Collaborations between breweries and bands are nothing new. But with the explosion of craft breweries in the Denver area, this year has brought an unprecedented number of band-themed beers. With the Great American Beer Festival in town, we thought this would be the perfect time to explore six of those…
Utilizing the modern methods of 3D video seen to great effect in recent movies like Mad Max: Fury Road and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Kraftwerk turned what were already interesting visuals perfectly suited to each song into something almost interactive and unlike anything any other popular band is doing…
The Richard Thompson Trio headlines the Boulder Theater on Thursday, November 19, and Thompson will open the show with a short acoustic set. Tickets ($29.50-$39.50) go on sale on Friday, September 25 at 10 a.m. Joe Satriani brings “Surfing to Shockwave” 2016 Retrospective Tour, which spotlights the guitarist’s thirty year…
Waiting to get tickets for a show until the last minute can be a dicey proposition but Denver-based Ticket-Pulse hopes to make day-of ticket purchases not only easy but cheap as well. Ticket-Pulse, which has been up and running since mid-May, offers tickets to shows at area venues for up…
The 2015 iteration of Denver Black Sky festival looks to be a monster, with the announcement that Cleveland hardcore legends Ringworm will play the annual event alongside metal heavyweights Pig Destroyer and Skinless. The December 5 show at Englewood’s Gothic Theater will also feature some heavy hitters Havok, In The…
Colorado inspires an incredible amount of songs, some of them great. Colorado-themed songs range from gentle acoustic tributes to hip-hop narratives, heavy-metal disses to poignant country ballads. The earliest non-Native American songs crafted here were cowboy tunes such as “The Colorado Trail” and instrumentals like the pioneer fiddle melody “Coming…
The Larimer Block Party debuts this Saturday, September 26, at the 2700 block of Larimer Street (both outside and in several venues). Running from 1 p.m. to 2 a.m., the event will feature musical acts on five stages at Cold Crush, Larimer Lounge, Meadowlark Bar, Meadowlark Kitchen and an outdoor…
Our sister paper in New York, the Village Voice, has a great story about Colorado’s Gregory Alan Isakov. In it, writer Dacey Orr talks to Isakov about his career trajectory, songwriting style and, yes, his sheep, T-Swift (“We love Taylor Swift. Everybody does.”). It’s one of the inhabitants of the…
If you’ve enjoyed any part of the recent dance-music boom in Denver, you owe some thanks to Catherine Nguyen Le. Until recently, she was the executive director of Beta Nightclub. Her absence (she left to spend more time with her family) will have a profound impact on both Beta and…
Covenhoven’s new album, The Wild and Free, is songwriter Joel Van Horne’s most fully realized effort to date. Van Horne recorded all of the vocals for the album and played all of the instruments except violin and cello, creating a set of songs that reflect his love of the wilderness…
Kraftwerk is currently on its 3D Concert tour of North America, with a stop planned for the Ellie Caulkins Opera House on Wednesday, September 23. The multi-media show includes a performance of the music with 3D video accompaniment. The combination of a tactile experience and modern technology fits perfectly with…
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment in a series chronicling the history of local music venues by longtime Denver cartoonist Karl Christian Krumpholz. This week, he talked to Larimer Lounge Manager Bart Dahl and Marketing Director Brianna Hernandez to learn more about one of RiNo’s longest-running music venues. Visit…
There is a tendency in show reviews and music journalism for writers to introduce an artist to readers by citing the musician(s)’ recent accomplishments or affiliations to even-more-famous musicians. For bassist Stephen Bruner, a.k.a. Thundercat, who has received a flurry of media coverage this year, the introduction en vogue goes…
There were so many fine performances during both days of Goldrush Music Festival at the Savoy Events Center, it would be difficult to pick a towering standout. Despite the wide array of genres represented, the festival managed to feel like one, big cohesive experience. The accompanying ‘zine and cassette compilation…
It’s another good week for music in Denver — be sure to catch the 303 Choir with Danielle Ate the Sandwich at the King Center tonight. Elsewhere, Best Coast plays the Bluebird, Kraftwerk at Ellie Caulkins and more. See the rest of our picks below. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 Best Coast…
Going back to the days of early raves in the ’80s or even as far back as “happenings” in San Francisco, strong and creative visuals have been an important component of the concert experience. Every EDM show worth attending has rich, unusual and creative light shows and projections. So it…
The Goldrush Music Festival is a great place for bands, new and old, to get publicity and make connections. But lat’s face it: Denver is a long way from most other big cities. It’s fifteen hours by van, for example, from Chicago, the home town of Crown Larks. The band…
Skylab 2015 will take place September 18 and Saturday September 19 at the 1STBANK Center. One of the longest, continuously running electronic dance music festivals in the country, Skylab has reflected the current state of the scene since its 1994 debut. In past years, legendary artists such as Rabbit In…
Bassist Stephen Bruner, better known as Thundercat, who’s headlining at the Larimer Lounge on Sunday, September 20, is one of the most astonishing instrumentalists on the current scene, as well as a songwriter, arranger and vocalist whose powers seem to grow each time he puts fingers to strings. No wonder…
Don “Dynomite” Messina has been the guitarist and singer of the renowned Brethren Fast for the past two decades. He died on August 16 away at the age of 47 after a car accident on Lookout Mountain. This Sunday, eight bands will play a benefit show at Herman’s Hideaway, with…
The last two decades have been a time of extreme change for Tara Jane O’Neil, a singer/songwriter who is performing at Denver’s Goldrush Festival. In the ‘90s she cut her teeth in the Louisville, Kentucky, punk scene — one of the most active and vibrant in the country. Years later,…
The Knew will celebrate its new record, Schmew, with a release show at Ratio Brewery on Saturday, September 19. The band will be playing alongside Wheelchair Sports Camp, High Plains Honky and DJ Clark Continental. For the last ten years, The Knew has been developing the kind of rock music…
