We’re putting together our annual New Year’s Eve/New Year’s Day guide, and we want you to be a part of it. Send your music- and club-related New Year events to newyear@westword.com today so we can add you to our listings. And thanks!…
Derek Vincent Smith, a/k/a Pretty Lights played Belly Up in Aspen last night, and photographer Soren McCarty brings back these photos from the show…
By now, its no secret: Tennis was born out of months at sea, after which newlyweds Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley came home and made and record. A whirlwind of interest in the band and a deal with Fat Possum Records followed, and now the duo is readying the release…
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN & THE 4TH DIMENSION 12/4/10 | Boulder Theater John McLaughlin knows a few things about playing fast. The 68-year-old McLaughlin, who some consider the fastest jazz guitarist in the world, has been honing his chops over four decades playing on albums like Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew and In…
THIS END UP J. Phlip • Three • DJ Laura 12.4.10 | Casselman’s Casselman’s spacious back room was just starting to come alive when I arrived at the venue last night for “This End Up,” an ambitious, multi-headliner event showcasing resident DJ’s from San Francisco’s infamous after-hours club, the Endup…
MINI MANSIONS Wire Faces • Action Friend 12.4.10 | Moe’s Original Barbecue Mini Mansions is defined by comparisons. First, to Queens of the Stone Age, because Michael Shuman is a member of both. And while the two bands have little in common musically, it is interesting to think about what…
PANTyRAiD with Project Aspect 12.3.10 | The Boulder Theatre PANTyRAiD and Project Aspect provided some much needed relief for students of CU who are suffering through finals right now. The sold-out show at the Boulder Theatre only had two acts, but both of them came King-Konging onto the stage and…
Raised on a steady diet of Chicago house music as a kid growing up in Champaign, Illinois, Jessica Phillippe emerged as one of the most in-demand underground female DJs over the past few years. Also known as J. Phlip, Phillippe studied engineering at the University of Illinois before relocating to…
If you haven’t picked up your tickets for Artopia, what are you waiting for? Yes, we know it’s not until February, and right now, you’ve probably got your hands full with the holidays. Be that as it may, here’s two compelling reasons to get your tickets now. The Hood Internet…
TALIB KWELI With Chicharones • Food Chain 12.03.10 | Cevantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Talib Kweli embodied the tried-and-true show-business rule that no matter what, the show must go on. Having seen him live tons of times, I usually come with the premise that if you’ve seen the Brooklyn MC rock once,…
San Francisco’s Max Vangeli has had quite a year, remixing everyone from Gorillaz to Switchfoot and having his tracks spun by such superstars as Tiesto and Swedish House Mafia. Tonight, he’ll be at Beta, 1909 Blake Street, and to get you in the mood, here’s a sampling of his work…
There are plenty of U2 tribute bands, Beatles impersonators and more Sublime cover bands than there are Sublime albums. But perched on top of the replication heap is definitely Hell’s Belles, a riotous AD/DC tribute that has been doing serious justice to “Highway to Hell” since 2000…
A festival that began in Los Angeles a decade ago, the International Pop Overthrow now goes down throughout the year in over a dozen cities in North America, highlighting acts from each local music community…
With the help of the Clown from Slipknot, KBPI has wrapped its annual Best Band in Denver competition. Besting fellow finalists Bullet Inc and 20XIII, as well as more than a dozen other contenders, Novus Folium earned this year’s title, joining the pantheon of past winners Adam’s Ruin, Lost Point,…
Hot on the heels of a profile in 5280 magazine, nightclub impresario Regas Christou has made some real news: He’s filed suit against Beatport, Brad Roulier, Beta and AM Only. While we haven’t had a chance to pore over the entire brief, which was filed yesterday in U.S. District Court,…
Tonight at Forest Room , in conjunction with the fine folks at Speaker Snacks, the members of Snake Rattle Rattle Snake are hosting a low-key viewing party for their new video, Dead Men’s Words, directed by local director extraordinaire Vincent Comparetto (Gamits, Planes Mistaken for Stars, Ian Cooke, Hot IQs)…
This item’s a little close to home, but the news is too noteworthy not to share: The Fire Drills have a new frontman. The outfit, which features longtime Backbeat contributor Jason Heller, has tapped renowned funnyman and former 29th Street Disciples frontman Ben Roy to take over lead vocals…
A little over a month ago, we wrote about the impending reinvention of The Pirate Signal and reported that frontman Yonnas Abraham would be shortening his own stage name to just Yo, followed by various punctuation, to be determined by the context. Well, now it seems his other outfit, Blackhearts,…
Though David Guetta is all the rage these days in terms of house DJs gone mainstream, Mark Knight isn’t too far behind. The U.K. house producer shares production credit with Guetta for “Rock That Body,” one of the bigger tracks this year by the seemingly unstoppable Black Eyed Peas. With…
There were a few changes in the Denver bar and club scene last month, including the opening of Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill, the Rockstar Lounge and Rock-A-Billies. Read on for our bars and clubs roll call for November:…
NO AGE With Hot White and Lucky Dragons 12.01.10 | Bluebird Theater Hot White was first on stage and discharged its signature shards of angular, off-kilter, eruptive sound. It looked like the trio was more comfortable playing a big stage, and yet Tiana Bernard crossed over from stage right to…
As singer, guitarist and keyboardist for A Shoreline Dream, Ryan Policky helped sculpt that band’s lush “melodipsych” rock. In the Parallel Light, Policky teams up with Eddie Breidenbach, organist for the garage-rock band the Omens, to do something very different from what both players were doing previously. On Evans, the…
