For the past few weeks or so, Air Dubai has been teasing a big announcement. We had a pretty good idea what it was (for as big as it is, Denver’s still a pretty small town when it comes to some things, especially juicy gossip), and last night at KTCL’s…
Once again it’s on. The finalists have been announced for KTCL’s annual Hometown for the Holidays promotion. Although some are understandably loathsome of such battle of the bands types of gigs, Hometown for the Holidays is a great gift to the scene. Is there any other city in the country…
Update 12/14/12: Congratulations to Sara Harper. She and a guest will be our guests at tomorrow night’s show. Thanks for everybody else for all the entries. Trouble Man: Heavy is the Head, T.I.’s brand new album, doesn’t hit stores until Tuesday, but there’s a solid chance you’ll get to hear…
On Tuesday, January 1, when most of us are still sleeping off the last good times of 2012 or steeling ourselves to tackle resolutions for the new year, our city’s live-music scene will mark a major development: This is the day that the iconic Gothic Theatre will be put in…
Winter On the Rocks 2013: There’s a very good chance you’ll be braving frigid temperatures to see this year’s bill, which, of course, is being headlined by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis — who crushed it last week at the Ogden — and features Major Lazer and the Grouch & Eligh…
Probably one of the only things in punk that’s lasted as long and remained as perennially as popular as NOFX is the mohawk. And while it’s obvioiusly no where near as radical as it was in the Reagan era, it’s still an eye-grabbing representation of the counter-culture that once was…
Great week for the Lumineers. While, granted, every week this year has probably been pretty swell for those folks, this one in particular in perhaps even more so. In the same week that the quaint outfit that got its start playing modest sets at the Meadowlark received word that its…
Update: We just spoke with Greg Stone as he was taking his son to hockey practice. Understandably, he’s still in shock. Keep reading to see what he has to say. Man, you about need a syllabus to keep track of all the changes in Denver radio lately, from Comedy 103.1…
Black Flag, Fugazi, Descendents, Sunny Day Real Estate and the Misfits? On the same bill on the same night? Uh, no. Not in this lifetime, even if you’ve got Warren Buffet money and you’re on some Looper shit. Sorry. But, alas, here’s the next best thing, Denver, some of your…
Macklemore’s latest album, The Heist, is currently resting at number 37 on iTunes, but when it was first released, the record both topped that chart and held down the number-two spot on Billboard on the strength of its first-week sales. While chart rankings are hardly meaningful in this modern era,…
A few days ago, Angus T. Jones had some sort of crisis of conscious. In a video for a church in Alabama, he urged people to stop watching his show, Two and a Half Men. “Please stop filling your head with filth,” he implored. “People say it’s just entertainment. The…
Although an official announcement from Arts & Venues Denver is due later this week, motorists and pedestrians passing on Speer Boulevard right now have no doubt noticed that the signage on the Colorado Convention Center theater is changing. Five years after acquiring the naming rights to the 5,000-seat venue, which…
Winter on the Rocks: As promised on Friday, we’ve got the drop on frozen fiesta, which is slated to return for a second year at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Friday, February 1. While the inaugural edition featured Atmosphere, Common, Grieves + Budo, the next Winter on the Rocks will feature…
Okay, it’s five o’clock. Boss is gone. Time to blow this taco stand, y’all. Before you get all sorts of wild and crazy doing whatever it is you decide to do this weekend in Denver after dark (we’ve got a few ideas if you’re looking for tips), take a mental…
Swallow Hill Music is expanding. This spring, the esteemed non-profit music association, a veritable Denver institution after a more than three decade-long existence, is planning to open up a new campus in Lowry. According to a release from Swallow Hill Project & Publicity Manager Lindsay Taylor, the new 3,600 square…
Okay it’s that time again — time for us to start reflecting on our favorite albums of the year. Hey, if the radio can get away with playing round-the-clock Christmas songs already, I think we can all justifiably start comparing notes about the year’s best music, right? As we start…
With the exception of perhaps Tim Tebow or the recent election, few things around here have been as polarizing as the mural saga at 314 E. 13th Avenue, the former home of Bender’s Tavern and the new home of Quixote’s True Blue, which is slated to kick off its grand…
The Gromet has done nothing but progress since releasing its auspicious self-titled debut EP in 2009. And while that disc was certainly noteworthy, 2010’s Colorado Captain was even better, with bigger, bolder melodies and broader instrumentation. Now a quintet, the Gromet (due this Saturday, November 17, at Moe’s BBQ) has…
UPDATE 11/14/12: All right, now this is just disappointing. As you can see from the photo above, sometime between our last update last night and this morning, some unscrupulous person(s) defaced the new Jerry Garcia mural on the east wall of 314 East 13th Avenue, the former home of Bender’s…
If we’d have known that smoking a doobie with someone would enhance our interviews, we probably would’ve done it a long time ago. In case you missed it yesterday, in honor of the recently passed Amendment 64, the much ballyhooed legislation that will legalize marijuana for recreational use, we recently…
Next month, the members of Wanker will celebrate their 25th anniversary. But not only is it the anniversary of the band, it’s also the anniversary of the band being on the cover of this here fishwrap. While Wanker went on to earn nods from our paper as Best Band in…
Last month we told you about Around the Word and Back, the documentary being made about Matt Rutherford, a local man who made history by sailing around both continents of the Americas by himself. In the process of putting the movie together, director Tony Salvia came across music that Rutherford…
