Review: Destroyer at the Bluebird, 6/9/12

DESTROYER @ BLUEBIRD THEATER| 6.09.12 See Also: Q&A with Dan Bejar of Destroyer. When Dan Bejar ambled on to the stage, he scanned it left to right, shoved some stray strands of his fro back into place, clenched his eyes shut and wore a look of abstract passion. The Destroyer…

Review: Big Head Todd and the Monsters at Red Rocks, 6/10/12

BIG HEAD TODD AND THE MONSTERS @ RED ROCKS | 6.10.12 It didn’t take long for Todd Park Mohr to wax nostalgic for the capacity crowd at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Saturday night. Five songs into his band’s nearly two-hour set, the frontman noted that he couldn’t remember the last…

EDC 2012: Las Vegas pulls plug on music due to high winds

Update (6/11/12 2:48 a.m): EDC is over for the night. Organizers are waiting for crowds to thin out before making an official announcement. More details and older updates at the bottom. Christopher VictorioEDC ravers See Also • Slide show: Electric Daisy Carnival 2012: Day One • Slide show: Electric Daisy…

EDC 2012: Calvin Harris plays CDs of himself singing

Calivn Harris. See Also: • Slide show: Electric Daisy Carnival 2012: Day One • Slide show: Electric Daisy Carnival: More Day One • Slide show: Electric Daisy Carnival 2012: Day Two Dance music is fighting for its soul. The charts are filled with tracks (Rihanna, Flo Rida) that borrow from…

Review: The Say So at The Hi-Dive, 6/9/12

THE SAY SO @ HI-DIVE | 6/9/12 The Say So ended its release for show for The Romantic last night at the hi-dive with one of the best songs from its previous release, Something Like Wild. “Fools” was replete with the melodic, triumphal tone that is part of the band’s…

Photos: Perc at NORAD, 6/8/12

Last night and into early this morning, London’s Perc (aka Ali Wells), one of the leading producers in techno today, performed at NORAD. Photos by Nick Callaio for Westword. More photos below…

Electric Daisy Carnival Vegas coverage ahead

Colin Young-Wolff This weekend, the traveling dance music bacchanal Electric Daisy Carnival comes to Las Vegas. For those who are still bummed that it’s skipping Denver this year or just can’t afford the trek and want to live vicariously, we’ve got ya covered. Beginning tomorrow morning, our top-notch West Coast-based…

Photos: A first look at 2Up on Colfax

Jourdan Adler, the owner of the 1Up, the hip arcade/bar in LoDo, has opened a second outpost of his video game-centric bar in the former Pete’s Monkey Bar space at 717 East Colfax, the 2Up. Last night, the 2Up — complete with 35 games, eight pinball machines and three skee-ball…

Rockstar Lounge closes its doors

When half-brothers Patrick Wilson and Nicholas Blake were looking for a concept for their new club, they found inspiration in Nickelback’s “Rockstar” video. When we spoke with them back in November 2010 when the club first opened, the brothers told us they were opening the Rockstar Lounge with the idea…

Glowing House puts out a most welcoming CD

Jess Parsons and Steve Varney connected instantly before a songwriting class at the University of Colorado Denver. The initial draw was the fact that aside from being musicians, they were both songwriters, too. Over the course of a week they had off from school during the 2008 Democratic National Convention,…

Patrick Dethlefs plays at Swallow Hill, Friday, June 8

While it’s true that nearly every corner of folk-inspired music has been explored ad infinitum, Patrick Dethlefs (due at Swallow Hill on Friday, June 8) doesn’t sound like he’s trying to be Bob Dylan, Townes Van Zandt, Richard Thompson or Nick Drake.Maybe he worked his way through those influences early…

Rick Ross

Rick Ross exploded onto the scene as a huge presence, both in stature and lyrics. His deep, gruff voice chronicled ghetto life in Miami with lurid details of the cocaine game and the ways of a hustler. Having amassed crazy amounts of success with hits like “Hustlin'” and collaborative joints…