Glancing at the lineup for this year’s Goldrush Music Festival it doesn’t take a music scholar to notice that one of the acts doesn’t quite fit in. Among the slew of acoustic and atmospheric artists sits Denver’s American Culture sticking out like a reverb-soaked soar thumb. It’s an observation the…
Yoni Wolf will headline the Impose Stage at Goldrush Music Festival this Saturday, September 19, at Savoy. Wolf has been a leading figure of alternative/avant-garde hip-hop over the last fifteen years, and he is one of the founders of the respected Anticon imprint. Wolf grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio and…
Cloak & Dagger Music Festival is set to take place on four stages between Vinyl and City Hall on Saturday, September 19th. The set times for the festival can be found below and you can buy tickets here. While a sizeable, electronic dance music festival, Cloak & Dagger is not…
The Doggfather himself made a public service announcement wishing everyone in Colorado a happy pot tax holiday. The video was sponsored by Merry Jane media. Mostly celebrating the money rolling into the state, Snoop also reminds youngins’ that recreational marijuana is for those 21 and older. Here’s exactly what he…
Dead and Company, which features Grateful Dead members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Bob Weir along with John Mayer, headline the 1STBANK Center on Tuesday, November 24 and Wednesday, November 25. Tickets ($75-$99.75) go on sale on Friday, September 18 at 10 a.m. This year’s Channel 93.3 Not So Silent Night includes…
I’ve spent the last few years arguing that the ’90s were one of the best eras of popular music for women, because as musicians and fans, we seemingly had the same access to mainstream visibility as the men who have always dominated the music industry. As an early teen in…
Every morning, a crowd gathers outside the Central Branch of the Denver Public Library. A few dozen people — many of them homeless — wait for the doors to open, when they can go inside to use the library’s computers and other services. On Tuesday, September 8, they had something…
Ian Cooke pauses and chuckles when asked where his musical career might be right now if he had never met friend and longtime collaborator Ian O’Dougherty. “I think I may have gone to California and tried to score films,” he guesses. “Singing and songwriting was always something I was planning…
Categorizing music is inevitable, even necessary in some cases, but the desire to describe a band using predetermined genres sometimes has the effect of creating more questions than answers. Such is the case with Modern Goon, a three-piece Denver band that includes two high-school English teachers and members of now-defunct…
We’ve all been there. Maybe you’re at a sweaty club digging the close, hot vibe when your eyes meet for just a split second. Then it happens again. And again. But you don’t act on your instincts. Or you could be outside under that big, blue sky at Red Rocks,…
Goldrush Festival recently announced the full schedule (below) for the 2015 festival. Following suit with the model of the 2013 and 2014 festivals, Goldrush 2015 features a headlining act of some significance to the underground experimental music scene. In 2013 Noveller graced the Sidewinder stage on Friday, September 27th and…
The nostalgia for Pueblo’s once-iconic Phil’s Radiator closing was just starting to taper off when the unthinkable happened: the all-ages music venue had been revived. In January, Westword reported on the punk haven closing, which caused the masses to take to social media to express their disappointment and share memories…
There’s no way to deny it at this point, pop-punk is back. Love it or hate it, those high school jams from the first half of the ‘00s have circled back around as part of the current “emo revival.” Get ready to jump, scream, and sing your teenage heart out,…
The summer concert season is winding down, although there are still some excellent shows in town this week, including Billy Joel, Ben Harper, the Mynabirds and more. Our full list of picks is below. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 “Clearing the Energy Of Cervantes'”$10 7:30PM Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom Junior Brown$35 7:00PM The…
Driving into Longmont from Denver on Highway 119, you will see a vast, seemingly abandoned factory complex that looks like it hasn’t been used in decades. This sight wasn’t so uncommon in Denver at the turn of the century, but now, it’s largely unheard of. The city is changing, and…
What’s left to be said about Ben Harper, the genre-blending, Grammy-winning, rock and blues monstrosity? Not a lot apparently. Despite playing what is bound to be a career-high show at Red Rocks on Tuesday Harper was less than verbose in our pre-show interview. Still, he managed to namedrop a slew…
Just before the Denver Beauty Bar closed after a five-year run in April, co-owner Mike Barnhart said he wanted to explore other options for the space, at 603 East 13th Avenue in Capitol Hill (which was once the long-time home of the Snake Pit). Now, Barnhart and his business partner…
The Vanilla Milkshakes and front man David McGhee have had a long and rocky journey — one our Tom Murphy detailed earlier this year. Back then, the band had plans to record a new album with Calvin Johnson — the founder of K Records and the band Beat Happening. That…
You only have a few more chances to get to Red Rocks this season — this weekend, the venue will host STS9. Elsewhere, the Snowboard on the Block party brings a stacked and diverse lineup to EXDO, and Tour de Fat makes its Denver stop. See the full list of…
The man with the golden voice (though fragile) will sing the next title song for the franchise that once starred a villain with a golden fetish. Or something like that. Sam Smith, the British singer fresh off a batch of Grammy wins, will sing the theme song to the upcoming…
Goldrush Festival recently the line-up for its 2015 festival and tickets for the two day musical extravaganza are now available. The independently funded and organized festival is part of a long tradition in Denver of music fans putting together worthwhile events like Titwrench, Denver Fest, Girl Wreck Fest, Synesthesia, Denver…
