Jazz Aspen Snowmass: Labor Day Experience celebrates its 25th year this weekend. The music event, organized by the non-profit of the same name, takes place in Snowmass Village. As the event has evolved and streamlined over the years, the Labor Day Experience features two main acts each night, with a…
San Diego-based electronic band Prayers performed at Riot Fest on Friday, August 28, and proved to be one of the most electrifying acts of the entire weekend. When Rafael Reyes and Dave Parley took the stage, there was a relatively sizable crowd assembled in front of the Radicals Stage setup…
Hall & Oates is performing tonight at Red Rocks. As the most commercially successful duo in rock, Hall & Oates have been part of the mainstream musical landscape since at least the time of their second album, 1973’s Abandoned Luncheonette. And unlike much of the music of the duo’s ’70s…
“I’ve had people tell me my music is too silly, and other people have said I’m a terminal bummer,” says the musician known as Little Fyodor. “To me it’s a mixture of both. Oscar Wilde once said, ‘Give a man a mask, and he’ll tell you the truth.’ I think…
On Friday night at Riot Fest, the news of Motörhead’s cancellation spread like a viral video. But it didn’t come as too much of a surprise to anyone who knew that the band had ended its set early in Salt Lake City the night before because Lemmy was having issues…
Chelsea Wolfe is about to kick off a series of shows with Denver’s Wovenhand playing support. They’ll start this Saturday, August 28 at the Bluebird Theatre. The pairing is perfect, as both projects are possessed of great musical darkness and intensity. “My record label and management company recently brought [Wovenhand]…
L7 will play Riot Fest on Sunday, August 30 at 6:30 p.m. on the Rock Stage. Though often lumped in with the grunge and riot grrrl movements, L7 really predated both. Donita Sparks met Suzi Gardner while part of the L.A. punk scene in the early ’80s. Gardner even sang…
Riot Fest runs this weekend, starting Friday, August 28 and going through Sunday, August 30, at the National Western Complex. The eclectic line-up includes respected and legendary bands like the Pixies, Run-DMC, System of a Down, the Prodigy and Snoop Dogg. But the early part of each day is filled…
Nederland’s Elephant Revival is a band beginning a new chapter. Coming off the release of a live album and DVD called Sands of Time, the band is working on a new studio album in Maine with sound engineer (and longtime Josh Ritter collaborator) Sam Kassirer. According to violinist Bridget Law,…
The Prodigy will headline Riot Fest on Sunday, August 30. Even before the 1996 hit “Firestarter” broke the band to U.S. audiences through heavy MTV rotation, the Prodigy was one of the biggest electronic acts of the decade. Though associated in the press with the big-beat movement, the group predated…
The organizers of Goldrush Music Festival just announced the lineup for the 2015 installment of the event, which will be held at the Savoy Event Center on September 18 and 19. The annual festival — focused on experimental and forward-thinking artists — is in its fifth year, and will bring…
Summer Cannibals from Portland, Oregon returns to Denver for two dates this coming weekend. Saturday, August 22nd at Hi-Dive and Sunday, August 23rd at Dryer Plug Studios. Both shows have more than the average significance for Summer Cannibals, because the band’s drummer, Devon Shirley, cut his musical teeth in the…
<<<LUKE MOSSMAN DID NOT HAVE A CURRENT PHOTO>>> Past Denver Bands: Achille Lauro, Hello Kavita, Centennial, Megan Burtt and Blake Brown. Current Denver Bands: Science Partner and Covenhoven Instrument in The Night Sweats: Guitar. Bio: Mossman grew up playing piano from ages 6-10. He had wanted to play guitar and finally…
Jon Shockness is an ex-member and co-founder of noteworthy Denver-based hip-hop act Air Dubai. He performed with the group for the final time on August 14, a year after he decided to part ways. In August 2014, Air Dubai was part of Warped Tour, something Shockness had, until then, felt…
Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats will release their debut, self-titled album this Friday on the legendary Stax Records. This week’s Westword cover story details Rateliff’s long history in the Denver music scene. But every member of the band has been a notable contributor to the city’s creative community. Over…
The sixth edition of Titwrench Fest will be held at Dryer Plug Studios on October 3 and 4 of this year. 2014 found Titwrench overseas in Sweden rather than Denver, taking the inclusive spirit of the event not just out of Colorado but out of the USA entirely. The festival…
This weekend brought one of the hottest days of the year, coupled with heavy evening rains. That seemed an apt environment for Synesthesia 2015 — the contrast in weather reflected much of the music on offer. The strange energy was compounded by an effort to shut down or curb the…
Synesthesia 2015 is upon us. The yearly festival dedicated to psychedelic music in its various manifestations takes place from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. across five venues near 27th and Larimer St. on Saturday, August 15. The line-up features local and underground national bands of some note including headliners Moon…
Danielle de Picciotto is a multimedia artist who co-founded Berlin’s long-running and highly influential Love Parade electronic-music festival. Her husband, Alexander Hacke, is the bassist for legendary and foundational industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten. The two are currently touring together, presenting a unique combination of music, film, visual art and literature…
An inevitable phenomenon in any music community where there are newspapers, weekly magazines and ‘zines with coverage of local music is that of the the writer and musician. Naturally, due to reasons of a conflict of interest, if you do happen to fall into both categories, there’s a great chance…
Henderson, Colorado is not exactly the place where you’d expect to see live music, much less from a known figure like Reverend Dead Eye. North of Commerce City, Henderson isn’t necessarily easy to get to or find despite its proximity to the city. Broken Shovels Farm, the venue for this…
The Seventh Circle Music Collective has hosted hundreds of shows since its inception at the end of September 2012. Over the past three years, it has provided a much-needed service for the local music community: It’s a place where like-minded teenagers can meet and fledgling bands that aren’t old enough…
