Music

Colorado’s musicians have been dropping barn-burner albums all year long.

After over three years of work, Denver rapper AG Flux has finally released his latest record, Accompanied by Solitude.

Gasoline Lollipops thought nobody came to a Westword Music Showcase performance at #Vybe. Then frontman Clay Rose opened his eyes.

Another Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats story?

Denver’s music scene has been busy in 2018: Musicians keep releasing stellar material and throwing amazing shows, promoters are building new venues and remodeling old ones, and the city has seen the birth and rebirth of major festivals.

This week is a bit light on concerts – thank you, Christmas –  but there are still some shows worth checking out before the New Year’s celebrations take over the weekend.

And this year’s performers are…

Beta Nightclub’s mandate has always been simple: “Club culture evolving.” On Saturday, January 5, 2019, the Best of Denver award-winning spot will shut down forever.

BMI sued Aurora’s Sand Creek Lounge over copyright infringement related to the dive bar’s karaoke and DJ sets.

BoomBox headlines the Conscience Alliance Holiday Party tonight, with Classixx and Orchard Lounge opening, while Brother Ali is at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom tomorrow. This weekend’s lineup also includes Biz Markie at Summit, Javon Jackson Quartet at Dazzle for two nights, and Barf Fest III at the hi-dive. See our full list of…

The eighteen-year-old mumble rapper Trippie Redd has made headlines a few times this year – and not for good reasons.

Sting, John Mayer, Luke Combs and Portugal. The Man will all be performing on Labor Day weekend at the Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor Day Experience in 2019.

When considering the best Denver pop acts of 2018, we had to consider what designates “pop” from all the other music genres. The answer? Nothing really, since these days pop music – what you might hear on mainstream, general audience radio stations – isn’t one agreed-upon sound.

Fruition released its fifth full-length, Watching It All Fall Apart, back in February, and recently dropped an EP titled Fire, which the group is now using to help raise funds for victims of the recent California wildfires.

The Flaming Lips, Flatbush Zombies and Dion Timmer have announced Denver concerts.

At least he fixed it.

Google “the Denver Sound,” and a long list of articles pop up. Nearly every one mentions Slim Cessna.

In advance of two New Year’s concerts at Larimer Lounge, Wildermiss has released a new music video.

Not every concert has a defining moment. Khruangbin’s performance at the Ogden Theatre on Saturday night, December 15, did.

Denver experimental artist Spiral Cell has released a music video for the song “Consonance.” What’s it about? That’s up to you.