Music

When Damon Albarn, the creative madman behind the genre-bending collective Gorillaz, emerged onto the Red Rocks stage Tuesday night, my first thought was that he looked like he’d either been plucked from a bus stop on Colfax Avenue or he’d just rolled out of bed.

Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope of Insane Clown Posse may not be great rappers, but they sure know how to build the juggalo family.

Winter is coming, but so is the Game of Thrones live concert experience! The world of Westeros will come to the Pepsi Center on Friday, September 14, 2018.

“At the show, I was wearing my most favorite vintage coat that I had picked up in a thrift store in Pennsylvania, where I’m originally from, for $3. It was a delicious rusty brown, with a unique pattern, fur collar, and gold material on the inside. It smelled like an old lady. It was fierce!

Denver is known for its creative industries, its proximity to the mountains and its rising home prices. Also, “Denver is the juggalo capital of the world”, says Jake Falli, a 21-year-old second-generation juggalo who will serve as the unlikely opener for Insane Clown Posse, which will be playing the Boulder Theater tonight, Monday, September 25.

For much of the 1990s and certainly the ’00s, it looked very much like Adam Ant’s career had hit the skids. 1990’s Manners & Physique and ’95s Wonderful albums were hardly disasters, but in comparison to the huge success that he had enjoyed prior to that, they were largely ignored.

It’s a busy week at Red Rocks with Sturgill Simpson there tonight, Gorillaz tomorrow and Fleet Foxes on Wednesday, while Scorpions headline1STBANK Center with Megadeth opening.

On September 22, we wrote that former Smiths singer Morrissey would be headed back to Colorado for a concert at the Paramount Theatre. Morrissey has become known for many things: His songwriting, his hairdo and his vegan antics. Sadly, he’s also getting a bad reputation for not showing up when he says he will – and cancelling even once he arrives.

Our favorite vegan post-punk heartthrob, Morrissey is coming to Denver, and it couldn’t be a second too soon.

It seems entirely appropriate that Denver indie-dreampop outfit Tyto Alba is named after the Latin translation of “barn owl.” After all, that bird is elegant, thought to be highly intelligent (or at least bookish), and single-minded in its efficiency.

Singer-songwriter Jonny Barber spent a decade impersonating Elvis Presley under the moniker Velvet Elvis. But at some point, Barber says he wanted people to say, “I like your songs. I like what you do.” As Barber tells it, that’s what Presley told him toward the end of his stint as Velvet Elvis.

After drummer Dave Lombardo ended his side project Philm in late 2015, he wanted to start a hardcore band that was harder and heavier than other bands he’d been in before.

MLIMA, a jam band named after the Swahili word meaning “mountain,” launched in 2012. The six musicians in the outfit describe their sound as “mountain groove,” a blend of funk, soul and rock. On September 29, MLIMA’s first, studio-recorded album will be released. We sat down with band founder Jack Breitenbach, guitarist Jeph Kennedy and saxophone player Zach Simms to discuss their influences, how they have navigated Denver’s music scene, and how they established a sound between six members with diverse musical backgrounds.

Here are the latest concerts announced in Denver.

When Muse came to Red Rocks, we expected a rock-and-roll spectacle, and the band offered a dazzling futuristic display. But were the British rockers also blaming us Americans for the current social and political turmoil in which Nazis drive cars into crowds of protesters, police gun down civilians and refugees are forced to return to war-ravaged countries?

For years, drunk crust punks gathered on the roof of Blast-O-Mat and watched the Denver skyline light up during thunderstorms or on the Fourth of July, a holiday even the anarchist crowd couldn’t help but enjoy from up there.

Which hometown heroes should help build Colorado’s music scene by playing at Levitt Pavilion?