Back in the days when you didn’t even know where the party was until the night of — at which point you had to call an automated recording at a number on the back of your ticket to get directions to some abandoned hangar in western Nebraska and then load…
It’s easy to get lost in hip-hop’s unending torrent of uploaded-one-moment, forgotten-the-next mixtapes and MP3s issued by rappers chasing the dragon of blog buzz, a legacy measured in download counts and dead links. Here-today-gone-tomorrow artists are everywhere. It’s the perfectionists who keep a fickle audience waiting months or sometimes years…
It’ll be ladies’ night at the Funky Buddha on Saturday, April 7 — not in the drink-special sense, but in the lots-of-ladies-playing-funky-tunes-for-your-dancing-pleasure sense. Connie, of Resolute, Halcyon and Cement Recordings fame, is coming in from the Big Apple to rock the house (or tech-house, to be completely accurate). Connie’s streamlined…
Over the last decade, 311 has brought its Unity Tour on the road during the summer with acts like Snoop Dogg, the Offspring, Sublime with Rome, Matisyahu, the Wailers and the Roots. This time around, 311 is teaming up with Slightly Stoopid again for another round of the tour, which…
After a stellar show at Fillmore in January in support of its latest release, The Whole Love, Wilco returns to the area for a two-night stand at Red Rocks on Friday, June 22 (with Punch Brothers) and Saturday, June 23 (with Dr. Dog). On Record Store Day (April 21), Wilco…
LUCERO @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 3.31.12 Early in Lucero’s set for a sold-out crowd at the Bluebird on Saturday night, frontman Ben Nichols detailed the toll of the band’s latest stint in Colorado. Between the band’s appearance at the Aggie Theatre in Fort Collins on Friday, the pair of shows…
TING TINGS @ OGDEN THEATRE | 3.31.12 If a band’s success were measured exclusively by the strength of their live show, the Ting Tings would be one of the biggest pop bands in this country — and their set at the Ogden Theatre made this point very clear. If you…
CAFFEINE @ 1STBANK CENTER | 3.30.12 Let’s not kid ourselves here: Caffeine Music Festival is a rave of epic proportions. From the first candy-clad fan entering the door at 7 p.m., to the last man standing on the floor of the laser-scaped 1STBANK Center, Caffeine blew up like an explosion…
With another Caffeine Music & Arts Festival on the books for 2012, take a look back at last night’s parking-lot scene outside the 1STBANK Center with the folks who traveled from far (Texas) and near (the Springs) for the all-night annual party put on by Triad Dragons…
Put a few thousand people in a room, put on dance music and loose-fitting — or very little — clothing and you’re bound to drop a few items. Before the ravers who were at Caffeine last night wake up, here are the ten common things you’ll find on the floor…
Eric GruneisenSay Anything last night at the Summit Music Hall. More Say Anything Denver photos. SAY ANYTHING @ SUMMIT MUSIC HALL | 3/30/12Freddie Mercury be damned. Say Anything frontman Max Bemis’s performance last night at the Summit Music Hall resembled more than a tribute to Queen’s lead singer; it was…
TIM HECKER @ ODD FELLOWS HALL | 3/30/12 “Normally I don’t sit down when I play,” said Tim Hecker with some bemusement before starting his set. “But this chair looked inviting. This will be a special, Stephen Hawking-inspired performance. No disrespect.” With that, noises, tones and sounds trickled in and…
Great news for dance music fans, just in time for Caffeine this weekend: Hot 107.1 just flipped formats. The former Top 40 station, owned by Max Media, will now be catering the electronic dance community. Partnering with Denver-based Global Dance Music, the station will now be spinning the biggest bangers…
Rachel Thoele of Flipper (due tonight at the Lion’s Lair) got her start in the Bay Area punk scene in her first band God (or G.O.D. aka Girls On Drugs or Girls Over Dosed). But the first band she was in that many people got to see was Frightwig, the…
Spring fever!! This is the best time of the year to step outside, get some fresh air, and party your face off. Catch Paul Wall tonight at Casselman’s, or you can saddle up to the Electric Pony tonight at Appaloosa Grill with DJ Khalib and friends. Tomorrow night, meanwhile, Concept…
Lupe Fiasco is coming back to Denver for a date at City Hall Amphitheatre on Thursday, May 17 with a stellar local supporting cast, including Foodchain, Pries and DJ Mu$a. Tickets ($40-$45) for this 18 plus show are on sale now via SoCo, and if Lupe’s last show at the…
FLIPPER @ LION’S LAIR | 3/29/12 “How do you get a hippie girl pregant?” asked Rachel Thoele before Flipper even played a note. “Cum on her Birkenstocks, and let the flies do the rest.” Bruce Loose had a chuckle and asked her if she had any more jokes. She did…
This weekend’s most high profile dance event is Caffeine at the 1STBANK Center, featuring DJ Micro, along with Head Hunterz, Cassette, Icey, Jes and more. At Beta, meanwhile, Jesse Rose and Oliver $ bring techno, house and tech-house to the next level tonight, and Jacques Lu Cont performs tomorrow night…
Ah, yes, welcome to the weekend! Don’t you just love living in the Mile High City? Besides the glorious weather we’re enjoying right now, we have yet another weekend filled with a ridiculous number of enticing options: Lucero kicks off its two-night stand at the Bluebird, in addition to an…
Planet Bluegrass, the Lyons-based outfit that brings you the enormously popular Telluride Bluegrass and RockyGrass, which has already sold out, and Rocky Mtn Folks Festival, which is on its way to selling out, have announced plans to host Yonder Mountain String Band this coming August. The two-day Kinfolk Celebration is…
Update 3/30/12: Photo of Nading-Presley Memorial Gym plaque added. Jonny Barber is troubled. Last week, the former Velvet Elvis, the Mile High City’s expert Elvis channeler and resident Elvistorian received news that the building that used to house the Nading-Presley Memorial Gym, which The King generously helped build for the…
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