Brian Wilson on Love & Mercy, Creating Pet Sounds and More

In Bill Pohlad’s new film, Love & Mercy, the director explores two different eras of Brian Wilson. One is the mid-’60s Wilson (portrayed by Paul Dano), who had stopped touring with the Beach Boys to work on songs that would eventually end up on Pet Sounds. The other is the…

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Tech N9ne brings his Special Effects Tour 2.0 with Black Pegasus and Slo Pain to the Fillmore Auditorium on Saturday, October 24. Tickets ($34.75-$40) go on sale on Friday, July 10 at 10 a.m. Singer-songwriter JD McPherson will be at the Fox Theater on Saturday, November 14 and at the Bluebird…

A Tour of the Upgrades at the Marquis Theater

Nearly a decade after taking over the Marquis Theater, the folks at Soda Jerk Presents have upgraded the venue by remodeling it, installing new sound and lighting systems and expanding the bar. Mike Barsch, owner of Soda Jerk Presents and the Marquis, says a big portion of the wall that…

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The Who will be at the Pepsi Center on Thursday, December 10 as part of the final leg of the band’s The Who Hits 50 North American Tour. Tickets go on sale on Friday, June 26 at 10 a.m.  Illegal Pete’s celebrates its twenti eth anniversary at Red Rocks with…

The Black Angels’ Alex Maas on How to Keep Evolving

For Alex Maas, frontman of the Austin-based psych rock act the Black Angels, music is really important — it’s an amazing, magical thing, and he says it transcends religion and language and its healing properties are undeniable. “But you have to step away from it to realize how amazing it…

Robert DeLong on Creating a Compelling Live Show

In Robert DeLong’s brand new video for “Don’t Wait Up,” released earlier this week, the Los Angeles-based electronic musician was filmed in Joshua Tree with his arsenal of gear that includes keyboards, guitars, drums, MIDI controllers, video game controllers, joysticks, a gaming steering wheel, Wii remotes and gamepads. While the…

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Janet Jackson brings her Unbreakable World Tour to the Pepsi Center on Sunday, October 25. Tickets ($59.50-$149.50) go on sale on Monday, June 22 at 10 a.m. There are a limited number of four-pack reserved tickets for $80 ($20 per ticket).  Chris Brown will be at the Pepsi Center on…

Brian Blade on His Powerful New Musical Diary Recordings

While living in an old mill in Nyack, New York, the skilled jazz drummer Brian Blade, who’s been part of the Wayne Shorter Quartet for the last fifteen years and fronted his Fellowship Band for the past close to two decades, started an audio diary of sorts on a four-track…

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Panic! At the Disco headlines JEEP on the Rocks at Red Rocks on Saturday, October 10 with American Authors and X Ambassadors opening the show. Tickets ($39.50-$59.50) go on sale on Friday, June 12 at 10 a.m.  Lola Black’s Borracho Bash will be at the Summit Music Hall on Saturday,…

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Faith No More, who haven’t toured North America in close to two decades, are back with a new album and a new tour, which includes a stop at Red Rocks on Tuesday, September 8. Gogol Bordello opens. Tickets ($46.75-$52.50) go on sale on Friday, June 5 at 10 a.m.  Soundgarden…

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Run the Jewels will be at the Ogden Theatre for a two-night stand on Tuesday, October 20 and Wednesday, October 21, and tickets ($30.99) go on sale on Friday, May 29 at 10 a.m. There are also a limited number of two-day passes available for for $49.98 for a limited…

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The Psychedelic Furs and the Church, who will team up for the first ever extensive North American tour starting in August, stop at the Ogden Theatre on Monday, August 31. Early-bird tickets are $25 while supplies last and general admission tickets ($30) go on sale on now.  Nick Jonas headlines…

Meet the Man Behind Some of Your Favorite Film Scores

Guitarist David Torn has scored a number of films, including Traffic, The Order and Lars and the Real Girl, and has played on dozens of film scores, so it’s not surprising that much of the material on only sky, his brand-new solo album on ECM, has a cinematic quality. Torn…

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Electro house producer and DJ Zedd brings its True Colors fall tour in support of his new album, slated for release on May 18, to the 1STBANK Center on Thursday, September 10. Tickets go on sale on Thursday, May 21 at 10 a.m.  3 Doors Down and Seether will be…

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Kraftwerk brings its twelve-city multimedia 3-D tour to the Ellie Caulkins Opera House on Wednesday, September 23. Reserved tickets ($49.50-$79.50) go on sale on Friday, May 8 at 10 a.m.  In support of its latest album, Black Widow, In This Moment headlines the Fillmore Auditorium on Saturday, June 27. Tickets…

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Brad Paisley headlines KYGO’s 35th Birthday Bash on Friday, September 18 with Justin Moore and Mickey Guyton opening. Tickets ($19.80-$74.50) go on sale on Friday, May 1 at 10 a.m.  NOFX teams up with Lagwagon, Swingin’ Utters, Flatliners, Masked Intruder, Toy Guitar, Bad Cop and more for Fat Wrecked For 25 Years Tour at…

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Neil Young teams up with Promise of the Real, which features Willie Nelson’s sons Lukas and Micah, for two nights at Red Rocks on Wednesday, July 8 & Thursday, July 9. The two acts joined forces for the upcoming studio effort, The Monsanto Years, which is slated for release on…

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This year’s Mayhem Festival line-up at Red Rocks on Sunday, July 5 includes Slayer, King Diamond, Hellyeah, the Devil Wears Prada, Whitechapel and They Art is Murder. Tickets ($33.33-$99.99) go on sale on Friday, April 17 at 10 a.m.  The KOOL Concert returns to Fiddler’s Green on Sunday, June 14…

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STS9 returns to Red Rocks for at two-night stand at Red Rocks on Friday, September 11 & Saturday, September 12, which will be the band’s seventeenth and eighteenth performances at the venue in the past dozen years, and one night at the Boulder Theater on Thursday, September 10. General admission tickets are…

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Phish returns to Dick’s Sporting Goods Park a fifth year in a row for a three-day Labor Day weekend run from Friday, September 4 through Sunday, September, 6. Genera admission field tickets ($60) and GA stand tickets ($49.95) go on sale on Saturday, April 4 at 10 a.m. Three-day camping…