Flashlights is now FLASH/LIGHTS. Last week, the outfit, which has made significant strides locally under its original moniker, including garnering a highly enviable slot opening for New Order at 1STBANK Center, received a cease-and-desist letter from a like-named Florida-based punk band. See also: – Ten ways to come up with…
Update, 4:20 p.m. 5/13/13: Contest is over. Congratulations to @Avary, @benhorne44 and @blusowns. Each of these winners and a guest will be our guests at tonight’s 11:30 p.m. show. Check your email for details on how to claim your tickets. Thanks to everybody else for all the entries and for…
The unapologetic and perpetually controversial popstar known as Rihanna — currently working on new music with Wale and reportedly once again on the outs with the equally controversial Chris Brown — is due to perform at the Pepsi Center on Saturday, November 9. Tickets for the show ($39.50) go on…
Yesterday on its Facebook page, Queens of the Stone Age posted a curious message directly specifically to us: “Hey, Colorado. Keep Your Eyes Peeled tomorrow, Let’s have a good time.” Well, today is tomorrow, and Queens has sent word that it will be coming to Red Rocks on Thursday, August…
Forget everything you know about the man known as Nathaniel Rateliff. Whatever image that name conjures for you will be obsolete the next time you see him. The extraordinarily talented musician, whom we first came to know as the frontman of Born in the Flood and later came to love…
The folks at the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival up in Lyons have announced the lineup for this year’s festival, which is slated to take place from Friday, August 16 through Sunday, August 18 at the Planet Bluegrass Ranch. The acts this year include John Prine, Patty Griffin, Colin Meloy of…
The Dillinger Escape Plan is playing at the Fox Theatre this Tuesday, May 14. We’ve got a couple pairs of tickets if you and a guest would like to be our guests. FYI: These are hard tickets, so you’ll need to stop by our offices on Tuesday afternoon to pick…
This Saturday night at Beauty Bar, Shannon Kelly and James Yardley are celebrating the first anniversary of Night Drive, the night founded by the masterminds of Neon Knights and Double//Shadow. To mark the occasion, the pair are hosting a special edition of the party featuring Troubleman Unlimited and Italians Do…
In 2010, John Grant’s debut solo album, The Queen of Denmark, was named album of the year by Mojo, and it earned universal praise across Europe. Here in the States, meanwhile, the record was criminally overlooked, as was the former Czars frontman himself, whose spring 2011 tour was unceremoniously canceled…
Remember Bela Karoli, the band fronted by Julie Davis? Yeah, it seems like a bazillion years since we’ve heard anything from that act — and for good reason. Davis has been busy touring the globe with Nathaniel Rateliff and tending to her other groups, Fairchildren and Miss America. Now she’s…
All right, so we’ve already tantalized you with the acts that are performing on the main stage this year at the Westword Music Showcase (Dada Life, Trampled by Turtles, P.O.S., Nick Waterhouse, the Mowgli’s, the Colorado Symphony with Nathaniel Rateliff and Otis Taylor, Hunter Hunted and My Body Sings Electric)…
Ah, yes, this should be dope. If you’re a hip-hop head, clear your calendar: Spoke In Wordz is set to battle J-Money on Saturday, June 1, at McDonough’s Irish Pub, 10395 East Iliff in Aurora. J-Money, who’s from Aurora, of course, is a seasoned battle rapper, whereas this MC match-up…
Some more sad news to report for a music community that’s still grappling with the losses of some other dearly departed friends: If you haven’t heard, Joe Cahill, Leftover Salmon’s lighting designer, passed away last week in New Orleans. According to an item filed by the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Cahill,…
In case you’re the type who likes to plan ahead — I mean waaaaay ahead — Justin Timberlake is making his way to the Mile High City for a show at the Pepsi Center…uh, next year. January 22, 2014, to be specific. So why mention it now? So you can…
If last Friday night’s party is any indication, the Denver Disco dudes have put together one helluva party. And tonight, the crew will continue to crush it. If you already checked out our rundown of the best EDM in Denver this weekend, you probably noticed that we have Mike Deez,…
Oh, man, this week just isn’t getting any easier. As we’re still grappling with the two recent deaths that rattled our community this week, comes word of another significant loss. If you haven’t heard yet, Jeff Hanneman has passed away at the age of 49. The Slayer guitarist reportedly died…
Stay Tuned, the outfit formerly known as MainLine, is preparing to hit the road in the next few weeks, taking advantage of the $3000 Western States Arts Federation Independent Music on Tour grant Mane Rok was awarded last year. What makes this jaunt particularly noteworthy, beside the fact that local…
Alert your darling niece, the one whose mom just insists she’s the next Christina Aguilera, that stardom awaits. X Factor auditions are being held at the Denver Coliseum; wristbands will be issued on Sunday, May 12, at 8 a.m. and auditions are slated for Tuesday, May 14. Unlike the first…
When the members of the Appleseed Cast made their first appearance in Denver in the late ’90s — they played the Market Street Lounge, a club that was attached to the Old Chicago in LoDo — they were fresh-faced young men from Lawrence, Kansas, playing a serviceable brand of emo…
Brace yourselves, nerds (I know there are a lot of you out there). I have some news that’s going to make you giddy, possibly inspire you to run around the room and high-five whoever happens to be around: “Weird Al” Yankovic is coming to the Boulder Theater on Sunday, July…
Earlier this week, Kent Shelton shared a conversation with me that he had with Chris Haney some time ago in which he asked Haney if he ever got depressed. “Sometimes I get depressed,” Shelton recalled his friend saying. “But I have so many friends, I can’t stay depressed…They just cheer…
So this happened. This past Saturday night in Indianapolis, in an airplane hangar somewhere, Peyton Manning offered up this chilling rendition of “Folsom Prison Blues” with Luke Bryan. Clearly, Manning is an upgrade from Tebow in more ways than one. Want more? You got it. The Broncos’ QB also karaoked…
