Concerts

Friday, March 18 Morning: 1000 miles and over eighteen hours in a van with five man children. Our trip from Denver began at 5 a.m. yesterday with packing, grumpiness, excitement. Aaron puked at 7:10, and at 7:20, Aaron and Andy had a tickle fight in the back seat of the…

It is somewhat hard to believe that Good Charlotte has been together — and, with few line-up changes, to boot — since 1996. But the proto-mall punk band found its not-too harsh edge early into its career and has been riding that sweet spot ever since, with radio-ready songs about…

BASS FOR FREE J. Wail and Chuck Morris • Future Simple Project • Eminence Ensemble Flinch • Dirt Monkey • Matamorphic • Rodway 03.17.11 | Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom and Otherside Last night, Cervantes’ threw a hell of party with J. Wail and Chuck Morris, Future Simple Project, Eminence Ensemble and…

Last night at the the Austin Music Hall, we helped music fans and industry nerds cross a few groups off their bucket lists, as well as see another singer-as-DJ and hear the ear-ringing guitars of a few of the best new rock bands. In that order, it was Wu Tang…

Thursday, March 17 From the outside looking in, South By Southwest — at least to those who haven’t experienced it yet — might seem like an event that only those who can afford to flip for the nearly $800 badges get to enjoy. Not so much. There’s a ton of…

Thursday, March 17 And it begins … 4 a.m. we arrive in Austin, Texas, at Casa de Epilogues greeted by hugs and cases of Upslope, after an amazing day of riding rollercoasters and playing three sets at Six Flags-Dallas and an awesome run of shows with the Epilogues, which included…

Friday, March 18 SHIT! I swore last night that I would not be sitting here tonight at 3:00 a.m. in front of the computer working on the blog — there are after parties to be had people! — but alas, here we are together… I’m feeling distracted by my own…

Thursday, March 18 Uh, hey. It’s Danielle Ate the Sandwich. I’ve been on the road and away from home a couple of days now, and am officially one hour from Austin and ready to go. Today, I play at Bar 512 for the Spokesbuzz Showcase. I’m excited to play with…

Thursday, March 17 We left for Texas early Sunday morning from the band house about 6 a.m (we planned for five, but we’re never on time to shit) packed in tight in our two vehicles, Julian’s black Jeep, which we deemed the “Pedro Negro” and Taylor’s red Jeep, aka “The…

Hate it or love it, like a cockroach covered in leopard-print spandex, ’80s arena metal has crawled forth intact after surviving grunge, boy bands, ringtone rap and now Bieber. Last night, twenty-somethings who looked like they fell out of a time-traveling telephone booth from 1989 flocked to the Bluebird Theater…

Backbeat approved post-punk band Makeout Point broke up a couple months ago. A sad day for Denver music fans, but several of its members are brewing up another project: Bizarre Learning Center. So far it’s a tumblr and the promise of demos, but there’s plenty to start getting excited about…

This evening at the Fox Theatre, Ohio’s own trance-infused The Werks is throwing down its twisted, technical guitar-noodling sounds for a reasonable price, and it seemed like the perfect pairing for this most sacred of boozing holidays. The four-piece combines elements of funk, electronica, Afro-beat and even a little nod…

STEEL PANTHER with Drug Under 03.16.11 | Bluebird Theater See Steel Panther at the Bluebird slideshow Last night, Steel Panther and a few hundred of its closest friends in Denver, hopped in the Delorean with Doc and took the Bluebird Theater back to the future when spandex, hairspray and Van…

Wednesday March 16, 8 p.m. Kalyn here from Wheelchair Sports Camp writing about our very first trip to South by Southwest in Austin, Texas! Sitting here in the back of my van while the girlfriend drives us to Austin from the town of Denton, where we played two nights ago…

Immortal Dominion, the powerhouse metal quintet out of Fort Collins, has finished work on its eagerly awaited new full-length, Primortal. If the name of the album sounds familiar, it should. Primortal is the same name of the record we wrote about in April 2009. To be clear, though, this is…

File-sharing site LimeWire is currently at the frontlines of the battle over online media distribution. LimeWire already lost the suit brought against it by thirteen record companies; the site is boarded up; and now it’s negotiating damages. This is where things get interesting for the casual observer, because we’re getting…

What if, in a perfect world, the music genre you love the most was the only one in existence and lived on forever? Steel Panther imagines this to be true, and tonight the glammish four-piece brings a full-on heavy-metal throwback show to Denver. The best part? Steel Panther isn’t just…

Orchestral Manoevres in the Dark (due at the Bluebird Theater on Tuesday, March 22) is perhaps best known for its song “If You Leave,” featured in Pretty in Pink, the classic 1986 John Hughes movie. But the band first made waves in its native England with its first two albums,…

It’s a sad day for hip-hop. For anyone who was bumping gangsta rap in the early ’90s, the loss of Nathanial Hale, aka Nate Dogg, is profoundly sad. Largely considered the best hook executioner in the genre, the G-Funk crooner paved the way for artists like Trey Songz, Drake and…