Although the ascension of Mumford & Sons (playing the first of two shows at the Fillmore Auditorium tonight with Nathaniel Rateliff & Fairchildren and Matthew and the Atlas) may seem rather fast, the English dudes have been making gorgeous folk rock together for almost five years. The act’s first and…
Yesterday, we wrangled up totally adorable photos (look at those fat cheeks! eeek!) of an assortment of musicians performing at Saturday’s Westword Music Showcase. We’ve got three pairs of tickets that we’re giving away to anyone who can correctly match the photos to the musicians — at least one of…
Just in time for this weekend’s Westword Music Showcase, Spoke In Wordz (due at La Rumba from 5:30 – 6 p.m.) has finally given us a gander at his brand new video. Directed by Eric Heights and shot on location in SoCal — we presume, unless the Mile High City…
Cannons will be joined by Glass Hits and Sleeping with In Gethesemene at Illegal Pete’s this Thursday, June 16 for a free show, and to celebrate the occasion, Cause Medic Ink dropped a lovely silkscreened flier off. The flier comes in a variety of colors to boot, which makes it…
PETER GABRIEL at RED ROCKS | 06/13/11 The scope of Peter Gabriel’s set Monday night seemed entirely appropriate for the size and majesty of Red Rocks. Gabriel showed up in Morrison with a full orchestra and an elaborate set of visual effects, forgoing his usual art-rock approach for a sound…
With a career that spans over six decades, Mavis Staples (appearing tonight with Dr. John & the Lower 911 at the Botanic Gardens) doesn’t need much of an introduction. The Rock And Roll Hall of Famer began her gospel-influenced singing career as part of the Staple Singers family institution in…
We were all kids once, even cool dudes in bands. So in celebration of all things juvenile and fun, we’re giving you a chance to win a pair of tickets to this weekend’s Westword Music Showcase. Guess which Showcase performers are pictured from the childhood photos below. Leave your answers…
MILLIONAIRES at MARQUIS | 06.13.11″Wobbling between the monitors, the Green sisters continued to talk more about being drunk and the desire to fuck before going into the Madonna ‘Dress You Up’ rip-off, ‘Stay the Night.'”…
Here’s what’s good in the Mile High City this week: In concert news, the Avett Brothers announced another Colorado date on July 8 at the Boulder Theater the night before their sold-out Red Rocks show, the FMQB Triple A Conference is returning to the Fox, Diana Ross is due at…
Today is Flag Day, which is an opportunity to raise the Stars and Stripes, drink a Budweiser, crank the A/C and leave the windows wide open. The flag is often the go-to symbol for musicians who want to make a political statement — from Johnny Cash to Miley Cyrus –…
The sarcastic comments and dirty looks came almost immediately when Nathaniel Hammond asked to plug in his synthesizers. Soon the scrutiny became a familiar rite for the Epilogues’ keyboard player after the band started playing live in Denver around 2006. “They’d be like, ‘What am I supposed to do with…
Who are you excited about seeing at this year’s Westword Music Showcase? Kind of a loaded question, isn’t it? Depends on what time you ask, right? The lineup is pretty insane from top to bottom, even if we do say so ourselves. In addition to hosting the hottest acts in…
As partners in Strong Survive Promotionz for the past five years, independent concert promoters Travis Ragan and Ivan Ovchinnikov have booked shows at a number of venues around Denver, but they’ve never gotten a cut of the bar sales. So when they found out that the Roxy Theater, an old…
In 1984, Jesse Saunders released “On and On,” the track widely credited as the very first house music in existence. Saunders used old-school funk, disco, early pop, hip-hop and R&B to create the template for what would grow into a worldwide phenomenon. Now, almost three decades later, he’s still making…
Welcome to the seventeenth annual Westword Music Showcase. Seventeen years! On the one hand, that’s a long freaking time — a lifetime, in fact, for some of our performers. The members of Sauna, for example: They were born the same year that Westword launched this event: 1994. (Yeah — let…
We are sad to report that longtime participators and supporters of Denver’s DIY music community Kristi Schaefer and Ryan McRyhew are packing their bags and heading for Chicago. Known as musical collaborators Hideous Men, the couple will be moving its headquarters to the midwest next month so that Schaefer can…
Wow! We’d be lying if we said we saw this coming. While we were sleeping, evidently, the Foo Fighters have officially been elevated to bona fide arena rock status, presumably owing to the success of the new album, Wasting Light…
Pulling a page from the Peaches’ sex rap playbook, Millionaires (performing tonight at the Marquis Theater with Breathe Electric, Christian TV, Set It Off and Caramel Carmela) is two campy sisters who aim to simultaneously please and offend. Still paying tribute to the days of MySpace with a big scene…
The line for the bar at Summit Music Hall was five-deep for most of Saturday night at the very sold-out Face to Face show in LoDo. Aaron Thackeray brings back these photos: View the full Face to Face slideshow. Below are a few highlights…
ELECTRIC DAISY CARNIVAL | 06.13.11 “When the smoke machines ran out, someone — and by ‘someone,’ I mean a complete fucking idiot — blasted the room with a fire extinguisher, sending a sweet poison into the eyes and mouths of everyone.”…
Remember a few weeks ago when we mentioned that Nathaniel Rateliff was getting ready to release a 10-inch live album culled from performances captured during Daytrotter’s Barnstormer Tour and a gig at Notting Hill Arts Club in London this past February? Well, we’ve just learned that Rateliff will be issuing…
Rose Hill Drive fans bemoaning the fact that the band has been mostly dormant for the past few years, rejoice! The indefinite, self-imposed hiatus has come to an end, and your heroes have returned — with new music. The former power trio (now a quartet, with the addition of bassist…
