Eleven Lit 4/20 Concerts in Denver

This is Colorado. Not only are there mega block parties on the actual day of April 20th, but there are also pre-parties the night before and venues that continue the theme all weekend. Here is where you can match your extra-curricular smoking activities with some local and national music acts all in the love of everything “green.”

The Best Concerts in Denver This Week, April 17-20

Legendary British punk/goth act the Damned brings its fortieth anniversary tour to the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, April 19, while New Found Glory plays three nights at the Marquis Theater this week as part of the pop-punk band’s twentieth anniversary.

Readers: Should Bon Iver Have Played 1STBANK Center?

Last week, Bon Iver played Colorado’s 1STBANK Center, and Westword reporter Chris Walker disliked how what should have been an intimate performance was swallowed up by the arena. In turn, readers weighed in, some defending 1STBANK Center as the right venue for the concert and others saying they “hate that place.”

Jobless Throws a Benefit for Planned Parenthood and the ACLU

When Jobless planned to release its new album Attitude Adjustment, the trio decided to throw a fundraising event for the ACLU and Planned Parenthood, a variety show including performances by the Romero Theater Troupe, the Black Actors Guild, and like-minded musicians in Total Goth and the Milk Blossoms.

Ten of Denver’s Best Music Producers

Denver is blessed with a host of talented musicians of all genres, and most of them record at the many great Colorado studios. That inevitably means that behind the scenes talented producers, engineers and all sorts of studio technicians are working their magic without much fanfare.

To Make Music, Bob Mould Looks to Raging Storms

A year after the 1988 breakup of Hüsker Dü, the mighty punk trio that Bob Mould had fronted for a decade, he played his first ever solo shows at McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica in support of his debut solo album, Workbook. “It was really nerve-wracking the first couple…

Carl Carrell Is Done With Pop Music

Carl Carrell spent his early twenties striving to make hits. He worked out of a Denver condo that was equipped with a home studio alongside his roommate, who wanted to start a record label. Carrell spent his days mimicking Top 40 songs and pitching what he wrote to national artists…