City Hall was packed this weekend for Westword’s Artopia, which featured highlights from the Denver art, fashion and music scene. On four stages throughout the venue, musicians ranging from the Reminders to members of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. The event showcased the collaboration between artists, both within Denver and outside…
There may be a foot of snow on the ground, but spring is on it’s way, and with spring comes music festivals. This March many Colorado bands will be headed over to Idaho for Treefort and down to Texas for SXSW. But before our local musicians disappear to the streets…
Andy “Rok” Guerrero didn’t have a great high school prom experience. His girlfriend dumped him right before prom (before he even got to ask her to the dance with his elaborate secret scavenger hunt), the venue was lame, and the music was worse. But this year, Rok can’t wait for…
Artopia, Westword’s annual celebration of art, culture and fashion, returns to City Hall this Saturday, February 21. In addition to plenty of visual artists and the Whiteout fashion show, the event will feature some highlights from Colorado’s music scene — this year, over a dozen groups and artists will perform on four…
Now Playing, a multi-media collaboration between Denver Film Company, Black Shirt Brewing and several Denver musicians, premiers Saturday, Feb. 21 at 10 PM on CPTV 12. The debut show will be thirty minutes long and feature Denver band Covenhoven. Future episodes will feature Sawmill Joe, R.L. Cole, Haunted Wind Chimes, Glowing House, The Centennial, Strange Americans,…
Some people tend to gravitate toward dick and fart jokes. But Greater Than Collective’s Virgil Dickerson has always had a passion for poop stories. The one he says he’s told more than any other in his life was about how an employee at Suburban Home Records (which Dickerson founded) once…
Set foot inside storied DIY space Rhinoceropolis and it is clear that whatever show or performance is about to be experienced is going to be a unique one. With nearly a decade under its belt as Denver’s premiere all ages gallery and music space, Rhinoceropolis is all about the unexpected…
Dr. Dog rolls into Denver to play the Ogden Theater on Thursday, February 19 in the thick of a three-month tour that began January 9 with “4×4,” an eight-show Brooklyn and Manhattan run. The energetic and soulful Philadelphia indie-rock stalwart, whose best tunes juxtapose the Beatles and the Band, is…
Fort Collins bands will soon have a new place to practice. Cohere Bandwidth, at 265 Linden Street in Old Town, comprises 24/7 rent-by-the-hour rehearsal spaces that were inspired by the creativity and camaraderie found in music. They were also inspired by thieves. In December 2012, Shane Zweygardt of the Fort…
Swallow Hill Music announced this month its expansion into the Highlands neighborhood in northwest Denver. With classes to be held in Highlands United Methodist Church at 3131 Osceola Street, starting March 2nd, Swallow Hill is holding an open house on Thursday, February 26th from 4 to 7 p.m.. The revered…
In all likelihood, Red Rocks will soon be a National Historic Landmark. That would be particularly gratifying for the group Friends of Red Rocks., which has been trying to get the designation for the park since 1999. “People thought it was a historic landmark already because it has been treated that way,”…
Artopia, Westword’s annual celebration of art, culture and fashion, returns to City Hall on February 21. In addition to plenty of visual artists and the Whiteout fashion show, the event will feature some highlights from Colorado’s music scene — this year, over a dozen groups and artists will perform on four stages. …
Here is how reunion tours go, for the most part. The band, long past relevancy decides to get together one last time. Sometimes they make an album that every one pretends doesn’t exist (see: Chinese Democracy) and then set off on a tour far more extravagant then they deserve and…
For the last four years, a group of Colorado musicians have gathered to play an unofficial showcase at SXSW. The Colorado Music Party, as it is now called, has expanded steadily in that time, but this year’s installment will be the biggest by far. This year, the party will go…
Local nonprofit Youth on Record hosted a special invite-only question-and-answer session with seminal post-Riot Grrrl trio Sleater-Kinney last night, in advance of the band’s sold-out show tonight at the Ogden Theatre. Just before 5 p.m., kids and parental figures loomed in a scattered line outside the recording studio and music…
Borgore is many things: Former deathcore drummer, poet, record label founder, producer/DJ, booty enthusiast. And, as of last night, an official minister in the Church of Weed. He headlined a show at the Ogden Theatre last night, and love was in the air. That’s always true at a Borgore show…
He slashed at the air with a large knife. Well, it was a knife on one end and a microphone on the other, an instrument of terror that Marilyn Manson took turns screaming into and then waving across his face wearing a threatening smile. As he came to the end…
In addition to fronting DeVotchKa, singer and guitarist Nick Urata has composed music for close to two dozen films over the past decade. But he’s never worked on a project as big as Paddington.He spent nearly three months in London composing music for the film, which stars Nicole Kidman and…
Macon Terry is sitting on the rooftop patio of Weathervane Cafe, drinking carrot juice. He’s talking about the thing he’s spent most of his life doing, which is playing music. The longtime Paper Bird bassist has been a fixture on the Denver scene for years, also logging time with Gregory…
The Replacements will be at the Fillmore Auditorium as part of their Back By Unpopular Demand Tour, their first full U.S. tour since 1991. Original members Paul Westerberg and Tommy Stinson team up with drummer Josh Freese and guitarist David Minehan, who played with the band at three Riot Fest…
When Billy Idol started changing costumes on stage at the Paramount Theatre last night before (what else?) “Flesh For Fantasy,” it seemed at first like some post-middle-age bravado. But when he when he eventually took off his shirt entirely, because he’s goddamned Billy Idol, there wasn’t the usual gut you’d…
The next time we see each other, fair Westword music reader, it will be on a brand new website. You’re looking at a glimpse of the home page, but there’s much more to it. It’s a design we think is cleaner, more responsive and easier to read. We’ll be making…
