Erykah Badu offers a window seat to her soul at the Fillmore

See more photos at westword.com/slideshow. Erykah Badu • Janelle Monae 06.16.10 | Fillmore Auditorium Before Erykah Badu’s set, a DJ was spinning and doing live mixes of pop hits of yesteryear, stopping or slowing down the music every now and then to let the crowd enthusiastically fill in the blanks…

Beauty Bar will finally open this week — and it’s a beauty

Back in September, when they took over the former Snake Pit, at 608 East 13th Avenue, Noah Ray McMahan, Justin Martinez hoped to have it transformed into the tenth location of the Beauty Bar brand by late January. Now, finally, the trio will open the club’s doors on Saturday, June…

Pep*Squad at the hi-dive

It would be easy to dismiss this Fort Collins band as yet another act ransacking the ’80s new-wave graveyard, because it sure is going for that ultra-catchy, synth-pop vibe. Borrowing a few tricks from the Cars, the Nails and Mr. Pacman, Pep*Squad also clearly has its tongue firmly in cheek…

Jonathan Peters at Beta

New York City’s Jonathan Peters is one of those DJs who’s been around forever, worked with everyone and somehow still remained a virtual unknown. Perhaps that’s because he’s always focused on remixing, production and playing out, without releasing any big-name mix discs or artist albums. More than a decade ago,…

En Vogue will be En Denver for PrideFest

You know what’s better than the 19th most successful act of the 1990s and a teensy bit worse than the 17th most successful act? The 18th most successful act of the 1990s, which just so happens to be En Vogue — who just so happen to be headlining Denver PrideFest…

Lion Sized go deep at the Lost Lake

Deep beneath the waters of a lost lake, what would you expect to find? How about some strange, cryptozoological fish like the one that’s the centerpiece of our fine flier of the week? And, not coincidentally, it is a flier for the Lost Lake Lounge! This marriage of flier and…

The Fray to release a covers album

It’s been about a year and half since the Fray’s last release, the self-titled follow-up to its double platinum debut, How to Save a Life. In between touring and writing songs for its next album, Denver’s favorite power-ballad purveyors have been working on a cover album. We caught up with…

Westword Music Knowcase: We sucked. Big time.

After all our hype, all our shit-talking and all of our preparation (okay, preparation consisted solely of previously mentioned hype and shit talking, we admit it), we came, we played and we got our ever-loving asses kicked at our own music Knowcase. Yeah, we came in a desultory sixth place…

The Weekend Show Down: hi-dive Hullabaloo brings the rock mayhem

There’s nothing like experiencing the sweat, thump and catharsis of a great show. Trouble is, you live in Denver, the land of embarrassing riches when it comes to music, the land of too many shows and too little time. So which ones are worth checking out? Glad you asked. After…

Worst news ever: Meadowlark’s outdoor stage gets shut down

Just into its third year, the outdoor stage at the Meadowlark (2701 Larimer Street) got its third noise violation from the city, which essentially means the bar can no longer hold shows outside. “It’s been really emotional for everyone at the bar,” says Jonathan Bitz, the bar’s talent buyer. “We’ve…

Introducing the Westword Knowcase all-star team

We’ve been telling you about the Westword Music Knowcase for weeks. We’ve patiently explained how we will destroy all comers. We even took a few minutes to re-explain it, using only small words, to the conceited and confused elitists at the Donnybrook Writing Academy, who seemed to have trouble getting…