Last weekend, MartyParty’s fast set rocked the otherwise laid-back Block Festival in downtown Denver, and afterward, Westword got to chat with Martin David Folb, the sole DJ behind MartyParty and one half of the duo known as Pantyraid. MartyParty, which Folb describes as “drum and bass, which has now turned into halftime…
While there’s a diverse lineup of acts performing this weekend, tonight is particularly varied, with Shpongle, Straight No Chaser, Esme Patterson, John Gorka and LCD Soundsystem’s Nancy Whang. Also on tap are Elle King at the Ogden Theatre on Saturday, Schoolboy Q at the Fillmore Auditorium on Sunday, and Five Finger…
Cold Crush will reopen at 7 p.m. tonight, Thursday, October 20. As Westword reported, the RiNo music venue and restaurant was shut down last week, labelled as a public nuisance for the unlawful discharge of a firearm. The incident referenced was a shooting on the morning of Monday, October 10,…
On October 23, rapper Joey Bada$$ is playing at the Fillmore Auditorium with Schoolboy Q. But if you can’t make it out, you can always catch him on season two of Mr. Robot, in which Joey plays the philosophical, Seinfeld-obsessed sidekick to main character Elliot. The role garnered him some…
Roger Waters, who performed The Wall at the Pepsi Center in 2012, brings his Us + Them tour to the venue on Saturday, June 3. The show will include classic Pink Floyd material, new songs and solo work. Tickets go on sale Friday, October 21, at 10 a.m. Kings of…
On Monday, October 3, a motley crew gathered at Syntax Physic Opera for happy-hour drinks and industry talk. But this wasn’t your typical after-work wind-down: It was the ninth installment of the Colorado Music Collective. The room was filled with members of Denver’s independent music community, including bookers, publicists, festival…
Just over a year after the folks at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom took over the Aggie Theatre, they entered into a joint venture with fellow independent promoter Soda Jerk Presents (who operate the Summit Music Hall, Marquis Theatre, Moon Room and the Black Sheep) to take over another venue in downtown Fort…
When attending a live show, an artist’s visual component can prove to be just as important as the sounds coming from the speakers. Brightly colored lights, lasers and graphic visuals projected on a screen are commonly seen, but how often are the artists actually building their own stage aesthetic with their own hands? Chicago-based…
Editor’s note: The Denver Bootleg is a series chronicling the history of local music venues by longtime Denver cartoonist Karl Christian Krumpholz. Visit Krumpholz’s website to see more of his work…
Kanye West just added a second leg to his Saint Pablo tour, including a date in Denver: November 28, 2016 at the Pepsi Center. Tickets go on sale Saturday, October 22, at 10 a.m., online at www.AltitudeTickets.com, www.livenation.com and by phone at 303.893.TIXS. Tickets are $129.50 for GA floor, and $29.50-$129.50…
Hundreds of people turned out for a rally on Monday, October 17, to show support for Cold Crush, the music venue and restaurant which was the site of a fatal shooting last week. The hip-hop-focused club was shut down on Wednesday, October 12, cited as a public nuisance for the…
of Montreal walked out on stage last night at the Bluebird Theater in Denver wearing black hooded capes. The one on frontman Kevin Barnes could have been a Jedi-knight-inspired take on the Grim Reaper, which he quickly threw off as the set began to reveal another cape underneath (this one…
Khemmis vocalist and guitarist Phil Pendergast remembers the moment he realized his new band might actually amount to something. The Denver quartet was in the process of recording its debut album — 2015’s Absolution — and Pendergast and bassist Dan Beiers took a quick break for some food. “We were…
‘Tis the season for spooky shows and Halloween-themed musical events. Listed in chronological order, here are ten of the best concerts offered in the Mile High City to set the tone for the Samhain holiday season For more seasonal events, please visit the Westword calendar. 1. True Widow, Emerald Siam and Lowlands Larimer…
Playing in beloved bygone bands like Only Thunder and the Blackout Pact, Justin Hackl has been a pillar in the Denver music scene for over two decades. Nowadays he is the owner and operator of Hackl Guitars, in addition to playing with the beautifully brutal Native Daughters and raising a daughter…
Last year, History Colorado introduced its Tiny Library Concert Series, which was inspired by NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts, in the Stephen H. Hart Library & Research Center. The 85-person “listening room” is surrounded by books and items from the museum’s collections. Last year’s lineup included a diverse selection of local acts like…
You might assume that an event called Freedom On to be a kind of garish celebration of overzealous patriotism: nothing more than less-than-mediocre bands plus the Pledge of Allegiance led from the stage. It’s true that last weekend’s inaugural festival took place at the Grizzly Rose, a club that generally hosts…
Last weekend’s Cloak & Dagger music festival felt very different from going to EDM shows at Red Rocks in the summer, due to the event’s crowd and performers. The attendees represented an interesting mix of races, genders, sexual orientations and other social groupings that often divide people. Rock music hasn’t brought so…
Friends of Red Rocks is an organization that came together in 1999 out of concern for the corporatization of the legendary music venue. At that time there had been talk of turning the planting boxes into box seats bearing advertising, a development antithetical to the concept of a public park…
The fact that Ja Rule and Ashanti survived the early 2000s is a feat in itself. It was a strange time to be in music — the Internet really took off as a place for socializing and finding and sharing music, but it also it left many artists and record…
This weekend, the Block Festival brought jibs and jams to downtown Denver’s SculpturePark. The first day of festival that combined music, snowboarding and film could be summed up in three words: Moshing. Mimosa. Sosa. As the snowboard community brought together vendors, action sports media, athletes, and videographers to the grounds, artists…
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Death From Above 1979 are both at the Ogden Theatre tonight, while tomorrow Ingrid Michaelson headlines the Paramount Theatre, Deerhunter will be at the Gothic Theatre, and Grouplove lands at the Ogden Theatre. This week’s lineup also includes Dan Andriano in the Emergency Room, Kaleo and…
