It’s the oldest story in the book: Two local musicians are booked to play background music at an antiques fair in Littleton, there’s chemistry between the pair of them, and, hey, presto, a new country/Americana outfit is born.
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Safe Boating Is No Accident’s latest video for “Post-American Blues” rolls through some of these very American pockets of neighborhood commerce, with the band paying special attention to a dying breed of storefront: the mom and pop pet shop, specifically of the reptile variety.
Kings of Leon announced it is postponing its January 25 show after doctors diagnosed drummer Nathan Followill with pneumonia and ordered him to take three days off.
Despite Trump-loving keyboard warriors posting ignorant, racist, misogynistic comments on the Facebook page for Punk Against Trump, the event sold out and raised $3,000 for the various charities.
History Colorado is showcasing contemporary Denver musicians at its Tiny Library Concert series.
Synth pop duo Holy Ghost! shares five simple steps that can make any synth pop show a great one.
Looking for concerts to check out this week, in Denver? Here are some of the best.
Four years ago, local guitarist Dave Devine was set to play his first set of music from Ennio Morricone’s spaghetti Western soundtracks in Dazzle jazz club. The Good, the Bad and the Dazzle show was something that he and Kevin Lee, a fellow guitarist who was the venue’s music manager…
The Denver garage-rock band Bad Licks has released a new song to commemorate — and protest — Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Youth Code may not have its roots in the Goth scene, but the duo is arguably the most popular of the current wave of bands influenced by early industrial music.
New Jersey-based newgrass outfit Railroad Earth takes over the Ogden Theatre for three nights this weekend, while Scottish post-rock band Mogwai performs music from its forthcoming album Atomic, which features reworked versions of songs the band recorded for the soundtrack to Atomic: Living In Dread and Promise, at the Boulder…
On previous visits to Denver, renowned exploratory guitarist Fred Frith performed with John Zorn and Mike Patton, and with guzheng virtuoso Wu Fei and local guitarist Janet Feder, whom Frith has also recorded with. Those gigs displayed Frith’s adventurous approach to the guitar, which he’s been honing for more than five decades.
The professional singers and conductors in The Evans Choir perform and promote choral music, hoping to lure in new audiences.
Guitarist and singer Gabriel Albelo came up with the band name Silver Face and its first batch of songs while he was living in Caguas, Puerto Rico.
Wondering what concerts are coming up? Check out this list of new Denver concert announcements.
After the Civil Wars broke up in 2014, singer-songwriter John Paul White stepped away from the music scene. But he couldn’t stave off the creative urge for long.
A brief comic history of the Aladdin Theater.
For many Coloradans, the idea of watching the televised programming is painful. They need alternatives, and thankfully, we have some. One of those is the People’s Inaugural Ball, taking place at the Boulder Theater on Friday night.
For Inauguration Day 2017, the punk act Three Grams has assembled a bill of local bands for a show called Punk Against Trump.
In honor of August Burns Red’s Denver stint, Westword compiled a list of the top five Christian metalcore bands.
Walk the grounds of the Stanley Hotel before one of Murder by Death’s annual shows in the 108-year-old hotel’s music hall. A haunting stillness will chill your bones. Frigid winds will greet you, too, along with a buzz of anticipation from the gothic-Americana band’s fans, who come from all over the world to see the band at the reputedly haunted hotel that inspired Stephen King’s The Shining.
