Concerts

Looks like Peter Black, the progressive mind behind Analog Space, is trying his hand at curating a music festival. Dubbed Denver Afterdark, Black’s inaugural soiree is slated to take place at the Meadowlark, the Larimer Lounge and Flobot.Org’s community space on Friday, August 26, with performances by Pictureplane, CacheFlowe, Force…

SONIC BLOOM at SHADOWS RANCH | 06.24.11″With strategically placed subwoofers stashed in a field surrounded by mountains, the heavy bass frequencies sounded like a herd of elephants descending upon us in every direction with bubble-wrapped feet.”…

If you haven’t made plans yet tonight, and you’re looking to get your groove on, tonight at Hai Bar at Sushi Hai (32nd and Lowell), DJ Low Key is celebrating another year on planet with the Solution’s fifth annual Lessondary Birthday Extravaganza hosted by Von Pea of Tanya Morgan. The…

Since the fall of 2003, The Skivies (due Saturday, June 25th at The Meadowlark Bar) has graced stages in Denver with its alchemical brew of bizarro psychedelia and hard-edged, experimental guitar rock warped by unexpected twists and turns born of progressive structures turned on their head. Always seemingly up for…

You can’t experience a Colorado summer without seeing at least one show at Red Rocks and tonight, Widespread Panic throws down the inaugural performance of a full weekend of jammy goodness. These dudes are so popular here, you would think they are from Colorado, but no. It might just be…

Jason Webley (due at the Mercury Cafe, Saturday, June 25) started out playing punk rock as a teenager in Seattle, but it wasn’t until well into his twenties that he shed that musical skin. It would be difficult to pin Webley with a genre, but it could be said that…

After a weekend full of Pride and the greatest Music Showcase we’ve presented, how can you even think about enjoying yourself again? Well, we have a few ideas for you. This weekend is as chock-full of dance grooves as ever. Sonic Bloom up in Georgetown is where the big party…

Miley Cyrus’s opinion aside, is there anything more wholesome than Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers — the Disney Channel success story turned legit boy band — and Quaker Oats? We think not. And now, Nick Jonas has scheduled a trip to Denver to find a childhood superstar for his…

When we talked to Jeffrey Wentworth Stevens in May, he gave us the lowdown on his two upcoming albums, but we didn’t get more than a passing glimpse of two of the tracks. While we don’t generally talk about cover art reveals or preorder deals, this one is simply too…

Well, it’s a wrap. The seventeenth annual Westword Music Showcase Awards are now officially in the books. Although there weren’t as many winners on hand to collect their awards as we would’ve liked, the Bluebird was packed. The most noteworthy award of the night went to The Pirate Signal, which…

Bill Callahan (due Monday, June 27th) started releasing music under the moniker Smog in 1990. He was connected to the then-emerging underground network of music that included the indie label Kill Rock Stars, which included his song “37 Pushups .” Callahan’s emotionally vibrant lyrics serve almost as a counterpoint to…

Here comes another Thursday, and if its anything like last Thursday then it’s going to be wild and fun. Last week, we tore it up all over the city, and now that we’re fully recovered from the Showcase/PrideFest hangover, there’s plenty to do tonight, from the Westword Music Showcase Awards…

We’ve already taken a look at the big three cloud services from Apple, Amazon and Google, but what does any of this mean to local bands and labels? With talk of Apple paying $100 million to the major labels for the rights to store content in the cloud and the…

Forming in the early ’90s, Bone Thugs N Harmony (performing tonight with FoodChain, Input and Fresh Breath Committee at the Gothic Theatre) has roots that run deep in rap’s history. Mentored by Eazy-E, the Cleveland dudes also collaborated with 2pac and Notorious B.I.G., and picked up a Grammy along the…

Tonight at Cervantes’ A.V.I.U.S. is releasing his sophomore solo effort, For Better or Worse, in a dual release party with Mane Rok and Es-Nine, who are dropping En Stereo — a tribute to the deejay and MC collaboration. We already gave you a sneak peek of A.V.I.U.S.’s new joint, now…

Just a quick reminder in case you missed it in the paper or on the blog earlier this week: Tonight, the seventeenth annual Westword Music Showcase Awards are taking place at the Bluebird Theater. After months of voting and a stellar Showcase this past weekend, we reveal the winners in…

Ziggy, Julian and Damian “Jr. Gong” Marley might get all the attention, but behind the scenes, Bob and Rita’s second-oldest son, Stephen Marley, has been working on his own legacy. He co-produced most of Damian’s 2005 breakthrough album, Welcome to Jamrock, and is slated to release two full-length sets this…

WILLIE NELSON at RED ROCKS | 06.21.11″While Willie Nelson is still a solid player and performer, seeing him these days is about nostalgia for a lot of people. These aren’t the best versions of songs like “Crazy” and “Aint It Funny,” but seeing Nelson up on stage performing them is…

Long before Natasha Bedingfield (playing tonight at the Gothic Theatre with Kate Voegele and Andy Grammer) wrote a song (“Unwritten”) that became burned into the American pop culture consciousness as the theme song for The Hills in 2006, the singer-songwriter was achieving great success in the UK…

MATT & KIM @ THE OGDEN THEATRE | 6/21/11 I did not have a good time at Matt & Kim. Not to say that nobody did. There were certainly members of the crowd who seemed to enjoy themselves, their excitement worth two hands in the air. But, in the eloquent…