Concerts

Brent Burkhart — better known around Denver (and, indeed, much of the planet) as Reverend Deadeye — has taken a brief respite from his globe-trotting, one-man antics to record the debut EP by his side project, Broken Spirits. It’s titled Ghostrock Spirituals, and it’s hard to imagine a name that…

Referencing François Truffaut’s frequent protagonist in “Antoine Doinel,” Rubedo strikes a somber and wistful chord early on with Kyle Gray’s understated vocals, which recall the slight quaver of Mercury Rev’s Jonathan Donohue. “Revelation of the Sun” is a roller coaster of intensity and tranquility, with a hint of Pink Floyd’s…

On the Blue Canyon Boys’ fourth album, Mountain Bound, the bluegrass quartet does some fine covers of older material from Alton Delmore, Reno and Smiley, the Country Gentlemen, the Louvin Brothers and Bill Monroe.  What’s amazing here, though, is how well their version of the INXS song “Don’t Change,” which…

The release of Mines in July capped a long creative process for Menomena. Two years ago, members of the Portland-based trio had hinted that they’d release their fourth full-length album at the beginning of 2009. After a year spent between the studio and on the road, they again hinted at…

Dear Billy,   I refuse to start this letter with an apology or an excuse as to why we aren’t working out. It’s been pretty obvious since around 1996 that I have lost interest in you — The Aeroplane Flies High was the last time I bought in — and…

U.K. producer/DJ Caspa is one of the premier names in dubstep, and a quick spin through his body of work makes it easy to understand why. His Dub Police label has been home to not only a slew of his original productions, but some excellent tracks from artists such as…

Earlier this summer, a group of DJs started getting together for an informal round table of sorts at City O’City. Inspired by a party they admired in West London called “CDR,” a trio of DJs, A-What, Musa and Peter Black, began meeting to play music for one another and talk…

Local ladies vying to be the cover girl for Lotus Nightclub group’s 2011 swimsuit calendar competed on September 15 at Suite 200. Kate Levy was in the dressing room and brings back these photos. File under nightlife, and most of these are OK to view at work, if your boss…

T-Model Ford is sweet tea spiked with moonshine — something simple and sweet, but with a hell of a kick. In the late 1990s, Fat Possum Records discovered him and put out his first album, Pee-Wee Get Your Gun. Since then, he’s recorded five more albums, including his latest, I’m…

Last year, we listed a bunch of reunions we’d like to see, and on that list was the Dismemberment Plan. Not that we had anything to do with this, but it looks like the band is back together and planning a few shows and a re-release of their fantastic LP…

Did you find your soulmate this past weekend at Red Rocks? A few people might have, had that special person not scampered away before phone numbers or texts were exchanged. Sigh. If you didn’t find the face of your vanishing love in our slide show, you might have hit up…

PARAMORE Tegan and Sara • New Found Glory • Kadawatha 09.13.10 | Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison view full slide show While this year’s installment of the Honda Civic Tour felt more like an obscene barrage of advertisements (complete with a pamphlet about credit-building that targeted a very young audience), the…

A big shout-out goes to Gamits bassist Scott Weigel for unwittingly creating one of the more rock-and-roll moments we’ve witnessed in recent memory. Toward the end of the Gamits’ set this past weekend at night two of Suburban Home Records’ fifteenth-anniversary party at 3 Kings Tavern, Weigel — who had…

Since its grand opening two years ago at its original LoDo location at 19th and Wazee, Family Affair has helped hold down the Denver streetwear scene. Co-owners Jason Ngo and Donovan Kahler have created an innovative storefront that gives cats the opportunity to get a fresh fade, pick up some…

Tennis • Flashlights • Gauntlet Hair • Vitamins 09.10.10 | Larimer Lounge, Denver If its last three albums are any indication, Vitamins seem to reinvent their sound every year or so. The band’s latest material has the foursome stretching out quite a bit. While Vitamins has always been an experimental…

Ah, Scumbag Sundays, just how your mother imagined you spending the Lord’s Day. Photographer Aaron Thackeray brings back these photos from the Shag Lounge (830 15th Street) on Sunday night, September 12, 2010: View full slideshow…

You might have already read our review of STS9’s Friday night show at Red Rocks, and now you can check out photos from the second night of their stay at Red Rocks. Photographer Aaron Thackeray brings back these pictures from the concert. See a full slideshow here: Sound Tribe Sector…

Nothing like this sort of news to completely take your legs out from under you, a staggering dose of reality to remind us all how precious and painfully short life truly is. It’s with the utmost sadness and the heaviest of hearts that we bring you news of the passing…

SOUND TRIBE SECTOR 9 With guests Thievery Corporation and Alex B 09.10.10|Red Rocks Amphitheatre The Red Rocks lots were understandably mobbed before Friday night’s sold-out STS9 show; the atmospheric improvisational group is always a huge draw in Denver, and the act proved why it continues to sell out shows on…

Earlier this week, there was some fear and uncertainty as to whether local singer-songwriter Rebecca Folsom’s home was one of the ones lost to the devastating and still burning Fourmile Canyon Fire. Folsom was reportedly told initially that her house was one of the ones that was seen burning, news…