Treefort Proves It’s Possible for Music Festivals to Be Gender Inclusive

Booking bands and musical acts with women/non-binary/genderqueer/trans folx in them seems like an abstract concept for most festival organizers. I say this because every year like clockwork, as major fest line-ups are announced, there is a continually — and at this point what seems like intentionally — devastating lack of…

Dose Up: El Brian Castillo Starts Potent New Record Label

In Denver’s muggy dance halls and dingy rock clubs, standing amid the billowing veils of local music history, stands one man. El Brian Castillo could be found in nearly every venue and music sub-scene from rock and metal to dance and hip-hop over the last decade, and now he’s working…

Finally! LCD Soundsystem Announces Red Rocks Shows

The rumors have finally been confirmed: this August, you get to dance yourself clean on the Rocks. LCD Soundsystem will return for two consecutive nights at Red Rocks Amphitheatre this summer. James Murphy’s reunited band will perform August 2-3 in Denver, as part of a slew of summer dates including…

Call of the Void’s Boulder Sludge

Gordon Koch, drummer with the local, intensely heavy grind-metal band Call of the Void, says that it’s not easy living, working and rehearsing in the metal-wasteland that is Boulder, a condition that’s made all the more difficult by the fact that it wasn’t always that way. “I grew up there…

The Broke Music Fan’s Guide to Denver

Being a music fan in Denver is kind of the best. There is no shortage of shows and talent, and there is some event or band news to bring a smile to a music-lover’s face every day of the week. However, if you fall into the main demographic of music-lovers…

Incite Productions Make Musicians’ Quirky Stage Dreams Come True

Incite Productions is a relatively unknown collection of artists and theater technicians who leave their mark all over Denver in unique, creative and often bizarre ways. They’ve floated down Delaware Street in a makeshift boat dressed as George Washington. They’ve danced on the steps of the Anthem Blue Cross building…

Gazebos Carry on Seattle Music Culture

Gazebos got off the ground in 2014 but its members have been around the Seattle scene for nearly two decades. As in any big city with an active music scene, people come together organically from going to shows and working at similar jobs. The members of Gazebos found in each…

It’s Arena-Rock Week in Denver

It’s a big week for arena shows, including the Who at the Pepsi Center on Tuesday, Carrie Underwood is at the venue on Wednesday and Bruce Springsteen is there on Thursday.  The Smashing Pumpkins, Chairlift and Murder By Death are also in the area this week. See the full list of our…

Santigold Waged War on Post-iTunes Consumer Culture at the Ogden

Last night, as the lights dimmed, two back-up dancers took to the stage at the Ogden. Wearing oversized T-shirts and sporting some serious “What’s good?” stares, they took seats on giant bean bags. One had a bag of Cheetos, the other had Gatorade. Then Santi White aka Santigold appeared and launched…

Hieroglyphics Performs With Full Lineup, Pays Respects to Phife Dawg

Oakland-based hip-hop legends Hieroglyphics, will be performing as a complete group this Saturday, March 26. All eight members (including those of auxiliary group, Souls of Mischief) began a short Colorado run this week. Husband-and-wife duo the ReMINDers will also perform, promising an energetic evening for Denver hip-hop fans. Hieroglyphics is one of the longest-running hip-hop…

Rossonian’s Tiny Desk Contest Entry Almost Won

NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest just finished its second year, and once again a Colorado band did not win. However, there were over a hundred entries from our talented state, and out of those, a single video caught the attention of Bob Boilen and compay: Rossonian’s “Love In A Wasteland.”  “I…

Randy Brecker on Having One Foot in Jazz and the Other in Pop

Not long after trumpeter Randy Brecker joined Blood, Sweat & Tears in 1967 and played on the jazz-rock group’s debut, Child is the Father of the Man, he left to join renowned jazz pianist Horace Silver’s quartet. Brecker says it was a logical choice but he had no idea that…

Hinds Kicked Conscious Ass at Lost Lake Lounge

The thing with Madrid quartet Hinds is that they’ll lull you into a false sense of security again and again, especially if you’re not massively familiar with them going in. Like the Pixies (there are other reference points but Frank Black’s band works perfectly here), they’ll start a song with…

Taking Back Tuesday: Emo Revival Vs. Emo Nostalgia

It was Taking Back Tuesday, and I had nothing to wear. The Emo Night L.A. DJs brought another edition of their popular throwback party to the Marquis Theater last night, giving twenty- and thirty-somethings the chance to relive a very specific moment in recent music history — the third-wave emo-inflected…