Concerts

Just about every month for the past two years, the words “Red Bull Sound Select Presents” have appeared on the marquees of small venues around Denver, usually accompanied by the name of some major national headliner (Bun B, Viet Cong, The Internet) and, on the ground, a line of eager…

Adele, the Grammy- and Oscar-winning British singer-songwriter and reigning queen of cross-generational radio pop, just announced dates for her 2016 North American tour, and it includes two performances in Denver. On a tour that features a six-night stand at Madison Square Garden in New York, she will appear on July…

Jason Isbell’s story is one of recovery and redemption so it was only fitting that the backdrop he played in front of for Friday night’s show at the Ogden Theatre were large, church-like, stained glass windows. After being ousted by the Drive-By Truckers in 2011, the 36-year-old Alabama native took…

Psychic TV performed for the first time in 25 years in the city where the North American branch of Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth was spawned and centered; this fact made Friday’s show at Summit Music Hall historically important. But nothing about the show proper seemed to rest on such…

This week’s shows include !!! at Lost Lake Lounge, Reverend Horton Heat at the Fox Theatre, Battles at the Bluebird Theater and Jackie Evancho at Boettcher Concert Hall. See the full list of our picks below. MONDAY, DECEMBER 14 !!! $15, 9 p.m. Lost Lake Lounge Terror $15/$17, 6 p.m. Marquis…

Last week Denver band Muscle Beach released a new LP titled Flatline, and tonight they play at Ratio Beer Works with Abrams. Muscle Beach, which won a 2015 Westword Music Award in the Hardcore category, can be described as surfy post-hardcore, but their eclectic sounds, rhythms, and time signatures make them…

Tonight’s benefit concert for the Denver Public School Foundation will feature some prominent local musicians — including Governor John Hickenlooper. The event, called “Sing It To Me Santa: Colorado Rocks for Teachers,” will donate proceeds to the 501(c) of DPS, a nonprofit whose “purpose is to foster and promote education…

This weekend’s lineup of shows includes an wildly diverse section of acts, including Psychic TV, Jason Isbell, Shpongle, the Dwarves, Trace Bundy and the Infamous Stringdusters. See the full list of our picks below.  FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11 Psychic TV $2023, 9:23 p.m. Summit Music Hall Shpongle $20, 7 p.m. Fillmore Auditorium…

That’s right, you guessed it — Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats are having the breakout year of their careers thus far, which includes announcing a headlining spot at Red Rocks in the spring, and now this year-end nod from Rolling Stone magazine’s “50 Best Songs of 2015.” The magazine…

After selling out shows around the country and abroad, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats will headline Red Rocks for the first time on Sunday, August 21 with Shovels & Rope opening. Tickets ($40-$45) go on sale on Friday, December 11 at 10 a.m.  Elvis Costello brings in solo “Detour”…

Long before Ellis Marsalis Jr. had six sons — four of which went on to be accomplished jazz players, including Wynton, Branford, Delfeayo and Jason — the elder Marsalis played clarinet as a kid while growing up in New Orleans. He switched to tenor saxophone when he got into high…

Trev Rich will perform at his first headlining show this Thursday, December 10, at the Bluebird Theater. Coming off of the success of his fourth studio album Heights 3, Rich just returned home to Denver from a U.S. tour with Joe Budden. Formerly known as Rocky, Trev Rich is a local…

In case you missed it — and how could you? — it’s the sixth annual Colorado Gives Day. If you want to put your money where the music is, there are a lot of options (more than 200) listed on coloradogives.org. If you want a side of tacos with your…

“Being a white woman in hip-hop has allowed me to be invisible,” says Nicole Cormier, a writer and editor dedicated to Denver’s hip-hop scene. “It has allowed me certain rights that I don’t think a man would have in this community.” Cormier acknowledges that regardless of her identity, being a…

In the mid-2000s, during the height of Denver’s indie-rock era, the members of Somerset Catalog were in some of the city’s more prominent bands. Bryce Merrill, John Kuker and Trevor Trumble were part of Everything Absent or Distorted, whose raucous live shows displayed the influence of Guided by Voices and…

93.3’s Not So Silent Night is an interesting show: basically a mini music festival, featuring five well-known bands, any of which could easily headline of a large room in Denver. This year Amzy, The Wombats, Airborne Toxic Event, Cold War Kids, and Bastille all took to the stage at the…

Over the span of four studio albums, U.K.-based rock band Foals have gone from small-scene indie favorites to an international festival headliner. The group’s latest album, What Went Down, debuted in August this year at #3 on the UK Albums Chart and #58 on the Billboard 200, making it their…

Drummer Brian Blade is town for four nights at Dazzle with the Fellowship Band (and with Bill Frisell and Ron Miles later in the week) and Jason Bonham, son of Led Zeppelin drummer Jason Bonham, brings his Led Zeppelin Experience to the Summit Music Hall while other picks this week…

The Funky Buddha Lounge is moving locations. The cocktail bar and entertainment venue at 776 Lincoln will reopen after the new year at 1033 Broadway in a smaller space next to Bar Standard, according to Doug Bohm, Director of Marking and Promotions for SoCo Nightlife, which promotes Funky Buddha and…