LP Hastings The Visual Stimulations for People Who Were High Coachella’s art installations — the ones designed to impress you while you’re high (aka all of them) — were particularly impressive this year. There was the Tesla coil, the crane that was formerly a flower but now a praying mantis,…
Timothy Norris Native American Headdresses These have still not gone away. In fact, one particularly irritating woman (not pictured) wore a towering feather mohawk weave, a sartorial statement that combined racism with rave gaudiness. On Friday, she pushed her way in front of us, obstructing our and everyone else’s view…
In its short life span, HOT 107.1 managed to build a decent following with its EDM format — decent, but not quite big enough, as the station ended up flipping formats. At first the frequency was unveiled as Pot 107.1, which turned out to be a stunt (what a brilliant…
Battles of the bands are typically a chance for unknown acts to get in front of larger crowds. That description hardly fits Bop Skizzum. The band has been around for long enough to amass a sizable fan base, and they’re not exactly at the level where picking up a handful…
When Phil Villotti and Ray Rodriguez took over the Atrium Bar & Grill space at 554 S. Broadway, they gave the place a much needed overhaul and reopened as The Bar in September, 2011. But after a year and a half run, the pair have closed the spot, which offered…
Blame the Best of Denver curse: After less than year, the Grizzly Rock, which just earned a nod as the Best New Venue in our Best of Denver issue last month, closed over the weekend. News of the closing came via Facebook: “Sorry everyone we have closed the Grizzly Rock,”…
JOHNNY MARR @ GOTHIC THEATRE |4/21/12 The moment everybody seemed to be waiting for during Johnny Marr’s set last night came at the end, when the iconic echoing guitar part rippled through the air, signaling the beginning of “How Soon Is Now?” There was just something about the vividness, the…
METHOD MAN & REDMAN @ CERVANTES’ | 4/20/13 Appearing in front of a sold-out crowd, hip-hop and weed icons Method Man and Redman turned Cervantes’ into a backyard house party as the MCs delighted the crowd with classic hits and an energetic stage show that showcased their timeless music. The…
HOW TO DESTROY ANGELS @ PARAMOUNT THEATRE | 4/21/13 If you came into the Paramount Theatre last night halfway through How to Destroy Angels’ first show in Denver, don’t worry: It was the same as the first half. Trent Reznor’s new post-industrial-electro-goth-whatever project, expertly executed and so chill as to…
DANZIG @ OGDEN THEATER | 4/19/12 Before Danzig came on stage, a voice that sounded like Glenn Danzig got the crowd going by informing us that Snoop Dogg was playing down the street and so was Tesla, you know, just in case seeing Danzig wasn’t the most alluring option of…
JOE BONAMASSA @ BELLCO THEATRE | TUES, 4/23/13 Joe Bonamassa is a nouveau bluesman who favors a hybrid blues-rock sound that employs simple song structures and puts the emphasis on powerful fretwork, an approach that nods to a distinctive era of the 1960s, when British players such as John Mayall,…
GHOST @ OGDEN THEATRE | 4/18/12 As is customary at this point, before Ghost took the stage, Jocelyn Pook’s haunting “Masked Ball” from Eyes Wide Shut came through the P.A. and perfectly set the mood for what was to follow. At first, the Nameless Ghouls took their places and started…
JONN HAWLEY @ FUNKY BUDDHA | SAT, 4/20/13 It’s extra awesome that Audio Indika is facilitating this year’s 4/20 show at the Funky Buddha, and those responsible loading the decks have outdone themselves by bringing Jonn Hawley to town. The Minneapolis-based DJ/producer has more than twenty years of experience, and…
LUCERO @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | THURS, 4/18/13 Outside of perhaps the Hold Steady — which shares a proclivity for Bruce Springsteen — nobody plays straight-up rock these days as convincingly as Lucero. Led by Ben Nichols’s gravelly croak, Lucero borrows liberally from the Boss and Lynyrd Skynyrd on songs with…
Courtesy of Jorge Meza PhotographyThe Sahara Tent at Coachella Amidst the crazy sea of hipsters, hippies, old folks, pre-teens and babies(!), the first weekend of Coachella was also packed with EDM revelers ready to get their fist-pumping music fix over the course of the three-day bacchanal. In fact, it seems…
There’s no shortage of music history on the 21-block stretch of East Colfax Avenue between Grant and Josephine streets. The Fillmore Auditorium and the Ogden Theatre may be the obvious anchors, but the roots go much deeper. There are stories of the legendary folksinger who crashed on friends’ floors and…
For a couple of years, this band played out under the curious moniker Sew Buttons on Ice Cream. But last year, the duo of Shannon Webber and David Samuelson switched to the more ominous Church Fire (due at Herman’s Hideaway on Monday, April 22). Some may know Webber for her…
Johnny Marr is best known as the Smiths’ influential and inventive guitarist. Since the band’s split in 1987, Marr has kept himself busy playing with some of the more high-profile acts of the modern era, like Modest Mouse. Marr’s clean playing style and simple yet intricate melodies have made him…
It’s extra-awesome that Audio Indika is facilitating this year’s 4/20 show at the Funky Buddha, and those responsible for loading the decks have outdone themselves by bringing Jonn Hawley to town. The Minneapolis-based DJ/producer has more than twenty years of experience, and he’s been a fixture in the underground Twin…
Founded in 2008, Ghost B.C. created a bit of mystique for itself right from the start. The sextet is essentially anonymous in its elaborate costumes, with singer Papa Emeritus II decked out like a satanic pope, and his cardinals, The Ghouls With No Name, performing in uniform brown robes whose…
Only 25 years old, London-based house DJ/producer Maya Jane Coles has come into her own over the past several years, winning fans on both sides of the underground/mainstream divide with a slew of twelve-inch EPs and singles on highly respected dance-music labels such as 20:20 Vision and Mobilee and remix…
When Trent Reznor dissolved his high-profile band Nine Inch Nails a few years back, there was instant speculation about what he would do next. In 2010, he scored the soundtrack to The Social Network; that same year, he formed How to Destroy Angels with his wife, former West Indian Girl…
