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…
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…
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…
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…
The last time we were at Club Dreams, the line was down the block, security was barking orders, DJ Topshelf was rocking the entire place and guys and girls alike were doing all they could to see and be seen. The scene at the official KS 1075 Summer Jam after…
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…
SUMMER JAM XV with RICK ROSS @ COMFORT DENTAL | 6.8.12 Rick Ross is young, rich and famous; he’s an international player with so many hits under his belt they might account for his almost-sluggish performance last night at KS 1075’s Summer Jam XV. Don’t get us wrong — the…
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…
Kaskade.Dance music is coming to an arena near you: Kaskade will be the first DJ ever to play Staples Center (July 27). And mainstream concert promoters such as Live Nation are diving into the electronic dance explosion. Electric Daisy Carnival, which is being held this weekend at the Las Vegas…
Steve Angello / FacebookAlso see: – Slide show: Electric Daisy Carnival 2012: Day One – Slide show: Electric Daisy Carnival: More From Day One – Slide show: Electric Daisy Carnival 2012: Day Two In early spring, a Twitter beef erupted between DJ Sneak, a Chicago house music legend, and Steve…
Fire Season (due tomorrow at Wax Trax) is best described as a power- pop band with a singer who sounds like he retired from a decade or two of serving as a drill sergeant — or might have been raised by wolves. Sam Braakman’s voice has character, a Scott Kelly-esque…
Lemonade (due Sunday, June 10, at the Larimer Lounge) started off as three friends from the hardcore and punk scene in San Francisco who stretched their interest in sound far beyond the music of their youth. Trying to pigeonhole the band’s music is an exercise in futility, but a quick…
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…
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…
Drink your water, kids. You’re gonna wanna stay plenty hydrated if you’re going to be getting down this weekend. The nightlife is red hot in the Mile High City: There are tons of fresh parties, including the first Lipgloss party at Beauty Bar, a special one-night-only edition of So What!…
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…
Welcome to the weekend! Whoo freaking hoo! Another stacked one on tap. Tons of options no matter your flavor. We’ve got Rick Ross, Wiz Khalifa, Tyga and more at KS 107.5’s Summer Jam, Big Head Todd and the Monsters’s annual sojourn to Red Rocks, a parade of imports, including Destroyer,…
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,…
Michal Menert is a busy man. From dropping multiple albums to playing show after show under the monikers he’s created with other Pretty Lights Music artists, he is always on the grind. Tonight at the Larimer Lounge, he’ll play a special set for the premier of the So-Gnar’s Shredded Beats…
On Wednesday, September 12, you’ll have a chance to become part of history and help the Melvins weasel their way into the Guinness World Records book, which they hope to do by playing shows in all fifty states plus one in the District of Columbia in just 51 days. One…
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 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…
