On August 31, Danielle de Picciotto, one of the founders of the Love Parade, a huge electronic music festival that went on for over a decade, is coming to the Hinterland Art Space (3254 Walnut Street) to do readings from The Beauty of Transgression, A Berlin Memoir, her personal account…
This Saturday will be a historically significant date for the Anschutz Entertainment Group, as it will mark the beginning of AEG’s eventual migration from TicketMaster. With back-end technology developed by Outbox, a company in which AEG is both a client of and has an equity stake in, the nation’s second-largest…
When Bees No Longer Fly We’re All Going to Die and Oh What a Death It Will Be is the full name of this release, and like its title, the music contained within can be dauntingly dense, but it’s also engaging, enthralling and enjoyable — especially if you’re not one…
YONDER MTN. STRING BAND at RED ROCKS | 8.20.11Wowzers, what a difference a single night makes, eh? In stark contrast to the soggy set from Atmosphere the night previous at Red Rocks, Yonder Mountain String Band played a hometown set with Railroad Earth to the sheer delight of a considerably…
Every week in an effort to pay tribute to those dedicated to the old-school way of promoting shows by hanging up posters, we make our way around the Mile High City to get a gander of all the eye candy affixed to light posts and such. Here’s the fliers we…
Okay, you’ve always heard that it could be done, and the Flaming Lips even went to the trouble of connecting the dots a few weeks ago at Red Rocks. But just in case you were too lazy or too stoned to try it at home yourself at some point, Bryan…
Update: Congrats to Rob Murillo. You and a guest will be our guests this at the Boulder Theater this Monday night, for the EOTO show. To claim your tickets, present your photo ID at the box office before the show. Thanks to Rob and everybody else for the entries and…
Whoa whoa whoa whoah! Holy ’80s flashback! Howard Jones will be performing his first two albums, Human’s Lib and Dream Into Action, in their entirety at the Summit Music Hall on Saturday, October 15. Even if you’re drawing a blank when HoJo’s name comes up (if you were born around…
Bobby Smith of the Mighty 18 Wheeler that a new band is afoot. S.L.U.T., as the new outfit has been dubbed, features Smith and his TM18W bandmate, Bob Rupp, a scene veteran who has played with too many bands to mention, Chris Cheiffo of Dirt Poor Kings, and back from being a face on a milk cartoon, the illustrious Mr. Jeff Black of the similarly monikered Jett Black
Update: Candice, Shanmort3, Hilda and Michelle: You’re our winners. Check your email for details on how to pick up your tickets. If you don’t already have plans and you’re looking for something cool to do this weekend, we’ve got tickets to see Lalah Hathaway, Chaz Shepherd, Anthony David and more…
If you’re a rapper, what’s better than being on the cover of XXL? Um, yeah, not much, actually. Well, maybe being the centerpiece of a mural and still being around to appreciate it — that has to come pretty close, right? Ask Mane Rok and Es-Nine, whose mugs were recently…
Congrats to Katie Koivisto. She and a guest will be our guests this Sunday up at the way sold-out Rocky Mountain Folks Fest. While the prospect of seeing the Civil Wars alone would have our hearts racing and justify a trip up to Lyons just to see them, evidently Katie…
Fresh off a stint at this year’s Lollapalooza, The Chain Gang of 1974 is steadily gaining momentum and garnering tons of attention from every corner of the web. In addition to giving Wayward Fire, the act’s latest effort, a seven out of ten rating and listing it amongst its 20…
Now that most of the graffiti has been scrubbed off the walls, no one is likely to ever mistake the hi-dive for CBGB. Nonetheless, for at least one night, the South Broadway bar will summon the spirit of the legendary NYC institution, with a spate of bands paying tribute to…
Today’s a historic day, in case you were wondering. Not only is it the 34th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death, but today will mark the day that the Velvet Elvis, one of the country’s top Elvis “emulators,” comes to rest as well. In honor of the occasion, we asked the…
Karl Ridgeway is a software developer from Boulder studying computer science at the University of Colorado. At least that’s what’s on his resumé, and it’s probably what his parents tell folks when they ask, “So what’s Karl doing these days?” Ridgeway may well be a charter member of the Geek…
In this week’s issue, we weighed in on Sineater, Snake Rattle Rattle Snake’s eagerly anticipated forthcoming new album. We’re pretty impressed with everything about it, from Ravi Zupa’s cover art and the name of the album to the songs and the production. Unlike most things in life, it’s totally worth…
Smashing Pumpkins fans, rejoice! Billy Corgan and company are coming back to Denver on Monday, October 10 at the Ogden Theatre. As if the Ogden’s calendar for October wasn’t already stacked enough, the Pumpkins have been added to an impressive lineup that month that includes Ladytron, Cut Copy, Chromeo, Hank…
Update: Today’s ticket giveaway is over. Thanks for all the comments. If you haven’t already, definitely follow us on Facebook and Twitter @westword_music to get the drop all upcoming contests. Thanks to everybody else for the entries! Congratulations to Dennis Porter and Josh Yardley. Each of you and your guest…
Nothing stirs the ire, it seems, quite as efficiently and effortlessly as devoting coverage to pop tarts like Katy Perry. In response to Cory Lamz’s Poptimystic piece on Perry’s recent chart success as it compares to Michael Jackson’s previous chart-topping accomplishments, one rather passionate reader asserted that any such comparison…
Brace yourself: Looks like the word is out on BLKHRTS. After an enviable co-sign from Jeff Weiss — an extremely well-regarded West Coast blogger who also writes for the Los Angeles Times — on the LA Times blog in advance of its show last night at that city’s famed Low…
Every week in an effort to pay tribute to the old-school way of promoting shows by hanging up posters, we make our way around the Mile High City to get a gander of the eye candy. Here’s the fliers we spotted this week across the city on random telephone poles…
