Bon Iver and Fiest at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on May 31: Go ahead and file this one under yet another show that undoubtedly rises to the level of must-see status. In what’s already shaping up to be one of the better concert seasons in recent memory with impending shows from…
This Wednesday night, a pair of fierce MCs, Cee Knowledge (aka Doodlebug of Digable Planets) and Fatlip of the Pharcyde, will be throwing down at Herman’s Hideaway, alongside a stacked bill of local cats, including Quiz, Turner Jackson and Made Fresh Daily. We’ve got tickets for this gig, which will…
Manufactured Superstars stock has just risen dramatically — or their notoriety has, anyway. In case you missed it, the Denver-bred production duo of Brad Roulier and Sean Sabo, known collectively as Manufactured Superstars, made all sorts of headlines yesterday on the interwebs for their work with Paris Hilton (?!) on…
Get your red solo cup ready: We’ve just received word that Toby Keith is bringing his party to Comfort Dental Amphitheatre on Friday, June 15. Tickets for the show, which also features Brantley Gilbert, go on sale next Saturday, March 3 at 10 a.m. at the Comfort Dental box office…
Last night on Jeopardy!, the Colorado Music Hall of Fame was immortalized by Alex Trebek. During Final Jeopardy, the contestants were posed with an answer in the category of singers: “On the eve of Earth Day, he became the first performer inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame.” The…
It’s that time again. This year’s edition of Westword Music Showcase is quickly approaching…okay, so it’s not actually taking place until Saturday, June 23, so maybe it’s not approaching that quickly. But still, it’s time to start getting amped: For one, tickets go sale on Monday, March 5, so you’ll…
The son of a blues legend, John Lee Hooker Jr. has overcome many personal travails over the years, from addiction to doing time, and has been striving ever since to make a mark of his own in the blues world in the tall shadow of his late father. And he’s…
If you’re a hip-hop head in Denver, there is simply no place else to be tonight than Beta for #TheSolution5’s kickoff event, the Solution’s 6th Annual J.Dilla Celebration, which of course is a celebration centered on the life and music of the late J. Dilla. Actually, if hip-hop’s your thing,…
Counting Crows evidently have a new record coming out on Tuesday, April 10, called Underwater Sunshine. To commemorate the occasion, Adam Duritz and company are hitting the road and will make their way to the Mile High City a little more than a week after the platter drops, on Thursday,…
The VICE crew is bringing its Project X Party Legends College Tour to Boulder tonight for an exclusive screening of Project X, a new flick from the producers of The Hangover at the Century Boulder (1700 29th Street), followed by an after-party at Catacombs (2115 13th Street) with Jesse Marco…
This past weekend, Show and Tell, our sister blog, hijacked Backbeat’s resident cartoonist/funny man Noah Van Sciver and asked him to sketch out his impressions of Artopia. Unsurprisingly, his impressions turned out to be hilarious, awkward and awesome, the work of staggering genius. Well it made us laugh anyway, particularly…
In addition to other items once owned by Whitney Houston being offered up to the highest bidder, the sprawling mansion where the legendary performer once lived in Mendham, New Jersey, is reportedly being tastelessly touted by a real estate broker from Beverly Hills as “the scene of the activity that…
New country fans must be beside themselves with glee right now. So far, this summer is shaping up to be quite a memorable one. In addition to looking forward to Denver stop of Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney’s upcoming Brothers In the Sun tour at Sports Authority in July, the…
Update (2/17/12): Contest is now over. Congratulations to our winners, Kyle Pawlak, Rhonda DePalma and Donaven Lindstrom. You and a guest will be our guests at Artopia this Saturday. Thanks to everybody else for the entries. Are you ready to party? What are we saying? Of course you are. You’re…
So Dave Grohl, through his peeps at Nasty Little Man, just clarified the seemingly incendiary remarks he made during his acceptance speech at the Grammy Awards last weekend when he was picking up his Gramophone trophy. Turns out, as suspected, he wasn’t ripping on dance music specifically, his comments were…
Tonight at the Bluebird, Tennis is celebrating the release of its second record, Young & Old, by playing a hometown show with Mike Marchant, Samurai Buck and Moon Tides. In advance of the Valentine’s Day release of the Patrick Carney-produced platter, we caught up with the band about how the…
This past Sunday during his acceptance speech on behalf of his band the Foo Fighters for Best Rock Performance at the 54th Annual Grammy awards, Dave Grohl made some comments that stirred the ire of some folks. Lauding the fact that Wasting Light, the album in question, had been recorded…
While there’s nothing new about taping — you can bet there’s a bootleg recording floating around somewhere that was secretly taped when Jesus gave the Sermon on the Mount — Lance Stack’s efforts with Flat Response are incredibly noteworthy. Unlike other tapers who are devoted to archiving the shows of…
Never trust a big butt and a smile. Ah, yes, these sage words of Bell Biv Devoe have served us well into adulthood. Those few nuggets of wisdom undoubtedly saved us from a world of heartache and subsequent therapy. And don’t even get us started on Teddy Riley of Blackstreet…
Okay, admittedly, this is a bit outside of the Backbeat wheelhouse, but we spied it at a music-related event (the Colorado Music Hall of Fame induction ceremonial dinner, which was fab, by the way, in case you haven’t heard), and that sort of counts, right?…
Update (2/24/12): Barry Fey video montage added below. All is right with the universe this morning. We have a pair of Grammy winners in our midst, and as it should be, Harry Tuft and Barry Fey are now officially part of the Colorado Music Hall of Fame. While we didn’t…
Colorado represents! Big old fat props go out to Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic and Brian Joseph, who each won Grammy awards tonight for their contributions to albums by Adele and Bon Iver. The former earned a nod for Adele’s 21, which, among other awards, won for Album of the Year…
