Concerts

Sean Daley is family man. He’s got a cat, a wife, two children and a house, and he just took his first family vacation, to a small island in the Gulf of Mexico. The music world, of course, knows Daley better as Slug from the Minneapolis-based rap group Atmosphere, an…

Rob Lanphier split off from B.U.F.F. Brothers, which owns several taverns in the metro area, and started a new company last fall: Pour Kids. Noonan’s Tavern (13521 East Iliff Avenue in Aurora), which B.U.F.F. had opened in March 2011, is part of the Pour Kids group; so is Boone’s Tavern,…

ZetaKaye House has been curating a series of compilations for the past couple of years featuring some of the best music created in Denver. The latest in the series, This Ain’t No Cowtown Volume III Kings, is being released as a fundraiser for 3 Kings Tavern co-owner and longtime supporter…

Reggae legend Anthony B. has been singing revolutionary and political-leaning songs since he emerged onto the scene with his 1996 debut, Real Revolutionary. Shying away from songs that were degrading to women (against the popular tide of music), Anthony B. chose instead to focus on his Afrocentric pride, using the influence…

With the release of 1981’s Fat EP, the Descendents became one of a steadily growing stream of hardcore bands from Southern California. And, as was the case with many of those early acts, their music was a youthful catharsis informed by a wickedly absurdist sense of humor. Until Napalm Death…

A rite of passage in some Native American cultures, Visionquest is also the name of the breakout record label and DJ collective that became one of the biggest acts in underground dance music last year by combining house and techno with catchy, pop-influenced vocals. The band comprises four Detroit-area natives…

There is something admirable about the desire of the twee torch-bearers in Los Campesinos! to keep trudging along, even after honesty in lyrics has fallen by the wayside. But primary songwriter and bandleader Gareth Campesinos! and his brood of BFFs revel in making the most of a bloody heart-on-sleeve approach,…

Point of fact: I am a hipster and a poseur. Initially, I was skeptical. True, I wear tight pants, ride a fixed-gear bicycle and listen to a lot of “underground music,” but there’s a reason for that: I wear tight pants because they highlight my ripped butt cheeks, which resemble…

The creative evolution heard on Hindershot’s sophomore release, Curse Us All (slated for release this Friday, January 27, at 3 Kings Tavern), goes deeper than the catchy lead riffs or dynamic song structures. While the band has made considerable musical strides since last year’s debut, It’s Only Blood, the most…

Lokon and Spellbinder make a formidable team on their latest effort, the fittingly titled Unity Iz Strength. There aren’t nearly enough reggae-and-rap collaborations ­— local or otherwise — out there right now, and this pair makes an utterly compelling case for more like-minded partnerships. Spellbinder’s perfectly pitched vocals, set against Lokon’s…

The eleven minutes and six seconds of this single track sound as if Tom Nelsen watched The Last Temptation of Christ and Kingdom of Heaven simultaneously and then did storyboards for a graphic-novel version of Umberto Eco’s Foucault’s Pendulum. It is ambient in the same sense that the most abstract…

Even though Lola Black’s lineup includes former members of Blister 66, Snapstick Dynomite and the Eight Bucks Experiment, the band’s new six-song EP, Día de los Borrachos, isn’t entirely a punk affair. Sure, there’s a punk spirit in revved-up cuts like “Hit the Road” and “Take Back,” but the rest…

Visitors to Sven Weisemann’s website or Soundcloud page will notice one thing immediately: This DJ/producer dabbles in more than just electronic music. He’s also a self-taught pianist, percussionist and guitar player who composes jazz tracks along with his beloved house music. Perhaps most astonishing, Weisemann, who’s been mixing records since…

In the Whale started out in Greeley as a side project of What About Pluto? and Trailer 77, but guitarist Nate Valdez and drummer Eric Riley wanted to do something more raw as an outlet for sublimated frustration and angst. A former counselor of juvenile delinquents, Valdez undoubtedly had plenty…

YOB @ LARIMER LOUNGE | 1/22/12 Mike Scheidt of Yob was replacing a string on his guitar that had just snapped and he told us, “Two more songs and we’ll end it brutal.” True to his word on behalf of the band, Scheidt and company escalated quickly into the rampaging…

Update 3/21/12: See also: Brad Paisley tweets at Tim Tebow, lobbies for Titans: “Nashville’s really a great place to live” BRAD PAISLEY @ THE PEPSI CENTER | 1/21/12 It’s about three-quarters of the way through “Waiting on a Woman” during Brad Paisley’s blues-inflected lead that you arrive at a startling…

GARLAND JEFFREYS @ LION’S LAIR | 1/21/12 There was no opening act for Garland Jeffreys on Saturday night, and the show got started around 9 p.m., so if showed up thinking it would start later, you missed some songs. This wasn’t the usual sort of show for Lion’s Lair, where…

ZIGGY MARLEY @ BOULDER THEATER | 1/21/12 There’s an ongoing fight in Boulder County regarding the farming of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) on public land, and Saturday night, Ziggy Marley headlined a sold-out show that generated some serious artillery (and funds) for the GMO Free Boulder contingent. His song selection…

Z-TRIP @ CITY HALL | 1/21/12Z-Trip brought the ruckus so damn hard for the Saturday night Terminal Kings festivities at City Hall. Surrounded by the art that will adorn the walls of Denver International Airport, party-goers most definitely got what they came for last night: The music phenom imbued City…

Update 3/21/12: See also: Brad Paisley tweets at Tim Tebow, lobbies for Titans: “Nashville’s really a great place to live” Um, so, yeah, you’ll be happy to know that the whole Tebow mania thing hasn’t died down in the Mile High City. Not in the slightest. Apparently, being utterly eviscerated…