Korn’s Human Connections Are the Source of Its Enduring Popularity

Korn’s new album — its twelfth full-length in a 23-year career — is recorded and mixed and set for release later in 2016. While no details are available ahead of the release it’s certain that the record will be informed by the band’s diverse musical roots and the thoughtful sensibilities…

Andrew W.K.’s Speaking Tour Will Party Hard in Denver

Party hard and listen up! Andrew W.K. is spreading his message, “The Power of Partying,” through more than music this fall; today he announced a fifty-state speaking tour. Take a look at our “day in the life” of the rock star at 2010’s Warped Tour.  The Infamous Stringdusters: Big Top…

Sting and Peter Gabriel Had Faith in Each Other at Pepsi Center

Early in Sting and Peter Gabriel’s Pepsi Center show, which was part of their “Rock Paper Scissors” tour, Gabriel told the audience that the set would be “a little like karaoke night in Denver.” Gabriel’s band, dressed in black with red stripes on parts of their clothing, was the red…

Space in Time’s New EP Expands With Singer Suzanne Magnuson

In spring 2015, the career of Denver-based hard rock band Space in Time nearly came to a screeching halt. Long-time singer Mike Atencio had stepped down and the rest of Space in Time didn’t know if they could continue without him. Yet all along, one of the band’s early fans…

Central City Opera Revives the Ghosts of a Colorado Scandal

It was a cover story that could easily scream from today’s supermarket tabloid rack: He was a typical American slob and she was a hot mess. Horace Tabor lucked into wealth, then built a flashy, short-lived empire on it. He dumped his longtime wife for a young, beautiful woman —…

Fighting Through the Bullshit at the Botanic Gardens With case/lang/veirs

Songwriter supergroup case/lang/veirs conspired with the Denver Botanic Gardens last night to produce some pretty bucolic moments. For example: Picture, during a performance of the group’s lovely tribute to the tragic life of Judee Sill, two little kids moving barefoot through some invented ballroom dancing steps before bursting into giggles…

Cave Rave Sets a Sweaty Stage on the Path to Fantasia

You may have heard of Fantasia, the multi-media presentation wherein Rhinoceropolis is converted for a night into an immersive art show and musical event, which is being scheduled for the fall. This weekend, on Saturday, July 9, you can participate in Cave Rave, a dance-music event coupled with installation art, and…

Marissa Nadler and the Dreamlike Realism of Strangers

Marissa Nadler’s latest record, 2016’s Strangers, is a dusky-toned, haunting meditation on obsession and modern existence. Using a language of personal mythology, Nadler seeks to impact a potential listener on a deep, personal level. “This might be my most adult record because on early records I still held that notion…

Pity Sex and PWR BTTM Got Political at Lost Lake Lounge

Despite what your conservative Facebook friends tell you, all of this is political. Police brutality is political. Gender-neutral bathrooms are political. Being queer or black or both in America is political. And, in its own way, Thursday night at Lost Lake was political. It was happening blocks from the Black…

Global Dance Festival and the Best Concerts in Denver This Weekend

The Global Dance Festival, featuring Knife Party, Dash Berlin, AutoErotique, Boombox Cartel, Bear Grillz and more, returns to Red Rocks tonight, Friday, July 8 through Sunday, July 10. The RIDE Festival, featuring headliner Pearl Jam, is in Telluride tomorrow and Sunday while Channel 93.3’s Big Gig is at Fiddler’s Green…

Wye Oak on the Benefits of Radical Vulnerability

While not formally associated with Wham City, the well-known Baltimore art collective, Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack have long been friends and associates of that crew and the Baltimore music scene generally. Ben O’Brien and Alan Resnick of Wham City made a video for “The Tower,” a track…

Mikey Erg on the Preservation of Pop Punk

Pop-punk — though a divisive term, depending on who you talk to — is as precious a part of musical history as classical music or folk. The genre dates to the early 1990s, made popular by bands like Screeching Weasel, ZOiNKS! and the Queers. Again, this all depends on who you…

David Liebe Hart’s Long Road to Cable Comedy Fame

David Liebe Hart is perhaps best known these days for his contributions to Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! and Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule. With his songwriting, puppetry and his wide array of unusual voices, Hart carved a real niche for himself on those already surreal…

Canadian Rockers the Sheepdogs Roll Through Colorado

It’s been five years since the Sheepdogs rocked their way onto the national stage and quit their day-jobs, and they don’t plan on going back anytime soon. Bassist Ryan Gullen says he doesn’t miss the day-job life the band’s members were familiar with during the years before becoming the first…

Giveaway: Win a VIP Ticket to Adele’s Denver Show

Hello…how are you? Would you like to get to see Adele? A donor contacted us with the wish to give away one VIP ticket (section AAA) to the sold-out Adele concert at Pepsi Center on July 16 to one die-hard fan. For your chance to win this ticket, comment on…

The Broke Music Fan’s Guide to Denver: Fanzines

Fanzines have helped form part of the popular musical landscape since, well, popular music began. In the modern era, pretty much anyone can start an online zine with minimal, if not zero, costs. Why wouldn’t you get some of that action? Who knows? You might get into a few shows…

Fearless Queerness: PWR BTTM Talks Visibility, Trolls and Ray-Bans

PWR BTTM is everything. No, seriously. In the space of thirty minutes, singer and multi-instrumentalist Ben Hopkins manages to touch upon a vast array of topics, running every available gamut in the process. Hopkins, who uses gender-neutral pronouns, transitions from talking about life after Bard College to playing dingy DIY…

Femi Kuti Wants to Wake Global Consciousness

Femi Kuti will return to the Boulder Theater tonight on Wednesday, July 6. We spoke to Kuti about the upcoming show and the peace that music has provided throughout his four-decade-long career. The last album his band released was No Place for My Dream in 2013, and Femi says that a new…