It may not be so much of a secret now, but the rapper Aceyalone and the Slippers will be at the Meadowlark (2701 Larimer Street) Friday, June 5. Chances to see high profile cats like Aceyalone, who was one of the founders of the Freestyle Fellowship, up close at a…
As previously reported, the recently reunited Blink-182 is hitting the road again for the first time in five years and is making a stop at Fiddler’s Green on Sunday, September 6 with Weezer, Taking Back Sunday and Chester French. While reserved tickets, which go on sale Saturday, June 6 at…
Monoliths & Dimensions, the brand new release by Sunn O))), grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax for the week ending May 31. New releases by the Monks, Fishcherspooner, Clues and Eminem also placed in the top five. See the full breakdown after the jump…
Grizzly Bear’s Veckatimest, released last week on the Warp imprint, knocked Green Day down to the second slot at Twist & Shout for the week ending May31. Phoenix’s new album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, grabbed the third slot while Steve Earle and Bob Dylan rounded out the top five. See the…
Eminem’s Relapse grabbed the top spot for the second week in a row at Independent Records for the week ending May 31. Marilyn Manson’s High End Low, released last week on Interscope, came in second while Tech N9ne, Method Man & Redman and Busta Rhymes rounded out the top five…
Bobby Walker has been playing professionally for close to four decades, and Git It feels like a document of his time touring around the States, Japan and Germany. In his whisky-soaked rasp, you can hear the miles he’s traveled on this mini-travelogue of the blues, from the funky blues of…
There’s a scene in the Blues Brothers where Jake, Elwood and the rest of the band are playing “Stand by Your Man” at Bob’s Country Bunker. The camera pans across a bunch of loving couples holding each other, then comes to rest on a pathetic guy sitting alone, almost in…
Jane’s Addiction & Nine Inch NailsTuesday, May 26, 2009 Fiddler’s Green AmphitheatreBetter Than: Seeing Dave Navarro hanging out with porn stars. Near the end of Nine Inch Nail’s set, frontman Trent Reznor said this current outing with Jane’s Addiction would be NIN’s last tour. It seemed like an odd way…
During one of many torrential downpours last weekend, I was driving north on I-25 near Belleview Avenue when a Dodge Ram pickup sped by me and spayed my car with a ton of water. Once my wipers had done their job, I took a closer look at the truck, noticing…
As previously reported, Tori Amos will stop at the Paramount Theatre on Tuesday, July 21, in support of her new album, Abnormally Attracted to Sin, which was released last week. Blues Traveler, who’s made an annual tradition of playing Red Rocks on July 4, returns again this year. Tickets for…
Eminem’s Relapse, released last week on the rapper’s own Shady imprint, knocked Green Day from first down to the fifth spot at Independent Records for the week ending May 24. New releases by Method Man & Redman and Busta Rhymes grabbed the number two and three slots. See the full…
After coming in second to Steve Earle’s Townes last week, Green Day moved took over the top spot with 21st Century Breakdown at Twist & Shout for the week ending May 24. New releases by Tori Amos, Eminem, Iron & Wine and Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood rounded out the…
Metric’s Fantasies grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax for the week ending May 24. St. Vincent’s Actor, Peaches’ I Feel Cream and the Colorado late-’70s punk compilation Rocky Mountain Low each held ground in the top ten. See the full breakdown after the jump…
If you’re looking to get get a jump start on the Memorial Day barbecue action, Rockbar (3015 East Colfax Avenue) is firing up the grill in their parking lot tomorrow night starting at 7 p.m., and the Greatest Hits Band starts playing at 8. The Nuggets game will be on…
When he opened Owsley’s Golden Road (2151 Lawrence Street) last year, Jay Bianchi gave me a whirlwind tour of the spot, showing off the venue’s multiple rooms and its massive patio, the only patio in the Bianchi brothers’ empire, which includes Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom (2637 Welton Street), Quixote’s True Blue…
The All-American Rejects, Bassnectar, Goldfinger, the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, the Spill Canvas, Single File and Meese will all be part of this year’s Channel 93.3’s Big Gig on Saturday, July 11 at Fiddler’s Green. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 22 at 10 a.m. The first 1,000 tickets are $9.33,…
Mike Watt & the Missingmen and Dualistics Monday, May 18, 2009 Larimer Lounge Just as Missingmen guitarist Tom Watson and drummer Raul Morales finished setting up their gear, former Minutemen and Firehose frontman Mike Watt made his way through the crowd to the stage. With his gig bag slung on…
Rocky Mountain Low, a compilation of Colorado underground bands of the late 1970s, was the top seller at Wax Trax for the week of May 17. Green Day’s new album came in second, while Peaches, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Obits grabbed slots in the top five. See the full…
Steve Earle, who performed songs from his new Townes Van Zandt tribute album at Twist & Shout last Friday, beat out Green Day for the top spot on the store’s best seller list for the week of May 17. Bob Dylan, Ben Harper, Iron & Wine and Conor Oberst continue…
Green Day’s highly anticipated new album, 21st Century Breakdown, grabbed the top spot on on Independent’s best seller list for the week ending May 17. New releases by Paul Wall, Cam’Ron and Gucci Mane made their debut in the top ten as well. See the full breakdown after the jump…
It’s always been a challenge to lure foot traffic from the 16th Street Mall to a club three levels up at the Denver Pavilions — and it’s especially challenging now, with the space undergoing a major renovation. But Jazz@Jack’s (500 16th Street, #320) came up with a simple solution: Pipe…
Just when we thought the Red Rocks summer line-up couldn’t get any hotter, three more shows were just added to the schedule, including Counting Crows and Augustana on Wednesday, July 29, Rock the Bells ’09, featuring Nas, Damian Marley, Busta Rhymes and more, on Thursday, August 6, and the Mountainside…
