We’ve just received word that the Black Keys, on the heels of their highly enjoyable new record, El Camino (we seriously can’t pry it from our playlist), are coming to the 1STBANK Center on Monday, April 30, with the Arctic Monkeys. Tickets ($55.00-$59.50, plus service fees) for the show, which…
Oh, hell yeah! Mark your calendars. It’s really happening. Van Halen is coming to Denver. It’s confirmed, and we finally have a date. Thursday, May 24, at the Pepsi Center, Van Halen will be here with Kool and the Gang. So stoked! Almost as stoked as we are to hear…
Some sad news to report today: We’ve received word that bluesman Creighton Holley passed away yesterday. The news is devastating to the scene, in general, but particularly for the blues community, which is still grieving the loss of John-Alex Mason, who passed away this past fall at the tragically young…
Oh, man! Maybe the Mayans are right after all, and we really are doomed. Here we are, a mere four days into the New Year, and already we have the first sign of the pending apocalypse: We’ve just learned that on Saturday, May 19, Creed is coming to the Paramount…
Have an old guitar lying around collecting dust that you’ve been meaning to play but somehow just never got around to actually playing? Yeah? How about putting it to use? Flobots.org is seeking donated instruments for its Art 2 Action and Youth on Record programs. As you’re probably aware, the…
The name of the young man from Highlands Ranch who died as a result of the injuries sustained from a fall at 1STBANK Center after Pretty Lights’ New Year’s Eve show has been released: Twenty-year-old Chris Engel was a graduate of Thunder Ridge High School and a junior at Colorado…
Judging from the extremely dense, seemingly arbitrary and slightly pretentious narrative spun on the band’s bio, including the overwrought descriptors they’ve attached to themselves individually as players (bassist Shawn Briardy, for instance, is responsible for “thickening undertones” and “low end theorems”), the men of Genre Theory have clearly put a…
Update (1/3/12): As reported by numerous outlets yesterday, a twenty-year-old man died yesterday from injuries sustained during a fall at 1STBANK Center on New Year’s Eve. The name of the young man hasn’t been released yet, and Broomfield police are currently investigating the incident. We’ll post more details as they…
Update (12/27/11): Contest is over. Congratulations to Dean Keim, who gets to bring three guests to the show on Thursday, December 29. Thanks for the entries! Next Thursday, December 29, Ween is kicking off its three-night stand at the Fillmore Auditorium with Kid Is Qual. We’ve got our hands on…
As with every year, the Mile High City had absolutely no shortage of compelling releases from across a wide variety of genres. There were so many, in fact, that, also like past years, we just didn’t have the room to fit all of them into the paper this week (a…
Last week, after the Tebuzz reached a fever pitch across the country — with Jesus checking in with Timmy on Saturday Night Live — and then culminated in a devastating loss by the Broncos to Belichick’s boys here at home, we listened to the post-game analysis and the deflated reflections…
Every holiday season, almost as sure as you can count on Christmas falling on December 25, you can depend on some obsessive, Griswold-wannabe somewhere crafting a lighting display that makes all the previous standouts from past years seem like also-rans. You know the type — the kind that literally stops…
So far, Jeff Weiss has proven to be BLKHRTS’ most ardent champion. After giving the crew dap in the LA Times earlier this year, Weiss, the L.A.-based music critic and esteemed Passion of the Weiss blogger, has seen fit to include BLKHRTS in a roundup of his favorite underrated rap…
Update (12/14/12): KTCL Hometown for the Holidays 2012 finalists revealed. Churchill’s probably pretty stoked today. Last night at Casselman’s Bar & Venue, KTCL held its annual Hometown for the Holidays concert, and the band was crowned winner of the station’s annual promotion. As in past years, the place was packed…
Update (12/18/11): Churchill named winner of KTCL 2011 Hometown for the Holidays promo. See pics from the show at Casselman’s. In case you missed it, just a bit ago, Nerf (aka Jeb Freedman), KTCL’s Program Director, announced the three finalists in this year’s Hometown for the Holidays promotion. Props go…
Have you heard Tim Tebow’s eleven second rendition of “Awesome God,” the song originally penned by the late Rich Mullins and made ubiquitous in evangelical circles by Hillsong United? It’s awesomely bad. It took a minute, but it seems we finally found the mythical QB’s glaring flaw. Until he embarked…
Now it’s no secret that marijuana consumption is legal for medicinal purposes. The number of medical marijuana dispensaries in Denver rival the number of Starbucks, and hell, we’re even called the Mile High City, for chrissakes. But this truly takes the cake. While we don’t have anything to substantiate that…
Tonight, the first in a series of benefits that have been organized for 3 Kings Tavern co-owner Jim Norris takes place at Rockbar. Jeri Theil, who’s spearheading the event with the help of Shannon Boyles and Karen Cuda, has given us the full lineup for tonight’s benefit (see below) and…
See also: “Awesome God,” Tim Tebow, awesomely bad singer It’s all Tebow, all the time here in Denver. Just in case you haven’t grown tired of the wall-to-wall Tebow coverage, here’s yet another piece devoted to the Denver Broncos QB, whose renown is steadily reaching mythical proportions. This one’s from…
The next set of inductees into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame have been announced. This February, legendary concert promoter Barry Fey and Denver Folklore Center founder Harry Tuft, two Colorado music icons, will take their rightful place in the hall alongside John Denver and Red Rocks Amphitheatre, the inaugural…
Remember back in August when we told you about the new band that Bobby Smith, Bob Rupp, Chris Cheiffo and Jeff Black formed called Sleazy, Loud, Ultra-Trashy — S.L.U.T. for short? Well, let’s just say suspicions confirmed. The outfit’s moniker is also a fairly apt description of the collective noise…
Goodness gracious! Next year is already shaping up to be one of the most anticipated concert seasons in recent memory. Here’s another absolutely killer show to add to your growing itinerary. We’ve just learned that Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are kicking off their tour at the 1STBANK Center on…
