On Saturday night, Big Gigantic sold out its first ever headlining show at Red Rocks. We’ve been following the talented duo since the early days, so with the eagerly anticipated arrival of Rowdytown, the aptly named night for the penultimate show at Red Rocks, we followed the guys around to…
Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom and the Other Side host some of the best weekly and monthly events in Denver, from Sub.Mission’s Electronic Tuesday to the Euphonic Conceptions Re:Creation events. Now there’s a new party to add to the mix: Tonight, Two Fresh kicks off Watch This, its brand-new monthly shindig. We…
ATMOSPHERE @ OGDEN THEATRE | 9/21/12 If a journey through the archives of Atmosphere’s extensive music history wasn’t enough to blow the pants off a sold-out Ogden, then a freestyle session to close the night certainly was. What started as a subtle track laid down by the beat-boxing loop master…
2CHAINZ @ OGDEN THEATRE | 9/17/12 The moment 2Chainz took the stage, it became very obvious why this show was moved from the Bluebird Theater to the Ogden at the last minute. When the ATL rapper finally placed the mike to his lips and dropped his verse from “Mercy,” the…
PAPER DIAMOND @ OGDEN THEATRE | 9/14/12 After years of testing out the waters of dance music, Alex Botwin’s solo project Paper Diamond is ready to take it to the next level. At the Ogden Theatre this past weekend, the producer debuted his massive new light show, along with music…
DELTRON 3030 @ CERVANTES’ MASTERPIECE BALLROOM | 9/16/12 The futuristic project known as Deltron 3030 and consisting of Del The Funky Homosapien, Dan “The Automator” Nakamura and DJ P-Love (sitting in for Kid Koala, who was apparently stuck in Canada) took over the stage at Cervantes last night just past…
Colorado is an incredible place for live music — from our outdoor venues, one of which is world-renowned, to the vast festivals, shows and indoor venues we have to choose from. The growth of the music scene has created a small niche of music-industry jobs. In case you missed it,…
My parents cut me off,” recalls Alex Botwin, “and I was definitely broke and homeless for a period of time there.” That time must have been quite a while ago, because Botwin, better known to electronic-music fans as Alex B., the man behind Paper Diamond and the co-pilot of Elm…
The Denver Broncos brought home their first win of the regular season against the Pittsburg Steelers on Sunday thanks to Peyton Manning and his priceless arm (actually, it’s insured). But, the Broncos just wouldn’t be the same without rowdy fans and their own touchdown celebrations. Westword ventured through the pre-game…
LOTUS @ RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE | 9/8/12 As its just over two-hour set came to a close, Lotus’s encore proved there is a special place in the band’s heart for Red Rocks. Following the close of “Colorado,” the second track in a three-song encore, Lotus opened into “Spiritualize,” which is…
SAVOY @ RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE | 9/7/12Behind a cloud of smoke and haze, the members of Savoy took to their raised podiums in front of a frenzied Red Rocks last night behind a glowing panel of pulsing lights that simply read “SAVOY.” This build-up to the first drop was crucial,…
Hearing a song on the radio for the first time is always exciting. Hearing your own song on the radio for the first time is even cooler. When Krewella came to Denver earlier this summer for Global Dance Festival, we got to witness this monumental moment for the act, as…
Elm and Oak, the boutique clothing/art shop and music imprint that has absolutely blown up since opening its doors just off the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder, Colorado in 2009, has started what may be the best thing to happen to the University of Colorado since being named the ‘Top…
WIZ KHALIFA @ RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE | 9/1/12 Should you find yourself standing in front of a sold-out Red Rocks crowd that has their hands up in the air bobbing along with your opening beat, take a cue from Wiz Khalifa and assume your place at the throne by doing…
The merging of hardcore hip-hop with heavy bass lines and melodic keyboards was an inevitable one, but you would never have guessed that its birthplace would be Canada. Datsik, known in his home town of British Columbia as Troy Beetles, fuses the heaviest elements of rap and dubstep to create…
The chief criticism of electronic dance music and its massive rise to prominence is that there just isn’t much going on behind the tables. Detractors contend that the DJs and producers that command capacity crowds these days bring little more to the party than a bunch of bells and whistles…
See also: – Break Dancing! Animated GIFS will pop and lock your day – Rusko’s Dubstep Workout Routine from Red Rocks – Ten Coachella dance-move GIFs to make you feel good about yourself – Ten awkward Electric Daisy Carnival dance moves from this past weekend in Las Vegas – Enjoy…
PRETTY LIGHTS @ RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE | 8/17/12 See also: Q&A with Derek Vincent Smith of Pretty Lights Similar to the unprecedented Skrillex show at Red Rocks last week, the Pretty Lights show started with a five-minute countdown and Trentemoller’s “Take Me Into Your Skin” playing over the speakers. A…
Pull out the lycra and spandex! The USA Pro Challenge has returned to Colorado for its second year. “Last year, we estimated over a million spectators,” reveals Shawn Hunter, CEO of the Pro Challenge, “and I’d like to think that number will grow.” Through seven stages of racing, with elevations…
See Also: – Photos: The costumed ravers of Skylab 2011 at the Denver Coliseum – Review: Skylab lifts the Coliseum into deep space, 09/25/10 – Slide show: People of Skylab 2010 If you haven’t consumed enough electronic music this summer already, brace yourself: There’s more on tap this fall. Plenty…
SKRILLEX @ RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE | 8.9.12 See also: – Slideshow: Skrillex at Red Rocks – The bold and the body-painted: In the parking lot with Skrillex fans – Dubstep for Dummies – Dubstep Parking Lot – Review: Skrillex at 1STBANK Center, 10/31/11 – Review: Skrillex at Beta, 3/31/11 -…
See Also: – 25 ass-shaking GIFs from Lollapalooza 2012 – Welcome to the Dubstep Parking Lot – Dubstep for Dummies, a primer for newly-minted dubstep fans – Rusko Q&A: “I, of course, support medical marijuana, and I am clearly a patient.” – Review: Justice at Red Rocks, 8/7/12 Earlier this…
