Marissa Nadler’s latest record, 2016’s Strangers, is a dusky-toned, haunting meditation on obsession and modern existence. Using a language of personal mythology, Nadler seeks to impact a potential listener on a deep, personal level. “This might be my most adult record because on early records I still held that notion…
Despite what your conservative Facebook friends tell you, all of this is political. Police brutality is political. Gender-neutral bathrooms are political. Being queer or black or both in America is political. And, in its own way, Thursday night at Lost Lake was political. It was happening blocks from the Black…
The Global Dance Festival, featuring Knife Party, Dash Berlin, AutoErotique, Boombox Cartel, Bear Grillz and more, returns to Red Rocks tonight, Friday, July 8 through Sunday, July 10. The RIDE Festival, featuring headliner Pearl Jam, is in Telluride tomorrow and Sunday while Channel 93.3’s Big Gig is at Fiddler’s Green…
While not formally associated with Wham City, the well-known Baltimore art collective, Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack have long been friends and associates of that crew and the Baltimore music scene generally. Ben O’Brien and Alan Resnick of Wham City made a video for “The Tower,” a track…
Pop-punk — though a divisive term, depending on who you talk to — is as precious a part of musical history as classical music or folk. The genre dates to the early 1990s, made popular by bands like Screeching Weasel, ZOiNKS! and the Queers. Again, this all depends on who you…
David Liebe Hart is perhaps best known these days for his contributions to Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! and Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule. With his songwriting, puppetry and his wide array of unusual voices, Hart carved a real niche for himself on those already surreal…
It’s been five years since the Sheepdogs rocked their way onto the national stage and quit their day-jobs, and they don’t plan on going back anytime soon. Bassist Ryan Gullen says he doesn’t miss the day-job life the band’s members were familiar with during the years before becoming the first…
Jackson Browne, who’s set to headline Red Rocks in August, will perform a solo acoustic show at Pike Peak Center on Monday October 10. Advance tickets, VIP packages, and GuacFund benefit seats are at www.JacksonBrowne.com are on sale now while reserved tickets ($50-$101.50) go on sale on to the general public…
Hello…how are you? Would you like to get to see Adele? A donor contacted us with the wish to give away one VIP ticket (section AAA) to the sold-out Adele concert at Pepsi Center on July 16 to one die-hard fan. For your chance to win this ticket, comment on…
Fanzines have helped form part of the popular musical landscape since, well, popular music began. In the modern era, pretty much anyone can start an online zine with minimal, if not zero, costs. Why wouldn’t you get some of that action? Who knows? You might get into a few shows…
When Scream was released in December 1996, just in time for Christmas, it revitalized genre-horror cinema and the career of director Wes Craven as well as launched its cast to stardom. For its Film on the Rocks screening at Red Rocks this Thursday, July 7, the organizers of the program…
PWR BTTM is everything. No, seriously. In the space of thirty minutes, singer and multi-instrumentalist Ben Hopkins manages to touch upon a vast array of topics, running every available gamut in the process. Hopkins, who uses gender-neutral pronouns, transitions from talking about life after Bard College to playing dingy DIY…
Femi Kuti will return to the Boulder Theater tonight on Wednesday, July 6. We spoke to Kuti about the upcoming show and the peace that music has provided throughout his four-decade-long career. The last album his band released was No Place for My Dream in 2013, and Femi says that a new…
When a singer decides to go “go solo,” one can’t help but wonder about the circumstances surrounding the decision. Was there bad blood with the performer’s former bandmates? Were there financial problems? Or was it simply a decision to branch out musically, allowing them to stretch their musical capabilities? Monday…
A few weeks ago, I made the six-hour trek to Santa Fe to see Denver band Rubedo play at the recently opened Meow Wolf Art Complex (full disclosure: My boyfriend, Gregg Ziemba, is a founding member of Rubedo). As a sort of sister city to Denver, Santa Fe has long…
Last Saturday, June 25, marked the biggest festival in the 22-year history of the Westword Music Showcase, which spanned more than a dozen stages around Denver’s Golden Triangle and featured nearly 100 local bands and artists across many genres. This lineup was drawn from the finalist nominees for the 2016…
Ryan Chrys has long been a fixture of Denver’s music scene. His past bands include Spiv and Demon Funkies. But with his new gig, Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts, he’s returning to his country roots. Sort of. “My mom plays guitar and sings,” Chrys offers. “Growing up, she’d sing…
If there ever was a weekend to embrace your inner hippie, this Fourth of July weekend is it. While there’s big shows like Dead & Company and Umphrey’s McGee (each in town for two-night stands), there’s also Dead tribute acts Dark Star Orchestra and Shakedown Street as well as Blues Traveler’s…
After the final open-mic comedy night at the Squire Lounge this past Tuesday, June 28, Big City Drugs hit the stage and played frayed punk rock with a shambolic energy worthy of The Exploding Hearts. Add to that a mutant rock hybrid sound suggests influences like Reatards, Dead Boys and…
English Two-Tone ska band The Selecter will be at the Gothic Theatre on Saturday, October 8. Tickets ($25-$40) go on sale Friday, July 1, at 10 a.m. The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band and Supersuckers co-headline the Gothic Theatre on Friday, October 8. Tickets ($20-$22) go on sale Thursday, June…
Though Swedish pop group Peter, Björn and John took a five-year hiatus from making music, only to return with the new Breakin’ Point, they were still hard at work during their break. In those five years they created a collective art space called INGRID, formerly home to a studio where one…
Son Little, aka Aaron Livingston, has created a sound that many have called “genre-bending.” It canvases notes of old soul, and Livingston’s vintage vocals breathe life into a style reminiscent of Otis Redding. He steps into the political sphere of Crosby, Stills & Nash’s “Four Dead in Ohio” on songs…
