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On May 12, Dick Orleans went into the mountains near Estes Park and didn’t come home. At 11 p.m., Dave Orleans, Dick’s older brother, got the call that he was missing. Soon after, police found Dick up in the foothills, a few yards from Fall River Road, dead after suffering…
In the basement of his ranch-style home in the Welshire neighborhood of South Denver, Greg Daniels is putting the final touches on the merchandise for his band Glass Hits’ final show. It’s Friday morning and the show at Eslinger Gallery for the Underground Music Showcase (UMS) is just hours away…
Most of the audience at the Soiled Dove was there to see the Polyphonic Spree and didn’t know much about opener Sarah Jaffe. Matt Arrington of Fort Collins was one such person. “I never saw Sarah perform before, but I was here for her warm-up, and it sounded amazing!” The…
The Goldrush Music Festival in Denver is returning for it’s fourth year of underground music from around the country — this time the festival will take place at the Larimer Lounge and the Meadowlark Bar. Goldrush announced the first half of the lineup last week, and sold out pre-sale tickets…
Thursday It would be easy to drift off into a dream world listening to Hollow Talk at low volume, but that’s not really an issue. The Denver-based shoegaze/psych band features members of Endpoint, Guilt and Good Riddance, bands known less for their subtlety and nuance than for their bombast and…
Nate “Igor” SmithNebraska, a personable and modest 22-year-old dishwasher from Lincoln, Nebraska, takes a punch.As our nation’s culture and economy continues to deteriorate, more and more people are taking an interest in watching people beat the shit out of each other. While, under normal circumstances, these events are highly promoted…
Another Gathering of the Juggalos has come and gone, and with it thousands of face-painted, fun-loving freaks and misfits to and from the event’s first year in Thornville, Ohio. While the move from the deep wilderness of Cave-In-Rock, Illinois, to this year’s decidedly more inhabited location did make the experience…
There was a lot going on all the time at this year’s Underground Music Showcase (UMS). Bands were setting up and breaking down to keep to the festival’s tight schedule, fans clogged the sidewalks for blocks on both sides of the street, and food trucks and other purveyors of trinkets…
There were no gimmicks over the weekend at the Buffalo Rose, beyond some rock theater, and none were needed. Great White, of all bands, gave us a startlingly strong rock and roll show, the likes of which isn’t often seen these days. When the band came on stage, it looked…
Life sucks. There is a multitude of reasons why, and no one has come to terms with this inescapable truth better than juggalos. Zen masters of nihilism and partying, they have become unquestionable experts at finding creative ways to cope with the unrelenting pain of reality. See also: Our complete…
Juggalo fashion generally involves great big pants and T-shirts that were possibly purchased at truck stops. Hair is best when it is braided and aloft in the style of Coolio, and everything looks better coated in a thin layer of sticky-delicious Faygo, of course. See also: Our complete coverage of…
Yesterday, TMZ posted a video of a juggalo stripper giving a lap dance to the belly button of an enormously fat man here at the Gathering — a short film actually shot by DJ Paul of Three 6 Mafia/Da Mafia 6ix fame. The video quickly went viral. We know what…
“Please, we ask you to hold your Faygo until the wedding begins,” a woman with electric green braids instructs the crowd. Standing anxiously nearby is the groom, outfitted in a Jack Skellington top hat. His big day has arrived — he is about to be wed to the love of…
The Underground Music Showcase is underway. Last night’s kickoff of the 400+ band festival featured standout sets from the likes of Jux County and Homebody. But there’s plenty more to see and hear. We’ve picked out eleven of the sets we’re most excited about. See also: Denver musicians talk about…
While the Gathering of the Juggalos is generally known as a peaceful event filled with unity and togetherness, there are still occasional scuffles. One such incident took the form of a melee early Thursday morning when Hed PE rapper/singer Jared Gomes launched himself into the crowd to confront a rambunctious…
Those in the outside world tend to view the Gathering of the Juggalos as a lawless festival of debauchery, with apparently violent clowns — “gang members,” even, if you ask the U.S. government — running rampant and chaos ruling the day. In actuality, this notion is far from the truth…
Jason Isbell shared the billing with Hard Working Americans at the Ogden last night. Isbell took the stage promptly at 8 p.m., and that seemed to throw almost everyone for a loop. At about 8:10, with the club only at three-quarters capacity, Isbell was already into his second song, “Go…
What’s different about this year’s Gathering of the Juggalos in Thornville, Ohio? Well, the cops for one thing. During last year’s coverage of the event, set in Cave-In-Rock, Illinois, we encountered minimal security. The gatekeepers and patrol staff, which were seemingly just exceptionally large juggalos in “SECURITY” shirts, peered into…
Planes Mistaken for Stars was one of Denver’s most beloved punk bands, as respected around the country as it was here at home. After a seven-year hiatus, the band returned with a West Coast tour. In this week’s music feature, now posted on the Backbeat blog, Oakland Childers explains why…
Going to a Deep Club event is a bit of an adventure. The label and host of “DIY Parties” hides the addresses of its shows until you RSVP. They’re always at a place well off the beaten path, and you never find out the exact location until the day of…
Global Dance Festival — by some metrics the largest EDM festival in the region — brought a typically powerhouse lineup of bass purveyors to Red Rocks over the weekend. Over three days, thousands of fans flocked to the park for sets by the likes of Adventure Club, Zedd and Waka…
