Win tickets to see Beats Antique at the Fillmore

Update 10/26/12: Contest is over. Congratulations to Jason Dalrymple. He and a guest will be our guests at the show Saturday night. Thanks to everybody else for the entries, and for reading Backbeat! Beats Antique is back in town this weekend for a show tomorrow night at the Fillmore Auditorium…

Reader: “Denver … World-Class Nanny-State”

Word of Rockbar’s closure yesterday has been met with a variety of reactions from readers, ranging from those joining in on a chorus of good riddance on our Cafe Society blog to folks like emily225, who no doubt speaking for a good section of the nightlife community, put it simply:…

Gwar

With the pageantry of their presentation and the overwhelming ostentatiousness of their personas, it’s easy to forget that the members of Gwar are actual people — not mere caricatures, but beings made of flesh and blood, with feelings and emotions like the rest of us. And that’s kind of the…

Last call for Rockbar on Colfax this weekend

It’s the end of an era. This news comes on the heels of the Lancer Lounge’s closing, and word that Bender’s Tavern and the hi-dive are changing hands: After this weekend, Rockbar is going dark. Spurred by the city’s recent decision not to renew Rockbar’s liquor license, which expired at…

The Deftones

When the Deftones came storming onto the scene in the mid-’90s, they were initially filed in with the much-maligned so-called nu-metal scene. A broad, all-encompassing term that applied to any metal act blending disparate elements into its music, nu metal proved to be an albatross for the Deftones, as it…

The hi-dive will soon be under new ownership

The hi-dive is in the process of changing hands. Rest easy, though: We know the new owners, and we like them. A lot. And trust us, so do you. Like the place they’re taking over, these dudes and their investors have got plenty of history in the scene, from playing…

Win tickets to see New Order at 1STBANK

Update 10/9/12: Contest is over. Congratulations to our winners, Leigh Kinealy and Hermes Solomon. Check your e-mail for details on how to claim your tickets — and thanks to everybody else for the other entries and for reading Backbeat. Good morning! And, oh, what a good morning it is! If…

Win tix to see K.Flay at the Marquis

Update: Contest is over. Scott Rudderham is our winner. Thanks for reading Backbeat. Aw, yeah! More free tickets! Got plans for this weekend? You do now. K.Flay is coming to the Marquis Theater this Saturday, and we’ve got a pair of tickets up for grabs. Want the hookup? Would you…