Concerts

Ah, yes, we’ve reached the end of another glorious week in the Rockies, which can only mean another dope weekend of music in the Mile High City. Lenny Kravitz kicks things off tonight with a show at the Buell Theatre, Widespread Panic pulls into the Fillmore for a three-night stand,…

House heavyweight DJ Dan will no doubt rock the dance floor at Beta on Saturday night; the UK’s Kirk DeGiorGio and Pinch will also be gracing our city with their presence this weekend. Sex Panther returns to Beauty Bar tonight for the regular dubstep, Moombahton, funky dance party with Max…

GREENSKY BLUEGRASS @ BLUEBIRD THEATER | 2/8/12 Greensky Bluegrass played two sets of organic, roots-oriented bluegrass for a packed Bluebird crowd. With more than a decade under its belt and about seven years of consistently touring, the Michigan-based bluegrass quintet has developed a solid fan base. And last night the…

Massive props are due this morning to Don Strasburg of AEG Live Rocky Mountain, who was named Talent Buyer of the Year at the annual Pollstar awards this past Friday in Los Angeles at Club Nokia. The recognition is clearly a tremendous nod to the efforts of Strasburg and the…

Ah, yes, Magic Cyclops: To know him is to love him. The Quad City Madman (not really, you swag-jacking morning-show mooks in Davenport — he’s all ours) has successfully turned a fleeting American Idol cameo into a catapult to fame and fortune. Er, maybe just fame. The fortune part is…

Ray Rodriguez, co-owner of The Bar (554 South Broadway), which took over the former Atrium space last fall, has just introduced goldfish racing, an entertainment he offered for many years in a tiny bar outside of Sedona, Arizona. “It was just always a good time, and everybody enjoyed themselves,” Rodriguez…

Update (2/9/12): Overnight @earlxsweat reached 50K, and so as promised, the full song, titled either “Home” or “Thanks, James,” has been posted at terttlefer.com. Have a listen. If Tyler, the Creator is to be believed, Earl Sweatshirt is back. Well, er, that’s the conclusion we’re all jumping to it seems…

As the summer festival season approaches, there are a number of things to consider when deciding on which festival to attend. First of all, how far is it? When is it? How much is it? Is it worth my time? Who’s on the bill? Jam fans, rejoice! There’s a brand-new…

Time to bring out your best! The Westword Best of Denver® 2012 Readers’ Poll is now live, and we’d like your input. Have a take? Give us yours on these questions and more: Best new band? Best new recording? Best karaoke night?…

DJ Cavem, the local O.G. (organic gardener), has been literally feeding the community through events geared toward the “green” movement for years. Using a hip-hop agenda (even rocking with a children’s choir), Cavem has broadened his audience to include discussions that involve enhancing the community through the one thing that…

BLKHRTS are on a pretty solid run right now. Just before the first of the year, Yonnas Abraham released Sextape, and here we are barely into the new year and the trio has prepared an onslaught of material poised to color the entire first and second quarters BLK with their…

Kyle Harris began writing songs at the age of twelve, but it was another two decades before he decided to play them publicly. “I just never saw a reason to play any of it for people,” he says. “I’d been writing songs regularly that whole time, but I never thought…

In about three to five years, the subgenre of “doom” — and, to a lesser extent, its subset of “drone” — may become as ubiquitous and stale as “surf garage,” or whatever happens to be the flavor of the moment enjoying underground-bordering-on-mainstream popularity. But it won’t be because of the…

Originally formed as a side project of Ceremonial Oath, In Flames quickly became a full-time endeavor. While retaining some of the sharp edges of its founders’ death-metal leanings, the band successfully joined melodic hooks, vocal and otherwise, with nervy aggressiveness and sharp dynamic shifts. In 1995, the core members recruited…

As a pop band, you could do a lot worse than having your first-ever show be opening for Amy Winehouse and then getting tapped to serve as the opening act for her European summer tour. But that’s essentially what happened to the Asteroids Galaxy Tour after Winehouse heard the band’s…

In the music video for the Darkness’s greatest hit, 2003’s “I Believe in a Thing Called Love,” the band’s alternately naked and jumpsuited lead singer, Justin Hawkins, is repeatedly groped by a motley crew of space aliens. He appears, for all intents and purposes, to be into it. His band’s…

Lady Antebellum’s star has risen in an unparalleled way over the last half-decade; conquering both the country and pop-music worlds, the trio’s three records have garnered Grammy, Billboard and CMA nominations and awards along the way. All three members — Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood and Hillary Scott — pen and…

Unless there’s some kind of cruel Carrie-style joke going on, every high-school kid pretty much knows what to expect from the senior prom: The weird alienated kids will be absent, the male and female establishment favorites will be coronated in a quickly forgotten ceremony, and everyone else will just be…

It’s tough to pin down a dominant sound or overarching musical theme on Flight or Fight, the new full-length release from Achille Lauro. The feel of the album’s nine tracks ranges from breezy to meditative, and the sound veers from the danceable pop of “Lightning” to the amorphous experimentation of…