THE OFFSPRING @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 9/27/12 It was maybe four songs into the Offspring’s set — somewhere around “Days Go By” and “Have You Ever,” that the message became clear: Purists be damned. Frontman Dexter Holland looks every bit of his 46 years, and if his band didn’t want…
ESPERANZA SPALDING @ OGDEN THEATRE | 9/26/12 Last night’s Esperanza Spalding performance was unlike most that the Ogden Theatre sees — or has seen, for that matter. The presence of chairs (chairs!) in front of the stage was testimony to this. The Ogden is a rock club, first and foremost…
Lee Camp’s fine with making you uncomfortable. It’s his stock in trade. On camera — most notably in his stints on Good Morning America, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, and various FOX, MTV and CNN shows, Camp gives audiences a this-is-how-it-really-is take on current events ranging from corporate excess to political…
RISE AGAINST @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 9.24.12 If there was a single moment where Rise Against came alive — really, sincerely began to lose their minds, feeding off the audience’s vast stores of energy — it happened late in the game. The crowd had been decidedly awestruck after opener the…
AMANDA PALMER @ GOTHIC THEATRE | 2/4/12 Amanda Palmer wants to ask the audience a personal question. It’s halfway through her set, and the crowd is understandably sweaty, aroused, and willing to answer anything she asks. “How many of you, in high school, were described as ‘goth’?” To which the…
TRAIN @ RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE| 9/19/12 Train, the San Francisco band that has been the darlings of radio rock for over a decade, played to a capacity crowd at Red Rocks last night, and if the multigenerational audience’s hoots and screams were any indication, the guys will be welcome back…
93.3’s THE BIG GIG @ RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE| 9/16/12 Future rock stars of America, when they’re doing their homework by watching all the YouTube vids they can find of fabulous frontmen lathering up a crowd, should instead go catch a Hives show to see how it’s done. Like a rock…
LINKIN PARK @ COMFORT DENTAL AMPHITHEATRE | 8/30/12 Sometime around the middle part of the last decade, the pop culture zeitgeist moved on from testosterone-driven dude rock that ruled the ’90s. Incubus and Linkin Park, two titans of the post-grunge era, never got the memo. Last night, fans witnessed two…
MUMFORD & SONS @ RED ROCKS AMPHITHEATRE | 8/28/12 Mumford & Sons played the first of two sold-out Red Rocks shows last night for an exuberant audience eager to sing along with every word, and the British folk-pop quartet gave them plenty of fodder, treating fans to most of the…
Nestled between abandoned mines, a cemetery and a towering nosebleed-worthy hill overlooking Central City, the inaugural Higher Ground Music Festival could have hardly taken place in a more atypical locale. But with forty-ish Colorado bands playing to a mostly local crowd of campers and Denver daytrippers, the fans here were…
The stated purpose of NEXT Gallery’s new show, “Beyond Erotic,” was for viewers “to experience sexuality as more, to set aside negative associations, and to question the ascription of taboo.” The perceived purpose, however — judging by all the penises and vaginas at Friday’s reception at this co-op gallery in…
ANDREW BIRD @ OGDEN THEATRE | 8/17/12 See also: Q&A with Andrew Bird on his songwriting process and his approach to improvising using loops Last night at the Ogden Theatre, singer/violinist/Olympic-grade whistler Andrew Bird performed in front of the most attentive, respectful, rapt crowd the Chicago wunderkind could have possibly…
Thursday, August 16th marked the 35th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. The iconic singer spent a great deal of time in the Centennial State and had many adventures. In honor of the King, Backbeat is sharing some of these stories. See also: – Nick Andurlakis on Elvis’s beloved Fool’s Gold…
Today marks the 35th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. The iconic singer spent a great deal of time in the Centennial State and had many adventures. In honor of the King, Backbeat is sharing some of these stories. See also: – Retired Denver Police Captain Jerry Kennedy on the time…
Today marks the 35th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. The iconic singer spent a great deal of time in the Centennial State and had many adventures. In honor of the King, Backbeat is sharing some of these stories. See also: – John Bucci on being the proud owner of the…
This Thursday, August 16, marks the 35th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. The iconic singer spent a great deal of time in the Centennial State and had many adventures. In honor of the King, Backbeat is sharing some of these stories. See also: – Retired Denver police officer Bob Cantwell…
This Thursday, August 16, marks the 35th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. The iconic singer spent a great deal of time in the Centennial State and had many adventures. In honor of the King, Backbeat is sharing some of these stories all week. See also: – Bob Kortz on tracking…
This Thursday, August 16 marks the 35th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. The iconic singer spent a great deal of time in the Centennial State and had many adventures. In honor of The King, Backbeat is sharing some of these stories all week. See Also: – Jonny Barber brings Elvis…
See Also: – Ten Best KISS quotes from Comfort Dental – Best looking members of the KISS Army – This KISS fan’s dream car can be yours for $10K – The five most shameless examples of KISS’s merchandising efforts – Hair today, gone tomorrow KISS was doing clichéd rock-star antics…
See Also: – Best looking members of the KISS Army – This KISS fan’s dream car can be yours for $10K – The five most shameless examples of KISS’s merchandising efforts – Hair today, gone tomorrow KISS, who performed last night at the Comfort Dental Amphitheatre, is not a band…
MICHAEL KIWANUKA @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 8/7/12 Judging by the instrument setup on stage, you could have guessed what sort of music Kiwanuka would be playing: congas prominently pushed to the front of the stage, a classic sparkle drum kit reminiscent of something Ringo might play, an organ and handful…
See Also: – KISS and Mötley Crüe at Comfort Dental Amphitheatre, 8/8/12 – Cinderella at the Grizzly Rock, 8/9/12 – Skid Row at the Grizzly Rock, 8/18/12 Motley Crue is playing a show with KISS tonight at Comfort Dental Amphitheatre in front of thousands of people, while bands like Cinderella…
