What’s the best thing you’ve heard recently? Me? Easy. Ending People. Hands down. Best thing I’ve heard in a while. In fact, I’m harboring a pretty unhealthy obsession with this band right now. The new record, Fill Your Lungs, is painfully-short at just six songs. I’ve been listening to it…
Colorado is an incredible place for live music — from our outdoor venues, one of which is world-renowned, to the vast festivals, shows and venues we have to choose from. The growth of the music scene has created a small niche of music-industry jobs, including these five coveted positions. Continue…
See also: Gun Street Ghost EP release party at the hi-dive, 8/17/12 Gun Street Ghost is the latest project fronted by Mike Perfetti, perhaps better known from his stints in Ideal Fathers, Johnny Knows Karate and Raleigh. With bassist Tyler Campo (ex-Cowboy Curse, also in Port Au Prince), guitarist Daniel…
See Also: – Sauna Farewell Show at Larimer Lounge, 8/17/12 – After a whirlwind year, members of Sauna look back at 2011 – Best of Denver 2011: Best Band That’s Still in High School – 2011 – Sauna’s “Glitter Party” video premieres on Stereogum Sauna played its first show just…
See also: – New Order’s Movement turns thirty – Guns N’ Roses Appetite for Destruction turns 25 – The Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main Street turns 40 – The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper turns 45 – Prince’s Sign of the Times turns 25 – Velvet Underground & Nico turns 45 today…
Thursday, August 16th marked the 35th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. The iconic singer spent a great deal of time in the Centennial State and had many adventures. In honor of the King, Backbeat is sharing some of these stories. See also: – Nick Andurlakis on Elvis’s beloved Fool’s Gold…
See also: Dead Can Dance at Buell Theatre, 8/19/12 Dead Can Dance was formed in 1981 in Australia by Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard, who later moved to London. The pair quickly absorbed the emotional intensity and urgency of the most interesting post-punk bands of the era, and the group’s…
Today marks the 35th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. The iconic singer spent a great deal of time in the Centennial State and had many adventures. In honor of the King, Backbeat is sharing some of these stories. See also: – Retired Denver Police Captain Jerry Kennedy on the time…
Today marks the 35th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. The iconic singer spent a great deal of time in the Centennial State and had many adventures. In honor of the King, Backbeat is sharing some of these stories. See also: – John Bucci on being the proud owner of the…
This Thursday, August 16, marks the 35th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. The iconic singer spent a great deal of time in the Centennial State and had many adventures. In honor of the King, Backbeat is sharing some of these stories. See also: – Retired Denver police officer Bob Cantwell…
This Thursday, August 16, marks the 35th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. The iconic singer spent a great deal of time in the Centennial State and had many adventures. In honor of the King, Backbeat is sharing some of these stories all week. See also: – Bob Kortz on tracking…
This Thursday, August 16 marks the 35th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. The iconic singer spent a great deal of time in the Centennial State and had many adventures. In honor of The King, Backbeat is sharing some of these stories all week. See Also: – Jonny Barber brings Elvis…
See Also: – Stone River Boys at Central City Roots Ruckus, 8/11/12 – Stone River Boys at El Diablo’s Rockabilly and Ribs, 8/12/12 Starting in the ’80s, guitarist Dave Gonzalez released a number of albums with the Southern California-based roots rockabilly trio the Paladins before later founding the western soul…
See Also: Angry Hand of God at Bender’s Tavern, 8/2/12 Angry Hand of God started in 2008 as a band inspired by the kind of slow, crushing, psychedelic metal that ran through most of the stoner rock bands at the time. Only this band has really strong riffs that have…
See Also: My Morning Jacket at Red Rocks, 8/3/12 – 8/4/12 Having formed in the late ’90s, Louisville, Kentucky’s My Morning Jacket has continued to evolve over the course of six studio albums. At the same time, the band has managed to hang on to that reverb-drenched magnetism that fueled…
What happens when you mix a podcast conversation about telepathic octopuses with a psychedelic experience on DMT? The answer is Glucose’s jungle-heavy EP, Telepathic Octopus. For electronic music fans of a certain age — those old enough to remember the late ’90s — hearing Glucose’s new EP, Telepathic Octopus, for…
See Also: Aerosmith at the Pepsi Center, 8/1/12 Despite ongoing feuds between frontman Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry, Aerosmith has been a vital force in rock music for more than four decades. In the 1970s, the band built a solid fan base on the strength of songs like “Dream…
See Also: – Trace Bundy talks about his unexpected success in South Korea – Heaven Fest quickly growing into a destination festival – HeavenFest’s pure motives Boulder-based guitar virtuoso Trace Bundy has been a YouTube sensation for a few years now with more than twenty million views of his various…
See Also: – Paper Bird’s Esme Patterson flies solo – Amor, Est. goes from classical guitar to digital mayhem – Harpoontang combines Paper Bird, Laura Goldhamer and Kitty Crimes for raunchy fun – Tip Sheet archives A.Poco.Lips (aka Kyle Wilson) is in the midst of a prolific summer of music…
Backbeat is counting down the twenty most fabled moments in Denver music history. Today: A look back at when Pantera played at Mammoth Events Center in the mid ’90s and fans took their fury out on the venue. See Also: – Vinnie Paul on Rebel Meets Rebel – Losing Dimebag…
See Also: – The ballet changed everything for Paper Bird – With its bewitching old-timey-roots sound, Paper Bird is a species to behold – Harpoontang combines Paper Bird, Laura Goldhamer and Kitty Crimes for raunchy fun After the Beatles broke up, George Harrison explained to Dick Cavett that there just…
See Also: – Review: Florence + the Machine at Red Rocks, 7/25/12 – The Walkmen at Wells Fargo Theatre with Florence + the Machine, 7/26/12 The Walkmen’s first album, Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone, came out ten years and two months before its latest — and perhaps…
