The eight annual FoCoMX, which features more than 200 bands performing in downtown Fort Collins, kicks off tonight and runs through tomorrow. The UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival continues this weekend at the Union Colony Civic Center with Ellis Marsalis, Houston Person, Joey DeFrancesco and more while reggae legend Bunny Wailer is…
After reports of health concerns earlier this week and a morning of speculation, sources have confirmed that Prince, genius of American popular music, has died at his home in Paisley Park, Minnesota. He was 57. The outpouring of grief among fans is sure to be swift and overwhelming. His contributions,…
When I was in junior high, one of my friends convinced me that Snoop Dogg had an entire room in his house dedicated solely to smoking pot. I still have no idea or not if this was true (the Internet hasn’t been able to clear it up, so far). At…
The 2016 Westword Music Showcase will feature more than 100 local bands, representing an eclectic mix of the best artists from Colorado’s Front Range. Below you can find a list of the first sixty bands who have signed on for this year’s Denver-music blow-out, happening Saturday, June 25. This slew…
Grammy-winning singer Meghan Trainor brings her Untouchable tour the Bellco Theatre on Tuesday, July 26, with special guests Hailee Steinfeld and Common Kings. Tickets ($29.95-$59.95) go on sale to the public on Friday, April 29 at 10 a.m. but fans who pre-order Trainor’s new album, Thank You, or stream her single “No”…
There may be an ongoing debate about the commercialization of the 4/20 holiday and the big corporate-sponsored concerts that have become part of the celebrations. What remains true is that music is inextricably linked to the day and culture, and Spotify users in Denver and Colorado are taking time to…
Last night, Tuesday, April 19, Method Man, Redman and Raekwon kicked off the Red Rocks season and 4/20 celebrations with 4/20 Eve on the Rocks. The event featured a relatively diverse lineup, starting in the afternoon with Boulder-based stringed hip-hop trio Whiskey Blanket and continuing with reggae band Stick Figure,…
Since 1981, Birmingham, England-based extreme metal band Napalm Death has consistently redefined and reinvented what it means to create heavy music. Pioneers of the grindcore scene, the men of Napalm (of which there have been many over the years) have made it their business to melt faces and create as…
Space Team Electra formed in Denver in late 1994 during an especially active era of local music. It was a time when Twice Wilted still roamed the musical landscape along with 40th Day, the Elephant 6 bands, Psychodelic Zombiez and Sympathy F. Initially calling itself Dive, Space Team Electra quickly…
I was just about to take a really sweet pic of a row of cops in reflective yellow vests watching Ice Cube bring out DJ Yella and MC Ren when I realized I had a problem. I reached into my pocket, already writing the Instagram caption in my head (“Even…
This weekend, beginning Friday, April 22, the annual Fort Collins Music Experience, or FoCoMx, will take place across numerous venues in downtown Fort Collins. You can find out more information on the event and buy tickets at the FoCoMx website as well as scope the complete lineup. While there are a…
“Internal fixation.” That’s how Axl Rose’s good-looking foot specialist Dr. Rachel Triche described the lead-singer’s broken foot on April 8. Her ESPN-esque medical update, in which she sat in front of all her various credentials, was both great reality TV and evidence of Team GNR’s belief that rock & roll…
Randall Frazier has long been a staple of the Denver music scene as an artist with experimental electronic/space rock band Orbit Service and, for the past eight years, as the production manager and talent buyer at Walnut Room. In those capacities, Frazier turned the venue into arguably the best-sounding small…
While we put together a guide to 4/20 concerts last week, we’ve included some shows here as well as some other favorites for the week including the legendary South African singer Johnny Clegg at the Boulder Theater tonight and ABC’s Nashville in Concert at the Paramount Theatre tomorrow night that…
Of all the electronic gear crowded onto the Coachella Stage Friday night for LCD Soundsystem’s headlining set, the most eye-catching was not an instrument, but a digital clock. (OK, maybe it wasn’t as visually arresting as the massive disco ball that slowly rose over the stage during opening song “Us…
DJ EZ hails from Tottenham, North London, where for the past twenty years he’s been crucial in developing “UK garage,” an uptempo, sample heavy form of house music. His Pure Garage compilations, first released in 2000, have sold over two million copies, helping the genre gain a wider audience. At…
Flosstradamus, the electronic-music duo made of up artists J2K (Josh Young) and Autobot (Curt Cameruci) has been influencing the electronic scene since its inception more than ten years ago. The trouble-making duo are no strangers to the demon’s mouth that is popular music, having been chewed up, spit out, and…
The Colorado Music Hall of Fame honors 20th Century Pioneers on Saturday at the Glenn Miller Ballroom, including music by the Glenn Miller Orchestra and Lannie Garrett. Wiz Khalifa and Lil Wayne help get the 4/20 festivities kicked off on Saturday at 4/20 Rally at Civic Center park while Holy…
Iron Maiden formed in 1975, meaning that last year the band turned forty. So how is it, pray tell, that guitarist Janick Gers is still stretching his leg up to the top of his amp stack with alarming regularity? How is it that they all still appear to be in…
[Tucker Gumber, aka “The Festival Guy,” has been to over 90 festivals and written a book, Festival Thrower’s Bible, about how to make them an optimal experience. He is also the creator of the FestEvo festival resource app for fans. Ahead of Coachella, L.A. Weekly asked him to share some of…
April 16 is Record Store Day, the day of the year when people are supposed to celebrate the culture surrounding independent record stores. According to the Record Store Day website, the idea was raised at a gathering of record store owners back in 2007, and ultimately turned into a real…
More than two years after the Monkey Barrel opened at 1611 Platte, the bar and live-music venue is closing the location at the end of April as the building is slated to be demolished in June to make way for an office building. There will be one final bash at…
