Congrats are due to the Boulder Outlook Hotel and the Colorado Blues Society, which have both earned nods from the Blues Foundation. On Friday, February 1 in Memphis, both groups will be one of fifteen organizations honored with a Keeping the Blues Alive Award, a prestigious award meant to honor…
Update (1/4/13): We caught up with Devin Mendoza, who’s worked at and booked shows at Old Curtis for the past two years, and he gave us a little more insight into the bar’s unexpected closing. Last call for Old Curtis is tomorrow night. There’s a big bash planned to mark…
In most towns, going out the weekend after New Year’s is probably as deflating and anti-climatic as showing up a week after the Broncos have won the Super Bowl — after the impromptu revelry in the streets and the work-stopping weekday parade makes its way through the streets of downtown…
Congratulations! You’ve officially survived the holidays, including a Monday-night edition of New Year’s Eve. If you’re fully recovered and preparing for another weekend of getting down, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve got a full rundown of the best EDM in store for you this weekend in Denver. The…
Update: Julian Anderson’s memorial service was held on Saturday, January 5, at Mile High Church; it was well attended and quite touching. A number of folks got up and shared their memories of Julian, including close friends and former bandmates, and even his doctor. Julian was clearly very loved and…
The first album I got was Punk in Drublic,” recalls Dead Ringer guitarist and vocalist Joel Rossi of his introduction to punk rock. “It changed my life. I think it changed everyone’s life as far as punk rock goes. Honestly, before that, I was listening to Stone Temple Pilots and…
Most bands pillaging the coffers of ’70s rock pull from the rich if over-tapped urns of Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and AC/DC on the hard-rock side, and ELO, the Eagles or Fleetwood Mac on the softer end of the spectrum. Twin Peaks (due this Friday, January 4, at the Larimer…
Although Impending Doom is a Christian death-metal band — normally a contradiction in terms — the act isn’t some cartoonish, mutant purveyor of death grind. Singer Brook Reeves sounds like he’s listened to more than his fair share of ’90s-era Napalm Death, as the music he and his bandmates produce…
Dubstep got a serious makeover when Reid Speed laid her hands on the genre. Blending elements of punk, garage and gangster rap into her dubstep mixes, Speed crafts sets that can jump all over the place tempo-wise, seamlessly moving from one to another via delicately placed transitional breakdowns. No artist…
John Gorka got his start performing live as a musician through Godfrey Daniels, the venerable coffee shop in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, while he was attending Moravian College as a student of philosophy. It was there that he honed his craft as one of the preeminent folk songwriters of his generation. Gorka’s…
Mondo Generator started life as a Kyuss song, and the Nick Oliveri-penned tune offers a decent blueprint for the band it would later become: The Oliveri-fronted incarnation of Mondo tends more toward shouted, almost hardcore-style vocals, but otherwise you’re going to get pretty much what you expect from a Kyuss-spawned…
Wowzers! Is your head still hurting today? Ours is, and we even had all day yesterday to recharge and rehydrate. Needless to say, we all sent 2012 packing with an absolute ferociousness in the Mile High City. Whether you were there and want to relive the revelry or you had…
AMON TOBIN @ CITY HALL AMPHITHEATRE | 12/31/12 Amon Tobin approached the stage shortly after the official countdown to the new year and immediately launched into a set that blew minds and caught some folks — who may have only been familiar with music played on his ISAM tour –…
FIVE IRON FRENZY @ CASSELMAN’S BAR AND VENUE |12/31/12 From the very beginning of its New Year’s Eve set at Casselman’s Bar & Venue in Denver, Five Iron Frenzy brought an enormous amount of energy, fueled by a clear sense of joy in performing. The old fans were incredibly happy…
As we pointed out in our rudnown of the ten best New Year’s Eve concerts in Denver, you, dear readers, have no shortage of options for how to ring in 2013 tonight. If you haven’t already seen the band on its three-day stay at the 1STBANK Center, one of those…
For decades, the Sidewinder was a down-and-dirty Globeville dive. But a month ago, a group of local musicians, including Fez Garcia (with some help from his folks), took over the spot just around the corner from Crash 45 and gave the bar a bit more hipster cred. Garcia says they’re…
THE BLACK ANGELS @ BLUEBIRD THEATER |12/30/12 One of the best moments of the Black Angels’ show at the Bluebird Theater last night came in the middle of the set when the band — playing the first of its two night New Year’s Eve run — played “Phosphene Dream,” the…
This year, the club scene wasn’t quite as busy as it was in 2011, when a large number of spots entered the scene — but 2012 still welcomed a strong number of clubs and venues with live music and entertainment. Here’s a rundown of some of the more promising places…
As we gear up for the New Year’s Eve weekend, it’s looking like an epic line-up for shows, including Yonder Mountain String Band’s four-night stand at the Boulder Theater, String Cheese Incident’s three-night run at the 1STBANK Center, the Lumineers’ two-nighter at the Odgen Theatre, the Black Angels’ two-nighter at…
Well, you made it to the end of the year, and we know you’d like an event or two to entertain you while you’re winding up for the big countdown on Monday night. That’s why you’re here, and that’s why we’re here: to tell you all about all of the…
Update: Julian Anderson’s memorial service was held on Saturday, January 5, at Mile High Church; it was well attended and quite touching. A number of folks got up and shared their memories of Julian, including close friends and former bandmates, and even his doctor. Julian was clearly very loved and…
When most people thought of the music coming out of Denver this past year, odds are they thought about the Lumineers – with good reason. The outfit had a banner year: From being certified gold on the strength of a breakthrough single and garnering a pair of Grammy nominations, to…
