All right, here’s some news that literally just makes your stomach turn: A few weeks ago, Boonie Mayfield (aka Solomon Vaughn), one of the state’s — hell, the country’s — preeminent beatmakers and producers had his entire studio cleaned out by some soulless scumbags. Worst part: Boon Doc had only…
Bummed out that Bono and his U2 compadres won’t be at Invesco this weekend? Yeah? So are we. Luckily, we have Under a Blood Red Sky, Denver’s trusty rusty U2 tribute band, which has pulled together a gig this weekend at the Hard Rock Cafe this weekend to help us…
Have you seen Mike Judge’s latest flick, Extract? No? Allow us to save you the trouble: The movie, which came out last year, is occasionally amusing; it’s no where near as funny as Office Space or as incisive as Idiocracy. If anything, it leans far closer to the former in…
It’s that time again, and somehow it sort of snuck up on us this year: Time to whip out the sunscreen, bring beer money and ear plugs and head over to Civic Center park for the 39th annual Capitol Hill People’s Fair. From the looks of the lineup (posted after…
Great news for those who got their groove on this past weekend at the Denver Day of Rock and are now jonesin’ to hear more music downtown, particularly with the absence of the annual summer concert series at the Denver Pavilions. The Skyline Park Free Summer concert series, which just…
Speaking of getting back after it: If you haven’t heard yet, DJ Nutmeg — crowned Best DJ by us in 2004, who picked up stakes and moved to Hawaii the following year — is back in town, and duder has wasted no time getting back into the, uh, mix. Tonight…
They’re back. After being a face on a milk carton for the better part of the past year and a half, the Rose Hill Drive boys are getting ready to fire up the old muscle car. And holy cow, get this: During the time off, frontman Jacob Sproul, a wicked…
Props to Petals of Spain, who earned a slot to perform at the year’s Westword Music Showcase by turning in a stellar performance last night during our Showcase pre-party at La Rumba, besting fellow Readers Choice contenders, Kosmos, Be the Ant and Saints. While each of those acts played admirable…
In case you didn’t see it yesterday when it premiered, here’s the brand-new video for “My First Kiss” from those white-hot, can’t-be-stopped hitmakers of 3OH!3. No big surprises here: A bunch of posturing from the dynamic duo in front of a giant gold hand sign, followed by some soft-core groping…
As you’ve probably heard by now, Andrew’s On Lincoln, one of our Westword Music Showcase venues, unexpectedly and inexplicably went dark last week. Bummer deal, but the Showcase must go on. As such, we’re moving the lineup that we had originally slated for Andrew’s down the block to HUNKS at…
Here what the area’s local-centric specialty radio shows were spinning this week. We’re currently tracking the playlists a number of different shows including, Radio 1190’s Local Shakedown*, KTCL’s Locals Only, KBCO’s Local Edition, The Colorado Sound, which originates at KRFC and is re-broadcast all over Colorado, 99.5 the Mountain’s Homegrown…
Just received word that Mighty 4 Denver, the B-boy gathering put together by the Lordz of Finesse crew, Paulskeee and Master Culture, is set to go down on Saturday, July 10. Launched in 2008, Mighty 4 Denver — celebrating the four-elements of hip-hop culture its named after — is now…
Cue: Gigantic lump in the throat. Heard this one on the radio yesterday and immediately wanted to hear it again — before it had even finished, a sure sign that I’d stumbled on a keeper. The other, and this is probably just the sentimentalist in me (I’m a great big…
It was yet another glorious and glamorous weekend in the Mile High City, and we’ve got pictures to prove it. Lots of ’em. We sent our boy Aaron Thackeray out armed with his fancy, schmancy soul-stealing machinery to capture the various nightlife scenery, and he sent back flix of Insane…
Update: This morning, the Denver Film Society announced the full lineup for this year’s Film on the Rocks. See which acts are slated to perform after the jump. The Film on the Rocks 2010 schedule has been announced. Looks like the Denver Film Society is kicking things off with a…
It’s finally official: This past January, we spoke with Gamits mastermind Chris Fogal about getting the old band — which checked out entirely too early, if you ask us — back together again, dude (cue incredibly shoddy Cockney accent). We just received word from our pal Virgil over at Suburban…
All right, before when send the Backbeat blog into sleep mode for the long weekend and we commence to chilling hardcore with our kinfolk, filling our bladders with beer flavored beer and our bellies with unreasonable amounts of barbecue, we thought we’d leave you with another delightful clip we stumbled…
If you’ve been meaning to catch Debajo Del Agua and haven’t done so yet — man! You better get on it. Tomorrow night may be your last chance for a long time. The outstanding ensemble is playing its final show at the Mercury Cafe before embarking on what they’re referring…
A moment of silence is in order for Gary Coleman. This afternoon, the diminutive star of the ’70s-era sitcom Diff’rent Strokes reportedly passed away at the age of 42 from the effects of a brain hemorrhage he suffered earlier this week. Not only did Coleman provide endless laughs as Arnold…
As people who think about, talk about, listen to and make music, the most common question we encounter is, “What are you listening to right now?” So whether you’re looking for recommendations, trying to get a feel for our individual sensibilities, or are just curious, we’ve compiled a list of…
Somehow, when we spoke with 50 Cent on the phone recently for this week’s Rough Mixes entry, he neglected to mention anything about losing more than fifty pounds recently for an upcoming movie he’s starring in called Things Fall Apart. Weird, you’d think that he’d mention something like that. It’s…
Got your tickets to the Westword Music Showcase yet? Yeah? Nice work! Here’s some news just for you: We’re throwing a very special VIP pre-party just before the Showcase on Thursday, June 17, featuring BoomBox, who will be playing a private DJ set, Ginger Perry and Peter Black. If you’ve…
