Forget Thanksgiving: For many people, the official holiday is Thanksgiving Eve — one of the busiest days of the year for partying. Many bars will be offering parties, but you have other, more sober options, including several fundraisers for worthy causes. And no matter what you wind up doing tomorrow,…
While Thanksgiving and Black Friday steal all the headlines, the holiday that’s really worth celebrating this week is Thanksgiving Eve, the biggest party night of the year next to New Year’s Eve. It’s the ultimate ruse: You can go way too hard raging all night with your old friends –…
GRAMATIK @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 11/17/12 Perched atop a primitively painted motherboard graphic, flanked by several columns, Gramatik and guitarist F.A.Q. towered over the Fillmore in the midst of “The Coil,” as Gramatik’s colossal new setup has been appropriately dubbed. Framed by three tesla-coil looking structures that were triggered to…
Have you been to Cervantes Other Side recently? If so, you may have noticed a drastic change in the sound coming from the stage. Last night we found some downtime during the Asher Roth show at the Other Side to chat with Shrink, Cervantes’ production manager, and he filled us…
At the recent R-Squared: Risk and Reward conference held in Telluride, Cengage Learning offered a $5,000 reward for the library/librarian that came up with the most innovative way to engage the library’s customers. Basically, how to make libraries cool again. Joseph Sanchez, an employee of the Auraria Library, came up…
For some, smoking marijuana is as much of a lifestyle as it is a necessity. For others, it’s all about just rolling up a fatty, sitting back with some music and just chillin’ on the herb. Last week, of course, our state made history by voting to legalize marijuana for…
Our first memories of getting stoned are exactly like that little piece of resin behind the stem in your bong: No matter how hard you try, it will never go away. The first time getting high opens a world of wonders. Whether you were cruising around in a homie’s ride…
EMANCIPATOR @ OGDEN THEATRE | 11/9/12 A perfect complement to the cooling Denver temperatures, Emancipator orchestrated a wonderful symphony of downtempo electronic music at the Ogden last night, offering us an ideal soundtrack for the transitioning seasons. His long, fluid productions, layered with Ilya Goldberg’s electric violin, captivated the spellbound…
SONAR ON TOUR WITH DIE ANTWOORD @ OGDEN THEATRE | 11/7/12 Things to consider when bringing the Sonar Tour to the Ogden Theatre: Should the set times be released prior to the show? Is it okay to have a show that lasts 7.5 hours without re-entry? Should there be a…
While plenty of people were bummed that the Disco Biscuits decided not to host their annual Bisco Inferno at Red Rocks Amphitheatre this past summer, those folks most beside themselves with glee right now at news that the act has combined Bisco Inferno with their traditional January show for an…
SKRILLEX AND KNIFE PARTY @ 1STBANK CENTER | 10/31/12 As a katana of turquoise and green lasers sliced through the Skrilliens on the second level of 1STBANK, the tag-teaming headliners Skrillex and Knife Patty traded licks on the crowd with effortless chemistry. First it was Dillon Francis’s “Masta Blasta,” and…
We just received word on the lineup for New Year’s Eve at City Hall and Club Vinyl. With everything else going on for the post-Mayan end-of-year celebration, the folks at SoCo have put together an enticing lineup this year that will one-up their New Year’s Eve parties in past years,…
BEATS ANTIQUE @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 10/27/12 As the lights rose for the encore, multi-instrumentalist David Satori made sure to inform everyone at the Fillmore the importance of voting, and then went on to note that if you weren’t planning on taking part in the process then in the very…
WAKA FLOCKA @ OGDEN THEATRE | 10/25/12 In order for Waka Flocka and his crew to keep pace with his past appearance in the Mile High City, all they would have had to do at this is walk out on stage and perform a few hit singles. Instead, the Brick…
Pop music,” declares Seamus Moore, “has proven that musical talent means shit as far as being accepted by a musical fan base goes.” Moore and his group, Human Agency, aren’t necessarily anti-pop, but neither are they ones to adhere to modern pop conventions to make their mark, relying solely on…
FLYING LOTUS @ OGDEN THEATRE | 2/4/12 The Ogden Theatre was hit last night with the bowel-shaking earthquake that is Flying Lotus, who opening his set with a sample from Lil Wayne’s “I feel like dying.” While we didn’t check with every single person, we’re pretty sure the bass-emitting frequencies…
This Saturday night, Big Boi (who you might also know as Sir Lucious Left Foot, Daddy Fat Sacks, Antwan Patton or “that same mothafucka that took them knuckles to your eye”) is coming back to Denver, this time with a backing band. We’ve got a pair of tickets to the…
UP UNTIL NOW at SONIC BLOSSOM @ CERVANTES’ | 10/12/12 When Up Until Now jumped into its contemporary take on Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall,” it became very apparent that the chemistry flowing between producer/drummer combo David Murphy of STS9 and Jon “The Barber” Gutwillig of Disco Biscuits…
DJ Ishe (aka Nate Lappegaard) has been making music longer than most of his fans have been alive. Nearing his two-decade mark as a DJ, Ishe is one of the underdog producers in Denver who’s helped propel the dubstep scene, and he’s done so by keeping true to himself and…
Making its third Denver appearance this year, Up Until Now, the livetronic offspring of Jay Murphy, is returning for Euphonic Conceptions’ semi-annual Sonic Blossom festival, with support from Jay’s brother David Murphy of Sound Tribe Sector 9 and Jon “The Barber” Gutwillig of the Disco Biscuits. Blending reggae, electronic, hip-hop…
In our series of coveted Colorado music-industry jobs, so far we’ve covered a range of jobs, from being a guitar tech and handling publicity to being tasked with overseeing digital music delivery from a vast electronic music catatlog to band management. Today, we bring you five more coveted gigs. Keep…
BIG GIGANTIC @ RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE | 9/29/12 As Dominic Lalli, the sax man who forms one half of Big Gigantic, introduced “Colorado Mountain High,” a projection of the Centennial state’s flag draped Ship Rock and Creation Rock. The crowd went wild, and the duo performed its best set yet…
