Zeds Dead With Nick G. and Sage B. Ragin, Zeno and 2DUBAII Ogden Theatre | 4/15/11 Last night at the Ogden Theatre, Zeds Dead threw down for an energetic crowd in which the music was nonstop, the decibel meter slowly rose with each subsequent artist and the crowd gradually seemed…

Now that the dust has settled from the first half of the week, we wanted to provide you with some good ways to get started on your weekend. If you want to go drink for cheap, we’ve got that in here. If you want to get down with some bass,…

Sonic Bloom has had several homes since its inception in 2006. Now, just in time for its sixth-year anniversary, the Cervantes’-sponsored electronic music festival has found a dream location in Georgetown, at a place called Shadows Ranch. We talked with festival organizers Jami Janover and Scott Morrill to get the…

METHOD MAN & REDMAN With Dj Cavem and MTHDS City Hall | 4/9/11 City Hall’s amphitheater stood under a cloud of smoke last night for the finale of a three-night stay in Colorado for Method Man and Redman. Openers Dj Cavem and the MTHDS were given the opportunity to prime…

BEATS ANTIQUE Inspired Flight • the Tailor 04.08.11 | Boulder Theater Beats Antique sold out of tickets for the Boulder Theater up to the very last minute. Whether everyone showed up for the music or the belly dancing, it’s a safe bet that the venue full of gypsies, scenesters, dancers,…

For those who choose to start their weekends a little early, we’ve composed a list of the hottest places to be and the choicest events to attend in Denver on the eve of date night number one. Riding the Wednesday wave into Thursday truly means you are a renaissance partier,…

ELLIE GOULDING with the Knocks 04.02.11 | Fox Theatre The Fox Theatre sold out last night for rising U.K. singer/songwriter Ellie Goulding. A long line of women, pre-teens to moms, sprinkled with an occasional boyfriend, extended up The Hill in Boulder for the show. Aside of the scalpers trying to…

TRAMPLED BY TURTLES with Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps 04.01.11 | Ogden Theatre The Ogden Theatre opened its doors at 8 p.m. last night to Caroline Smith and the Good Night Sleeps with Trampled By Turtles headlining. With the temperature around 65 degrees and some bluegrass on the…

PRETTY LIGHTS Broadway and Maple | 3.31.11 In a crazy turn of events, Pretty Lights music producer Derek Vincent Smith played an impromptu 2 a.m. set in a small garage near the corner of Maple and Broadway last night. No fliers, no advertising, not even a press release — just…

SKRILLEX With Nate Ishe and Trajikk 3.31.11 | Beta Last night, the number-one DJ in the world gave a piece of himself to one of the top clubs in the world. With little standing room, hardly a line at the bar and sweat dripping from the everyone standing on the…

BASS FOR FREE J. Wail and Chuck Morris • Future Simple Project • Eminence Ensemble Flinch • Dirt Monkey • Matamorphic • Rodway 03.17.11 | Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom and Otherside Last night, Cervantes’ threw a hell of party with J. Wail and Chuck Morris, Future Simple Project, Eminence Ensemble and…

STEEL PANTHER with Drug Under 03.16.11 | Bluebird Theater See Steel Panther at the Bluebird slideshow Last night, Steel Panther and a few hundred of its closest friends in Denver, hopped in the Delorean with Doc and took the Bluebird Theater back to the future when spandex, hairspray and Van…

STRING CHEESE INCIDENT Winter Carnival, Night Three 03.12.11 | 1STBANK CENTER See full slide show and read reviews of Night One and Night Two The String Cheese Incident brought its three-night stand to a close at the 1STBANK Center in front of the wildest crowd yet. Complete with a costume…

SNOWBALL MUSIC FESTIVAL Big Gigantic • Local Natives • Paper Diamond Lotus • Savoy • Bassnectar 03.05.11 | Vail Valley The weather for the second night of Snowball was very similar to the first night of the fest, hosting the likes of Paper Diamond, Lotus, Savoy and the bass-master himself,…

SNOWBALL MUSIC FESTIVAL Pretty Lights • Diplo • Zed’s Dead 12th Planet • LazerDisk Part Sex 03.04.11 | Vail Valley If there was one thing the organizers of the Snowball Music Festival took into consideration, it was the time management with transitions between artists. Everything on that end ran smooth…

This weekend’s Snowball Festival in the Vail Valley has already surpassed expectations. Barely in its first year, and the festival has put together an impressive lineup that includes acts like Bassnectar, Pretty Lights, the Flaming Lips, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Local Natives and Diplo, alongside a slew of…

PAPER DIAMOND with Raw Russ and Eprom Bluebird Theater | 2.25.11 The Bluebird Theater hosted the sold-out, Official Snowball Festival Kickoff Party last night with Raw Russ, Eprom and Paper Diamond. Alex B., who spins under the moniker Paper Diamond, spoke with Westword recently about his new sound, which, if…

UMPHREY’S MCGEE with The Kyle Hollingsworth Band featuring DJ Logic The Fillmore Auditorium | 2.11.11 Following two sold out nights at Belly Up Aspen, Umphrey’s McGee came through Denver to the Fillmore Auditorium for a half day of meet and greets, some live, fan-directed, improvisational jamming, which ultimately culminated into…

Umphrey’s Mcgee will be returning to Colorado after starting their two-month long tour that spans the great U.S. of A. from the East coast to the West. Starting in Boston late in January and winding down the Atlantic coast, UM’s tour made its way back to the motherland, Colorado, for…

OZZY OSBOURNE With Slash 02.08.11 | Pepsi Center Ozzy Osbourne layeth the smack down last night at the Pepsi Center with Slash — he of the shaggy mane, top hat, Velvet Revolver and, of course, Guns N’ Roses — in tow. A chair-packed stadium floor might not be what the…