Concerts

MARNIE STERN & TERA MELOS Lil’ Slugger 3.12.11 | Moe’s Original BBQ The self-described week-long Marnie Stern Birthday tour came to Denver last night, and while it wasn’t Marnie Stern’s actual birthday, bassist Nithin Kalvakota predicted that when it is later this week in San Francisco, he and drummer Vince…

GIRL TALK With Max Tundra and Junk Culture 3.11.11 | Ogden Theatre See full Girl Talk slideshow It was like a bad dream, a deja vu shit show, that, when repeated, almost always seems to involve young women barfing all over the carpeted foyer and tiled bathroom floors of the…

STRING CHEESE INCIDENT Winter Carnival, Night Two 03.11.11 | 1STBANK Center Read reviews of Night One and Night Three In the second night of its three-night run at 1STBANK Center, the String Cheese Incident showcased its diversity throughout the evening dipping from its bluegrass roots weaving in elements of funk,…

PLANET OF THE DRUMS DJ Dara • AK1200 • Dieselboy • MC Messinian Sure Shot • Mystical Influence • DJ Fury 3.11.11/Gothic Theatre It’s been a while since a drum-and-bass show of this caliber hit Denver — most DNB has been eclipsed by the dubstep movement, and although there are…

Drum-and-bass seems to be re-surging, due perhaps in part to the current obsession with all things bass-heavy. Reload: Planet of the Drums, tonight at the Gothic Theatre, features a familiar line-up: Dara, AK1200 and Dieselboy, three selectors who have long been at the forefront of the American DNB scene, MC…

The Matchbox is set to open tonight in the former Orange Cat Studios at 2625 Larimer Street. Squire Lounge owner Sudhir Kudva and partners Justin Anthony and Lisa Vedovelli spent a few months overhauling the spot, putting in new bathrooms and a garage door window in the front and demolishing…

There is no way Mike Relm could be confined by the simple title of mash-up DJ — the San Fransisco-based artist not only cuts and pastes music together in mutated forms, but he deftly brings video to disjointed life, too, with on-the-spot edits. The multi-media performer manipulates music videos, commercials…

Epitonic.com was one of the first sites to host MP3 files of legitimately. Launched in 1999, it also happened to be the epicenter for all things indie, with a comprehensive list of bands, solo projects, off-shoots, record label details and plenty more. After a seven-year hiatus and a Kickstarter fundraising…

STRING CHEESE INCIDENT Winter Carnival, Night One 03.10.11 | 1STBANK Center Read reviews of Night Two and Night Three The String Cheese Incident has played eleven shows since partially disbanding in 2007. The few shows they have played since then — six of which have been in Colorado — have…

Lords of Acid stopped by the Summit Music Hall last night with Radical G and Angelspit for a colorful evening that was all kinds of sweaty and sexy. Our resident shutterbug, the ever intrepid Aaron Thackeray was on hand and captured the whole thing for posterity. Click through to give…

Denver Got Next, the jump off for DJ Ktone’s five day long birthday bash, went off without a hitch last night. Sutra was the place to be to see some of the city’s hottest new acts and more than a few pros. A top shelf celebration, Denver Got Next boasted…

Slap the folk label on a band is kind of a sweeping generalization — simplicity in instrumentation and a focus on vocals might be a better way to describe Portland’s Priory, who come through Denver tonight for the second time in the past few months. Reminiscent of Wolf Parade and…

A HAWK AND A HACKSAW With Radical Knitting Circle • The Tanukis 03.09.11 | hi-dive A Hawk and a Hacksaw is not, in any certain terms, the type of band you yearn to see live. The outfit plays Eastern-European infused music with hat-tips to Middle Eastern and klezmer-inflected music with…

Everybody knows Randy Newman — his comforting, sometimes scruffy and bubble-throated voice has been a recognizable movie soundtrack staple for years. The ragtime piano player has scored over two dozen films — like this year’s Oscar winner for original song, “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3 — making him…

Ah, Christopher Wallace, aka the Notorious B.I.G. There hasn’t been — and as long as hip-hop is a genre, won’t be — a quiet passing of March 9. Similar to when Buddy Holly took the fateful flight that inspired a nation to observe the day the music died, the day…

Deep in the heart of Texas, about seventy bazillion bands and at least as many tastemakers are converging in Austin for the annual South by Southwest celebration. It’s a symbiotic relationship: The bands have high hopes of being fawned over (or at least remembered fondly) by the tastemakers, whose meager…

DJ Ktone’s birthday celebration is being hailed as “The Greatest Show on Turf,” and with it’s five days of celebrations featuring some of Denver’s most prominent hip-hop artists, it’s tough not to believe the hype. There are autograph signings, red carpets, Moolah Boyz and rap tactics galore…

This morning, while most of us in the working world were sound asleep, the dudes from Big Head Todd and the Monsters were at Mission Control in Houston serenading the astronauts aboard the Shuttle Discovery on their last day in space with Big Head’s song “Blue Sky.”…