The long-running dance night Grave Ravers brought in legendary experimental electronic artist Kid606 for a 2 a.m. set at Rhinoceropolis this weekend — though Kid606, born Miguel de Pedro, might scoff at the idea of being called “legendary,” because that word implies perhaps wealth and a level of regard from…
The Flobots have always tried to break down the line between the band members and their audience, but now they are actively seeking to get fans involved in their new album, No Enemies. And while crowdfunding for a new album is hardly a unique idea these days, the level of…
There are a few kings in town this week, including King Diamond and King Dude as well as Korn, Sufjan Stevens and Of Montreal. Here’s our list of the eleven best concerts this week: MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 Aiden $18, 7 p.m., Summit Music Hall Blitzen Trapper $16-$20, 8 p.m., Bluebird…
Korn’s headlining gig on October 27 at the Fillmore Auditorium will find a band that’s always looking to the future taking a rare glance into the rear-view mirror, as lead singer Jonathan Davis acknowledges in a frank and revealing interview. The show is among the last batch devoted to celebrating the 20th…
It’s another good weekend of live music in Colorado, whether you’re looking for something big and loud (Flux Pavilion at the 1STBANK Center) or quiet(er) (Kid606 at Rhinoceropolis). Don’t miss former Czars frontman John Grant at the Fox Theater or the local legends of DBUK. The full list of our…
John Grant will make an appearance at the Fox Theatre this Saturday, October 24, in support of his latest album, Grey Tickles, Black Pressure. Some may know Grant from his time in Denver-based dream pop legends the Czars, where his strikingly powerful and richly evocative voice greatly enhanced the atmospheric…
With the 7th edition of Titwrench in the rearview, now is a good time to consider the legacy of one of festival’s mainstays: Lust-Cats of the Gutters, which is no longer an active project. The duo featured former Westword contributor Robin Edwards on guitar and vocals and Alex Edgeworth on…
Why is it that people are so eager to tell you about all the “must have” albums missing from your collection? A real friend would help you avoid the pitfall of spending hours upon hours trying to appreciate albums that supposedly are indispensable but are, in reality, just okay —…
Wax Idols is making an appearance at Juice Church on Friday, October 23. The band has long been the outlet for songwriter and lead vocalist Hether Fortune, who started the band while she was living in the San Francisco area. Initially, the band was often described as garage rock, but…
The Gofundme campaign to help Denver musician Joe Richmond is about to get a big boost thanks to the band AMZY. Richmond, who has produced and recorded a number of local musicians over the years, was involved in a motorcycle accident in early October, seriously injuring his foot. It was…
Silversun Pickups headline the Ogden Theatre on Tuesday, December 8 with Foals opening. Tickets ($35) go on sale on Friday, October 23 at 10 a.m. STS9 will be at the Fillmore Auditorium for a two-night stand on Friday, February 5 and Saturday, February 6. Tickets ($34.75/$40) go on sale on Friday,…
Scotland’s Chvrches will be performing at the Fillmore Auditorium on Thursday, October 22. The pop group got off the ground in 2011, when Iain Cook and Martin Doherty decided to go in the studio and see what would come about. At that time, Cook had been producing an EP by…
This year has brought not one but two Toro Y Moi albums, both interesting and fantastic. Fully shedding his chill wave image, Chaz Bundwick (the man behind the project) released the guitar-driven full-length What For? and Samantha, a mixtape that features recordings from 2012 to the present, showing how much Bundwick has evolved…
A church service is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. on the first Friday of October at Church in the City-Beth Abraham, at the corner of Gaylord Street and 16th Avenue, and about forty worshippers have gathered in the main sanctuary. But this will not be a traditional church service…
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club has been delivering riveting, high-octane sets for more than two decades, earning a sizable international audience along the way. And for nearly half that time, some members of the Denver-based group have been part of a much quieter quartet called DBUK. “It’s a different experience,” says…
The Zombies, both versions of the band, are hardly new to the music world but there was still a freshness and purity about how they approached playing the music and the self-effacing graciousness with which they conducted themselves on stage. Like they still had something to prove but in a…
The Motet show at Red Rocks this past summer was a wet and wild party. Now, you can relive the epic night (or experience it virtually) with the group’s newest video. The 2015 Motet Red Rocks video features the Denver band, and about 10,000 of its fans, getting seriously funky…
Montreal’s Ought, which headlines the Larimer Lounge on October 23, has only released two full-lengths to date: 2014’s More Than Any Other Day and this year’s Sun Coming Down. But it’s already won more rapturous reviews than plenty of bands that have been around for decades — although such raves tend…
Editor’s Note: The Denver Bootleg is a series chronicling the history of local music venues by longtime Denver cartoonist Karl Christian Krumpholz. This week, he talked to Deer Pile (and City ‘o’ City) owner Daniel Landes about one of the most open-minded venues in town. Visit Karl Christian’s website to…
It’s a great week for live music in Denver. The legendary Zombies play the Paramount tonight, and hip-hop world-beater Run the Jewels has a pair of shows at the Ogden. There are a handful of excellent local bills as well. Read on for the full list of our picks. MONDAY,…
The rumor going around was that Autechre would play in total darkness. This proved to be mostly true as the room and stage lights went down at the beginning of the band’s roughly hour-long set with only the running lights on the stairs, the bright green exit signs on either…
Chris “Sizzle” Forsythe passed away in the early hours of October 14, 2015. Not long before that, he’d been dropped off at his home after a night serving as sound engineer at the Black Sheep, the club in Colorado Springs where he’d been working for a decade. He was among…
