In 1986, one man took to a Judas Priest concert with a video camera to document the mayhem prior to a real rock and roll show. The video, aptly titled “Heavy Metal Parking Lot” became a cult classic, and has since inspired a descendant: “Dubstep Parking Lot.” Here is our…
GLOBAL DUB FESTIVAL @ RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE | 5.18.12 Barely half way through the show and still awaiting the headlining acts, Red Rocks Amphitheatre was absolutely blowing up with the sounds of Datsik. Flipping the script on everybody with an explosive remix of M.O.P.’s “Ante Up,” the British Columbia producer…
See Also: – The people of Global Dub Fest (slide show) – Dubstep for Dummies, a primer for newly minted dubstep fans (infographic) – Video: Welcome to the Dubstep Parking Lot – Review: Global Dub Festival at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, 5/18/12 – Global Dub Festival survival guide The summer of…
Friends and fans of Denver’s vast arts network gathered at City,O’ City last night for a reception marking the five-year anniversary of Ken Hamel’s genius website, Denverarts.org. Hamel started Denverarts.org because no one else was really doing it, he recalled during a Q&A in Deer Pile, the community space upstairs…
Update, May 23: We’ve picked our winner for this week’s contest! Please check your e-mail to see if you’ve won a 2012 B-cycle season pass!Among the many B-cycle stations around Denver, there are so many other forms of transportation. From public buses to free mall rides to the light rail,…
Since being transformed into a nightclub from a coffeehouse, the tan building on the corner of 22nd and Champa Street has been known by many names over the years: Club Evolution, the Loft, Club Ra, Gallery 22 and, most recently, 2200. This Saturday, May 19, the club will be rechristened…
In this week’s Westword cover story, “Water World,” our editorial team covered significant events that have occurred along the South Platte River. We took a long cruise along the trail from Mississippi Avenue all the way up to 104th Avenue, passing by notable landmarks Confluence Park, Sports Authority Field at…
See Also: Q&A with LuLu Clair of Souls In Action Got a thing for swimmin’ in the buff? Well, that’s not exactly the type of party ThisSongIsSick and Souls in Action have cooked up this Friday night, but things could still get pretty randy with LazerDisk Party Sex headlining the…
It’s not easy throwing parties, promoting them, getting people out and then getting them to come back, but LuLu Clair takes it on headstrong. With a slew of shows already under her belt this year, Clair and her Souls in Action Entertainment crew have partnered with ThisSongIsSick to present this…
In the muddled world of dubstep, the names that have stayed true to form are few and far between. Cookie Monsta (known in his U.K. home town of Nottingham as Tony Cook) broke onto the scene in 2007, signed with Circus Records (the premier label for dubstep artists) a few…
Update, 5/18/12: We’re a little late in announcing our winner this week, but we did select one. Check your e-mail to see if you’re the lucky rider! “At one point, over 2,000 miles of narrow-gauge track probed the mountains of Colorado,” claims the Colorado Railroad Museum. Granted, this ol’ fixed…
Time Capsule is ProJect Aspect’s 1320 Records debut. Showing notable maturity, the rising producer more than lives up to the outsized expectations that come with being on STS9’s label. If the opening track, “Tina Turnon,” doesn’t grab you instantly with its beat-matching bass line, then the slow roll into “White…
Along with all the other things that Denver is friendly for, bicycling is definitely at the top of the priority list. We have Denver’s B-Cycle program, bike trails, designated bike lanes in automobile traffic areas, and even constructed bike terrain parks for the extremists. Here is a list of the…
Local production company Focus 4 Design, which has done many videos for this town’s music acts, has won two Telly Awards for its work on Global Dance Festival: The Movie. The film, which premiered at Beta Night Club in late February, follows both the production crew (conflict of interest alert:…
Update, May 9: Thanks for playing this round! (Check our ongoing contest of Guess Where I’m Biking.) To see if you won, check your-email!The Denver bicycle trail system connects a lot of landmarks with safe and accessible means for cyclists to travel. Slightly off the path, this week’s installment has…
ALTITUDE MUSIC FESTIVAL @ BALCH FIELD HOUSE | 4.28.12See Also: • Altitude Music Festival slide show • Q&A with Gramatik • Snowball Music Festival 2012, Day One and Day Two • CU WelcomeFest 2011 • Sonic Bloom pre-party slideshow featuring GRiZ CU Program Council and Insomniac Events blew the walls…
Update 4/27/12: Contest is over. Congrats to our winners, Jese Kitty, Laura Dev, Ben Kurish and Corinne Wiehe, and thanks to everyone else for all the other entries! See Also: • Q&A with Scott Morrill and Jamie Janover • (Review) Sonic Bloom Pre-Party at Cervantes, 4/29/11 • (Review) Sonic Bloom…
Update, May 2: We’ve picked our winner! Check your e-mail now! As stated on the sign, this is made in America: Home of the brave, and land of the free. Nothing spells that out quite as good as a large billboard in an alley with a massive bald eagle adorning…
NERO @ OGDEN THEATRE | 4.24.12 See Also: • Levitate Festival at 1STBANK Center, 4/20/12 • Axwell at the Ogden Theatre, 4/19/12 • Last Night review archives As Alana Watson — who handles the vocals on Nero’s drum-and-bass tracks — emerged from the back of the massive boombox, joining her…
LEVITATE FESTIVAL @ 1STBANK CENTER | 4.20.12 See Also: • (Q&A) Rusko: “I, of course, support medical marijuana, and I am clearly a patient.” • (Profile) OMG! Rusko’s stepping into mainstream territory with his new album • (Review) Rusko, M80 Dubstation at the Ogden Theatre, 09.21.10 • (Review) DJ Shadow…
AXWELL @ OGDEN THEATRE | 4/19/12 Who needs the dry, sun blasted heat of the Coachella valley to have a good time? Not Axwell, the headphone-turned-goggle sporting Swede who happens to make up one third of Swedish House Mafia, one of the headlining acts at this weekend’s Coachella Festival. Last…
Next Friday, April 27, the Jefferson County Open School is throwing an event that it describes as being like “Burning Man meets the Renaissance Festival.” And from the sounds of it, the Global Elements Festival is going to pack quite a punch, with enough activities jammed into one night for…
