Concerts

The Ebbets Field series from Listen Up is a thrilling documentation of Denver’s musical past. Ebbets Field, of course, was the storied downtown venue owned by promoter Chuck Morris in the mid-’70s. Located at the base of Brooks Tower, the club attracted a slew of legendary acts, from Muddy Waters…

Every society has its share of fucks. Across the board, there are, in all cultures, a handful of words deemed taboo or offensive; in some cultures, these words tend to relate to religion — like goddamn or hell — in others (like ours) they tend to denote sex or bodily…

DJ Irene — whose name is fairly synonymous with “hard house” — has been producing mixes and music at an exuberant rate since the late ’90s (her album-release rate has dropped since mid-2000, but she still tours incessantly and pounds her beats into dance floors all over the world). Although…

UPDATE: Okay, so it turns out, we got it a little twisted yesterday regarding the WESTAF TourWest grant program. According to WESTAF Deputy Director, Shannon Daut, the grant is actually earmarked toward “presenting entities” in the WESTAF region (venues in which an artist might play), as opposed to the musicians,…

We’ve just received word from AEG regarding the lineup for Pure Sunshine. Ten bands are coming together for a pair of back-to-back shows celebrating the life and honoring the memory of Rick Kulwicki, as well as raise funds for the two sons he left behind, Richard and Roman. Contrary to…

Even if Josh Radin’s name isn’t immediately recognizable, it is virtually impossible not to have heard his music. His songs have made dozens of appearances in the back and foregrounds of television shows like Scrubs and Grey’s Anatomy, and Radin’s not-too-sappy love songs come in a satiating style of folk…

WINDOWS With Temples and Epileptinomicon Ash From Sweat House | February 26, 2011 The flier for this show said, in no uncertain terms, “NO COPS” and, as it turns out, none did appear to show up at the house where the event was being held. It was mostly an intimate…

LOVE Dubtribe Sound System*Doc Martin Frederick Gentry*Sunshine Jones with Jasun Lovejoy Casselman’s Bar and Venue|2.26.11 The aptly named LOVE party at Casselman’s last night featured two epic sets by some of the very best names in house music, Doc Martin and Dubtribe Sound System. The headliners brought the energy up…

PAPER DIAMOND with Raw Russ and Eprom Bluebird Theater | 2.25.11 The Bluebird Theater hosted the sold-out, Official Snowball Festival Kickoff Party last night with Raw Russ, Eprom and Paper Diamond. Alex B., who spins under the moniker Paper Diamond, spoke with Westword recently about his new sound, which, if…

One of the biggest acts in electronic music, the Prodigy exploded onto the British scene with its 1992 debut album, Experience, and 1994 follow-up, Music for the Jilted Generation. The duo of frontman Keith Flint and producer Liam Howlett went on to become one of the first dance bands to…

Last night at Summit Music Hall, Norwegian black metal band Immortal played with openers Absu. Photographer Aaron Thackeray brings back these photos: Immortal at Summit Music Hall…

Country may be the only form of modern music left with a consistent sense of humor, and Jake Owen definitely taps into that. The Nashville-by-way-of-Florida singer-guitarist slips a twangy “yee haw” in when he can (see the song by the same name), but he also uses his accentuated southern voice…

The Cool Kids have been stuck in label hell for over a year now trying to get their debut full-length released. Their relationship with previous label, Chicago’s Chocolate Industries, went bad, and none of the majors interested in the album could figure out an offer that worked for everyone. In…

It has been a long journey for Nappy Roots — the hip hop group formed in 1995 as sextet of friends, spent some time in the early 2000s on Atlantic Records during the radio boom of Southern rap and now run their own label as a five-piece…

When we heard about Nervesandgel’s ambitious project to get sounds from friends last week, we started looking into the idea of digitized found sound recordings. A few days later, we finally crawled out of the Internet’s rabbit hole with some interesting results and a peek into the private lives of…

The Naughty Prince had a nice run as “Denver’s premiere dart bar” at 7950 East Mississippi Avenue before it finally closed at the end of last year. Now Mugsy’s Bar has opened in about 1,800 of the 4,500 square feet (three strip-mall units) of space that the Naughty Prince occupied…

Doritos, a 64-ounce drink, a shoulder massage and a fan keeping you cool, all handled by some incredibly lovely ladies — really, does it get any better than that? Probably not. Witness Denver house DJ and man about town Uriah West, photographed at Vinyl. Clearly, being a DJ has it’s…

Though his debut album, Boy Meets World, came out in 2009, rapper Fashawn has flourished more within the realm of the mixtape, a format he’s been using since 2006. Among his many mixtape releases came Ode to Illmatic, a track-by-track take on the classic Nas album that showcased Fashawn’s uncanny…

It’s that time of year again, when Westword hands the keys over to you for our Readers’ Poll, which serves as an accompaniment to our Best of Denver® 2011 issue (out March 31.) Get your favorite concert, new band, new club, new whatever, recognized in our issue, and get those…

SWANS With Wooden Wand 02.22.11 | Summit Music Hall Last night, James Jackson Toth, aka Wooden Wand, was joined by two other guitar players — Brian Lowery and William Tyler. And although there were three guitars and the guys were playing through Orange amps, they did not produce a huge…