Brace yourself, my aging hipster friend: If you haven’t heard, your favorite band from nearly a decade ago is back together and playing shows again. While the Coachella date is the one that got everybody hyperventilating, the Postal Service’s tour actually kicks off a few days earlier in Reno. After…
It’s coming. You ready? Save the date: Saturday, June 22. That’s when we’ll be taking over the Golden Triangle once again for the nineteenth annual edition of the Westword Music Showcase, presented by Miller Lite. You know the deal: more bands than you can consume in one sitting, spread across…
What are you doing this Saturday night? Cancel it. Now. No, really. Take my word for it: Whatever you’ve got planned, I can guarantee it’s gonna be lame as shit compared to this — well, unless you’re all set to be launched into space or something. That would probably be…
Country singer Mindy McCready is thought to have taken her own life this past weekend, on the front porch of her home in Arkansas. That part of her story has been widely reported. What you may not know, however, is that toward the end of her career and, ultimately, her…
If you’re fond of the Dave Matthews Band, you’ll want to bust out your Sharpie and circle Friday, August 23 and Saturday, August 24 on your calendar. That’s when Mr. Matthews and company are slated to make their return to Colorado, or more specifically to Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in…
As vastly different as our tastes are when it comes to music, there’s one thing we can all agree on, and that’s our distaste for and subsequent amusement/bemusement/resentment with certain individuals who insist on behaving badly at shows. You know who we’re talking about. The Talker, universally loathed by everyone,…
Ah, nuts. We had a sinking suspicion that this would be the case when last week’s dates in Dallas and some other cities were pushed back. Turns out Morrissey will not be resuming his tour in Denver this coming Thursday night at the Buell Theatre as originally planned. The doctor…
We know it’s beautiful here. Carrie Underwood evidently finds it pretty breathtaking, too. This photo from the country queen’s Instagram account shows Underwood taking an oxygen break before last night’s encore. See also: – Photos: Carrie Underwood @ 1STBANK Center, 2/14/13 – The misappropriation of country music: Kid Rock opened…
So the Harlem Shake. You now know everything you need to know about it. If you still have doubts about the ubiquitous grasp it has on the zeitgeist at the moment, witness how the curious phenomenon has spread to Colorado. Keep reading to see Colorado doing the Harlem Shake [insert…
Hollow Talk. You probably don’t know the name yet, but you’re almost certain to recognize the names of players in this new outfit, which is slated to make its live debut tomorrow night at the hi-dive with the Big Get Even and Rowboat. I hesitate to toss out the “supergroup”…
Pitchers and catchers reported this week. You know what that means, right? Yeah, probably nothing. We’re not going to get our hopes up here. I mean, aside from our new skipper, Walt Weiss, a beloved former Rockies shortstop, there’s really no reason to believe this season will be any less…
The cover art for the Trainwreckers’ latest release features a stock font touting both the name of the band and the album, framing an austere yet seductive illustration by Sean Tracey of a scantily clad gal propped up in front of a vintage Victrola. The simple design is the ideal…
Bluegrass aficiandos, rejoice! Time to break out the banjos. The Midwinter Bluegrass Festival, which kicks off this Friday, February 15, and runs through Sunday, February 17, will give you all the bluegrass you can handle this weekend with performances by a parade of the area’s prime purveyors from Finnders and…
After revealing part of its lineup last month, Communikey organizers revealed the rest of the headliners for this year’s edition of CMKY, their annual Boulder-based electronic festival. In addition to the acts already announced, including Nicolas Jaar, Valentin Stip, Demon John, Mountains, Safety Scissors, Derek Plaslaiko, Andrew Weathers and Spoolius…
Although to our knowledge, Mike Marchant’s name has never appeared in bold print in the New York Times touting the local scene, he’s a local treasure and has most certainly played a crucial role in helping to make the music in this town infinitely more compelling. He first made a…
Fancy yourself an expert on all things Denver, do ya? Think you know which place has the best jukebox in town? What about the best new club night? Best new band? What was the best concert you went to last year? What about the best album? Don’t let all that…
Bummer news if you’re like us and were totally looking forward to catching OFF! this Sunday, February 17, at the Marquis Theater. We’ve just received confirmation that the show has been canceled — well, the entire tour has been canceled, actually. Keith Morris, OFF!’s legendary frontman, is reportedly recovering from…
So, yeah, I’m watching the Grammys right now and dutifully monitoring the #GRAMMYs hash tag on Twitter (thanks for the helpful reminders, LL). Color me confused. I feel like I just walked into the middle of a movie: On the set, Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley are in the middle…
Chris Fogal’s studio has been around for three years, but this evening he and Dan Fox are celebrating Black In Bluhm’s first anniversary with a little gathering amongst friends at their studio. Three years ago, the pair became partners and moved the studio out of Fogal’s Park Hill basement and…
By now you’ve long since been grossed out/freaked out/mesmerized by the seemingly inexhaustible creative genius of Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne, the latest example of which, of course, is an anatomically correct chocolate heart that comes signed by the band in custom packaging and complete with an embedded USB drive…
Winston Yellen, the Nashville-by-way-of-Colorado tunesmith who makes music under the Night Beds moniker, is immediately captivating, and his music bears a distinctive familiarity. With an absolutely gorgeous voice that’s a little bit Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes, a little bit Justin Vernon of Bon Iver and a little bit Ryan…
Brace yourself: The Solution, one of the dopest hip-hop parties in Denver for the past half-dozen years, is making its return this Friday night as a weekly. The award-winning night (Best of Denver 2010) has thrived despite a succession of moves over the years, from Milk — where DJs Low…
