Update 3/20/12: Great news if you missed out on getting tickets to Bassnectar’s sold out show at Red Rocks on Saturday, June 2. Another date has been added on Friday, June 1! Tickets go on sale this Friday, March 23, at 10 a.m. Bassnectar at Red Rocks: Confirmed! At SnowBall…
Rod Blackhurst is making a documentary about Kenny G., and he needs your help. No, really. Quit laughing. Appearances to the contrary, this is not a joke. That’s what we thought, at first, too. But we spoke with Blackhurst, and he’s so serious, in fact, that he and his partner…
MIRANDA LAMBERT @ 1STBANK CENTER | 3/17/12 Miranda Lambert is justifiably incredulous. She’s twenty songs into a 22-song set, and just as this St. Patrick’s Day edition of her She-Woman Men Haters Club is winding down, someone on her crew has taken it upon himself to preempt the proceedings by…
The Fray just confirmed another show at Red Rocks. Quincy Magoo probably could’ve seen that coming, eh? Even less surprising: The date of the second show is Saturday, May 12, the night after the first Red Rocks date — that is, assuming that Sir Isaac Slade isn’t mixing it up…
If you’re in Austin right now at SXSW, we envy you (if only for the music you’re getting to see right now; weather wise, we’re stuck in the majestic Mile High City where it’s, oh, a brilliant 64 degrees right now). As grizzled SX vets, we also trust that you’re…
Update 3/14/12: The polls are officially open. Please feel free to make your way to the 2012 Westword Music Showcase ballot and register your vote! The 2012 Westword Music Showcase ballot is here — no more waiting. Well, that’s not entirely true: You will have to wait another day or…
RADIOHEAD @ 1STBANK CENTER | 3.13.12 Thom Yorke apparently has no idea where he is right now. “Wassup,” he intones after a lively rendition of “Morning Mr Magpie,” a decidedly jittery track from King of Limbs. “Where are we? Where the fuck are we? We’re on the ground somewhere, near…
When the Skeleton Show filmed its new video for “White Buzzard” at Sweet Action, the quaint ice cream parlor on south Broadway, evidently, the shoot was a hot…er, make that cold mess. “We spent probably three to four hours after the shoot just cleaning every inch of Sweet Action,” recalls…
Well, how about that? Another act fresh off its appearance at this year’s SnowBall Music Festival and another Westword Music Showcase alumni, is coming back to the Centennial State. We’ve just received word that BoomBox, an act that’s built up a sizable following in these parts, is slated to make…
While Butch Vig is probably best known for his work as a Grammy-winning producer who’s worked with the likes of Nirvana or, more recently, the Foo Fighters, he’s also a member of Garbage, an alt-rock act (and a rather decent one at that) that formed in the mid ’90s and…
Hope you have your dancing shoes. You’re going to need them for this pair of back-to-back shows at Red Rocks this summer. Fresh off their stint at this year’s edition of the SnowBall Music Festival, former Westword Music Showcase headliner, Ghostland Observatory and MiM0Sa are coming to Red Rocks Amphitheatre…
It’s too bad that the title Headphone Masterpiece has already been claimed, because that’s a perfectly fitting description of what Overcasters have delivered here. Actually, check that: Headphones merely allow you to better absorb and appreciate the nuances. Fact is, this record would sound utterly sensational on a pair of…
Not all Mondays suck. This one’s pretty good so far, at least: Tickets for the Westword Music Showcase went on sale this morning, a reminder that summer is just around the corner, we received word that Jeff Mangum and Madonna are coming to town, and now we’ve got a couple…
Update 3/6/12: Contest is over. Congratulations to our winner, Aldona, and thanks to everybody else for your entries. Stay tuned to Backbeat for more chances to win upgrades in the months and weeks leading up to Showcase! (Original Post: 6:30 a.m.) Happy Monday! Oh, and what a happy Monday it…
Hold on to your hats: We’ve just received word that Jeff Mangum, the iconic mastermind of Neutral Milk Hotel, is coming to the Ogden Theatre on Thursday, April 26. Couple important things to note about this show, which we imagine sell out rather quickly: All tickets will be will-call only…
On the heels of her recent half-time spectacle at the Super Bowl comes word that nearly four years after her pair of back-to-back shows at the Pepsi Center in 2008, Madonna is returning to the Mile High City for another show on Thursday, October 18, at the Pepsi Center. Tickets…
On the heels of its Winter Carnival at 1STBANK Center this time last year, String Cheese Incident will be returning to Red Rocks this summer for a three night stand that kicks off on Thursday, July 5 and runs through Sunday, July 7. Presale tickets are on-sale through the band’s…
Another show going on sale this week that you should know about: Das Racist, no strangers to the Front Range, its making its way back to the Centennial state for a gig at the Fox Theatre in Boulder on Saturday, April 21. While it’s been a minute since we kicked…
It’s that time again. South By Southwest is a mere two weeks away, and truckloads of locals are preparing to make their way down to the Lonestar state to showcase their wares. While all the individual acts will be playing various shows (which we’ll have a full rundown of in…
That’s what we’re hearing. According to a post on Blabbermouth.net, Lemmy, Motörhead’s godlike frontman, has reportedly lost his voice and has decided to take the night off. Megadeth and the other acts on the bill are slated to perform as scheduled. We’ve reached out to the folks at Live Nation…
Sleigh Bells are coming the Ogden Theatre on Friday, April 13. On the heels of a new album that just dropped and a Saturday night Live stint that got everybody worked up, Sleigh Bells is making its way back to the Mile High City to no doubt assault and completely…
Some terribly sad news to report this afternoon: The Mile High City has lost another beloved member of our local music scene. If you haven’t heard yet — although based on the outpouring of remembrances on his Facebook page today, the news has already reached a great many of you…
