Concerts

CHUCK RAGAN @ SUMMIT MUSIC HALL | SAT, 4/13/13 Chuck Ragan first made his mark as the frontman of Hot Water Music, one of the more highly influential punk acts to emerge in the ’90s. Fueled by youthful exuberance and inspired in part by the music that surrounding the skateboarding…

Nerds of a feather flock together, as they say. Brian Ibbott and jazz composer Andrew Allen have once again proven this adage to be entirely true. The two have paired up to produce another passion project that is sure to appeal to the dorkiest dweebs you know, Free Play, an…

When guitarists Nick Didkovsky and Chuck O’Meara bought a $100 guitar, they came up with the idea for their $100 Guitar Project: They hit up a dozens of their guitar-playing friends and asked them to write and record a short piece of a song. They each had a week to…

If you’re one of the fortunate ones who’s going to Coachella this weekend, feel free to go ahead and skip to the end of this post, where you’ll find the full lineup and schedule. If, however, you’re a flat broke music lover who’ll be attending Couchella, as some clever dude…

It was just before Christmas when Mike Marchant, one of Denver’s most celebrated songwriters, found out he has cancer. “Being told you have cancer — I will never, ever forget what that feels like, because it’s terrifying,” he says. After seeing a doctor for what he assumed was an infection,…

In the realm of local art terrorism, Tom Nelsen is probably not a name that springs immediately to mind. You wouldn’t necessarily expect Nelsen, who organizes the garage-rock-lo-fi-oriented Hullaballoo festival, to have weirdo experimental music coming from his brain. But this is also the guy who drummed for the performance-art/psychedelic-rock…

Curtis Alan Jones created the Green Velvet persona to head up his deejaying gigs, and in the early 1990s, his productions (including “The Stalker” and “Preacher Man”) gained the attention of dance fiends all over the world. The Chicago house legend (due this Saturday, April 13, at Beta) has been…

Angel Olsen grew up in St. Louis, and some of that city’s soulful, bluesy spirit evidently rubbed off on her. A self-taught musician and vocalist, Olsen honed her skills as a member of Cairo Gang, the backup unit for Will Oldham on some of his more recent Bonnie “Prince” Billy…

Now, Now came together nearly a decade ago, when Cacie Dalager and Bradley Hale started writing music together while still in high school. Initially called Now, Now Every Children, the group shortened its name to its current moniker after leaving Afternoon Records in 2010. Jess Abbott, who rounds out the…

With a controversial name, rumored gang ties and often violent fans, Suicidal Tendencies, which formed in the early ’80s, went from being voted Worst Band/Biggest Assholes in punk fanzine Flipside one year to Best New Band the next. Though recording was spotty at best, Suicidal Tendencies did make seminal hardcore…

The Dear Hunter was a side project launched in 2005 while Casey Crescenzo was touring with his now-former band, the Receiving End of Sirens. He had been writing songs on his laptop and recording them in his spare time; his first collection was dubbed the Dear Ms. Leading demos, and…

Some artists treat their albums as opportunities to reinvent themselves, exploring new musical terrain at every turn. Others view each release as an iteration in the process of discovering their ideal musical space. Thankfully, Jeffrey Wentworth Stevens falls into the latter category. The territory he’s been exploring as Morriconez and…

When coming up with a moniker for their project, Jess Parsons and Steve Varney wanted a name that would match their lush, inviting music. The name Glowing House fits the indie-folk act perfectly, suggesting a warmly lit, welcoming mountain home in winter. The group has followed last year’s excellent sophomore…

The ABCs are the building blocks of the English language, but Turner Jackson’s ABC pays homage to the building blocks of his versatile, ever-changing style. The album begins with a short sample of new-school flow, something you might hear from Meek Mill or Drake. Most of the rest is a…

Part noise, part dark IDM, this debut album from Adam Rojo’s Diffuser project is very different from the music Rojo made previously with Ideal Fathers or with his new band, Hollow Talk. While capturing the essence of the socio-political and economic erosion of recent decades, Rojo makes no bones about…

Mike Marchant, the subject of this week’s profile, is a beloved figure in the Denver music scene, and as you might recall, he was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma and is in the process of undergoing chemotherapy. Numerous fundraisers have been organized on his behalf to help ease the stress…

Once upon a time, about two decades ago, long before the world heard Denver music on the radio, there was a burgeoning band of boys striving to make a name for themselves, playing a brand of music they imported from across the pond. The group was called Carolyn’s Mother, and…

A 23-year-old Longmont woman was arrested over the weekend for allegedly assaulting her boyfriend — over Macklemore’s inescapable hit single “Thrift Shop,” which he wouldn’t stop singing. When “Thrift Shop” first came out, before it got completely driven into the ground, it was actually a pretty catchy single. Of course…

It’s a super sad day for the entire music world, but especially for the members of the Swayback, who have lost their dear friend, Andy Johns. The legendary engineer/producer passed away yesterday at the age of 61. In addition to amassing a mind-blowing list of credits over the course of…

PURITY RING @ GOTHIC THEATRE | MON, 4/8/13 Purity Ring came together when Megan James and Corin Roddick started writing electronic songs together after having served as touring members of experimental pop band Born Gold. Rather than rushing to put out material, this duo has spent the last couple of…