Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom and Live Nation’s “Winter Warmer” event has been moved from the Denver Marriott Tech Center to the Fillmore Auditorium. What was originally scheduled for Friday, February 14, and Saturday, February 15, has been changed to a pre-party event on Thursday, February 13, at Cervantes’, and the main…
In August 2007, Castle Rock Radio was founded by the Colorado-based National Web Broadcasting Corporation. In just six years, though, the company concluded that its business model was essentially not working, and started seeking investors for a bail-out option. Sean and Adriana Hakes, along with partner Susan Gomez purchased the…
Back with another fresh batch of homegrown hip-hop. This week we’ve got new releases from Musa Bailey, who takes listeners on a musical ride through the West with How to Survive When You’re Dead, plus new cuts from Trev Rich, Kid Vegas and newcomer Cool Ray. Continue on to see…
FRI | ICELANTIC’S WINTER ON THE ROCKS at RED ROCKS | 1/31/14 More than misogyny or materialism, intelligence and verbal skill are championed by Jurassic 5; the vocabulary is impressive and the verbal acrobatics the guys perform are outstanding. J5 carries the energy and excitement of a newer era group…
SAT | ROB PAINE at THE FUSION FACTORY | 2/1/14 Some musicians are such activists for the artistic community in their neck of the woods that their names become part and parcel of the scene in that particular place — and that’s exactly what Rob Paine has done in Philadelphia…
Unless you’ve just flown in from some remote part of Papua New Guinea, you’ve probably noticed that it’s been Denver this versus Seattle that all week long. Even Rdio tried to get in on the action, proposing a lame, obvious and antiquated (Apples In Stereo? Dead Kennedys?) Broncos versus Seahawks…
TREY ANASTASIO BAND at OGDEN THEATRE | 1/29/14, NIGHT TWO The line to get inside the Ogden was even longer last night than the previous evening for the second of two shows from the Trey Anastasio Band. The wait was worth it, though. Once we all made it inside, we…
As members of Vetiver, Daniel Hindman and Sarah Versprille explored the gauzy textures of Rumours-era Fleetwood Mac (occasionally recalling the hazy mysticism of the Peter Green era, too). As Pure Bathing Culture, the duo fast-forwards the Mac dial to Tango in the Night o’clock. No, really: “Pendulum,” which opens their…
Denver Disco resident DJ Falcon Punch — or Avery Henderson, as he’s known to folks back home in Minnesota — recently moved to Boulder from Los Angeles. After graduating from Occidental College, where he majored in sociology and minored in music, he took a job at an ad agency in…
It’s not unusual these days to see a Denver band performing on national television. But this Friday morning, it will be a little more gratifying seeing another beloved longtime local act finally get a few minutes in the spotlight when the Railbenders appear on the Today Show performing “Time to…
For the third consecutive summer, DeVotchKa is slated to make its way back to Red Rocks for another otherworldly collaboration with the Colorado Symphony. If you haven’t caught one of these shows yet, well, let’s just say that it’s pure and absolute bliss. Tickets for the show range from $27.50…
I remember it was always such a cool, hip place,” recalls Kid Congo Powers of Denver and his trips to the city. “I remember playing there with the Bad Seeds in this beautiful old theater, a small, ornate place. It was a small theater, and I just remember it struck…
The nostalgia is infectious on The Motet, the recent self-titled full-length from the Boulder-based funk outfit. Part of that feel comes from the band’s expertise in analog effects; thanks to a mastery of old-school pedals, keyboards and horns, songs like “123” sound like they’d fit on any vintage P-Funk record…
Brad Fitch shares more than a passing resemblance to John Denver, and he’s performed at a number of the late folksinger’s tribute concerts. That’s fitting, as Denver happens to have been an early influence on Fitch, whose music straddles the line between folk and country and Western. John Denver devotees…
It’s clear from opener “Artist’s Way” that the new release from local hip-hoppers the Abstract Collective is more organic than electronic. The rapping, meanwhile, blends the rapid-fire delivery favored by Anticon artists — particularly Yoni Wolf — with the more R&B/jazz-inflected instincts of Blackalicious. Despite the soothing effect of Cody…
Illenium’s Risen is the kind of album that will cause jaws to drop. Opening with the silky vocals of Sirma on “Drop Our Hearts,” which has a grimy sort of Skrillex growl at the drop, the record moves to a more club-like vibe on “Up,” incorporating a monumental build topped…
After a long and storied career, during which they’ve outlasted many of their counterparts from the 1980s, the men of Mötley Crüe are hanging it up for good. Before they do, though, the dudes are embarking on one final tour, a cross-country jaunt that will bring them back to Denver…
TREY ANASTASIO BAND at OGDEN THEATRE | 1/28/14, NIGHT ONE The Trey Anastasio Band kicked off its spring tour in Denver last night and debuted a couple of new songs in front of a sold-out crowd whose members had been lined up down the block and across the street before…
Rocket From the Crypt (due Saturday, February 1, at the Summit Music Hall) formed in 1989 after the split of Pitchfork, an act that featured John Reis, who was also a member of influential noise rock/experimental punk band Drive Like Jehu at the time. Rocket’s playful spirit and its sound…
Music is life — or at least it is for us. When we’re not writing about it, we’re thinking about it, talking about it or listening to it. These are the things that were in heavy rotation for us this week. What are you listening to? What should we be…
In his new column, award-winning goofball Shea Serrano, whose recent exploits include Bun B’s Rapper Coloring and Activity Book, writes about his life and times. Monday evening after school, word began floating around that another blast was heading our way, that it was likely to handicap everything and everyone again…
Fresh off an absolutely sizzling performance at last summer’s Westword Music Showcase, Trampled by Turtles is set to make its way back to Colorado this summer for a date at Red Rocks on Saturday, August 16, with the Devil Makes Three and Deer Tick. Tickets for the show range from…
