Concerts

Jersey Shore’s most drama-free character, Pauly D (Paul DelVecchio), attracted a capacity crowd last night at Beta. A crush of people gathered around the DJ both with cell phone cameras to get a photo of DelVecchio, who is also a club DJ in Providence, Rhode Island when the show is…

The fact that John Denver will be inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame this April should come as no surprise to anyone who is familiar with his music. The only surprise is that the organization isn’t named for Denver, who is synonymous with Colorado — and its Rocky…

After an eight-year hiatus, Jason Bills and Brad Roulier of Together Productions have once again joined forces for, fittingly, Together Again, this Saturday night at Beta. Together Again features Sultan and Ned Shepard, who DJ and produce commercial vocal electronica (see their recent single “Call My Name”). Local DJs Bones…

Johnny Wolfhart, aka experimental noise-ist Nervesandgel, is working on a new track, and he’s chosen to collaborate with everybody — well, everybody in his social network anyway. Earlier this week, Wolfhart put out a call to his Facebook friends, asking for thirty-second to two-minute audio clips of anything they desired…

Less Than Jake hasn’t released a new record since 2008’s GNV FLA, but it doesn’t matter — the Florida dudes still tour relentlessly, and their fans still come to see them play. Why? Because, in an era of performers constantly questioning their own cool, LTJ prides itself on being uncool…

Sony’s hoping to pique your qriocity (sorry) with it’s new streaming music service this week, by offering a free thirty day trial, tons of different streaming options and a library of over six million songs from the four major record label and most everyone they distribute. We spent the day…

Artopia, Westword’s annual “biggest, greatest, most poppin’ ass art party of the year,” goes down on Saturday night. A highlight this year as always is the musical talent, so we’ve parsed down the full schedule to just the live music going down at five venues (Vinyl, The Living Room, Mo’s,…

So what is it they say — at the end of every dark night a new day dawns? There’s solace to be found in that maxim. And some bright spots are starting to emerge on an otherwise dreary week which brought shocking news of Rick Kulwicki’s untimely death. Following a…

Let’s face it: Any band with John Dwyer in it will probably rule. His latest — and one of his best projects — Thee Oh Sees, is a grimy four-piece that eats the lo-fi garage rock label and spits it out in the best, trashiest and reverb-heaviest way possible…

Jazz fusion can be a dicey proposition these days if you focus more on the jamming than the songwriting. But Supercollider has avoided all of that, coming up with something more akin to Weather Report or Head Hunters-era Herbie Hancock; throw in a bit of the livelier end of Dave…

Everybody poops. That inescapable fact, says Milan Kundera in The Unbearable Lightness of Being, is the fundamental quandary of human existence: that the consequence of every act of sustenance (eating) is the shame of defecation. (Not ashamed? Then he fucking dares you to stop crapping with the door closed.) To…

Speaking of club nights that take a lickin’ and keep on tickin’, evidently, The Solution isn’t the only night that has proven resilient. Lipgloss, now approaching its tenth year, has endured the exit of two of its founders, Tim Cook and Tyler Jacobson, and has had several noteworthy residents such…

So apparently in our haste to alert you about the unexpected changes at the Solution this morning, we somehow overlooked word that another dope night helmed by DJ Low Key — Hapa Life, the ever-popular Sunday-night gig at Hapa Sushi in Cherry Creek — has reached its untimely conclusion. Evidently,…

Back in December, we told you about Slowdown Lounge, a chilled-out happy hour of sorts happening at the Walnut Room every Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m. The weekly event has been such a success that the venue’s talent buyer and sound engineer, Randall Frazier, has decided to extend it…

As we post this, a fundraiser is being organized for the Swanks, who recently lost all of their gear in a fire that ravaged their rehearsal space. Proceeds from the act’s upcoming March 18 show at 3 Kings Tavern, with King Rat, Fire in the Asylum, Chingaso, Epidemik, the Bronze…

You’ve probably heard by now, but in case you haven’t: Tickle Me Pink is calling it a day. After four releases and a half-dozen years of playing in front of capacity crowds across the Front Range, including an appearance at last year’s Westword Music Showcase, the guys have decided to…

Denver has a new spot for folks to get down with the beats. Every other week at Chances Grill, 11th and Bannock, you’ll find Planet of the Breaks Fridays, a b-boy/b-girl competition that goes down on the second and fourth Fridays. During the interim weeks, there will be exhibitions going…

There are too many easy, exterior angles to come at Justin Townes Earle’s work: He’s the son of Steve Earle, he was named after Townes Van Zandt, and he struggled with a serious drug addiction early in his life. There is truth in that history, which has undoubtedly contributed to…

One of the dopest Friday night hip-hop parties in Denver is once again on the move. The Solution, now in its fourthfifth year and run by DJs Low Key and Lazy Eyez, will be leaving it’s current locale, 3014, where it set up shop last fall…

MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO 02.15.11 | Summit Music Hall It would be easy for any electronic artist to be incredibly boring live no matter the quality of the material. With this in mind, Jack Dangers and Benjamin Stokes of Meat Beat Manifesto make up for any possible visual shortcomings with one…