on its path of smart, straightforward rock and roll…
Weekly avant-garde food and music party Gorinto changes things up a bit this evening at the Mercury Café with The Edible Cadaver, a night of gory delights and human-like edibles. This Wednesday night’s foodie spread will be body part specific, from the Severed Melon (a mix of fruit, cured meats…
PANIC! AT THE DISCO at OGDEN THEATRE | 06/28/11This was going to be a big show — it had to be. Panic! At The Disco, performing last night to a sold out and extremely sweaty crowd at The Ogden Theatre, hadn’t been back to Denver since the band basically split…
At a loss for some rad summer music? Local label Wet Pizza has the perfect solution with Wet Pizza Volume 4, a 25-song collection of both national and Denver-based acts. The coolest part? The whole thing is free, and downloadable right now via the Wet Pizza tumblr…
Behind the kit for almost a decade as part of the highly influential Hüsker Dü, Grant Hart (playing tonight at the Larimer Lounge with Bass Drum of Death and Amazing Twin), was also a principle songwriter for the midwest group. But the drummer stepped into the role of lead singer-songwriter…
First of all, we want to give a shout out to Thomas Lennon for including in his brief Twitter bio that he was on The State. The comedian, actor, writer and producer has been involved with dozens of projects since the short-lived ’90s MTV skit show, but Lennon knows what…
Next month, supreme collaborators Ryan McRyhew and Kristi Schaefer are packing up and heading to Chicago. The two — who make music as Hideous Men and run experimental cassette label Laser Palace — are starting a new life in the Midwest and leaving behind a music- and art-driven community to…
Earlier this month, local community garden The GrowHaus was one of ten organizations in the running for a $50,000 award from Maxwell House, as part of the coffee maker’s Drops of Good contest — and we are happy to report the nonprofit has won. “We’re still sorting out the logistics,…
Performing and recording under then moniker Smog for the first half of his career, Bill Callahan (playing tonight at the hi-dive with Neil Morgan) changed over to his given name with the release of 2007’s Woke On A Whaleheart, but his sound and style remained unaffected. The vastly prolific singer-songwriter…
The actual headline from this story, “Amish man accused of sexting Indiana girl, 12, arriving for sex meeting in horse and buggy” was too good to be true. “Sexting” and “horse and buggy” in the same sentence? No way. But then, we clicked the link and found something even better:…
You can’t experience a Colorado summer without seeing at least one show at Red Rocks and tonight, Widespread Panic throws down the inaugural performance of a full weekend of jammy goodness. These dudes are so popular here, you would think they are from Colorado, but no. It might just be…
At my age, it is normal for people I know to be having kids, but while high school was long ago in a time called the ’90s, that’s still where my mind is. When someone tells me they’re pregnant, I might be saying “congrats, girlfriend!” but secretly I’m thinking, “what…
Forming in the early ’90s, Bone Thugs N Harmony (performing tonight with FoodChain, Input and Fresh Breath Committee at the Gothic Theatre) has roots that run deep in rap’s history. Mentored by Eazy-E, the Cleveland dudes also collaborated with 2pac and Notorious B.I.G., and picked up a Grammy along the…
Walk, run or bike to Civic Center Park tonight for an outdoor showing of Field of Dreams, the first of this summer’s free Civic Center Bike-In Movies, a series of four flicks showing for free on an inflatable big screen in the heart of Denver. Movie-goers are welcome to set…
Today, the Colorado Reptile Humane Society (13941 Elmore Road in Longmont) welcomes all visitors and potential pet owners for The Reptile Experience!, a once-a-year open-house event. The reptile advocacy and placement group, which is run solely by volunteers, works to find good homes for cold-blooded creatures who may have been…
Man, our heads are really in the toilet these days. Wait. Are jokes about boobs considered “toilet humor”? Whatever, this photo probably qualifies as a dirty joke, just because its funny to say the word “booby.” Technically, on this sign we saw outside the Vine Street Pub yesterday said “Boobby,”…
Long before Natasha Bedingfield (playing tonight at the Gothic Theatre with Kate Voegele and Andy Grammer) wrote a song (“Unwritten”) that became burned into the American pop culture consciousness as the theme song for The Hills in 2006, the singer-songwriter was achieving great success in the UK…
Vandelay Industries — a Fort Collins pop-punk quartet awesomely named after George Costanza’s fake business — makes no attempt at dressing up a well-worn genre with Critter. Instead, the band lets synths be pretty while drums, bass and guitar play safely within major-chord reason and Blake Hinson’s voice stays completely…
As Matt & Kim (playing tonight at the Ogden Theatre with The Thermals and Autobot), Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino didn’t set out to do much more than have fun. Playing its first D.I.Y. show before even arriving at a name, the New York duo has since moved on to…
So PrideFest may be over, but we’re not done being obsessed with gay dudes on Twitter. In fact, Cazwell’s performance this weekend in Civic Center park was worth another post on its own, but we’ve already discussed why we stalk his Twitter, so that’s probably more than enough. However, it…
Norwegian-born singer Sondre Lerche (playing tonight at the Larimer Lounge with Kishi Bashi and Nightlands) knows how to write a catchy melody, but it’s his deep catalog of complex chord structures, bossanova beat references and Tom Jones-ish crooning that set him apart. This diversity has also allowed the musician and…
There was lots of stuff to do this weekend in and around PrideFest (see our awesome people slide show and parade coverage of the leather contingent), but we took to shopping for all of the gay wares our little hearts desired. Here’s the deal with PrideFest swag: If you wanna…
