Sounding like a lost band from the DGC Records roster heyday, Gata Negra seems unafraid to play to its influences — the Denver-based three piece blends some mid-’90s-referenced riotous vocals and guitar with the true heartache of rhythm and blues…

Though our rather tepid winter has finally been knocked on its ass by below-zero temperatures, it’s hardly an excuse to stay inside. Even if school closed or you found it impossible to get into the office today, think of the warmth a little womp-womp could provide…

It is somehow strange to think that Plain White T’s have been around for almost fourteen years, but it’s true — the dudes best known for the teenage heartstring-puller “Hey There Delilah” have been together since 1997. Last year saw the release of the Illinois-based act’s sixth studio album, The…

In November, we wrote about singer-songwriter Katey Laurel’s Kickstarter fundraising efforts to back the recording of her latest album, From Here. After reaching her goal last month — and exceeding it by $292, to be exact — Laurel is celebrating the release of that record tonight at the Walnut Room…

Sitting at the top of the remix game, Jon Pegnato and Daniel LeDisko of LA Riots are definitely the crowned kings. Signed to A-Trak’s Fool’s Gold imprint and endorsed by forefathers MSTRKRFT, the DJ and production duo stretch and mold club bangers by taking the pop out of Ciara and…

Airwaves, the official name of Nicole Schneit and her rotating cast of musicians, began in Brooklyn in 2007 as a full-band extension of Schneit’s singer-songwriter beginnings. The minimalist folk-punker’s sound didn’t change much with the additional instrumentation, as Air Waves still captures her beautifully androgynous voice and searingly personal lyrics…

While Portland, Maine’s Cruel Hand has been identified with that strangely durable neo-hardcore style of the last decade, the band’s sound stretches a little further, encapsulating the diverse energy and heaviness of Metallica and Bouncing Souls. Vocalist Chris Linkovich leads Cruel Hand with a Black Flag-era Henry Rollins’ authority, projecting…

Forming at the end of an era, Lynch Mob’s late-’80s birth shot straight from George Lynch’s departure from Dokken and acted as a platform for his highly skilled guitar work. Reincarnated in 2008, Lynch Mob has been playing shows in different formations with the guitarist and mastermind at the helm,…

Last night at Illiterate Callery, bands and members of the music community who participated in the making of Denver Undiscovered got a special sneak peek of the film before its public debut on February 4. The yet-to-be-released documentary — which is a collaboration between filmmaker Dane Bernhardt and Westword’s own…

There’s nothing like the real thing. But sometimes, the real thing isn’t available, and a fake version of Michael Jackson will more than do — especially for under twenty bucks. Even before The King of Pop passed away, North Carolina’s Who’s Bad has been putting jaw-dropping shows (since 2004, to…

Though there is probably plenty of snow left in the Colorado forecast to keep us hibernating until May, musicians have been cooped up long enough. The usual Spring influx of new album releases has begun, thankfully, and local folk singer Andrea Lynn is taking the opportunity to celebrate the release…

For bands, videos can serve many purposes: a visual medium for sharing music with a wider audience, as way to promote a current tour, or, in the case of Alphabets, Hideous Men and Milton Melvin Croissant III, a one-minute-and-thirty-six-second reason to book them. In an attempt to nail down solid…

We have to hand it to a band that makes us physically LOL. A searing vision of George Costanza running out of the bathroom, pants around his ankles and screaming “Vandelay Industries!” was one of the funnier scenes to resonate from the Seinfeld series — and tonight at the Larimer…