On Saturday, June 18, Esmé Patterson bemusedly told us that the last time she had played the Larimer Lounge, it was probably with one of her old bands, Harpoontang. Which dates that show to several years ago, since that project was concurrent with her involvement with Paper Bird, a band she…
The summer solstice was nigh, and the sun set late in the evening. At the Gramatik show at Red Rocks last Friday, June 17, the artists adapted accordingly to the season with the actual light show put off until the sun had all but set. Hippie Sabotage, from Sacramento, is…
Upon relocating to Brooklyn from their homeland of Denmark in 2010, New Politics quickly found its place in the music scene as one of the freshest and most energetic groups to debut in recent years with the release of its self-titled LP — a solid half-hour of blistering alternative rock…
Choosing to ride a helicopter into EDC might sound a little ridiculous; it did to me. But while most of the hundreds of thousands of festivalgoers make the hour-or-more trek to from the Vegas Strip to Las Vegas Motor Speedway by car or shuttle, a few take to the air…
Neil Finn, who had stints in Split Enz and Crowded House, will be at the Boulder Theater for two nights with his son Liam Finn opening both nights as well performing in his father’s group. Classical guitarist Jason Vieaux opens the 2016 Guitar Foundation of America International Convention tonight, while the…
This morning around 9 a.m., the tour bus of Nederland-based band Elephant Revival caught fire in Hickory, North Carolina. According to 9news.com, firefighters responded to a call and found smoke coming from the bus, with an initial report that people were still on board. All five passengers got off the…
While Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Country Jam and Sonic Bloom continue through the weekend, Denver PrideFest is at Civic Center Park on Saturday and Sunday with music headliner CeCe Penniston. Also on tap this weekend are Gramatik is Red Rocks tonight , Gordon Lightfoot is at the Paramount Theatre tonight, Esme Patterson…
At this year’s Westword Music Showcase, some of Denver’s most prominent local acts will be taking the stage at Dazzle Restaurant & Lounge, located at 930 Lincoln Street. The eighteen-year-old club has hosted such groundbreaking jazz artists as Esperanza Spalding and Joe Lovano, earning it a reputation as the prime…
About a year after Split Enz formed in 1972, the band was set to tour its native New Zealand. Tim Finn, who co-fronted the band at the time with Phil Judd, asked his fifteen-year-old brother, Neil, to be the supporting act on the tour. Since Neil was playing mostly covers at…
Influential science fiction and horror filmmaker John Carpenter is currently on his first national tour as a musician. However, the Denver tour stop, scheduled for Tuesday, June 21, has been canceled. Refunds available at point of purchase. Carpenter was to perform selections from his two albums, 2015’s Lost Themes and this…
You’re heading to Las Vegas with more than 100,000 of your closest friends for the greatest EDM show on earth, Electric Daisy Carnival. We hope you packed sunscreen and water. We already know you don’t plan on wearing much — an EDC tradition. Temperatures are expected to soar this weekend, according…
Rossonian occupies a now-unusual musical space that would have been called alternative rock in the early ’90s. A decade ago its sound would have been lumped in with the term indie rock. But the Ross’ likes to refer to its particular brand of pop-and-rock as “electro-sensual rock and roll.” On…
The 2016 Westword Music Showcase is coming up fast, on Saturday, June 25! The one-day festival features national headliners on two main stages, as well as nearly 100 local bands on a dozen stages in Denver’s Golden Triangle. The local performers at the Showcase are drawn from thus year’s nominees…
Courtney Barnett, who dropped out of Project Pabst last month to be the musical guest on the season finale of Saturday Night Live , will be at the Ogden Theatre on Tuesday, November 8. Tickets ($27.50/$40) go on sale on Friday, June 17 at 10 a.m. Grammy-nominated pop star Charlie…
For the last 22 years the Westword Music Showcase has brought national and local music acts together during the summer. This year’s Showcase is on Saturday, June 25. Coordinating over a hundred performances is tricky and takes months of planning. Ever wonder how we do it? Westword’s music editor Katie Moulton and Showcase…
Editor’s Note: In advance of Bob Dylan’s concert at Red Rocks Amphitheatre this Sunday, June 19, we are taking an in-depth look back at his short but likely formative time in Denver as a young unknown folk singer in the summer of 1960. By Timothy Fritz In the early summer…
The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver is continuing its B-Side Music Thursdays summer concert series on the MCA rooftop for the 2016 season. Aiming to present “the best up and coming Colorado bands and side projects of well known Denver bands and musicians,” the current schedule makes good on that…
On May 26 at Denver’s Ogden Theatre, a relatively little-known band called Mudcrutch launched its first-ever full-length tour. Mudcrutch, in addition to holding the title of Worst Band Name Ever, has the distinction of being Tom Petty’s first band. This is the crew that honed its chops at Gainesville topless…
What makes a joke funny or a song sound good is subjective; in that respect, comedy and music are aligned. But what happens when comedians and musicians come together on the same bill to perform on the same stage? “A lot of times when it does happen, it doesn’t go…
The Hi-Dive Hullabaloo will return this weekend for two days of music and festivities at the South Broadway venue. The small festival began in 2010 with the simple intention of bringing together bands made up of friends who held like-minded aesthetics but rarely got to play the same bill. Tom…
Nearby lightning and waves of torrential rain pummeled downtown Louisville, on Sunday, June 12, but the storm seemed to disappear right before the show started in the basement of Dona Laurita Gallery known as Down Space. Combining the qualities of a house show and a DIY space (off-the-cuff vibe, relatively…
Like most things that occur for the band, dance-noise duo Church Fire chalks up the connection made to its new record label, Black Box Tapes, to chance. “It was like everything that happens to us — luck and serendipity and unearned privilege,” says vocalist Shannon Webber. “Hard work is part…
