Concerts

Back in April, we told you about Kill Paradise inking a deal with BreakSilence Recordings, the same imprint that brought you Albuquerque’s BrokeNCYDE and Tempe’s Eyes Set to Kill. More than half a year later, the outfit has finished its new album, The Second Effect, which will be available exclusively…

To see the following that Pretty Lights has established at this point is a bit staggering, isn’t it? Last month, Derek Vincent Smith — who makes music under the name Pretty Lights — sold out three back-to-back dates in Denver, Boulder and in his hometown of Fort Collins at the…

Hearts of Palm, To Be Eaten Friday, November 6, 2009 hi-dive Better Than: One of the best bands of recent years quietly slipping into history. To Be Eaten probably seemed like an odd pairing for this first of two final Hearts of Palm shows, except this band plays its music…

Supersuckers brought the supersuck at 3 Kings Tavern on Saturday. See photos by Aaron Thackeray on the slideshow page…

Dirty Projectors, Tune-Yards Sunday, November 8, 2009 Bluebird Theater What it was like: Watching a gospel choir through broken glass. There is a risk, when you see two bands as technically elaborate as Dirty Projectors and Tune-Yards, that you will get several hours of knob twirling and strings pulled with…

Looks like the Rouge’s red letter day is continuing. From kicking off the summer performing at Red Rocks to making its way up to headlining status, the band is now enjoying a healthy buzz generated by the inherent sex appeal of its shirtless, leather vested frontman its passionate live shows…

We would hate for you to miss out on all the awesome that happens every weekend in our fair city, so we’ve decided to run down three of the best shows in one easy-to-swallow post, with video and audio. Tell us — and the rest of the world — what…

It seemed like there was a special significance to Ween’s show at Red Rocks in September. In addition to the fact that the show marked one of the final spots on the band’s fall tour, we noticed a number of cameras during the performance and mused that the show could…

They Might Be Giants, Guggenheim Grotto Thursday, November 5 Gothic Theater Better than: Seeing an expertly executed live show that didn’t include sock puppets. They Might Be Giants couldn’t stick to one sound during their appearance at the Gothic on Thursday night. The band’s show, which nearly spanned two hours,…

Been on Google lately? Notice something different? We noticed it the other day, but didn’t think much of it until we came across this item on Billboard.com. Evidently, the search engine provider has broadened its search capabilities to now provide links to songs that are capable of being streamed instantaneously…

Flying the friendly skies with United has given Dave Carroll’s burgeoning career an undeniable boost. By now, you’ve probably familiar with the Caroll or at least his story. Last year after United damaged one of his guitars, he documented his travails in a song called, fittingly, “United Breaks Guitars.” Before…

Update 11/05/09: Just received word that Dent will be filming part of the “Sunshowers” video at the Shoppe (3103 E. Colfax) this Saturday night and is looking for local peeps to appear in the clip. Owing to the fact that hardly any locals will make the trip out to Gotham…

Man, if The Northern Way doesn’t break out in a major way within the next year, it’s certainly not going to be for a lack of having radio-friendly songs. This morning, the outfit, formerly known as Set Forth, premiered its brand new single, “Starting Line,” on MySpace. Matching the undeniable…

A while back, Paul Riola gave up his post as program director and treasurer at Creative Music Works to focus on making music with his Bottesini Project. With as passionate as Riola clearly was about the organization during his time there, the decision must’ve been made with much consideration. Before…

Just heard about an sweet opportunity for cello players that we thought we’d let you know about: Imogen Heap is evidently looking for someone local to play the “slightly mad cello part” for “Aha!” with her on stage on Sunday, November 15, at the Boulder Theater during her Etown appearance…

The members of Lola Black don’t consider themselves a supergroup. It’s easy, however, to argue that the band boasts the credentials for such a designation. The sextet’s resumé includes stints in groups like Blister 66, Snapstick Dynomite and the Eight Bucks Experiment, each of which made its own waves in…

I first heard Laura Goldhamer a couple of years ago, when she opened for the Books, the sound-collage band, at the Boulder Theater. She shared the headliner’s endearing quirkiness, and her appeal was augmented by wonderful video animations projected on a screen behind her. Last week, I was just a…

When Hearts of Palm started out as Nathan & Stephen — a collaboration between Stephen Till of Black Black Ocean and longtime friend Nathan McGarvey — no one would have guessed that those spare songs would take on a new life once the project more than tripled its membership roster…

When the critically acclaimed dream-pop band Absinthe Blind broke up in 2003, four of its members started a band called Orphans that would ultimately become Headlights. Under its current moniker, the foursome largely departed from the drifty, melancholy sounds of its previous project. Retaining the glittery grandeur that made Absinthe’s…

Skinny Puppy started in 1982 as a side project of cEvin Key’s old band, Images in Vogue. With Puppy becoming a full-time concern in 1986, Key and collaborators Nivek Ogre, Dwayne Goettel and Dave Ogilvie spent the next several years putting out seven landmark releases, including Rabies and Too Dark…

In the rock world, singing drummers are almost as rare as talking dogs. But Grant Hart, the man who assaulted the kit for Hüsker Dü throughout the ’80s, was more than a novelty back in the day. Besides writing and lending his voice to almost as many Hüsker classics as…