The night before Minutemen played in Denver for the first time in 1984, at the now-defunct Rainbow Music Hall with Black Flag, the punk progenitors made up of singer and guitarist D. Boon, bassist Mike Watt and drummer George Hurley endured what Watt called a “seventeen-hour hell ride” right after…
As part of a recently announced batch of New Year’s Eve shows, Yonder Mountain String Band is slated to headline the Boulder Theater for four nights, starting Wednesday, December 31 through Saturday, January 3. Tickets ($35-$65/4-day pass $160) go on sale on Friday, September 26 at 10 a.m. Lucero headlines…
While Colin Bricker, owner of Mighty Fine Productions, is one of the area’s best sound engineers, he’s also played in the cover band Peter, Paul & Gary since he and some buddies formed the band they were in high school in Greeley. Over the years, some of the band members…
Last month, Dorchester Social Eatery opened in part of the space that was formerly Lavish. On Friday, October 3, Privé Social Club, a late-night extension of the Dorchester, will celebrate its grand opening on the other side of the space (with the entrance on 15th Street) with a performance by…
Earlier this month. Swallow Hill Music announced that CEO and Executive Director Tom Scharf was resigning after seven years of running the Denver-based nonprofit organization that runs music education programs and organizes many concerts in the area. Scharf last day is September 30, and the organization is hoping to have…
New Jersey-based newgrass act Railroad Earth, who has played the Ogden Theatre many times, return to the venue for a three-night stand from Thursday, January 22 through Saturday January 24. Tickets ($34.50) go on sale on Friday, September 19 at 10 a.m. John Mellencamp brings his Plain Spoken tour to…
For Joseph Pope III, who’s played in a number of local acts like Born in the Flood, the Wheel, Fairchildren and is now the front man of Miss America by Wheary, songwriting is like falling in love. “It’s like you’re in this honeymoon period, and you’re just so infatuated and…
Usher brings his UR Experience to the 1STBANK Center on Tuesday, December 2 with August Alsina and DJ Cassidy opening. Tickets ($39-$154) go on sale on Monday, September 15, at 10 a.m. Chrissie Hynde visits the Paramount Theatre as part of her 25-city North American tour in support of her…
After thirteen years together, the Fruit Bats played their final shows last November. At the time, frontman Eric D. Johnson didn’t have any immediate plans to write another album. He figured he’d keep composing film scores — something he’s done for the past three years — and continue to produce…
Bob Dylan & His Band headline the Bellco Theatre on Saturday, November 1, and tickets ($49.50-$129.50) go on sale on Friday, September 5 at 10 a.m. Slipknot, along with opener Korn, hit the Denver Coliseum on Tuesday, November 11 as part of its Prepare for Hell tour, which kicks off…
Dozens of restaurants opened this summer in metro Denver, and there are many more slated to make their debuts later this year. Among them is Nocturne, a modern take on the 1940s jazz supper club that’s going into an old building at 1330 East 27th Street. “I want a place…
The building at 1330 27th Street has been a number of different thing over the last eight decades or so: it was a manufacturing space for dozens of years, a warehouse, an artist loft, a rave spot. A drummer lived there for awhile and it’s the former home of NoDo…
Eight years after opening the Retro Room at 2034 Larimer Street, owner Dominic Roybal has opened The Refinery two blocks away at 1932 Blake Street, in a space that the Sports Column was using as an overflow room. While the Retro Room has an old-school feel, The Refinery has more…
Phillip Phillips stops at the Paramount Theatre on Wednesday, October 1 as part of his North American tour that kicks off next month. Reserved tickets ($39.50-$57.50) go on sale on Friday, August 29 at 10 a.m. Cut Copy comes to the area for a pair of shows: Wednesday October 29…
About twenty minutes before Jack White took the stage at Red Rocks, a hard rain started falling and lightning flashed to the east. Fog machines on the stage were fired up and the wind was blowing the haze, tinted hues of blue from the stage lights, around. For a moment…
Ark Life has accomplished a staggering amount in its first year and a half, playing over 150 shows across the country, including a headlining show at the Boulder Theater and an opening set for a sold-out Film on the Rocks at Red Rocks. The band will finally release its debut…
When Jesse Elliott came to Denver in early 2013, he was only passing through. As the frontman of Washington, D.C.-based rock band These United States, he’d passed through Denver plenty of times. In fact, that group toured so much that Elliott hadn’t kept a home address for three years. But…
B.o.B. brings his No Genre tour with Kevin Gates to the Gothic Theatre on Saturday, November 8, and general admission tickets ($35) go on sale on Friday, August 22 at 10 a.m. As part of its First Things First Tour, Neon Trees, along No Devition and The Moth & The…
As part of his 27-date 2014 American fall tour, Skrillex headlines CU’s Balch Fieldhouse on Wednesday, October 15 with GTA, Nadastrom and Alesia on the bill as well. Early bird tickets ($40, available while supplies last) and general admission seats ($50) go on sale Friday, August 15 at 10 a.m…
Widespread Panic will be at the 1STBANK Center for a three-night Halloween run at 1STBANK Center from Friday, October 31 to Sunday, November 2. Tickets ($55.75/$61) go on sale on Friday, August 8 at 10 a.m. Canadian EDM duo will also Adventure Club at the 1STBANK Center on Saturday, November…
Six years ago, Lotus Clubs opened the ultra-slick upscale Suite Two Hundred at 1427 Larimer Street, which had former housed Lucky Star. Now Lotus, which also runs Chloe and View House, is set to open VIE Luxe Nightclub in that space on Friday, September 12 with a performance by Manufactured…
Michael Hornbuckle was twelve years old the first time he shared the stage with his father, legendary Denver bluesman Bobby Hornbuckle, and at thirteen he was playing weekends with his dad. While he was getting an education on stage, he was also schooling himself in blues guitar by listening to…
