Ten Adoptable Denver Pets That Look Like Rock Stars

The good people at the Humane Society of the South Platte Valley and the Longmont Humane Society host a whole bunch of animals that are available for adoption. Some of them bear a slight, and we stress “slight,” resemblance to some of our favorite people with animal tendencies: rock stars…

Nuthin’ but a Weed Thang: Why 4/20 Concerts Blow

About halfway through A$AP Rocky’s set, which was 7 percent music and 93 percent high-as-hell ramblings delivered from his permanent seat atop a suitcase, I realized I had made a huge mistake. It was April 20, 2014, more commonly known as “4/20, bro!!” here in Denver, and I was standing…

Nashville Punks Diarrhea Planet Grow Up

When you have a phone interview with a band on tour, there are about fifty different ways that the conversation can derail. Typically, your interview subject is tired or hung over and has about twenty minutes of quiet in a packed day that has now been sacrificed to talk to…

Book Review: 33 1/3 Resurrects Workingman’s Dead

Dead & Company are returning to Colorado this summer with a special performance at Folsom Field in Boulder, but any time is ripe for fans of the Grateful Dead to eat up the band’s music and history. To answer that call is Buzz Poole’s examination of the Grateful Dead’s Workingman’s Dead. …

Your Guide to Dope 4/20 Concerts in Denver

While 4:20 p.m. has long been an ideal time to smoke a blunt, April 20 in Colorado has become an unabashed holiday for tokers as well as a hot spot for pot-centric musical acts who conveniently choose to play the state around this time of year.  Sure, there are a…

Iron Maiden, Elvis Costello and the Best Concerts in Denver This Week

Elvis Costello brings his solo to the Paramount Theatre tonight while Generation Axe (featuring guitarists Steve Vai, Zakk Wylde, Yngwie Malmsteen, Nuno Bettencourt and Tosin Abasi) is at the same venue on Wednesday.  Also this week there’s Iron Maiden at the Pepsi Center, Ellie Goulding at 1STBANK Center, two nights…

Where to Jam When the Lifts Close

Many Denverites take off for the mountains as soon as the workweek ends, hitting the slopes non-stop until trudging back home on Sunday afternoons. Yet sometimes even the most dedicated snow junkie wants a change of pace — an activity other than hurtling downhill — and Colorado’s mountain towns offer…

Father John Misty and the Best Concerts in Denver This Weekend

Father John Misty headlines the Ellie Caulkins Opera House on Saturday and Sunday while Peter Murphy brings Stripped acoustic tour to the Gothic Theatre on Sunday and Anders Osborne is at the Boulder Theater tonight. See the full list of our picks below.  FRIDAY, APRIL 8 Peter Yarrow & Noel Paul…

Photos: Lannie Garrett Through the Ages

Over the course of her career, Mile High City entertainer Lannie Garrett has worn many (flamboyant) hats. In this week’s Westword, we profile the beloved Denver chanteuse before her induction to the Colorado Music Hall of Fame on April 16. Here is a photo gallery of Garrett’s looks and costumes across…

DeVotchKa Takes on the Challenge of Cutting Up Sweeney Todd

The origins of the tale of Sweeney Todd can be traced back all the way to the 1840s. It was then that the character first made an appearance in the serial short story The String of Pearls. After going through several different amalgamations, the murderous barber finally reached wide acclaim in…

Denver Needs More All-Ages Concerts

It was an incredible all-ages scene: Teens, middle-schoolers, even babies being held by excited parents were lined up outside Seattle venue Chop Suey last week by 4:30 p.m. for the Tacocat album release party. Tacocat decided to put on two shows that day: a 21 and up concert in the…

Shades of the Modern Blues With Gary Clark Jr. and Black Pistol Fire

Playing modern blues is a delicate balance between playing original and inventive music while paying homage to the genre’s storied past. What separates the greats from the rest is not so much the structure and composition of the music, but more the attitude and spirit exuded while playing it. Tuesday…

High Plains Underground Archive: The Indie-Pop Ethos of Still Soft

Over the years, Denver has birthed more than its fair share of DIY labels, including Local Anesthetic Records, Gift Records, Soda Jerk, Suburban Home, Relapse, Best Friends Records, Long Spoon and Elephant 6, which have proven to be important locally and beyond. More recently, Sailor Records, Black Box Tapes, Heart in Box,…

Hall of Fame Chanteuse Lannie Garrett “Went to School on Stage”

On April 16, singer Lannie Garrett will be inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame, and the festivities will take place in the Glenn Miller Ballroom on the University of Colorado Boulder campus. Garrett will perform songs with her band in tribute to pioneers of twentieth-century music from Colorado,…