Music

Hall & Oates practically oozed pop hits that indelibly marked the musical landscape of the 1980s with a lasting impact still felt in current pop culture.

Toronto-based electronic music producer Deadmau5 will be at Red Rocks for a two-night stand on Thursday, October 19 and Friday, October 20, and he’ll be bringing his updated, custom-built 18-foot Cube 2.1.

Let’s be honest — they had to have seen it coming. If you call your band Black Pussy and don’t expect some sort of a backlash, then you’re either stupid or….. nah, you’re stupid. They knew what was coming. They just didn’t care.

Queen still rocks, even if the legendary band’s concerts feel feel like an uptempo funeral. And why shouldn’t they?

If you’re a musician or comedian who people are paying to see, there is no excuse for getting too high.

Roommates may be an experimental rock band, but its members are unabashed pop-music fans. Guitarist Alex Goldsmith says the title of the group’s debut full-length, Victoria, is a nod to Spice Girl Victoria Beckham.

Tears for Fears is not a nostalgia act, despite evidence to the contrary. The seasoned British band has been touring in recent years without a new studio album, instead performing its throng of hits and deep cuts.

This morning, Jay-Z announced his new world tour, 4:44, and the multi-million-record-selling rapper is Denver-bound.

Beck, born Bek David Campbell, has been the king of the oddballs and uber-cool malcontents since first bursting into the public consciousness in the early ‘90s.

After headlining Red Rocks on Wednesday, Ween is at the Ogden for two nights, while Beck, Santana and Michael Franti & Spearhead also play Red Rocks this week. Preservation Hall, which opens for Beck on Tuesday, stops by the much more intimate Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox tonight, and Natalie Merchant is at Denver Botanic Gardens on Wednesday.

Lorin Ashton, the electronic music producer and DJ who plays under the name Bassnectar, grew up throwing death metal concerts at his town library.

Bassnectar returns to Colorado for a three-night stand at 1STBANK Center, while the Avett Brothers take over Red Rocks for three nights as well.

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Since forming the Queers in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1981, Joe Queer (aka Joe King), has found himself under attack from Democrats and Republicans. The left has taken offense to the band’s name, a word that has been used to attack gay people over the years. The right has taken the Queers, who will play Boulder Theater on July 12, at its word and attacked group members for being gay, which they’re not.

The Laid Back Festival continues in the spirit of the late Gregg Allman, who co-founded the music, drink and food gala in 2015. It returns to Red Rocks on Sunday, October 1 with Sheryl Crow, Ben Rector, Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, the London Souls and Quaker City Night Hawks.

Wheelchair Sports Camp MC Kalyn Heffernan had long known about ADAPT. The disability rights group had used direct action to push the government to create broader accessibility, to advocate for healthcare and to free disabled people from nursing homes starting in the late-1970s. These activists, that changed federal policy, got their start in Denver.

Shon and Cherie Cobbs, the husband-wife duo behind the dream-pop trip-hop band Plume Varia, grew up with military parents, married early and didn’t start playing music together until their thirties.