Your Survival Guide for Winter on the Rocks

Winter on the Rocks is upon us. The annual winter show at Red Rocks is bringing another drool-worthy lineup featuring Adventure Club and Big Grams, which is the new collaboration between Big Boi and Phantogram. But because the concert is in January instead of July, there are some weather-related concerns.To…

Best Concerts in Denver This Weekend

This weekend’s line-up includes Icelantic’s Winter on the Rocks (featuring Big Grams and Adventure Club) at Red Rocks, Leftover Salmon at the Aggie Theatre, Interpol’s Sam Fogarino’s DJ set at Bar Standard and Talib Kweli at the Ogden Theatre. See the full list of our picks below.  FRIDAY, JANUARY 29 Icelantic’s…

Open Music Session: Listen and Remix Straight White Teeth

When Straight White Teeth performed at Open Media Foundation’s monthly Open Music Session in June 2015, the locals pulled out their most-loved pieces including “Hot Blood Shaking in a Cage,” “Hurricane” and more. While indie guru Patrick McGuire was the frontman for the Denver band Flashbulb Fires for the past five years,…

Before Interpol, Sam Fogarino Had Stopped “Trying So Hard”

Sam Fogarino will be the guest DJ at Lipgloss at Bar Standard this Friday, January 29. Fogarino is perhaps best known for being the drummer of Interpol, arguably the most popular of the bands out of the “post-punk revival” of the late ’90s and early 2000s. The band’s debut full-length, Turn…

Denver Band Tyto Alba Talks Owls, Wolves and New Video

There is a certain moment in a band’s trajectory when you can actually observe the music evolving. Denver four-piece Tyto Alba is experiencing just such a moment: a young band spreading its wings in sound and spirit before an audience’s eyes. Perhaps movement as a way of being comes naturally…

Park House Will Close This Weekend With Farewell Shows

After opening three-and-a-half years ago at 1515 Madison Street (the former home of the Normandy, PS 1515 and the Pink Elephant), it didn’t take long for Park House (and more recently dubbed Park House / Peacemaker’s Cajun Kitchen) to become a hot spot for music that brought in a steady stream…

X Games Snowboarder Danny Davis on Organizing Festivals, Why EDM Sucks

ESPN’s Winter X Games return to the Buttermilk ski area in Aspen January 28 through 31. The festival, which started in 1995, showcases the world’s top athletes in extreme iterations of winter sports such as skiing, snowboarding and snowmobiling. The culture surrounding the event and the sports themselves encompasses certain…

Colorado Beercore: The Next Big…-Core?

We knew where we stood with hardcore: It was punk rock, but a “harder” version. Hard — easy to understand. It did exactly what it said it would do. Then came post-hardcore, then grindcore, then metalcore. And do you know what? That was okay too. It was easy to follow. Post-hardcore, by definition, was…

Sofar Sounds Throws Secret Shows in Denver

Sofar Sounds recently appointed Plume Varia guitarist and keyboard player Shon Cobbs as the City Leader for the Denver branch of the international concert series. Founded in London in 2009 by Rafe Offer, Rocky Start and Dave Alexander, Sofar started as a house show alternative to standard commercial venue shows…