You thought singing the national anthem at a Broncos game or making a Rolling Stone year-end list were career highlights for Nathaniel Rateliff? Well, my friends, we may have just now reached peak Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats. No, the peak is not them headlining Red Rocks. The Night Sweats…
The Blue Rider is the kind of band that must be experienced live. That’s not to diminish the band’s records, which are captivating in their own right. But through speakers, Blue Rider sounds a bit like you’re playing an obscure Doors record at the wrong RPM. It’s loud and convoluted,…
When Denver band One Flew West set out to make the music video for the single “Had It All” (which debuted this week) the band got help from an unexpected place: students at University of Colorado Denver. The Cam Records course is a requirement of the music business program at…
Whether you’re a fan of Brock Lobster and the Donkeys, stumping for Peyton’s rights, or are one of the 100,986 new transplants with loyalties elsewhere, the football playoffs are here. In case you haven’t noticed, Denver has a passion for football, especially the blue and orange. But Denver isn’t just…
Itchy-O just finished a epic three-night stand at 3 Kings Tavern to welcome in the new year. What is as impressive as the musicianship and performance, however, is the sheer size of the group. Arcade Fire has nothing on Itchy-O, whose members seemed to swell with each passing show. Some…
The fog was so thick it was almost suffocating. Members of the band Itchy-O seemed to multiply, roaming the crowd. One wandered, head down, with a giant megaphone strapped to his back. Another, holding a keyboard, danced to his own drone-y creations. One, without instrument, walked slowly, touching passerby. He…
Nathaniel Rateliff will sing the national anthem on Monday, December 28, before the Broncos and Bengals play during Monday Night Football. Maybe you’ve heard of him? Rateliff and his band the Night Sweats have had, we would say, a decent year. From late-night TV appearances to an international tour to fans…
Tin Horn Prayer had been considering reuniting for a while. The local folk-punk band had taken an indefinite hiatus in 2013. In late 2014, tragedy struck. The former drummer, Camden Trendler passed away. Tin Horn Prayer got back together to pay tribute to their fallen bandmate, and it felt good,…
Bummeroo, the online-only music festival created by David Castillo of Pizza Time and Panaderia, is back for its second year on Youtube, and is appropriately titled, “BUMMEROO 2.” Bummeroo 2, which will hit the interwebs on December 22, was originally conceived as an all-day real-world music festival at Denver’s Rhinoceropolis…
Just about every month for the past two years, the words “Red Bull Sound Select Presents” have appeared on the marquees of small venues around Denver, usually accompanied by the name of some major national headliner (Bun B, Viet Cong, The Internet) and, on the ground, a line of eager…
93.3’s Not So Silent Night is an interesting show: basically a mini music festival, featuring five well-known bands, any of which could easily headline of a large room in Denver. This year Amzy, The Wombats, Airborne Toxic Event, Cold War Kids, and Bastille all took to the stage at the…
At the Tacocat merch table, between some vinyl and sweatshirts for sale, was an old paper book titled The Woman’s Dress For Success Book. It was priced at $100. It was a partially a joke, but mostly a direct statement. There were a lot of statements, musical and otherwise, from…
Leighton Peterson, frontman for Safe Boating Is No Accident and Jessie Rehms, a Denver University law student, want to help Syrian refugees. Rehms has experience working with refugees, and Peterson has his band, so together the couple has decided to host “Syrian Sock Hop,” a benefit show on Sunday, December…
The day after famed keyboardist Ikey Owens passed away in October 2014, a song came to Rubedo vocalist Kyle Gray. Owens produced every Rubedo album, and was like a brother and honorary bandmate to the Denver trio — constantly providing connections, companionship and words of wisdom. Gray, overcome by grief,…
Hot off the heels of a music video showing at the Denver Film Festival, which runs through the end of this week, Wheelchair Sports Camp is back at work filming a video for “Hard Out Here For A Gimp.” The song is from WheelGrabbers, a collaboration between the local hip-hop…
This year has brought not one but two Toro Y Moi albums, both interesting and fantastic. Fully shedding his chill wave image, Chaz Bundwick (the man behind the project) released the guitar-driven full-length What For? and Samantha, a mixtape that features recordings from 2012 to the present, showing how much Bundwick has evolved…
The Motet show at Red Rocks this past summer was a wet and wild party. Now, you can relive the epic night (or experience it virtually) with the group’s newest video. The 2015 Motet Red Rocks video features the Denver band, and about 10,000 of its fans, getting seriously funky…
Denver is a haven for musicians. It has a plethora of venues, a governor that can be a bit over-excited about the banjo, and a veritable sea of musicians to collaborate with. The sheer size of the musician population has led to more bands then we could name here, and…
The third annual Americas Latino EcoFestival is ongoing in Denver, and it’s using music to inspire conservation efforts. The downtown festival, which features over 400 presenters and takes place now through Saturday at the Denver Art Museum, History Colorado and Denver Public Library, features presentations by advocates and experts designed…
You remember cassettes? The cases always broke after you accidentally stepped on them. The actual tape caused you mental anguish as you attempted to manually rewind it with a pencil. Loading it in a tape deck made the best analog sounds known to mankind. Well, good news lovers of both…
Denver-based band the Yawpers are back with a new album (American Man) and a brand new music video for their single “Doing It Right.” Premiering on Nerdist.com, the video is as menacing as the band. With a mustachioed main character that can kill wrong doers with a stare, this video…
“Fighting Time” is one of the standout tracks on Cynics & Saints, the debut full-length from singer-songwriter Lara Ruggles. It’s brooding, poetic, and angry as hell. Ruggles hurls threats with her impressive vocal range: “It’s fighting time, and I need to see blood on the floor/Whether it’s mine or yours.”…
