Beer and music — two human necessities made exponentially more enjoyable when paired together. We certainly don’t need an excuse to extol the virtues of booze and beats, but this weekend’s Great American Beer Festival is shining a spotlight on brewers across the country, we want to raise a toast…
Over funky synths, a deep seductive voice beckons: “Local Floozies have been waiting for you…” The Floozies, an electronica duo comprised of brothers Mark and Matt Hill, created a YouTube video to promote their “Red Rocks Romance package” for the show they’re playing this Saturday, October 8. You can’t help but…
G. Brown was a budding music journalist in his late teens when he first made his way up to Red Rocks Amphitheatre. It was 1973 and, following a riot at a Jethro Tull show in ’71, the authorities had banned “harder” rock bands from performing at the venue. So Brown…
British electronica producer Tipper is bringing three different shows at the Fillmore over three nights, including a trip-hop night on Friday, an uptempo night on Saturday and an ambient night on Sunday. This weekend’s lineup also includes Big Head Blues Club at Boettcher, the Floozies at Red Rocks, the Selecter at the…
You’re a Chicago-based indie record label and you’ve discovered that your stockrooms are overflowing. Traditional record stores can’t put all of the releases on display, so the challenge is putting about 300 different pieces of vinyl, each by a largely unknown artist, in front of the eyes of the record-buying…
Denver Taiko is celebrating its fortieth anniversary with a pair of concerts at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts on the University of Denver campus. The title of the concert is Okage sama de, which translates to “Because of you.” The nonprofit organization’s membership is composed largely of Americans…
Rhys Fulber is currently touring with his live electronic-music project Conjure One and making a very rare stop at Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts in Palmer Lake, Colorado, a town across I-25 from Monument. Fulber is perhaps best known for his time with well-known industrial band Front Line Assembly and…
Bon Jovi is set to release its new album, This House is Not for Sale, on November 4; the band will kick off a U.S. tour in support of the album in February, with a stop at the Pepsi Center on Tuesday, March 14. Tickets ($37.25-$157.25) go on sale to…
When people ask me what clubs I usually play in Denver, chances are I mention at least one spot on South Broadway. I first played the hi-dive in my early twenties with a broken foot and on crutches, the result of a drunken walk home on an icy night. I…
Music fan or not, it seems like everybody in the civilized world is becoming increasingly reliant on their phones, with the iPhone still firmly atop the “hip and techy” tree. And those of you addicted to your iPhone don’t need to be told about the countless apps, but there’s a…
In 1991, three of the “Big Four” of thrash metal embarked on a tour that has since been hailed as a high point for the genre, dubbed the Clash of the Titans. Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth — all potential headliners in their own right — laid waste to venues across the…
When Specials co-founder Jerry Dammers launched his 2 Tone Records ska revival label in England in the late ’70s, it sparked a 2 Tone movement with bands like his own, along with Madness, Bad Manners, the Bodysnatchers and the Selecter. The Selecter’s vocalist, Pauline Black, says the whole idea of…
Editor’s Note: The Denver Bootleg is a series chronicling the history of local music venues by longtime Denver cartooniest Karl Christian Krumpholz. Visit Krumpholz’s website to see more of his work…
Last December, Snoop Dogg launched his own line of weed here in Denver, and earlier this year he headlined his third annual Merry Jane Wellness Retreat on 4/20 at Fiddler’s Green. Since the smoke has cleared from that show and if you’re jones-ing for some more Snoop, he’s bringing his Puff Puff Pass Tour…
On an evening at Red Rocks that felt like the tipping point between the tail end of summer and cool start of fall, Tears For Fears caught the perfect weather for its music. Tears For Fears fuses fond memories, melancholia and a celebration of life — a mood also tapped…
Andrew W.K. wants you to ask yourself: What would a wizard do? “Try to imagine that you’re the strongest, most noble, most thoughtful, most compassionate, intelligent person in the world,” he says, “and pretend to be that. Speak from that place. It’s more than self-awareness; it’s the ability to access…
One of Kelley Williams’ most boasted memories of his recent tour was the night his band, Back of a Car, played a show on the roof of a trophy-engraving center in Arlington, Texas. “There were like forty people who came. It was really cool,” he says. These are the kinds…
Ned Garthe Explosion’s highly experimental music, and the artistic concepts surrounding it, began with a realization that the cops weren’t paying attention, which allowed the bandmembers to get away with whatever they wanted. “Stuart [Confer] and I used to live in this house by Fort Logan mental hospital,” guitarist and…
There has never been a mega-festival quite like Desert Trip. There are just six acts and only one stage. No art installations, no dance tent, no bands you never heard of serenading you in the distance while you stand in line at the beer garden. Just a half-dozen rock &…
Four years ago, Dave Matthews performed at an Obama rally at the Community College of Aurora. Matthews shows his support for the Democratic party again next Monday, October 10 when he teams up with senator and vice-presidential nominee Tim Kaine for a rally and concert at the National Western Complex…
Drake is happy. The hip-hop artist – whose sad-boy bravado not only made his name but made his sound mainstream in popular music – seems, at least for now, to have shed the chip on his shoulder. Though the rapper claims to have dedicated his Summer Sixteen Tour to “revenge,”…
A few weeks ago, we published a list of “The Ten Finest Tribute Bands in Colorado,” and this is a sequel of sorts. Every city needs its cover bands, those groups that play out-of-the-way bars on a Thursday night, or weddings and corporate events, giving the audience exactly what they want…
