Concerts

Update: Just in case you haven’t been keeping tabs, this year’s Monolith line-up has been shaping up rather nicely. On May 18, the masterminds of Monolith began revealing the line-up for the third annual two-day indie-centric music festival every two hours on Twitter and Facebook. Some folks found this approach…

Received word yesterday that the liquor license for City Hall, Regas Christou’s latest venture in the SoCo nightclub district, was approved. Rob Mullins is slated to help break in the new venue at 1144 Broadway on Friday, July 31. Also just heard that Speakeasy Tiger is playing a free show…

This past Monday at the Gothic Theatre, DJ Dragon took home honors at the Westword Music Showcase Awards. To express his gratitude, tomorrow night at Beta, he’s giving out some free tickets to the Global Dance Festival this Saturday, July 18 at Red Rocks, featuring Benny Benassi, Markus Schulz, John…

Next week, KGNU community radio in Boulder (88.5 FM) is hosting a three-day workshop for kids aged twelve to nineteen, in which they’ll be able to be schooled on the ins and outs of radio, from learning how to be on the air to how to edit audio to field…

It’s been a few weeks since our last 3OH!3 post. (Forgive us, father, for we have sinned.) Fortunately, you’ll be happy to know that the Boulder-based hooligans, slated to appear at this weekend’s Mile High Music Festival, haven’t budged from their ubiquitous perch. And their influence appears to be widening…

Jeremy Facknitz and Paul Sprawl July 14, 2009 Laughing Goat Coffee Shop, Boulder Setting the mood for things to come, local singer-songwriter Jeremy Facknitz mirrored the mood of the crowd with his mellow vibes. Lesser talents attempting to pull this off would have been tiresome, possibly boring, but Facknitz not…

In case you missed it, Danielle Ate the Sandwich is our favorite singer-songwriter. And thanks to our friends over at Something Like Sound — quickly becoming one of our favorite blogs (what’s not to love about engineers writing about music, really?) — who interviewed her recently, we now know that…

There’s a number of ways to tell that you’ve quote-unquote made it. Obviously attaining platinum status is a pretty good indicator. Having the number one radio song in the country is also a good gauge. Um, let’s see, how about when your hit song gets parodied — that’s a pretty…

Whoa! Blabbermouth.net just listed Burn, Havok’s Candlelight Records debut, as one of the essential thrash albums of 2009. “By golly, the thrash resurgence ain’t over yet! Candlelight found yet another throwback thrash band with big-time talent in Denver’s HAVOK and ended up with an album in “Burn” that is far…

Looks like massive props are due to Deejay Diabolic, who recently place fourth out of fifty in the semi-finals Dell Computers / Lollapalooza Last Band Standing Contest. From here, he’ll be competing to become one of the four finalist selected to remix a track live at the festival and subsequently…

This past weekend, the members of Yerkish were filming a new video in their practice space at 22nd and Larimer. During the third and a half take, as guitarist Nate Huisgen was attempting to push off a plate glass window, the glass shattered. Luckily no one was hurt — although…

See more photos at westword.com/slidehow.The picture above pretty much tells the tale of last night’s Westword Music Showcase Awards — drunk and debaucherous. Everyone (well, we think everyone — we didn’t exactly take a formal poll or anything) had a pretty swell time. Hugs were smiles were plentiful, as was…

The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band Friday, Jul 10, 2009 Bluebird Theater Better than: The Rev’s last show at the Bluebird Although Reverend Peyton might be an ordained minister, the singer and guitarist looked like he was possessed at times during Friday night’s show at the Bluebird. Sometimes, usually when…

Looking for something to do before the Phish show next Saturday and don’t exactly feel like camping with a bunch of Phisheads? On Saturday, August 1, from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. at the Sheraton Denver West on third and Union, there’s a poster exhibit featuring the work of some…

For those who haven’t left for work yet or have a TV set in the office, Matt Lauer just mentioned that the Fray — who’ll be performing at this weekend’s Mile High Music Festival — we’ll be performing live on the plaza momentarily. For those without such conveniences, we’ve posted…

Next to writing the music, picking a name is probably the most critical and challenging aspects of starting a band. Sometime an intriguing name will attract listeners on its own, sight unseen (see: I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness). Pick the wrong one and you risk being chagrined every…

Update: Purpose (aka Mykal Hudson) ended up winning the Denver Idol competition, earning 48 percent of the vote to best the other two finalists. As a result, unlike thousands of would-be hopefuls sleeping under the stars for their chance to showcase their talents, Purpose earned a guaranteed audition at Invesco…

You could purloin a copy of Boulder Acoustic Society’s new album, Punchline, using whatever methods you kids use to rip music off the internet, but then how would you see the band in 3D? When you purchase a hard copy of Punchline, out August 18th on Nine Mile Records, not…

After a wildly successful Westword Music Showcase this year, we’ve tallied the votes, ordered the statues and put the bubbly is on ice. A week from today at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, July 13, we’ll be announcing the winners in the individual categories at the Gothic Theatre. Whether you’re a…