Do you work out the pipes in the shower singing your favorite John Mayer tunes? Are you known for your wicked karaoke version of “Half of My Heart”? Or maybe your friends are always telling how you much you sound just like everyone’s second favorite Mayer (after Oscar, of course)?…
Well, it’s official: Denver’s music scene is one of the heavyweights nationwide, as confirmed by a recent study. Well, duh. We tell you that every day…
Alright, now that the Showcase is in the rearview and things have started calming down around here for us, making this the perfect time for us to add some new members to our team to help us cover the scene even more thoroughly. With that in mind, we’re on the…
Until now, if you wanted to look exceptionally silly playing an electronic instrument the keytar was your best bet. Not anymore. That’s all changed with the introduction of the iTar, a “Guitar/DJ frame” for the iPad sporting doofus with everything but a sense of shame…
In possibly the strangest bid to return to relevance in the history of pop culture, Whitesnake, famed for its luscious hair, generic hair-metal anthems and Tawny Kitaen-filled music videos (see above), is trying to make a comeback. Not with a new album (god forbid) but with a delicious alcoholic beverage…
Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs, touring this summer and fall as “The Dukes of September Rhythm Revue,” visit Red Rocks on Monday, September 27. What will they be playing, you ask? Ah, follow the jump to find out…
Holy goddamn! Same beard, different band. Here’s another clip shot by the fantastical Jim Huck, featuring the one and only Kingdom of Magic. This one here’s a little ditty called “The Flame Draws the Honey Bee.”…
Daytrotter is clearly smitten as we are with the young Mister Nathaniel Rateliff. Not only did the outfit tap Rateliff for its Barnstormer 3 tour (which, come to find out, took place in actual barns, BTW — somehow, we just discovered this), but it just posted another session featuring him…
If you can get past the crackly sound (a detestable drawback of Flip-style cameras, whose condenser mikes are easily overwhelmed), here’s a brief but enjoyable clip of Dirty Projectors shot by our pal Julio Enriquez from Cause=Time at the Showcase this past Saturday…
Cats like DJ Chonz still practice? For real? Who knew? At this point, guess we just assumed that dude’s a Jedi who doesn’t require dry runs anymore. Shows you what we know. Clearly he still got respect for the game. After the jump, listen and download Jefe’s final practice from…
Here’s another semi-headache inducing video for ya’ from this year’s Westword Music Showcase. This one features the Knew electrifying a capacity crowd at Sutra. Props are due to ColoradoKid. While the rest of the us were popping Ibuprofen and feverishly trying to rehydrate while shaking off the remnants of the…
Though these clips are rather headache-inducing at times — we presume because PieHole2000, the person filming, is either being jostled by the dancing throng or barely resisting the urge to trip the light fantastic — here’s Superchunk displaying some of its choices gems for all the boys and girls at…
As you can see from the pictures, this year’s Showcase was played in the key of awesome. Relive the whole thing with us. Over the course of the day as we get our wits about us, a few of our writers will share their thoughts on what they saw, and…
The Showcase may have sold out, but 11,000 fans managed to get in — and we photographed most of them. Here are the best of our fan photos, presented in two parts: Part 1 (by Brian Landis Folkins) Part 2 (by Aaron Thackeray)…
Just came across this on YouTube. Evidently, esteemed videographer Jim Hucks was on hand at the Showcase this past weekend and caught some footage of Git Some at Broadway’s doing “Trixy Loves Misty.” Hucks shot it, so you know it’s rad. Next best thing to being there…
Sold out? Wait, what? Did I just read that right? Seriously? Sold out? What the …? Those were my first thoughts when I woke up yesterday and fired up the old TweetDeck before jumping into the shower. My boy Ralphie, who we tapped to emcee the main stage for us…
Our annual Music Showcase, Denver’s biggest one-day music fest with 100-plus bands on 15 stages, all but blew up the Golden Triangle yesterday, starting with noon-time rock from Oh My Stars and others and ending with Boombox booming from City Hall. We’ve got scores of photos up here, and more…
Editor’s note: We scrounged up enough Bubble Yum and pesos to convince fearless intern Abbie Grueskin to hunker down in the Curious Theater and upload photos of the Showcase throughout the day on Saturday. Look for the photos after the jump, and check back for reviews, slideshows and other coverage…
We all know that every single weekend in Denver is like a confectionery of delicious shows: Too many choices, too little time. But if you have a hard time with that status quo, you’re going to be ripping your hair out with indecision this weekend, because it’s finally here, the…
Due to a scheduling conflict, Serj Tankian’s show with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra originally scheduled for July 11 at the Denver Botanic Gardens-Chatfield has been canceled. Refunds are available at the point of purchase. Tickets purchased online or by phone will receive a refund within two-three business days. For tickets…
DeVotchKa, who peformed for over 90,000 people when the band opened for Muse in Paris last weekend (see a few pics after the jump), has recently been at Wavelab studio in Tuscon working on the follow-up to its last album, A Mad and Faithful Telling. No word yet on what…
IMPORTANT SCHEDULING UPDATE: Due to circumstances beyond our control (and, more to the point, frontman Chris Fogal’s) TAUNTAUN will not be performing in the 6:15 – 7 p.m. slot at Broadway’s tomorrow. While Fogal is resting his aching back (“I would tough it out,” he assures us, “but the problem…
