Update (10/10/11): So evidently, there’s more to the new wrought-iron fencing at the Fillmore than meets the eye. It’s not just an aesthetic enhancement. According to Live Nation Colorado and Rocky Mountain Region president Eric Pirritt, the liquor license has also been extended, meaning that your drink can now accompany…
They don’t call it Rocktober for nothing. There was no shortage of options this past weekend: Foo Fighters at the Pepsi Center, Odd Future at the Fox and at the Ogden Theatre, X at the Summit Music Hall, OFF! at the Marquis Theater, Melt Banana at the Larimer Lounge, Misfits…
Since Derek Vincent Smith has made such a stead climb over the years, making his way up from theaters to arenas, such as 1STBANK Center, where he’s playing a pair of dates on New Year’s, it’s easy to take for granted that everybody knows who he is and holds him…
Sweet Jesus! He did it! This afternoon in London, DJ Vajra competed in the 2011 DMC World Final against thirty other turntablists from all over the globe. If you haven’t heard yet, he bested all of the other contenders to be crowned the 2011 DMC World Champion, meaning he can…
While we know you’re still busy trying to nail down what you’re doing for Halloween and you probably haven’t even really given much thought to where you’ll be celebrating New Year’s yet, we’ve just received word that Pretty Lights is setting up shop at 1STBANK Center for a pair of…
For the past three years, the members of the Flobots have enlisted a bunch of their friends to lace up their bowling shoes and hit the lanes in the name of charity. In past years, the event their buddies in bands like the Fray and Rise Against and Tickle Me…
And now for something completely different… Noe DeLeon, whom you probably know from any number of local rock bands over the years — Dropsound, Ion, the Crimson Red and Life in Electric — shared a new song earlier today called “Gotitas De Amor,” the bassline of which we’re most assuredly…
As reported yesterday by Stephanie DeCamp, the Mile High Horror Film Festival added a music component to this year’s festivities in an effort to spread the word about the fest. The music portion, which is free, kicks off tonight starting at 7:30 p.m. with performances by Marty Lindsey, Pythian Whispers,…
When the Foo Fighters pull into the Pepsi Center on Sunday, they’re expecting Mexican food — and “not just chips, salsa and some microwave burritos.” The dudes are from SoCal, and apparently consider themselves connoisseurs, so the production crew is well advised to be on their toes. So warns the…
When Cut Copy was here a few nights ago, the Australian outfit transformed the Ogden into a sweaty discotheque. Everybody in the house dancing with complete abandon until the “set ended anti-climactically after a long instrumental interlude,” as Laura Shunk puts it in her review. According to Joey B, who…
Not to get all sorts of heavy on you here on this otherwise happy hump day (seriously, isn’t the weather just picture-perfect today?), but this song by Martina McBride hit me in just the right way as I was driving earlier this morning, in the same way that countless others,…
For the past few months, Bop Skizzum has been quietly searching for a replacement for Erin Jo Harris, the band’s vocalist, who is departing the group to pursue other projects. While we imagine the prospect had to have been a bit daunting given Harris’s considerable voice and presence, the band…
If we know you (and let’s face it — we know you well, probably better than your mom), your plans for Halloween have already begun to take shape. Yes? Well, before you move that entry from pencil to ink on your calendar, there are a few more enticing options to…
File under: Couldn’t have said it better ourselves. Inspired by a New York professor’s recent head-slapping conclusion that 92 percent of the songs that made it to the Billboard Top 10 in 2009 contained some form of “reproductive” messages, Jef Otte wrote up the 10 Best Reproductive Messages in Songs…
Former Tickle Me Pink drummer Stefan Runstrom recently moved to Chicago. Before heading off to the Windy City, though, the timekeeper evidently made a stop at Colorado Sound with his former bandmate, guitarist Joey Barba, and Randy Ramirez of the Heyday, where the trio recorded a two-song EP under the…
Over the weekend at Comfort Dental Amphitheatre, there was a triple bill featuring what’s left of Night Ranger, Foreigner and Journey. Stephanie March had fun, and while Spaceplace, who posted our comment of the day, agrees that it was fun, there were plenty of other things he didn’t appreciate, from…
Update (10/4/11): Contest is over. Thanks to everybody who entered. Winners have been notified. Check your email, and if you didn’t win, keep an eye on the blog for more great giveaways! Going to the Cut Copy show tomorrow night at the Ogden Theatre with Washed Out? Yeah? What have…
Over the weekend, we sent Boyd Fletcher up to Red Rocks to check out the first two nights of Furthur, and although he thought the band’s musicianship was as solid as ever — if not even better, in Lesh’s case — he felt like the sets lacked a certain vitality…
Tomorrow night was supposed to mark the release the CD release party of Author Unknown, the new outfit featuring Mark Sundermeier, at the Toad Tavern. The show has now turned into a benefit for Sundermeier, who was involved in a major car accident a few weeks ago. The former Trampolines…
Wondering what becomes of all the bootleg merchandise that is seized? The clothing items sometimes find their way into the hands of less fortunate individuals through various charity organizations. Such was the case in 2005, when Cousins Entertainment, through its attorneys at the time, the Denver-based law firm, Schwartz &…
Did you miss the Warlock Pinchers run of reunion shows back in 2010? Aw, there, there. It’ll be okay. While we can’t exactly spirit you away in the wayback machine to make this wrong right, here’s the next best thing: The Pinchers have reserved the Denver Film Center on Colfax…
Grab the merchandise, not the person — that’s always been the rule. No need for anybody to get hurt. Bootlegging is a civil matter, not a criminal one, and everybody knows the deal: You make it, they may take it. Simple as that. But the aftermath of an incident that…
