From 2003 to 2005, Club Ra, an Egyptian-themed club with a hookah bar, filled the space at 1111 Lincoln Street that’s now occupied by Andrew’s on Lincoln. And in late August, the same weekend that Andrew’s threw a grand-reopening party to celebrate a remodel, a new Club Ra celebrated its…
When it opened in 2002, Dulcinea’s 100th Monkey was hip jazz, blues and funk spot, but within a few years it gradually morphed into more of club that embraced the jam nation. It was a fine addition to the Bianchi brothers empire that now includes Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom, Quixote’s and Sancho’s Broken Arrow…
Matisyahu’s Light, released last week on Sony, grabbed the top spot while Boulder Acoustic Society’s in store performance last week might have helped Punchline, which has some insanely cool packaging, nab the second slot for the week ending August 30. Arctic Monkeys’ Humbug, Imogen Heap’s Ellipse and Ingrid Michaelson’s Everybody,…
Originally a solo project for David Longstreth, the Dirty Projectors is now touring as a six-piece in support of the band’s latest, the wonderful Bitte Orca. Longstreth and company stop at the Bluebird Theater Sunday, November 8. Tickets are $15.25 in advance and $18 day of show and go on…
Twista continues to dominate Independent’s charts and grabbed the top spot for the third week in a row while Mr. Capone-E’s latest effort, Diary of a G, debuted at the second slot for the week ending August 30. Eminem’s Relapse and Matisyahu’s Light, released last week on Sony, nabbed the…
Pissed Jeans’ King of Jeans grabbed the number one spot on Wax Trax’s top seller list the second week in a row while Arctic Monkeys’ Humbug, released last week on Domino, came in second for the week ending August 30. Dead Weather, Modest Mouse and Jay Reatard rounded out the…
Motorhead’s Saturday, September 26 show at the Fillmore Auditorium with Reverend Horton Heat and Nashville Pussy has been canceled. Refunds are available at point of purchase, but if you bought tickets at Fiddler’s Green they will be refunded at the Fillmore box office. Other recent cancellations include Slipknot’s August 31…
Former Mazzy Star singer Hope Sandoval will be hitting the road next month for the first time in eight years on the heels of her forthcoming album, Through the Devil Softly, due September 29 on Nettwerk. Sandoval her band the Warm Inventions visit the Bluebird Thursday, October 1. Tickets are…
Ray LaMontangne fans who didn’t score tix his sold-out solo acoustic show (the opening East Coast dates feature LaMontagne with an orchestra) on Tuesday, November 17, at Ellie Caulkins Opera House will get another shot to see the singer-songwriter on Wednesday, November 18. Tickets, which run $30 to $45, go…
Third Eye Blind’s fourth studio album, Ursa Major, released last week on Megaforce, topped Twist & Shout’s charts for the week ending August, 23. Brendan Benson, who was releasing his own albums years before joining the Raconteurs, debuted at the number three slot with his latest effort, My Old Familiar…
Eminem dominated Independent’s charts for quite a few weeks after the release of Relapse, but Twista’s Category F5 knocked Relapse down to the number two slot for the second week in a row. Fabolous and Tech N9ne continued to be strong sellers while Third Eye Blind’s Ursa Major, released last…
Pissed Jeans’ King of Jeans, released last week on Sub Pop, grabbed the top spot at Wax Trax for the week ending August 23. Magnolia Electric Co., Greymachine, Pictureplane and the Dead Weather also earned slots in the top five. Rocky Mountain Low and Local Anesthetic compilations continue to be…
The Flaming Lips, Explosions in the Sky, Stardeath & White DwarfsRed Rocks AmphitheatreSunday, August 23, 2009Better than: The last time the Flaming Lips played Red RocksI know it’s not the most manly thing to admit, but I was almost cried a few times during the Flaming Lips set last night…
It’s not often that you get to see a bunch of motorcycles and tattoos in Cherry Creek, but there’s a better than average chance you’ll see ’em at Tambien (250 Steele Street) during Rockabilly and Ribs on Sundays. The place has been packing the folks in for with some fine…
“Loud enough in there for you?” a guy asked as Lori and I stood outside of three20south (320 South Main Street) in Breckenridge. Too loud, we told him. Turned out the guy was the soundman for the New Orleans-based Dirty Dozen Brass Band, which would be headlining at the mountain…
While there are quite a few clubs in town that offer bottle service, Wicked Garden (1403 Larimer Street) might be the first on the block to offer table keg service. So instead of dropping a few hundred bucks a bottle of hooch and some mixers in an upscale LoDo club,…
Since rain forced the cancellation of Wendy Woo and Robin Hoch’s CD release party on July 29, the pair rescheduled it for Wednesday, September 2 as part of Swallow Hill’s Shady Grove Picnic Series at Four Mile Historic Park (715 South Forest Street). The show starts at 6:30 p.m. with…
As reported last week, Van Morrison will be digging through more than four decades of songwriting when the Irishman visits the Wells Fargo Theatre Saturday, September 26. If the show’s anywhere near the quality of his live recording of Astral Weeks, the show should be epic. Tickets run $90-$350 and…
After Placebo’s singer Brian Molko collapsed on stage at the Summer Sonic Festival in Osaka, Japan from a combination of a virus he picked up in Asia and jet lag, the band decided to postpone its North American tour. The band’s September 23 show at the Gothic Theatre has been…
To commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock, the Denver Film Society is hosting Peace & Love on the Rocks tonight at Red Rocks. This special edition of Film on the Rocks includes a screening of Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music Director’s Cut as well as music by some…
Twista’s Category F5 topped the charts at Independent Records for the second week in a row while Eminem’s Relapse, which has also been a strong seller, nabbed the second slot for the week ending August 16. Slaughterhouse, Behemoth and Jeremih rounded out the top five. See the full breakdown after…
Since Twist and Shout hosted an autograph signing with Dave Alvin at the L2 Arts and Culture Center, it might have helped push the Chris Gaffney tribute, Man of Somebody’s Dream, to the top of the store’s best sellers for the week ending August 16. After Gaffney died last year,…
