A Complete List of This Week’s Denver Concert Announcements

Def Leppard stops at the Pepsi Center on Saturday, September 26 with Styx and Tesla as part of the band’s extensive North American tour that hits nearly fifty cities. Tickets ($29.50-$125) for the general public go on sale on Friday, February 20 at 10 a.m. but Citi cardmembers will have…

A Cancer Diagnosis Convinced Amy Kress to Share Her Music

Amy Kress played music secretly for years. But when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, she decided it was time to share what she’d written. It was a nerve-wrecking for her to tell people about her music, let alone perform in front of others. Many of her friends didn’t even…

Meet the Couple Who Got Married Onstage at the Borgore Show

Last week, Chris Banks, a.k.a. Jackal, and Amelia Coen got married at a Borgore concert, and it was totally legal and totally planned. Banks and Coen have been together for four years, and they’ve been ready to get married for some time, but they needed one more thing before they…

DJ AWHAT!! on Artopia and What the Denver Scene Needs

Artopia, Westword’s annual celebration of art, culture and fashion, returns to City Hall on February 21. In addition to plenty of visual artists and the Whiteout fashion show, the event will feature some highlights from Colorado’s music scene — this year, over a dozen groups and artists will perform on four stages. …

The Eleven Best Concerts in Denver This Week

Hey! Snow! Winter still exists, which is kind of a relief. The shows continue, obviously, because this is Colorado. So put on the fleece and go see Pitbull at the Pepsi Center, Machine Head at Summit Music Hall or any number of other good ones. Our other picks follow.  Joe…

The Thirteen Best Shows in Denver: Valentine’s Weekend

There’s plenty to do this Valentine’s Day weekend, no matter what kind of love (or whatever) you’re celebrating. There’s Ariel Pink for the weirdos and Hellyeah for the cynics and Chris Daniels and the Kings for the funky. The rest of our picks follow.  Josh Gracin When: 8:30 p.m. Friday, February…

Dragondeer on Artopia and the Power of Positive Encouragement

Artopia, Westword’s annual celebration of art, culture and fashion, returns to City Hall on February 21. In addition to plenty of visual artists and the Whiteout fashion show, the event will feature some highlights from Colorado’s music scene — this year, over a dozen groups and artists will perform on…

Review: Sleater-Kinney Is Still a Riot

Here is how reunion tours go, for the most part. The band, long past relevancy decides to get together one last time. Sometimes they make an album that every one pretends doesn’t exist (see: Chinese Democracy) and then set off on a tour far more extravagant then they deserve and…

Marilyn Manson Still Puts On a First Rate Horror Show

He slashed at the air with a large knife. Well, it was a knife on one end and a microphone on the other, an instrument of terror that Marilyn Manson took turns screaming into and then waving across his face wearing a threatening smile. As he came to the end…

How DeVotchKa’s Nick Urata Is Making His Mark on Hollywood

In addition to fronting DeVotchKa, singer and guitarist Nick Urata has composed music for close to two dozen films over the past decade. But he’s never worked on a project as big as Paddington.He spent nearly three months in London composing music for the film, which stars Nicole Kidman and…

Clouds and Mountains Spotlights Denver Music Scene Anchor Macon Terry

Macon Terry is sitting on the rooftop patio of Weathervane Cafe, drinking carrot juice. He’s talking about the thing he’s spent most of his life doing, which is playing music. The longtime Paper Bird bassist has been a fixture on the Denver scene for years, also logging time with Gregory…

Drinking the Worst Beer We Could Find With Red Fang

The members of Portland’s thunderous, riff-happy Red Fang don’t necessarily regret documenting their unquenchable thirst for really cheap beer in a series of music videos. They certainly weren’t subtle about it. In the video for “Prehistoric Dog,” for example, the band builds armor out of discarded Miller High Life and…

Billy Idol (Somehow) Looked Great Shirtless at the Paramount

When Billy Idol started changing costumes on stage at the Paramount Theatre last night before (what else?) “Flesh For Fantasy,” it seemed at first like some post-middle-age bravado. But when he when he eventually took off his shirt entirely, because he’s goddamned Billy Idol, there wasn’t the usual gut you’d…

The New Westword.com Debuts Tomorrow

The next time we see each other, fair Westword music reader, it will be on a brand new website. You’re looking at a glimpse of the home page, but there’s much more to it. It’s a design we think is cleaner, more responsive and easier to read. We’ll be making…

CDs Are Great (For Lighting on Fire or Selling to Buy Weed)

flickr/ Brian TeutschIt’s over.At the height of the dopey youthful experience, I had hundreds of rare European import CDs piled up and displayed by some sort of giant lava lamp rack. They’re all gone now, save for a few jewel cases that are sitting in a burlap sack in my…