Concerts

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…

Kenny Glasgow and Jonny White were both thriving underground electronic-music producers before Damian Lazarus and his Crosstown Rebels label brought them together in a brand-new way. The two artists had been friends for years — both have been instrumental in putting Toronto on the map as a serious dance-music town…

While many of you might be heading (or headed) out of town for the holidays, those of you who decided to stick around will be treated to a variety pack of local and national talent, with Speedwolf delivering some up-tempo trash at the hi-dive, Men In Burka dropping yet another…

It felt pretty safe to make a prediction about the winner of Channel 93.3’s Hometown for the Holidays contest by the time My Body Sings Electric finished their set at Cassleman’s on Saturday night. It wasn’t as if Monroe Monroe hadn’t delivered some dynamic moments during their forty-minute set, and…

Some sad news coming out of Texas this morning. We’ve just got word that Mike Scaccia of Rigor Mortis and Ministry has died at the age of 47. Last night in Fort Worth Texas, Scaccia reportedly collapsed on stage during a performance with his band Rigor Mortis and was subsequently…

CLUTCH @ FILLMORE AUDITORIUM | 12/21/12 Neil Fallon was happy that the Mayans were wrong about the end of the world. The Clutch frontman spelled out his reasoning to the crowd that packed the floor and the wings of the Fillmore on Friday night, taking a rare break between tunes…

DENVER ACOUSTIC CHRISTMAS @ OGDEN THEATRE | 12/21/12 “The world could use a little more gospel music,” declared OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder at the band’s now-annual Denver Acoustic Christmas show. That quote pretty much summed up the message of hope and love for the evening. While everyone was already basking in…

BORN IN THE FLOOD @ GOTHIC THEATRE | 12/21/12 It seemed like members from about half the bands Denver were on hand for Born in the Flood’s reunion show with Nathan & Stephen and In the Whale at the Gothic. Sure, it’s not uncommon to see bands supporting other bands,…

Welcome to the weekend! The fact that you’re reading this right now means that we either all survived the end of the world, or we all misunderstood the Mayans and miscalculated the date of our supposed demise. Whatever the case, we’re here, and it’s the weekend — and it’s a…

The countdown to the apocalypse has begun! So where do you want to be when the world ends, at home on your couch wrapped up in a Snuggie, waiting for the sky to fall, or out on the dancefloor, living it up and shaking your booty? Dancefloor? We thought as…

THE FOODCHAIN @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 12/20/12 As the Foodchain played “Young Amsterdam,” their anthem to Denver’s favorite plant, the thick cloud that hovered near the ceiling of the Bluebird got thicker, and the pungent smell that pervaded the venue got even more pronounced. The band shifted from a sound…

Photo by Ian WitlenLiz Tracy (left) and manicurist Ria Lopez. Earlier this week, the S.S. Coachella took to the high seas and set sail for the Bahamas. One of our esteemed south Florida colleagues had the pleasure of being on board for the cruise’s maiden voyage. She sent us a…

Ian Witlen Earlier this week, the S.S. Coachella took to the high seas and set sail for the Bahamas. One of our esteemed south Florida colleagues had the pleasure of being on board for the cruise’s maiden voyage. She sent us a few dispatches documenting some highlights from the trip,…

Ian Witlen Earlier this week, the S.S. Coachella took to the high seas and set sail for the Bahamas. One of our esteemed south Florida colleagues had the pleasure of being on board for the cruise’s maiden voyage. She sent us a few dispatches documenting some highlights from the trip,…

This past year was another splendid one for music. Despite the fact that the music industry continues to teeter on its own fiscal cliff, creativity of the artists abounds. And while there were plenty of records that made us grateful for the advent of Spotify, so that we could consume…

There are few spin doctors capable of melding the soaring, often poignant melodies of deep house with the mechanical, syncopated beats of pure techno, but Yooj (the stage name of tech-house impresario Eugene Albert) is one of them. And Yooj’s career has taken one or two ironic turns. A native of…

With the exception of the almighty Clutch (pictured above), the entirety of this week’s enticing options are all homegrown, including the Foodchain’s first headlining show at the Bluebird with 9th Wonder behind the decks and a slate of Mile High heavyweights; OneRepublic’s second annual Denver Acoustic Christmas; Born in the…

As pretty much anybody here can attest, DeVotchKa’s music is already plenty bewitching and enthralling on its own. So you can only imagine how amazing it sounds with the accompaniment of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. If you caught the act with the CSO at its pair of performances this past…

AIR DUBAI @ OGDEN THEATRE | 12/15/12 Within minutes of Air Dubai taking the stage at the Ogden this past Saturday, it became apparent that this Colorado band is beloved by its familiar fans. Maybe it was because some of them used to live down the street, or maybe it…

On Friday, Ryan Tedder from OneRepublic was sitting a hotel room in San Francisco, struggling with some powerful emotions. It was anger at first, anger at the inexplicable deaths of more than two dozen first graders and their teachers in Newtown, Connecticut. But like the rest of us, that fury…

ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA @ FOX THEATRE | 12/15/12 “Still, nothing sounds like that,” Dweezil Zappa marveled after his band had made its way through “Who Are the Brain Police?” the feedback-laden, surreal anthem from the 1966 Mothers of Invention album Freak Out!. Dweezil and the rest of the Zappa Plays…