Hip-hop heads are constantly debating who reigns as the king of rap. It may have been all of the secondhand pot-smoke floating through Denver on 4/20, but after last night’s performance by the East Atlanta Santa aka Radric Davis aka Gucci Mane, there is no doubt: Gucci Mane is king.
While Silversun Pickups’ drummer Christopher Guano looks back fondly on the days that his band was considered “local” in Los Angeles, the outfit’s quick ascension to popularity suggests this period was relatively short lived.
On stage, Brian Cook isn’t the most vocal musician you’ll find.
Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa keep the 4/20 festivities happening at Red Rocks on Sunday, April 23, while Silversun Pickups play in Denver and Boulder this weekend. Also on tap are Thievery Corporation, Beats Antique, Coheed and Cambria, and the UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival.
Most artists only dream of getting a do-over, an opportunity to revisit a specific night of magic and spin it out again. But that’s what Chimney Choir will be doing this weekend with the Dream Show at the Mercury Cafe.
Since 1995, Washington D.C. electronic music duo the Thievery Corporation has been blending music from all over the world with dub, trip-hop and even jazz to create a unique sound that is both rootsy and based in authenticity.
With a new album, Humanz, set to drop next week, Gorillaz announced its first North American tour in seven years that will stop at Red Rocks on Tuesday, September 26.
Kevin Barnes, the gender-bending lead singer of psych-rock band of Montreal, has been using his act to challenge the rising homophobia and bigotry of the Trump-era. Since 1996, the Athens, Georgia band has been carving its path through the contemporary rock genre.
The time has come: Red Rocks season is upon us. We all know how prep for a Red Rocks show goes. You got your tickets months in advance, you counted down the days during the work week, you finally arrive at your buddy’s house with a six pack of your favorite beer tucked under your arm, and you’re ready for the night. But as you drop your car keys on the counter, you wonder, “Who’s driving?”
Indie-folk duo Whitherward formed in Nashville in 2010 and, but in 2014 relocated to Denver and made efforts to integrate themselves into the local music scene.
Brandon Connor, aka the rapper Young Fait, was still in the womb on the day his mother was washing dishes and dropped a plate. She bent over to pick up the broken pieces and narrowly dodged a bullet as it blasted through a window and into her refrigerator door.
A short comic history of Denver’s Satire Lounge.
DJ Lorin Ashton, who plays under the name Bassnectar, just announced he would be performing three nights in Colorado.
Sound Tribe Sector 9 has announced a three-night Colorado stand in celebration of the group’s twentieth anniversary, September 8-10.
Since at least the early ’80s, Colorado hasn’t been short on indie labels: from Wax Trax to We Never Sleep, Doughnut Krew, Elephant 6, Suburban Home, Gestalt, Soda Jerk, W.A.R., Gift and many more. Usually these are started by someone with initiative and resources that finds a way to put out the music that had no chance for a release on a more commercial record label.
For more than ten years, Chicago electronic music project Flosstradamus was a duo composed of Curt Cameruci and Josh Young, and the pair rose up to be one of the United States’ most popular and celebrated groups from the world of bass music.
Sharone Borik performed her first show in her mid-teens at the Seventh Circle Music Collective. There, with well-crafted, piano-centric songs, fierce honesty and a strong voice, she established herself as a regular act, with support from one of the collective’s key organizers, Aaron Saye.
This is Colorado. Not only are there mega block parties on the actual day of April 20th, but there are also pre-parties the night before and venues that continue the theme all weekend. Here is where you can match your extra-curricular smoking activities with some local and national music acts all in the love of everything “green.”
Singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb has worn a number of different masks over the course of what has been a fascinating career.
Legendary British punk/goth act the Damned brings its fortieth anniversary tour to the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, April 19, while New Found Glory plays three nights at the Marquis Theater this week as part of the pop-punk band’s twentieth anniversary.
Since 2004, the DoLaB has occupied a unique place in Coachella’s ecosystem, a sort of festival within the festival.
Why did Radiohead’s sound keep cutting out during their Friday night Coachella headlining set? “Fucking aliens,” Thom Yorke declared.
