On Saturday, September 3, Growler Record Store celebrates its opening at Yellow Feather Coffee, beginning at 5 p.m. sharp. Growing out of the established Growler Distro — a small collection of records that owner and proprietor Molly Zackary began selling at shows in 2005 — the shop serves as both…
SADE & JOHN LEGEND at PEPSI CENTER | 8/11/11Sade brings a level of splendor, sophistication and smoldering seductiveness to her work unlike anyone else. While plenty of other vocalists admittedly possess a more expansive range, few carry themselves with the sort of grace and glamor that she makes seem so…
Mark your calendar: On Labor Day weekend, 8Ball & MJG, the legendary Tennessee ‘hood rap aficionados, are set rock Casselmans on Sunday, September 4, with cast of locals that includes Fresh Breath Committee, Young Doe, Rockie, Hynpautic, King Teff and Johnny Rocket…
Kottonmouth Kings (playing Summit Music Hall tonight with Kingspade) has been ruling its own corner of the musical stoner universe since 1994, carrying with it a fan base equally obsessed with weed culture. Coming up in the post-Sublime mid ’90s, the Cali dudes easily found a niche market for their…
We can’t count the times Magic Cyclops has called it quits, but it looks like the bandana hero might officially be finished in its traditional form. But it’s still not gone forever — due to popular demand, Magic Roboclops has been born, a cyborg version of Magic Cyclops that struggles…
PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS REUNION at 3 KINGS TAVERN | 8/13/11With special guests Kingdom of Magic, the Fire Drills and Vamos! Right before Planes took the stage, you could see the anticipation on the faces of many people who had been looking forward to this show as soon as it…
PRETTY LIGHTS at RED ROCKS | 8/13/11The second sold out night of the Pretty Lights Music showcase was the perfect way to end a hometown run for Derek Vincent Smith, who plays music under the Pretty Lights moniker. With some help from Big K.R.I.T., Michael Menert, Gramatik and Skream, Smith…
PRETTY LIGHTS at the FILLMORE | 8/12/11Pretty Lights Music is more than just a label now. It’s more than a producer. It’s more than Derek Vincent Smith. It’s huge. Backed by a solid team of producers and talented deejays, the audience last night at the sold-out Fillmore Auditorium witnessed firsthand…
Smashing Pumpkins fans, rejoice! Billy Corgan and company are coming back to Denver on Monday, October 10 at the Ogden Theatre. As if the Ogden’s calendar for October wasn’t already stacked enough, the Pumpkins have been added to an impressive lineup that month that includes Ladytron, Cut Copy, Chromeo, Hank…
Tyler Jacobson can’t stay away from the turntables for too long. The local DJ and tastemaker has been keeping busy since his 2009 departure from Lipgloss (a night he co-created) with his semi-regular throwback night, Mile High Soul Club. But on Saturday, August 20, at the Meadowlark, he’s unleashing Casual,…
Bobby Long takes over the Walnut Room with Ian Cooke for a night of swooning, heartthrobbing goodness. The English singer-songwriter had his first big break thanks to the Twilight soundtrack, but his rough and beautiful voice has shown Long to be more than just a pretty face. (7 p.m. doors,…
There’s so much on our Dance Card this weekend that we know you’ll have a tough time deciding whether you’d rather see Pretty Lights or Thievery Corporation at Red Rocks. Why not do both? Or select one of the other events on our list that’s more to your taste? Whatever…
KMFDM (originally Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid) performed last night, Thursday, August 10, 2011 at Summit Music Hall, with openers Human Factors Lab, out of Orlando, 16Volt and Army of the Universe. Check out the full KMFDM at Summit slideshow. Below are a few highlights…
Adrian & The Sickness (playing the Rockaway Tavern tonight with No Good Reason) is much more than just the front for guitar great Adrian Connor’s original material. Connor — also known also as the “Angus Young” of the wildly successful AC/DC tribute, Hell’s Belles — has been writing and playing…
Brace yourself: Looks like the word is out on BLKHRTS. After an enviable co-sign from Jeff Weiss — an extremely well-regarded West Coast blogger who also writes for the Los Angeles Times — on the LA Times blog in advance of its show last night at that city’s famed Low…
Every week in an effort to pay tribute to the old-school way of promoting shows by hanging up posters, we make our way around the Mile High City to get a gander of the eye candy. Here’s the fliers we spotted this week across the city on random telephone poles…
Not too long after opening in June of 2010, Wild Ivories dueling piano bar hit a few sour notes when Tim Kirkland, one of the club’s partners, discovered that Caz Bzdek, the club’s founder, was running up a bunch of bills with construction, marketing, advertising and vendors. As a result,…
Vitamins (playing tonight at the Larimer Lounge Gauntlet Hair, Woodsman and Hearts In Space) is seemingly unstoppable — The Denver-by-way-of Fort Collins band has been on a roll with new releases and stunning accompanying videos (like the just-released “Vimanas” below), plus, the quartet had the opportunity to the stage with…
Update: Contest is over. Thanks for all the entries. We’ve picked the winners. Congrats to Jeremy Coss, Dave Shuck and Francine Profitt, who will be seeing the show on us, courtesy of our friends at Soda Jerk. Be sure to follow us on Twitter @Westword_Music and Facebook to get the…
Smoke ’em if you got ’em: After, ahem, cough, cough, blowing folks away at Summit Music Hall this past spring on his Jet Life Tour, Curren$y is coming back to the Mile High City, with Method Man, on the Smokers Club Tour, with Big K.R.I.T., Smoke DZA, Fiend, The Pricks,…
The 2011 DMC World Championship went down over the weekend at Santos’ Party House in New York City, and after having dominated the U.S. finals last year with nearly half of the competitors hailing from our fine state, we can now officially say that this year’s United States DMC champion…
It looks like Mr. Big (playing at Summit Music Hall tonight with Romero and Quitter’s Anonymous) is brand-new again. The Los Angeles-born band started in the late ’80s, found noteworthy success with its pleasantly listenable hard-rock style in the years following, and, despite a break from 2002 to 2009, have…
