Concerts

There’s nothing like having the endorsement of mom — or having her tell you in no uncertain terms that she’s going to kick your ass if you let her or the 2,000 kids who are assembled to watch your band down by not, well, kicking ass. Such was the lot…

This past February, we told you about former Corruption frontman Mark Grabowski joining Demonica, the trash-metal band founded by Mercyful Fate guitarist Hank Sherman. As reported, the outfit recorded their parts remotely, with Grabowski laying down his bass tracks at Flatline Audio, Dave Otero’s lauded studio. Otero just finished mixing…

The Dead Weather, Tyvek The Ogden August 17, 2009 Better Than: Porn What’s your Jack White flavor? Are you a vanilla fan, a consumer of the pale white God of garage rock, or would you prefer vintage chocolate Jack, shy and drinking moonshine? Or perhaps you’re interested in our newest…

To commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock, the Denver Film Society is hosting Peace & Love on the Rocks tonight at Red Rocks. This special edition of Film on the Rocks includes a screening of Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music Director’s Cut as well as music by some…

If you’re curious about what the annual Global Dance Festival, now in its seventh year, is all about, but have always been afraid to ask, or to go and be surrounded by all those glowsticks and Vicks, you’re in luck. Local Internet “lifestyle television” site Vista TV has gone behind…

Green Day, Franz Ferdinand Pepsi Center Saturday, August 15, 2009Better than: Hanging out with eleven-year-olds at an indoor recreation center. The members of Green Day and their crew tried with all their might to summon the spirit of an old school punk show in the vast spaces of the Pepsi…

Atmosphere, Aesop Rock, Murs and Eyedea & Abilities Red Rocks Friday, August 14 Red Rocks giveth, and Red Rocks taketh away. The sprawling amphitheater is so storied at this point that it tests performers playing it like few venues in the country — and not everyone passes. That was certainly…

Kid Hum may be still getting lots of love for his Fossil Fuels instrumental project and its sequel, Offshore Drilling, which featured emcees over his instrumentals, but he’s still moving forward. This week Hum announced a new project, a compilation album called Wrighterz Block, which he is approaching a bit…

Les Paul’s nose was running. It was during one of his weekly Monday gigs at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York, and I was sitting about ten feet from where he was sitting on stage. He looked at me, pointed at the napkin on my lap and gestured for…

Got plans on Saturday, September 26? Um, we do. We’ll be at the Wells Fargo Theatre. Just caught wind that the one and only Van Morrison will be making his way to the Mile High City on that date, and the only way we’ll miss that show is if …..

SunnO))), Eagle Twin and The AccüsedBluebird TheaterThursday, August 13th, 2009Better Than: Some commentators on SunnO))) would have you believe. The two-piece Eagle Twin kicked off the show in high spirits. Although mining similar artistic territory as Isis, Twin brought its own take on experimental metal. With the sometimes staggered, sometimes…

It’s no secret that we have a soft spot for the Rainbow Music Hall. We were deflated to discover that the iconic sign had been unceremoniously torn down but equally heartened to find that pieces of the sign had been salvaged and were subsequently put on display by the Twist…

If you like music — especially the music of John Common — and have an interest in making film, there’s a project you should know about. In the wake of his successful Common Box Project, a collaborative project that asked visual artists to create a piece of assemblage box art…

It’s been a minute since we’ve heard from Q.Burse, a former member of the Break Mechanics. Actually the last time he caught a lot of people’s attention was when he released the song “Burnin’ Bridges,” which took a bunch of local hip-hop personalities to task. But that appears to be…

If you were a punk between the years of 1978 and 1988 in Denver, you’re an OG. We all owe you a tremdous debt of gratitude and respect. You helped build this here scene that is so thriving today. Hell, many of us weren’t even a twinkle in our daddy’s…

It’s not unusual to read a review of Otis Taylor and see the words bluesman. In fact, it’s as about as commonplace as reading a piece on the Broncos during the ’90s and seeing the name John Elway — the two are virtually synonymous. That said, it was somewhat refreshing…

Rumor has it that when Ryan Adams recorded his new album, he only listened to hip-hop, the idea being that his vision wouldn’t be tainted by any of the modern trends in music. Sonnenblume takes this notion a step further, claiming not to listen to any modern music. As a…

I’m just back from “Boulder’s Home of the Blues,” and while it might seem a bit odd to have a blues club inside of an organic restaurant that’s also part of Boulder’s first zero-waste hotel, Blues & Greens Restaurant in the Boulder Outlook Hotel & Suites (800 28th Street) is…

Dan Kaufman is the musical equivalent of Colonel Kurtz, in that he seeks to awaken his audiences to their authentic selves. With the appropriately named Dan Kaufman Superstar Eruption, he burns through a flood of expansive and abrasive atmospherics that swirl around darkly warped melodies and fever-dream visions of a…

Plenty of metal bands coast on sheer heaviness. But for Sunn O))), being heavy is more than just a journey; it’s the destination. For the past decade, the core duo of bassist Greg Anderson and guitarist Stephen O’Malley have taken the considerable metal cred of their membership in groups like…