Music

Kayla Marque had been waiting for a text message all day. Just before midnight on March 18, it arrived: “Uploaded.”

For her first tattoo, then-nineteen-year-old Jessica Hernandez inked a line of verse from Cuban poet José Martí onto her skin. It reads, “Y antes de morirme yo quiero/Echar mis versos del alma,” which translates to, “And before I die I want/to share the verses of my soul.”

The Denver-based Americana band Treehouse Sanctum releases a new music video.

It’s a big week at Red Rocks with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ fortieth anniversary hitting the venue tonight and tomorrow, Trey Anastasio Band taking the stage on Wednesday, and Chromeo and Rufus du Sol playing there on Thursday.

Denver has incredible venues. Some have seats; others don’t. Head to the Fillmore, Gothic, Ogden or Bluebird, and you’ll find yourself on your feet throughout shows. This makes sense for moshing, dancing and mixing-and-mingling, but sometimes you just want to take a load off – especially as you get older.

Drugs and music are a timeless combination, like peanut butter and jelly.

Seattle-based electronic duo ODESZA take over Red Rocks on Saturday and Sunday, while Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson teams up with the Colorado Symphony at Red Rocks tonight.

The Disco Biscuits might travel to Colorado from Philadelphia, but the east coasters may as well be a Denver band at this point.

Midnight Oil has not toured for more than a decade. The time has come; a fact’s a fact, as the group’s hit song “Beds Are Burning” goes.

Belgian industrial/dance band Lords of Acid headline the Gothic Theatre with Christian Death, Combichrist and ITSOKTOCRY opening. General admission tickets ($34.50-$40) and a limited number of early bird tickets ($24) go on sale on Friday, May 26, at 10 a.m.

Memorial Day is here. It’s time to dance and sing our hearts out, remembering those who have come and gone before us, who have struggled to make this world a better place.

Lost Walks vocalist Dameon Merkl sits in the back room of Carbon Cafe & Bar. The experience is surreal for him. The now-upscale joint was once home to Paris on the Platte — a hot spot for Denver’s counterculture for nearly thirty years.

Sure, hiking, backpacking and rafting are all good reasons to go to the mountains. But when you’re tired of nature, consider attending these stunning live-music events, venues, concerts and festivals – some of which are free – up in the high country.

After finishing classes at Bear Creek High School on Thursday, June 10, 1971, Steve Baum, who had just turned sixteen, and a few of his high school buddies drove straight to Red Rocks Amphitheatre to see Jethro Tull. Little did they know, tear gas would soon be burning their eyes.

One of the first DJs to explode into mainstream stardom, Paul Van Dyk won the first ever Grammy for “Best Dance/Electronic Album” in 2003. Van Dyk didn’t stop there: He was named No. 1 DJ in the world for two consecutive years as he went on to sell over three-million albums.

Randall Frazier has been running sound at concerts and engineering records in and around Denver for two decades. As a sound engineer and talent buyer at Walnut Room for nearly ten years, Frazier left his mark on Denver’s underground scene.

Encountering masses of intoxicated young adults stumbling along Larimer Street between 27th and 28th streets isn’t all that uncommon on weekends — especially since that part of RiNo is packed with trendy bars including the Meadowlark, Cold Crush, Nocturne and Larimer Lounge. The difference on Saturday, May 21, was that drunk people…