New Year’s Eve is definitely an adult-oriented holiday, but The Children’s Museum has found the perfect solution — move the celebration from midnight to noon and roll out the bubble wrap for all to enjoy…
The Epilogues are filming a video, and the band needs your help. Through kickerstarter.com, the dudes are hoping to raise $4K — $1,390 of which they still need to come up with in the next five days — to cover the cost of production, cast, crew and the like for…
It’s been said that quitting smoking is harder than kicking heroin. Johnny Wolfhart is in the midst of his own battle with cigarettes and decided to make a video in response to the irritation that comes with kicking the habit. Wolfhart, aka Nervesandgel (aka the guy who played a show…
Fresh on the heels of releasing their Isn’t It Fun? EP this past September, the members of Safe Boating Is No Accident are back in the studio, working again with film sound engineer Will Klingenmeier on the duo’s yet-to-be-titled followup. The release will come out on cassette, as part of…
Earlier this week, we chatted with Swayback bassist and frontman Eric Halborg, and he promised some new material from the band. Halborg has delivered, offering Backbeat a first look at “St. Francis,” a video for the yet-to-be released track that is part of a slew of new recordings The Swayback…
Nothing reeks of holiday spirit like obscene phone calls, home intrusion and a couple of dead sorority girls. Luckily, Black Christmas — the 1974 precursor to the slasher-film genre — fills all such festive requirements. As part of the Denver FilmCenter’s Watching Hour series, the Bob Clark classic (Clark is…
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…
Okay, so not a million, but the Swayback frontman is putting down his bass and picking up the acoustic guitar for the first time in a long time, going solo tonight at the Surfside 7 in Fort Collins and December 23 at 3 Kings Tavern. At the request — or…
Though the big celestial event went down last night with the lunar eclipse, the aligning winter solstice is still full festive effect today. In celebration, Ironton Studios and Gallery at 3636 Chestnut Street has opened its doors for the third annual installment of its winter solstice gathering, beginning today at…
When Meagan Patrick, a former friendly face behind the counter at Pablo’s Coffee on 6th and Washington, got sick, the community within the neighborhood hangout wanted to help. Tomorrow, December 22, longtime Pablo’s employee Jason Cain and longtime Pablo’s customer Sarah Slater are hosting a benefit to help uninsured Patrick…
Last week, Jonathan and BPro shared the first installment of the “Neon Animated” trilogy, a series of videos the duo plans release separately to make one giant audio and visual megamix. Today, the now-New Yorkers have offered first dibs on “Cash”, a track off J&PB’s self-titled album — available free…
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, Black has a…
Once the presents are opened, the food has been picked over and the fighting among relatives has subsided, Bar Curious will be there for you. On Christmas night, Buffalo Exchange has partnered with Beauty Bar to bring you Bar Curious, a queer-friendly dance party featuring veteran DJs Keoki and Jerry…
Clued in by an elf at St. Nick’s — you know, that behemoth holiday nightmare superstore off of Santa Fe Drive where you can buy Broncos Christmas ornaments — my mission took me to PetsMart for a photo with Santa. First, I had to go home to round up my…
Though the sound of Wham’s “Last Christmas” may have you wishing it was 2011 already, there is hope. Tonight, Matt Morris — along with Jen Korte, John Common, Rob Drabkin and a handful of other smiling local faces — will be singing holiday songs at Casselman’s for the “Something in…
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 special because it also falls on the lunar…
Yet another great project featuring Suzi Bromfield, Girls Walk By is a guitar-pop band, yes, but in a Pixies kind of way. Three-part harmonies and surf guitar abound, but the darkness saturating the vocals and instrumentation is what gives the quartet an distinction beyond its psychadelic undertones…
Denver dance-pop duo Jonathan and BPro have left the building — or the state, rather, moving and shaking virtually under the radar, all the way to New York City just a few weeks ago. “We’re just working on promoting,” Billy Prohaska says via speaker phone from NYC, “and bringing the…
The Hyatt Regency Denver, 650 15th Street, will roll out the red carpet — and the priority sleigh parking at the hotel’s porte cochere entrance — when three very important visitors touch down from 1 to 5 p.m. today (and again tomorrow and Sunday). And this is no humans-in-mammal-costumes affair:…
Though Rob Halford still holds it down as the leader of Judas Priest, the enigmatic band leader has kept busy with several other music projects during his forty-plus years in music. With a vocal range that is unmatched, Halford has carried the crown as the living heavy-metal god through two…
If you’ve ever met the Knew, you know the band is one of the nicest in Denver. To close 2010 on a great note, the quartet is selling its full-length, Pulperia, through the end of the year for just a buck. Through the Knew’s Bandcamp page, you can download the…
Like many art forms, the craft of standup comedy is, for the most part, a boys’ club. “We wanted to take back the night,” jokes participating comedian Alicia Jacobs of Ladies Laugh-in, a monthly comedy showcase happening tomorrow night at 8 p.m. at Beauty Bar. Started back in July by…
