Though Denver’s world musicians may fly under the radar, the city is home to a wealth of artists who offer a vivid listening experience apart from the usual banjos at a bluegrass festival or the late-night raves on the effervescent EDM scene. Below is a small sample of Colorado world…
Local avant-garde marching band Itchy-O rang in the New Year at 3 Kings Tavern on South Broadway Street on December 31, 2015. The 32-piece masked drum corps is in the midst of a three-night stand at 3 Kings Tavern with opening support from Church Fire. You can catch the remaining…
Decadence New Year’s Eve returned to the Colorado Convention Center for two over-the-top nights featuring premier names in EDM. The first night, December 30, featured the Floozies, Jack U and many more. See all of the photos from Night One here…
This week, Westword music contributors took a moment to call out and shout out the standouts of their year in music, whether their concerns skewed local or national, niche or general, personal or quantifiable. In this week’s print edition and on the web, you can find reflections on jazz and…
Afrika Bambaataa is one of the architects of hip-hop culture as we know it. He was there when DJ Kool Herc and Kool DJ Dee were throwing the parties that were the foundation stone of hip-hop in New York City in the 1970s. The term hip-hop was coined by Cowboy…
Editor’s Note: The Denver Bootleg is a series chronicling the history of local music venues by longtime Denver cartoonist Karl Christian Krumpholz. Visit Krumpholz’s website to see more of his work…
While there are some high-priced New Year’s Eve events happening next week, we put together a number of concerts and club events priced under $40, including local acts like DeVotchKa, Slim Cessna’s Auto Club and the Knew as well as national bands like BoomBox, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Face to…
In 2015, Westword Music covered a vast range of Denver music, from blockbuster national tours to homegrown superstars. We celebrated growth and successes, debated development and its effect on local artists, and mourned the too-frequent losses of beloved figures in the music community. Here are the ten stories you loved the…
New Year’s Eve: the night when the number of drunk drivers shoots through the roof, and DJs seem to be spinning in the crevice of every club, bar, theater and convention center in the city. If you want to spend the last night and first morning of the year losing your…
Decadence New Year’s Eve has put together another stacked lineup of artists for this holiday’s festivities including Bassnectar, Excision, Deadmau5, Jack Ü, Big Gigantic and many more. The Colorado Convention Center will once again host the fifth year of the event, which features two nights on December 30 and 31. Decadence promises…
2015: The Year of the Call-Out This week, Westword music contributors took a moment to call out and shout out the standouts of their year in music, whether their concerns skewed local or national, niche or general, personal or quantifiable. In this week’s print edition and on the web, you…
Odesza, the Washington-based duo comprised of Clayton Knight and Harrison Mills, doesn’t seem to be concerned with state of EDM. Instead, they seem to focus on their music—and then they just work. Work at producing new sounds. Work at incorporating new musicians. Work at their craft. And Odesza’s craft has…
We here at Westword are stoked for the year! Originally, this piece was to focus on five 2016 releases by local bands that we were excited for. But as we compiled the list, that number quickly jumped to ten, then 15, then 20…you see a pattern here. While we know that…
Although there’s not a lot happening around the area early in the week, things ramp up on Wednesday with the first night of many multi-night New Year’s Eve stands, including Decadence at the Colorado Convention Center, Umphrey’s McGee, the Black Angels at the Gothic, Yonder Mountain String Band at the…
Nathaniel Rateliff will sing the national anthem on Monday, December 28, before the Broncos and Bengals play during Monday Night Football. Maybe you’ve heard of him? Rateliff and his band the Night Sweats have had, we would say, a decent year. From late-night TV appearances to an international tour to fans…
This week’s shows include some holiday-centric concerts, including jazz pianist Annie Booth performing A Charlie Brown Christmas, KlezFest featuring Hal Aqua & the Lost Tribe and Rabbi Joe Black, and pianist George Winston, who brings his “Winter Whow” to the Boulder Theater. See more picks below. MONDAY, DECEMBER 21 Sugarsplat…
When the Black Crowes went on hiatus in 2011, frontman Chris Robinson formed his own group, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, and he equated his new project to building a temple brick by brick. “In our case, our temple is one of sound and experience so every show is another brick into…
After headlining the Bellco Theatre, Puscifer returns to Colorado to perform at the Pikes Peak Center on Sunday, March 20. Tickets ($35.50-$55.50) went on sale yesterday, December 23. Dream Theater is set to release its double concept album, The Astonishing, in January and will follow up with a world tour…
2015 was one hell of a year for concert fans in the Mile High City. We saw alternative hip-hop make big venues home, bore witness to The Tank, an acoustic miracle in the middle of the Colorado desert, saw more shows at Red Rocks than any season in history, even…
This past weekend, Denver breakout boys Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats played a two-night holiday homecoming stand at the Ogden Theatre. Here’s the narrative I’ve heard every day since I moved to Denver: After years of teeth-sharpening in stalwart bands, releasing solid albums and wearing deep grooves into local…
Tin Horn Prayer had been considering reuniting for a while. The local folk-punk band had taken an indefinite hiatus in 2013. In late 2014, tragedy struck. The former drummer, Camden Trendler passed away. Tin Horn Prayer got back together to pay tribute to their fallen bandmate, and it felt good,…
Bummeroo, the online-only music festival created by David Castillo of Pizza Time and Panaderia, is back for its second year on Youtube, and is appropriately titled, “BUMMEROO 2.” Bummeroo 2, which will hit the interwebs on December 22, was originally conceived as an all-day real-world music festival at Denver’s Rhinoceropolis…
